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Welcome to "special report." president trump making history tonight by making good on a campaign promise his predecessors broke. the president has begun the process of declaring jerusalem to be israels capital. moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv. world leaders, even the pope, have urged the president to reconsider. we have fox team coverage. james rosen in washington with historical perspective on the jerusalem move. conor powell in jerusalem with international reaction. we begin with chief w...

For jews, christians, and muslims alike. president trump, thank you for todays historical decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. the jewish people and the jewish state will be forever grateful. >> harris: that was the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu with his response to what our president of the united states did today by recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel and promising to move forward in a substantial way that his predecessors in the white house have not do...

Different leaders that were urging then barack obama to make it the time. >> thats right. again, in terms of the media coverage and a reflex to the negative, id hope were at the end of 2017 and look back on coverage of this administration. we simply check-off boxes. we ignore all the noise, all the tweets and look at how did the president do on the commit? how did he do on isis? how did he do on jobs, healthcare and reform. that was a figure. how about judges appointed? i want to see the typical...

New york but i wish i were in jerusalem at this moment. this very emotional side of the american flag celebrated by the israeli people, this is truly a great day for israel. i believe its also a great day for america. the president has delivered a historic speech but is also made history by recognizing history. these recognize the fact that all his predecessors promised to do this and failed but he is keeping his promise. he has also recognized something which is a given, jerusalem is the capita...

Talk about fake news. what is fake history in the region? as if our capital is not in jerusalem. its been our capital for 69 years. the real question is not why this was done today. >> why cant you acknowledge -- >> i heard your -- ill answer your question but let me finish this sentence. the real question is why was this not done 69 years ago? why not? its not just the last 22 years. its not just the peace process for the palestinians. what happened after 1995? weve been a state since 1948. wer...

A campaign promise, sticking to his word, and being willing to go where his predecessors wouldnt which is always a point of pride for him. >> they were disingenuous because clinton said jerusalem is the eternal capital. so did bush and obama. hes saying i agree with that. >> but they never made this move. >> they were hypocrites nad -- >> worried about security in the region. >> we have to hit pause. thank you very much. when we come back, 158 -- or 150-acre fire rips through los angeles forcing...

We heard the president do what we suspected he would, declaring jerusalem is the capital of israel, also calling on the state department to begin to prepare to move that embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. we are told from officials inside the white house, that is a process that is going to take years. the president started his speech by talking about the old challenges, old challenges demanding new approaches. mentioned the 95 jerusalem embassy act. thats been a act largely disregarded by his p...

Salt lake city, hes going to head to welfare square and meet with officials from the mormon church and take a quick look at the humanitarian efforts for the needy by the church there. and then he appears at the capitol. hes going to sign that executive order reportedly removing 2 million acres created by democratic predecessors in southern utah. orrin hatch with him, ryan zinke and well continue to watch this. in the meantime, back in washington, d.c., he has gotten away with what has been a sto...

His boss twitter habit saying far from making his job harder, it actually yields valuable intelligence. the president heavily criticized last week for retweeting a trio of anti-muslim videos posted by a right-wing extremist group. but at a defense forum on saturday, pompeo said this -- >> i have seen things the president has put on his twitter account actually have a real world impact on our capacity to understand whats going on in other places of the world. that is our adversaries responded to ...

Resonating around the world. >> thats the man some feel could be the next secretary of state. one of his predecessors disagreed with him, leon panetta said when you tweet something like that out there you dont know what the consequences are going to be. and the consequences could be lives. the u.s. and south korea beginning aerial military drills today. 230 aircraft and 12,000 personnel are participating in the annual five day air exercise. its zindesigned to enhance the combat effectiveness o...