the party doesn t want to step in front of the president on this one. there are other potential text moves. planning to subpoena former fbi director james comey. in connection with the clinton enail. in fact, comey has responed via tweet. saying this, house republicans can ask me anything but i want the person people to watch. let me know when it s convenient. what do you make of this? very clever move open mueller s part. he basically puts the gop on notice there that you re not going to be able to spin. if it s behind closed doors, they can characterize it. if it s out in front, than
averting a potential clash between the future and current u.s. presidents over israel. we will have to wait and see what the results of the consultations are to see if the text moves forward. it demands israel immediately and completely cease settlement activities calling it a flagrant violation under international law. cnn learned that president obama was prepared to let the resolution pass, either by abstaining or voting in favor of it. the u.s. has traditionally seen jewish settlements in areas controlled by palestinians as an obstacle to a peace process but never gone so far in aun vote. the move would have been seen by many as a provocation. a parting shot at benjamin netanyahu with whom president obama has strained ties. around 3:00 a.m., netanyahu took to twitter writing in english and appealing for a u.s. veto. before the white house could announce its support for the resolution, this morning, president-elect trump sent out this statement calling for a
israeli official telling me they had no choice but to weigh in with the president-elect, asking him to intervene and to help israel out. this was an egyptian proposal to go through at the united nations. president-elect trump reached out to president al cici asking him to delay the vote. tonight, a dispute over peace, politics, and the role of the u.s. presidency may be coming to a head at the united nations. just hours before the security council was set to vote for a resolution calling for israel to stop building settlements, the ballot was cut off, averting a potential clash between the current and future u.s. president over u.s. relations with israel. we ll have to wait and see what the results of those consultations are, to see if the text moves forward. reporter: the resolution demands israel immediately cease all settlement activities, calling it a violation under international
here is elise labott with more about it. reporter: a dispute over peace, politics and the role of the u.s. presidency may be coming to a head at the united nations. just hours before the security council was set to vote for a resolution calling for israel to stop building settlements, the ballot was abruptly cut off, averting a potential clash between the current and future u.s. presidents over u.s. relations with israel. we ll have to wait and see what the results of those consultations are, to see if the text moves forward. reporter: the resolution demands israel, quote, immediately and completely cease all settlement activities, calling it a flagrant violation under international law. cnn has learned that president obama was prepared to let the resolution pass, either by abstaining or voting in favor of it. the u.s. has traditionally seen jewish settlements in areas controlled by palestinians as an obstacle to peace process but it has never gone so far in a u.n.