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Tens of thousands of people in their path. we're going to monitor it and we'll talk to you again soon. back the you. >> please, please be safe, my friend. j jacob, thank you. big developments overseas with protests in cities across the west bank and the gaza strip. hundreds of palestinians on the streets overnight, this morning after president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. ayman moyhhyeldin on the ground for us. how bad is it? >> reporter: let me tell you how it played out. we actually had to go out to see firsthand the protests taking place and began as peaceful prot...

Calling for days of rage. president trump recognized jerusalem yesterday as the capital of israel. nikki haley calling it symbolic and more. >> president trump: we're no closer to a lasting peace agreement between israel and the palestinians. it would be folly to assume that repeating the exact same formula would now produce a different or better result. therefore, i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> he made a symbolic move to say we are committed to the peace process, we are committed to seeing israelis and palestinians coming toget...

If jerusalem is recognized as the capital of israel, israel has the right to determine what jerusalem is defined as. if israel says west jerusalem is jerusalem, and east jerusalem is the capital of palestine, that's fine with him. so that is explicitly in the speech. secondly, muhammad bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, who is the one who is making these tectonic shifts happen isn't -- >> do you agree they are tectonic? >> yes, they are. he's been trying to comfort abbas and the palestinians. he brought, according to reports, he brought mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president to ri...

President donald trump today formally recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. a campaign promise kept but a high stakes move that may complicate his administration's larger longer term goal of achieving peace between israelis and palestinians. >> after more than two decades of waivers, we are no closer to a lasting peace agreement between israel and the palestinians. it would be folly to assume that repeating the exact same formula would now produce a different or better result. therefore, i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> joinin...

Talk about fake news. what is fake history in the region? as if our capital is not in jerusalem. it's been our capital for 69 years. the real question is not why this was done today. >> why can't you acknowledge -- >> i heard your -- i'll answer your question but let me finish this sentence. the real question is why was this not done 69 years ago? why not? it's not just the last 22 years. it's not just the peace process for the palestinians. what happened after 1995? we've been a state since 1948. we're the only state in the world. israel is the only state in the world whose capital is not rec...