what i'll tell president el sisi and king abdullah is that we remain committed to peace. but what the president did in making that decision and in making it a reality was he essentially took off of the table an issue that really wasn't negotiable to this administration or to the american people. jerusalem is the capital of israel. the president said that we have recognized the obvious. we have affirmed the will of the american people. but now our hope is that we can move forward and begin to discuss those issues that can be negotiated in the hopes of achieving a lasting peace. >> martha: what concrete steps have been taken so far to move the embassy there? >> the planning is under way. as you're well aware, swre a consulate in jerusalem today, but as the president said, it would be necessary for us to make planning to choose a location and to develop a struck khrur. >> martha: is there a target date? >> it will probably be several years before we cut the ribbon, but the decision is made. we're moving our embassy to the capital of israel. it will be my great honor as vice

in jordan it was clear that king abdullah i did not agree with the united states position on this regard. like it was mentioned in the program to agree to disagree and was left very much as such by the private by the king and rightfully so that the united states should pursue actively still the two state solution. as far as jordan go as far as israel is concerned i think we ought to remember that paints himself is a myth jellicoe. trump's base is in belgium a cult so to suggest that the tram could change is my that is not going to happen so in israel places be very very warmly obviously and nothing will change there as far as the recognizer of your resume is concerned in this regard you know tromso being rather consistent just also remember that many many presidents before him several have recognized said they would recognize israel the situation i mean jerusalem as israel's capital they did not go through because of the political resistance and opposition that they expected to take place for the middle east my concern here is that what a bad position is i think he's focused on the on th

of jordan king abdullah is that he's furious absolutely furious because of this declaration on december the sixth by trump that jerusalem was a recognized capital of israel and the shift of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv we all know about this it's almost written in history now as being something that inflamed the situation here in the occupied west bank and indeed gaza and indeed right away across the world palestinians were disgusted fiercely out of favor with it but the bottom line in jordan is it is really the fault forgotten aspect in some ways in u.s. diplomacy because straight after december the sixth there were moves to get some movement and mike pence was going to be dispatched to jerusalem to actually have talks and also to ramallah in fact to bethlehem where he specifically requested to go but then of course mahmoud abbas the palestinian president felt that that was not necessary there should be no talks no no way would he have talks after what was declared but jordanians number something like seventy percent of them are palestinian look at history jordan used to

places visit to jordan and egypt and spence and that he until it was king abdullah agreed to disagree on donald trump does this and december to recognize two islam as a vast capital i thought at a point from occupied east jerusalem. on the second leg of his regional visit the us vice president was keen to offer assurances to a major middle east an ally and by extension to the palestinians who refused to meet him on the issue of jerusalem we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries and final status those are subject to negotiation and and as i think clearly you are the president make clear the world united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two state solution through the arab world's public outrage with a recognition by u.s. president donald trump object to slim is israel's capital the jordanian king offered a conciliatory tone your visits here i'm sure is to be built of trust and confidence in not only how we move forward with two state solution on us drew forth like sixty seven

jordan's king abdullah has told the u.s. vice president of east jerusalem must be the capital of a future palestinian state the two were speaking in a bar which is the second stop in pence's middle east tall fence continues to defend president donald trump's move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel which has sparked anger across the region the vice president insists the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution president trump made a historic decision to recognize it jerusalem as the capital of israel but is he also made clear in that decision that we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries and final status subject to negotiation and and as i make clear to you the president made clear the world you know the states of america remains committed if the parties agree to two state solution. for us what you assume is cute to muslims and christians as it is to jews it is key to peace of the region thank you to neighboring muslims to e

abdullah over the jerusalem decision. it's fair the death toll from a maze outbreak in the indonesian province of pop is much higher than previously reported official figures say sixty eight children have now died but church leaders say the real number could be in the hundreds subclass and has been given rare access to papa and sent this report. children of the tribe in. a life their buddies are exhausted and weak from hunger and disease undernourished they're battling against outbreaks of measles and chicken pox. military medical teams have arrived in some remote areas. and a husband lena's had to travel for five hours and fit a six month old daughter would not survive. his being in this bad condition for quite a while but only now have people come to our village to help. is five years old but how body is less than half the size of a healthy child her age village is saying twenty nine children in her village alone have died. we rode our boats to a health post in another village but when we arrived they rejected us some o

sitting right across the table, king abdullah. as we push on here we'll hopefully get audio to see what exactly they were saying to one another as their teams looked on. jomana, thanks so much. >> still ahead here on "newsroom." germany's social democratic party is holding a special congress. why that meeting could have serious consequences. for the german chancellor. napoleon is duping us! all around louisiana... you're a nincompoop! (phone ping) gentlemen, i have just received word! the louisiana purchase, is complete! instant purchase notifications from capital one. so you won't miss a purchase large, small, or very large. technology this helpful... could make history. what's in your wallet? >>> welcome back to "newsroom." chancellor angela merkel's future is now in question. for four months she's been struggling to build a new government, but relief could be around the corner. the social democrats are holding a special congress where they will vote on whether to open an official coalition negotiation with ms. merkel's christia

a meeting with king abdullah. while yes you do have the issue of jerusalem and the israel/palestinian issue is the most contentious part probably of this visit, there are also issues of mutual interest when it comes to counterterrorism. the situation in syria. there are also on the agenda when it comes to talks with king abdullah here, and also president sisi, yesterday, when it comes to the issue of jerusalem, the issue of the israel/palestinian peace process we've heard from senior white house officials and from the vice president saying that he is going to, during this visit, and from this region, also reaffirm yet again the u.s.' position that jerusalem is the capital of israel. that is likely to be welcomed by the israelis, and you're going to see probably statements and angry statements by arab leaders, and also by others here. we've seen george, some protests taking place. you know, it's worth noting since president trump's announcement last month we've seen near daily protests here outside the u.s. embassy

the president has arrived in jordan with king abdullah as part of his regional tour the president. to discuss security and the israeli palestinian peace process pens told reporters before leaving that the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution. but i assured him that even as president made that decision a decision that i will reaffirm in jordan and reaffirm in israel before the end of this trip that will also reaffirm what president. there were absolutely committed to preserving the status quo with regard to holy sites in jerusalem that we are there we we we we have come to know a final resolution about boundaries or other issues that are to be negotiated between the parties and if the parties agree i reminded president el-sisi the president that if the parties agree we will support a two state solution. francis has condemned the killing of women which he says has turned latin america into the last violent place on earth for women the leader of the catholic church also spoke out against drug while the. peruvian city. he then returned and spent time speaking with followers

to meet king abdullah as part of his regional tour earlier he met president of. egypt and the israeli palestinian peace process and says the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution despite the controversial decision to recognize a jerusalem as israel's capital. but i assured him that even as president trump made that decision a decision that i will reaffirm in jordan and reaffirm in israel before the end of this trip that will also reaffirm what president trump also said that we're absolutely committed to the two preserving the status quo with regard to holy sites in jerusalem that we are there we've we've we've we have come to know a final resolution about boundaries or other issues that are to be negotiated between the parties and if the parties agree i reminded president el-sisi that president trump said that if the parties agree we will support a two state solution now the anniversary of us president donald trump's an alteration has been mocked by government shutdown off of the senate failed to agree on a spending bill that will try again early on mon

abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the administration's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital mike pence says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict those are your current headlines stay with out his ear witnesses coming up next thanks for your company but by. this time the differences. and the similarities of cultures are. al-jazeera.

vice president mike pence has arrived in jordan to meet king abdullah as part of his regional tore pens told reporters last night before leaving egypt that the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict. but i assured him that even as president made that decision a decision that i will reaffirm in jordan and reaffirm in israel before the end of this trip that will also reaffirm what president trump also said that we're absolutely committed to the two preserving the status quo with regard to holy sites in jerusalem that we are that we've we we we have come to know a final resolution about boundaries or other issues that are to be negotiated between the parties and if the parties agree i reminded president el-sisi the president said that if the parties agree we will support a two state solution but francis has condemned the killing of women which he says has ten latin america and of the most violent place on earth for women the leader of the catholic church also spoke out against drug violence during mass in the northern peruvian city of through he

jordan's king abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the trumpet ministrations decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital mike pence says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the israel palestine conflict and has arrived in israel where she's expected to receive a mixed welcome has more now from occupied east jerusalem. on the second leg of his regional visit the u.s. vice president was keen to offer assurances to a major middle east an ally and by extension to the palestinians who refused to meet him on the issue of jerusalem we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries in final status those are subject to negotiation and and as i think clearly you are the president make clear the world united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two state solution through the arab world's public outrage with a recognition by u.s. president donald trump ob jerusalem as israel

abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the trumpet ministration announced it would recognize jerusalem as israel's capital my pen says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict in the last half an hour he's just touched down in israel where he's expected to receive a mixed welcome harry force that has more from occupied east jerusalem on the second leg of his regional visit the u.s. vice president was keen to offer assurances to a major middle east an ally and by extension to the palestinians who refused to meet him on the issue of jerusalem we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries and final status those are subject to negotiation and and as i make clear to you the president make clear the world united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to two state solution. through the arab world's public outrage with a recognition by u.s. p

jordan's king abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the trumpet ministrations decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the palestinian conflict bens is now on his way to israel where he's expected to receive a mixed welcome it has more from occupied east jerusalem. on the second leg of his regional visit the u.s. vice president was keen to offer assurances to a major middle east an ally and by extension to the palestinians who refused to meet him on the issue of jerusalem we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries and final status those are subject to negotiation and and as i make clear to you and the president make clear the world united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two state solution. through the arab world's public outrage with a recognition by u.s. president donald trump ob jerusalem as israel's ca

>> vice president pence was in jordan and met with king abdullah in jordan who has been a strong ally of the united states and king abdullah had strong things to say to mike pence and the president, he wasn't willing to recognize jerusalem at the capital of israel and for years he had been telling the white house on trips to washington that this was a bad idea, he had concerns about it and he said it wasn't going to help the peace process and felt moves like this have a direct impact on the stability inside jordan, where there's a lot of palestinian refugees. >> yang: also yesterday, the vice president was at a u.s. military base in jordan, spoke to the troops. i want to play a little sound byte from that speech. >> despite bipartisan support for a budget resolution, a minority in the senate has decided to play politics with military pay, but you deserve better. you and your families shouldn't have to worry for one minute about whether you're going to get paid as you serve in the uniform to have the united states. so know this, your president, your vice president and the american peop

vice president mike pence has been holding talks with jordan's king abdullah as part of his middle east tour earlier on saturday he met president sisi in egypt he's defending the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. excuse me the anniversary of president trumps inauguration has been marked by a government shutdown after the senate failed to agree on a spending bill that will try again early on monday to vote for a deal with immigration the main sticking point republicans and democrats are blaming each other for the deadlock as mike hanna reports. house democratic minority leader nancy pelosi was the monger thousands of people protesting near the white house her presence at the moment no longer needed on capitol hill when to go see a chanst between senate democrats and republicans on the new wording of a stopgap funding bill fell apart democrats were quick to blame the president and right wing forces within his administration negotiating with this white house is like negotiating with jell-o. . it's next to impossible as soon as you take one step forward. the hard rig

abdullah germany had quote huge respect and admiration for the country's cooperation in the refugee crisis germany recently moved troops from turkey to jordan following a diplomatic row and has stepped up military and development aid to the kingdom in recent years. swedish ikea founder. has died at ninety one he turned a small scale mail order business into a global furniture empire ikea's first department store opened in one nine hundred fifty eight today the company has more than three hundred shops that also serve delicious meatballs across the world african heads of state are gathering in ethiopia's capital addis ababa for the annual african union summit fighting and corruption fighting fighting corruption and reforming the union are top goals of the two day meeting headed by rwandan president paul kagame who is taking over as the union's chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning u.s. president donald trump's reported slur on the state of their nation's. unlike many african countries if the opiah is struggling to keep up with a growing popul

abdullah that germany had quote huge respect and admiration for the country's cooperation in the refugee crisis germany recently moved troops from turkey to jordan following a diplomatic route and has stepped up military and development aid to the kingdom in recent years. swedish ikea founder. has died at ninety one he turned a small scale mail order business into a global furniture empire he has first department store opened in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight today the company has more than three hundred shops that also sort of delicious meatballs across the world and hundreds of thousands of revelers have lined the narrow alleys and bridges the venice on saturday at the start of the conner vol two weeks of fun before the rigors of lent the forty days of fasting that precede easter the venice carnival is one of the oldest in the world the feasts massed balls and concerts go on until february thirteenth. the circus was the theme of this year's opening parade so of course there were plenty of animals. on the tightrope walker who monies to avoid an early bus in the canal venice is ca

abdullah germany had quote huge respect and admiration for the country's cooperation in the refugee crisis germany recently moved troops from turkey to jordan following a diplomatic route and has stepped up military and development aid to the kingdom in recent years. swedish ikea founder in viacom proud has died at ninety one he turned a small scale mail order business into a global furniture empire ikea's first department store opened in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight and today the company has more than three hundred shops that also serve delicious meat balls across the world. hundreds of thousands of revelers lined up the narrow our way alleyways and bridges of venice on saturday at the start of carneval two weeks of fun before the rigors of lent the forty days of fasting that precede easter the venice kind of all is one of the oldest in the world at the feasts mass falls and concerts go on until february thirteenth. the circus was the theme of this year's opening parade so of course there were plenty of animals. on the tightrope orca who monies to avoid an early bus in the

i don't believe so i think in jordan it was clear that king abdullah i didn't agree with the united states the position on this regard and like it was mentioned in the program they agreed to disagree and was left pretty much as such by the pride but the king insistent and rightfully so that the united states should pursue actively still the two state solution. as far as jordan goes to israel is concerned i think we ought to remember that pains himself is image jellicoe. times base is in belgium a cult so to suggest that the charm could change his mind that is not going to happen so in israel pence is being very very warmly obviously and nothing will change there as far as the recognition of euro zone is concerned one of the patterns that has emerged over the last twelve months of the trump administration has been a bold announcements but usually by the president which is then subsequently reinterpreted if you like by the state department all the pentagon whatever department government department it relates to and then actual action on that statement takes a lot longer to happen even if it

abdullah the second later today head of his arrival demonstrators gathered outside the u.s. embassy to protest u.s. foreign policy in the region. in romania the masses have returned to the streets to protest corruption at the highest level at the heart of the country's ruling elite there were occasional scuffles with police as an estimated fifty thousand people can a first in the capital bucharest with smaller demonstrations taking place across the country was romanians have had enough countries ranked one of the most corrupt in europe and now people are turning on the politicians tens of thousands descended on parliament many carrying giant yellow hands with the slogan all for justice in every people traveled from right across the country to join the demonstration. and necessary nobody paid us to protest with simple citizens who pay taxes and we can no longer tolerate this. since last year romania has seen the biggest wave of popular dissent since the fall of communism many blame this man for bringing things to a head. his head of the main party in government the social dem

jordan for taking in hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees during a visit he told the jordanian king abdullah that germany had huge respect and admiration for the country's cooperation in the refugee crisis germany were recently moved troops from turkey to jordan following a diplomatic route and a stepped up military and development aid to the kingdom in recent years. in yemen the separatists in the southern port city of ogden have seized government buildings after fierce clashes with forces loyal to president abdullah who knows where dozens of people have been killed or injured yemen's prime minister accuse the separatist of melting a coup in is serving as the temporary government base species level they control the capital sanaa. african heads of state are in ethiopia's capital addis ababa for the annual african union summit the two day meeting is headed by rwandan president paul kagame may is taking over as the union's chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning the us president donald trump's reported swore on the state of the nations. like man

abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the trumpet ministrations decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital mike pence says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the israel palestine conflict is now in israel as part of his middle east tour where he's expected to receive a mixed welcome hope francis is due to lead a final mass in the in just over an hour as his tour of south america comes to an end up to a million people are expected to attend the service at an airbase in peru's capital ahead of the mass of the poor local bishops and nuns but his visit has been overshadowed after the accused victims of a sex abuse scandal in chile of slandering a bishop they say tried to cover up the crimes of course you can keep up to date with all the stories we're following on our website you can see our front page right there plenty of input from our correspondents all over the globe twenty four seven so those are the top stories stay with al-jazeera next up in

ambassador, the vice president has met with king abdullah in jordan today is that the u.s. is committed to a two state solution. how can anything be achieved if mahmoud abbas is so dug in? he might very good question. this is a very important meeting for the vice president. he had several meetings with general sec in egypt now in israel. what he said in egypt and jordan was the u.s. would support a two state solution if the parties were to agree to it. the way mahmoud abbas is behaving demonstrates the tooth a solution is in deep trouble, something i have believed for a long time. abbas is not doing himself any favors. this posturing over the trump recognition of reality to jerusalem as israel's capital does not change a single thing in the peace negotiations. the president was careful to say the embassy would be in west jerusalem and in the past few days that's where we've announce we will put an upgrade of current conseil or facility. so it doesn't establish new facts on the ground. it doesn't act in this childish way to not meet with the vice president. i think that the

abdullah the second later today ahead of his arrival demonstrators gathered outside the u.s. embassy to protest u.s. foreign policy in the region. the taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly siege on a hotel in kabul security forces say the standoff is now over after twelve after more than twelve hours of fighting on saturday evening the read gunmen stormed a landmark intercontinental hotel killing at least six people. the iraqi government has condemned a german woman to death by hanging after find her guilty of belonging to the so-called islamic state of baghdad court said the woman who was of moroccan descent had traveled to syria and then to iraq to join the terrorist organization. kurdish y p g militia in syria says it has forced back turkish troops trying to enter the northwestern region of africa on turkish military announced it has so far struck one hundred fifty three kurdish lots of targets in the region it's part of an offense that calls operation all of branch but it threatens to further inflame the nearly seven year old conflict in syria turkey civilians

abdullah the germany had huge respect and admiration for the country's cooperation in the refugee crisis germany recently moved troops from turkey to jordan following a diplomatic route and has stepped up military and development agency kingdom in recent years. african heads of state are in ethiopia's capital addis ababa for the annual african union summit the two day meeting is headed by will want and president paul kagame may who's taking over as the union's chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning u.s. president donald trump's reported swore on the state of their nation's war correspondent catherine on want it summed up some of the issues that are going to be on the agenda. the thirtieth african union summit was officially opened here in . capital now the session was opened by president paul kagame who is the chairman of the african union now center stage is the issue of anti corruption and how countries can fight corruption using frameworks and institutions but the highlight of the day was the discussion on african union reforms in his new manda

i spoke with america's great friends of egypt and king abdullah of jordan. they have forged an end to conflict with israel in their time. and those two leaders prove every day that the trust and confidence can be a reality among the great nations that call these ancient lands home. in my time with those leaders and with your prime minister, we discussed the remarkable transformation that is taking place across the middle east today. and the need to forge a new era of cooperation in our day and age. the winds of change can already be witnessed across the middle east. mong standing are becoming partners. old foes are finding new ground for cooperation. and the descendents of isaac and ishmael are coming together in common cause. last year in saudi arabia, president trump addressed in unprecedented gathering of leaders of more than 50 nations at the islamic american summit. he challenged the region to work closer together to confront shared challenges. meeting history's great test and conquering extremism, vanquishing the fortress -- forces of terrorism togethe

vice president mike pence is in jordan where he's been holding talks with king abdullah he's been defending president donald trump's move to declare jerusalem the capital of israel jordan is the second stop on pence's middle east tall he held talks in cairo with egypt's president of the c.c. on saturday he says the u.s. is still committed to a two state solution to the conflict between israel and palestine. duration officials are concerned about the infant mortality rate in the remote eastern region of pop or they say at least sixty nine infant start from malnutrition and diseases like measles over the past four months military paramedics have been deployed. from papa. a very sad and very serious health crisis here in part why the military has even been called in to rescue babies from starvation their parents usually undernourished and that's why they're firing upon arrival police leaders like needles chicken pox they're basically dying of chicken pox and needles right now but also malaria but it's a fairly it's very remote part of indonesia basically takes twenty four hours to travel from

then he goes to aman, jordan, where he is going to meet with the jordanian king abdullah before going to jerusalem for two full days of meetings there. over the last year, what we see is a dog's breakfast of confused american policies in the middle east. the trump administration wants its cake and eat it, too. for instance, it wants an anti-american alliance on one hand, but alienating arab allies by the decision to recognize jerusalem as the capitol of israel. if the first year is anything to go by, the second year of the trump administration will be interesting, to say the least. natalie? >> thank you, ben. live for us in cairo. now to you, ian, in jerusalem. they are angry over the move by mr. trump. now they say the u.s. won't be involved in peace talks. the issue is where it goes from here. certainly, the vice president will be welcomed by mr. netanyahu. >> that's right. he does have a full day. to point out that that is a full day or his trip is packed with meetings with israeli officials and doing things with israel. palestinians don't want to meet with him. this comes after th

. >> reporter: earlier the vice president was lectured by jordan's king abdullah, he was angry about president trump's decision to move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem. >> for us in jerusalem, key to muslims and christians as it is to jews, keys to peace. >> it hoped to visit, but was told he would not be welcome. how can you have a peace process when the two sides are so far apart, and the palestinians are not even meeting with you. >> we understand our allies and friends in the region might have a difference of opinion on that. we agreed to disagree. >> reporter: tonight he arrived in jerusalem, where the new u.s. embassy may open as soon as next year. even as the u.s. faces another crisis. nato ally turkey striking u.s. backed kurdish fighters in syria. pence telling me turkey should deescalate, and now. >>> now to north korea where lester holt spent time today in a part of that country rarely seen by the outside world, a ski resort where north and south korean athletes are expected to train for the winter olympics, far different scenes from what we're used to seeing in no

days i've i've had the opportunity to travel across this region met with president el-sisi in egypt king abdullah in jordan we talked about the changing times in which we live those two nations as i said today that forged peace with israel years ago and now recognize the rise of a common threat in iran and the opportunity that we have for in your words mr prime minister a broader reconciliation across the region and we share that aspiration and that ambition but i'm here today in israel to simply celebrate and affirm the bond between our two peoples we stand together for our prosperity and our security we stand together in the battle against radical islamic terrorism and we stand together for a brighter future for both of our nations before we return to the united states tomorrow karen and i will take a moment to pay our respects. and we'll have the privilege to pray at the western wall and i must tell you this is our fourth trip to the holy land but we never fail to leave here without a sense that our faith has been renewed our faith in god but also our our faith in the extraordinary pe

jordan's king abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the trumpet ministrations decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital mike pence says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the israel palestine conflict and says arrived in israel where he's expected to receive a mixed welcome farrah fawcett has more now from occupied east jerusalem. on the second leg of his regional visit the u.s. vice president was keen to offer assurances to a major middle east an ally and by extension to the palestinians who refused to meet him on the issue of jerusalem we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries in final status those are subject to negotiation and and as i make clear to us the president made clear the world you know states america remains committed if the parties agree to a two state solution through the arab world's public outrage with a recognition by u.s. president donald trump ob jerusalem

abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the administration's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital mike pence says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict those are your current headlines day without his ear witnesses coming up next thanks for your company but by. this time the differences. and the similarities of cultures of. al-jazeera. we have been here since the beginning of time this is not the commonwealth of australia this is the it in cherry tree. it always has been always will be. going to walk down through the community and then we're going to just for people who want to come and do it they're recovering. all right josh you know. what we're doing today which is really i think people know that there's a different government here now it's over not in the government. anyway. but always working in holland house i say to realise that my have might have a start. because aboriginal people are excluded from the c

. >>> yesterday pence met with jordan's king abdullah. pence said the two had a frank discussion, agreed to disagree about the impact of that move. >>> at least 18 people were killed when taliban militants stormed the intercontinental hotel in afghanistan. gunmen roamed the halls targeting foreigners. some guests escaped by shimmy ing down on bed sheets. 14 of the dead are foreigners. 11 worked for an afghan airline. at least six talibans were killed. >>> u.s. 101 reopened yesterday. traffic began moving again near montecito around noon. all lanes had been closed january 9th after heavy rain. boulders, trees, and mud slammed down into the highway from hillsides that had been burned by last month's wildfires. >>> the new england patriots and philadelphia eagles will meet in super bowl lii. the last time it was 1950. for new england, it's like old week. they have gone eight times and won five including last year's improbable win. this year brady entered another dramatic fourth quarter comeback. >> throws it. did he get the pace down? what a

jordan's king abdullah has appealed to the u.s. vice president to rebuild trust and confidence after the trumpet ministrations decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital mike and says the u.s. still believes in a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict. and pope francis is wrapping up his south american told with a final mass in lima up to a million people are expected to attend the service and advice in just. over you more on that story and everything else at the top of the next hour in about twenty five minutes time after want to waste. in the philippines biggest maternity hospital a baby is born every few minutes and often the new mothers are just children themselves. with the legal age of consent just twelve teen pregnancy is on the rise here prompting many to turn to a shadowy underworld for help i'm steve on this episode one used to investigates the impact of church and state on a nation dubbed the baby factory. it's late afternoon in an area locals call happy land on the outskirts of the philippine ca

i spoke with the great friends of egypt and king abdullah of jordan about the courage of the predecessors of forged an end to conflict with israel in their time. and those leaders prove every day the trust aonfidence can be a reality among the great nations who called these ancient lands home. in my time with those leaders and your prime minister, we discussed the remarkable transformation that is taking place across the middle east today and the need to forge the new era of cooperation in our day and age. the winds of change can only be witnessed across the middle east. long-standing enemies are becoming partners. old photos are finding new grounds for cooperation, and the descendents of isaac and ishmael are coming together in common cause as never before. last year in saudi arabia president trump announced a gathering of leaders for more than 50 nations that the islamic american summit. he challenged people to work ever closer together to recognize shared opportunities and confront challenges and the president urged all who called the middle east their home in his words to meet history

abdullah ii in amman today. the king reminded mr. pence that he had warned the white house about the impact of the administration's decision on the region, while the vice president stressed his administration's commitment to the peace process. >> i have made clear to you and the president made clear to the world, the united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to a two-state solution, we are committed to restarting the peace process. >> sreenivasan: the vice president is now in israel for two-days, where palestinian officials are boycotting his visit over the jerusalem decision. >> sreenivasan: finally tonight, you can call it pop star di plom seerks the lead singer of one of north korea's most popular girl groups visited the music venues ahead of olympics. her appearance set off a media frenzy in her upcoming performance with an art troupe during the games will be the first by a north korean group there since 2002. tomorrow on the newshour, one year in, we take stock of how the trump preside

. >> reporter: earlier the vice-president was lectured by jordan's king abdullah, angry about president trump's decision to move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem. >> again, for us, jerusalem is key to muslims and christians as it is to jews. it is key to peace in the region. >> reporter: in fact, palestinians demonstrated against pence in bethlehem where he had hoped to visit but was told he would not be welcome. >>> how can you have a peace process when the two sides are so far apart and the palestinians are not even meeting with you on this trip? >> we understand that our allies and friends in the region might have a difference of opinion on that. we agreed to disagree. >> reporter: sunday night pence arrived in jerusalem where that new u.s. embassy may open next year, two years earlier than the secretary of state had said. also in this region, the u.s. faces yet another crisis. turkey striking u.s.-backed kurdish fighters in syria. the vice-president telling me turkey should de-escalate immediately. andrea mitchell, nbc news, jerusalem. >> still ahead, restaurants and others a

vice president mike pence has been holding talks with jordan's king abdullah as part of his middle east all earlier on saturday he met the president a bill for the c.c. in egypt he's defending the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. at least nine people have been injured during anti-government demonstrations organized by the catholic church in the democratic republic of congo they say president kabila is violating the constitution by staying in office beyond his term at least two people died during a similar protest in the capital on new year's eve now the catholic church has a mensa amount of sway and it's arguably the only institution in the country with the moral authority to impose some pressure on the political elite around half of the eighty million population are catholic the church has increasingly become the state's most severe institutional critic after standing up to corruption and campaigning for democracy let's get more this with catherine sawyer joins me now from the capital kinshasa because there was real concern that there would be clashes between c

it complicates relationships in the region, he has had robust conversations injordan, king abdullah said he had a candid and frank talk about the us decision, warming edward exacerbates tensions in the region. this must be a concern not just tensions in the region. this must be a concern notjust about the palestinians. certainly for king abdullah, he is concerned with a large palestinian population perhaps 60% of the population ofjordan are palestinians, he had a hard line to walk because he wants to be aligned with the united states and palestinians in jordan say with the united states and palestinians injordan say this is absolutely outrageous. the president of egypt in a more secure political situation but it is notable that a trap where the vice president talked about aborting crescent images in the middle east, the large community and egypt, 10% of the population in the country had no interest in meeting the vice president because this makes christians in egypt and throws the middle east in a more vulnerable position because they seem to be aligned with an imperial power of the unit

. >> reporter: earlier the vice president was lectured by jordan's king abdullah, he was angry. >> for us in jerusalem, key to muslims and christians as it is to jews, keys to peace. >> it hoped to visit, but was told he would not be welcome. how can you have a peace process when the two sides are so far apart, and the palestinians are not even meeting with you. >> we understand our allies have a difference of opinion on that. >> reporter: tonight he arrived in jerusalem, where the new u.s. embassy may open as soon as next year. even as the u.s. faces another crisis. nato ally turkey fighting kurdish fighters. pence telling me turkey should deescalate, and now. >>> now to north korea where lester holt spent time today in a part of that country rarely seen by the outside world, a ski resort where north and south korean athletes are expected to train for the winter olympics, far different scenes from what we're used to seeing in north korea. lester? >> reporter: kate, we traveled about four hours east of pyongyang to visit a ski resort that has significance in the recent talks we've been

vice president mike pence has met with jordan's king abdullah in amman the men discuss president donald trump's controversial move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. urged to rebuild trust and confidence in a two state solution as. pope francis has been wrapping up his tour in latin america ending the most contentious trip of his papacy in the pontiff stepped out of his car to meet well wishers francis's seven day trip to today in peru was overshadowed by anger over the sex abuse scandals that in the catholic church. now in romania demonstrators have taken to the streets to protest corruption at the highest level at the heart of the country's ruling elite there were occasional scuffles with police as tens of thousands of people converged on the capital bucharest with smaller demonstrations taking place across the country. was romanians have had enough countries ranked one of the most corrupt in europe and now people are turning on the politicians tens of thousands descended on parliament many carrying giant yellow hands with the slogan all for justice ordinary people trave

evidently made a big mistake in that because king abdullah is so important to this whole process and has been absolutely offended by being snubbed on that plan and now of course his first stop in the region the atmosphere in the royal palace well strained would be an understatement very much tension in the he made those remarks he referred to and declared solidly that as far as he was concerned jerusalem had to be the capital of any palestinian state point no paragraph that's the statement he made he was clear on it my colleague ari force it reports from occupied east jerusalem. on the second leg of his regional visit the u.s. vice president was keen to offer assurances to a major middle east an ally and by extension to the palestinians who refused to meet him on the issue of jerusalem we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we take no position on boundaries and final status those are subject to negotiation and and as i make clear to you the president made clear the world united states of america remains committed if the parties agree

. >>> yesterday pence met with jordan's king abdullah. pence said the two had a frank discussion, agreed to disagree about the impact of that move. >>> at least 18 people were killed when taliban militants stormed the intercontinental hotel in kabul, afghanistan. gunmen roamed the halls targeting foreigners. some guests escaped by shimmying down the bed sheets to the ground below. 14 of the dead are foreigners. 11 worked for an afghan airline. at least six taliban militants were killed. >>> an important coastal highway was reopened after two weeks when it was overcome by a mudslide. u.s. 101 reopened yesterday afternoon. traffic began moving again near montecito around noon. all lanes had been closed january 9th after heavy rain. boulders, trees, and mud slammed down into the highway from hillsides that had been burned by last month's wildfires. >>> the new england patriots and philadelphia eagles will meet in super bowl lii. the last time the eagles won an nfl title, it was in 1950. for new england, it's like old week. tom brady and coac

embassy to the city peds travel to israel after meeting with jordan's king abdullah in amman delivered expressed his concern that the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel had not come as part of a comprehensive deal to end the palestinian this really conflict. pence said the trumpet ministration remains committed to a two state solution if both parties agreed to it president trump made a historic decision to recognize that jerusalem as the capital of israel but is he also made clear in that decision at that we are committed to continue to respect jordan's role as the custodian of holy sites that we know position on boundaries and final status of such a negotiation and and as i think clear to you the president made clear the world united states of america remains committed if the parties agree to two state solution. u.s. vice president mike pence there well palestinian president mahmoud abbas has canceled a planned meeting with peds in the west bank let's bring in our jerusalem correspondent tonya kramer for more autonomy or will there be no meeting whatsoever between

jordan's king abdullah has told the u.s. vice president that east jerusalem must be the capital of a future palestinian state the two were speaking in a manner which is the second stop in mike pence his middle east tall fence continues to defend the president donald trump's move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel which has sparked anger across the region germany's social democrats are due to vote on whether to start formal talks with chancellor angela merkel to form a coalition government and speedy leader martin short's has backtracked from this early opposition to an alliance a decision that forced him to explain himself to the party those were the headlines the newsgroup with the read applicator is here in thirty minutes to stay with the listening post is next. on counting the cost why the jury's still out on a nomics despite wall street's delight we delve into china's better than expected growth story and count the cost of negative publicity. counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. you know mark zucker

. >> reporter: the vice-president was lectured by king abdullah angry about president trump's decision to move the embassy in israel to jerusalem. >> again, for us, jerusalem is key to muslims and christians as it is to jews. it is key to peace in the region. >> reporter: in fact, palestinians demonstrated against pence in bethlehem where he had hoped to visit but was told he would not be welcome. >>> how can you have a peace process when the two sides are so far apart and the palestinian are not even meeting with you on this trip? >> we understand that our allies and friends in the region might have a difference of opinion on that. we agreed to disagree. >> reporter: sunday night pence arrived in jerusalem with that new u.s. embassy may open next year, two years earlier than the secretary of state had said. also in this region, the u.s. faces yet another crisis. turkey striking u.s.-backed kurdish fighters in syria. the vice-president telling me turkey should de-escalate immediately. andrea mitchell, nbc news, jerusalem. >> now to award season that continues in hollywood, screen actor