so, obviously, something very persuasive was stated in that phone call, and i think most americans support, ultimately, what the president-elect did. >> alan, i spoke with you earlier and i think you're looking at this question this way. you don't want president obama to tie the incoming president's hands by making policy changes in the final weeks, but he is still the president. shouldn't he, if he wants to change policy, shouldn't he be able to do it as he sees fit? >> he can change policy, he can make speeches. what he should not do is change america's policy 40 years at the united nations. if the security council resolution goes through, it completely ties the hand of an incoming president. you can't undo a security council resolution. you can't take away a veto. and this security council resolution is an invitation to the international criminal court to go after israel. it's an invitation to the bds movement to start sanctioning israel. it's a very, very bad resolution. and there is a big difference