you can provide it to the obama administration. you can provide it to the public and let the public decide. one of the things missing in this whole debate is that the pla as well as the israeli political parties, there is dysfunction within both of those in regard to the police process and while netanyahu says he doesn't want to be lectured by a foreign leader -- >> you can't equate the two. >> let me finish. >> scott, hold on. let's let scott finish. >> there is disarray in both parties. to not want to be lectured by foreign leaders, he's right about one thing, settlement and peace is going to come from those two parties, the palestinians and the israelis but you have to take lecturing from countries that you take $38 billion from. you can't have it both ways. it's untenable. >> ryan, go ahead. >> the israelis are our strongest allies in the region. >> i agree. >> the obama administration has treated them terribly. the israelis want peace. the palestinians won't even recognize the existence of israel. they fire rockets at them, se

administration, back to 2009 when the obama administration again, throughout 40 years of american foreign policy, by embracing muslim brotherhood then having doing their iran deal behind the back of israel, then cul culminating with san diego the decision they made friday, then speech today, it administration has never had the back of israel, israel always had to be concerned about what this administration might do. david: reporter, iran deal i think of the proof in the pudding of where this administration stood versus israel. >> the iran deal is very important, i go back in argue that the embracing muslim brotherhood, a terrorist organization, that is committed to destroying israel, is committed to destroying western civiliation, in 2009, remember what did that lead to? it lead to the over throw of mubarak in egypt. and in libya, and see now in syria, it made the whole middle east, neighborhood where israel exists, made that whole area much more hostile to the nation state of israel. you know only democracy of inn the region. tom: whole world seems to be a mess after 8 years, but let me

that's how the obama administration do things. >> does this hurt us? >> i don't think so. i think the moment the obama administration announced their expulsions, i think they were expecting a retaliation at once. it hurts both countries in a wider scheme of things, but we've seen historically that over a periods of months or maybe a couple years a lot of these people, not the exact same people but the positions will be filled gradually. especially if going forward. relations between washington and moscow. >> but here we were just talking in the break about the era of the strong man. so, trump, assad, putin, shinzo abe. one country and leader that we know that trump does not have an affinity for is iran. when it comes to the negotiations about syria, there is the potential if trump decides to join those that he would be at the table with iranian leaders at the same time that he wants to tear up the iranian nuclear deal. >> that's exactly right. >> what will he do? >> not a lot of gap between the iranian position and the russian pe position on syria. one of a dozen different

i think that is a power the administration that the obama administration may come to regret or people who are in the obama administration may come to regret having claimed because that power w will now be availae to the next administration. amy: and in the u.s. administration, president obama, had assassinated the son of anwar al-awlaki. >> there was a strike in september 2011 that killed his son and another american citizen samir khan in two weeks later, instruct 400 miles away, the 16- awlaki. son of anwar to explaint have their actions. i think that is probably the most remarkable claim the obama administration made in this context. amy: and how trump will use this, president trumpmp? >> i should say, i think president obama is been a great president in many different ways. but in this particular context, he has claimed powers that will be abused.d. it was entirely predictable that they would be abused because the lines the obama administration drew were elastic. the terms they used were valuable terms -- malleable terms, terms of the obama administration invented and by manipulabl

is that not credit to the obama administration rather than trump? >> but, so -- i'll answer both questions. but first we are talking about what's happened since this election. have you seen a great deal of optimism and you have seen a stock market jump all in anticipation that there is going to be a better environment for business which means there is a better environment for jobs and job growth. looking back to obama, he took over in a massive financial crisis. and you know this, that when you have a massive financial crisis you also would get a massive economic boom after that crisis. and frankly, we have seen lack-luster growth in the economy. we have had 1% and 2% growth, which is historically low after such devastating downturn. the reason we haven't had this massive growth in the economy, gdp hasn't grown at 3% and 4%, is because of tax policy and regulatory policy that has come from barack obama. new job growth isn't really good-paying jobs. we have a lot of part-time jobs that have come into play to drive the numbers down. what america wants

administration obama administration of doing here. we know there was deep resolution in order to push this united nation security counsel resolution forward. that is deeply disappointing because his torquically america has protected israel. i just came from the western wall about an hour ago and touchdown the stones the juiews have touched and prayed towards for thousands of years. the idea this security counsel resolution which was allowed to pass and pushed strongly by the obama administration the fact it called that one of the holiest sights of the jewish people occupy palestinian territory tells you everything you need to know. that's a historical. it flies in the face of thousands of years of jewish history and simply untrue. that's why israel was so deeply disappointed by the resolution and america's vomit in the passage of the resolution. >> to be clear, you're not saying this was a deliberate push by the obama administration. you have said on the record they have helped create the resolution. the white house is denying in thei

and the next steps that should happen after the obama administration leaves office. however, a clearly agitated secretary of state john kerry spent much of this speech responding to the criticism that the obama administration has gotten after it allowed that u.n. security council vote on friday, which condemned israel for its settlement building. kerry spent mituch about the speech talking about the settlements and say they among other issues are an impediment to peace. >> in the end, we did not agree with every word in this resolution. there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed or even addressed at all, but we could not in good conscience veto a resolution that condemns violence and incitement and reiterates what has been for a long time the overwhelming consensus and international view of settlements. >> reporter: kerry also says the united states and in particular the obama administration has been extremely supportive of israel. it has vetoed a number of anti-israeli resolutions at the security council and other international forums and points

the obama administration is a group of vindictive foreign policy failures. there are a number of things announced by the foreign ministry with the expulsion of the 35 diplomats from the united states. lavrov just appeared on russian television. he said in response to this, he is recommending to the kremlin 31 u.s. diplomats from the embassy here in moscow should be expelled and another four diplomats from the u.s. consulate in st. petersburg. it is what the russians said. they would have reciprical measures applied to the sanctions that the u.s. obama administration imposed. the final decision the kremlin said, it rests with vladimir putin. putin is in no hurry to make a final decision. with the latest announcement from the russian foreign ministry this will be taken to expel the 35 u.s. diplomats from the embassies and consulates here in russia. >> the way this works, lavrov makes a recommendation and it is up to putin whether or not to act on expelling these 35 individuals, right? >> reporter: i think so, yeah. just like in the united states in that sense.

today from the obama administration. first you have the sanctions against some of the top individuals and agencies within russia, and then separately on top of that, the u.s. government kicking out russian diplomats out of the country for basically russian interference, the sanctions are for what u.s. intelligence agencies view the interference in the lead-up to the election. multiple russian agencies in the main military agency and other russian businesses. the united states department of homeland security and the fbi released a joint report which lays out how to better protect against cyberintrusions by russian intelligence agencies and separately, 35 russian diplomats have been expelled from the country and russian compounds in both maryland and new york will be closed as of noon tomorrow as a result of what the obama administration says is a response to russian harassment of u.s. personnel in russia. so you've got the sanctions and then you got the 35 being kicked out. president obama released a statement just a litt

the obama administration releasing a lengthy statement. what more? is next? >> hi, fred, that's right. it's a lengthy statement. i want to read to you some of the highlights of it. i won't read you all of it. we know the president says he's taking these actions, a number of actions, in response to what he calls the russian's governments harassment of u.s. officials and cyber operations aimed at the u.s. election. the president says these moves are being taken after repeated private and public warnings to the russian government. he calls these steps necessary and appropriate efforts -- necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm u.s. interests and the president says all americans should be alarmed by russia's actions. so let's go through some of the steps that the government is taking. the treasury department has named nine individuals that will be subject to expanded sanctions. those include russia's intelligence mupt and the head of the unit as well as the domestic security service the state department is declaring 35 russian intelligence operative

amy: the chamber of commerce may well see the obama administration. republican lawmakers from alaska are sayiying our considering legislative efforts to overturn it. >>>> and if anybody tries to overturn is, if trump tries, we will sue trump. we have very good lawyers in the environmental movement. we have the law on our side in this case. it is not just that, we are confident in the law and we willsue and win, but it is also signs and economics. it does not mamake sense to drdl for oil in the arctic. any oil drilling up there would not be available for to the 15 years. in 10 to 15 years, w wrote thehe entire world -- the entire world is moving to a clean energy economy. and that oil is staying in the ground in the arctic because of the law, because of the science, because of citizen power, a and because of e economics.. it doesn't make sense to drill for oil l of their. amy: annie leonard, your thoughts on trumps kick of rex tillerson? accccount trump may really person with more conflicts of interest that himself. it is absololutely insanityty to thi

the obama administration is ignoring accusations it is behind the move. now set to reveal the road map to achieve peace as israelis put working ties on the countries voted in favor of the measure. >>> donald trump out of the public eye, but by no means silent. unleashing a tirade with the media and u.n. and president obama. he is doing it on twitter. >>> and a historic moment in hawaii today. a visit by japan's prime minister to the site of the attack on pearl harbor more than 75 years ago. we will have a preview from h honolu honolulu. good morning. welcome back to "early start." i'm joe johns. >> i'm alison kosik. it is tuesday, december 27th. 30 minutes past the hour. john and christine are off. despite the administration having less than a month to go on the job, secretary of state john kerry is expected to deliver a speech later this week outlining the obama administration's vision for peace in the middle east. this comes as relations with the u.s. and israel appear more strained than ever. with israeli officials claiming there is proof the obama adm

this is one of the speeches that will conclude his administration, the obama administrati administration. whole countries in the middle east are collapsing, terror is everywhere and for an entire hour the secretary of state of the united states talks only about the only democracy in the middle east, a democracy that is one of the only stable places in the entire middle east. we are now celebrating christmas maybe secretary of state john kerry didn't see that israel is the only place in the middle east where christians can celebrate christmas in security and peace and happiness. unfortunately, that doesn't interest the president of the united states. he makes a biased comparison between building houses in the east of jerusalem and terror that kills innocents and after that he talks only about israel and only merely condemns terror. the settlements, that's israel, but palestinian incitement, it happens, they don't say who incites. if the u.s. administration would have taken the same energies that they put in condemning israel in stopping the palestinian terror, maybe they would have helped

this is the retaliation from the obama administration. it is an executive order, putin is not on it but the head of their intelligence is. now, we have to wait crucially for russian to respond. jacob, get yourself on a plane to mouscow, this is a big ory. >>> i want to go back to ron allen. what are you hearing. the president is in the hawaii. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it says today i have ordered a number of actions in response to the russian government of harassment of u.s. officials and cyber sop sop -- operations aimed at the u.s. election. >> it is necessary inappropriate response to harm interests in violation of established national norms or behaviors. there is that language from the white house of the president, talking about repeated warnings and saying that this is certainly a threat of american national security in order to use the sanction regime as we understand that the president had to, the white house had to put the election systems into this category of critical u.s. infrastructure so that sanction can be imposed

only weeks left of the obama administration. fox news's rich edson is live with the state department with the latest details on this one. what a day, rich. >> what a day indeed, melissa. the administration billed this speech as a way for secretary of state john kerry to lay out the obama administration's plan for middle east peace. eventually the secretary of state got there but not before issuing a strong rebuke and, a response to the criticism that the obama administration had gotten for its decision on friday to allow a u.n. security council vote to move forward condemning israel on its settlement building. today the secretary of state defended that decision. >> regrettably some seem to believe that the u.s. friendship means that the u.s. must accept any policy regardless of our own interests, our own positions, our own words, our own principles, even after urging again and again that the policy must change. friends need to tell each other the hard truths. and friendships require mutual respect. reporter: kerry spent much of

in the obama administration. so trump tweeting out this morn morning about israel, quote, we cannot continue to let israel be tweeted with such total disdain and disrespect. they used to have a great friend in the u.s. then it continues into a second tweet, but not anymore. the beginning of the end was the horrible iran deal and now this u.n. stay strong israel. january 20th is fast approaching. essentially saying hey, just wait, hang out until i get inaugurated and things will be fine. we just had this in with benjamin netanyahu. also tweeting a response here to donald trump. saying, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support for israel. that's from benjamin netanyahu's verified account. and of course this is all back and forth over this u.n. resolution and exactly how it came to be with the israelis of course out there saying that the united states was behind it, that they have evidence to that effect. the israeli newspaper herretz reporting this was a meeting in washington where they talked

the report cites a senior obama administration official among its sources. burlington electric says it detected a malware code used in the grisly step operation as it is called on a laptop that was not connected to the organization's grid systems. all of this comes after a busy week with a lot of back and forth between the u.s. and russia over hacking accusations. joining me to sort this out is malcolm nance, executive director of terror asymmetrics project. also the author of "the plot to hack america." thank you for being with me today. >> good morning. good to be here. >> let's focus on the vermont utility. what do we know about this grizzly steppe operation. >> it is the code name given by the u.s. intelligence community for tracking the activities related to the hacking and other russian cyberwarfare operations. so it is not unusual for us to give it a name so that across platforms we know what we're talking about. however, what they did notice is that through this vermont utility, they would have had access to the u.s. electric grid, and russian intell

israel bracing for another potential clash with the obama administration. >> hours from now secretary of state john kerry set to as tensions reach fever pitch. >> good morning kristin. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is concerned with what secretary of state kerry is going to say today. he feels it is his duty to outline his path for peace in the milled east. two state solution between the israelis and palestinians. this is taking place days after the highly controversial vote which the u.s. allowed it to pass condemning set elements in the west bank. the israeli government continues to insist it has hard evidence the obama admin stlapgsed orchestrate the resolution and vote. they are vowing to share that evidence with the incoming trump administration. >> we know there was deep collusion with the palestinians in order to push this united nations council resolution forward. that is deeply disappointing. historically america has protected israel at this very, very biased body. yesterday a spokesman rejected that u.s. was the driving force behind the resolution. >> we did n

that's what the obama administration is now responding to. everybody hacks, the united states hacks, china, every other intelligence agency is involved in this type of activity what's different here is the fact that the information that was stolen was then released as a way to influence the u.s. election which is what the u.s. intelligence agencies believe happened here. >> and u.s. intelligence officials didn't even think they were capable of influencing what happened in the -- >> exactly. >> jill ji, you were talking ab how russia could hit back. how concerning is this in terms of an escalation of signer warfare, something to that effect? >> this is exactly what the obama administration was worried about when they decided that they were going to take some steps that they were trying to formulate how you calibrate this. because you can take it up to the edge but then you can step over the edge where you launch a cyber war and that's been the concern. nobody knows where that ends up there are a lot of steps that could be taken. but you can us

what was the point of all of this on the way out for the obama administration? >> you're completely right. just the way the obama administration in fact been in the way they seem to be plotting against israel on his way out the door and the terrible iran deal he railroaded and ran through last year really does indicate that they don't really understand our relationship with israel, our country and our history is tied to their history and israel success is our success and that seems to be something secretary kerry just really doesn't understand. i was really saddened by the fact he said israel can be democratic or jewish. this is indicative of the way the obama administration overall and liberals seem to misunderstand the role they play together. >> i want to bring and enter feldman the campus coordinator for president obama. good to see you. i'll ask you the same thing. but with the overall point of making the speech for secretary kerry is the obama administration is on its way out? >> look, this is about putting forward an urgency about how important it is to f

host: why now did the obama administration reacted this? what: nobody knows exactly timeline the administration was working on. all we know is several agencies were involved in this decision. the army corps met with representatives from the pipeline company on friday, last week. they appear to have been mulling this decision over the weekend. thatiming was something appears the administration wanted to get done before president obama leaves office. other than that, we cannot tell why they chose last night. host: the pipeline overall, does construction continue? does it hold -- does it halt? guest: it halts what is happening at the missouri river. anywhere else, the company could move forward with construction. financial risk they would be taking on, in case the pipeline inns up being rerouted. the company is free to do that. host: as far as the decision by the obama administration, could the company at behind energy transfer, could they countersue or soothe the army corps of engineers or administration? the company has already sued the obam

i think this is a misstep by the obama administration. what i've seen in the reports i've read is they're pivoting in a way to justify any reason hillary clinton lost this election. and it comes down to the failed policies of this president, and they're looking at anything they can to put blame on why they lost this. if you look at the information that got leaked through anonymous or wikileaks, if you look at that information, is any of it not true? >> congressman, let me ask you the question this way. let me ask you the question this way. for the purposes of our discussion here right now, let's stipulate that this the information that came out in wikileaks and the information that apparently was produced for public consumptionyhis did not have an impact on the election, that donald trump was going to win, anyway. if the intelligence, though, that's being presented here nonetheless shows that russia was behind an attempt to do this, that russia was behind hacking these e-mails, putting the information out there, attempting to disrupt the

why did john kerry make this speech with 30-something days left in the obama administration? >> he only has three weeks left in his job. on john kerry and middle east peace, in his first year in office, john kerry made no less than 11 trips to the middle east and a number of more trips to european capitals with the purpose to negotiate and have talks between the palestinians and israelis. i was with him on those trips and he worked his tail off trying very hard and obviously it failed. the larger question here is u.s. approach to the middle east peace. and for 20 years, u.s. has been trying to get sort of the big deal, the home run, solve everything at once, come to agreement on everything, refugees, status of jerusalem on absolutely everything, peace and security and hasn't worninged. and the principles that john kerry laid out are not that different. and from bill clinton and george bush and none of that worked. i talked to david who had been a middle east peace negotiator and he made the point when you try to go for the home run sometimes you strike out. and i think at thi

>> i mean, clearly, this is unusual for the obama administration. it is unusual, generally speaking, for the united states. so, the idea that we just decided, what the heck, let's throw in and let the resolution pass. >> it happened under these other republican presidents. >> it's not relevant to this particular point because the obama administration in particular has been critical of settlements and no other u.s. government. in fact, the palestinians never made a decision until the obama add m-- you can understand the frustration that obama has with netanyahu. they haven't gotten along. obama felt as if netanyahu poked him in the eye and broke protocol. under aerial sharon they vacated the gaza strip and got nothing for it. they dismantled settlements and all they got was terrorists and missiles. >> in 2011 this same administration vetoed to the united nations and the argument made by ben rhodes you've seen settlement building and we believe this is going to be a road block to a two-state solution. which netanyahu still publicly supports. >> right,

>> look, the obama administration is incredibly frag matic. they're not doing this because of moral reasons. they're doing this because it's not that costly and because the obama administration has an interest to disassociate itself from what's to come. the trump administration is going to consolidate israel's apartheid project, cement it, accelerate it in a reckless way and the obama administration has laid the groundwork for that to happen. it had the opportunity to do this in 2011, 2012 during the statehood bid. it had the opportunity to do this in 2015, to set a timetable to end the occupation. it had the opportunity not to increase military aid from 3.0 to $3.8 billion over the next ten years. everything the obama administration has done has set the stage for what trump wants to do. so this is an effort to wash their hands and to change the legacy that they're not associated with what trump is about to do. >> let me ask you this, you said israel's apartheid project. one of the messages of the speech today, john kerry who i think would ver

the world should know that this administration, the obama administration, the obama administration, has been the most generous in terms of funding and security and weapons, military technology, than any other administration and it has vetoed resolution against settlements early on that went against american policy, so you go so far to defend israel, to protect it from its own m ista kes israel, to protect it from its own mistakes and provide cover for its immunity, and at the same time israel refuses to listen to its benefactor, so this is a swansong if you will and it is also a very genuine plea to rescue the two state solution if there is to be peace and the commitment that it is still possible, because this is the disastrous consequences of the one state solution. thank you for joining us. you're most welcome. some hazardous weather tonight and tomorrow. freezing fog continues to expand across the heart of england and into eastern wales. northern ireland and scotland are getting away with it for the most part but first thing in the morning it doesn't look pretty across parts of engla

that will be a marked improvement over the obama administration. david: what specifically, what games do you think he is playing in this dialogue between the obama administration and the trump future administration? >> i think clearly he's trying to split the two camps here. the incoming presidency from the existing presidency. i think it's important at this stage that the united states is united in terms of sending a clear message that any kind of russian interest force involving u.s. policy is completely unacceptable. it's important that wee maintain and increase the sanctions that are in place. let's not forget, vladimir putin is a real snake in the grass when it comes to world affairs. his regime is a brutal dictatorship and tyranny. we need to keep those sanctions in place until the russians are out of crimea and eastern ukraine and georgia as well. and we should not under estimate the degree to which the regime in moscow is capable of acts of tremendous barbarism and hostility towards the united states. we must not trust russians one bit. dav

the obama administration expected to expos people in that operation by name. and a unique perspective from a historian who met with the president-elect today. what is at the top of trump's agenda right now? >>> breaking tonight. the united states may be just hours away from announcing retaliation against russia for hacking. the obama administration apparently ready to name individuals linked to moscow's meddling in the u.s. election. our justice correspondent evan perez has been working his sources. this could some as soon as tomorrow? >> reporter: the administration is going to name names. the outgoing president is trying to respond to the russian meddling in the presidential election. officials are expected to announce, again, as soon as tomorrow, a series of retaliatory measures, including sanctions and diplomatic measures. they're expected to name individuals who they believe are associated with the russian disinformation operation that u.s. intelligence officials say was partly focused on harming hillary clinton's presidential campaign. the russians say t

that is the tone of the venom poured on the obama administration. the foreign ministry spokeswoman saying shortly after sanctions announced and expulsions announced. the obama administration is a quote of vindictive unimaginative foreign policy failures with the exception of secretary of state john kerry whom she worked with over the last couple years. in terms of the concrete response by the russians, it is not entirely clear yet. kremlin told us there will be reciprical sponsor a tit-for-tat response. it is up to the kremlin and he is in no hurry. that may be an indication that putin is waiting for trump to take the white house before he responds. this may be for a u.s. president who is more sympathetic to the kremlin point of view or deterring the russians from reacting so strongly. joe. >> so potential for no response at all? >> reporter: there is that potential, of course. the kremlin was pretty clear that there will be some response. the russian foreign ministry may give us details on the responses over the course of the day. it is early morni

that's what they say the obama administration is up to. a foreign ministry spokeswoman in moscow says, "any action will immediately bounce back on u.s. diplomats in russia." of course, in just over three weeks we will have a new president here in washington who doesn't believe that the russians are behind the cyberhacks of democratic party organizations. these are organizations, poppy, that donald trump can undo if and when he chooses. >> evan, thank you very much. we will be watching and see if the sanctions or anything comes down today. we appreciate it. >>> we're following breaking news this morning. syria's state run news agency announced a cease-fire expected this morning. russian authorities have also discussed the cease-fire. few of the terms have been released. we'll bring you more information as soon as we have it. >> of course, a big story. we'll be following that developing news as we get more information. >>> meantime, we'll tell you about another story we're following. two u.s. service members both pilots confirmed dead in tex

, obama's administration's reaction this week? >> they said they had no comment. i received a one-word answer from the white house, which was just "no." >> and nothing behind the scenes from anybody else, right? >> no. no one else has said anything else in the administration at all, either. >> great. well, thank you both for joining us. we have francessca chambers there and bob cusack. happy new year to both of you guys. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >>> later, president obama's legacy, and the biggest threats to it. despite his record-high approval numbers. we look at what he accomplished and the effort under way to keep it from the coming overshadowed. >>> later -- 'm crushing my cance. you are crushing it... thanks to breakthrough discoveries at st. jude children's research hospital. we freely share our research to help kids like isabelle across america. wanna help me cheer st. jude? yeah, let me get up on your shoulders. ok. give thanks for the healthy kids in your life and give to those who are not. donate now at stju

administration, we have seen the obama administration make the moves and i'm going to call sabotage, they are messing around with homeland security, he has a few weeks left, anything that you're worried about that this administration might do to make things nor difficult or prove sot sort of juvenile points here, it looks like that's what we are seeing. >> i think later today according to the forecast reports we are going to hear to obama administration's proposed sanctions against russia for its hacking of our election or efforts to interfere in our election. i guess the one thing i could say that applies across the board domestically as well as international, to the extent the actions are all executive moves by the president, they are all easily reversible after the 20th of january. it's a very ungracious, unpresidential way to depart, but i don't suppose we should be surprised at that. sandra: obama administration will reportedly announce retaliatory actions for russia's alleged hacking, sanctions, indictments, restriction for russian diplomats, ideas that have been tossed around.

and israel in the last days of the obama administration. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu summoning the u.s. ambassador days after the u.s. refused to block the u.n. resolution over the settlements in the west bank. from the information we have, we have no doubt that the obama administration initiated it and stood behind it and coordinated on the wording and demanded it be passed. we will do whatever is necessary so that israel will not be damaged by the resolution. cnn's oren liebermann following the resolution and story. oren, talk to me about the significance of netanyahu summoning the u.s. ambassador. netanyahu is making a big statement here, isn't he? >> reporter: absolutely. he could have waited a few weeks. he made it clear he is done working with president obama and looking forward to working with donald trump. the relationship between obama and netanyahu is now deteriorating rapidly in the final days. netanyahu calling in the u.s. ambassador to israel. dan shapiro. letting him know what he thought about president obama and

that between the obama administration and prime minister netanyahu of israel. with three weeks to go in office, secretary of state john kerry laid out the administration's view for middle east peace. he spent much of that talk, giving a reprimand really over settle building. >> some seem to believe that the u.s. friendship means that the u.s. must accept any policy regardless of our own interests, our own positions, our own words, our own principles, even after urging again and again that the policy must change. friends need to tell each other the hard truths, and friendships require mutual respect. reporter: kerr i added that the u.s. can not do nothing and say nothing when they see the hope of peace slipping away. he criticized the palestinians for glorification of terrorism naming streets and public square s for terrorists. israelis took it as no more than a one-sided attack. >> we're not about to be dissuaded by mistaken policies that have caused great, great damage. israelis do not lead e need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders

. >> reporter: kerry vehemently defending the obama administration's to veto the u.n. resolution. >> no american administration has done more for israel's security than barack obama's. we cannot properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump weighing in on kerry's speech from florida. >> we have to have peace. i think it set us back, but we're going to see what happens after january 20th, right? >> netanyahu says he'll work with president-elect donald trump to try to repeal the security council resolution and the damage it has done. netanyahu urged president barack obama not to make any more nuvs on the peace process. might not be the u.s. he is concerned at this point but other countries that may try something in the final days of the obama administration. >> thank you very much. >>> the israeli government says it is looking forward to working with president-elect trump. netanyahu tweeting exactly that yesterday. as the prime minister spoken directly with trump t

the obama administration is in a very difficult situation right now. they cannot tolerate a foreign power, russia or china, trying to interfere in the u.s. elections, but they also cannot say openly what their sources are. they have to find a balance, they have to protect their sources. this is quite a difficult task for the obama administration right now. christopher: just briefly, donald trump, the president-elect will be assuming office in january. is he going to maintain the sanctions? has he said anything? >> i have not seen any reactions from donald trump yet but think he probably does not like those new sanctions, additional sanctions against russia. it will be very hard for him to undo them for a very simple reason, because there are many republican senators -- just to wench in -- to mention one, senator mccain -- who are very much in favor of sanctions against russia. if you want to undo sanctions you probably need to republican party for it. i do not think that donald trump can count on senator mccain, lindsey graham and other people who are

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another row between the obama administration and israel. john kerry, in a speechjust obama administration and israel. john kerry, in a speech just before he leaves his office as secretary of state, criticising settlement expansion. benjamin netanyahu hitting back saying his view of israel was biased. plenty more on that and all of the other stories on the website or on the app. it has been a day of huge variety across the uk. for many places it was present in the sunshine, in other areas, temperature is where close to freezing throughout. the fog will get more extensive as we head into the night, becoming quite widespread. i think there will be some disruption to travel over the next 2a hours. the areas of folk will expand across england, and parts of east wales as well. relatively little fog mist across scotland. the main concern is south of the border. some pockets of frost further north across the border into eastern scotland. but generally for scotland and northern ireland, will be milder at the start of the day tomorrow. further south,

tonight, israel claims it has evidence against the obama administration that it says it's ready to hand over to donald trump. >>> nuclear fallout. as the president-elect gets closer to inauguration day, there are growing questions whether he's preparing to launch a new nuclear arms race with russia. there's new proof tonight that words can indeed be dangerous when nuclear weapons are in play. >>> third term? president obama suggests that if he had run against donald trump, he would have won. is he dodges all blame for the democrat's defeat? i'll talk to the obama insider who interviewed the president, cnn's own david axelrod. >>> and pop icon. george michael's impact on the music world is being remembered tonight after his shocking death at the age of just 53. this hour, the man and the hits that rocked the 1980s and beyond. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i'm jim sciutto and you're in "the situation room." >>> tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is promising his country will not turn the other cheek afte

carry on from the obama administration. and now we are talking about the incoming trump administration. it is going to be different. there is no question. it is going to be different. foreign policy institute, one of your goals, your goal is to rope us support for democratic institutions and human rights. that's under attack today. that's under attack. and the principle opponent is russia and what they are doing. i think there is going to be a great deal of concentration on russia. russia is using its influence to affect the geographical boundaries of democratic, independent states as well as democratic institutions within these democratic states. and their target, quite frankly, has been their neighborhood, the former republics of the soviet union, but also the former communist bloc, and then beyond, including the united states of america. so we all see what's happened in ukraine. and we know that russia has invaded the territorial integrity of ukraine. we know they are continuing to disrupt the development of ukraine as a