staunchly defended president trump decision earlier this week to recognize jerusalem as israel capital and eventually to move the u.s. embassy. in new york 300 protesters amassed for a propalestinian day of rage. demonstration in times square. the rally was peaceful. unfortunately the same could not be said for protests in the middle east. david miller joins us live from jerusalem. what is the latest? just the last few hours the israeli air force targeted several hamas facilities in gaza. the air strikes hit a weapons manufacturing site, as well as a weapons warehouse, and a military compound. now the israeli air force says the strikes were in retaliation for rockets that were launched from gaza into israel. those rockets were intercepted or landed in unpopulated areas, causing no injuries or damage. also on friday in gaza and
trump decision earlier this week to recognize jerusalem as israel capital and eventually to move the u.s. embassy. in new york 300 protesters amassed for a propalestinian day of rage. demonstration in times square. the rally was peaceful. unfortunately the same could not be said for protests in the middle east. david miller joins us live from jerusalem. what is the latest? just the last few hours the israeli air force targeted several hamas facilities in gaza. the air strikes hit a weapons manufacturing site, as well as a weapons warehouse, and a military compound. now the israeli air force says the strikes were in retaliation for rockets that were launched from gaza into israel. those rockets were intercepted or landed in unpopulated areas, causing no injuries or damage. also on friday in gaza and across the west bank, including
the holy site. so by and large, i don t want us getting lost in the notion that just because the president acknowledged and obviously, someone who had some measure of experience decided to put that tiny hook in there and to create the notion that now for the first time the administration has endorsed a two-state solution assuming both sides accepted. but i think it s going to make a long shot even longer. you can tell that this speech was kind of pieced together around the trump decision. i want to do this. and there was disagreement. and elise has reported on this. there was disagreement inside the administration so that the statement that christiane and you were talking about before we re not taking a position on any of the final status issues had to be sewn into this in order to soften what was a very clear statement by the president. hold on one minute. dennis ross is with us,
to stay away from the old city and the west bank. they re taking precautions because of the potential for things to turn violent, wolf. as soon as you get that reaction from the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, let us know. i ll be speaking later today in the situation room with the palestinian representative here in washington, as well. our thanks very much for that ian lee. republican senator james lankford of oklahoma joins us right now from capitol hill, a member of the intelligence committee. thanks for joining us. glad to be with you, wolf i know you traveled to israel twice this year. what s your reaction to the decision announced by president trump. in many ways it s about time. it s obvious when you go visit israel and you sit down with the pript, you meet with him in his office in jerusalem. if you re going to visit with members of the knesset, you meet in the knesset in jerusalem. it s obvious to the world if you re going to meet with the
than a recognition of reality. it is also the right thing to do. it s something that has to be done. that is why consistent with the jerusalem embassy act, i am also directing the state department to begin preparation to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. this will immediately begin the process of hiring architects, engineers and planners so ha a new embassy, when completed, will be a magnificent tribute to peace in making these announcements, i also want to make one point very clear. this decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting peace agreement. we want an agreement that is a