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President-eselect setting parameters? >> maybe -- or maybe not. the tweet was intended to clarify a tweet from yesterday which didnt clarify anything at all. the problem with trump generally and with trump on twitter in particular. its completely open to interpretation, what hes talking about. it doesnt seem often he know whats hes talking about, and we dont have any idea whether he was drawing a line in the sand for putin or whether he wasnt. its just a complete mystery, and thats really going ...

Parties, not through the imposition of terms by the united nations. this puts israel in a very poor negotiating position, its extremely unfair to all israelis. david, how do you feel about him basically eclipsing whatever president obama was planning to do about this. >> well, its -- its awkward at a time when the administrations are trying to work together on transition, but there are bigger implications here, alisyn. one is that this comes on top of his appointment of an israeli ambassador who...

United states has long maintained peace between the israelis and the palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties and not through the imposition of terms by the united nations. this puts israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all israelis. hours later the scheduled vote was delayed by its egyptian sponsors who also reportedly face pressure from the israeli government. israel was also reportedly alarmed that secretary of state john ker...

The united states has long maintained peace between the israelis and the palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties, and not through the imposition of terms by the united nations, this puts israel in a very poor negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all israelis. what happened hours later? the scheduled vote was delayed by its egyptian sponsors who also reportedly faced pressure from the israeli government. israel was also reportedly alarmed at secretar...

John kerry planned to deliver a speech on the israeli palestinian situation. earlier this month kerry called the israeli settlements a barrier to peace. israeli officials reportedly reached out to the president-elect to help stop the resolution. in a statement, truch said trumd peace between the israelis and palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties. this puts israel in a pour negotiating position and is extremely unfair to all israelis. joining us now is israel...

Both came out and denounced it. trump put out a statement pu pushing if for a veto and said "as the united states has long maintained, peace between the israelis and palestinians will only come through direct negotiations between the parties and not through the imposition of terms by the united nations. this puts israel in a very poor negotiating position and is unfair to all israelis." cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott is joining me now from the state department. elise, who was push...

Was prepared to abstain, which would be an unusual step indeed siding with the rest of the world against israel. >> it was. and it was also unusual for president-elect trump to insert himself into this discussion earlier today. transition officials telling us they did give the white house a heads up before the president-elect put out this very strongly worded statement, andrea. im going to read you part of the statement right now. it says as the united states has long maintained peace between th...

Attack. the interior minister said additional leads directed them to 24-year-old tunisian man who is the attacker and confirmed they were fingerprints in the driver cabin of the truck. overnight raids tied to the international manhunt are taking place. president-elect donald trump taking to social media this morning to oppose a resolution being considered by the u.n. secretary council this afternoon. the resolution calls for a stop to israeli settlement activity. posting the measures should ...

Primaries. donald trump didnt run a classic conservative republican race. so when he comes out with a position like a 35% tariff which i think to him is a moving the gold post negotiating position youre going to see many republicans in congress who are from conservative orthodoxy who say no, not for us. >> would you support a 35% tariff? >> id like to let this thing play out. i would like to see donald trump see what he can accomplish by moving the goalpost, by negotiating differently with forei...

And if we are in a war that requires troops, that might not be very popular with trumps supporters either. so, these have to be thought through very cautiously before these kind of statements are made. >> okay, so, so, the one thing thats a little well its a lot confusing to me if donald trump really wanted to demonstrate strength, why, why not own it because trump tweeted out that taiwan called him. but "the washington post" is reporting that this call between taiwan and the trump transition te...