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Single tweet. >> why do you think, john kirby, as i said, former state department and pentagon spokesperson, why do you think the president all of a sudden starting this new year focussing in on pakistan, iran, north korea? obviously israel and palestine, jerusalem, all of these major national security issues. >> i don't want to give him too much credit for strategic thinking, but you could make an argument that this is in keeping with his national security strategy, which is all about reciprocity and transactional relationships. rebecca makes the salient point here, that's not how foreign pol...

Korea and japan. they are hoping this will help in ongoing talks to diffuse the crisis. israel is planning on naming a train station after president trump. it is is not the only public place that could bear the 45th president's name. we have details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill. this isn't just any train station. this is one of the high-speed rail stops inside the old city of jerusalem, the most sensitive point in the israeli/palestinian conflict. it will be 50, 60 meters underground. passengers will get out near the western wall, the place trump visit indeed may, making hi...

Sure. the budget cut they negotiated is just a little over what u.n. secretary general gutierrez was arguing for, a cut in $200 million. this is a bit more than that. they stated and i believe when they say this was targeted to cut office, expensive office leases, compensation rules, travel consultants, things like this, and it's true. when it comes to u.n. headquarters in new york there is fat to trim. >> let me bring hans nichols in from the pentagon. hans, the president is not a fan, we know from the campaign, of the u.s. funding of the united nations, but the problem with this is this anno...

States. the arab gulf states now see israel as a potential ally against iran. and, again, it was president obama who created strength in thiranian regime by handing over so much money. and now we hear reports that maybe he intriewrd with the justice department investigation of some hezbollah-related drug dealings. if that's interview. it really has to be looked into in great detail. look, israel is the only democracy in the middle east. america's strongest ally in the middle east. and the united states and other countries ought to be supportive. the capital of israel has always been jerusalem....

Their families. it's a pleasure for me to be working today so that others can be home and enjoying christmas with their family. as far as what nikki haley has done i think it's terrific. it's about time we sent a message to the u.n., which has become a place of hate when it comes to the united states and israel. you know that israel's representative to the u.n. once said that if algeria introduced a resolution that the earth was flat, and that israel flattened it, it would win by a vote of 120 to 63 with 28 abstentions. and there has to be consequences for this kind of voting. look what donald...