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Christmas celebrations are under way in jerusalem but the holiday is being overshadowed by a political policy. >> there are protests continuing over the decision by president trump to recognize jerusalem as israeli's capital. cnn's orrin lieberman is in bethlehem this morning. what are the differences in bethlehem this year? >> reporter: you can get a look behind me how empty manger's square is. normally on this hour on christmas eve, the square would be packed and people here would be counting down the hires until the highlight of the date, really the highlight of the year which is midnight m...

The embassy and building it would take a minimum of three years. probably four years because you have to incorporate the corporate security measures as well. to get down the political lines to push that window out even further, we could be talking about six, eight years before anything happens but the president is now going to go on record and say jerusalem is the capital of israel and that he's going to move the embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv. a lot of the reaction has been that the president is throwing not just a hand grenade but a 500-pound bomb into the peace process and he is going t...

Obviously that's a ticklish issue. the palestinians say jerusalem is their capitol. but trump and his administration has backed off that. no talk on moving the embassy right away, again, falling in line with u.s. policy in the area. >> shepard: speaking of unconventional. being at a super bowl is cumbersome. a lot of security, traffic, road blocks. so you come in say thursday and friday you have a nice time. saturday maybe you go to the taylor swift concert. sunday -- >> taylor swift has a concert? >> shepard: yes. >> where is the concert? >> here in houston. have you been invited? >> shepard:...

It's been more than 20 years since the u.s. congress passed a law relocating the u.s. embassy here to jerusalem. a few presidents have pledged to follow through, but so far each one has deferred the move. both bill clinton and george w. bush promised to move the embassy during their campaigns before backing away. mr. trump's comments have sparked protest. if he follows through, palestinian officials will withdraw their recognition of israel. palestinians say jerusalem is their capital, too. the city contains some of the most important pilgrimage sites in christianity and islam. >> my message t...

Friedman a piece of turf there in jerusalem where he can do the business of the united states in israel. the president obviously very happy about this move tweeting out this morning, big day for israel. congratulations. he's had criticism heaped on him for doing this. many people saying it's an obstacle to peace. the president said this has always been held back. the reason why it never moved, the palestinians wanted it part of a final status negotiation. the president said i'm going to take that off the table. for context, this is the result of an act of congress in 1995 that jerusalem embass...