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Hallmark of policies for decades through different parties administrations. the white house settlement statement came a few hours after president trump met with king abdullah of jordan. the country that borders israel and is obviously very interested in a peaceful two-state solution. huge player there. joining me now, peter baker, chief white house correspondent who just returned to d.c. after five months in the jerusalem bureau for the "new york times." mr. baker, how are you, sir? >> hey chuck, how are you doing? >> all right. let's start with i have to say, if you're a prime minister of isr...

>> they say that it only makes the situation more complicated. >> i disagree on this issue. i think that we have shown repeatedly a patience with negotiations and with the process. we've supported the palestinian authority in interest of negotiating with israel and now they are pulling the plugs on negotiations. you pull the plug, you shouldn't get the cash. >> hasn't israel taken steps that the president and others have been very critical of because they have basically cut off many of the options for a final settlement. >> israel has consistently said to the leadership of the palestinian auth...

Security and refugees between this israeli government and this palestinian authority. that's the real crisis. and that's the crisis we'll confront once the u.n. general assembly dissolved and goes home and we're left with the day after. >> you can argue that somehow the obama white house and the president seeing the hope of what ended up being the arab spring and not envisioning it that way because he didn't. his cairo speech and the legacy that he saw for himself in bringing a new voice to the table that he perhaps went too far with an israeli prime minister on settlements and had the blowbac...