israel relationship. >> you served our country in the u.s. army for nearly five year including two combat tours. we want to thank you for your service. how did that experience help shape your view of america's role in the world and how did that experience give you some sense of understand iing the abt what israel might be facing? >> some people ask did your time in the army shape your world for you? it's close but it's opposite. i joined the army because of my role. it was reenforced in a couple different ways. first at a general level. we live in a dangerous, chaotic world. it always has been that. >>>

u.s.-israel relationship. today we're going to have two back-to-back interviews with members of the senate foreign relations committee. one from each side of the aisle. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our first guest from the state of delaware, senator christopher coons. [applause] thanks for coming today. senator coons: thanks for aipac for great conference and a chance to join you again. [applause] >> senator coons, you just render from a trip to israel. we were talking backstage. it sounds like it was fascinating. you got to visit with prime minister netanyahu, visit the syrian border. what is your candid sense of the security situation coming away from the trip? senator coons: it was a great trip. senator lindsey graham and i led this trip. we had a chance to visit jordan and israel and in israel we spent four days looking at its security situation. and i was truly struck in my eight years as a senator, i haven't seen an immediate security situation as threatening as

we love you, israel. thank you. >> please welcome u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. you guys are amazing. thank you so much. it's so good to see so many friends, and i'm honored to be able to say that when i come to aipac, i am with friends. at the united nations we sometimes don't have many friends. i remember last year, when we had the vote about america's principled opposition to the castro dictatorship in cuba. the vote went against us, 191-2. the only two no votes, you guessed it, were the united states and israel. but i always say quality is more than quantity. shortly after the 2016 election, president-elect trump called me to talk about serving in his administration. we had a meeting at trump tower and we had some good discussions about a variety of issues. long story short, his team called me a couple of days later and said he would like me to serve as ambassador to the united nations. i said i'm a governor, i don't know anything about the united nations.

she's a champion of the u.s./israel alliance. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome from the great state of minnesota, senator amy klobuchar. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> thank you, senator. >> well, thank you. it's great to be here for this intimate discussion with you and thousands of our friends. >> exactly. so many of our friends. you have been a consistent supporter of the u.s./israel relationship. talk about why that issue is so important to you. >> well, a lot of it, of course, has to do with home, and i know we have some great minnesota aipac people here, and we're excited about that. [applause] and it's also, has a lot to do with israel's position in the world. this is a democracy, a beacon of democracy in what is a really tough if not incomparably tough neighborhood. and when i talk to people at home, they see it in that way. if they're not jewish, they see the importance of that friendship. if they are jewish, they always remind me that we've had not one, not two, not three, but four jewish senators in the last few decades in

israel relationship. >> thank you. you served our country in the u.s. army for nearly five years on active duty including two combat tours so we want to thank you for that. thank you for your service. [applause] how did that experience help shape your view of america's role in the world and how did that experience give you some sense of understanding about what israel might be facing in terms of that threat to its borders? >> some people -- some people ask me like did your time in the army shake your world view and it's like it's close. but it's kind of exactly opposite. i joined the army in large part because of my world view. now it was reenforced at a couple of different ways first in a general level about america's role in the world, and the kind of world we face, and second about the very specific nature of the threat to u.s. -- to the u.s. and israel face. so first had general level. we live in a dangerous chaotic world that always has been that, it always will that. it's great to have strong diplomacy to have international accords, to have treaty

. >> as a member of congress you've been a consistent and vocal supporter of the u.s.-israel relationship. why is this issue important to you. where does your passion for israel and this relationship come from? >> personally where it comes from for me is everything i know about a modern nation of israel and connection to the united states. it goes back so deeply in our history. the pilgrims call america a new zion.

i'm honored to be a strong voice for the u.s. israel bond. since my first interaction with aipac my father and i have had the opportunity to introduce literally hundreds of evangelical leaders from the united states and latin america to our work. [applause] we hope each of you will register a free next month kong kong -- conference before yealey today to take advantage and please encourage friends family and neighbors of every faith to join you as well. ladies and gentlemen you never know what can happen at a conference. in 2012 right here my son-in-law daniel proposed to my daughter dena. [applause] you see miracles really can happen at policy conference. >> yes with god's grace i plan on attending many many more comforts us for years to come with you while, with my dad in with my rabbi. [applause] ♪ please welcome from the united states house of representatives john culberson and carlos curbelo. [applause] ♪ >> and alliance is a partnership between two nations who share strategic interests and goals. for 17 years american israel have be

today we are here to celebrate something much moree important just the u.s. israel alliance. today we separate friendship. a friend offers more than partnership and cooperation. it shares more of an interest and values. there is a special bond of friendship and love we are two nations founded by people that share t the same core principles that we were to purchase to do that. israel today ha as an alamo in texas has their own. how could you not love israel as a texan? [applause] you know a friend has your back and gives you comfort and strength and offers you a hand and picks you up. after the hurricane wreaked havoc across florida, from outside of jacksonville they were devastated to find the entire first floor of the home flooded with no insurance and unable to afford repairs they were forced to live in a friend's trailer as they watched their host crumble black mold spreading room by room before their eyes. when all hope seemed lost, there was a knock at the door. with a team of volunteers who flew halfway around the world they spent two days helping lilly and her family c

how can the u.s. and israel confront the threat in syria and ensure that israel gets the support it needs? >> this is a wake-up call for washington that we must stand tall and we must be firm on this. has been building up the military presence in syria and lebanon and we are talk about the northern border. the first is what i was talking about, the importance of aid and keeping it's wrong for israel and the second is being firm on the sanctions against iran and enforcing them and enforcing that agreement. this is everything from the primary to the secondary to make sure we go after doing companies and other terrorist groups and making this a major priority in our foreign policy or it will get worse and worse. the last thing i would say is the importance of taking on's anti-semitism. we will have troubles getting allies. the 100 senators joined together to push back against the iti-semitism at the u.n. and also means securing ourselves internationally and at home. and thehave seen state,as on homes in

-israel relationship. we are as determined as ever to ensure the alliance between the united states and israel endures. today, tomorrow, and for many generations to come. [applaus [applause] >> so, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the aipac stage, the prime minister of the state of israel, benjamin netanyahu [cheers and applause] ♪ >> thank you. ♪ >> thank you. >> good morning, aipac. [applause] >> it's always great to be here, but as i told president trump yesterday, it's especially great to be in america's capital now that he's recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. [applaus [applause] >> thank you, president trump for that historic decision. [applaus [applause] >> thank you for announcing another decision, to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem this independence day. [applaus [applause] >> as the first ambassador to have the honor of working from that embassy in jerusalem is a great american ambassador, david friedman. [applause] >> you can watch the rest of benjamin

stockpiles which the u.s. can share with israel in an emergency. >> this brings us to our second message for congress.

israel ties of war came to power. recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel as the u.s. embassy that. is a palestinian american political analyst he says the white house motivation for negotiating a middle east peace deal. self interest. it land with peace between who and who i mean tramps and the people who work for trump in basically jason green blatt david friedman. and nikki haley all of them are more settlers and more more zionists than the israelis themselves and they have not spoken to the palestinians since they took office they have not spoken to any meaningful country except the countries who are in what i call trumps arabs they are talking to people who are plotting with donald trump in order to give israel what israel wants and not peace the issue here is nobody is negotiating with the party to the issue which is the palestinians that palestinians are being marginalized they talk about the deal of the century but they're not talking to anybody who counts so what i see both people i'm talking about netanyahu and both of them are sinking and i don't think they

ambassador to israel and dismissed the u.s. plan for reconciliation talks with israel. former french president nicolas sarkozy has been taken into police custody just outside paris is being questioned in an investigation over irregularities in campaign finance of french police are looking into suspected illegal funding from libya sarkozy's two thousand and seven presidential bid. the chinese president xi jinping has warned against any effort to . divide china saying they will be punished by history she made the remarks during his closing speech in the annual parliamentary meeting it is seen as his strongest warning yet to taiwan which china considers its territory a loss we us president donald trump angered beijing after signing a bill that encourages senior officials to meet directly with taiwan's government should. it's a shared aspiration of all chinese people and in their basic interest to safeguard china's sovereignty and territorial integrity and realize china's complete reunification in the face of the will of the people and the trend of history any actions in tr

on c-span2 at 9:00 and eastern, a form on u.s.-israel relations and foreign policy. at 6:30, the libertarian students for liberty holding their annual conference. on c-span3 at 9:00 a.m., a discussion of trade policy under president trump administration.

[inaudible conversations] >> this forum on the israel lobby and u.s. policy taking a break for 20 minutes or so we'll have the live coverage resuming when they do. continuing until about 4:30. an all-day panel here, all-day forum at the national press club. later we'll have all of it at c-span.org. "the guardian" newspaper in london is reporting that prince william will become the first british royal to make an official visit to israel and the palestinian territories. they write an unexpected move given the political sensitivities in the region have stalled a formal trip for decades. kensington palace said the duke of cambridge would visit later this year as part of a middle east tour. live coverage here in just a bit. some other scheduling information to tell you about, coming up at noon eastern today, on c-span, live coverage of the funeral for the reverend billy graham. president trump and members of congress participated in the memorial service this week at the capitol rotunda. the president attending the fuel ral today in charlotte. it will reair

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting u.s. president donald trump in washington on monday discuss a middle east peace deal on iran's nuclear program netanyahu departed israel on sunday leaving behind swirling accusations of corruption u.s. israel ties of warm since trump came to power. under bush's sports committee investigation is found cycling star bradley wakings took a banned drug before winning the twenty twelve tour de france reports as wakings use a powerful substance corticosteroid to prepare for the race the cyclist says he took the drug to treat his assman and denies using substances without medical need is credited for bringing integrity back to cycling after the seven time tour de france champion lance armstrong was banned for doping those are your headlines i'll be back with the news hour after al-jazeera world stay with us. these visitors to greece include survivors of the massive upheaval in the one nine hundred twenty s. in which greece turkey exchange large numbers of greek orthodox christians muslims . they a

tradeoff in the formation of the u.s.-israel strategic relationship. jefferson morely is a vern washington investigative reporter and the author of "the ghost: the secret life of cia spymaster james engleton" which is flying off the shelves of the bookshelves. his latest must-read book, shed news light on the close relationship with israeli intelligence by engle ton, citing case sun as the 1967 attack on the uss liberty and the diversion of u.s. government owned weapons grade uranium from apollo pa to israel in the '60s. a native of minneapolis, morely attended yale university and work as an editor at the number republic, the nations and spin magazine before joining the "washington post" in 1992, where he worked for 15 years. his reporting has appeared in numerous. you're going to want to buy his book after hearing his talk. thank you. welcome. [applause] >> thank you. to linda and thank you all for coming. thanks to grant for inviting me. thank you, gideon, noura and ali, who i made friends with for the first time last night. thank you for being my fr

ambassador to israel and dismissed the u.s. plan for reconciliation talks with israel. chinese president xi jinping has warning against any effort to divide china saying they will be punished by history and she made the remarks during his closing speech in the annual parliamentary meeting it is seen as his strongest warning yet to taiwan which china claims as its territory the loss of a u.s. president donald trump angered beijing after signing a bill that encourages senior officials to meet directly with taiwan's government should understand it's a shared aspiration of all chinese people and in their basic interest to safeguard china's sovereignty and territorial integrity and realize china's complete reunification in the face of the will of the people and the trend of history any actions in tricks to split china are doomed to fail and will meet with the people's condemnations and the punishment of history. a saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin man is set to meet with u.s. president donald trump at the white house he is the first of several gulf leaders who will vi

-israel alliance. claire: i hope you've all been taking notes. senator rubio, thank you so much for your time. let's give him another round of applause. busy man also. really appreciate you. senator rubio: thank you. thank you very much. ♪ >> good morning, aipac. and thank you for that warm welcome. i'm honored to be here once again at the policy conference. [applause] senator menendez: let me say that sometimes god puts a goliath in your path to find the david within you. and i found that david within me. [applause] senator menendez: but we all know that even david had a slingshot and many of you here today were part of my slingshot so i am very grateful and thankful. [applause] senator menendez: it's no secret that i have taken a lot of heat over the years for standing up for what i believe in but when my children ask me if i knew what was going to happen would i have taken those same stands and my answer is a resolute yes, absolutely. [applause] enator menendez: standing here inspired g here i'm by all of you, the thousands of aipac members

israel relationship, we are is determined as ever to assure the alliance between the united states and israel endures. today, tomorrow and for many generations to come ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back the prime minister of the state of israel. [applause] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good morning aipac it's always great to be here but as i told president trump yesterday, it's especially great to be in america's capital now that he has recognize jerusalem as israel's capital thank you president trump for that decision. [applause] thank you for announcing another decision to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem this independence day. in the first ambassador to have the honor working from that embassy is the great american ambassador david friedman. [applause] david, thank you for the traffic job you are doing and you know who else is doing a terrific job, the ambassador to washington, ron dermer. [applause] thank you for the terrific job you are doing. i want to thank mark friedman, leave lillian, lily, you don't have to remind them how far back we go to

we remain committed to strengthening the u.s. israel relationship. we are as determined as ever to ensure the alliance between the united states and israel. today, tomorrow and for many generations to come. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to the stage the prime ministers of the state of israel, benjamin netanyahu. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] good morning. [cheering] it's always great to be here. but as i told president trump yesterday, it is especially great to be in america's capital now that it's recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. [applause] thank you, president trump for that historical position. [applause] thank you for announcing another decision to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem this independence day. [applause] as the ambassador to have the honor of working from that embassy in jerusalem is a great ambassador david friedman. [applause] david, thank you for that terrific job that you are doing. and you know who else is doing a terrific job, the ambassador to washington. [applause] thank yo

-israel relationship. >> thank you. as i mentioned in your introduction you were one of the first democrats in congress to oppose the 2015 nuclear agreement with iran. there's a little bit of support for that in this crowd. can you tell us about that decision, and whether you think there's a way to build bipartisan support in congress to address what many see as shortcomings of that deal? and it sounds as though, from what we heard from the two congressmen just a minute ago, that there may, in fact, be some agreement on that. >> definitely. voting against the iran deal was a very tough decision for me politically. however, i knew in my heart of hearts that it was the right decision to make. i knew it was the decision that i had to make in order for me to sleep well at night. and i knew that it was the right decision for our next generation. of the many shortcomings of the deal, there were two that bothered me most. one was the lack of oversight. and the second was the increased access that the iranian regime would have

he spoke during a daylong policy conference on u.s. relations with israel. this is close to one hour. pleased to welcome levy.olumnist gideon his column, he's called for empathy towards the suffering of palestinians. he's an extremely well-known commentator because of his willingness to take on tough issues. consequently, he is no stranger to very intense opposition. politics,s about money, how israel's military occupation is changing israeli society, and about u.s.-israel relationship are very widely read, reposted and discussed around the world. who does not get in their inbox a levy column once in a while? his vocal opposition to israel's last major invasion and bombing place against an enormous backdrop of widespread support for the military operation within the israeli public. voice to those who were secretly against the war, but cautious about voicing such opinions openly. place against an he was a recipient with a palestinian pastor for their fight against occupation and violence. the peace through media award at the 2012 international media awards. t

a forum on u.s.-israel relations and foreign policy. organization,dent students for liberty, holding their annual conference. at c-span3 at 9:00 a.m., a discussion on trade policy under the trump administration. his annual state of the nation address, russian president vladimir putin unveiled what he called a new toeration of missiles lawmakers and diplomats. russian elections are march 18, and he is expected to win reelection. in his remarks, he talked about russia's new weapons systems, his country's military preparedness, and he showed videos of the new missile defense system. this is two hours. [speaking russian] ♪ [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you.

of israel and said he would relocate the u.s. embassy there this year mohamad ways is a palestinian american political analyst he says the u.s. motivation for negotiating a middle east peace deal serves trumps self interest. it land with peace between who and who i mean tramps and the people who work for trump in basically jason blatt david friedman. and nikki haley all of them are more settlers and more more zionists than the israelis themselves and they have not spoken to the palestinians since they took office they have not spoken to any meaningful as a country except the countries who are in what i call trumps arabs they are talking to people who are plotting with donald trump in order to give israel what israel wants another piece the issue here is nobody is negotiating with their party to the issue which is the palestinians the palestinians are being marginalized they talk about the deal of the century but they're not talking to anybody who counts so what i see both people i'm talking about netanyahu and both of them are si

aipac remains committed to strengthening the u.s.-israel relationship. we are as determined as ever to ensure the alliance between the united states and israel and doers. today, tomorrow, and for many generations to come. [applause] gentlemen, please stage, back to the aipac the prime minister of the state of israel, benjamin netanyahu. [applause] >> thank you. good morning, aipac. [applause] is always great to be here. as i told president trump yesterday, it is especially be in the american capital now that it has recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. [applause] thank you, president trump, for the historic decision. [applause] thank you for announcing another decision, to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem this independence day. [applause] the first ambassador to have the honor of working from the embassy is a great american ambassador, david friedman. [applause] thank you for that terrific job that you are doing. you know who else is doing a terrific job? israel's ambassador to washington. [applause] stand up, ron. thank you for t

and israel, but among the u.s., israel, and most of the arab countries there. the common ground is the serious concern that everyone has about iran. >> the editor-in-chief of the "jerusalem post" joins us more on this visit. let's start with the first issue, iran, basically the strong hold they've created in syria. how do you think that conversation will go between the two leaders? >> i think that netanyahu is here, melissa, because essentially he wants to try to influence president trump and the administration's decision-making when it comes to the future of the iran deal, what president trump will come in may, if he waive sanctions, or tries to negotiate with the europeans to try to modify the deal or pull out of the deal. israel basically has three primary concerns today when it comes to iran. one is insuring that if the deal, however it stays, if it's modified, keeps the way it is, that iran never gets a nuclear weapon. number two is that somehow the issue of iran's continued development of ballistic missiles is addressed. and three, is the issue of iran's

despite intense pressure from israel in the u.s. the commission's chair refused to withdraw the report and resigned in protest. the un subsequently deleted the report from the website. fortunately however, we are about to benefit from the expertise which informed that report findings. please join me in welcoming virginia tilley. thank you very much. it is a distinct privilege to be here especially in the daunting position of first speaker. have to set the tone. i'm not seeing my presentation quite yet. in this presentation i will not actually talk too much about the findings of the report we really did write that report for a broad and informed audience of concerned people and it is not hard to read. you have to be a legal scholar to do it. so i'm going to briefly summarize the report itself and then talk about what is much more engaging at this point to me which is the employer patience of the report. for the conflict resolution in israel and palestine. i was asked to address the question of is the u.s. is supporting an apartheid s

it is about the u.s.-israel unusual because it retains bipartisan support in congress in a very partisan era. shery: how important is it for israel and the united states to syria? iran in joe: it is important. it is late in the game, but not too late. the world allowed iran and russia to come into the vacuum that was created. when the people of syria rose up, president assad murdered his own people. and europeanstes step into that vacuum -- stepped into that vacuum. iran put tens of thousands of troops on the ground and members of hezbollah. israelis are beginning to feel withiran is moving closer these troops to the northern border of israel. the israeli prime minister has made it clear he will not use his military power to strike iranian targets in syria if he believes they threaten is really security. -- israeli security. the u.s. will probably support him. response will determine our reaction. another subject that will likely come up his negotiations with the palestinians. you have weakness on both si

u.s. president donald trump there are reports that truong could open the controversial u.s. embassy in jerusalem we'll get more from our washington correspondent and italy's former prime minister matteo renzi he steps down as democratic party leader that after record numbers of voters deserted the political center in sunday's election they flocked instead to immigrant and euro skeptic parties he will have to battle it out now to form a new go. off it's good to have you with those there are reports tonight that a former russian spy in the beginning is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance. was granted refuge in britain after a spy swap deal back in two thousand and ten he was convicted in russia. of betraying russian agents to british intelligence police have confirmed that two people a man and a woman were found unconscious on a bench on sunday in the city of cells there both are receiving treatment and an investigation is under way to determine what caused their condi

prime minister benjamin netanyahu meets u.s. president. there are reports that could open the controversial u.s. embassy in jerusalem we'll get more from our washington correspondent and italy's former prime minister. steps down as democratic party leader after record numbers of voters deserted the political center in sunday's election they flocked instead to. endure were skeptical parties who will now have to battle it out to form a. good to have you with us reboard coming in that a former russian spy living in england is critically ill after being exposed to unknown substance sergei screwed up ball was a refuge in britain after a spy swap deal back in two thousand and ten he was convicted. in russia of betraying russian agents to british intelligence police have confirmed that two people a man and a woman were found unconscious on a bench on sunday in the city of solsbury both are receiving treatment and an investigation is under way to determine what caused their condition police gave a press conference a short while ago they

minister benjamin netanyahu meets the u.s. president there are reports that trump could open the controversial u.s. embassy in jerusalem we'll get more from our washington correspondent also coming up italy's former prime minister much he steps down as democratic party leader that's after a record numbers of voters deserted the political center in sunday's election instead they flock to immigrant and euro skeptic populists who will have to battle it out to form a new go. off it's good to have you with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met with u.s. president donald trump at the white house the visit comes amid corruption investigations that could threaten political survival talks are expected to focus on curbing the regional influence archrival iran as well as the stalled israeli palestinian peace process tensions have been high in the region since trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel in december and announced that the u.s. embassy would move to the city despite those tensions trump told reporters in

saying the u.s.-israel relationship has never been better. president trump is saying the new embassy could be built quickly. attend the opening of the embassy when it happens. he says he is still very hopeful for middle east peace. let's bring in our correspondent. what is the objective of this particular meeting? >> you heard how they are trying to advance key communications with the israeli prime minister, not a press conference. did takeresident questions from the group of reporters that travel with the president at east coast events. deal --oned the itron iran deal. prime minister netanyahu is facing criticism within his own country. shery: tell us a little bit about those challenges at home. up therucial to talk embassy move, a crucial win for him. win for netanyahu and president, who campaigned on that. the visit said he might attend the particular grand opening. istrade, the president making headlines saying he does not believe there will be a trade war. this is something he believes to be leverage in the final rounds of nafta. brady,t

[applause] ♪ >> in every district of america, we see benefits of the u.s. israel relationship. we see that atmosphere of innovation and cooperation. >> i see a lot of economic benefiting. establishing, all of which add to better life for israelis and americans, but also the entire world. israel is becoming a superpower. water, we have innovative technology. that partnership and that space is going to be more and more. >> so many of the advances happening there -- we continue not to maintain that bond, but to grow it. >> israel has gone from a shortage of water now to managing the world's best drip your edition and crop management. -- your edition and crop andgement -- irrigation crop management. >> the technologies and ideas from israel here, it's also important for israel's economic development for self-sufficiency. look atyou like -- israel, you say, how do they succeed? they make the world better. >> i believe we can solve any problem as long as we do it together. >> part of what makes this work people,free movement of free movement of ideas. put it all together and we have

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israel and said it relocate the u.s. embassy there. mohamed always is a palestinian american playschool analysts and joins us from washington d.c. good to have you with us so this is the fifth meeting between thank you amr and netanyahu in the key issue one of the key issues of course will be tom's middle east peace plan do you think we're going to expect any announcement on that you know or i think all these visits and all what we are hearing from from tel aviv and from washington about tomorrow and the meeting between both netanyahu has nothing to do with peace or with politics or diplomacy these guys are in trouble both of them are under investigation and they have no time to do anything but don't muddy the waters in order to save their skin but a plan no doubt will be released whatever the motives behind it at some point in the coming months what do you think it's going to say and what can be the reaction to it. peace between who and who i mean and the people who work for trump in basically jason blatt david friedman

and israel but between, among the u.s., israel and most of the arab world countries there and that common ground is the serious concern that everyone has about iran. the mischief iran is causing in yemen and syria and the unrest it always seems to cause in lebanon. the arab countries understand iran is the biggest threat and so that is probably the major topic of conversation. >> and also, because he mentioned it, before take off heading to the states, netanyahu is saying that he will be discussing the may 14th date of the embassy opening, u.s. embassy opening in jerusalem and the possibility of the president traveling there for it. >> well, i think the president has to be a little bit careful here. most people that have been involved in this peace process over the years, feel that the giving away if you will, of the bargaining chip of the embassy moving to jerusalem, may have undercut a little bit of the leverage the u.s. might have with israel. i think the president ought to work that hard, saying that having done what he did, he wants something significant in return that will be a stro

-israel relationship. today we're going to have two back-to-back interviews with members of the senate foreign relations committee. on

we love you, israel. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> please welcome u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. [applause] ambassador haley: thank you. [applause] ambassador haley: thank you. thank you so much. you guys are amazing. thank you so much. it is so good to see so many friends. and i am honored to be able to say that when i come to aipac, i am with friends. [applause] ambassador haley: at the united nations, we sometimes don't have many friends. [laughter] ambassador haley: i remember last year when we had to vote about america's opposition to the castro dictatorship in cuba. they vote went against us. 191-2. the only two no votes were the united states and israel. [applause] ambassador haley: but i always say, quality is more than quantity. [laughter] ambassador haley: shortly after the 2016 election, president-elect donald trump called me to talk to me about serving in his administration. we had a meeting at trump tower and we had good discussions about a variety of issues. long story short, his team called me a couple of days later an

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of israel and i as a prime minister see something u.s. presidency but others cannot see. our intelligence and other corporations, and manners that are vital for the security and mr. president i just want to say thank you for your leadership and thank you for your tremendous friendship. >> president trump: thank you very much. they have started as you know construction. we will be talking about that and other things. we are looking at it. we will have it built very quickly, a lot of people wouldn't be doing it quickly like that. we will have a bill quickly and inexpensively. they put an order in front of my desk last week for a billion dollars. we are going to build an embassy. we are not going to spend a billion dollars and we are doing it for about $250,000. check that out. it will be very nice. $250,000 versus a billion dollars. is that good? we are looking, if i can i well, i will be there again, israel is very special to me, a special country, special people and i look forward to being there and i'm very proud of that decision. >> rep

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nowhere has the power to shape the pro israel narrative in movies appeal than in the u.s. congress. to the efforts of one of the most influential lobbying groups working on capitol hill today the american israel public affairs committee better known as apec. it is great. so many good friends from all across the gulf will. be more than ten thousand people. and apex annual conference draws nearly ten thousand attendees from around the country including the most influential members of both houses of congress from both coaches it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived that some very competent experts at spin management are in fact deluding them there are many reasons for this one of them is that the american political class has basically swallowed the line oak line and sinker they keep getting rocket attack after rocket attack and then they're criticized for human rights problems because they defend themselves this is particularly true for republicans but responding mr speaker to attacks on their civilian population i mean what is it that they want

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able to manage the u.s./israel relationship the way that he is and they should think twice before leading to any shake-up in the israeli government. >> the question remains, what will it take to get talks back on between israel and the palestinians? this precedes trump. because in 2014, the palestinians and the israelis broke off talks and the big issue for palestinians of course was continuing israeli settlements in disputed territory that palestinians believed should be part of their state. so how could you get the talks back when this administration has already taken jerusalem out of the equation and has canceled u.n. relief refugee relief that had been in place for decades. >> right. i think one of the interesting things we've been hearing from this administration and was repeated in recent days is the united states would stand behind a two-state solution if it's something both parties want. effectively giving the israelis a veto over palestinian self-determination. >> your own leadership is also in trou

embassy to israel from -- from israel to jerusalem. in contrast to what the president just sat in that clip, barely it has destroyed the notion of the united states as a broker. palestinian leaders don't even want to be seen talking with the americans. clearly they think that america has now openly sided with israel so in my view there is no peace process and jared kushner has not even presented any peace plan or roadmap to revive the peace process. i'm not sure about this optimism from president trump. brent: both of these leaders are in hot water domestically. we have the israeli leader facing corruption allegations, the white house is in turmoil. the president is possibly starting a trade war. how will this help both of these leaders? carsten: it hurts both leaders indeed. benjamin netanyahu can demonstrate he is still an important player on the international stage. he is seen next to the most powerful man in the world and for donald tru, it is good for him on the domestic stage. he is seen as somebody who sides with israel, a good

u.s. prepares to close its consulate in st petersburg as russia responds unkind to western expulsions at its diplomats. office a blind salamone has been terminated from the ground which police department to be action against the police officers involved in yet another fatal shooting of an unarmed black man which sparked nationwide protests in the u.s. plus. as fresh water becomes more scarce scientists consider a controversial option to quench our thirst. and secretary general has called for an end dependent investigation into the death of seventeen palestinians shot by israeli forces during a protest in gaza more than fourteen hundred protesters were injured half of them were hit by israeli gunfire at a moment we'll have the latest from the un where the security council held an emergency meeting to discuss the first though how to delamater ports on the day's events in gaza. it was supposed to be a peaceful day but as an armed protested march towards the border fence. israeli soldiers open

ambassador to israel at a meeting of fattal officials in ramallah mahmoud abbas criticized the u.s. decision to recognize israel's name as israel's capital but also dismissed an american plan for a consolation talks. hot dog alert the but. this plan began being implemented when trump's administration declared to rusal as israel's capital decided to move its embassy to it could donations to a un relief agency and regarded settlements as illegal and that was said by more than one american official the first of them was their own bussard to tell of david friedman who said that the israelis are building on their land the son of a dog says they build in their land and he is a settler and his family are settlers he is the u.s. ambassador in tel aviv what should we expect from him u.s. resin donald trump s call for the death penalty for criminals smuggling in large amounts of opioid drugs is the most controversial of a range of measures proposed to tackle the rising epidemic which affects more than two million americans castro reports from washington. every day one hundred sixteen people i

that is forcing the u.s. hand here why isn't israel just attack iran. well we lost the connection with colonel larry wilkerson that subsequently we retrieved it colonel thanks for coming back after that brief blip we were talking about the attack on iran why doesn't israel which is never confirmed by the way that it has two hundred nuclear warheads why doesn't it just attack iran why does it need the help of washington i think there's a two part answer to that question wanted is they need great power over slide if you will the united states doing jumping is quite different from israel doing something isolation and to add more concrete they also need the u.s. to do the real heavy war israel has an extraordinary military capability but its capability that's pretty much confined to a very narrow range and it's been designed that way. it cannot project power to the extent that it would be able to eliminate the actual nuclear program and do other things that it would need to do in order to feel assured that it is

israel relations and for policy. much that live starting at 9:00 eastern on c-span two. >> mark warner is the vice chair of the senate intelligence committe. he looked at russia's use of cyber warfare and disinformation as a strategy to attack western democracies. following his comments, a panel of analysts will discuss the strategies and how western