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Is also just about over. going back decades, the whole idea was to create some kind of a two-state solution. were diterring. were doing this kind of symbolic stuff. meanwhile, what youre seeing is the continued settlement activity. youre seeing the palestinians getting more radicalized, turning to europe, turning to the u.n. the saudis cant deliver anybody here. so the future is increasingly going to be one of israel that is sitting on all this territory, is sitting on all these people and it ra...

Meeting with king abdullah. a key u.s. ally in this region. and the white house is really keen to emphasize that the purpose of this trip is not just to discuss the israeli/palestinian issue and the contentious issue of the u.s. dr. clairation that jerusalem is the capital of israel. they say there are other issues of common interest when it comes to counterterrorism, when it comes to the fight against isis, and when it comes to the issue of syria and the conflict next door. that is very importa...

Itinerary a meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu plus an address to israels parliament. david lee miller has more now from jerusalem. david lee? >> arthel, vice president pence has arrived here in jerusalem. it is the last leg of his visit to the region that has included stops in egypt and jordan. earlier today, he met with jordans king abdullah. the vice president told the king the u.s. is committed to restarting the peace process and defended the administrations position on jerusalem....

That, we will say it at the next stop. gillian: well, the government maybe shut down here in the united states but thats vice president pence live from cairo working overtime this weekend speaking to the press corp on the tarmac in front of air force two touches on issues ranging from terrorism to middle east peace and two-state solution to the status of israel. very, very interesting remarks from the vice president focusing on international affairs during this time of crisis at home, a welcom...

That we are absolutely committed to preserving the status quo with regard to holy sites in jerusalem, that we -- we have come to know final resolution about boundaries or other issues that have been negotiated between the parties and if the parties agree, i reminded president el si-si, if parties agree we will support two-state solution. i told him i would be delivering the message jordan and delivering the message in israel as well. the united states of america is deeply commit today restarting...

Announce it. >> shannon: palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying jerusalem is a gate of peace and war and trump must choose. if they are not at the table for these conversations, what can happen? >> the palestinian authority which has no legitimacy whatsoever, its become simply a voice for those that dont want to see this process move forward. i think its almost irrelevant. that is tragic for the palestinian people but thats the position they put themselves in. i would be surprised if there i...

Announce it. >> shannon: palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying jerusalem is a gate of peace and war and trump must choose. if they are not at the table for these conversations, what can happen? >> the palestinian authority which has no legitimacy whatsoever, its become simply a voice for those that dont want to see this process move forward. i think its almost irrelevant. that is tragic for the palestinian people but thats the position they put themselves in. i would be surprised if there i...

>> reporter: good morning. you know, this plo central council meeting was a reaction to president trumps announcement that jerusalem was the capital of israel. we heard a lot of things from the meeting that we heard before. one that they want a two-state solution. designed the boundaries of the palestinian state and east jerusalem as the capital of a future palestinian state. there were some other things in the central council meeting that are new. one they said that they want the palestinians t...

So, has the president given away too much already in this negotiation? and where is this whole thing headed? >> i think, i hope its headed to phase one, where we get border security for the dream act, the daca kids having a pathway to citizenship, that we end the diversity lottery like the president claims demands. hes right to demand it. that we start breaking chain migration. that we get a deal that represents where the american people are. 83% of the american people support a path way to citi...

Abbas. can you move the peace process forward? >> im looking forward to meeting with president el sisi in egypt, king abdullah in jordan. it was more than 20 years that one administration after another, and one congress after another recognized that jerusalem was the capital of israel, but no american president would step forward and make that decision a reality. president trump had the courage of his convictions to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. it will be my great honor as vice ...