he was told the same thing by king abdullah of jordan. saudi arabia saying this is a very bad idea. but privately saying the move would not affect the budding saudi relationship with israel. the two have been cooperating against a common enemy, which is iran. the president spoke with emanuel macron yesterday who told the president he didn t think it was a good idea and reaffirmed that the status of jerusalem must be resolved through peace negotiations. israel on the other hand likes the idea. they think it s been 22 years. it s in its time to do it. there s no question, shep, if the president announces tomorrow that he is moving the embassy, that is defacto declaring that the capitol of israel is jerusalem. shepard: so our experiences begin that the briefing begins somewhere around 15 minutes
newark, stop someone and say, what is the capitol of delaware, vermont, and israel? some people will know dover. some are going to know month pill yea. everyone except the american state department knows that the capitol of israel is jerusalem. gretchen: later they changed course. so will that hurt democrats among jewish voters now? steve: here with his thoughts, former campaign manager to howard dean, joe trippi, who probably caught up on his sleep over the weekend. we had an exhausting two weeks, didn t we, joe? yeah. it s great to see you guys back on the curvy couch. steve: good to be here. this was really dumb what, your party did with the platform. i don t think so at all. look, did she. steve: what? the problem is that both parties believe that the jerusalem is the capitol of israel. the problem is that the government of the united states in both all parties administrations, bush and clinton and since, have said
that it is not that it isn t, but that it should be decided by both parties. that s because as a government, we want to be an honest broker in all the big peace events that happened in the middle east have been produced by american presidents who let both parties make that decision. gretchen: okay. that s what s going on. gretchen: you can have a crack on this because the delegates who were taking the vote about when it was going to be reinstated sounded to me like you didn t really get a two-thirds yay vote. so if it were up to the democratic delegates, they wouldn t want jerusalem as a capital of israel. i think there was a dispute about that. but look, the republican party this time took out its clause that said that we were going to move our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. they took that clause out right now in tampa and they also took out a clause that jerusalem should not be a divided city.
thank you very much. gretchen: coming up, many say leaving god out of the democratic platform was just a big mistake. was jerusalem left out on purpose? where does the administration really stand on israel? democrat joe trippi joins us next. steve: then are the days of billy madison over? not according to these kids. wait until you hear how many kids are expecting their parents to hand them a hefty inheritance. brian: is that the premise of billy madison? steve: yeah. the aflac trivia question of the day, this guy has been called one of the greatest players of all time and has a drink named after him. who is he? be the first and get an answer. snapple [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac
hey carl, what s up? nothing much, billy. i see you got a little sun today. yeah, you think so? i was sitting by the pool. can i keep watching. brian: in the movie, he went back to school to earn his inheritancistence. a new study finds 40% of americans expect to get one from their parents, despite the poor economy. as a result, they aren t saving for retirement. can t wait, my mom has got a lot of money. gretchen: how did you rate billy madison as a movie? brian: great movie. gretchen: just checking. thank you so much. on abc news this week, washington post columnist george will criticized the democrats for initially leaving out the language recognizing jerusalem as the capitol of israel. removing the capitol of israel was an act of commission. you go out on the street of any american city, you go out in