benjamin netanyahu quickly addressed that u.n. vote and again, we heard in the exclusive interview, john kerry explaining why, take a listen to this. >> you did not orchestrate it? >> no, we did not. >> you did not recruit them as an alternative to bring an offer to the u.n. >> we recruited nobody as an alternative. those four countries that ultimately brought it to the floor did so actually on their own. i had no communications with those four countries and that process and i don't know, i think it is kind of makes a statement if you will that they decided to go ahead no matter what. >> what are you hearing there? john kerry explaining that the united states had nothing to do of orchestrating and initiating that resolution united state council. so much so that it had comments benjamin netanyahu double down on that accusation that we had evidence that the university is behind it. >> what we heard today is how much of a sharp departure was that speech from what we heard in the administration in the past eight years. >> in terms of

benjamin netanyahu flatly rejected from sustaining from u.n. security vote and why the government is so steadfast in its position on peace talks. >> my position is that israelis and palestinians both have a future of mutual recognition, dignity, respect, co-existence. but the palestinian authority tells them they will never accept and should never accept the existence of a jewish state. so i ask how can you make peace with someone who rejects your very existence. >> joining me by phone human rights attorney from george washington university. i understand you were listening to congressman brad sherman just before the break. do you care to respond to what congressman sherman had to say? >> congressman sherman told viewers and unfortunately constituents end of apartheid regime that distinguishes between palestinians and jewish israelis and actually privileges jewish israelis as a matter of law, an apartheid regime is the same thing as removing jews from middle east. that's disingenuous, dangerous, an outright lie, irresponsible for a member of con

benjamin netanyahu is on the very far right. he didn't get more than 50% of the vote in his election. he pieced together a coalition with groups to get there. there are many in israel who think prime minister netanyahu is going down the wrong path. a belligerent path that will force israel into a situation where they either have to be an occupying power that doesn't give the palestinians the right to vote or if they do give them the right to vote they will be outnumbered. that's why you cannot have a jewish democratic state which is what all israelis have said they wanted if you continue to occupy the west bank. i will say one thing i disagree with the palestinian-american that you had on. right now israel needs to have a security presence in the west bank to protect itself. for palestinians to say they won't negotiate until the security presence disappears that's untenable. israel can defend and protect itself and the palestinians should right now start negotiating directly with israel. the fact they haven't is also a major imp

aligned with benjamin netanyahu. an interesting development a few minutes ago down in florida. meanwhile turning to another story here, it might be of interest and more than a few people who have received the amazon echo who can be your virtual assistant and it can order things and look things up. it also now is raising very interesting questions about privacy because of the role potentially in a murder case. james baits is accused of strangling his coworker found dead in bates's hot tub. he called 911 to report finding his coworker. here's the twist. police filed a warrant for electronic data from the echo inside of bates's home. if you are not familiar with the echo, it has a voice and a murder case is raising potential privacy questions for the world we live in today. the cyber security expert joins me now. michael, this is an interesting legal question and not just if you own an echo and you are accused of murder, there are other implications here. >> from silicon valley, this is a prime prchl of what we call the

benjamin netanyahu ——. the passing of the un resolution which strongly condemned the whole israelis hurt and building project in your occupied territories. —— benjamin netanyahu describing it as a flagrant violation of international law. suddenly israel found itself without a friend in the world after the us turned its back on the israelis, allowed the resolution to go, did not veto it, and the israelis not accepting it for one moment. lily not going to act upon it and also talking about other measures with regard to united nations as concerns discontent. the israelis have suffered a stinging diplomatic setback, a defeat, now they are on the offensive, this mass reprimanding of the ambassadors on christmas day is only one part of it, prime minister benjamin netanyahu it, prime minister benjamin neta nyahu also has it, prime minister benjamin netanyahu also has a hole in the choosing of the un in his sights, ordering a review of all israel's relations with the world body, and he says there will be eight

benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has accused the obama administration of paying lipservice to palestinian organisations. mr netanyahu also stated good relations between the us and israel would be restored when president—elect donald trump takes office next month. i have no doubt that our alliance will endure the profound disagreement we have had with the obama administration and will become even stronger in the future. but now i must express my deep disappointment with the speech the day ofjohn kerry. —— speech today. a speech that was almost as imbalanced as the anti— israel resolution passed last week. in a speech ostensibly about peace between israelis and palestinians, secretary kerry paid lip service to the unremitting campaign of terrorism that has been waged by the palestinians against the jewish state for nearly a century. what he did was to spend most of his speech blaming israel for the lack of peace, by passionately condemning a policy of enabling dues to live under historic —— in their historic homeland and in their capital jerusale

this is between barack obama and benjamin netanyahu is this a long-standing fight? >> it is a long-standing fight and interesting on his way out the door president obama would break not just precedent a hit with our history, but even with his own administration in the past. he has instructed his ambassador to the u.n. to veto such resolutions. now on the way out, he is the one who has broken precedent and i do think it is an opportunity for donald trump, who is sort of lucked into so many things. this is, obviously, very serious thing. but if you're donald trump now coming into the white house and you're immediately going to have this strengthened relationship with the leader of an ally, someone who has been -- you know, having a very difficult relationship with an american president for eight years, this is probably good news for donald trump coming in and inheriting this situation. >> selena, to you, let me read you what benjamin netanyahu said just yesterday. "from the information we have, we have no doubt that the obama administration initiated it, stood behind

benjamin netanyahu called the u.s. ambassador and also others on the security council to meet with him christmas day to vent his frustration, displeasure and anger about this, the israel government believes that the u.n. is not fair to israel and has been anti-israel for a long time and that's what made this all the more difficult. and as you pointed out, he has said to john kerry, friends don't take friends to the security council. so very tense times and we see another example where donald trump is willing to sort of use the authority perceived by other nations to weigh in on matters while barack obama is still very much the one and only president of the united states. >> kelly, can you speak to the remarkable made sure of that? you had the president-elect on the sideline but a world leader in a sense playing these two ends of our leadership. i mean, netanyahu now ordering that until trump takes office, no one should travel to or meet with officials from nations that voted for the resolution. this is a remarkable eve

as for reaction from the leadership here, prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president musahmoud abbas, taking time to respond. they haven't responded yet. one of the responses we have gotten is from the education minister here, naftali bennett. leader of the right wing party, saying basically, a one-state solution and israel will not accept a terrorist state next door. contactly have who secretary kerry called out in this speech saying it's the settler movement leading the israeli government. something bennett already responded to and something we can expect prime minister netanyahu to respond to. one of the things we listened to here, what are kerry's ideas, specific solutions how to solve the complex issues. refugees, jerusalem. where we were looking for a lot more detail and specific answers what he would do. in fact, comparing this speech, jake, to clinton's parameters, clinton gave more detail how to handle that than kerry. now saying we'll find a solution. here's kind of how you make it work. more reaction as they have time to look over this 70-minute speech part

benjamin netanyahu made a startling allegation that the u.s. led the united nation council -- as i told thursday, friends don't take friends to the security council. >> and friday, benjamin netanyahu says we have no doubt and the obama administration stood behind it and coordinated on the warning and vented for it to be passed. >> benjamin netanyahu calling them in on christmas day and sent a loud signal today looking past the obama presidency. >> prime benjamin netanyahu is looking forward to work with president-elect trump in our quest for peace and strengthen the relationship and israel and the united states. >> israel warned the obama's white house it will seek help from trump to kill the resolution and tweeted support for is real claiming the big loss will make it harder to negotiate peace. trump's pro oath of office involvement is quite unusual. wher a president-elect is speaking out all sorts of issue and in a way that's drowning out the person that's still president. >> reporter: even before benjamin netanyahu made these allegations, th

benjamin netanyahu made a startling allegation that the u.s. led the united nation council -- as i told john kerry on thursday, friends don't take friends to the security council. >> and friday, benjamin netanyahu says we have no doubt and the obama administration stood behind it and coordinated on the warning and vented for it to be passed. >> benjamin netanyahu calling them in on christmas day and sent a loud signal today looking past the obama presidency. >> prime benjamin netanyahu is looking forward to work with president-elect trump in our quest for peace and strengthen the relationship and israel and the united states. >> israel warned the obama's white house it will seek help from trump to kill the resolution and tweeted support for is real claiming the big loss will make it harder to negotiate peace. trump's pro oath of office involvement is quite unusual. >> you are never seeing a situation where a president-elect is speaking out all sorts of issue and in a way that's drowning out the person that's still president. >> reporter: even b

let's listen israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. let's listen in. translation: these remarks are in response to a speech we heard earlierfrom response to a speech we heard earlier from the secretary of state for the united states, john kerry, when he defended the decision to abstain on the un security council resolution which condemns the building ofjewish settlements on land that is seen as occupied territory. it's the first time that the united states have done this, to abstain in such a vote. mr carey mounted a strong defence of us

what are the ramifications of what benjamin netanyahu is doing on the world stage? >> one of the biggest ramifications this is appears to be the end of the potential collaborations with the prime minister and president obama. regardless of what was said in november, we only have one president at a time. the current president is barack obama. it seems prime minister benjamin netanyahu is finished working with him and putting his sights on the trump administration to support policies that benefit the israeli government. >> do you agree what critics are saying this is president obama's parting shot on his way out the door? no love lost between netanyahu and obama. some are saying it was obama thumbing his nose at netanyahu after years and years of less than friendly relations and mid east peace process. >> it was a clear move from the obama administration articulating their frustration with not being able to reach the two-state solution they were hoping they would get with the israeli government. they see things very differently. >> israel is pointing the finger at the

benjamin netanyahu's government has ignored and ignored. the obama administration isn't doing anything unprecedented. this has been a u.s. foreign policy for decades. this has been a position held by republicans and democrats. to say we are plotting against israel, i think the obama administration's number one priority is the safety of israelis in the entire middle east and the world. i'm not sure we can say that about the incoming administration. connell: your point i guess is the one secretary kerry is trying to make us a settlements are live. >> absolutely. absolutely is. benjamin netanyahu is ignoring u.s. president for decades. obama isn't just coming out of the blue insane mess. this has been policy for republican presidents and democratic presidents. trade tuesday secretary once again. he defended some of the criticisms that have come in, many from president-elect donald trump himself following the recent u.n. vote by saying this. >> regrettably, some 200 seem to believe the u.s. friendship means the u.s. must accept any policy regar

vladimir putin and benjamin netanyahu. benjamin netanyahu tweeted this yesterday, president-elect trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear cut support for israel. and he put a flag of israel and a flag of the united states there. >> well, look, i think more than anything what trump is doing and putin and netanyahu do the same thing. is projecting strength. trump is a business man. he has always believed that that gives you great leverage if you're coming from a position of strength. so, when he agrees with putin or agrees with netanyahu on staking this ora of, look, i'm in command. it does give the appearance, especially to his detractors that, oh, you know, he's buddy with these guys and he's not buddy with obama. but i think it's more about what he wants to project to voters and the sort of personality he wants to project as an incoming president. >> selena, errol, thank you very much. >>> we're following a lot of news this morning including the death of debbie reynolds. let's get right to it. >> this con

. >> israel has made it clear, benjamin netanyahu not happy with the speech. at this point, why -- why should this administration that's going to be out of office less than a pillow step up to the plate like this? >> been in power for such a long time. think of what he's done, chairman of the foreign relations committee and the senate ran for president. you know, he has a stake in the middle east talks. he spent a lot of time dealing with it while he was secretary of state and this is kind of like a swan song almost. going out with his clan. there has been talks, you know, kerry brought up a six point plan as to how he thinks a middle east peace could move forward. there have been talks obama administration might try to bring that up with the united nations before leaving office. it doesn't look like that's going to happen. however, john kerry definitely made the most of his 70 minutes today. >> how do you think this is going to change under the trump administration these relations with benjamin netanyahu with israel after this? >> it's kind of interesting bec

switching gears, secretary of state john kerry criticizing benjamin netanyahu weeks before kerry leaves office. secretary of state warning the two-state solution is in jeopardy and blaming benjamin netanyahu for standing in the way of peace. >> the israeli prime minister supports a two-state solution. his current coalition is the most right wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the most extreme elements. >> kerry supporting the defense to abstain in the vote of israeli settlements. now after kerry's speech, a top adviser telling cnn the white house would veto any u.n. resolution dictating a peace solution or recognizing a palestinian state. reaction to the kerry speech was swift and strong. the prime minister called it a bias attack to pay lip service to palestinian terror. let's get more from oren liebermann. >> reporter: good morning, alison. one points out that secretary of state john kerry and prime minister benjamin netanyahu speaking to one person. kerry to himself and netanyahu to president obama. kerry talked about settlements and israeli government. netanyahu talked

netanyahu the israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu says he the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will not abide by its terms. there are more than 600,000 israelis who live in settle m e nts 600,000 israelis who live in settlements in the occupied west bank and eastjerusalem, that is on land that israel captured in the 1967 middle east war. and the us really feels that at the un security council it was betrayed by its closest ally, the us, which usually uses its veto power to block any resolution that is critical of it. now it is looking to president—elect donald trump for a lot more support. he has already come out on twitter saying that things will be different afterjanuary 20, which is of course when he takes office. donald trump's says he will be disololving his charitable foundation. the president—elect says it's to try and avoid any conflicts of interest with his presidency. the trump foundation has been under investigation by new york's attorney general since september over suspected "impropriety". us media says the foundation is under scrutiny over a

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that two part tweet caught israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's attention. he tweeted back, president-elect trump thank you for your warm friendship and clear cut support for israel. a nonsocial media signal america's relationship with ally israel may change sooner rather than later. the transition team just needs a special representative for international negotiations and it's a long time trump organization lawyer turned trump campaign adviser on u.s. and israeli relations jason greenblack. mr. trump talked about the open agriculture job and meeting with a handful of executives from some of america's top hospitals like johns hopkins, the mayo clinic and the cleveland clinic. the cleveland clinic was represented by a leading contender to become the vasek. whoever gets picked for va or agriculture jobs may face some big fights. >> the reason democrats will put up a fight and rough up these nominees in the committee hearings as much as they can is because it's what the party's base is demanding. >> reporter: mr. trump also announced this evening that sprint is

as for prime minister benjamin netanyahu perhaps here he's trying to build up a bit of goodwill before secretary of state john kerry speech. what will be outlined in that -- how to deal with sensitive issues. and that's what israel is concerned about how he lays out his vision, with how to deal with those, giving a bit of a preview here. >> this is an issue in the middle east that he's worked on for many, many years. i think, you know, he feels its his duty. and his waning weeks and days as secretary of state to lay out what he believes is a way towards a peaceful two-state solution in the middle east. >> so, what is kerry's -- what is israel's concern here, rather. the concern is that what kerry says which is to say, the paramet parameters, the issues he sets on resolutions could then be taken by other countries to the u.n. security council and that could lead to another resolution. if it's nonbinding that will be one more blow to the israeli government. and that explains, joe, why prime minister benjamin netanyahu has decided to ask the city of jerusalem to hold off on its vote at le

that was benjamin netanyahu. earlier the bbc‘s middle east analyst alan johnston explained israel's reaction. this was a big moment at the united nations on friday. real diplomatic drama. year after year we've watched the americans use their veto to protect israel against resolutions of this kind, but not this time. suddenly, the israelis found themselves without a friend in the world on that very important diplomatic stage and the message that the international community centre could hardly have been stronger. it condemned the israeli settle m e nt stronger. it condemned the israeli settlement building project in the occupied territories as a legal and a flagrant violation of international law. now, the israelis see the legal position entirely different layout will not accept that verdict for one moment. they argue that they are endlessly mistreated by the un in which they say is biased against israel again and again. they are now on a major diplomatic offensive and they are reprimanding —— the reprimandin

benjamin netanyahu outraged that secretary kerry would be critical of his country at a time when the middle east is going up in flames. >> i must express my deep disappointment with the speech today of john kerry. a speech that was almost as unbalanced as the anti-israel resolution passed at the u.n. last week. in a speech ostensibly about peace between israelis and palestinians, secretary kerry paid lip service to the unremitting campaign of terrorism that has been waged by the palestinians against the jewish state for nearly a century. what he did was to spend most of his speech blaming israel for the lack of peace by passionately condemning a policy of enabling jews to live in their historic homeland and in their eternal capital, jerusalem. it is a shame that secretary kerry does not see this simple truth. >> a sharp and immediate response from netanyahu regarding secretary kerry's remarks. >> unbelievable. know parting shot on bb netanyahu on his way out of the office. benjamin netanyahu came over here against president barack obama's will and sat down with congress and addressed

benjamin netanyahu said john kerry was biased against his country. he said america have obsessively dealt with settlements. german prosecutors have detained a a0—year—old tunisian man in connection with the truck attack that killed 12 and injured nearly 50 at a christmas

he says he has a good relationship with benjamin netanyahu. netanyahu as well spoke about this months ago on 60 minutes. we can play that. >> i know donald trump. i know him very well. i think his attitude, his support for israel is clear. how he feels about the jewish people. there's no question about that. >> those are warm words as you say for the president-elect from benjamin netanyahu. never had a warm relationship with president obama. you have to wonder. that was clearly not just praising donald trump -- in contrast to president obama, i've got a great relationship with donald trump. appears like president obama decided to give a shot to netanyahu on the way out the door. no other explanation for it. we could have stopped this. it was basically president obama voting -- remember when he ran in 2008, over 100 times he voted present. he told him to vote present. >> the foreign secretary called in russia. all the members of the security council in extraordinary fashion to get review. then they called in our ambassador in israel to go and m

prime minister benjamin netanyahu criticized the speech as biased against israel, focusing excessively on settlements. our correspondent reports from jerusalem. reporter: a bitter row between outgoing and incoming u.s. presidents, this time over israel. theld trump claiming country is being treated with disrespect and telling it to be strong until january 20, when he takes office. the speech by secretary kerry angered the president-elect. theaid a chance with palestinians for peace was slipping away. ground,s on the violence, terrorism, incitement, settlement expansion, the endless expansion, they are destroying hope for peace on both sides. reporter: this follows last week's u.n. council resolution calling for a halt in an israeli settlement building on occupied land. the u.s. did not use its veto power to protect israel as it usually does. the obama administration has three weeks left, but it is trying to make a difference in the middle east, knowing that donald trump will be more supportive of israel and its settlements and jerusalem in particular. it is possible they would like to

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu summoning the u.s. ambassador days after re fusing to use the veto power over the settle mments in the west bank. the prime minister saying this, from the information that we have, we have no doubt that the obama administration initiated it and stood behind it and coordinated on the wording and demand it be passed. we will do whatever is necessary so israel is not damaged by the shameful resolution. cnn's oren liebermann is following the latest on this from jerusalem. oren. >> reporter: alison, it wasn't just the u.s. ambassador, but ten other ambassadors as well. the other tenministry. they were summoned on christmas day. it was dan shapiro summoned to meet with netanyahu. we don't have too much on the details on what was said in the meeting. netanyahu was said to express fury at the u.n. and president barack obama and secretary of state john kerry not to abstain here. he made it clear he considers the u.s. behind this. you read that statement from his spokesperson. he directed that anger directly in t

. >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now responding to secretary of state john kerry's speech on the middle east. hello everyone, i'm heather nauert. let's listen in. >> the disagreement between our two governments over ways to advance peace and stability in the middle east. i have no doubt our alliance will endure the profound disagreement we have had with the obama administration and will become even stronger in the future. but now i must express my deep disappointment with the speech today of john kerry. a speech that was almost as unbalanced as the anti-israel resolution passed at the u.n. last week. in a speech ostensibly about peace between israelis and palestinians, secretary kerry paid lip service to the unremitting campaign of terrorism that has been waged by palestinians against the jewish state for nearly a century. what he did was to spend most of his speech blaming israel for the lack of peace by passionately condemning a policy of enabling jews to live in their historic homeland and in their eternal capital, jerusalem. hundreds of suicide bombings, thousands, ten

you don't see this as personal from the president to benjamin netanyahu. as many people believe it is. why? >> i mean, i think it's a combination, poppy, of personality differences. but more so profound policy differences. and i think this was inevitable. you had a soap opera literally playing out for the last eight years. the most dysfunctional, unproductive relationship between an israeli prime minister and the u.s. president. in my experience of working this issue for the last 25 years. and it's appropriate that it would have ended with more. the israelis didn't get the memo on settlement expansion and the obama administration was determined, finally, to signal its frustration and its resentment over the netanyahu's intentions. so, i think this is a bad outcome. and it's going to be harmful to a peace process that's already coma tosed. >> although benjamin netanyahu said in his remarks, the second part of them. i look forward to working with president-elect trump. peter binard, to you. i should note you have been very vocally opposed to these settlement

the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has held talks with the us ambassador after summoning him to explain why the united states cleared the way for a un security council resolution criticising israel. at his weekly cabinet meeting mr netanyahu criticised the us, but praised the incoming trump administration. 0ver decades, american administrations and israeli governments have disagreed about settlements but we agreed that the security council was not the place to resolve these issues. we knew that going there would make negotiations harder and drive peace further away and, as i told john kerry on thursday, friends do not take friends to the security council. jonathan schanzr is from the foundation for defense of democracies and he joins us now from washington. take us back, why has the 0bama administration decide to do this so late in the day? i think this was untenable for the outgoing president. while he was trying to continue to bring the democrats on board, especially that he could not do this to hillary clinton while she was still in play. if she had won the election, i

. >>> meantime, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and u.s. secretary of state john kerry railing against each other in the duelling speeches over a path to middle east peace. kerry accusing netanyahu of undermining the two-sate solution. netanyahu at the same time saying that kerry was paying, quote, lip service to palestinian attacks, our oren liebermann is live for us this hour in jerusalem with more. what's the reaction on the ground there? >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu offered a withering criticism of secretary of state john kerry's speech. the u.n. security council resolution. and the obama administration's vision for middle east peace. this relationship, netanyahu/obama relationship which we already knew was strained is even falling apart more in its final weeks. >> friends need to tell each other the hard truths. >> secretary of state john kerry issuing a stern warning that a two-state solution is now in jeopardy. >> the two-state solution is the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. >>

let's listen israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. let's listen in. translation: these remarks are in response to a speech we heard earlierfrom response to a speech we heard earlier from the secretary of state for the united states, john kerry, when he defended the decision to abstain on the un security council resolution which condemns the building ofjewish settlements on land that is seen as occupied territory. it's the first time that the united states have done this, to abstain in such a vote. mr carey mounted a strong defence of us policy. —— john kerry. mounted a strong defence of us policy. ——john kerry. he spoke about the jeopardy of the two state solution. mr neta nyahu about the jeopardy of the two state solution. mr netanyahu is now issuing himself quite a impassioned defence of israeli policy. i think we will be coming back to that statement a little bit later on. in the meantime, let's take a look at the meantime, let's take a look at the weather now with john the meantime, let's take a look at the weather now withjohn hammond. go

benjamin netanyahu now accuses president obama of organizing a "shameful ambush. the shocking fallout straight ahead. >>> you can't make this up. george washington university eliminated u.s. history as a requirement for history majors. for $68,000, you can learn history somewhere else. >> keep in mind, your mornings are better with friends. ♪ ♪ >>> kind of sad. we're pulling out on christmas decorations because pulling up stakes on the christmas season. >> got to carry it there. >> brian, we'll keep celebrating christmas. i love it. >> we want to stop celebrating and you say --

benjamin netanyahu wasting no time passing comments is unbalanced. here is what netanyahu spokesman had to say last night. >> secretary kerry took up a lot of time blaming israel for the supposed it crime of living in their ancient homeland of judeo. the actual core conflict remains that the refusal to accept a jewish state in a new boundary. president-elect donald trump in a kerry speech with the treatment unfair. you look at resolutions in the united nations and what top 10. they are other nations that are horrible places. they haven't even been reprimanded. i think it's very unfair to israel. trump urged the jewish state to stay strong until the inoculation. readying its retaliation against russia for alleged interfering in a presidential election. expected to include sanctions, cybermeasures and, soon as today. rather than retaliate, the u.s. should just move on. >> i think we have to get on with our lives. google age of computer where nobody knows exactly what's going on. >> the fate of any new sanctions remains unclear as to types into the bypa

netanyahu criticized kerry's speech and the u.s. decision to abstain from a u.s. vote calling it unbalanced. there's more video on the peace process on our website, c-span.org. >> sunday, in-depth will feature a life discussion on the presidency of barack obama. we're taking your phone calls, tweets, emails and facebook questions during the program. our panel includes april ryan, white house correspondent for american urban networks and presidency of the black and white. an up close view of three presidents and race in earthquake. prince and community professor eddie gloud, how race enslaves the american soul and pulitzer prize winning journalist and associate editor of "the washington post," david maritus. watch "in depth" live on sunday on noon to 3:00 on c-span 2. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1989 c-span was created as a public service for america's cable companies and is brought to you today by your capable or satellite provider. >> the 115th copping gavels in tuesday. we've been talking to you some of the newly ele

its passage infuriated israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who summoned and reprimanded envoys from most of the security council member nations who approved the resolution. netanyahu also lashed out at president obama. >> as i totold john kerry thursday, france don't take friends to the security council. i encourage by the statements of our friends in the united states , republicans and democrats alike. they understand how reckless a d have 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. amy: the obama administration previously sided with israel at the united nations vetoing a , similar security council resolution in 2011 that would have condemned israeli settlement building. the u.s.'s abstention inn friday's vote drew criticism from many democratic and republican lawmakers. incoming democratic senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york called the move extremely frustrating, disappointing, and confounding. republican senator l

its passage infuriated israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who summoned and reprimanded envoys from most of the security council member nations who approved the resolution. netanyahu also lashed out at president obama. >> as i told john kerry thursday, france don't take friends to the security council. i encourage by the statements of our friends in the united states , republicans and democrats alike. they understand how reckless and have 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. amy: the obama administration previously sided with israel at the united nations vetoing a , similar security council resolution in 2011 that would have condemned israeli settlement building. the u.s.'s abstention in friday's vote drew criticism from many democratic and republican lawmakers. incoming democratic senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york called the move extremely frustrating, disappointing, and confounding. republican senator lind

. >> today john kerry had a statement for donald trump and benjamin netanyahu. >> no administration has done more for israel's security than barack obama's. the two-state solution is the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace between israelis and palestinians. >> israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders. >> donald trump also jumped into the fray. >> when do you see the united nations solving problems? they don't. they cause problems. >> two hours ago, donald trump said that he had, quote, a great conversation with president obama today. those were his words. "great conversation." and he also said that it was, quote, a very, very nice call, end quote. that was an upgrade from very nice conversation, which was what donald trump said about the phone call three hours earlier at 5:00 p.m. florida time. by 8:00 p.m. florida time, very nice conversation became very, very nice. twice as nice. which wouldn't be very surprising and would be consistent with donald trump and president obama's descriptions of their interactions since the election. bu

benjamin netanyahu says the u.s. secretary of state attacked the only democracy in the middle easts. >> secretary kerry paid lip service to the unremitting campaign of terrorism that has been waged by the palestinians against the jewish state for nearly a is century. a century. what he did was to spend most of his speech blaming israel for the lack of peace by passionately condemning a policy of enabling jews to live in their historic homeland. leland: more on this, lieutenant colonel ralph peters, fox news strategic analyst. good to see you, sir. >> hey, leland. happy new year. leland: happy new year, a few days away. a new year, almost unprecedented new developments between israel and the united states. we knew benjamin netanyahu and the obama administration didn't really like each other, they sort of had this personal animosity towards one another, but did you ever expect it to be laid out like this? >> i didn't expect it, but i'm not that surprised by it because, leland -- and you have a lot of experience in the

going after benjamin netanyahu and his government for what he said is obstruction of the latest effort towards a two-state solution. >> despite our best efforts over the years, the two-state solution is now in serious jeopardy. we have to be clear about what is happening in the west bank. the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right wing in history with the agenda driven by the most extreme elements. the result is that policies of this government which the prime minister himself just described as more committed to settlements than any in israel's history are leading in the opposite direction. they are leading towards one state. >> immediately after stepping off the stage at the state department, kerry sat down with our own andrea mitchell and asked how much of an impediment

that abstention has raised tensions between benjamin netanyahu and president obama. netanyahu accused the u.s. of initiating the resolution, an allegation the white house deni denies. let's bring in a former deputy national security adviser in israel and a senior fellow at the international security program at harvard. good of you to join us. since you're in tel aviv, aside from the official government response, what are you hearing on the ground? what's been the reaction there in israel to all of this? >> well, i think the prime minister has actually managed to focus domestic attention on a personal conflict between himself and mr. obama. making it look as if mr. obama is trying to take a swipe at him. but if you're asking what more informed opinion believes, then i think many people in israel recognize that this is the failure of mr. netanyahu's policy. the policy itself and the loose talk in the last few months on the part of the prime minister and some of his ministers, especially since the elections indicating now that mr. trump is coming into office, the americ

this as tensions grow between obama and benjamin netanyahu. good morning, kristin. >> the israeli government is accusing of tthe obama administration not only refusing to block that u.n. resolution but also creating and campaigning for the passage. that propt presidea prompted sa not draft the resolution nor did they introduce the resolution. the egyptians in partnership with the palestinians are beginning to circulating a earlier draft. refused to use the veto power at the council vote condemning israeli settlements on the west bank. they prompted benjamin netanyahu to recall saying friends don't take friends to the security council. >> over the decades american administrations and israeli government disagreed about settlements. but we agreed the security council is not the place to resolve this issue. we knew going there going there would make negotiations harder and drive peace further away. tensions between the u.s. and israel escalated when the rabbi in charge of the hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony he used the ceremony to publically cr

>>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu now responding to secretary of state john kerry's speech on the middle east. hello everyone, i'm heather nauert. let's listen in. >> the disagreement between our two governments over ways to advance peace and stability in the middle east. i have no doubt our alliance will endure the profound disagreement we have had with the obama administration and will become even stronger in the future. but now i must express my deep disappointment with the speech today of john kerry. a speech that was almost as unbalanced as the anti-israel resolution passed at the u.n. last week. in a speech ostensibly about peace between israelis and palestinians, secretary kerry paid lip service to the unremitting campaign of terrorism that has been waged by

>>> a fierce response from prime minister benjamin netanyahu after the u.s. refusing to stand in the way of the resolution condemning settlements in the west bank. we have the latest. >>> and donald trump is looking to calm concerns of conflict of interest. he says he will shutter his charity foundation, but questions whether that is possible to do before he takes the oath of office. good morning. i'm joe johns. >> i'm alison kosik. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. john and christine are off. up first, the entertainment world is mourning the death of george michael at the tender age of 53. ♪ last christmas i gave you my heart ♪ >> the pop icon rose to fame in the '80s as part of the two-man group wham!. michael went on to have a solo career selling more than 100 million records and collabora collaborating with some of the biggest names in the music business.

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu snapping right back, saying that israel does not need to be lectured by foreign leaders. netanyahu says the real obstacle to peace is not settlements but the palestinians' rejection of israel's right to exist and support for terror. >>> the u.s. is getting ready to announce its retaliation for russia's meddling in the presidential election. cnn has learned that the payback includes covert actions, economic sanctions and the naming of individual russians involved in the hacking. our correspondents, analysts and guests are ready with full coverage of all the day's top stories. we'll also go live to jerusalem and the state department to get rereacti reaction to the breaking news. beginning with more on secretary of state john kerry's warning on the threat to the middle east peace. secretary of state john kerry delivering a blunt message to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right-wing in israeli history with an agenda driven by the