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Expanded. >> reporter: the turmoil over flynns resignation, also over shadows the high profile visit from israeli president trump benjamin netanyahu. the president breaking with decades of foreign policy, abandoning a two-state solution to middle east peace. no longer insisting on the creation of a palestinian state and making clear he isnt giving netanyahu a blank check. >> as with any successful negotiation, both sides will have to make compromises. you know that, right? >> reporter: in yet an...

Nobody could have guessed tom daschle wouldnt get in in 2009. what about the visit by bibi netanyahu and your take on the interaction at the news conference about the settlements and the two state one state solution. >> for puzder and the israelis it was an unbelievably successful event. i thought bibi was going to break into song at one point. the two-state solution is no longer the holy grail. its the most likely in the most supported around the world but it was a good thing to break the taboo...

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Presidential campaign. now, normally, this kind of contact is not considered unusual. >> but investigators say these talks stood out for a few reasons, because they happened so frequently and involved senior campaign officials. on monday, national security adviser michael flynn, you may remember, resigned due to his contact with russian officials. >> now were getting a glimpse into the trump administrations policy concerning the israeli-palestinian conflict. president trump will meet with israel...

That could get asked of the president. what did he know and when did he know it? that age-old question will likely be asked of this president. getting back to the he issue of israeli prime minister netany u netanyahu, you and i both, though, wolf, this is a president that benjamin netanyahu wants to deal with. he had a very frosty and prickly relationship with president obama. they had massive disagreements over the middle east peace process. in particular the iran nuclear deal and what you hear...

On iran, you saw israel in the united states basically on the same page. i am sure that netanyahu felt very good when he heard the strong remarks by trump about how bad the iran deal is and how much he wants to try to enforce it and ensure that iran does not get nuclear weapons as the president said "ever." on the other hand, the comments that the president made about settlements when turning to the prime minister and saying to him, im going to want you to start building settlements for now and ...

Palestinian leaders seized. netanyahu should stop settlement construction to resume a pieeac proces process. when he was asked, he said the term two-state solution is a label. he said he doesnt want to talk about labels. he wants to talk about substance. what is clear, john, the middle east policies are far from formulated. it is vague. we have seen him change on embassy from jerusalem and settlements. that policy is unclear at this point. >> oren liebermann for us in jerusalem. thank you. let...

Im going to read it here. how will america look after years of trump and bannon? basically pointing to both leaders facing crises that are destabilizing their administrations. how much pressure is there at home on prime minister netanyahu ahead of this meeting? what is he trying to get out of this? >> theres a tremendous amount of political pressure on netanyahu, especially from his coalition and his party. to abandon the prospects for a palestinian state, abandon a two-state solution. again, th...

Standing of this president. its a big day for the president. quite unusual. remarkable that they would come out and talk first before theyve had any conversations. >> make a good point. maybe theyll be able to say were going to discuss that. well get back to you later. sensitive issues. alice, moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem during the campaign. donald trump said, yes, that was going to happen. that was going to happen quickly. now he is saying not so fast. as far as a two-state so...

Saying settlement construction is not something he supports. what is the reaction in israel this morning? we have cnns oren liebermann live in jerusalem for us right now. a little bit of a duelling message. no more push of the two-state solution. he nudged the prime minister on settlements. i have a sense the prime minister knew that was coming and not unhappy with the results. >> reporter: right. netanyahus government is hailing that press conference as the beginning of the new era. we heard th...