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Taken the u.s. state department by surprise. its statement says we are surprised by the uk prime ministers office statement given that secretary kerrys remarks covered the full range of threats to a two-state solution including terrorism, violence, incitement and settlements were in line with the uks own long-standing policy and its vote at the united nations last week. the state department there is saying, we dont know where this has come from and especially given we havent done or said anythin...

Been here in hawaii covering his working vacation. you will remember a couple of weeks ago him announcing plans to bar offshore drilling in parts of the arctic and atlanta oceans. he also continued to try to draw down the population at the u.s. military guantanamo bay of telling congress of plans to transfer them to other countries. he is trying to make sure that there are as few detainees at guantanamo bay as possible when he ends his presidency and announcing more clemency for people, bringing...

More important. certainly not in recent history. there is another view that perhaps the british government is simply trying to maintain a close influence on this issue to try and guide both of these parties toward a two-state solution further down the track. chr christi. >> phil, we appreciate it. thank you so up much. moving on, after being free for three years, a kennedy cousin may be heading back to prison for murder. why his lawyer says michael skakel should remain free for good. thats nex...

Settlements agency the u.ss the. it voted in favor of the security resolution. theres a view that perhaps britain has making up to do with the government. perhaps britain is attempting to maintain relationship with the new administration, the incoming one and the israeli government in the hope of guiding them more towards a two-state solution. >> real quick, i would expect that brexit plays a role in the sense that great britain doesnt want to feel completely cut off by everybody? >> i think tha...

And there has been a lot of personalizing over the question of russian leadership. russian leadership is pretty much focused on one person, vladimir putin. but i think some of the efforts, you hear this in the u.s. media, hear this among u.s. politicians, it is as if putin and russia are synonymous terms. i think donaldrump is refrned from beioo personalizing the issue on putin, but well see if hes successful in doing this, and in the meantime, i think putin is appreciative of that. and so well ...

Show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. new reaction to john kerrys speech on israel and a future of a two-state solution. a spokesman for british prime minister theresa may rebuked kerry for his criticism of israeli settlements on palestinian territory. joining me is nairi huff, former state department spokesperson. i understand you worked under john kerry and hillary clinton, correct? >> i did, betty. >> you have interesting perspective. lets get right to it...

U.n. from once was a u.n. instigated thing but a u.s. instigated thing. barack obama had it in for israel from the beginning. now that hes gone out of office, he is letting him vent. john kerry goes along with what he is fed by the state bureaucracy which leaves in the two-state solution. gaza got withdrawal of israeli settlements a decade ago. its a haven of warfare and missiles. im going to be blunt here, anti-settlement means jew free. we should not tolerate that anywhere in the world. >> wel...

Ramallah. so that is clearly a settlement that would hinder completely the idea of a two-state solution. so to have the ambassador to israel, david friedman, as trumps nominee would be really problematic in trying to move forward to a two-state solution. >> we appreciate your take on this. appreciate your time today. thank you. happy new year. it is one of donald trumps most important promises to millions of americans. guess who is leading the cha. to make sure trump keeps his word? what ber...

Two-state solution come through yet, hopefully something that the trump administration will be able to focus on. so you have the partisan legacy piece, but you also have a separate piece which is a long-standing policy of the countries which is independent of leadership opinions. and thats the commitment -- >> let me just jump in here. in listening to this, right, there has been a whole lot of resolutions in the past. why is this one getting so much reaction? >> there is two parts. there is a ti...

Policies are quite different than that. he said as much in his speech. do you agree with that? whos right? >> hes made contrary statements over the past years. back in 2009, he said he supported a two-state solution. on the eve of his last election, he backed away from it. hes back and forth on this. and its hard to know exactly what hes thinking. what is clear as secretary kerry said in his speech is that the israelry government has not pronounced itself in favor of a two-state solution and mos...