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Russia's ogsf crimea. she spoke clearly on that not clear how trump's views are a cohesive policy. on the middle east, president trump blasted the obama administration for not voting against a u.n. resolution condemning israel's on going building of settlements in the west bank. now this surprising statement from the white house. >> while we don't believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, construction of new settlements or expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal but the trump administration has not taken an ...

May not be helpful in achieving that goal. but the trump administration has not taken an official position on settlement activity and looks forward to continuing discussions. not exactly tough criticism, but a stronger statement against the highly controversial setments than we've heard from this administration. what exactly is the policy? so far the white house says this. >> the president is committed to peace. that's his goal. at the end of the day, the goal is peace. >> reporter: so in response to these new sanctions, iran is saying that it will do virtually the same thing to the u.s., that...

The waters around yemen. >> p.j., looking more broadly at the end of this week, just in the last 24 hours we have sanctions against iran, a harsh statement about russia at the u.n. delivered by our new u.n. ambassador, nikki haley, the warning to israel last night about settlements there. some of those things actually sound a little bit like what president obama might have said about these situations. do you -- do you see a shift there in terms of the trump administration's stance on some of their foreign policy? >> well, i think the first week was about the agenda they brought into office, he...

Not taking military action off the table. but this is the first concrete action. jeff, great to see you, thank you so much. let's go from iran to israel. the white house shifting its posture towards israel's settlement activity. white house press secretary sean spicer put this out in a statement, saying, "while we do not believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, the construction of new settlements or expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful in achieving that goal." so for more on this, let's go to jerusalem. cnn's ian lee is ther...

Expansion of existing settlements, may not be helpful in achieving that goal." of the trump administration has not taken an official position on settlement activity, and looks forward to continuing discussions, including with prime minister netanyahu when he visits. that visit is set scheduled for february 15, israel deputy foreign minister respondent, saying in part that the current -- in all parts of our land, and we must respect the will of the people who elected us for this purpose. of the house itself holds that settlement holds that settlements are not an obstacle to peace and they never...