Repercussions of u. S. President Donald Trumps expected decision to recognize your islam as israels capital and moves the American Embassy there are already being felt even before he makes the announcement palestinian leaders in the occupied west bank and in gaza a calling for three days of rage president Mahmoud Abbas says move will have dangerous consequences she ever tuns a has more from washington d. C. Thats beautiful at the white house there was no sense of the International Uproar thats been caused by Donald Trumps forthcoming speech announcing the u. S. Is recognition of jerusalem as israels capital this is a Campaign Promise to keep trump financial danas like Las Vegas Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his poor right wing evangelical base whom the president needs now move them ever as his popularity ratings plummet throughout the day the president briefed the regional leaders which led to this question at the state Department Briefing im wondering if you can say that that hes
For changing decades of American Foreign policy by recognizing officially recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel palestinian leaders are calling for three days of rage but israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the announcements more from our White House Correspondent family helped him. More than twenty years ago the u. S. Congress recognized jerusalem as israels capital with that the relocation of the u. S. Embassy there from tel aviv but every u. S. President since bill clinton has blocked it from happening a till now i have determined. That it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel its an historic Foreign Policy term for the United States that the white house says reflects a political reality given jerusalem is the seat of the Israeli Government trump denies this will harm ongoing u. S. Peace efforts we are not taking a position of any final status issues including the specific boundaries of the israeli sovereignty in jerusalem or the re
Accomplishment. Later in 2011, a successful drone strike took out an american cleric, anwar al awlaki, who was the First American targeted for death by the c. I. A. And was the first of the digital jihad. And im reminded its one thing to kill a man and another thing to kill his ideas. Here we are today in a threat environment which is extremely dynamic and extremely diverse. And the topic of our panel today is whether the i. C. Has the tools it needs to blunt this terrorist threat. And i would like to introduce members of our panel. I would like to begin with jane harmon, on my far left. Jay harmon is a very familiar face here on capitol hill. She resigned from congress in february of 2011 to join the Woodrow Wilson center as its first female director, president and ceo. Representing the Aerospace Center of california during nine terms in congress. Jane served on all major security committees and has made numerous congressional factfinding missions to hot spots including north korea, a
America. 91 years young and still on duty. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Its an especially busy news day, both here at home and abroad. The deadly terror attack in london just outside parliament. The attacker plowing his car into pedestrians in the citys Westminster Bridge in the shadow of big bend, turning the iconic span into a scene of carnage. Before he stormed the gates of parliament itself, leading to a deadly encounter with police and forcing lawmakers and others to race for cover. Tonight, the attacker and three others, including a police officer, are dead. At least 20 others, some of them school children, were injured. A gruesome scene in the heart of london and thats where bill neely starts our coverage. Reporter at the very heart of britains democracy, murder and terror. Dead and injured outside parliament. Tourists among hundreds running for their lives. The sus
91 years young and still on duty. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. It is an especially busy news day, both here at home and abroad, which is where we start tonight with the deadly terror attack in london just outside of parliament. The attacker plowing his car into pedestrians in the citys Westminster Bridge in the shadow of big bend, turning the iconic span into a scene of carnage. Before he stormed the gates of parliament itself, leading to a deadly encounter with police and forcing lawmakers and others to race for cover. Tonight, the attacker and four others, including a police officer, are dead. At least 40 others, some school children, were injured. A gruesome scene in the heart of london and thats where bill neely starts our coverage. Reporter at the very heart of britains democracy, murder and terror. Outside parliament. Tourists among hundreds running for their lives.