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The big headline today was that president trump appeared to drop decades of u.s. policy dropping the insistence of a two state solution to find a peace deal in the middle east. the president did say that he was going to do everything he could to try to bring the two sides together. the white house position is that the president doesnt think he should impose the conditions for a peace deal upon israel and the palestinians. they need to find the path to peace themselves. they did say that he would...

Same thing. for 16 years, it barely moved an inch. it may have even gone backwards. >> you are right about that. >> ed: why not try something new? when you said president trump just threw it out there casually, maybe we should do something different? >> its a fair question but you can look down the road and see what that means. what to say one state solution mean? obviously israel is going to demand to have control over its current borders. if it now incorporates the weste bank into it and 2.7 m...

Minute netanyahu about israeli settlements. >> about settlements, i would like to see you hold back on settlements for a little bit. b.b. and i have known each other a long time. smart man, strong negotiator. it will be a great deal. even a bigger deal people understand. >> its a start. >> that doesnt sound too optimistic. [laughter] good negotiator. >> thats the after the deal. heather: there you go. the president appeared to be willing to break with the two state solution palestinian contact. ...

Us tonight. i am bill oreilly, please always remember that the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >> ed: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." i am ed henry. i will be your host tonight and for thewi rest of the week. in just aes moment, the democrac national committee who claims president trumps ties to russia are alreadydy on day 26, a scanl bigger than watergate. overreach much? the dnc calls the trump war room will get a chance to make its case. for decad...

In the palestinian areas, exploding the middle east. >> ed: we have certainly heard that from mr. netanyahu but the presidents ideas are certainly new and may be novel. are they smart? a big proponent of the two state solution, democrat from vermont. good to see you. whats wrong with what the president has to say today? >> two things. s its good to see that they are getting along. israel is a strong ally of the united states. president obama and that the congress, republicans and democrats, supp...

Here tonight, alley, ashley, and michael and allie, if youre watching that what the middle east, whats your reaction? >> that was about the weirdest thing there is. theres a lot of support for one state solution. there are hard line israelis who want that. part of them are allied with benjamin netanyahu to keep him in power, and there are a lot of ara arabs who would like the one state solution because it means the end of a jewish state. most reasonable people have believed in a two state soluti...

Clarity of his or her goal. even if he or she has flexibility of means to achieve it. if president trump was trying to get a piece of real estate, he knew what he wanted. trump tower and he might find all kinds of ways to get to that goal. the question here is he has raised doubts as to what the goal is. if its a one state solution, its essentially an israeli domination of of an arab population. >> ed: when you talk about the presidents skills, on the issue of settlements, he looks the prime min...

Way for lasting peace and stability. so, yes, that has been it. but i dont think that what was said today signals a departure. it simply acknowledges that the two parties are going to have to negotiate that. and when two parties are negotiating that, its most likely to be a two-state solution. so, i dont think it was a departure. >> senator jeff flake, thank you so much. always good to see you, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> president trump promises to shake up washington. is this what he had ...

He does know the workings of congress and i give the president appointing mike pence and giving him this kind of back-up and support. >> former senator kay bailey hutcheson from texas and bill burton, thanks for joining us. >> thanks steve. middle east peace, the two state solution, is it no more? that topic came up at todays joint news conference between president trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> i thought for a while the two-state looked like it may be the easier of th...

About two state or one state solution to peace. and cooked fast-food ceo andrew puzder withdraws as labor secretary nominee rather than be voted down by republican defectors. well look at the impact of mr. trumps first cabinet defeat. we want to welcome our viewers around the united states and the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in the "the situation room." were following new developments in the widening crisis of the trump administration over its contacts with russia. president trump speaki...