>> reporter: good evening. in a major u.s. policy reversal, the obama administration was going toç abstain from voting against a resolution critical of israel, breaking with the israel position on this for quite some time here. this is all according to reuters. usually the united states will protect israel from these types of votes. this particular resolution would have demanded israel halt settlement construction in east jerusalem and elsewhere. an associated press reporter tweeted john kerry was planning to make a long awaited statement on the middle east peace stalemate at 11:30. that never happened after egypt pulled the resolution and announced an indefinite delay in the vote. reuters reports pressure from israel and the potential to alienate the trump administration forced the delay. despite the report the state department refuses to say how the u.s. would have voted. >> we just don't preview our