administration, also the ambassadors who have come on new day with us have said we have concrete evidence, we have proof it was the obama administration basically colluding with these other countries to, you know, to push this forward against israel and we have evidence but we re not going to show it to the american people, or to the obama administration, we re going to wait for president trump to be the next president. what do you make of that? and how the president-elect tweeting about all of this, saying things will be different under him at the u.n., is really rewriting the plaib when it comes to this? well, i have no idea what they re saying or what evidence they may or may not have. and i guess all of us will have to wait and make a judgment when the time comes. with respect to the incoming administration president-elect trump will pursue whatever policy he wants. but i hope very much first that he will not reverse the policy of 50 years, nine american presidents, republican
democrat, in opposition to israeli settlement policy. because they are not conducive to peace. they re not doesn t all the evidence show us that he will? i mean especially who he tapped david friedman as the ambassador? well, mr. friedman made mr. friedman made many statements as a private citizen. that doesn t mean that president-elect trump is obligated to pursue those for example mr. friedman went much further than settlement expansion talking about the possibility of israel annexing the west bank which would be a truly dramatic act, a reversal of prior policy. let me get your take because you know the mind of the man you were the u.s. envoy to the middle east under president obama for multiple years. how much of this if any do you believe is personal animus on behalf of both the president towards netanyahu and netanyahu towards the president? i don t think that s the driving factor on either side. the reality is, popsy, american presidents and israeli prime ministers in
friend. forever loved. the last christmas for a man who will forever be remembered as a music legend. last christmas i gave you my heart the very next day you gave it away officials at this point are saying there are absolutely no signs of foul play, and that an autopsy will be conducted in due time. in the meantime, his publicist said he passed away add his home peacefully. humming his hits all morning here. steve patterson for us in the los angeles bureau this morning. thank you. back to politics. in the next 24 hours, it will be jam packed for the trump transition team as it prepares for donald trump s inauguration on january 20th. israeli settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem have become an issue for the president-elect this weekend after the united states declined to block a u.n. security council resolution condemning israeli