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Partners on isis, on syria. i think that what is really missing here as we've been saying is this kind of regional strategy. jared kushner is trying to get this kind of jigsaw puzzle where the saudis are working together with israel on iran. that part of it seems to be working pretty well i think. there have been some quiet conversations between saudi arabia and israel. what about the gulf? they're not going to be happy about this. >> i want to get reaction from the israelis and palestinians. we are reporters in jerusalem and ramallah on the west bank. nic robertson is in jerusalem. nick, i un...

To the sovereignty of east jerusalem or the borders leaving it open to negotiations. frankly this had nothing to do with the pursuit of israeli-palestinian peace. notion ha how we need new ideas, there are no new ideas here. this seems to be a statement by a willful president to a basically deliver and to those who said you can't do it, i can do it. i'm not entirely sure. the statement doesn't appear attached or moored to any specific strategy. and frankly, i think it's going to make mr. kushner's already impossible task ha much more impossible. one final point. he did mention the palestinians...

On in that region. question is how we're going to get from here to there. >> christiane, i want you to stand by. the president's about to make his very important, indeed historic statement on the future of the u.s. attitude, the u.s. position on jerusalem. he's to walk into the room. he is walking in right now with the vice president. >> thank you. when i came into office, i promised to look at the world's challenges with open eyes and very fresh thinking. we cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. all challenges dem...

National security correspondent. you were listening very closely. what did you hear? >> reporter: it was a nuanced statement from the president. but the fact is he did say something that previous presidents democrat and republican have not said about jerusalem. there's a reason that they have not despite the passage of this legislation some 20 years ago because the view is among both parties here in the u.s. but also u.s. allies and adversaries, china russia, is by making that statement you're prejudicing negotiations. they haven't reached agreement on this and yes, he did say i would support ...

A recognition of reality that jerusalem has long been the seat of power in israel. we earlier received israeli reaction from flick robertson in jerusalem. a statement from the prime minister netanyahu. ian legal is joining us from ramallah on the west bank. i assume the palestinians are pretty angry about all of this. >> you know, wolf, that's something we've heard in the leadup to this. right now we're waiting for palestinian president mahmoud abbas to give his statement and what we're seeing right now is that he's actually having a phone conversation according to palestinian tv with the egyp...