calling for israel to stop building settlements in the occupied palestinian territory, including east jerusalem. it was delayed by the egyptians who sponsored the resolution in the first place. both israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president-elect donald trump publicly denounced the measure. let's go to elise labott, our cnn global affairs correspondent, and cnn global affairs analyst aaron david miller. thank you both so much for being with me. elise labott, with with egypt -- and i know john kerry was set to address the u.n. before the vote. what happened? >> yes, we understand, brooke, the u.s. was prepared to let this resolution pass. for years the u.s. has protected israel at the u.n. with its veto power, giving it cover but this time president obama has been vehemently opposed to israel's settlement policy, calls it an impediment to piece peace. we understand he was going to allow that to go through.