this is a big departure by mr trump. next the bbc state department correspondent on why this is such a big shift in policy. the americans have followed the international community on this, because its controversial for two reasons, one because both israelis and palestinians claim it, israelis say they want eastjerusalem as their capital, so that is something that should be decided in final status negotiations. this is a place that also is claimed wholly to three religions, christianity, judaism and islam. there is a un resolution that says the status ofjerusalem should be separate or decided ultimately in a way that satisfies all of those religions, so it does not actually recognise israeli sovereignty over any part ofjerusalem. it's a very contentious issue. the position of the us has been told now that status should be decided in final negotiations on a peace deal between israel and the palestinians. if mr trump announces he will move the embassy, either right away or at some point definitively, or if he says they will

tonight, a proxy battle of sorts is unfolding, pitting mr. trump against former president obama. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situati"the situ." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news on the attempted terrorist attack in new york near times square. a law enforcement official says the man accused of detonating a pipe bomb pledged his allegiance to isis. three people were injured when the homemade device exploded at the busy port authority bus terminal this morning. the suspect also was hurt. he's now in custody. authorities say he's of bangladeshi descent, and a legal permanent resident of the united states. also tonight, allegations of sexual misconduct by president trump before he took office are front and center, as some of his accusers join forces to urge congress to launch an investigation of their claims. this as democrat kirsten gillibrand is joining with at least three other u.s. senators in calling for the president to resign. and in a heated white house briefin

. >> mr. trump called other lawmakers over the summer with requests that they push mr. burr, the inquiry, the senator who was alarmed of hearing words on the president's plead, they should urge mr. burr to bring the russia investigation to a close. the senator declined to reveal which colleagues mr. trump had contact with the request. the comment from the administration tonight is this. quote, "at no point had attempted to apply undo influence on committee members, the senator declined to reveal which colleagues mr. trump had contact with the request. the comment from the administration tonight is this. quote, "at no point had attempted to apply undo influence on committee members, there is no evidence of collusion and these investigations must come to a fair and appropriate completion." several republicans interviewed by the "time" says trump's appeals came across as words of al political newcomer who do not know what's appropriate. listen to this from tonight's "rachel maddow's program" just how significant this is from joyce vance. >> the president tried with senator

mr. trump addressed that matter and said no, i'm not going to fire mr. mueller. you satisfied about this that there is not going to be any impediment to the investigation? >> donald trump has never said that he is not going to do something and then gone ahead and done it. no, i'm still quite concerned that this investigation gets further that at a certain point president trump is going to have his propaganda arm build the argument to fire mueller and then say he has to good ahead and do it because he has seen all this evidence build up. the reality is this has to be the red line for house republicans. they didn't do anything when trump fired comey. they didn't do anything when he endorsed roy moore. is there a line that they won't let him cross. >> are you satisfied mr. trump is committed to not firing mueller? >> i'm exhausted about having to talk about this so many months because there has been so many bad information out there from so many people implying the president is going to fire mueller, and he hasn't. >> in fairness, isn't the question a fair one after

now palestinian officials say mr trump is raising tensions again. this is a declaration of war on palestine and the palestinians and a manifestation of the lack of fairness in handling the palestine file. a total bias towards israel. tonight, there were large protests in gaza, following the us president's speech. and there are calls for more in the coming days. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. david davis, the brexit secretary, has been accused of gross negligence after admitting that the government has not tried to calculate the impact of brexit on the british economy. during the day, in a new attempt to unlock the brexit talks, the prime minister spoke to arlene foster of the dup, who forced the rescheduling of the talks earlier this week. her party rejects theresa may's proposals for the future of the northern ireland's border. our deputy political editor john pienaar reports. three, two, one. theresa may needs some comfort and joy in the cabinet in her party in ireland, north and south. if only everyone could sing from the same hymn sheet on

mr erdogan also criticised mr trump's decision, and said the united states now had blood on its hands. nasa has been ordered by president trump to send astronauts back to the moon, and then to mars. signing a directive at the white house, with a toy astronaut as a prop, the president said it would allow the united states to reclaim what he called its destiny in space. world leaders are gathering in france for tuesday's summit, called to push forward plans to tackle climate change agreed in paris two years ago. the us president won't be there, of course. he pulled his country out of the agreement injune, the only one of 195 countries to do so. andrew plant reports. arriving for a dinner with the french president, former un secretary—general ban ki—moon and his predecessor kafi annan arriving in paris for what macron has called a meeting of elders. this the evening before the one planet summit, taking place two years to the day since the paris accord, which saw 195 countries aiming to end the use of fossil fuels and stem the rise in global warming. an agreement that america turned i

obama and not mr. and mrs. trump. of course mr. trump has not congratulated the couple on twitter. ivanka trump has done it and there was some criticism of her for doing that. what i think the governments are very concerned about, they very worried about offending mr. trump. they know that he wants to come over for a state visit and that state visit will be very importantly circled around the queen. mr. trump will see it as a personal slight if he is not invited to the wedding at all and certainly if mr. obama is invited. yes, it's not a state occasion, prince harry is not going to be king. he is fifth in line for the throne as melissa was saying, about to drop to sixth when prince william has a baby in april but looking at the guest list, i think there is a guest list, i think there already has been one drawn up and the government is reviewing it and this is a big question how do they get around the problem that prince harry is friends with the obamas, wants to invite them. he and meghan want to work with them in the future but that will really offend mr. trump and he will not sit

he still firmly believes that. >> reporter: mr. trump all but said he believed mr. moore's denials later last month. >> he totally denies it. >> reporter: billy bush, the "access hollywood" host who was with mr. trump when he made lewd comments about women caught on tape -- >> grab them by the [ bleep ]. >> reporter: pushed back on reports that the president is somehow claiming he never made the offensive remarks. of course he said it, bush writes in "the new york times" and we laughed along without a single doubt this was hypothetical hot air from america's highest rated bloviater. back in october, the president defended the comments. >> that's locker room. >> reporter: with so many controversies swirling, the president is trying to stay in the holiday spirit. announcing at a rollback of national monuments in utah, that he's looking to republicans in congress to pass tax cuts. >> we're now one huge step closer to delivering to the american people the historic tax relief as a giant present for christmas. remember i said we're bringing christmas back? christmas is ba

now palestinian officials say mr trump is raising tensions again. this is a declaration of war on palestine and the palestinians and a manifestation of the lack of fairness in handling the palestine file. a total bias towards israel. tonight, there were large protests in gaza, following the us president's speech. and there are calls for more in the coming days. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. our middle east editor jeremy bowen is here. strongly worded criticism from across the world. what's your assessment tonight of the implications for the middle east? potentially very serious. mr trump says he will work very hard for peace. by alienating one side so com pletely peace. by alienating one side so completely he has made the job peace. by alienating one side so completely he has made thejob much harder. he says you cannot have peace without recognising israeli rights, the israeli sovereignty, the israeli capital. the palestinians have said very clearly they want a palestinian capital ofjerusalem or it is no deal. if he had said, ok, i wa nt it is

. >> mr. president trump predicts he'll be re-elected in 2020. saying the country is starting to do well again and the media will come to love him. the president tells the times, another reason i'm going to win another four years is because newspapers, television, all forms of media will tank if it you'll not there because without me, their ratings are going down the tubes. without me, the "new york times" will indeed be not the failing "new york times" but the failed "new york times." the president added that the media basically will let him win. we will let him win reelection in 2020. >>> okay. >> yes, that happened. >> i don't know what to say. speechless. >> no. you shouldn't. >> interestingly enough, i mean maybe the ratings would be impacted but to put an end to certain media outlets -- >> bit of a stretch. >> quick end, blunt end to roy moore's senator hopes. a circuit judge denying the attempt to delay the certification of results after claiming voter fraud. moore refuses to concede though jones won by more than 21,000 votes. moorish eued

this reaction before we have actually heard the detail of what mr trump has in mind. potentially a hugely significant moment. thank you for your update. the international olympic committee has announced that it's banning russia from competing in the 2018 winter olympics. some russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete in south korea under a neutralflag. it follows an investigation into allegations of state—sponsored doping at the 2014 games hosted by russia in sochi. andrew plant reports. the ski slopes of south korea, where some athletes have already been practising for the 2018 winter olympics. but it is now clear that one of the competition ‘s most successful countries will not be here next year. it has taken almost four years, but now we're sporting superpower has paid the price for sabotaging its own olympics. russia ruled at sochi in 2014, but behind the scenes it was cheating on a scale never seen before. now after a 17 month investigation, the international olympic committee has decided on an unprecedented punishment — russi

this reaction before we have actually heard the detail of what mr trump has got in mind. the international olympic committee has announced that it is banning russia from competing in the 2018 winter olympics. some russian athletes who can prove they are clean will be allowed to compete in south korea under a neutralflag. it follows an investigation into allegations of state—sponsored doping at the 2014 games, hosted by russia in sochi. andrew plant reports. the ski slopes of south korea, where some athletes have already been practising for the 2018 winter olympics. but it is now clear that one of the competition's most successful countries will not be here next year. it has taken almost four years, but now, a sporting superpower has paid the price for sabotaging its own olympics. russia ruled at sochi in 2014, but behind the scenes, it was cheating on a scale never seen before. now, after a 17—month investigation, the international olympic committee has decided on an unprecedented punishment — russia is banned. the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on

mr. trump originally backed mr. moore's opponent and now he has swung around to vote for the more eventually go conservative -- evangelical conservative person. it also gives the democrats a much stronger chance of retaking the united states senate by saying that the republicans willing to seat some roy moore gives them a lot to run on next year. katty: ron christie, thank you. the results will come in in a few hours time, and republicans in washington will be watching very closely. the prospect of roy moore, who says he is antiestablishment, openly feuding with senior members of the republican party -- the prospect of him arriving in congress and capitol hill and having to work alongside republicans frankly terrifies a lot of the republican establishment. will they be able to work with him? will he tame himself? roy moore supporters i've spoken to say that is absolutely why they are voting for him, that he will not be tamed. now, the president says roy moore will vote with him on everything. let's see if the presid

you could see also when mr trump made his announcement, mr pence was right there. he was beaming away. those we re there. he was beaming away. those were some of the constituencies that mrtrump paid were some of the constituencies that mr trump paid attention to when he decided to take this decision against the advice of national—security officials who felt there would be a violent backlash. this is a decision he made based on domestic political considerations. let's talk about the united nations. the security council will discuss this tomorrow. i saw president erdogan and president putin discussing earlier about how unhappy they were about it. i don't understand what it will add up to when the security council comes together. it will add up to a statement, many statements, repeating the view of the security council onjerusalem. repeating the view of the security council on jerusalem. that is something that has been for a long time, since my 248, the un has had jerusalem and given it a special status. since the peace process started, it said its final stages shou

and mrs. obama and not mr. and mrs. trump. of course what i think the governments are very concerned about, they are very worried about offendsing mr. trump. they want him to come over for a state visit circled around the queen. mr. trump likes the royal family so he will see it as a personal slight if he's not invited to the wedding and certainly if mr. obama is invited. prince harry is inch fifth in line for the thrown abone will drop to sixth after the baby coming in april. still this is the big question how do they get around a problem that prince harry is fwrendss friends of the obamas and wants to invite them. that will really offend mr. trump he will not nurse his wounds in private. >> you seen the report gwbetwee former president obama and prince harry what's the origin of their friendship. >> they've been very good friends for a long time, particularly over the invictus games and that really has cemented the friendship. it's really a marrying of minds. prince harry was asked about it and he said we have a similar kind

margaret to you. >> mr. trump made it clear many times he would look to improve russian-american relations. but till now, i couldn't say that our relations become more better. >> the ambassador told us the russia investigation severely complicates his work. many u.s. officials even refuse to meet him. how do you possibly get past the mistrust around the 2016 election? >> that is very difficult to try to find a black cat in darkroom where it is not any cat at all? >> no story there? >> there is not any proof. regarding russian interference into your election. >> hours before the interview. former trump national security adviser michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with the predecessor. >> i don't understand why any officials has not any right to speak to russian ambassador. >> what do you make of that? >> it seems to me -- >> serious charges involving your previous ambassador. >> yes, he is a talented. >> complicates things. >> smart, talented diplomat. very much surprised that

this is a consistent theme with mr. trump. it is almost an obsession that has a lot to do with the election which is an obsession of his and with hillary clinton and with the e-mails. and his view that everyone is being unfair to him. and he feels the fbi is partisan. obviously democrats feel it isn't. his own attorney general braiprd the fbi. but there is a way for trump to make sure his supporters stay with him no matter what mueller and the fbi find. i find it a little disconcerting that the president of the united states who is the chief law enforcement officer of the united states is so readily willing to yuundermine the national police agency. but that is his politics. and he has freedom of speech just like everybody else. >> certainly would be quite the turn if he were to fire robert mueller after seven months investigations and the money spent there. and interesting to see how that would turn the trump administration. i want to talk when the alabama senate race that we saw this week. was that a rejection of roy moore d

moore said in a tweet that mr. trump told him, go get them, roy. the tweet went on to say in part, just got off the phone with president trump who offered his full support who said he needs a fighter to help him in the u.s. senate. not all republicans are on board. >> we're going to have a tough enough time and being the party of roy moore is not going to help. >> all this as the washington post is reporting one of the women who claims roy moore dated her has proof they knew each other. gibson came forward with a high school graduation card signed by moore. several have predicted if moore wins the election he'll likely face an ethics probe. that poll also asked voters if they believed the allegations against moore. 71% of republicans said they think they're false many blaming democrats and the media. >> thank you. >>> a snowstorm hit the midwest closing schools and causing several crashes in south dakota. in chicago a wind advisory is in effect with possible gusts up to 45 miles an hour. the powerful wind yesterday tore down a gas station canopy ne

trump enter the white house is also advising in alabama what to steve bannon been saying well steve bannon is still on a crusade to change the political landscape of the united states for good and he's fighting not only the democrats but also the republican establishment and what he calls the mainstream media and we actually caught up with him one of the relics for roy moore another bamma here's what he had to say about us journalists information today is part of political warfare just cut and we can answer that i'm not a politician that means you're not the political process you all the mainstream media are part of the opposition party ok that has become a familiar message is anybody listening. well absolutely at least among the core supporters of donald trump that they don't trust what they call the mainstream media i would say media not necessarily reflect the views of these people but they don't trust the media they don't trust the political class in general from both parties democrats and republicans there is a certain amount of anger still here in this country an anger that br

apprentice contestant summer zervos claims mr trump forcibly attempted to kiss her. zervos wants to sue him for defamation. if the judge in new york decides the case should go ahead, her lawyer could call the president to testify. no man is above the law, including the president of the united states. in the past week alone, three members of congress have been forced to resign over accusations of sexual misconduct. in this current climate, many are asking why the same pressure hasn't been applied at the gates of the white house. but many voters simply are not concerned. remember, donald trump won last year's election in spite of these allegations, which he denies. but for these women, it does matter, because donald trump is president of the united states. it left me feeling very gross, very dirty... they want to raise the profile of their allegations, and hope that, in some way, he will be held accountable. alabama hasn't had a competitive race like this in years. on tuesday voters will choose between a formerjudge who's accused of sexual misconduct and molesting a ch

mr. trump travels to utah to drastically reduce the size of two huge federal monuments. cnn is on the scene for the biggest rollback of federally protected land in u.s. history. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news tonight. new information on when president trump knew that michael flynn hadn't come clean to the fbi, information that could be crucial to the special counsel's investigation of possible obstruction of justice. cnn has learned that the white house chief lawyer told mr. trump back in january that he believed flynn had misled the bureau and should be fired as national security advisor. that was before the president's february meeting with then fbi direct james comey when comey said he was pressured to back off of his investigation of flynn. tonight, as more questions arise about mr. trump's legal risks, his personal lawyer is arguing that the president is immune to being charged with obstruction, reminiscent of richard nixon's claim after watergate. >>>

mr. trump said he would consider the tax rate at 22% instead of 20%. john dickerson said he thinks the president will have the bill he wants >> he defines the bill he wants as any that comes before him. they need to be reconciled. but it seems with the body lan garage, they're going to be able to work out any minor differences between the two bills and get one final bill to the president for his signature. >> democrats say the gop measures it over less wealthy americans. >>> meanwhile the government funding runs out at midnight on friday. the house introduced a stopgap measure on saturday. democrats say they won't vote for any bill that does not include immigrants brought to this country illegally as children. senator misch mcconnell said there won't be a shutdown on that issue. ahead on "cbs this morning" we'll talk with white house bunt director mick mulvaney. >>> this morning the united states and south korea began five militar vigilance ace. it comes a week after north korea test-fired e its most powerful missile. >>> president trump is expected to

yesterday mr. trump gave no indication that the reports have anything to do with mr. tillerson about to lose his job. they've drafted and are circulating a plan forcing mr. tillerson's exit replacing him with mike pompeo. press secretary sarah sanders when also pressed on it refused to g av answer. >> when they no longer are able to serve, they will no longer serve on the capacity they're in. >> reporter: the news follows months of tension between mr. tillerson and the president. soon after mr. tillerson announced they're in diplomatic contact with pyongyang, mr. trump tweeted, quote, he's wasting his time. there's also a report in july mr. tillerson called the president a moron in front of a group. still he's continuing with business as usual. >> he kind of brushed this off today. he's heard these kind os stories before. >> john kelly's chief of staff called tillerson's chief of staff thursday and told her, quote, the rumors are not true though resources say tillerson has signed off on tillerson exit plan. anne-marie, if this shuffling does happen, that would leave t

but mr. trump was elected president. what does that tell us? and what will be the likely impact of bush going public with this? because now he is going to be talking to all the late night comedians. >> yeah, absolutely. it's embarrassing for the president. obviously it's great if the american people had the information about this tape before the election. donald trump was elected president nonetheless. i'm not convinced doubting the authenticity of the tape now is anything but distraction from the mueller investigation. it's a way of drudging up something that had been litigated before the american public. and we know what the outcome of that was. whether or not he is attacking or trying to reframe the truth around the fbi, around the "access hollywood" tape, it's simply a method of detracting really from what's going on. you had billy bush demonstrating or testifying or commenting publicly that the tape was real. but once again, the american public knew this. so it seems nothing more than just a simple act of distraction. and i can't say that

all of these liars... >> reporter: while mr. trump has called the women "liars," this was his u.n. ambassador nikki haley on "face the nation" yesterday. >> how do you think people should assess the accusers of the president? >> women who accuse anyone should be heard. they should be heard and they should be dealt with. >> reporter: mr. trump's press secretary trumped off the women today. >> the american people knew this and voted for the president. >> reporter: but samantha holvey, another trump accuser, says they're not going away. >> i just want us as a country to say this is not acceptable behavior, period. >> reporter: not from... >> not from anybody. >> reporter: including the president. >> including the president. especially the president. >> reporter: democratic senators kristen gillibrand and ron wyden echoed calls for an investigation today, and gillibrand took it a step further, calling on the president to resign. jeff. >> glor: jim axelrod, thank you very much. as we continue tonight from paris, up next, how these kids got game. lower back pain has met its match aleve d

if mr trump doesn't see these what has come you tell him everything is open and clear. through he's open to everybody. so by this decision. it is. the next station of land and building. in israel in palestinian land for israelis to settle further and further into palestinian territory this is this is not acceptable and. but mr trump given such kind of support which is not acceptable and it is not right to say i did this and it is all fine this does not like this. but the world is not to made up of you only. united nations membership there are one hundred ninety six conti's. and. and i am sure that one hundred ninety six counties off the un and also one hundred ninety six countries of the world object the decision. united states is that strong. they may have a lot of power around the world they may have a lot of arms you might have. planes small planes and tanks and everything yes but that does not mean. you can bully the rest of the world. if you are right in must you are doing everybody would support you but if you are not the right in what you are being and the polici

the wrong mrs may but still set the agenda his agenda this week donald trump promised to quote handle north korea and he eventually told the real mrs may the u.k. prime minister to you and me to in effect do something to protect the u.k. even after he had retreated fake news and as the white house does now they are repeating a central foreign policy idea moving one of their embassies and we shouldn't forget he began the week by claiming wrongly but time magazine was probably going to name him a person of the they wouldn't all of this heat no lights can be boiled down into what the russians say about u.s. foreign policy and they're not pulling any punches. but. one gets the impression that everything has been done on purpose to make him shone through nap and carry out further inadvisable actions it is regrettable the americans should explain to us what they're after she says well there have been constant mixed messages during these first ten months of the trumpet ministration the president and his secretary of state rex tillerson frequently broadcast seemingly contradictory policy posi