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Our allies all the time and become disdained around the world, which donald trump is right now, i don't see how that helps america's interest. slash the budget and try it to one event like the jerusalem move, it seemed to me just another trump miscue. >> bill, let's talk about that because today's threat at the u.n. came from nikkei haley. do you think she's in favor of taking names of countries that voted against the u.s. oor is she like others just playing to president trump? >> i don't think it's a bad thing. i was in the first bush administration. we told countries this was an important vo...

The white house as the president is at odds with much of the world over his controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel, prompting a harsh rebuke at the u.n. >> they take hundreds of millions of dollars, even billions of dollars, and vote against us. well, we're watching those votes. let them is vote against us. we'll save a lot. we don't care. >> reporter: 128 countries voting to approve a resolution demanding the trump administration withdraw his decision. 35 abstaining. nine others voting against it. even after this direct threat from ambassador nikki haley. >> we...

Vote. there was a smaller vote in the u.n. security council on monday where she talked about this being the will of the american people, that this reflecting reality, you know, she has explained multiple times now in the u.s. view this doesn't really change anything and it doesn't change the final status of jerusalem, but, obviously, we see most of the rest of the world feel absolutely otherwise. i mean the u.s. was completely isolated in the vote on monday. now comes the bigger vote in the u.n. general assembly and it will be interesting to see how people vote. i mean we know that there are s...

Will make any difference on tha that. >> the u.n. called this emergency session to debate a resolution rejecting the u.s. of decision recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. proposed by turkey and yemen, they drew the support of nearly every single arab and muslim country and many more around the globe. >> we believe the decision by the u.s. government to relocate the u.s. embassy to jerusalem is addressable, it is not a sustainable solution. >> we will not be m intimidated! you can be strong, but it does not make you right. >> the state of palestine respects the sovereignty of states so lo...

Taken advantage of any longer. >> let's go live to jerusalem and orren liebermann. oren, when is this going to happen and what do we expect? >> reporter: well, christine, president donald trump's threat to cut off foreign aid and nikki haley's threat there not expected to have any real impact on the outcome of this vote, and that's because it's expected to pass not only a little bit, but overwhelmingly. and if you want an idea of the kind of margin we're looking at in the 183-member united nations general assembly, take a look at a vote from a couple of days ago on palestinian self-determinati...