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A sitting president and from a soon to be president. they are getting two very different messages when it comes to global policy. some working on the transition say it amounts to obstruction. >> this administration is not working to help the smooth transition of trump take office. they are doing everything they can to make this a bumpy road. >> president-elect donald trump emerging moments ago with a different take on the transition. we will get to that and much more ahead this afternoon. we do begin with that top story. secretary of state john kerry strongly critical of the israeli government...

We're continuing to gauge reaction, get reaction, to the big speech we just ladder from secretary of state john kerry. his vision forward. a blunt, at times angry message by the secretary. elise labott watching with us. what are you picking up? >> reporter: i want to read something i got from an israeli friend of mine communicating oer over the years and very tough against the u.s. and in particular president obama and secretary kerry. this person just e-mailed me says the speech was very, very good. balanced and logical and fair. i don't know what bebe, netanyahu kind of nickname will say, bu...

Oren lieberman is there. oren, we heard there from the former israeli ambassador, a clear message on his reaction to john kerry's speech. what other reactions are you hearing from israelis and palestinians? >> reporter: women, let me point out one thing, an interesting point. one of your guests suggested this was a speech directed for the israeli public. if so, if that really was the intent, that intent missed the mark. the speech wasn't carried live here. part of that may be the language difference, although that's hard to believe since it's fairly easy to get a translator and many israelis s...

Ta naftali bennett, that john kerry called out specifically, the one right after john kerry's, after president-elect donald trump election set the era of a palestinian state is over and hasn't backed down you on that at all saying israel would never allow a terrorist state nearby, reinforcing what kerry said is the problem here. kerry said the problem is that the israeli government is led by settler leaders, naftali bennett, a settler leader, to the right of netanyahu, doubled down on his comments and criticism of john kerry. >> go to -- >> can i say something? >> aaron, go ahead. >> i mean, i...

Who was so fundamentally frustrated by the absence of progress and so convinced that the two-state solution is about to become the one-state outcome, and unless something is done, his efforts and the efforts of the united states is doomed. it is interesting that the secretary of state gave this speech. not the president. we had the reagan plan, we had the clinton parameters, and now we have the kerry speech. >> what does that tell you. i also argue the context here as i think elise mentioned is everything. the question is, how is this going to be heard, interpreted and read in view of the u....