true to our own values or even the stated democratic values of israel. and we cannot properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed before our own eyes. secretary kerry also said it s the only way to ensure israel s future as a jewish and democratic state and that friends need to tell each other hard truths. senior member of israel s cabinet called kerry s speech a pathetic step. even before the secretary gave it. israel s prime minister said it was biased against israel and even thanked our next president for his support. we have team fox coverage, john huddy live in jerusalem for us, trace gallagher with more reaction from president-elect trump. first, let s go to rich edson live at the state department. rich, secretary kerry focused mostly on the settlements. reporter: he did and the state department billed this speech, jon, as the obama administration laying out its principles for what it hopes to achieve in a middle east peace proces
violation of international law. a very long speech at the state department wrapping up a short while ago, secretary kerry said the u.n. vote was quote, in accordance with american values and the two-state solution is only way to achieve a secure israel. we can not properly defend and protect israel if we allow a viable two-state solution to be destroyed by our own eyes. and that s the bottom line. the vote in the united nations was about preserving the two-state solution. that s what we were standing up for. israel s future as a jewish and democratic state, living side by side in peace and security with its neighbors. that is what we re trying to preserve for our sake and for theirs. kennedy: the lady doth protest too much me thinks. john huddy live in jerusalem with more. john? reporter: kennedy, secretary kerry also said president obama
which has been grounded by a mexican airline because they found cracks in the fuselage. overall how would you assess the state of aviation there? if you look at the main airline, years ago people didn t want to fly because they were flying airplanes like this 154 that crashed about it is an airline, has upgraded, pretty much all an airbus fleet these days, modern except for this, a relatively new regional jet built-in russia. we are going to have to do some investigating as far as these cracks go because there are other airlines flying these airplanes. john: i was happy to find i was on board a boeing 737 years ago. note my astonishment that you flying. it was some time ago. what about the lessons for
ago. look what happened in the last 30 years. does that mean more and more complex? too many special interests out there will be arguing for their rights, their deductions, credits, never going to have postcard tax returns and i will tell you this much, taxes will go down, whether we believe it will be funded or not we will be paying less taxes and let s hope that contributes to growth. melissa: you brought more money in their pockets. businesses invest, the economy takes off. thank you for your expertise. john: it propelled us into world war ii and we just marked 75 years to the day since the attack on pearl harbor. today the prime minister of japan makes the historic visit to that scene, touring the memorial of the victims with president obama. we are live with that story.
country as secretary of state. this is a good opportunity for donald trump to close off a massive side door for purchasing influence and say i won t allow that. john: he mentioned last week that she raised so much and spent so much during the election than he did and he still won the office. a lot of wealthy donors probably expected something in return from a clinton white house, he doesn t have a lot of big-money donors supporting candidates. after an election like this you start selling off the ambassadors of the ships to the donors you like. we are not seeing that with donald trump because there are not many wealthy donors to speak of. in a lot of ways it was a grassroots campaign in terms of fund raising, spent anywhere near the amount she spent mostly by diverging away from traditional and of television