this one was far more violent. an israeli human rights group estimated 950 israelis killed in this and 3,200 palestinians died. in 2005, palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas brokered a truce with sharon who by then had become israel s prime minister. now, the temple mount is where jewish tradition says the first and second temples, the holiest site in judaism stood. this is fwhoun of two mosques on the site. this is held in islamic treasure as where mohamed ascended into heaven. it also for christians is important putting this in delicate balance. strict rules where members on each members can faith. the president s new move is call frg a third intifada. something that would take maneuvering to avoid. his is what a lot of folks are worried about. because the activists, the people on the ground in the west
morning as palestinians react to president trump s decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. u.s. embassies throughout the region are on alert during these palestinian, quote, days of national anger. as the leader of the palestinian militant group hamas calls for a new entifada. you re going to hear that term a lot when people worry about what is going on in the middle east. the term intiffada is best translated as an uprising or a rebellion. we ve got ayman mohyeldin on the ground. we ll talk to him and then talk about the intifada on the other side. what do you got? reporter: we ve moved back to where the protests originally
representing are brilliant and creative and hard-working, and whoever holds this seat next will inherit the challenge i ve enjoyed for the last eight and a half years, being as good as the people you serve. this has been a tough few weeks for me. but i am a very, very lucky man. i have a beautiful, healthy family that i love and that loves me very much. i am going to be just fine. i would just like to end with one last thing. i did not grow up wanting to be a politician. i came to this relatively late in life. i had to learn a lot on the fly. it wasn t easy and it wasn t
potentially competitive seat in play for 2018. when the map is pretty bad for democrats. they re having to defend a lot of seats in rural and red states. jeff, interesting situation with al franken is that there s a petition going around that has more than 50,000 signatures supporting him. there are a numb of his staffers female staffers who have signed letters saying that they d never seen this behavior. he s up against a he said/she said situation right now. ultimately it does look like the 35-plus of his colleagues and that seems to be the straw that s breaking the camel s back here. yeah. i think that s exactly what s happened. i mean, this is a senator who was very well respected within in party. he was seen as a rising star. there was even talk at some point for him being a potential presidential candidate at some point. so this is not someone that they re eager to jettison. that being said, it s an
always fun. i m not just talking about today. this is a hard thing to do with your life. there are a lot of long hours and late nights and hard lessons, and there is no guarantee that all your work and sacrifice will ever pay off. i won my first election by 312 votes. could have easily gone the other way. and even when you win, progress is far from inevitable. paul wellstone spent his whole life working for mental health parody, and it didn t pass until six years after paul died. this year a lot of people who didn t grow up imagining that