the most important places and they will hear on the microphone that you are arrived at the station of the western wall and temple mount named after president donald trump. >> reporter: katz shows me around the planned site of the station entrance. it will leave passengers a few feet away from the western wall. trump became the first sitting u.s. president to visit the holy site in the u.s. city in may, a move that was hailed by the israelis as a diplomatic victory, who saw it as acceptance of israel's control over the holy site. but not nearly as big as trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> but today we finally acknowledge the obvious, that that jerusalem is israel's capital. >> reporter: israel has lauded trump as a hero even as the majority of the world overwhelmingly rejected trump's decision. any change to the status of the old city can set off demonstrations and protests across jerusalem and the region. and the high-speed rail project has already run into its share of controversy since the tel aviv-jerusalem line runs under part of the west bank.