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With prime minister netanyahu, a good story for donald trump to talk about, rekindling this relationship with israel after eight years of acrimony. this story continues to dog him and continues to distract his entire administration. >> i want to get some analysis from distinguished scholar aaron david miller who served for multiple u.s. secretaries of state, was intimately involved in the peace process. you heard what both of these leaders say, the president of the united states making a policy,...

Thank you very much. president trump talks with benjamin netanyahu and his approach to the middle east processing. elise labbin joining us. elise, the president made a surprising comment about whats called a two-state solution. >> thats right. president trump greeted prime minister netanyahu with a warm embrace and a chatty tone but not a blank check. decades of u.s. policy is not a given. >> reporter: president trump made a remarkable break in decades of u.s. policy backing away from the to-s...

Cigna. president trump hosts israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it comes on the heels that the two-state conflict is now not something that the president will insist on. the white house insists that its still a work in progress. we want to go live to jerusalem and bring in cnns oren liebermann. the idea that a two-state solution is now not something that the white house will insist on. thats the language were being told. thats a significant development, oren. >> it absolutely is. its a...

Solution. living side by side, all negotiations since 1993 including the latest effort by john kerry that failed as we know, was based on two-state solution. now, maybe the united states is reaching now the conclusion, the effects on the ground makes a two-state solution less and less viable. >> perhaps, but could this be a tactical move, a temporary decision just to help netanyahu at home? >> the question if not two-state solution, whats there? if trump is a deal maker and wants to strike a dea...

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 ...

Really have rights. what is clear on the israeli-palestinian conflict its not finalized. its still a work in progress. and weve seen it develop over the last few months as president trump has backed away from his promise to move the embassy to jerusalem. and the right wing and the settlers now hes criticized them as being unhelpful to the peace process. so this statement not insisting on a two-state solution gives him wiggle room as the white house figuring out its policy with working with arab ...

Conference. >> before their meeting in private. it will be a major moment for a lot of reasons. both the white house and israel have facing turmoil. our elise labott joins us live in washington. a number of issues on the agenda, primarily iran. >> reporter: thats right, poppy and john. iran is the prime ministers number one priority, beating back not just on the nuclear issue but countering irans other behavior in the region and trying to contain the fallout from the conflict in syria where hezb...

They understood the complexity of the situation in the middle east they have had to walk this back, havent they? >> they have. thats been the trend up to now. with president trump the word used is unprecedented. he himself is an ardent supporter of opponent of two-state solution. it depend on which voice prevail. one note is king abdull law flew to -- president trump speaking about the danger of settlement jeopardizing two-state solution. it seems as though president trump opinion is not made up...

Bring in cnns oren liebermann. oren, that news came out of a briefing last night from white house officials. the language they used is that donald trump will no longer insist on the two-state solution, being the primary goal of mideast peace. >> and thats a very big break from decades of u.s. foreign policy which says a two-state solution, an israel state and palestinian state is the only option. that senior white house official saying the white house is open to any options that both sides agree...

And there is no greater supporter of the jewish people or the jewish state than president donald trump. >> reporter: diplomats and experts say that president trump may have wafer erred on the two-state solution to help netanyahu who is having political issues at home. they know that the palestinians are having a vote on that and highly unlikely to accept a peace deal that doesnt lead to their own independent state. they had a chance to talk about this with the u.s. we understand the cia director...