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Campaign strategy is donald trump. cnn jerusalem. for more on the fallout from all of this, let's bring in ambassador edward walker former u.s. ambassador to israel and egypt. good to see you. >> thank you. >> should any member of the u.s. congress be banned from israel when the u.s. gives that country $3 billion a year? >> well, it's a rough call. i'll tell you, i don't think they should have done it. i think it was poor political decision on the part of netanyahu, but he's facing a very difficult situation in which he might even be indicted for criminal activity, so he's going to do whatev...

Basic core relationship between the united states and israel. >> even when you have some democrats including senator bernie sanders saying that israel, you know, shouldn't take america's money if they're going to go to these lengths of not accepting u.s. lawmakers in their country? >> we don't give israel money as a gift. we give it because we see it's in our national self-interest to give it. it's $38 billion over a ten-year period. it was just recently renewed, and it has a lot to do with our position in the region, our ability to move troops around the region. it's far more complex than jus...

And so, we need support. we need support from the europeans and we need support from the asians. so, this doesn't make any sense whatsoever. >> ambassador edward walker, great to have your insight. thanks so much for being with us. we appreciate it. >> you bet. maybe as soon as next week, james comey will testify before the senate. what will he say? how candid will he be? a friend and former prosecutor joins us next. it's our little differences,

Here is part of what the white house had to say in making their announcement. they said "no one should consider this step to be in any way a retreat from the president's strong support for israel and for the united states/israel alliance. president trump made this decision to maximize the chances of successfully negotiating a deal between israel and the palestinians." so trump making it very clear he is still very much determined to pursue some sort of renegotiation or restarting of the peace process between israelis and palestinians. john and poppy? >> all right, oren liebermann for us in isr...

Family. and more power to him if he can do something about this. but i don't think the timing is particularly good to make a big issue out of it. we made a mistake with president obama by taking on the issue of the settlements right from the get-go. he lost a lot of ground that way. we don't need to make the same mistake again. >> ambassador edward walker, thank you so much for being with me this morning. >> you bet, a pleasure. still to come, he's just days into his presidency and donald trump already faces a legal fight. an ethics group accuses the president of violating the constitution. ...