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History for the last 3000 years. and that is jerusalem has been the capital of one people's country or one kingdom. that people is the jews, and that country is and was israel. the empires that tried to destroy israel are long gone. yet they still speak the same language and practice the same religion which is the foundation of our judeo-christian religion. donald trump sent them a message to reflect on their own history. and that it was the king of persia who thousand years before mohammed was born that said

Have nuclear weapons. we must be able to go to a site and check that site. we have to be able to go into their military bases to see whether or not they are cheating. >> jeanine: joining me now, congressman who has been instrumental in the move to jerusalem. congressman, good evening. welcome to the fox jerusalem bureau. >> it's great to be here. thank you for making the track. i love israel. but most important, the move to jerusalem by the president, a move that none of the other presidents have the courage to make, why do you think they didn't to it? >> it's a tough decision to make. the who...

>> good evening. it's good to be with you. although you are in jerusalem and i am in tel aviv. we will make up for tomorrow. >> jeanine: i'm sure we'll see each other at the opening of the embassy. as i read in the introduction, there has been a lot of years of global diplomacy that preceded this time. what you think brings us to the point in time we can actually get the start? >> what president trump has delivered is not just keeping a promise, which is quite unusual, but delivering leadership. we live in a world with very little leadership. there's very little leadership in europe and elsewh...

Over iraq with a shiite regime and have lemon off. so that's why they're there to attack us. we are not going to let it happen. just let them come in and threaten our population. and we did not provoke it. they were stupid enough to provoke it with the drone. >> jeanine: thank you so much for being here. coming up, the congressman joins us here in jerusalem to talk about -- and plus i sit down with the founder and chairman of christians united for israel. plus lindsey graham, next. paying too much for insurance that isn't the right fit? well, esurance makes finding the right coverage easy. in ...

>> it's great to be here in our capital, jerusalem. >> jeanine: it's such a historic time. your experience in the foreign ministry. over the time you are working, you saw hypocrisy that we talked about, even more than that, the history that precedes not just the present withdrawing for the the iran till but the identification and recognition by the united states that jerusalem is the capital of israel. >> it's momentous. it's historic resolution and decision that will change the course of history. it was very courageous. he is the first president after so many who promised and did not make goo...