peace and without jerusalem we cannot have peace. ambassador haley is expected to criticize the u.n. stance on israel. while palestinians have called for the capital of the palestinian state in east jerusalem a u.n. ambassador said the president s policy is the correct way to go. jerusalem is the capital of israel period. today millions of jews will celebrate hanukkah. it is about the connection of jews to jerusalem started 2,000 years ago and no u.n. discussion or resolution will change the history of the jewish people. this goes to the general assembly which already supported a similar measure by a vote of 151 to 6. among the nations voting against that, israel and the united states as well as by the way the solomon islands. back to you. bill: eric shawn at the u.n. here in new york city. sandra: new york city
sandra: a fox news alert. one of the army personnel died in the attack. la david johnson, one of four soldiers killed in the october fire fight. his death drew national attention when congresswoman frederica wilson criticized president trump over a phone call he made to sergeant johnson s widow. bill: u.n. security council will vote later this hour on president trump s decision to recognize jerusalem as israel s capital. that announcement sparked outrage in the middle east. many arab nations are hoping to nullify the decision. eric shawn outside the u.n. with more. good morning. good morning, bill. it really is a vote against president trump and his policy even though his name is not on it. for the first time u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley will expect to use the u.s. veto to drop the measure. it was sponsored by egypt and
heads back to tehran today. he sent the same message last night at the council of foreign relations claiming iran does not want a nuclear bam. translator: we do not wish to ignore the interests of any other country. we do not seek to go to war with any country, we conot seek to produce any weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons and, therefore, it is crucial to us to remove those concerns. reporter: and the president s news conference is by invitation only. fox news has not been invited despite our repeated requests to be included. maybe we lost the invitation in the mail. bill: we need to change that, right, eric? some say the iranians are putting a so-called charm offensive together. what on that? reporter: yeah, well, they really have the point man has been the foreign minister. for ten years he was the united nations ambassador here at the u.n. of iran, so he is very well known. he is formidable, he speaks flawless english, he is
i don t disagree. but who knows? awaiting a news conference with the president of iran who is in new york city attending the u.n. general assembly. this comes just one day after the highest-level meeting in decades between the united states with john kerry and the government in tehran. senior correspondent eric shawn outside the u.n. live with us now. what is happening today, eric? reporter: yeah, good morning, bill. within the hour president rouhani will have that news conference, and while we wait for that, the spirit here this morning being called constructive, but the iranians are cautioning against any quick breakthrough. yesterday afternoon john kerry met with his iranian counterpart, the iranian foreign spinster, and we re minister, and we re told that for about 20 minutes he laid out the iranian position in what s called a thoughtful presentation, he hopes there will be a nuclear deal within the year. we will know if iran is sincere if they meet certain benchmarks. meanwh