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Arabs, and this decision in order to -- i dont know, maybe for internal reasons, for other reasons, but thats destroying the two-state solution, that is destroying moderates like us in the region and thats crowning extremists in this region. >> so are you saying that the u.s. no longer can be viewed as an honest broker in the peace process? >> anderson, i know that the united states was always biased towards israel and i know israel is part of americas political life, but we had an agreement tha...

>> scott? >> this has been u.s. law for 22 years. republican presidents, democrat presidents, on june the 5th of this year, 90 united states senators voted to affirm this as the position of the u.s. government. donald trump ran his campaign pledging to rebuild the u.s. relationship with israel, and we can see the israeli response today. theyre extremely happy. our relationship with israel was left in tatters by the obama administration. i think what donald trump has done is to rebuild that relat...

The "new york times" reported today that while arab leaders continued to pay lip service to the palestinian cause, it has slipped in importance, displaced by the arab spring uprisings, the wars in iraq, syria and yemen. the threat of the islamic state. the move denounced. the palestinians take a back seat, can we expect anything with any lasting impact in response to what the president did? >> well, definitely the peace process will be set back by this move. it emboldens extremists and people on...

Jerusalem and those people have basic human rights, we will recognize israelis legitimacy over west jerusalem. by giving that to benjamin netanyahu, someone who has repeatedly said recently that he doesnt support a two-state solution at all, what youre basically doing is giving him the blessing to never allow a palestinian capital in east jerusalem. and as saeb rightly said, a palestinian state without a palestinian capital in east jerusalem is like a state in westchester with no access to new y...

That they are creating. the fact is such a speech on jerusalem with all its history, religion, what it means to muslims, jews, christians, arabs, and this decision in order to -- i dont know, for other reasons, but thats destroying the two-state solution, that is destroying moderates like us in the region and thats crowning extremists in this region. >> so are you saying that the u.s. no longer can be viewed as an honest broker in the peace process? >> anderson, i know that the united states was...

Disqualifies the united states from mediating the peace process, from reaching what the president calls the ultimate deal. this is about more than proximity to the airport or costs? >> yeah. i think thats distractive nonsense. the president trump did reaffirm his interest in a two-state solution and i think its incumbent on the pll tons ready to come to the table. >> to be fair, what the president said he supports a two-state solution if the palestinians and israelis do, which is a subtle shift ...

Uncontained. expect that danger in southern california and massive fire and safety response will continue through the night. in southern california. well keep you apprised as best we can. but in addition to those fires and major political drama over senator al franken. u.s. government also instigated a major international controversy today when the president announced his intention to eventually move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem. if you dont follow things closely, may not seem immedia...

Many saying trumps decision was a death blow to the two-state solution. a tense situation. after friday prayers, the pressure now on the palestinian leadership to try to come up with at least a diplomatic answer for what to do next. hallie, bag the you. >> ayman from the west bank. today, back here in washington, we expect, we expect to see lawmakers vote to avoid a government shutdown for now but thats only good for two weeks. what happens after that? the guy on your screen congress mark meadow...

Because theres no palestinian state. so what previous american presidents said is when theres a palestinian capital in east jerusalem and those people have basic human rights, we will recognize israelis legitimacy over west jerusalem. by giving that to benjamin netanyahu, what youre basically doing is giving him the blessing to never allow a palestinian capital in east jerusalem and as he rightly said, a palestinian state without a palestinian capital in east jerusalem is like a state in westche...

Palestinian authority to rescind its recognition of israel to withdraw from the political peace process. the so-called oslo peace process and many dejecting the administration and the trump administration. we heard from the prime minister who said that the united states could no longer be trusted to be an honest broker in all of this in the middle east peace process, and we heard from the palestinian chief negotiator who said that effectively trumps decision yesterday to recognize jerusalem was ...