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Israel, israeli officials have been watching this pick very closely and what move the president-elect would be making here. what is the reaction there tonight? >> reporter: well, thats right. we have instantly had reaction from across the spectrum of israeli politics when this announcement was made. from the far right, you had neftali bennett who cluwelcomede idea, calling friedman a friend of israel. on the far left you had some concern that someone who would be so vocal about not having a two-...

Parliamentarians accounts. very similar methods. very similar groups that they used. very similar conduits. and its always the same full spectrum operation. hacking, trolling, counterespionage. so, the pattern is quite compelling. and frankly, what i think president-elect trump should do is, since hes getting bored of his intelligence briefings, tell them give me an intelligence briefing for, you know, one hour, explaining the best case you have for why this is russia. >> hmm. lets move on to pr...

He pushed the republican party to back away from a two-state solution in the middle east. now campaign adviser david friedman is trumps choice for u.s. ambassador to israel. friedman is a lawyer who once counseled the president-elect on his failed atlantic city casinos. now he wants to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. something quite controversial. i want to bring in cnns ian lee to tell us more. hi, ian. >> hi, carol. this could be a seismic shift in u.s. foreign policy toward israel, the pa...

Extreme, well, i could tell you this, chris, he will be the first american prime minister to the state of israel palestine. if youre against the two-state solution, youre for a binational state. >> lets talk a little bit more about that. his name is david friedman. no relation to you. >> no relation. >> he goes further. he has a lot of controversial ideas. not only is he not a fan. an enemy of the two-state solution, he wants to move the embassy from tell tel aviv to jerusalem. what do you see h...

We know his obvious connection to trump is hes a bankruptcy lawyer and worked with him on his casino problems in atlantic city. how do you get from there to hes the right face for america in this very turbulent time? >> well, the question answers itself. it doesnt -- it strikes me as a very odd choice. its possible you could make the case that this is a nixon going to china moment but if he wants to make peace its a way to reassure the israelis that hes serious -- he is committed to their securi...

Settlement movement. so is a member of israels parliament who said good luck to david friedman the chosen ambassador of the united states to israel. a great friend of israel. now, the opinions of david friedman have been wide ranging. on the left, there has been some criticism from one mk, who said i like the jews who sit in the u.s. and are opposed to a two-state solution while we were the ones paying the price, bibi couldnt have wished himself a better nomination. now, the prime minister, caro...

President doesnt need to care about these conflicts of interest in the same way as other members of the government. >> well, theres two ways thats wrong. one is the legal sense. the constitution actually does have a written limit on what the president can do, called the emoluments clause. the president cant accept payments from a foreign state. if a foreign state starts renting out the ballrooms or buying up condos in trump buildings, the money goes to trump, he violated that. its in the constit...

Well, some news coming out of trump tower this evening. so the last thing before we go tonight, president-elect trump announced his pick for u.s. ambassador to israel. bankruptcy lawyer david freedman. freedman has worked with trump in past bankruptcy proceedings and advised candidate trump on the israeli/u.s. relationship during the campaign. in terms of policies, friedman is against a two-state solution for israel and palestine, he is supportive of israeli settlements, entirely opposite the pr...

. donald trump has nominated attorney david friedman as ambassador to israel. the far right positions spurring outrage among left-leaning jewish organizations. he advocates reindicating the u.s. ambassador to jerusalem from tel aviv and supports new settlements in the west bank. this summer he compared members of j-street, a jewish lobbyist organization who back a two-state solution to jews who aided the nazis during the holocaust. this is what he said in october. >> i think the evidence is su...

One, and until someone is is no, maam -- nominated, i really dont like to weigh in. >> what about the idea of moving the post to jerusalem? >> candidly, ive talked to the israelis about it, and i think there is a way to communicate the moving of the embassy to jerusalem. i think you know what we have, there is a consulate now that really only works on the palestinian side. but i think there is a way of doing it if you communicate that youre still hoping and working towards a two-state solution. ...