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U.s. president before he took the oath of office. do we have any indication of why this about-face? >> reporter: well, i think the reason why is because fundamentally he cannot have any kind of relationship with mainland china, with china proper, without accepting the one-china policy. so it would have been the nuclear option if donald trump had really carried through with his threats to use the taiwan issue as a negotiating chip. but certainly they've taken the more steady route, the policy that's been in place since 1979 which allowed the u.s. and china to establish a relationship. that's be...

Having a pitch battle with eu, basically saying you guys are either going to negotiate on our terms or we're just going to start negotiating our own deal. so she's playing hard ball with the european union. also, talking before about how jerusalem is being used right now as a -- sort of a chip, a negotiating chip. and they're going to push that off for several months. and so many things are negotiating chips. 40-cent tariff with china, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. nafta, not a negotiating chip. anybody that's been around him, anybody that's heard him talking about this, they have been digg...

I think part of the challenge for everyone here, including for us in the media, is trying to figure out what -- when we hear things from donald trump, are we hearing a policy statement or a negotiating position? because he really does seem to approach things on this sort of deal by deal by deal basis, and, i mean, he is a real estate guy still in some respects and it will be interesting to see how this sort of instincts that have gotten him this far in the business world and specifically the project to project to project real estate world are going to serve him when he is the chief executive o...

Territories so let's talk about -- >> it's much more than that. what this resolution does is says that all of that territory, all the territory beyond the 67 line, which is one of our most famous called auschwitz borders. that means that the western wall, according to this resolution is occupied palestinian territory. >> doesn't the resolution saying of course with the idea that there will be negotiation for a peace subtlement. >> it says 1967 and any change has to be agreed by the palestinians. that's different than resolution 242, which happened in 1967, so this actually changes the terms of...

Of americans that they're saying the fate of these americans are not in any way tied into this. who are they kidding? they are using them right now basically as a negotiating chip, we know this. just get them out and they still have congressional oversight of the deal. get the americans -- i don't understand for the life of me what is so complicated, again, i know it's against the narrative, why not just demand face to face with the iranian counterpart, secretary kerry, not we're calling or asking demand it for once demand a release. >> and you would think the iranians would think it's in thei...