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rest of the program taking your .alls your expectations on the foreign trip, first one, of president donald trump. he is in saudi arabia for two days. this is the number two. some dispatchers say in his speech, he will tell muslim leaders that stamping out terrorist threats will require " honestly confronting the crisis of islamic extremism and the expiresterror groups it ." this is coming from the ap. it is calling for community across the muslim world to unite in the fight against terror. not here tos lecture, not here to tell other people how to live or how to worship. he will say that this isn't a battle between different faiths, sex or civilization but a battle of good and evil. then needs toout
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say radical, islamic, terrorism and a point out that that phase was missing from a draft of the speech obtained by the associated press last weekend. we are hearing reports that that specific phrase will not be in the speech today but we will see what happens. norma is on the line from virginia, independent caller. good morning. caller: i have been watching your program since this morning, and i would like to comment on several points. the we will talk about former president obama, the bill two,storate saudi arabia, [indiscernible] course, when they visit countries, we should recognize
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their customs and courtesies, and let's keep in mind that a did take a reppo place and walked behind him after that meeting. called in to say it wasn't about money. we do not know that. he still has not released his taxes. also, kushner helped arrange this deal. last point i would like to make out is the fact that howard as privateas far theractors going to help focus and primary concentration on what the campaign was about? theare those going to help states? i would like to see a breakdown on how this will help each state and each class.
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i would like to see them come howwith statistics to show this deal is going to help state-by-state, and job category by job category. host: thanks, norma. that would be an interesting piece when it comes out to look out. maybe we will do a segment ourselves. lynn is calling from north carolina. caller: host: good morning. how are you? caller: i am fine. i went to make a comment -- i want to make a comment. president trump is in saudi arabia. you know he is putting more money into their pockets because he has not been to any other muslim country. he bent everybody but them, and that is where most of the 9/11 terrorists came from, saudi arabia. i want to see some tax returns. new. day is something when is he going to start acting
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like a precedent? host: what else do you want to see in the trip, he goes to israel, meets with the pope, italy persimmon meetings, what else are you looking for? toler: he is just trying escape what is going on in the united states for much. another,drama after every day, just a big drama queen. host: george, what are your expectations about the president's trip overseas? from virginia, george is calling from. caller: i watched c-span, all the news, everything, just about every day, and i was so relieved to see a foreign country welcome our president and first lady the way they did compared to our own country, the way you are treating all the presidents. they are treating him as it he is in a precedent. there is a double standard in
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america. in the countries he will be visiting, they all know that and they see what is going on in this country. i hope the american people will wake up. host: thank you. we mentioned after the saudi speech on islam, he moves on to israel. more from the ap is published in the washington post trade benjamin and yahoo! is ordering his -- benjamin netanyahu is ordering his ministers to attend hise instructed all of cabinet members to attend, after some plan to skip the event.
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host: they point out that netanyahu is eager to make a good impression on trump during the trip abroad. scottsville,m virginia. good morning. caller: i was wondering if people would start considering in our interest and our politics, we tend to ignore the preamble to our constitution, which is really our mission statement. the saudi's are fighting the rebels in yemen. isis is fighting the rebels in yemen. this. supporting isis and the saudi's are allied
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against the rebels. so who is coming out ahead? isis is one of virtue security concerns, so shouldn't we go back and study are preamble and mission statement, or it is important for us, ignore factional politics, ignore who is gaining money because we, poor people, us little dogs are not getting ahead, but the rich people are getting rich. let's just start going back to the basic, greet the preamble and go into the area where it says, what are we supposed to be talking about when we are sending people overseas? who is supposed to be benefiting? to basics.ack the mission statement and the constitution, thank you. the president's speech in
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saudi arabia expected to start fairly soon. we are hearing may be 9:45 or 10:00 in the east. whenever it starts, we will have it live on c-span. we would take calls in the meantime and look at news articles and show you flavor from that visit. from vacuumer news washington, d.c., but let's go to dolly. she is in glendora, california, democrat line. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: you are a little delayed, so i cannot watch on the tv. [laughter] host: but we do like to say? .aller: i am going to say this i have been a democrat for 25 c-span -- i think think c-span for letting us all,
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republican, whoever you are, to be a fly on the wall. i would hope that the parties that they are being watched and we are hearing and on behind those i, the number is growing, last week it was 16 million democrats like myself, who have woken up. thank you to c-span and i mean that. and fox news. what are you looking forward to this next week? the president is visiting many places, order your expectations? caller: -- what are your expectations? caller: he has already fulfilled
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expectations by this morning, awaiting for the speech we are all hoping that he speaks and we already know he is going to represent us very peacebut articulate because that is all we need. care,en, policies, health everything going on in washington, d.c., which we are sick of, will come together, as long as they stop playing the games and come together. in saudi arabia, and then he goes off to all these other places he is going to, he is , he deserves our
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respect for my he is doing now. this is a big deal of what he is doing. the guts this man has, i have never in 20 years of truly suchstanding seen, heard bravery. i do not know what right way to use, but watching this yesterday and awaiting what is going to happen this morning is going to really, bottom line help us, help america, americans. host: thanks for calling. twitter, someone writes, he, the president will embarrass us and contradict himself from
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previous statements he has made. that is from twitter. we have a short clip from rex tillerson in saudi arabia yesterday. they talk about a little more of billion plus -- this dollar deal out what the common goals are having this is it. [video clip] bit offensive packages fall into five broad categories, border security and counterterrorism, maritime and coastal security, air force modernization, air and missile-defense, cyber security and medication upgrades. i think you can identify in all of these the importance to all had toas in what they national security, and along with this, training and support to strengthen our partnership .ith the saudi armed forces it strengthens our relationship.
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the package of defense equipment supports the gulf region, in particular, in the face of iranian influence and iranian related threats, which exist on saudi arabia borders on all sides. thetionally, it bolsters ability to provide for its own security and contributing to counterterrorism operations across the region. the important part of this is this huge arms sales package reduces the burden on the united states providing the same equipment to our own military forces. it will strengthen the saudi security forces for the future so they are more capable of carrying a greater share of the burden of their own security, which is important to the u.s. national security. host: we are getting ready for live coverage on c-span of the president's speech on islam. he will be in saudi arabia speaking with a number of
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leaders in that part of the world. many is on the line from -- manny is on the line for massachusetts. republican caller. caller: this is manny. host: go ahead. caller: i think it was dolly. she took the wind out of my sale by being a democrat and speaking nice about the -- the wind out of my sail and being a democrat and speaking nice about the president. i am a republican, roman catholic and an engineer. sides, but iree could not believe what dolly had to say. it is hard for me to find a that doesn't go off the deep end. i was speaking to a friend of mine the other day and said, where is your scheme at -- ski
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mask and book of matches? it is like nancy pelosi cap people that go overboard and i think a lot of the newscasters are doing that. blogging is the new thing. in the 1970's, i remember they california to be irt of the curriculum, and started being political back then. i am 56 now. thank god c-span is on. i wish more people would watch it. as an engineer and instructor, i often tell people to get your information from the horses mouth rather than the other end of the horse. host: thanks for calling. you are watching live pictures of dignitaries and the leaders of many countries of the middle east as they are meeting in saudi arabia. they are meeting as part of this era-islamic-american summit.
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trump is donald supposed to be speaking there very shortly. we will have live coverage on c-span. in the meantime, before we toss over, we will get calls in. val is contra minneapolis. caller: how are you doing? host: fine. caller: i am not really expecting much from this trip the president is making. to --untries he is going i do not know why he is going to the vatican. i do not know what that is vatican isstill, the friendly with america. i do not think he is going to make this country look bullish -- foolish. he knows everyone is waiting for his speech and looking at every word he says. i do not think he is going to say anything about muslims in
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the country. he will come back on to america and say things about the muslims. he will not say anything foolish over there. curious if this family is going there with them. i know one of the other callers will do business dealings there for himself, and i'm sure he will. listening to mr. tillerson talk, trump isyou think that there to further solidify this protection that we are giving saudi arabia, the money, and the i amary protection, and not crazy about that, but i guess that is what friendly countries do with one another. they visit one another, shake
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cans, say everything is cool and that is that. host: thanks for calling. from saudies here arabia, waiting for the president's speech. stephen on twitter rights, all of the big-money saudi's are throwing trump's way, answer a lot of questions on white was the number one stop on this trip. we have richard on the line. democrat. caller: i just do not know what the big deal is about saudi arabia. i know money is money, but [indiscernible] i'm sorry, i cannot hear you. host: we are just listening. what are your expectations in saudi arabia and the other countries, israel, the vatican, the nato summit meeting? caller: anything we can do to help bring peace.
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i do not know. as long as we keep them killing each other -- [indiscernible] host: to politico, exits from the president's speech released earlier today do not include phrases of radical islam, a phrase considered offensive to muslims. they begin the story by saying -- host: that is from politico. susie is on the line. susie is calling from texas.
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caller: yes. i want you to know that i am 83 years old. i have never in my life seen anyone so crucified as mr. trump. he is a good man. he is trying, but they are holding him back because of all the gossip, all the news, and my husband spent 30 years in the air force. these people do not know what they are talking about unless they had been there and done it. i have seen my husband go nuts over flashbacks and stuff. until he passed away. i think god we have someone like trump, who really cares about the people. people -- our country was formed in god we trust. these people have to be careful how they talk about the jews because god said they are his chosen people.
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shame they got to be crucified. says, they make a mountain out of a mole hill. he is trying his best. think it is a shame these people out there are putting him down. i am riled up this morning. [laughter] host: free will let you get some of their views. wilbur ross is on the left side of the screen. they keep cutting away from him. the u.s. secretary of commerce meeting with his counterpoint in saudi arabia. many of the newspapers are writing, beginning with the president and his family, many cabinet officials and business leaders, corporate executives in the united states. brave on twitter --
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globalization anyone? fernando is calling from miami, republican line. caller: the expectations for all the americans is the effort, the extreme effort to mr. trump is going tonight the arabs, the jews, and all of those abroad to fight a common enemy, like the isis and al qaeda. i believe the fake news in the united states sometimes might contradict the success of mr. trump. mr. trump for me is like behind reagan, a great president we should be proud of his effort to unite and to bring jobs to the united states. at the same time, save money in the fight against isis by getting arab nations together to
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with the use of american effort. host: thank you. kenneth from beaumont, texas. go ahead on the independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. i have been fortunate. i spent a lot of time in the middle east and all around the world. in this part of the world, this is how they are. formalities is important. it shows respect and president trump is going out to do lots for this country. there are so many folks in this country that did not want to recognize them for what he is doing. online how to stop trump, you'll be amazed at the dollars and cents that have been thrown out. this is very important to this country. we do not have it just within
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the borders. there is the rest of the world and they had their own thoughts. i am amazed at this gentleman and the group of folks he has around him. with the secretary of energy, they really know what to do for this country. it is a shame since pocahontas didn't coordinated, that these guys had turned in and are spending millions of dollars under him for george soros and they are pocketing quarters. at 10:00ing up eastern, the president's speech. it should have started 30 minutes or 40 minutes ago. you are looking at pictures from the pool in saudi arabia, where the president is supposed to make a speech on islam. tomorrow he goes on to israel. later in the week, a meeting with pope francis at the vatican and he will attend the nato summit in brussels and the g-7
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summit in sicily. writes, on twitter, i do not expect to see any immediate results. cj is calling from santa fe, new mexico. republican caller. hello. caller: yes, i am looking forward to this speech today. i think the center that is going to be built there, the counterterrorism center, is very interesting, very needed because it is the mindset and what childrene learning as that lead to terrorism, and i think that -- we can fight with weapons that we also have to fight on an intellectual and spiritual, moral battlefield. host: thanks for calling.
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we sought ivanka trump, the leftdent daughter, on the side of the screen. looks like wilbur ross again with his back to us. i think rex tillerson was also in that picture. they just cut away from it. carol, south carolina. what is your expectation? caller: i hope that everything turns out well with him. i think if everyone will load think president trump, i there will be a lot of good coming out for the american citizens. i think people need to really open their eyes that they may be in their homes looking out the window one day and isis comes down our roads and streets, and i think then, they will pay more
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attention to what he is trying to do for us, so i hope for the best for him and i wish the journalists would lay off of him. they are out to get him. and ourray for him country. thank you. host: thanks. we will take the call from richard, one must call, kansas city, democratic caller. caller: how are you? host: doing well. thank you for taking my call. i am going to say that i do not have a lot of expectations for mr. trump. i think he is going to speak to power their in muslim countries and then when he goes to israel, he is going to speak to the jewish community, and that is
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pretty much it. i do not have a lot of expectations for him. i did not vote for him. i just do not trust him, but that is my opinion. i think -- i do not think there will be a lot of expectations. it will be interesting to watch for that do not think he will go to much off script in a muslim country, but i don't think he is going to go off script, particularly in a muslim country. host: thank you. we will continue to watch the live teachers, and when that speech starts by the president in riyadh in saudi arabia, we will bring it to you live on c-span. as for now, thank you for your participation in the program today. will be back at 7:00 tomorrow morning, as we are every day, with another edition of " washington
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