the u.n. vote, u.n. security council vote was widely soon ee a parting shot from the obama administration. is this speech another parting shot? >> i don't know if it's entirely that petty or that sort of focused just on this moment but it is certainly a legacy statement. both president obama, john kerry, hillary clinton for that matter, architects of the obama foreign policy over the last eight years, they want to make a statement about what they intended and if you go back to the cairo speech from 2009, when he tried to reset, the president tried to reset the relationship, the entire muslim world, one part of that entire doctrine was to try and make the peace process move forward to try and take it off the table as an irritant, as a rallying point for jihad and radical extremists. that was what they wanted at a minimum. looks like they didn't even accomplish that minimum. i think they will try to make the case that what they did made sense and that while they failed, it wasn't entirely sort of a bad ide

action -- any u.n. action. we were the only administration since 1967 that had not allowed any resolution to pass that israel opposed. in fact, the only time in eight years the obama administration exercised its veto at the united nations was against a one-sided settlement resolution in 2011. and that resolution didn't mention incitement or violence. let's look at what happened since then. since then there have been over 30,000 settlement units advanced through some stage of the planning process. that's right. over 30,000 settlement units advanced notwithstanding the positions of the united states and other countries. if we had vetoed this resolution the other day, the united states would have been giving license to further unfettered settlement construction that we fundamentally oppose. so we reject the criticism that this vote abandons israel. on the contrary. it is not this resolution that is isolating israel. it is the permanent policy of settlement construction that risks making peace impossible. virtually

says we will not bring any more resolutions to the u.n. that's what they said about the previous resolution. we have it on absolutely incontestable evidence that the united states organized, advanced, and brought this resolution to the united nations security council. we will share that information with the incoming administration. some of it is sensitive. it's all true. you saw some of it in the protocol released in the egyptian papers. there is plenty more. the tip of the iceberg. they say, we did not bring it. they could take john kerry's ,peech with the six points could be raised in the french international conference a few days from now and brought to the u.n. france will bring it, or sweden, not a noted friend of israel, could bring it. and the united states can say, we can't vote against our own policy. you just enunciated it. i think the united states, if it is true to its word, or at least if it is now true to its word, should now come out and say we will not allow any resolutions, any more resolutions, in the security council on

when asked if he wanted to leave or abandon the u.n., he said the u.n. was not living up to its potential following the row between israel and the united states about the expansion of settlements. donald trump has not taken questions from reporters for several. he has not held a press conference. of his plans and ideas are being sent out by tweets for fac -- or facebook. a very brief statement from donald trump. say they aregroups discussing a cease-fire deal with turkey, but it is too early to tell if it is a success. an official with the main rebel group said the sticking point was the exclusion of a rebel held area on the outskirts of damascus. this as moscow accuses rebels of firing 2 shells at its embassy in damascus. haveter: the russians announced there was an attack on its embassy in central damascus. it is a big embassy. have also heard from some residents that at least 2 rockets fell. one outside the embassy, one inside the embassy. we do not know who is to blame. the russians have said that this is going to affect any peace efforts. where russ

what happened friday at the u.n. security council when israel was abandoned by the u.s., the palestinians celebrated. now they can come tell their people we should not go back to negotiate with the israelis about the state. we can get them to come back to the u.n., the security council. but we hope the new administration would make it clear that the only way to move forward is through direct negotiations. splt. >> i want to play what the secretary of state said coming from israeli officials in the israeli government that the united states had anything to do with last week's resolution. listen. recruit them as an alternative to bring it up to the u.n.? >> we recruited nobody as an alternative. those four countries that brought it to the floor did it on their own. i had no communication with the four countries and that process. >> ambassador, do you accept what secretary kerry has to say? >> no. absolutely not. when you -- >> so he's lying in your view? you don't believe what he's saying? >> let's review the facts. in

when the u.n. isn't addressing how many rights abuses, religious liberty abuses in china, when they say nothing about the slaughter of christians, even in egypt that help sponsor this. when they say nothing about what's happening in aleppo and do nothing to get involved. then what's the point. >> just a few seconds left here. what does the relationship look like under president trump. >> i think trump makes it very clear. the united nations is only going to be an international irrelevant bully and take sides with the most irrational radicals. give voice to the iranians when they walk in and speeches made on the floor that denies the haul cost. they've seen the last check from the united states. if they can operate, fine. figure out what country they would like to head quarter in. we're not going to tie up the traffic of manhattan any longer for their ridiculous abusive attitudes for peace and freedom. >> good to see you. i think i started my day with you on the fox business network this morning. ve

the u.n., made it clear they're trying to display this as a balanced speech and a balanced resolution. kerry criticized palestinian incitement to violence before criticizing israeli settlement buildi building. to netanyahu most of the criticism was directed at israeli settlement and he made it clear he doesn't agree with kerry. with the security council resolution it seems he doesn't agree with the rest of the world. his position has been that settlements are not the obstacle to peace. netanyahu said recently he doesn't see how removing the settlers from the west bank or jerusalem advances peace. he stands at odds there with secretary of state kerry and that was blatantly clear tonight. netanyahu was ready to springs as you pointed out and he very much did, making it clear that he can't wait for the next three weeks to be over. he wants to work with president trump to undo the damage of the resolution and this speech. >> he repeated his claim that the administration, the israeli government, ha

whether it is the u.n. resolution dealing with israel, the pakss president obama is suggesting, promising he will take when it document russia ordering the investigation. he wants answers on what happened before he leaves office. it does seem like barack obama is very mindful of who his successor is, and trying to get certain things on the record before he leaves office on january 20th. >> an interesting point. you played sound bite talking about his concerns with how this transition is going. other reports on this staff level, the transition isn't proceeding as it typically would. a little bit, maybe not atypical but notable, the steps that the obama administration is trying to put in to put in these policies and procedures in place so they can't be rolled back or put them in now so they can't be unrolled on january 20. that has caught the attention of members of the trump transition team. i think at this point the idea of one president at a time, while it has been precedent for a long time, it is somethin

that this u.n. situation has sort of engendered even more bipartisan support than donald trump could have hoped for on an issue like this. >> senator schumer has been outspoken against the u.n. resolution. there are many -- very strongly pro israel members of congress and amongst the american public who are registered democrat. it's important for the democratic party to decide what the future ideology should be like but it should be bipartisan, strongly supporting our nation's greatest ally. >> congressman, thank you so much for joining me. happy hahn nukkah to you. >> thank you. >> ahead, terror threats, the feds giving warnings as americans gather to celebrate christmas and hanukkah. the very latest on what the fbi has learned. plus, new precedence, president-elect donald trump diving into international relations before taking office. how is the world handling what feels like two presidents with very different agendas. later, the countdown is on. you see him there. that guy in red making his trek

>> well, it's the move of the u.n. was really anti-peace and to affirm a two-state solution and the co-existence between the two cities and not to affirm the long-standing u.s. policy, i would understand your question. but it was to save us and israel and craft our way towards the future. if you read the resolution, will you find out that this is the best for both palestinians and israelis. the problem is that if netanyahu argues that the u.n. security council, the highest political and legal entity in the world, is the place that should not discuss international issues, then we should dismantle the u.n. altogether. >> well, the fact that you said that is -- it may not be dismant dismantled, the idea is being discussed, at least withholding funds from the u.s. which is a big chunk of their budget. i want to play something that lindsey graham said yesterday. saying he's not only going to withhold the charge to withhold money to the u.n. and to you, palestinians. he talked about a u.s. citizen in his home state. take a l

the u.n. ambassador, spoke before the council after the vote, she said that what took place was not to diminish support for israel. she explained the roping behind why the u.s. -- the reason 'king why the us did which was abstain during the vote. >> the resolution is too narrow he focuses on settle. s when in the know that there are many a effectors. let us be clear, even if every single settlement were to be dismantled tomorrow, peace would not be obtain able without both sides acknowledging uncomfortable truths and making difficult choices. >> reporter: the language of the resolution demands and i quote, israel needly and cleatly cease all settlement activities in the poisan palestinian territory and east jerusalem. this was before the security council in 2011 but the u.s. ambassador, did mention there were a number of differences did underscored the fact there has been inincreased settle. activity in the last few years. as for the back story how that's resolution came before the security co

the u.n., president-elect donald trump blasting the group calling it nothing but a club for people to have a good time. so is it time that we stop gi giving it $8 billion a year. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> seven refugees under arrest in berlin, they are suspected of setting a homeless man on fire. >> reporter: the incident took place in a berlin train station during the christmas holiday. six suspects turned themselves in and seventh was arrested. it's understooded the men are from syria and libya. german prosecutors say they all came to berlin as asylum seekers. the homeless man had been sleeping on a bench in a subway station and they set his clothes al light in the early hours of the morning. passers by helped put out the flames but suspects could face charges of attempted murder. this incident follows a deadly attack at a christmas market in berlin just over a week ago which killed 12 people earlier this month and before that attack the european border agency released the report saying that they belie

tom: pete said abstaining from u.n. vote is another example of president obama leading from behind, he will join me. also, president obama reportedly plans another parting shot, this time

the other thing is, our u.n. ambassador, samantha powers, spent most of her explanation of the abstention explaining why the u.n. is exactly the wrong institution to be dealing with anything on israel -- that's the problem we have here, and that's why people are so enraged here. >> her original speech was a veto speech, and she changed some parts of it at the last minute. if you read the entire speech, it sounds to me like it was a speech designed to veto, and then she was told at the last minute no, we're pulling the prug and not vetoing. read the speech carefully. >> explain the timing and politics behind this, what is your view and what are lawmakers telling you the goal of the obama administration was doing this weeks away from the inauguration day when a president is coming in who has a different approach to israel than obama. >> the timing is not a coincidence. over a year ago, president obama himself asked staffers to come up with a list of possible things they could do on their way out on the israeli-pale

clearly still angry over the u.n. vote declaring israeli settlements illegal. >> friends don't take friends to the security council. >> netanyahu summoned the u.s. ambassador and has accused president obama and secretary of state john kerry of orchestrating what he called a shameful ambush at the u.n. telling his cabinet he has ironclad proof. >> translator: from the information that we have, we have no doubt that the obama administration initiated it, stood hyped it, coordinated on the wording, and demanded that it be passed. >> reporter: the white house denies that calling the claim absurd. >> we did not of the contract it. we did not put it forward. >> reporter: the obama administration maintains the u.n. vote was a last resort after struggling for the past eight years to convince israel to stop construction. >> if these trends continue the two-state solution is going to be impossible. >> reporter: officials are worried with u.n. backing palestinians will push for sanctions, boycotts, and take israeli solders to th

funding to the u.n. that's going to be a confrontation if the trump administration decides to join that battle. looks like they just might. we're going to be facing a period of contentiousness where the united states tries to pressure the u.n. into making big changes in the way it does business by withholding dues. the last time that happened it got very, very ugly. that's what we're looking at. >> certainly does not look like a party there over at the u.n. security council. josh rogin, rebecca berg, thank you, really appreciate it. >>> and still to come -- brawls breaking out at malls in a dozen states from colorado to connecticut. >>> a meltdown at malls across the country as brawls break out in several states. over a dozen incidents reported. several of them are forced to evacuate or lock down after false reports of shots fired sent shoppers running. our own sara sidner is live in los angeles. just tell us what's happening, ways going on. >> that's a good question, what the heck is going on. mayhem fr

without question with that u.n. security council resolution that is not the international consensus and definitely not the opinion of secretary kerry who pointed out that some of the expansion threatens the ability of putting together one palestinian state so i think we expected to hear that kind of response from netanyahu. he also talked about what he worries about next. he said he's afraid another move at the u.n. security council or by the international community, he worries that's still on the table and he urged the obama administration to say flat out it's not coming. that's a concern they voiced repeatedly over the last few days now that they're about three weeks left in obama's time in office. he also mentioned the president-elect and how he's looking forward to working with the next administration. these words were more civil than the other words we've heard exchanged but one other point, the accusation we've heard from many israelis including netanyahu himself, israeli officials here and there has been over

the u.n. foundation committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, amy walter. amy: good evening. the obama administration has delivered punishment and proof that russia was behind the widespread hacking of the u.s. election. joint report from the f.b.i. and department of homeland security detailed how intelligence invaded government, political and private agencies ahead of last month's election. president-elect trump released a statement in response to the obama administration sanctions and said this. it's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. nevertheless in the interest of our great country and great people, i will meet with the leaders of the intelligence community in order to be updated on the facts of this situation. yogey, the u.s. government has known about this hacking for months. what took the government so long to make these sanctions? >> i think there were two things happening. the white house did

was behind that u.n. resolution. let's bring in alex conant, former communications director for marco rubio, now a political consultant as firehouse strategies, and shaally marshal a fox news contributor. leslie, why wait until donald trump takes office, if they have this information? why not put it out now? >> you must be reading my mind, that's exactly what i was thinking when the prime minister was talking. i don't think they have it, and if they had it, they would put it out now. president obama leaving with a president-elect coming in, threatening to undo everything that is part of the obama legacy would definitely not help him. there's just no reason to do this for the president, especially with donald trump coming in as president next year. secondly, i believe if you look at wikileaks or anybody else who has made threats, on tuesday we'll make this big announcement, we have evidence, it would have more weight if it was released now, so frankly i don't think they have it. >> alex, what do you think? >> it's a g

if you look at the u.n., all the programs in the u.n., i think a new president and congress that wants to make sure every penny of your money is going to something that protects and defends and advances u.s. interest, there's a lot of changes that can happen at the united nations. >> ron dermer, thank you for coming in. good to talk to you. >>> with a new administration coming in this new year, there comes a chance for new relations with israel. even as tensions seemed to be ratcheting up to 2016 -- as 2016 comes to a close. peter doocy is with the president-elect in palm beach, florida, tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the president-elect is saying he thinks the u.n. made it harder to negotiate mideast piece. elaborating with a tweet that says -- the 44th president is making life hard for the 45th president on purpose. >> the president has deliberately tied the hands of his successor. it's going to make it harder for president trump to bring about peace. >> reporter: s as the foreign policy team sees this, his domestic team is looking at courts across the country wher

big day at the u.n. tell us, do you think that the u.n. security council colluded with the obama administration to bring this vote today? >> certainly the sponsors of the resolution, the egyptians, some of theothers, obviously had to consult with the obama administration to tell them what was in the resolution so that it was sufficient for obama to order an abstention. the united states could have killed this resolution by voting no. it did vote no on a similar resolution in 2011. but this was, and you said it exactly right at the top of the show, this was a stab in the back against the israelis. it was entirely predictable. i would say this for people in the pro-israel community in the united states who defended obama's middle east policy over these last eight years. you should have seen this coming and this is what you get for supporting barack obama. >> and this is a shot, i guess, to israel and also president obama had a pretty contention relationship with benjamin netanyahu. >> i think it goes beyond the personal. i think this was an

what this u.n. security council resolution did is it basically ceded that territory to the palestinians. it says it's yours. so let me ask you, why would the palestinians negotiate with us if the world is saying all that territory is yours? >> in fact, there's a -- i'll read you a statement from the palestinian liberation organization. the minute the israeli government agrees to cease all settlement activities and agrees to implement side agreements, the palestinian leadership -- do you accept that -- >> the minute israel says that the western wall is occupied palestinian territory, they'll agree to sit down and negotiate. you have to understand this administration has been obsessed with the issue of settlements since day one. this is not new. kerry spoke about all these things that have happened. the israeli coalition, laws that were passed in the israeli knesset. i remember what happened in 2009. in the first months of this administration, they had a crisis with us on the issue of settlements, whi

not stepping in, the u.n. security council passed a resolution condemning israeli settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. a security council declared them, quote, a major obstacle to peace with no legal validity. netanyahu then lashed out saying the resolution was shameful and hostile. >> over decades american administrations and israeli governments have disagreed about settlements, but we agreed that the security council was not the place to resolve this issue. we knew that going there would make negotiations harder and drive peace further away. and as i told john kerry on thursday, friends don't take friends to the security council. i'm encouraged by the statements of our friends in the united states, republicans and democrats alike, they understand how reckless and destructive this u.n. resolution was. they understand the western wall isn't occupied territory. i look forward to working with those friends and with the new administration when it takes office next month. >> we're joined from jerusalem

trump tweeting that the u.n. has such great potential, but right now it's just a club for people to get together, talk, and have a good time. so sad. and it will be back to business here at mar-a-lago today after that short christmas break. the president-elect holding several meetings today. we're still looking to hear exactly who he'll be meeting with, but of course some key cabinet posts that we're still waiting to hear about. they include the director of national intelligence as well as secretaries of both agriculture and veterans affairs. so waiting to hear on that and of course inauguration day rapidly approaching january 20th. poppy and don? >> getting close. thank you very much. let's get our discussion started with our panel. senior congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner," david drucker, and cnn contributor and "new york post" columnist selena zito. let's talk about this, about who would win now. we will never know who would win now, would we? >> no, this is part of life. there's a lot o

the u.n.'s effort to try to combat global poverty, and we were trying to focus on the real cause of poverty and many poor countries you don't have the institutions of things rule of law. all the things that actually lead to countries being richer. we wanted to make that the focus of what the u.n. campaigned for. it was completely rejected by them. actually, truthfully. we would have a much more stable peaceful and prosperous world if the u.n. just didn't exist. that is heresy for all the democrats who make their living from it i don't see that anyone can actually argue with that point on the basis of the evidence of what really happens. >> if trump is willing to cast doubt on america's commitment to nato which i don't think any has done. why wouldn't he be doublely toward the u.n. >> i really hope he will be. there is going to be shook and people are going to be horrified. as with some of the things where he is challenging these kind of sacred cows and breaking all these taboos. the proof of it

engineered that u.n. vote. joining me is bill neely. 3wi bill, kindly set the stage what led up to this. what do we know about the speech? >> yeah, good morning, chris. what we do know comes from john kerry's spokesman at the state department, mark toner. he said kerry would lay out a pr comprehensive vision. he feels it's his duty to lay out what he believes is a way to a peaceful two-state solution in the middle east. now many, of course, in the region and beyond believe that two-state solution is dying, if not already dead. the speech comes amid a sharp downturn in relations between the u.s. and israel after the u.s. abstained the u.n. security council vote. it was the first time in almost 40 years that the u.s. did not protect israel from a vote of this kind. now the state department says that would simply serve as a wake-up call to israel. it denies accusations that the u.s. colluded with palestinians and others to draft the language of that resolution. all of that, the curtain razor, for a speech that's a

abstained from a u.n. security council vote condemning israel for settlement activity in the west bank. what is your reaction to the move? we saw donald trump's reaction. he essentially slammed and it said there will be a knew posture come january 20th. what do you think? >> i think he's absolutely right. when i went to the middle east in that delegation, i sat across from benjamin netanyahu for two hours and listened to him tell us how under siege he is from all sides. and they're a democracy in a sea of dictatorships. and we have basically cut them adrift last eight years and i think that's terrible. we have to let them know that we have their back. what they did today at the u.n. by not objecting and not vetoing the resolution is a seed change with respect to israel. they have to know that we have their back. they have to know we're their ally and we'll support them moving forward. so i strongly support trump's stance on this issue. israel has to be taken care of. >> thank you very much. merry christmas

. >> u.n. vote against israel settlements. >> it calls for cuts of funding for the u.n. until that decision is reversed. >> kelly wright is lye with the latest. >> good morning to you. the ripple effect is still being felt in the united states as well as in the middle east. palestinian president mahmoud abbas applauding the u.n. security council resolution to condemn israeli salemenettlemen. he hopes countries will try to form a plan for peace between israel and the palestinians. israeli prime snirn benjamin netanyahu seeks direct caulks with palestinians, abbas has refused. it shows you how fragile the peace talks are. israel is reducing the diplomatic relationships with 12 countries which voted to condemn the settlements. it has prove that president obama opened orchestrate the u.s. security council resolution a vote it says will only hurt the chance for peace. >> this is very, very bad for peace, because in order for israel to negotiate a lasting peace with our palestinian neighbors, we have one car to bri card to bring to the negotiating table that's territory. every

is behind this u.n. security council. what's your take? >> that's what we've been hearing from nettenia hue, ron is the arm of nettenia h in washington. i don't think they would be making such an allegation if they didn't have such evidence proving it. i can tell you from politicians that are close to netanyahu, i've been hearing they know of top official, even joe biden himself getting involved speaking to the countries on the u.n. security council in order to try to get them to vote for the resolution. while netanyahu was really cause off-guard. >> when is this happening, that the vice president was working other members of the security council? what are your sources telling you? >> i heard it from a cabinet minister yesterday netanyahu kind of got lulled into sleep with a resolution when netanyahu persuaded sissi to back doubt from. we thought it was over, and that it wouldn't be a conflict. little by illustrates it's coming out that the united states was working to try to get other countries involved in another resolution quite similar

and whether the u.n. has been involved in trying to promote this? that was a follow-up. my real question is you have talked about unfinished business and you have mentioned syria. today, you have mentioned south sudan. what other unfinished business do you think should be at the top of the agenda of your successor, mr. guterres? sec. gen. ban ki-moon: about the situation and aleppo and the situation in syria, this is -- this has been a heartbreaking for me and for all of the people who love peace and stability. the syrian people have been really suffering too much, too long the last five years. we will soon see the 60 year -- the sixth year march of next , year. more specifically about the situation in about aleppo, our operation which started yesterday and continued into the early morning today local time, thousands of people were able to leave aleppo. 194 patients who were evacuated with the assistance of the syrian arab presence, red cross and the united nations. they were brought to hospitals aleppoy, western rural and turkey. , they were brought to hospitals nearby

funding to the u.n. in the wake of the obama administration's anti-israel vote condemning israeli settlements as illegal. talking about a lot of stuff that both israel and the u.s. in the past did not agree to. so is it time to defund the united nations? here to weigh in, steve forbes, forbes media chairman. steve, does the u.n. do more harm than good? >> it has done a lot of harm. their peacekeepers, for example, introduced cholera into the country of haiti. there is abuse of population. agriculture, labor relations and like they're not doing it. so at very least we should get a real audit what they're doing. i believe you could find do everything they do for about 1/100 of the cost they spend. david: this thing things went beyond the pale. where our traditional closest ally was essentially humiliated from secretary of state, first by the country abstaining on the vote against israel and john kerry's long tirade israel, not mentioning that the resolution of the u.n. would have pushed back the border to

but there are countless u.n. bodies that can proceed on their own and the real fear i have right now is national sanctions or european union sanctions leveled against israel based on the expressed language of friday's resolution. >> i want to press you on that point though. because those sanctions sound ominous potentially for israel. on the other hand, you and other conservatives tend to say that the u.n. is a toothless tiger. that what they say ends up meaning very little in the long run. so, will this really have practical impact? will the world pay attention to what the u.n. really does here? >> because of the operative language that says calls on all states in their dealings are israel to distinguish between the territory of the state of israel on the one hand and the occupied palestinian territories on the other, that is the crux of the matter as to which economic sanctions will be leveled against israel. you can imagine how it would go. no company shall do business with any israeli company that does anythi

both come in response to friday's u.n. security council vote in which the united states crucially abstained permitting the passage of a measure condemning israel's west bank settlements. late today the president-elect tweeted, "the united nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. so sad!" as for the israelis, they did more than tweet. cnn's elise labott reports. >> reporter: israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is escalating his attack against the obama administration, clearly still angry over the u.n. vote declaring israeli settlements illegal. >> friends don't take friends to the security council. >> reporter: netanyahu summoned the u.s. ambassador and has accused president obama and secretary of state john kerry of orchestrating what he called a shameful ambush at the u.n. telling his cabinet he has ironclad proof. >> translator: from the information that we have, we have no doubt that the obama administration initiated it, stood behind

this u.n. resolution, craig. just earlier today, the israeli security minister said this move by secretary kerry to speak about middle east peace at this particular time was a move to tie the hands of the incoming trump administration. why is he saying that? well, because there's a conference scheduled for next month. a meeting of about 70 different countries. held in france. designed to jump start the mideast peace process. this u.n. resolution was seen -- earlier this week was seen as a starting point for that and the fear among the israeli government and some in the israeli government is that this meeting in france will continue that thread. there will be another u.n. resolution and the trump administration hand's will be tied as far as their own mideast peace or israeli policy. what is at the center of that? we've been hearing about this for the past few days. settlements. jewish settlements in predominantly palestinian areas and areas palestinians see as part of a future palestinian state.

one, the u.n. resolution and the israelis pushing back really strongly against the obama administration for not vetoes it, and, two, the notion that in the view of secretary kerry and the obama administration, the netanyahu government says publicly they want a two-state solution, but when you look at their policies, and the settlements that have grown in the west bank, including outside areas that would be possibly part of israel in a land swap in any sort of peace process, they are undermining any ability to create a two-state solution by just demolishing the idea of any contiguous state there. is that not -- is that not legitimate? >> well, the -- israelis have, like i say, about five-sixth citizens. the others are arabs. nobody worries about continuity and consous state. they live in all sorts of different places, and it's -- it's two people that at least, in middle east terms, are getting along reasonably well with one another, and would it be that different if it was one-third palestinian and

to veto the u.n. resolution. and before kerry's speech, he tweeted: "we cannot continue to let israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. stay strong israel, january 20th is fast approaching!" mr. trump has pledged to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. and, he plans to nominate david friedman, a firm supporter of expanding settlements, as ambassador to israel. >> sreenivasan: for more on kerry's speech, the u.n. security council vote and the state of u.s. israel relations, we get the views of two men with extensive diplomatic experience in the middle east. retired ambassador james jeffrey was assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, and was u.s. ambassador to iraq from 2010 to 2012. he's now at the washington institute for near east policy. ilan goldenberg was part of secretary kerry's negotiating team during the 2013-2014 final status talks. he's now at the center for a new american security. gentlemen, i want to ask you boitd, ilan goldenberg, i want to start with you

they're mounting a challenge against the u.n. and all of the countries that supported in resolution, and they're just going to wait for the trump administration. so why would they listen to john kerry when they can get better terms in only a month? >> josh rogin, thank you for your insights. >> any time. >>> and we turn to the political landscape in south korea now and some lawmakers there are quitting the ruling conservative party and forming their own. the 29 lawmakers were members of the president's party. >> they now say those who remain loyal to president park gun hay. the party will be called the newly formed conservative party. if you will remember, the president was impeached over a major corruption scandal. >>> to nigeria, after more than two years in boko haram captivity, 21 school girls will bring ring in the year with their family. >> they were kidnapped back in 2014. cnn has the exclusive story of the girls' journey back home. >> reporter: after almost two-and-a-half years in boko haram captivity, at last it is time

a u.n. ambassador asked to see these ministers is not unusual but these are anything but normal circumstances. is this kind of a power play or a message by mr. netanyahu? >> it's absolutely a message that netanyahu said he would take diplomatic steps and we saw those diplomatic steps last night, pulling some $8 million from the u.n. and now we're seeing a follow-up to those steps. he's calling for reprimanding every ambassador that has a relationship with israel to reprimand them for invoking this resolution of critical settlement. israel says this is anti-israelism and won't bring about peace at all. at first, israel had decided not to summon the u.s. because after reconsidering he decided to summon dan shapiro. what's interesting about that, shapiro is a president obama appointee, which means he only has a few weeks left in office. trump has already picked his ambassador to israel, a man named david freeman whose views are far closer to netanyahu's. >> oren liebermann, thank you for that f

would veto any resolution in the u.n. which might dictate a peace solution or might recognize a palestinian state? >> yes. >> he would veto that? the u.s. will veto that? >> yes. we've made that clear over and over, jake. >> the point has been made by the israelis -- and i'd love your comment on this -- that there is no loss of things that the u.s. government, that the obama administration, could be leaving the stage talking about, whether it's the genocide in sudan, the crisis in syria, russian and chinese hacking. chinese intervention in the south china sea. climate change, et cetera. why focus on israeli settlements? >> well, jake, we're working on those issues too. we'll be dealing with the russian hacking. we're dealing with climate change on a regular basis. i think it's a false argument to say that, because there are other issues, we shouldn't focus on this one. the fact of the matter is we are focused on this one because the current trends on the ground, particularly the current israeli settlement activity, is mak

u.n. itself, is, how are we going to deal with economic and social insecurity? the u.n. is untested. fdr is dead. as eleanor would say, the boys have taken over and are concerned with the bomb. they totally discount the refugee crisis in europe which will become the first defining crisis that the u.n. has to address. the second is rebuilding the european economy and how do we transition from the u.s. economy that is totally defied to a wartime economy -- the overarching dark tornado cloud of the great depression. not an easy time to negotiate. roosevelt, whoor had four years of school. four. i am not talking postdoc, graduate school, i am not talking all this stuff -- i am talking for years of self educated school but taught herself six languages and was conversant with every major religion in the world. she was placed on the american delegation solely for one reason. by september 1945, she had raised her boys against harry truman. his polling numbers were in the toilet. let's put eleanor

if the u.n. security council says that territory actually belongs to the palestinians, which it does not, that's going to make achieving peace much harder. >> but it does make a reference to a peace process in the future where these things would be negotiated. >> but you have to understand, jake, what the palestinians want to do, i want it earlier today, is to wage a diplomatic and legal war. they don't want to negotiate peace, you know why? when you negotiate a peace, there's give-and-take. what they want is take and take. -- something they're already calling for to happen, a day after. and they want to put enough pressure to turn israel into a pa rya state. >> israel isn't party to the international criminal court. >> that's right, but you can still be subject when you travel around the world. >> for one second, let's talk about these settlements that are the subject of this resolution. >> but that distinction is not made. >> let me -- i understand that. i understand. >> just i'll focus only on

a u.n. initiative to recognize the struggles and contributions of immigrants across the world. >>> this weekend, dozens of shelter animals found forever homes. this was part of montgomery county's holiday adopt a drive. the shelter has gotten overcrowded lately, so this weekend, they wound up waiving all adoption fees and people had the chance to adopt everything from guinea pigs to dogs, cats and bunnies. >> i believe yesterday was one of our busiest days ever. i've never seen the lobby so full, so it was exciting to watch. >> many of these animals had been rescued from some abusive home, but thanks to this drive, they will now be going home no new, loving families. >>> a local family doing its >> i'm darcy spencer live in northwest washington at a homeless sheller where a virginia family donated hundred of sockss so, mr. harris, we have your fingerprints on the safe. a post using the hashtag "#justrobbedthesafe" so, what are we supposed to think? switching to geico could save you a bunch o

the u.n. security council has done things they very much like and maybe not everything they like, but donald trump will be well advised to get his briefings, understand the environment into which he's stepping and know that the eun e united nations is an organization that russia would like to have go away as well so if he doesn't want to play into the russians' hands, he needs to be real careful with his tweets. >> i actually disagree with steve. i used to work at the united nations. the only thing good about it is its cafeteria. the lasting legacy might be he's gotten republicans to seriously consider defunding it. we give 22% the united nations funding annually. >> you acknowledge there's value in having an intergovernmental organization where member nations -- >> absolutely, if it tackles the real problems. instead of tackling problems of syria, aleppo, other human rights crises, they've been trying to kick israel for years and that's not productive. we've had a long standing policy to not

funds the u.n. initiatives. should we cut that back. >> we should eliminate it, i will tell you something, we ought to take that money that's going to the u.n. and make it available to veterans who have served under the u.s. flag benefits they need. we are getting zero benefits. we are getting embarrassed by the actions of the u.n. that's money that ought to be spent on american servicemen and service women and i hope donald trump makes it one of the first acts of his presidency. >> guess what we have a nice pete's piece of real estate on the east river of new york city as well if we do that governor mike huckabee, thank you very much. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. reaction to governor huckabee. plus donald trump praised and pounded for how he uses twitter. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. ♪ this holiday, the real gift isn't what's inside the box... it's what's inside the person who opens it. give your loved ones ancestrydna, the simple dna test that can tell them where they

ambassador to the u.n., samantha power. often -- because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text that the united states did not vote in favor of the resolution. but it is because this resolution reflects the facts on the ground and is consistent with u.s. policy across republican and democratic ministrations throughout the history of the state of israel that the united states did not veto it. >> samantha power, the u.s. ambassador explaining why this extension makes perfect sense. it is in line with what bipartisan policy has been for the last four or five decades. this is a binding un security council resolution, essentially calling on israel to stop loving settlements and saying it is had been- what it doing is illegal. it is really a big deal. i was quite surprised to see a round of applause after this vote. . haven't seen that applause for a resolution. perhaps because this is so unprecedented, it has been