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Past year. and our position was that, look, we understand that this is something that is important to the president. it was a campaign promise. but the subject of jerusalem has to be part of a comprehensive solution for israelis and for palestinians. the decision was taken, as we all know. it has created a backlash, because it has frustrated the palestinians, where they feel that there isn't an honest broker. i would like to reserve judgment, because we're still waiting for the americans to come out with their plan. but tremendous sympathy to where the palestinians are feeling. and jerusalem i...

Israel in a couple of hours. despite warnings of unrest. ian lee is live with more. what's it like there? >> reporter: calm right now, chris. but u.s. diplomatic missions here and around the middle east are bracing for any ramifications of that announcement. we know israel has also beefed up security arched the area. they are warning u.s. citizens to avoid any large crowds and the city. they have urged the united states not to take this step. the uk, france, turkey, as well as jordan, saudi arabia, and egypt. jordan and the palestinians have called for an emergency session of the arab league t...

Peace process. maybe if we do something different, we will now start to see something move forward. and so i think that's what the president did. he showed courage, but more than that, he showed a commitment towards a peace process to go forward. >> does the trump administration now considering with ambassador, east jerusalem as part of israel? >> if you notice, we didn't say anything about any part of jerusalem. that's for the two sides to decide. that's not for the united states to decide. all we said was jerusalem, as a whole. in the peace process, however they decide to break it up or not ...

>> reporter: and they still are, but they've done so with no effort or no clear policy on where exactly the western wall is. rex tillerson said the western wall is in jerusalem. of course it's in jerusalem. the question is where is jerusalem, in israel in the west bank in is this started with the preparations for this visit as u.s. and israeli officials were meeting here trying to make sure the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, would be with trump at the western wall, and then there would be a live broadcast put out of the wall. u.s. officials snapped back saying essentially this isn't your ...

Holiest site in jerusalem, the western wall is somehow a settlement and that the israeli presence in the old city is somehow a settlement. that's to be subject to negotiation in the future. the holiest site is not a settlement. this is a badly misguided attempt on the part of the palestinians. it really as someone who has been there 10 times and met with people on both sides, it sets things backward and now it will be up to president trump to move things forward again. >> thanks for the time. >> thank you. >> still ahead, a historic day in hawaii. president obama and shinzo abe together at pea...