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Who is one of the big sponsors is egypt, of course. egypt gets the most aid from the united states of any country in the world except for israel, about $1.3 billion a year. why does egypt get that much aid? because it signed a peace treaty with israel? is the united states going to cut off aid with egypt in order to be at peace with israel because it's upset about this resolution regarding the capital of israel. it's a very complicated situation there and one that might have ramifications that president trump doesn't really intend. >> peter baker from the "new york times," thank you for that. ...

Nikki haley issued this stern warning. >> america will put our embassy in jerusalem. that is what the american people want us to do. and it is the right thing to do. no vote in the united nations will make any difference on that. but this vote will make a difference on how americans look at the un, and how we look at countries who disrespect us in the un, and this vote will be remembered. >> nbc's ron allen is at the united nations here in new york. the global response to the u.s. action in jerusalem, ron, would seem to be pretty clear at this point. nine nations siding with the united states....

Assistance and nikki haley saying the u.s. will be taking names, and that's because there's been a similar vote in recent days at the 183-member united nations general assembly. just a couple days ago they voted on palestinian self-determination, and that vote passed 176 in favor and only 7 against or abstaining. and this vote is expected to go much the same way, with even the moderate arab states, who have a pretty good relationship with president trump, voting in favor of this resolution to nullify president trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. now, it is a nonbinding r...

Against or abstaining, israel and the u.s. in the against or abstaining category. tonight's vote, which is in emergency meeting of the general assembly, could have much the same result, a vast majority of countries voting to attempt to nullify president trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. now, it is a non binding vote, which means that they can't actually change president trump's position or have any sort of facts on the ground effect on what happens, but it is a stinging rebuke of u.s. foreign policy and serves to highlight how much the u.s. stands alone there as trump ...

>> you said she was upping the ante. do you think that's going to work when it's time to vote? >> i don't think it's going to -- look. at this point, every country that's there has worked out with their capital how they will vote on this. they're probably not as concerned about broader u.n. funding but certainly this is going to create a question now going forward. is the u.s. going to follow through with these threats? as we were saying, president trump does not like to look when he backs down when he issues an ultimatum. >> josh covers the state department for his day-to-day life when you're...