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Committed to work together with all international community members, particularly with the united states. u.s., u.n. share same goals and ideas. and united states can play crucially important role in this time of turbulence, i count on, okay, on new president of the united states to lead by example and lead this role with strong commitment to international peace. >> but, you know, in the u.s. puts up about 20 to 22% of the u.n. budget and substantially more on some of the other u.n. initiatives. you know -- >> what about other countries paying their fair share? >> some would say that the unite...

Committed to work together with all international community members, particularly with the united states. u.s., u.n. share same goals and ideas. and united states can play crucially important role in this time of turbulence, i count on, okay, on new president of the united states to lead by example and lead this role with strong commitment to international peace. >> but, you know, in the u.s. puts up about 20 to 22% of the u.n. budget and substantially more on some of the other u.n. initiatives. you know -- >> what about other countries paying their fair share? >> some would say that the unite...

Look at who he's put into his cabinet. these are people who are can-do people. i don't think this is going to stop the trump agenda. for example, the case with the u.n., that one is a little bit difficult. you can't undo that resolution unless you convince all those other countries to undo it. not likely to happen. but, look, the united states pays 25% of the u.n.'s budget, so there are other things that trump could do such as pare back the amount we pay or maybe even stop paying for all these u.n. budget. heather: but will any of that disrupt the timeline that he, you know, had discussed bein...

Schumer among democrats joining republicans expressing outrage as secretary kerry's defense of that move which broke with decades of tradition which the u.s. defended our ally, israel, from u.n. censure. texas congressman louie gohmert urging congress to retaliate. >> i have a bill that win hopefully be drafted by friday anyway, two things, one, we don't give a dime to the u.n. until they rescind that resolution. and people are saying they will never do that. fine, they don't need our help to be anti-semitic. the other is to prevent even one dime, making it a crime, to use any government money...

To the u.n., u.s. portion of the u.n. budget is quite high. israel has already taken its own steps diplomatically against the u.n. >> oren, thank you so much. this is a lot to digest and of course, it will be a lot for donald trump to handle in the next administration. donald trump also says that he is now closing down his foundation, this was a christmas eve announcement. the president-elect released a statement reading in part quote, to avoid even the appearance of any conflict with my role as president, i have decided to continue to pursue my strong interest in philanthropy in other ways. t...