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Jerusalem as the capitol as an end to the u.s. being a peace negotiator. so without them, they say what do we do? an incredible deadly day today on the border. we wait for tomorrow. huge significant week in general with the iran deal being pulled out, the israeli strikes in syria. so put together, you get a feeling that this is a turbulent time in this region, shep. >> shepard: benjamin hall live in jerusalem. thank you. one of the men that gave a prayer before the ceremony in jerusalem today sa...

Law of the land. so states say you can bet on sports there? well, you can. lets get to it. >> and first from the fox news deck this monday afternoon, deadly riots on the gaza border. the united states officially opens its embassy in jerusalem. president trumps controversial decision to move the embassy and recognize jerusalem as the capitol of israel breaking from decades of american foreign policy. >> president trump announced to the world that the united states would finally recognize the trut...

Hell. he said a religious budget that shouldnt be given the opening prayer in jerusalem. and mitt romney says to reporters today the fact that i along with millions of evangelical christians around the world espouse that belief is no longer newsworthy. and jefress said mormonism has never been part of christianity. islam is a false religion and if you follow the tenants of it, you will end up in hell when you die. hes accused gays of being engaged in the most unclean acts you can imagine and sai...

History? >> well, everyone knew when the trump administration began, the president talked himself about how it would be -- such a problem, the hardest deal of all deals to bring peace to the middle east between the israelis and palestinians. they seemed to be deep at work on this for mo months. its the way they decided this embassy decision, spoke about it, the rhetoric and the celebration today doesnt seem to indicate theyre doing to try to go back to the drawing board and the negotiating table...

Although, this morning, the mood a little different. the crowd far smaller on this christmas eve. how president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israelis capital is impacting celebrations there. we will take you there live. the moscow ballet is trying to promote good relations between the u.s. and russia. they are performing "the nutcracker" in the united states but its not the original version. we will tell you how its different next. ♪ cleaning floors with a mop and bucket is a ha...

Christmas celebrations are under way in jerusalem but the holiday is being overshadowed by a political policy. >> there are protests continuing over the decision by president trump to recognize jerusalem as israelis capital. cnns orrin lieberman is in bethlehem this morning. what are the differences in bethlehem this year? >> reporter: you can get a look behind me how empty mangers square is. normally on this hour on christmas eve, the square would be packed and people here would be counting dow...

The embassy and building it would take a minimum of three years. probably four years because you have to incorporate the corporate security measures as well. to get down the political lines to push that window out even further, we could be talking about six, eight years before anything happens but the president is now going to go on record and say jerusalem is the capital of israel and that hes going to move the embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv. a lot of the reaction has been that the presiden...

Obviously thats a ticklish issue. the palestinians say jerusalem is their capitol. but trump and his administration has backed off that. no talk on moving the embassy right away, again, falling in line with u.s. policy in the area. >> shepard: speaking of unconventional. being at a super bowl is cumbersome. a lot of security, traffic, road blocks. so you come in say thursday and friday you have a nice time. saturday maybe you go to the taylor swift concert. sunday -- >> taylor swift has a concer...

Its been more than 20 years since the u.s. congress passed a law relocating the u.s. embassy here to jerusalem. a few presidents have pledged to follow through, but so far each one has deferred the move. both bill clinton and george w. bush promised to move the embassy during their campaigns before backing away. mr. trumps comments have sparked protest. if he follows through, palestinian officials will withdraw their recognition of israel. palestinians say jerusalem is their capital, too. the ci...

Friedman a piece of turf there in jerusalem where he can do the business of the united states in israel. the president obviously very happy about this move tweeting out this morning, big day for israel. congratulations. hes had criticism heaped on him for doing this. many people saying its an obstacle to peace. the president said this has always been held back. the reason why it never moved, the palestinians wanted it part of a final status negotiation. the president said im going to take that o...