Condemnation right now for its use of force against the protesters. From the Trump Administration, a strong statement of support, the white house saying that hamas is responsible for the deaths and israel has a right to defend itself. U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley weighed in on this just moments ago. Those who suggest that the gaza violence has anything to do with the location of the American Embassy are sorely mistaken. Rather the violence comes from those who reject the existence of the state of israel in any location. Such a motivation, the destruction of a United Nations member state, is so illegitimate, as to not be worth our time in the Security Council other than the time it takes it denounce it. Yesterdays opening of our embassy in jerusalem is a cause for celebration for the american people. Moving the u. S. Embassy to jerusalem was the right thing to do. Cnns Senior International correspondent ben wedeman is now live for us along the edge of the protests
On all the leaks. John roberts is live with more. Hi, john. Julie, good morning to you. Just to give you a quick window in the president s frame of mind. He said, can you believe with all of the made up stories from the make news with the 10 million russia witch hunt, i have my best poll numbers in a year. Rasmussen has me at 47 . The people truly get it. The president is giving remarks to the 37th annual National Peace officers Memorial Service to honor the 199 peace officers that lost their lives in the line of duty in 2017. Then he will attend the Senate Republican policy lunch. Among the topics the president is expected to bring up, his nominations and confirmations on capitol hill, including gina haspel. The president wants her confirmed. He will bring up appropriations. He wants no more omnibus spending bills. He might also bring up immigration and he may ask the senate to invoke the Nuclear Option to get the Immigration Reform done. Also, kelly sadler. She made the remarks about
savannah and isaiah, your dad was a guardian angel to those in need. now he is keeping watch on you from heaven. very special family and a very special man. thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] also here with us today is the family of border patrol agent rojelio martinez from el pass o paso, texas. agent martinez worked on the dangerous part of the southern border, a part you ve been reading about so much lately and a part we re doing a lot with. agent martinez took immense
everybody there. and his father was a true hero. to stacy, t.j. and aaron, today all of america sends you our love and our support. alan will live in our hearts forever. thank you. [ applause ] incredible man. today we are also joined by savannah and isaiah hartfield along with their amazing mom veronica. where are you? where are you? thank you. thank you. we honor their father and
as many of you remember officer hartfield was off duty attending a concert with veronica when the horrible shooting began in las vegas last october. officer hartfield, an army veteran, immediately leapt into action, rescuing the wounded and shielding the innocent you all read about it. i remember it so well. as he did, he was shot and killed by rounds of gun fire. he knew he was right in the path and it made no difference. he gave his life so that countless others could live. savannah and isaiah, your dad was a guardian angel to those in