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>> reporter: as you could imagine with the historical layout you put forward, it depends what side of the divide you're on. on the palestinian side. we heard from the christian community here who criticized this move saying it's not the right time. it's not the right decision. we heard from palestinian factions including militant groups and heard from ordinary palestinians. as you go broader into the arab world, you heard from any country on the map. they will tell you that's not a good decision. they expressed their concerns to the u.s. privately and publicly with their statements. but have v...

Ahead of this afternoon's announcement, president trump will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. it is drawing real warnings from leaders in the middle east, plus all our nato allies. the white house argues this change and the plan to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem won't have an impact on israeli/palestinian peace talks. and we have new info on the bizarre acoustic attack we have been covering on the show. in brussels this morning, rex tillerson says he thinks that mysterious attacks on officials in cuba last year are actually targeted. the u.s. says 24 u.s. government official...

>> russian attorney says donald trump jr. asked her if she had evidence of illegal donations to the clinton foundation in a meeting at trump tower in june of 2016. >> all right. lots to cover this morning. but the biggest thing right now is that president trump is preparing to upend nearly a half a century of u.s. policy in the middle east announcing plans to recognize jerusalem rather than tel aviv as the capital of israel. the president is working to make good on one of his many campaign promises. >> we will move the american embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish people jerusalem. >> ...

1950. however, at no point recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. nor did governments around the world. every embassy to the world remains in tel aviv to this day. 1967, another led to gaza seizing the west strip, west bank, and east jerusalem which was then controlled by jordan. now, the annexation of east jerusalem which displaced many was not recognized by the international community and is the main factor for preventing israeli and palestinian peace talks. maybe not the main factor. nevertheless, in 1980 israel passed a law declaring jerusalem complete and united as the capital of israe...

Of the jewish people, jerusalem. >> moving embassy has potential to spark protests adroz middle east and also potential weaken arab-israeli peace push led by son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. >> the president is going make his decision and -- >> has he made his decision? >> he's still looking at a lot of different facts and when he makes the decision he will be the one to tell you and not me. he'll make sure he does that at the right time. >> recognizing the holy city as israeli capital will jeopardize peace efforts, the palestinians claim jerusalem as part of future state. national...