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The crowd with rubber bullets and stun grenades and rocks were thrown in return. israeli police say they were there because of rioters and molotov cocktails thrown as well as rocks. they arrested 12 palestinians in connection with the violence. i was speaking to one palestinian man in jerusalem. he said this is another friday in jerusalem. that may be so, but the fact of the matter is this is the kind of thing that can escalate quickly as we saw in the days leading up to the violence over gaza. it is also an illustration that the fundamentals of the conflict have not changed as a result of the...

Hamas has been a winner out of this so far as far as i can tell today talking to people. >> erin, i know jerusalem was a hot spot today. obviously everyone is watching what happened. you were near the scene when the police clashed with people at the mosque. how is the cease-fire holding up? what do you know what led to the events today after the friday prayers? >> reporter: it was just in jerusalem where the situation had returned to calm. hours earlier, it had been anything but according to eyewitnesss shortly after prayers at the compound known as the temple mount, there was a gathering. tho...

And how the government and administration can be a partner going forward. >> it has been a cornerstone that the status quo of jerusalem should not be changed. will the biden administration seek assurances that those families will not be evicted and the status quo of jerusalem will not be changed? >> you heard me say this. preservation of the status quo of jerusalem is important. it is the final issue to be negotiated with the two parties with diplomacy. when it comes to this issue, this was the center of tension that built up and burst over a week ago. you heard me say this administration has ...

Netanyahu for their first phone conversation. today, the white house trying to shift the focus from the middle east to asia with the south korean president visiting. china will be a central focus on that and that is where the white house sees and wants priorities to be from the foreign policy standpoint on china and asia. not necessarily on the middle east. >> shannon pettypiece in d.c. erin in israel. richard in gaza. thank you for starting us off. joining me now is ned price. spokesperson for the state department. ned, it has been a long week with your travels. thank you for your time. you h...