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244,000 people seeking unemployment insurance last week. as americans struggle with the rising costs of everyday goods. new details about former president trump allegedly trying to call a witness involved in the january 6th committee s investigation. we begin this morning with what appears to be a stark difference between the president of the united states and israel over how to deal with iran. during a joint news conference with israeli s prime minister in jerusalem, president biden defended his efforts to restart an international agreement aimed at preventing iran from building a nuclear weapon. this is a vital security to both israel and the united states. and i would add for the rest of the world as well. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome. and we ll continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. but the israeli leader said diplomacy will not work and that the international com ....
Deals. it s a big deal. two months ago or so, israel hosted a summit with the leaders of those nations, of most of those nations, with which they have normalization deals. those leaders, they talked about a range of issues, namely the threats posed by iran, but those leaders also pressed israel on making moves to work toward a two-state solution and to get and to not have violence, for example, during the holidays and so on. and that kind of pressure imposed by arab leaders, that weighs heavily because there is a lot that the two countries are the two sides are getting from each other now that you have these deals. for example, trade between israel and the uae has ballooned. and where you had almost no trade before, now it s i believe the percentage has increased by 200% or something like that. it s in the range of about $20 billion of trade. that s significant and it shows how much each side has to gain. i mean, just the fact that ....
Israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. but the israeli leader said diplomacy will not work and that the international community must be willing to use force to stop iran. the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. the only way to stop them is to put a credible military threat on the table. and with us now to start off our coverage this hour, hagar shamali. it is great to see you this morning. the president says the u.s. won t wait forever for iran to rejoin the nuclear deal. at what point does diplomacy end and then other options, including possible military options, begin? ....
Military force or sanctions and is so on. the fact is that the iran deal was working while it was in place. the ieae was conducting its investigations and examinations. and they claimed over and over again that iran was holding up its end of the bargain. the fact is diplomacy does work. at the end of the day it depends on what you view as success. the united states, and this is what president obama was criticized, they view success as iran holding up its end of the bargain related to the nuclear program. israel and others argue success would mean not just the end of the nuclear program, but that that nuclear program had no risk of returning and that you saw no more money going to supporting terrorism and proxies across the region. the fact is that the obama administration had separated the two. at the same time, president trump did the opposite, walked away from the deal, imposed maximum sanctions. while that did work to undermine financially the terrorist groups ....
The president of the united states is going to be flying from israel to saudi arabia is in and of itself an important milestone. i want to bring in nbc s raf sanchez in jerusalem. good morning. talking with hagar the two-state solution. there is clearly a difference there between the president of the united states and the leadership in israel. reporter: yeah, jose, that s right. the israeli prime minister and the american president putting out this joint declaration earlier today. had a lot to say about iran. had a lot to say about technology. it had very little to say about the israeli/palestinian conflict. it committed the two sides to continuing dialogue and it committed them to trying to improve the everyday life of palestinians. but the israelis did not commit to pursuing a two-state solution. they did not commit to even future peace talks. prime minister yair lapid is personally a supporter of the ....