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this person was not identified. that s they directed flynn to contact a number of nations, including russia, about this u.n. vote. melissa: and you are not allowed to do that because there is only one president at the time? correct. and that was one of the complaints that they made, that s they were getting ahead of themselves. and of susan rice, the former national security advisor said that her concern was that there can only be one present and one administration at a time, and that the trump transition team, could not be making it the kind of contacts and doing these things. melissa: terrific reporting as always. we really appreciate it. jon: so we are awaiting official weight house reaction. john roberts is live out from the lawn right now. good morning, i have spoken with all of president trump s attorneys.
really a difference of opinions of what is happening, where the u.s. is and where moscow is. shepard: i have to get to the president now. he and the u.n. secretary general are about to have remarks. we know the topics today, russia relations and the situation in syria. they re expected to address both of those. as we wait for this u.n. vote. the white house, the familiar tape play-back. they play it out to all the networks at the same time. now we can watch it.
jeopardiz jeopardized. he said they are candid thoughts, uncomfortable truths to israel and as mentioned at the beginning he said israel is a friend but friends need to tell each other the hard truths. he spoke frankly because that solution, israelis and palestinians living side by side in peace, he said, was in serious jeopardy. that solution, he said is the only way to ensure israel s future and future peace. he said it won t ever really be at peace if it chooses a one-state solution. he said many jewish settlers wanted that. they say the two-state solution is not just dying but all but dead. what struck me again was the defensive mode defending that refusal in the united nations or for the first time in 40 years the refusal to block a vote
bring a resolution to a vote before the end of the year. and we communicated that to the israelis and they knew it anyway. the united states didn t draft or originate this resolution. nor did we put it forward. it was drafted by egypt. it was drafted and i think introduced by egypt which i one of israel s closest friends in the region in coordination with the palestinians and others. during the time of the process as it went out we made clear to others including those on the security council that it was possible that if the resolution were to be balanced and include references to incitement and to terrorism that it was possible the united states would then not block it. that iit was balanced and fair. that s a standard practice with resolutions at the security council. the egyptians and the