president-elect to speak very soon. trump's controversial new pick for ambassador to israel also we want to talk about hard-liner david friedman. could up-end dedecades of agree. joining me for more on the pick, former u.s. ambassador to israel james cunningham. thank you for being with us. here is what friedman said in his first statement after trump nominated hill. he said, he looks forward to working with israel and "doing this from the u.s. embassy in israel's eternal capital, jerusalem." why is moving the embassy to jerusalem, has been talked about in the past, but not done. why is it a big deal and what intended consequences would it? >> well, it would be, it's an emotional symbolic issue that's been around for a long time, and as you noted, presidents, republican and democratic, have for many years had it as a goal to move the embassy to jerusalem
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