♪ ♪ >> president trump touching down in saudi arabia. this is his first overseas trip since taking office. >> saudis say they are honored their country is the first stop on the president's first overseas trip. >> he is placing the united states back on the world stage as a global leader promoting security. >> bombshells before the president left. reports that a white house official close to president trump is a quote person of interest in the russia investigation. >> there is a big difference and a long distance between that and being the subject of an investigation. even bigger distance to being the target of an investigation. >> garbage. these are quote, bombshells. no, they are not. they are just more of the left

wing hatred for trump. >> american public will soon be able to hear directly from the former fbi director james comey. this is going to be much watched tv. >> long time harvard law professor allen dershowitz says special counsel could vindicate trump. >> no one could point me to a statute that could be violated. >> majority of trump coverage from every news organization and the study was negative. >> it's not news. it's not reporting. it's just propaganda. ♪ pete: well, good morning just here on "fox & friends weekend" here with clayton and abby huntsman always. and we are glad to be here with you. president trump, glad to be in saudi arabia this morning. abby: he is. clayton: good saturday morning, everyone. it is starting to feel like a beautiful summer out here. if you think like saudi arabia. i wonder how hot it is there right now. >> always hot in saudi arabia. >> no umbrellas or anything. >> good morning, everyone.

>> it's been a heck of a week. you guys got extra sleep finally. >> you were in michigan yesterday. getting a sense of how the people felt. a lot of news to get to this morning. just arriving overnight. pete: we have this fox news alert for you. a red carpet welcome. president trump and melania trump stepping off air force one just a few hours ago. abby: first stop on international trip. clayton: benjamin hall with more on the day ahead. good morning, benjamin. >> it is incredibly hot here 110 degrees in the heat as they say. that isn't going to put a damper. it was full of fanfare. trumpets playing a gun salute. just a real sign of how important the saudis take the relationship with the trump administration. how they hope to reset those relationships. moving forward we will see a busy, busy schedule for him. today he descended the stairs from air force one.

came down to the bottom and met in person by king suleman which is very, very rare. president obama didn't get anything like that. it was thought that president obama had broken that relationship. we saw completely differential meeting today. not only did president trump shake hands with the king but he also shook hands with melania trump. that is very rare in a country as conservative as this. we know while on board air force one we know president spoke to advisors and prepared for this. spoke to national security advisor general mcmaster and we know he prepared for tomorrow's keynote speech. he is going to be talking about islam and delivering that speech to the leaders of over 50 muslim countries around the world. of course, you will remember the rhetoric from the election campaign coming out strongly against radical islamic terrorism. it's going to be very interesting to see how he addresses that when he is here, right? diplomatic tight rope to be walked there. speech will be both inspiring but also direct.

amp he got to the runway, he met king suleman. they attended a tea ceremony. jovial, relaxed. we saw. laughter. diversification from the conservative ways of this country. a real change we are seeing as he reaches out to the u.s. as he tries to build a relationship with president trump. it's going to be a very tiring day for the president as we move ahead. nine days long this whole trip going t five different countries countries, world leaders as well as religious leaders. a lot of major issues to talk about. isis and arms deal. $110 billion to be signed soon. we will be bringing you the latest from here. bark to you guys. abby: tiring day and hot day. benjamin hall. thank you. pete: 12 hour flight there official meetings all morning. we will bring them to you over the course of this broadcast as things happen. the greeting, the greeting at the tarmac such a stark

contrast to president obama last year when he visited. this was after the iran deal. he came to saudi arabia. he was not greeted at the tarmac at all. very much seen as a snub as a widening of the relations with the united states. looking at this video right here a huge contrast. clayton: we carried that live here on "fox & friends." and we just were pointing out that, well, you can't read this as any other way but a snub by the saudi arabian government by the king. when the president obama had arrived there. he is welcomed on that sort of red carpet there. interesting show of respect. they have got some difficult issues ahead. he has been critical of saudi arabia. he was certainly critical of saudi arabia on the campaign trail. certainly it's relationship to 9/11. he went after george w. bush on that very relationship. it's interesting to see that embrace on that tarmac. abby: very, very interesting. travel ban and narrative at home about trump being against, you know, the arab community and that narrative and then you see that

welcoming on the tarmac. it looks like they are ready for a change. it looks like they are embracing some of the policies we have already seen so far from president trump that we will likely hear tomorrow in that big speech. we will of course air that on "fox & friends." pete: they want to turn the page on the obama administration so fast it's not funny. not just the tarmac. trumpets flaring. cannons, red white and blue smoke. billboards with president trump and king suleman's face on them. the streets lined with u.s. and saudi flags. they have rolled it out for president trump. part of the reason it's not just the bull worker to the iran deal. it's also they want in the muslim world and arab world they respect strength. they respect leadership. we saw -- i saw that when i served over there. they don't want weakness and equivocation. they see a leader back on the world stage and they want to embrace that. abby: that's what general jack keane was saying. this trip is hugely important because it shows measure is back on the map again. here's what he said. >> he is placing the united

states back on the world stage as a global leader promoting security. he is willing to counter or adversaries. is he going to talk about defeating isis. his willingness not just to deter the iranians and russians. willingness to confront them. reassure our allies that the united states has got their back, that the problems they had with the obama administration are over. they are going to the centers of the three great religions in the world on one single visit. and at the same time, standing up and saying there is evil in the world. the evil is radical islam and we need your help to defeat it. and that is an extraordinary statement that i think he is making. clayton: that's an important statement because, again, he has been critical of saudi arabia and supporting some of this radical growth that has unfolded unneath that regime there. to be able to look face to face and say you have got to step it up.

pete: big speech tomorrow is he going to give. cairo tour and apology tour in 2000 89. he will have the world tour tomorrow. abby: ceremony with king suleman will be at 6:30 this morning. we will be sure to show live photos of that first time the president has made first trip to three major religions of the world. saudi and israel and the vatican. it sends a message to all of those religions and some our key allies in the world. clayton: perhaps the timing couldn't have been better with the controversies the president is facing at home often these trips could go one of two ways help turn the page on getting the administrationback on track and refocus or these scandals, controversies, could follow him around the world. pete: guess who doesn't want to turn the page though, the left stream media. seriously. two articles came out yesterday at 3:00. so the air force one. abby: friday news dump dump.

pete: not just the friday news dump the coordinated relief. air force one takes off at 3:00. 3:03 the "new york times" and "the washington post" both stories about another development in russian collusion. clayton: here was the "new york times" headline yesterday which reverberated around washington. trump told russians that firing nut job comey eetzed pressure from investigation. you will never see from the stave "new york times" a headline like that. that's rare for the "new york times" to do something like that. abby: this is from "the washington times" current white house official people familiar with the case say of course there are no names to any of these reports no. real sources. we don't know where any of this is coming from. which only further complicates it. the real question i have is the media, it seems like they keep reporting stories that they want to talk, about they care about. there is a real disconnect and you probably saw this yesterday. i watched your interview of the people in the diner in michigan. what the are issues.

i can't think of one. pete: people -- folks that voted for president trump they want him to fix our relations in the world. they want the agenda back. they want the wall. those are still top of mind. they see anonymously sourced articles. this is why steve bannon calls the media opposition party. trying to undermine him no matter what. your plane is talking off. anonymous stories. your trip is already marched in controversy and overwhelmed. they want the controversy. abby: he hasn't even landed yet. clayton: the timing of it is interesting too. exactly 3:00. reports come out. notes from meetings the president -- again we don't have sources or names associated with these stories. if you went with the nightly newscast last night because it was shortly three hours after those newspaper reports came out here was last night's nightly newscast, watch. >> president trump has left on his first overseas trip. but he cannot escape the controversies engulfing his administration. >> followed thousands of miles

by his most recent controversies, president trump aiming to avoid more with diplomatic mine fields ahead on every step of his international marathon. five countries, nine days, no room for error. >> for president trump the bombshell capping another whirlwind week of crises. >> how will the president explain headlines here at home to the world leaders is he about to meet with? >> the political chaos at home is casting -- abby: newt gingrich last night said this stuff is garbage. take a listen. >> they are garbage. the fact that this city is fascinated with garbage is a sad commentary. have you a president going to an historic meeting with over 20 arab leaders, but the story is no sources, no names in either the "new york times" or "the washington post, none. and, yet, these are, quote, bombshells. no, they are not.

they are just more of the left wing hatred for trump. i think it's disgusting, and i'm really sad that the "the washington post" and the "new york times" have ceased to be newspapers and purely become left wing propaganda instruments. clayton: newt loves the media. meanwhile right after mohammedmemorialday. this is after james comey is set to testify after memorial day according to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he will take the stand in front of the senate and would will hear from him for the first time vocally because his lawyers tight lip. abby: one thing about the investigations going on because we cover it every day. we have hard time following it i can't imagine what the american people are thinking trying to wrap their head around. this the media is not going to change. they are going to keep following their own narrative, right? i think it's an important reminder that he has got to be so careful what he says when he whispers to people. it's not like running a business. being president, everything is

listened to very carefully. everything is reported on. and when he is talking about changing the swamp as we know it. this is a good reminder change the narrative on the trip. when we get home start fresh. pete: that was a pretty powerful reminder. everything you say. abby: everything. pete: turned and construed and leaked to hurt you. no matter what. smaller circle fight no matter what because they understand what you are trying to do for this country. everyone else is out to get you. even on a foreign trip. if i was campaign manager running a campaign against somebody else, i release it at the worst possible moment for them which is when the plane is taking off. when the opposition party released this. it is a concerted effort to get rid of this important trip as a headline and replace it when he comes back for memorial day comey is testifying. russia russia russia. abby: you know he is going to bring to the table things we haven't mentioned before.

pete. clayton: he will be there testifying. his lawyers as we known have been keeping him under wraps. did not talk. clayton: clay. pete: he likes to talk. clayton: what is the senate going to get to the bottom of? are we going to see these memos? are we going to see more of the facts surrounding this. pete: they will pars every word that was set inside the oval office so the democrats can breathlessly run to msnbc and scream about it that's what those hearings are going to be about. abby: i don't think the american people care about those details all along the way. they want to know if there is smoke and fire there. if there is this investigation going on now with mueller. i think we need to let the investigation play out. the president needs to not speak about it anymore. if he is asked about it, change the narrative say this is going on, i can tell you i have no collusion with the russians. that's what he is saying. you always want to believe your commander-in-chief. let the investigation go on

and yes, clayton, turn the page. clayton: the trouble for the republicans right now is their agenda. healthcare reform. this is something that can derail you for years. pete: so committed to doing it this year. so hopefully they can right the ship. abby: scramblers airplane passenger tried forcing his way into the cockpit. turkish national tried walking to the front while wearing a blanket on his head and carrying a laptop. passengers and flight crew restraining him with duct tape. this video showing fbi agents arresting him on the plane. no injuries were reported. while no motive was known. we know he was released. he is expected to be charged. driving isis to its knees, james mattis outlining president trump's order to annihilate the terror group and i can requestly.

>> he directed a tactical shift from shoving isis out of seized locations in attrition fight to surrounding the enemy in their strongholds so we can annihilate isis. abby: the pentagon says more than 55% of isis territory has been retaken in syria and iraq. and while the president is overseas, the vice president will make a commencement address in just a few hours. mike pence will speak to the largest graduating class in grove city college history in pennsylvania. security is tight as protesters are expected just outside the campus during a 10:00 a.m. eastern time ceremony. and a new name could be in the mix for a possible presidential run in 2020. republican senator from arkansas tom cotton hinting to party leaders in iowa about launching a campaign. cotton denies he has any plans to run for the white house. his current senate term will end in 2020. those are your headlines this morning. clayton, over to you. clayton: thank you so much, abby. been called one of president trump's toughest weeks yet

he's comes under fire from both sides of the aisle. embattled leaks coming from inside washington in his own administration. how county president fight back and win? here to weigh in is founder of american majority and former speech writer for george w. bush ned ryan. nice to see you this morning. >> good to be here. clayton: the president as you mentioned is being attacked from all sides right now, republicans, democrats, the medz. how does he begin to, at a high level, start to change this narrative? >> first of all, one the basic principles of politics if you don't like the narrative, change it he has to change the narrative. i think this trip is going to help. he is going to be out there having very important meetings and very important speeches. that's going to help. what i would have liked to have seen before he took off, again, i think trump and the white house need to look at this. this is not going to stop. the mainstream media, their enemies inside the deep state, bureaucratic state this is not going to stop. this is going to be a continued fight. i said on twitter this is basically a cage match between

the deep state and allies and trump. only one of them is going to walk out. i would like to see the duly elected president of the united states walk out. they have to go on offense. clayton: they have to clean house. >> they have to clean house. look we have to restructure the con stein. get a new white house press secretary. i would like to see a new white house chief of staff. we need to reshape the team. make it more -- put ton offense. change the narrative. one of the ways i would have changed the narrative before i left overseas. if i were trump i would have said before i left. i am advising the doj to reopen the case into hillary clinton's private email server. i don't think that was ever successfully concluded. i would also advise the dodge dj susan rice and ben rhodes for unmasking american citizens and putting those names in the transcripts and passing them arranged the bureaucracy. also advise the inspector general need inside the doj put a special task force

together to pursue these leakers inside the state. i would tell mcmaster and tillerson and pompeo, every last holdover from the obama administration will be fired effective immediately. we will not stand for this anymore having leaks from the cia, the nsa, or the state department. clayton: that's where you believe the leaks are coming. >> from i do believe. i'm concerned about people inside the white house as well. important to understand. most of the people inside the intelligence community, great people, hard working people, honest people i think is a very small, small group of people that decide have declared war on trump the night he was elected. we are going to fight against trump. we are going to undermine the duly elected president of the united states for political purposes, for political differences. i think trump if he can come back, rejigger the team and change the narrative. what i'm concerned about is if he doesn't change the narrative it's going to undermine his agenda. he has a great agenda. i want to see him be successful. clayton: great to see you.

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to become the next u.s. ambassador to singapore. a lot of moving and shaking. pete over to you. pete: president trump landing in saudi arabia for first trip since becoming commander-in-chief. before we go to our guests -- we will go to them right now and more context of what we're going to be looking at here in just minutes. here is morgan or telling gas. for policy, tony shaffer and founder of president american islamic dr. judy jasser. thank you for getting up early. the president will be at the palace in saudi arabia very shortly for the formal welcoming ceremony for sing coal monday. we will bring that to you. i don't know if there will be audio. we will be following it and discussing it. a huge first trip for this president. morgan, what's the first big take away you think this president want from going to saudi arabia first?

>> that's a great question. i lived in saudi for almost two years and i know riyadh and everywhere you see this morning. it brings back a lot of memories of working there. the big take away is that he needs to reset the dynamic in the region. what you have seen incredibly aggressive iran. iran has not only been met ling in iraq and syria as we have seen. they have actually been doing harm in bahrain and yemen. these are on the coast of saudi arabia. the gulf -- saudi's biggest country infantry in the gulf of course the sunni side. have you seen the shia dominated iran fox news deck fe. they armen nasa to not only us but israel. have you seen a weakened saudi arabia. the other gulf countries trust saudi and rely on them to be counter to iran.

i think the president is resetting the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia and the only way that you will have an effective counter to iran is through strength in saudi arabia. pete: to that note, when you see the video we are playing, it's the president walking down to the red carpet. the king greeting him there it's not just a greeting there. there is trumpets and cannons and jets with red, white and blue. american flags in the city. very different -- billboards with both of their faces on it. >> right. pete: this is more than a greeting. >> you said it earlier. look, pete, it's respect. it was notable when president obama made his last trip there they kind of, you know, the plane landed and, you know, he kind of got off of it and looked for someone to greet him like, you know, he lost his luggage. he had to go look for that. this is completely different and meant to show a signal that president trump is respected and more importantly, that they are taking him seriously. this works both ways.

the saudis have had to go it alone to counter the iranian threat. let's be clear the iranians after the iran nuclear deal began to act out much more aggressively. supporting the houthi in yemen. destable glizzing the country. they have been up to no good in syria and iraq. clearly, this is needed. i think what the president is going to do here is to be able to reassure them and give them guidance and reassurance that we have a plan to help them and arab allies, bring more stability to the region. pete: absolutely. dr. jasser before i ask you this question, we want to remind our viewers of what president obama's apology tour looked like in 2009 in contrast to what this president will be doing in the middle east. take a listen to president obama. >> i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world. in america there is a failure to appreciate europe's leading role in the world. there have been times where america has shown arrogance and been dismissive.

even derisk. >> the united states still working through some of our own darker periods in our history. >> the united states will be willing to acknowledge past errors where those errors have been made. we have at times been disengaged and at times we sought to dictate our terms. pete: dr. jasser that was one approach as we face radical islamic threat. president obama expected t one. how will he do auto that today? >> i think the important thing is that we are going to see a change from the 8 years of iran afill i can't. the 8 years of appeasement and abandonment. the world is very different from 2009 in that we are now post arab awakening. president trump has a lot of ground to make up. first he has to sure up back our alliances with sunnies that have felt abandoned that starts with saudi arabia. short-term creating a coalition that will disseminate isis. in the long term i hopes to

telegraph a trump doctrine that's not only isis but speaks beyond the men in the robes that have been spreading this cancer across the globe. tell them as trump's branding has been antiestablishment, i hope he speaks past the establishment of the radicalism center of saudi arabia across the globe that he speaks to the people of sawedy, the people of egypt and jordan and tells them we are with you if you share our values of universal human rights of equality of men and women. no antisemitism. and he starts to telegraph what it means to be an ally. and we begin to look at reform in the region which so far president obama never did. pete: absolutely. it's going to be very interesting. we will cover that speech tomorrow live on "fox & friends" as he addresses really not just saudi arabia the arab world and the entire world with a message about how the united states will be countering radical islamic terrorism as he calls it, which the previous administration wasn't willing to. so morgan, tony shaffer and

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♪ pete: we are back with a president trump. president trump landing in saudi arabia first foreign trip as our commander-in-chief. right now we are waiting and just moments the president and first lady's arrival at the palace for formal welcoming ceremony with king salman. when it happens we will bring it to you live right here on this channel. clayton: rush limbaugh lashing out at the treatment of our president calling what's unfolding a silent coup. >> there is not a sin tillla, not a whiff no, evidence whatsoever and yet there is no end in sight to this. i think it has a purposeful, studied effort and outcome which is a coo. we are watching a silent coup here t to oust a duly elected president.

this coup is being mounted by career government people who are protected by people in the media and within the democrat party. clayton: here to react is radio talk show host for the blaze lawrence jones. good to see you this morning. abby: good to are you? person. clayton: do you agree with rush zero evidence? we have a special counsel now investigating this robert mueller, zero evidence? do you agree with rush on this? >> just a fact right now. there is no evidence to suggest that the president colluded with russia. dianne feinstein a democrat was former intel committee said there is no evidence. james comey told the president there is no evidence. i'm just looking for the evidence. with all the leaks, why hasn't there been any evidence leaked to the press? clayton: are we mixing all this together on one big stew, like a big jambalaya? you have why robert mueller is here first place what unfolded with the flynn investigation comey forced out as a result of that russia collusion story

and other story. pete: did they interfere with our election side of the story, it is are a russia stew. >> this is the media's fault, they have tried to loop donald trump into this. yes, russia did try to influence this election. we know that for a fact. but donald trump had nothing to do with it at least they haven't presented any evidence. so what i have suggested to the mainstream media if you're requestingoing to accuse the prt of the united states for being a double agent for russia, i don't think it's a big thing to actually present evidence for the american people. but i think they are linking up with the democratic party trying to destroy this man. had you people like maxine waters saying from day one they wanted to impeach this president. and how do you impeach him? you say is he connected to russia. abby: how does he change the narrative? i think there is a frustration that the problem is we aren't talking about things that the american people care most about. they care about healthcare, the economy, keeping them safe, right? this russia stuff has been dominating the headlines since he has been in office. what can he do as president?

because the media is not going to change? >> regain his focus and communicate with the american people. i said this the other day. the president wants to be liked by the press. for some reason he has governed his entire life mostly by polls and press. is he a businessman and entertainer. clayton: and he loves tv. >> stop tweeting, communicated with the people. that's where your base is. that's how you succeeded is being with the people, not with the press. pete: speaking about the media. anderson cooper on another network had an exchange with a guest. we will get anderson's reaction. >> you can't defend what the president of the united states just said. >> i don't care. i don't care what he says to the russians. i mean, he is the president of the united states. if he wants to say that barack obama wants to say whatever, if george bush says i looked in his eyes. >> if he took on his des a dumps

desk you would defend it? >> what. >> i don't know what he would do that you would not defend. abby: no eye roll. >> anderson cooper he was forced to apologize. i regret the crude sentence i spoke earlier tonight followed up by apologizing on air. unprofessional. i'm sorry. wasn't it also generally revealing? >> the media is getting nasty. unhinged. they are upset about the outcome of the election. you saw many of them drying when hillary clinton lost. and so now people that are advocates for the president, which we all should be, i had my agreements with the president during the primary. but he is our president. it's our job to do our part to help him be successful. clayton: they are adversarial for ratings. this is all part of their plan to drive ratings by being adversarial. are they going to be excited if a governor mike pence or vice president pence becomes president. >> i think any republican at

this point won't get a fair shake at things i would like to note that the press was not critical of president obama. there was no investigation into fast and furious, the irs scandal or in to clinton's emails. pete: no special counsel there. >> how about we have this guy who is now a special counsel relook at all those other things under the obama administration. all i'm asking is the press to be fair. i want them to hold presidents accountable but do it fairly. they lost credibility because they didn't do it for eight years. now all of the sudden they have all this energy and ask the hard and tough questions. pete: they slept for eight years. >> thank you. nice to see you. abby: good to have you with us this morning. >> thank you. abby: i want to bring you other headlines this morning. new details about the driver who barreled into a crowd at times square hurting 22 people killing a young girl. police claiming that richard row has deliberately plowed into people saying he wanted

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clayton: live look right now a little bit earlier in saudi arabia. this was about 2:15 eastern time in the morning, about 10:00 a.m. abby: we are waiting for the official arrival any moment at the palace there in saudi arabia. we will bring it to you as soon as. pete: formal ceremony with king salman in a contrast what happened to president obama a year ago when he was not greeted on the tarmac. >> going to the palace. the trump motorcade is leaving the hotel and head over for saudi arabia money. pete: little formality. clayton: bring in the staff writer for the federalist. see how the mainstream media is going to cover all of this. nice to see you this morning, bree. >> thanks so much for having me. good morning. pete: this morning i got up and opened up my failing "new york times" to see what they were going to say about this. the first paragraph of their coverage of their trip is indeed telling came out a couple hours ago.

they say president trump touched down in the middle eastern kingdom on saturday morning as he sought to escape, if just briefly, the scandals and the chaos that have engulfed his administration back home is this going to be the headline he is going to see throughout this trip no matter what. >> yeah. there have been a lot of other headlines describing him like a 5-year-old. this kind of coverage that get people to stop listening to you. i think there are so many effective ways to criticize the president. this isn't one of them. i think this also shows that the media hasn't effectively learned how to degree particular donalcritique donald. it's these very descriptive leads and headlines that get people to say hey, i'm not going to listen to you because you are insane. last week reuben testified donald trump's second scoop of ice cream proves he is a man unable to control his vices. if that's the case, lock me up. ben and jerry's on my own.

my point is this if you are going to criticize how many scoops of ice cream donald trump eats. if you are are going to say oh donald trump seemed to pause if only for a moment to escape the schedule. if you are going to write crazy stuff like that, no one is going to listen to you. that's the effect we are seeing here in our attitudes towards the media. clayton: the media loves to make fun of that and making fun of bill clinton stopping at mcdonalds and in jogging shorts. worldwide effort set to keep trump happy on first trip abroad. here is the "new york times." tips for leaders, meaning trump. keep it short and give him a win. new york daily news global efforts focus on catering to trump during his first presidential foreign trip. there is some of the left wing press right there. >> that's a perfect example all of those headlines describe him as a child. it's that kind of coverage that get people to tune them out. recent poll that cnn conducted

back in january found that most americans while they think that russia metal with our elections a majority of them don't think it changed the outcome that result comes after the media has been screaming russia, russia, russia nonstop for the last six months. it's these kind of polls and these kind of results that we are seeing that are showing that people are just tuning the media out despite their breathless coverage. abby: we want to break into a fox news alert. that is not motorcade with president trump and his team arriving now for the official ceremony with king salman there in saudi arabia. pete: that's right. presumably as they approach and see some flags there. that's the saudi arabia and american flag which have been lining throughout the city. probably passed a few billboards with his own face and the face of king salman on them because the salman hun narky has rolled out the red carpet. pete: like on the right side of the screen. people there with flags on horseback there greeting the president as he is arriving. abby: there is really a lot of excitement for this trip.

and obviously the president is paying his respect and benjamin hall told us it's 110 degrees right now in saudi arabia. >> let's bring you back in on this. all eyes on the president on this trip as abby pointed out earlier. this is a big nine day swing for the president. the world's eyes are on president trump. what does he need to do? forget the mainstream media. what does he need to do? >> i think honestly he needs to shore up our alliances with countries that we have historically had a very long relationship with. i think while he is in israel, i think he should make a point to indicate that jerusalem is israel. perfect time to do that and say these are our allies. we will stand beside them and do effective posturing. abby: he is going to give that big speech tomorrow morning o and we will air that on "fox & friends." what his plans are to do

things differently and how he wants america back on the map to be taken seriously. what do you hope to hear from him tomorrow? >> sure. i hope as i said earlier. i hope that he does speak to our alliances and does make an effort to shore those up. certainly something i have appreciated all throughout his campaign and his presidency is his strong rhetoric against isis and not afraid to call radical islam what it is and identify that threat. i hope he continues to do that. as someone who grew up in san bernardino county i was very frustrated with president obama's repeated attempts to say that, you know, it was workplace violence and the like. i just hope to see that donald trump continues the rhetoric that he has against radical islam. pete: bree, i don't know if you can see the screen pretty powerful visuals as our president is black and white horses carrying u.s. and saudi arabian flags. this is pomp and circumstance as you would presume in riyadh as big as it gets. as i said earlier certainly a contrast to some the other

arrivals that american presidents have received in years. clayton: if you are tuning in the president is arriving at the palace court. is he about to receive a medal. a collar presentation that the king will be handing to him. king salman. they will be having coffee and go to a banquet. this is the official. pete: respect is so important. how are you greeted and received is oftentimes a very big symbol of how much you are valued or how much you are respected. and a ceremony like this, a reception like this, i think, says a lot. a great deal about how the kingdom views president trump. abby: especially how we just read those headlines giving advice of the places visiting make sure president wins. the president showing the same amount of respect back to saudi arabia and other places

he is going to visit. quite a warm welcome. clayton: just at high level and, bree, take a look at this, too. i don't know if i have ever seen this before. look how many cameras they have here. and how many shots are available to the press and the way in which the saudi arabia -- look at this. wide shots. think how many cameras are here and you know that the king and his team made sure that this was captured from all angles to capture this sort of arrival of a president. pretty amazing. i can't recall ever seeing something like this. >> you are exactly right. they know that all eyes are on them right now and they have to pull out all the stops. and the fact that president trump isn't bowing immediately automatically means -- pete: such a great observation though. it really is most the time you see one steady cam shot. this is clearly something where they he wanted the size and scope of it to be visually understood and seen. abby: our tech expertise

clayton morris. great one. i love that we want to bring in benjamin hall who is live for us following all of that in saudi arabia. benjamin as you said it's very hot there and he first stop for what seems to be a very busy day ahead. >> that's right. you only have to look around the city of riyadh to see what a welcome president trump is being given at the moment. last few days we have been here driving around the city. you see u.s. flags everywhere you drive alongside saudi flags. they are rolling out the red carpet because they're so honored that he has picked saudi arabia as the first stop on his first foreign trip. and, of course, most presidents the past five presidents in fact have picked countries like the u.k. or canada to go to. far safer options. president trump coming here right in the heart of the middle east. what we are seeing now is so symbolic, the level of pomp and circumstance really shows how important this relationship is. of course, that's all tied in to how much they see moving

forward compared to the obama administration. reaching out as they are. and president trump has spoken very famously about this relationship. let's look at the schedule that lies ahead. it is full of grand events. we are seeing horses alongside the as it arrives at the palace. events coming forward. president trump will have to find rest as best he can in between. but it's going to be an incredit continuably busy morning. clayton: benjamin hall live for us in 110-degree heat setting the scene for us. stand by. we are watching the president shake hands as the first lady melania trump shaking hands right here at the red carpet. abby: let's take a listen for a minute. ♪ ♪

so horns. pete: trumpets blaring. powerful imagery. the president coming out of motorcade. brief exchange as they formally walk in towards the palace. abby: you can't help but think of the challenges that we face today on the world stage. we were talking about isis and sort of the way forward with that this is such an important time to have this meeting to show each other that mutual respect. and it's refreshing to see this warm welcome. i think we are needing this right now. pete: here we will take a listen to the american national anthem ♪ national anthem] [ [national anthem]

[national anthem] [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ [national anthem] ♪ clayton: playing of the national anthem there in riyadh, saudi arabia.

abby: emotional moment. pete: amazing, amazing sight. we will have the brain room look into if that is what they do each and every time. certainly this level of pomp and circumstance, the cameras, clayton, this is produced for television. you don't see it like this usually. clayton: they know the world's eyes are on them as well. it's not just about this president. it's about saudi arabia and here is the state feed as well going in and out. all the eyes of the world right now on saudi arabia saudi arabia. this is an opportunity for them to put their best foot forward. abby: we said rolling out the red carpet. you see that gigantic red carpet. camera and how many angles. you look at the whole thing the picture there it's so beautiful. you can tell the time they all took to prepare for this moment in history. pete: this is a zero sum game. the whole balance has been changed politically the power of iran and shy a faction as they pursue a bomb.

they wondered whether with a president trump or president hillary clinton whether they would be able to renew that relationship. they believe with president trump there is a huge opportunity to restore that relationship and restore balance in the middle east. isn't it ironic that this president, whoever ho everyone said was so anti-muslim chooses saudi arabia and greeted with such respect. pete: as they are dealing with cameras there. i'm just struck by this. dealing with live shot cameras. as the director there in saudi arabia is punching at different cameras. he noticing some of them are not available they went to graphics. they had premade graphics with the american flag, look at that they made that. they built these graphics ahead of time, the saudi arabia government must have so they could take these shots when these other cameras were not available. pete: show you how important the rest of the world views american leadership. saudi arabia feels that much more vulnerable or that much more alone speaks to the power of what america means to the rest of the world.

abby: that's a great point. clayton: i don't know if we still have benjamin hall available or not. is he live for us in riyadh. if we have him i would love to go back to him. abby: i would love to be a fly on the wall in that meeting today. it is the beginning of a very long day. you can't help i'm sure but to almost feel chills in this moment. clayton: we do have benjamin. the level of security throughout the city and what has been like the past 24 to 48 hours describing the president's arrival. describe the scene there setting all of this up. >> well, you absolutely feel it here and you feel the excitement and feel the security, of course, wherever the president travels he comes with amazing entourage which arrives days before him. speaking to people on the streets here. you get the sense that they're also thrilled that he is coming, that he has picked the kingdom as his first foreign trip. they talk about the things that they share in common. this mutual ambition to defeat radical islam. the battle against isis. saudi arabia is the second

largest partner in the bombing campaign in syria against isis. they have a lot of counter intelligence sharing between the two. and so this really is a relationship. you feel it on the ground here. as i said earlier, just driving around the city, you see the flags. this is not one or two avenues. this is across the city. the billboards across the city. and we still saw those. final touches being put on those in the last couple of days. but the saudis clearly been preparing for this for a while. as soon as president trump arrived. not a foot has gone wrong. it is running like clockwork and it has to because it is such a packed schedule ahead. we have looked everywhere he goes. he has managed to fit in an hour break here and hour break there. between the blankets and meetings it will be something. so far it is amazing. this is a show to the whole world it is a show to iran saying look we have our traditional ally back. president trump is here for us. going to rebuild this relationship. push back against iran who has been so forceful over the last year especially under the

obama. you were saying a real sign to the whole world endearing relationship back to the 1930s very strong and very much alive. we'll see deals being signed reflect that $110 billion in arms deals said to be signed. we know for a fact that jared kushner called the ceo of lockheed martin and asked her if she could reduce the price on a certain radar system the thad antimissile defense system so the saudis could get this into this deal. we have seen the leg work that's gone into this. we have seen how much focus has been put on crucial, crucial relationship. finance an honor to be here. >> we see ivanka trump, her husband jared, he really came with many members of his family and his administration. steve bannon. was rex tillerson there? i think i just saw him as well. >> reince priebus, steve bannon, ivanka. abby: give us a sense. we are watching this live.

greeting members of his family and administration. also officials of saudi arabia. membermembers of the military. the events going to play out for the rest of the day. >> well, you know, today is very much about the meet and the greet. and the scale of that very much dictates how important the visitor is you can clearly see this is as big as it can get. throughout the day, it very much will be on a king an crowned prince level dealing with president trump. they have got numerous meetings set up. first i believe with the king and after that with the crown prince. the deputy crown prince visit washington a couple of times since trump took office. that relationship has been growing for some time. of course as you say a lot of other family are here. ivanka trump is here. jared is here. they have been welcomed in. let's not forget that crucial hand step at the bottom of the steps of air force one where the king salman reached down and shook melania's hand. that is very, very rare and such a conservative country. we are seeing the royal family put some of those traditions

aside. partly because they are going to say look we are modernizing as much as people have been demanding of it. we are willing to change if that's what it takes to rebuild this relationship. so symbolic. everything that we see here and just fascinating to watch. pete: fascinating to see escalator at a palace. talk about modern. the president can relate to that. that's where he started his campaign going down a escalator to begin his campaign. this collar ceremony will be held. the presentation of this medal from to president trump from sing salman. sit down and have coffee and go to banquet later on this. long night for the president arriving 2:15 eastern time in the morning. abby: nice to see some members of his family there can you tell for president trump this is more than just a meeting for him and the king. really, when you show respect, you bring your families. you show that you are all in this together. i love what benjamin hall just

said about king salman shaking ivanka's hand. that's something you don't often see. that's a huge effort of respect that he showed to her. pete: in addition to family. the extended staff at the white house too there. almost all of them there. reince priebus and steve bannon. abby: rex tillerson. pete: rex all lining up to shake his hand. members of the monarchy coming up to shake our president's hand as well as members of the saudi arabiaen military saluting our commander-in-chief. there has been a lot of cooperation between our militaries on display here too. clayton: talk about the military implications of that and relationship with bases we have had in saudi arabia for years and what an important bull work that is in that region? >> it has been contentious domestically inside saudi the king and that -- the royal family there have had to defend the fact that these infidels, the united states has bases here upon which they are able to conduct operations

throughout the middle east in other muslim countries, famously that was supposedly part of the rationale that usama bin laden had. so certainly not our fault but that's part of how he tried to spin it. so, this is a monarchy that's had to keep grips on its own power that has radicals in its own midst. members of its own society committed to defending radical islamists. educational. wahabi islam. emanated from saudi arabia and funded not necessarily the crowned prince and the king but wealthy individuals there. you are walking the balance of an ally atop that regime but also folks underneath still very committed to a dangerous ideology spread throughout the middle east. we will see how the president speaks to that. abby: do you know what i was thinking how many times the president has been there for businesses purposes. he has been around the world. what a different experience this must be for him to be there representing the united states at such a crucial time

in our country's history. it really is pretty remarkable when you think about it. pete: benjamin hall the point pete has brought up about wahabiism. this has been being funded by wealthy elites there it has been a thorn in the side for that whole region. radical islam largely come out of this country. i mean, this is what president trump, when he was then campaigning for president was critical of saudi arabia for. do you get the sense that we might hear the president talk about that with the king? >> the administration has said in the lead up to this trip that they will do that we know that general mcmaster has spoken about the major speech that president trump will give tomorrow on islam to 50 muslim leaders around the world. he has set that that speech will be inspiring but it will be decisive and it will be direct. he has gone away to say that while here the president will push for these countries for

saudi arabia and the gulf states to push for a more tolerant and more moderate form of islam. there is no doubt that they would try to avoid that at all. we have heard tillerson come out in the last few days and he said u.s. values are -- u.s. morals are our values not our policy. he comes here in the sense that we're not going to come and lecture you. we're not going to put ultimatums on whether we can or cannot do deals. we are encouraging you forcefully to make changes. that speech tomorrow is going to be so interesting. he is giving a major speech on islam as you were saying earlier. his election campaign some people took thattenning wrote way as him reaching out and criticizing islam. he is setting those people right. it will be fascinating to see what comes out of that tomorrow. abby: we'll be playing that tomorrow morning live on "fox & friends." it's a speech you do not want to miss. benjamin stay close by. for now we do want to bring in corey lewandowski, former

donald trump campaign manager. corey, you are watching this unfold live as we are. what is going through your mind as you are seeing the president do this for the first time? >> boy, it reestablishes how important our relationships are around the world and what this president is bringing to the united states and showing once again that it's important to have friends around the world and that, you know, the respect that our country has overseas and the respect that saudi arabia is showing not just the president but the united states in general and the relationship that they want to have. look, there are ways that we can work together. we both have the same goal of defeating isis and radical terrorism. and this is what is clearly shown here. we saw the king greet the president and greet the first lady and they have literally quite literally rolled out the red carpet for the united states. this is a very important trip for the president pete. clayton: corey, the folks just waking up and watching "fox & friends" this morning. the president arriving in saudi arabia. meeting with the king there about to have this coffee ceremony about.

to receive this collar, this medal. they have a banquet. corey, i'm sewer curious. you think about the people in poor are a illinois and pennsylvania met president trump while he was campaigning, what do they want to see from this president on a trip like this? >> they want to make sure that the president continues to fight isis. it's something that he has talked about on the campaign trail. and what we have seen in the first four months of this administration is that, you know, he dropped the bomb on isis. killing radical islamic terrorism in their home state and making sure that the people of our country, above all, want to be safe. if that means we take the fight of radical islamic terrorism and we take the fight of isis to them directly, that's what we need to do. that's what the president has pledged to do. that's what he is going to do. pete: corey ran famously on pledge of putting america first on the world stage and both here at home. how does that approach, you think, inform what you are going to see from him today and hear from him tomorrow as

it pertains to really a tight rope with saudi arabia, a country that has been an ally but also has been a source of so much of the radical ideology that has poisoned the world? >> if you look at the arms package just been put together, 110 billion-dollar package that the united states is selling to saudi arabia. the reason for that is so that we can help defeat isis together. what the goal is here of every president is to keep our citizens safe. so finding relationships in the middle east, particularly, that we can utilize, to make sure that our country is safe, putting americans first. put america first and americans first is very important. look, the package that the president has put together $110 billion is good poor american countries. we are making sure we give those countries the tools they deem necessary to defeat isis. that helps everybody here. putting america first has been and continues to be the priority of this administration. that's not going to change. going to talk about that on this trip. nine day swing right now. important time for the

president. i think it's going to be one when he comes home and says boy, people are very happy with america. abby: drinking coffee in the palace in riyadh. jared kushner, steve bannon, many members of his family, administration, ivanka trump is over there as well. you know, as you have been watching, corey, they have really rolled out the red carpet for the president. clearly honored this was the first trip that he decided on. why do you think he picked saudi arabia as his first trip? >> as you know saudi arabia has been a long partner of the united states almost goes back 100 years our partnership with vawsh. what we know in our previous relationship it was not a very good one. the president is reestablishing. we are going to have ways to work together. as you know the previous administrations would go to the united kingdom and go to great britain and maybe go to israel first. all important allies. it's very important to have a strategic al lines with our friends in the middle east once again demonstrate that we are going to work together to

get things done. clayton: i just wanted to ask you about the king. it's an interesting moment too for the president. this king for historical background 81 years old reportedly in i will health. he has mobility issues. he also has two princes sort of vying for power right now 31 years old. the future of this country. this king has been tentative on some of these modernizing policies. sort of argued against the speed with which some of these things have moved. did he praise this president for his attack in syria. how important is it for this president, president trump to walk that line to be both cordial to the president, to the king but also to these princes who will, one of which will assume power? >> well, it's important and as you know, the deputy crowned prince or the crowned prince has been to washington. he has met with the president and senior leadership team. but at the end of the day, the king is the king until he is not the king anymore. what else important to know is that they are making a number of changes in saudi arabia as

have you seen just from the greeting, the relationship that the king has not just with the president but with the senior leadership team with the first lady shaking their hand, understanding that they don't have to wear something on their hair to protect them as would traditionally be the case. roll out the red carpet for the united states. the king is clearly demonstrating his desire and goal, which is to have a great relationship with the united states. clayton: corey as the a.p. is reporting as the president approached the palace in realtime approached the king and said this is very impressive. clearly the president himself impressed by what they have rolled out. corey, i have to ask as we watch these live pictures and live audio of the formal greeting ceremony and coffee there in riyadh, saud saudi ara, you have to some folks not so impressed the mainstream media in the united states finding reason to criticize him as the trip begins. two stories as air force one was taking off yesterday and talking more about russia,

russia, russia. okay. we're going to brief break on that question and listen in here on the ceremony. clayton: here is the medal being presented to president trump. clayton: i don't think we will hear from the president. this is the -- this is the king's medal that he is putting around his neck. the collar medal. abby: it's a sign of ultimate respect. [applause] abby: they do seem to be very comfortable. you know, you watch this from afar how cool it would be to be in that room right now. they all seem to be very much at ease with each other. pete: do you see differences in the way president obama was welcomed? >> no question about it obviously, the president is receiving the highest honor he can from the king. goes to show the ultimate respect that he has and also his desire to work closely with the united states. i think it's a very different

relationship than he has had with the previous administration for the last 8 years. this is something that's very important to the king to demonstrate his respect to president trump. and the president in turn, by going to saudi arabia first has demonstrated his commitment and relationship he wants to have with vash and the united states. abby: as we have been talking about earlier, he has made many trips overseas as a businessman. very successful businessman. how much has that helped him and what he is doing now in terms of him being there and being comfortable? this is sort of what he does. >> that's right. as you have just mentioned the president has international businesses all over the world. he has traveled all over the world many, many, many times. he understands the world stage better than anybody that has come in the job because of the work he has done in the international community. it's very important he has that experience. coming to develop a better relationship with the king of saudi arabia. this arms deal is an important one for the united states and saudi arabia to recommit to each other. biggest packages to have ever been put together.

allow each country to make sure cemented that relationship and much better relationship moving forward. clayton: pull the wool back or pull the curtain back if you would and expand as much as you can i'm so curious about these kind of moments when his staff -- we see this very, you know, it's very beautiful ceremony but you guys working behind the scenes have got to brief the president. okay. when he walks up to you and bows this way you need to shake his right hand in order to do this. pete: salute or not salute. clayton: nine days of this. how difficult is that for the staff? >> immense responsibility for the staff. they sent hundreds of staffers across the world to prepare for this trip. they have been on travel for at least two weeks. the advance team has done an amaze job. every detail has been outlined specifically what they should be doing, the protocols in place. now you have the senior staff traveled over on air force one and arrived this morning on east coast time. all of them have been well-briefed on what to expect

not just here but as they continue on the rest of the trip. amazing amount of moving parts. you add to that all of the secret service work and the responsibility of making sure the president is safe and secure when he travels overseas. it is heard of how much work and responsibility that goes in from the staff side so that they can execute perfectly what we have seen from the time he has gotten off the plane to this ceremony right now everything has gone as it is supposed to. that's the work of the staff on both sides. pete: we saw the press there. no formal press conferences scheduled for today or tomorrow as of now. abby: i do want to ask if we have to let you go, there are reports you were wanted back on team trump. is that something you would consider doing? >> look, here is what i have always said. i have got a great life. i'm up in the hampshire right now. i'm very, very happy. anybody would know this. i'm a very loyal person. if the president asked me to come back and work with him for some limited period, i would have to give it very, very serious consideration. i have got a great life in the

hampshire and happy to spend time with my family. clayton: thanks for being here and sticking with us here. we will talk to you again later in the program i presume. right now we will bring in senior fellow at the london center for policy lieutenant colonel shaffer. thanks for sticking around for us. >> thanks for having me back. pete: that's a big part of being discussed how meaningful is that. >> very. i reviewed the package a couple days ago. this is meant to give the saudis both a better ability to protect their own borders as you might recall yemen shares a border with saudi arabia. there has been issues with al qaeda and other terror groups migrating o across that. enhancement and security. we talked about this a bit earlier. the regional stability issue saudi arabia is seen as a major player of organizing the sunni elements within the region. so, this package also gives

them some additional capabilities to do just that. to basically serve a more concerted, larger role in leading the region. let's be clear on this. one of the things that's been successful is general joe dunford who just was nominated for second term as chairman of the joint chiefs has been very successful in organizing our allies within the region to focus on isis and go after them. so what we want to do and i think what the president wants to do is work with the saudis to organize a more permanent long-term solution. my boss dr. herb london calls it a condominium if you will of organizing the arab states into a defense focused capability so that they are more committed to their own defense and collective security than having to ask us to come back over and over again. clayton: if our viewers are just waking up on this saturday morning the president has had a long night. set the scene for you in the lower part of your screen we have former campaign manager corey lewandowski and tony shaffer here to analyze what we are seeing, which is the

president arriving in riyadh saudi arabia meeting king salman there on the red carpet. really a beautiful ceremony with multiple cameras and horseback and then the president led into the palace there, the royal palace and you see that collar he is wearing is a medal given to him by the king who is 81 years old. and had some mobility issues. pete: these are all live shots right here. they did the formal coffee ceremony. the giving of the medal, speaking with the king. most of the entourage has left the room and have a more private moment as the president greets the king. abby: real family members, administration. have you seen ivanka trump with her husband jared. rex tillerson, steve bannon. sean spicer. a moment we are seeing with the conversation going on between king salman and the president. you have the translator in the middle. what it would be like to hear what they were discussing. you understand these issues so well. what do you imagine they are talking about at this very moment? >> i think they are going through a number of things

which relate to being -- exchanging honorarium. showing respect. critical to this moment. again, this is a major shift. president obama failed to do a number of things relating to gaining the respect of the saudi arabiaens, frankly the saudi arabiaens felt abandoned. i think in this moment where these folks come together and start talking, it's all about building that personal relationship of trust. and important for us and for president trump, the idea that he can gain influence through this process. and let's all be honest here. if you don't respect someone you're dealing with you're not going to be able to actually have any sort of constructive relationship. so this moment is all about that first impression of trying to build that initial connection that will allow a frank and direct dialogue between these men for purposes

of helping the united states, mr. trump moving our interests forward. pete: corey along those same lines and clayton asked a similar question what happened behind the scenes. in the conversation of this how much prescripted as a campaign manager involved in high profile type events. how much is prescripted and how much are they able to ad-lib and get to know each other inside a schedule? >> well, i think it's fair to say that anybody who wants to try to prescript the president is going to try to do so at their own peril. >> you know that well. >> truth be told. i know that jared kushner has worked on this trip extensively. hr mcmaster been involved in the planning and execution of this trip. i am sure they have briefed the president on the issues which are important. the president is always at very best when he has the ability to sit down one on one or small group and listen and relay his own thoughts. i'm sure that's what the president is doing with the king. is he talking about the relationship they want to have moving forward. how they can better have a relationship between those two countries because the last 8 years have basically been a disaster. issues they can work together

on for the betterment of their country. that'sexcels. while they have given him the bullet points at the broadened level. he is going to hone on things knowing he has a good relationship and wants to build a better relationship with the king. that's where the president is going to do his best. clayton: stand by for a second because we want to bring in rob o'neill to killed usama bin laden. rob, great to see you this morning. i want to get your sense of the military importance of this meeting. okay. so he is meeting with king salman who is 81 years old. frail, we know. there are reports of his illness. he has two princes who are sort of vying for power right now in that country. he will meet with the king first for a ballot teller meeting. meet with the prince and deputy prince an hour later. the military importance of those meetings in the region how important do you see this? >> it's important because our enemies isis and al qaeda are not friends of the house of saud. the royalty that's in power.

so they have interest in getting rid of isis which is our primary thing right now. isimattis was out there secretay of defense talking about how we are going to destroy isis. they have interest in that. we are going to need them because we won't be able to kill them with military might. we need the ideology. a lot of that radical form of wahabism comes from saudi arabia where they are. you are not going to change it overnight. need to tell them we don't need to go back to a system 1400 years ago. we have got to get with the times and stop preaching the hate. pete: speaking of hate. you are the guy that put a bullet in probably the most infamous saudi in usama bin laden. here our president who ran a campaign talking about radical islamic terrorism picks saudi arabia for the first trip. for americans watching this formality this morning, what's your message to them about the president's approach to this very, you know, dicey and situation. >> saudi arabia was a really good call. they are in charge of a lot of that region. everything from oil to like i

saith ideology. he has got to do a lot of the things like i mentioned with isis. he must address and have our saudi friends address the so-called muslim ban because it's not a muslim ban. it's watching our best interest for who is coming in from where and how we are screening them. there is a lot of things that we can use, as far as getting rid of some of the political correctness. hate coming from the other side of the aisle about what president trump is trying to do. i mean, there is a lot going on there. like i said, he is not going to be able to do it now. when it comes to the funding, i'm not saying from the military or royal family in saudi arabia. a lot of the funding for terror comes from saudi arabia. clayton: critical of them on the campaign trail. specifically critical. >> he has been critical of them -- abby: havare you surprised? we have been watching this welcome. a stark contrast what we have seen over the past 8 years. you see the president walking off the plane. here now at the palace with really this red carpet rollout. he now has the medal around his neck of king salman.

this is really a show of respect from saudi arabia. >> ultimate respect. abby: given the president has been critical of saudi arabia. >> he has been critical. like i was saying a second ago. they were showing clips of president trump being interview you had before, like 2008 or something like that. and he was talking about zash. mostly oil then. he said he would be direct with them. do need to be direct with them. they have a lot of interest over there. but with the iran deal they don't want iran to get the nuclear weapon that the last administration was going to allow them to get. they are going to do the stuff up front for the cameras. on the back channels negotiating with israel. things like that. get the partners that don't want iran to have the nuclear weapon. it's just not that version coming out of vash. the radicalling in charge of iran there is a lot to discuss. pete: explain how important respect is in the arab world. i have sat with tea with the muslims and you have spent time in the middle east. what does respect mean?

why is it given? this doesn't happen for everybody. >> no. they are showing right now they are our ally. the respect there that's what they are doing right now. sitting down and having tea. let carpet rolled out the medal. it's a big sign to everybody we are willing to talk to each other. we are willing to negotiate with each other. hopefully it goes further, it is 2017. maybe we can stop beheading people for sorcery and witchcraft. maybe women can choose whether or not women are going to cover themselves or walk freely. clayton: drive. pete: their husband can't instantly divorce them by saying a word three times. abby: king salman reached down and shook melania's hand. a sign of respect. >> certainly is. clayton: question on this idea that the president turning the page on some of the controversies he is facing back home. obviously, this -- these foreign trips can be incredibly powerful for a president to turn pages on stuff that they are facing back home in the swamp back in washington. how can you continue this

momentum coming back to the united states nine days later? >> i think when the president gets back into washington, he has to continue to move forward with his agenda that he has outlined during the campaign trail and outlined during the first four months of this presidency financing the repeal and replace of obamacare. moving the transportation infrastructure bill through congress and creating jobs. that's what the president has talked about the entire campaign. look, in addition to that, he is going to build the wall on the southern border. we see that illegal immigration is considerably down under attorney general jeff sessions. the implementation. we are down 40, 50% of illegal border crossings. that is what the president was elected on. that's what he has to continue to fulfill. the mainstream media doesn't want to report. this job numbers are through the roof. in general the stock market has gone absolutely crazy since president trump has been elected. other than one or two days here. and, you know, g.d.p. is growing. jobs are growing. no one wants to talk about the success in the first four months of this administration. all they want to talk about is the perceived failures.

the failure that as the ceo of our country, he has the right, obligation and duty to dismiss people doesn't serve our country best. clayton: i want to get tony shaffer before we take a quick break. obviously usama bin laden alleys pete pointed out earlier he used saudi arabia and our american bases there as his reason for attacking us on 9/11. so it's incredi incredibly difft hornet's nest to drive out radical islam in that region. what can he say? >> you have to start somewhere and this is what we have to deal with the saudi, they are not monolithic. the royal family dealing with president trump is not the only element in the country. as you mentioned, was habbism, there are elements in zabo saudi arabia help fund isis. allow the women to have the right to do what they wish.

you are talking about a culture and the momentum of that culture which goes back 1,000 years. you are talking about trying to make change. so you have to start somewhere. i think that's what the president is trying to do. at the same time, you cannot ignore them and their importance to the region. the with a habbists are simply something we jointly have to deal wnd a think president trump has to make that point that we, the united states, share your interests in down playing this most radical element of islam which hasn't root of isis and other very severe forms of radical islam. i think the president by gaining the trust and having this link will allow for this influence if you will and the saudis, again, need our leadership. this is something i don't want to make light of this but this is a reese's cup moment peanut butter and chocolate coming together to focus on what's best for both countries.

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alert.pete. clayton: fanfare full display ceremony we carried live here on "fox & friends." president trump's first stop on nine day trip. pete: giving president trump the country's highest honor. putting a medal on him right there as you can see. benjamin hall is live in the country of riyadh. good morning, benjamin. >> good morning. it's been incredibly busy five hours since president trump arrived 5:30 local. as president trump touched down clear what a big deal this is going to be. saudis rolled out the red carpet completely. whole way along aerial display. guns displayed and trumpets playing the king arriving at the both the stairs of air force one. he shook hands with melania trump. that is also crucial. very rare in this conservative country that you would see the king reach out like that. after that we saw the move

into the royal where they had a tea ceremony. that was the first time we saw the two ladies talk. seemed like quite a jovial atmosphere a bit of. [laughter] laughter. how beautiful and wonderful in reference to the rooms they were in. he will no doubt see more and more of that as the trip goes on. from there he took his motorcade to the ritz carlton where he is staying. he had a short break before going on to this most incredible ceremony. pomp and circumstance where he was given the medals and that as we were saying all morning so carefully planned so meticulously planned. now he has a very busy schedule ahead of him. today is going to be the ceremonial event. having coach later and after that having a banquet after that tonight the king is giving him a personal tour of the museum here. and then tomorrow really hard work starts. and he is meeting with the gcc leaders. that's the gulf council members. thethere will be a chance to tak about bilateral deals as well as economic deals.

110 billion-dollar arms deal set to happen. he is also giving that crucial speech on islam to 50 muslim leaders around the world. it's going to be absolutely packed. demand center overseas bombing raids in syria. antiradicallization camps to see how they are fighting radicalization. so and then to cap it all off, guys, he is going to a twitter forum here with leaders from around the world including jack dorsey of twitter himself. incredibly busy. this is the beginning of his trip. nine days long. five countries. so symbolic. such a sign of how vash wants to rebuild the relationship with the u.s. and work together with isis and pushing back against iran you guys have been talking about all day. fascinating to be here. running like clockwork. so far you can call it nothing but a huge success on president trump's first overseas trip. back to you. abby: a packed trip. benjamin hall with us. thank you, benjamin. clayton: take a look back here

in the united states. vice president mike pence getting ready we have live shots of him getting ready to depart for a speech is he giving this morning. abby: on pennsylvania. he is not on that trip. we have seen so many of his family members and parts of the administration in saudi arabia but vice president mike pence is here at home and he is going to speak i think about 10:00 a.m. this morning commencement speech. we will bring that to you and show you any footage that we have. pete: that's exactly right. before that we said he was sneaking out but stuck with us. turns out navy seals do whatever they want. former navy seal who killed usama bin laden and rob o'neill thanks for being here. it's so much respect being given to president trump and the united states of america. u.s. flags, billboards. right at the edge of the red carpet. as someone who understands the international scene, you're big take aways of this moment? >> the big take away of president trump is going to saudi arabia first. president trump going there. the red carpet being laid out. the king meeting him.

the respect with the first lady. it's just to show that maybe we are moving forward. president trump -- i'm really excited to hear that the speech that president trump gives to 50 muslim nations tomorrow. just to see where it goes. that needs to be very scripted because we have all noticed they do take their religion very seriously. abby: what you hoping he says? we'll air that live here on "fox & friends" tomorrow morning. >> i'm hoping he says that they need to end some the archaic actions that islam does. they need to stop with a lot of the hate. some of the madrasas are speaking. pete and i were talking at the break a lot of the madrasas are teaching these kids if you don't believe exactly what they believe you can kill them. this is real. this happens. and goes so far. one of the versions of islam coming out of saudi arabia one of the things they practice cubs of the caliphate they have 5 and 6-year-old kids beheading people on camera. in 10 years that kid is not going to be okay.

he is going to be a problem. we are not going to kill our way to victory with isis. we will need to kill. we will need to capture we will need to interrogate. we need help with our friends to educate. it's okay to practice a religion but let other people practice their religion, too. almost a point where you want to ask them is your faith so weak that a cartoon will make you kill someone? like let someone else speak. they are powerful minds they write blogs that are semi critical of that religion in saudi arabia. not a single church or mosque or synagogue in saudi arabia. abby: how does he address that tomorrow? >> i hope he has some muslim advisors with him not kid gloves but you need to be respectful like we are talking about. respect towards a religion. they base their life on it. it is just not okay to enforce it on everyone else because someone is an infidel or believe the right version. can you kill them it doesn't matter because they are not going to heaven anyway. clayton: women can't currently

drive in saudi arabia. homosexuals are executed. >> they are not just executed they are thrown off buildings. pete: so behind and struggles with a wealthy ruling elite. and then radical wahabism as ngs to manage. >> we have seen it before dealing with some of our, especially our sunni allies. that i have seen and heard of people telling me they dealt with like afghanis and dealt with iranys look at do you why and istanbul. you can have both and have a modern society and you can have islam. and kind of where it needs to go. you can't force someone to do it open their eyes to say maybe not everyone is not exactly right. maybe a part of everything is right. maybe we can just not kill each other for not thinking like i don't think what you think god thinks i should think. abby: we will be watching that speech very closely tomorrow. rob, great to have you with us this morning. >> thanks for having me.

abby: we do want to bring you another fox news alert. the vice president boarding air force 2 to make a commencement address in pennsylvania. mike pence will speak to the largest graduating class in grove city college his industries in pennsylvania. security as you can imagine is very tight as protesters are expected just outside the campus during that 10:00 a.m. eastern time ceremony. we will keep a close-on that one. illegal immigrant doning deportation thanks to par dorm renee -- given clemency from a 90 year sentence in colorado. governor john hickenlooper after he was accidently released from prison. just hours after he was arrested by ice yesterday the dea fighting back saying the pardon is invalid since the feds weren't given 15 days notice. jeb bush realizing why most of american. former florida governor saying i told you so after saying trump would be a chaos president.

bush the target of many jokes on the campaign trail. >> i won't talk about jeb bush. i will not say -- i will not say he is low energy. i will not say it. >> well, bush, however, did praise the president's selection of enough for the supreme court. oh, do you remember knows campaign days? wow. some moments. clayton: to a fox news alert now fired fbi director james comey ready to break his silence. he'll testify before the senate intel committee. abby: but is the left misleading americans on claims that a crime may have been committed? allen dershowitz here to react next. come on in, sir. click click (male announcer) hit escape with great deals on great gear. like our best selling fish fryer for under $30. only at bass pro shops.

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agreeing to testify before the senate intelligence committee in an open session after memorial day. so is the left misleading americans on claims that a crime may have been committed? harvard university law professor allen dershowitz is here to weigh in. professor, thanks for being here this morning. >> good morning. pete: is director comey breaking his silence after memorial day. >> i don't think so. i have always liked director comey. he hasn't been silent. he has been leaking information, using his friends to get his point out. it's cowardly. and i think it's about time that comey is confronted directly with cross-examination. he was a great director of the fbi. but when the whole hillary clinton thing began, he cared more about his reputation and his dignity than about what was good for america. and now he is having memos leaked and he is having his friends talk to the press. let him answer direct questions from people on both sides of the aisle. pete: i'm fascinated if you were there cross-examining him. you would not let him off

without getting direct questions. what questions would you, sir, specifically be asking of him if you had the chance? >> first, i would want to find out if he was the source of the leaks of the memo that he was quoted in. second, i would ask him why he didn't talk directly, why he is using his friends. i would go back to his decisions to speak to the public. the fbi had like a child should be seen but not heard. and rarely seen. when louie freed was ahead of the fbi. you never saw his name in the newspaper. and although i think comey started right, i think the president character rised him not correctly when he called him a nut job and crazy. that's not right. he is not that at all. show boat, not a bad characterization. abby: i was going to act what his motive is then. >> all about dignity. all about preserving his reputation above everything else. i think during the hillary thing he said to himself look, hillary is going to win this election. i will be faulted by the trump people for not having revealed the investigation.

so, let me reveal the investigation. i don't think i'm going to impact the election but my reputation will be preserved. and then he says i felt nauseous because i may have impacted the election. my hunch is that president trump was watching him on television that day and when he said i felt nauseous i may have impacted the election. trump said get him out of here. he didn't impact the election he is show boating. pete et the press has not stopped. there is more articles coming out about potential russian connections. is there -- in your mind, anything to be seen there. >> well, if there are russian connections we have got to know about them. that's why we should have been an independent commission which hears evidence in public subject to cross-examination. not a special investigator, a special counsel because i don't see any crimes. let's take the worse case scenario, let's assume trump, which didn't happen, the trump campaign got together with the russians let's make trump president because is he better

than hillary clinton. terrible. he leaks the material he shouldn't have to the russians about the israeli spy. terrible. he shouldn't have done it. pete: no evidence of either. >> no crime. but there is no crime. you don't have special counsel looking to investigate bad political moves or wrongful conduct. he is supposed to look only at federal violations of the criminal law. i don't see any. abby: i wish you were going to be in this hearing with james comey. >> i will be watching. pete: thanks for being here. >> thank you. pete: a huge show congressman sean did yo did you havey, marie harf. geraldo rivera, carl rove all join us live. clayton: it can make you fall off the bone tender ribs and biscuit. you can have it in your backyard. bass pro shops is here what your needs for grilling season ♪ back in gear ♪ i don't ♪ i can see the light ♪ school's out

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abby: a royal welcome, president trump kicking off first international trip in saudi arabia. >> a real sign to the whole world endearing relationship goes back to the 1930s still very much alive. >> reestablishes how important our relationships are around the world and what this president is bringing to the united states. >> couple of big bombshells before the president left reports that someone close to the president a person of interest in the russia investigation. >> big difference and long distance between that and being the subject of an investigation. and even bigger distance to being the target of the investigation. >> garbage. these are quote, bombshells. no they are not. they are just more of the left wing hatred for trump. >> the american public will soon be able to hear directly from the former fbi director james comey. >> this is going to be must watch tv. >> a new report from harvard, the majority of the trump

coverage from every news organization in the study was negative. >> it's not news. it's not reporting. it's just propaganda. ♪ abby: good saturday morning to you. we have a lot going on this morning. we want to start with a fox news alert. royal fanfare in full display as president trump kicks off first international trip in saudi arabia. pete: we took a lot of live video this hour may get more this hour. king salman giving president trump and first lady melania later on in this ceremony the kingdom's highest civilian honor. that helped earlier this morning. clayton: the collaring ceremony with the medal. they had coffee. and benjamin hall has been live with us there. do they have really strong coffee in riyadh. >> yeah, they do. it works wonders. i can tell you that. but this visit and trmp pay need some in the days ahead

because this visit is so packed. they hit the ground running. we have just seen that major ceremony full of pomp and circumstance where the president was given the medal and going to be like that for the rest of today. ceremonial today meet and greeted and formal stuff. it began this morning with that really important handshake on the runway as president trump got off air force one. because very, very rare for the king of saudi arabia to meet any guests at the airport. not least at the bottom of the stairs. and he also shook melania's hand. very rare in this conservative country to see him do that. this is all part of the big symbolic push to show that reels with the u.s. are reset after 8 years of an obama administration which the saudi kingdom feels moved away from them. after that initial greeting at the airport. they moved into a coffee ceremony. as we were just saying. and there was some laughter theres that was quite jovial. we heard president obama say how beautiful the room was.

we will see them exchanging pleasantries today before they get down to the really hard stuff tomorrow. of course today they have still got a big banquet ahead. they will visit a museum and couple meetings with the king and crowned prince. tomorrow the heavy meetings start. and president trump will be meeting with the gcc leaders gulf countries. focusing very much on the anti-isis coalition. defeating terrorism and radicalization and big highlight will be his speech on islam which he is due to give at 4:00 p.m. local here tomorrow. and we know from general mcmaster that he is going to be inspiring but very pointed. decisive in that point. in that speech. so looking forward to that. and he is giving that to over 50 muslim leaders from around the world. so this whole trip really picking up pace now as you see it moving into tomorrow. you can tell the saudis have rolled out the red carpeting. wherever you drive around riyadh, you see american flags on every avenue alongside saudi flags. you see images of president trump on billboards. huge billboards alongside

those of king sawad. we are seeing the saudi family welcoming president trump here to this. and it's been fascinating to watch from a reporter's point of view especially in the middle eastern perspective because there is a real sense now that they are going to work together in the future on these major issues. of course, one of the big things this will be signed here arms deal hearing so much about. they say $110 billion will be signed. and we expect that to happen in the coming day or so. and just to make a point of how important that deal is, we hear that when the crowned prince of saudi arabia was last in d.c. jared kushner picked up the phone. called ceo of lockheed martin and saw if he could bring down the cost of a certain anti-defense missile system so the saudis could include it in the arms deal. we are seeing economic deals being done, political deals and a lot of outreach to religious issues as well. president trump is going to go anti-reaction centers here. visit the command and control

center from where saudi planes coordinated over syria because the saudis play the second largest role in the coalition against isis for the bombing raid. so, this is jam packed and we are only about five hours in. today alone is going to be 13 hours long for the president. so it is exhausting just watching it. i can only imagine what it is like for those guys. abby: sounds like they are needing that coffee desperately. stay cool. 110 degrees in riyadh. clayton: having a hot beverage cools you down. that's what i tell my wife. talking to corey lewandowski the amount of people and staffing that went ahead. a advanced team there ahead of time and secret service. i'm always fascinated just from -- i'm always fascinated historically how this plays out with the secret service they are having a coffee ceremony in the middle eastern country. the united states president is sitting there drinking some coffee that's being prepared. you know, the secret service is probably watching over that preparer of that coffee in that kitchen watching all of that.

pete: i can tell you having sat over coffee and tea in the middle east with sheikhs and leaders it's a sign respect and friendship. this wasn't the red carpet. this was the lat numb carpet being laid out for president trump. what an amazing contrast with president obama. just last year, who after the iran deal went to saudi arabia and the king didn't even go to the airport to greet him. at this time i mean the king who is 81 almost ran to the edge of the red carpet to shake this american president's hand. because they believe a new chapter is at hand, a new relationship is possible. and america is back. clayton: he is i will also and has mobility issues does the king who is 81. abby: still made that evident to be there as benjamin hall said reaching out to shake the first lady's hand melania and ivanka's hand. that goes a long way when you are talking about place like saudi arabia to reach out and shake the woman's hand. i want to point out because oftentimes in these moments it can come a cross alittle stiff and uncomfortable. the cultures are very

different. they seem very comfortable today. very much at ease. both sides really excited to be there. that's something you want to see at this time in history when we have been talking to some so many of our guests this morning. pete, you know this is what we face when it comes to terrorism. how important the relationship is with saudi arabia to get that right. we will hear from president trump tomorrow morning on "fox & friends" giving that speech to the world. pete: really important speech. it is a tough contrast. this is ironically the president who everywhere on the left says is anti-muslim. he is being greeted by arguably the most important muslim country in the world with the holiest sights welcomed in. melania trump not wearing a head scarf. they are coming in as americans with american values. that's an important symbol. coming in to say we have a common enemy in isis, in radicalism. you know these conversations are going to go deeper than isis. isis is the worst manifestation. wahhabi islam.

kids being taught very extreme form of islam it's a huge problem if you want to stop the spread of that. clayton: rob o'neill was on our show this morning talking about that. yes we have to kill them and go after them in air strikes and take them out at the top. 5-year-olds being taught this. you don't go after them that way. you have to change the ideology. it has to start somewhere. the discussions the president has to have in this speech tomorrow in saudi arabia is going to be incredibly important. here is what rob o'neill hopes to see in that speech. >> we are not going to kill our way to victory with isis. we will need to kill. we will need to capture. we will need to interrogate. we also need help your friends to educate. it's okay to practice a religion but let other people practice their religion, too. 's almost to the point where you want to ask them is your faith so weak that a cartoon will make you kill someone? abby: he also said we saw that image there last hour of president trump speaking, a translator saudi king. you wonder what they're

talking about in the n. that moment. i will like robber kneel said when the cameras are rolling a lot of niceties. when the doors closed and in these meetings that's when they get deep into real policy decisions about what needs to happen. pete: this is still a conservative kingdom. you can talk about gay rights or women's rights. there is no churches or synagogues in saudi arabia. you can talk all you want at the top. changing the culture and having those conversations it's going to take forging those relationships. when we have respect out of the gate it's a good start. clayton: president trump is going to meet with the king bilateral meeting first with the king who is 81 years old. that meeting will trickle into another hour long meeting with the prince. third meeting hour long deputy prince who are young and vying for control who will take over for the king who is 81 years old that will unfold throughout this morning. abby: indeed, very busy day. back here at home pete as you have been following closely you think these would be the headlines but no, still, it is

russia, russia, russia. pete: more details coming out. i opened up my failing "new york times" this morning to read about the trip hey what's going to happen? this is a different quote which we will get to. but, the top first paragraph in the "new york times" this morning is by line from riyadh saudi arabia. president trump touched down in the middle eastern country this saturday morning if he sought to escape just briefly the scandals and chaos that engulfed his administration back home. they are still talking about chaos, chaos, chaos, russia, russia, russia as the president goes forth and resets a very important relationship. clayton: he has opportunity here. no doubt there have been controversies that have followed him across the pond. but right as he was leaving yesterday afternoon, it's fascinating the timing of this from the "new york times" and "the washington post. literally like 3:00 yesterday afternoon, this was the headline that dropped as air force one is taking off, timed with this headline which ran in the "new york times." trump told russians that firing nut job comey eased pressure from investigation.

then "the washington post russian probes white house official people familiar with the case say. abby: that's not by coincidence by the way. pete: pete no way. abby: these are the headlines we are going to put out there. i think you make a great point, clayton. there has been controversy. president trump would admit that things have not been perfect for the first four or five months he has been in office. this is a real chance hun this important foreign trip to change the narrative, to take control to say i am commander-in-chief. especially on foreign policy, i'm going to be doing things differently than the past 8 years. the media is not going to change. i will tell you the headlines are not going to be that he has an opportunity, we will hear that tomorrow, to speak directly to the american people and to the world. clayton: we had ryan said he is going to come back and clean house. comes back and reset the narrative and go on the aggressive stance talk about his agenda. pete: he said on and off camera we have to keep fighting. steve bannon called the press the opposition party. if this was a campaign,

president trump versus the press, the press would drop two negative stories in collusion, three minutes after air force one took off on a foreign trip. to make sure the headlines followed the president as he is in saudi arabia. it is a concerted effort to undermine the president no matter. in those two stories in the "new york times" and "the washington post," no named sources, none. all anonymous. and a lot of it is speculation on background. abby: exactly. pete: they are building a case against the president. abby: we had allen dershowitz on the couch a few moments ago. he said this is a worse case scenario and even that cannot get him out of office. clayton: he is a loyal democrat. >> if there are russian connections, we ought to know about them. that's why we should have had an independent commission which hears evidence in public subject to cross-examination. not a special investigator, special counsel because i don't see any crimes. >> let's take the worse case scenario. less' assume the trump, which didn't happen, the trump campaign got together with the

russians and said let's make trump president because is he better than hillary clinton. terrible politically. what's the crime? show me the statute or he leaks material he shouldn't have to the russians about the israeli spy. terrible, he shouldn't have done it. pete: no evidence of either. >> no crime. but there is no crime. you don't have special counsel looking to investigate bad political moves or wrongful conduct. he is supposed to look only at federal violations of the criminal law. i don't see any. abby: as you said, clayton, that's coming from the democrat. real interesting to get his voice there. i think still the biggest problem are these leakers. we had corey lewandowski about that on as well. he said that's the real challenge here. that's not just a risk to this country. that is a national security risk u when you are leaking out stories to places like out "the washington post." telling secrets that should not be revealed, that is something that every american should be concerned about. pete: amen. clayton: we will hear from corey later in the show. how will trip be different than president obama's apology tour?

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tax cuts, repeal and replace obama administration and get a trillion-dollar infrastructure spending through the congress. abby: that was corey lewandowski moments ago saying republicans need to start rallying behind the president in order to achieve his agenda and defend him on those allegations of russia collusion. here to weigh in is wisconsin congressman sean duffy. good to have you on a very busy day. >> good morning, abby. good to be with you. abby: just your reaction off that from corey lewandowski saying look, republican lawmakers have not done enough to stand behind their own president. have you american people saying they have been too weak on this. what are your thoughts? >> well, first, i would tell you that i think that election created by donald trump. a lot of seats republicans thought they would lose in the last election but we won because of all the work that donald trump did. take that aside, we see all the scandal. obviously the democrats are trying to take down president trump, the media is trying to take down president trump that goes back to the campaign. but we, in congress, you know abby and your viewers know. this legislation starts in the

congress. and so we haven't stopped at all. i mean, though we watch our tvs and watch the liberal media foaming at the mouth at president trump, we are still doing healthcare reform and still working on tax reform. we just a couple weeks ago repealing and replacing dodd frank. we are working on infrastructure. though the media doesn't want to report this stuff, we are all still doing it the agenda is moving forward. the media -- abby, the media doesn't want to report the good things that are happening. unemployment is down. manufacturing suspect. the economy is growing. kids coming out of school, abby, out of college, their salaries are going up which means they can move out of their basement, that is making america great again. that's good. abby: politics always at play. 2018 right around the corner a lot of lawmakers are thinking about themselves. they want to win their own race if they have to stand behind president trump at times it doesn't always make them look good in their home territory. how much of that is a problem

when the republican party needs to be more united than ever? >> i think it's about an agenda that we have all run on healthcare reform. we know obamacare is in a death spiral. it's hurting people that is separate from donald trump. about your constituents. tax reform. making sure we can be globally competitive. that's separate about donald trump. growing our economy and offering opportunity and better wages. those who are in tougher districts that want to have some separation, they can do that. but i watched pete hegseth i think it was yesterday morning going around to diners talking to people on "fox & friends." i hear the same thing that pete hears. people want this agenda to move forward. they understand the media is so unfair with this president that they are just trying to take him down. they look and say there is no evidence of collusion. there is no evidence of scandal. and that's the only story that they tell. so i think more of america is with the president than the media wants to lead us to believe. and so i think a lot of republicans aren't bailing ship. but you had mentioned the special counsel.

we do need republicans to stand together. i pushed back against special counsel. i thought it was a bad idea. now that we have it we have to roll with it. abby: congressman. >> again, we win together. abby: that's all well said. i'm going to have to out cut you off unfortunately. we appreciate it more "fox & friends." to clean dentures daily. it's unique micro-clean formula kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. that's why dentists recommend polident. polident. cleaner, fresher, brighter every day.

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in rome. this as deputy national security advisor k.t. mcfarland is leaving her post to become the next u.s. ambassador to singapore. pete? pete: thanks, clayton. we all remember president obama's apology tour around the world soon after he took office. >> i would like to think that with my election and the early decisions that we have maids that you are starting to see some restoration of america's standing in the world. >> there has been times where america has shown irgans and been dismissive, even derisk. >> the united states is still working through some of our own darker periods in our history. pete: so how will president trump's first trip overseas be different? here to react is former state department spokesperson under barack obama marie harf and former cia officer bub sexton. marie and buck, thanks for joining us this morning. marie, i will go to you first, i don't know if you have seen the images of president

trump's arrival in saudi arabia. the red carpet rolled out for him. what do you make of that and how do you think his speech will. >> i think the saudis, as well as other allies that president trump will be meeting with on his trip view this as a real opportunity. i think with president trump they see somebody who will be a man of action, not somebody who leads from behind. they know he is not on an apology tour. is he actually stretching out his hand to allies to make sure they understand that on critical national security challenges in the middle east or around the world. they will have their back. take issues seriously and not fall into worthless multilateralism always always first and last resort. pete: marie, i'm sure you will take issue with the apology tour, i have got that hard to take issue with the contrast of president obama's last trip to saudi arabia where the king didn't even meet him at the airport and what you see today

with president trump and the sort of platinum carpet that's been rolled out for him. >> well, i think every new president takes their first trip overseas trying to draw a contrast with their predecessor, certainly barack obama did that you see donald trump doing that as well. one of the interesting things that wuk said though you know when it comes to our allies in nato, which is one of the stops president trump will be making in a few days, they are looking for some signs that president trump believes in the alliance. he has gone back and forth whether he believes it's important or not. nato and the g 7 will be looking for signs that he believes in multilateral institutions which while not perfect certainly are still very important to many of our allies. pete: buck, to that point the initial engagement he has had in nato has forced some of those countries to say we do need to pay up and pay our share. >> president trump says he does see the need for at a time nato. he has a greater understanding of now he is sitting in the big chair why we have it on middle east issues i think that's where you can see the

most clear record of what happened before when president obama was in office. you can look at every major hot spot across the middle east whether it's iraq, afghanistan, libya, syria, any place the that president obama had the ability to make positive change over the course of his 8 years it was worse when he left office than when he started in office i think these the legacy of president obama's foreign policy than anything else. president trump is going to try to take action. he is not going to dither. hopefully that will short circuit some of the horrific problems we have seen in recent years. some of the areas that have been left quite a mess he will fix them. pete: marie i want to get your opinion on another portion of this topic. newt gingrich said the left wing media is attempting to over. he said i it's been sickening to see so many foreigners terrified because they

unknowingly believe the news media's false reports and vicious attacks. also these headlines have been coming out recently cnn, besieged at home, trump sets off for a do or die foreign trip. the "new york times" on first foreign trip donald trump tries to leave crisis behind in the "the washington post" says turmoil. county president turn things around? i mean, a lot of folks look at the press as an extension of the left and that when they say these things they undermine president trump's ability to lead america overseas. >> look, pete, i think the reason people overseas are nervous about president trump is that he is not very diplomatic in the way he speaks. people back home like the straight talk. he has upset allies around the campaign. going back to nato. he said pretty negative things about the saudis. it's not the media. all you have to do is roll tape of president trump saying a lot of these things and that's why people are nervous. pete: roll tape on whatever

you want to say about refugee ban or pause. people on the left call them anti-muslim, muscle ban, yet here he goes to arguably the most important muslim country in the middle east and he gets the red carpet laid out for him. you know, really, unpack that because shouldn't they be turning their back on him instead based on the logic of the left. >> they are very good at photo ops. believe me i have been there for some of them. wait, pete, give me a second here. the speech tomorrow morning on islam, you have been talking about it a lot this morning. that is going to be a very important set of remarks for president trump. it's a very delegate subject as you know. and this is going to be a very, very important speech actually to all be watching closely to see if he can walk that fine line between saying, look, we have real enemies here but we also need moderate muslims to help us fight extremism. this is going to be the first test of how he can handle this very delegate. >> apologize. i don't think we will see much of that. pete: i don't think we will see a lot of the that either.

>> you will see a president who understands we have very real threats in the middle east. we have allies. they should know the difference. they should know the difference of any sound foreign policy. president trump is going to establish that tomorrow in his speech and going forward. and that is a separation from what we have seen over the last 8 years. pete: we have got to leave it right there. we will be carrying portions of that speech tomorrow. the whole speech on "fox & friends." >> >> great to sigh pete and marie. >> you too, buck and pete. pete: hillary clinton is not practicing questions in this clip. what is happening. and getting ready for summer vacation. well, bass pro shops has your must have gear for this summer. stick around next. ♪ out in the back woods, down in the holler ♪ down in the back woods ♪ working hard for a dollar ♪

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richard row has deliberately plowed into pedestrians saying he wanted to, quote, kill them all. just terrible. 18-year-old alyssa elseson dying in front her sister. father saying his heart died in new york city. >> she saw her sister die. she watched our baby die in front of her. she will never be the same. we will never -- none of us will ever be the same. abby: just so horrible. rojas is charged with murder. clayton: fox news alert now because president trump in riyadh, saudi arabia, this is the first bilateral meeting, first actual meeting. they did the coffee ceremony earlier with king salman sit down with the 81-year-old king and talk about all sorts of economic strategies, policies, and military relationship. but this is the first of three meetings back to back to back over the next three hours. pete: starting to get to the mete meat of the schedule, the

heart of it. if you are just joining us now we have been covering it all morning long the arrival of president trump to saudi arabia and the king of saudi arabia not just rolling out the red carpet but the platinum carpet. these are live shots right now. you see ivanka trump, jared kushner, we just saw steve bannon. abby: rex tillerson. brought entourage of family members and administration. which really goes to show the respect that they want to bring for one another, because if you travel somewhere to other cultures, right? it is so important to bring the people around you that you love. to also show them respect. as we mentioned earlier, king salman shook the hands of melania trump and shook the hand of ivanka trump. huge sign of respect. clayton: he will sit down with the king. he is 81 years old. reports that he is i will. you saw him come out on the tarmac and shake the president's hand. then he is going to be meeting

with the prince and deputy prince a little bit later. and they are vying for control. 31 years old. who will be the new power leaders in saudi arabia? pete: also clearly vying for continuation of american leadership and friendship that we saw shots all day. you see those flags on the bottom there those are american flags alongside of flag of saudi arabia. not just there with the king but throughout the city, the capital city. billboards of the faces of both the king and president trump. he was greeted with fighter jets, with red, white, and blue smoke. this is a kingdom that after 8 years of barack obama's presidency believes that they have a real friend in president trump. abby: if you are just waking up this morning. to seat red carpet rolled out with the arrival this morning with president trump and his family. and his entourage really was something spectacular to see. really is a show of mutual respect at such an important time in our country's history. tomorrow morning, of course, here on "fox & friends," we will air that big speech that everyone is waiting for. president trump speaking to our -- the arab leaders.

it will be very interesting to hear what his message is. what he hopes to portray to the united states. and to the rest of the world. pete. clayton: in about 10 minutes we will have a signing ceremony. sit down and sign several agreements with the administration and saudi arabiaen government fully solidify the economic relationship and cooperation with saudi arabia. those formal agreements will be signing in 15 minutes. you will see the signing. pete: $110 billion sales deal part of which the u.s. and saudi arabia believe will help saudi arabia do even more in the fight against isis and fight against radicalism. that's a big theme of this as you said, abby. i'm really excited and interested to hear his speech tomorrow. what an amazing opportunity. it's going to i believe happen live during our show. an amazing opportunity to reset what america's role is in that region. abby: at a time when we have been so bogged down with details of how many investigations are going on. what a huge opportunity as you said, pete, to reset that narrative and to maybe take control of it to say that, you

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clayton: president trump arriving a short time ago 2:30

in the morning eastern time. a long night. meeting king salman on the runway, on the tarmac and shaking hands. they went through a medal ceremony, coffee ceremony, banquet and now off to economic signing ceremony where the president and saudi arabia about to sign some cooperation agreements on the economy. we are waiting for the president to pop up there. when he does, we will bring it to you live. pete: 12-hour flight from the states to saudi arabia 13-hour day. abby: i hope he slept on that flight. pete: news reports are that he didn't sleep all that much. big formalities beforehand obviously overseas for the first type. abby: hoping the coffee is strong there 110 degrees. we will keep a close-on that and bring it to you. president trump has made his presence felt in the economy lehr at home. clayton: why hasn't the president been given the credit he deserves. pete: joining us to discuss is fox business host charles payne. >> good morning. pete: a double box where we

are following events in saudi arabia. here at home we are following the economy and see how it's developing. what say you? >> it is looking amazing. absolutely amazing. almost on every front. let me set it up for you. after the election, almost every sort of sentiment poll out there went through the roof. whether it was small business or consumer. no matter what. when you ask people how they feel now it was complete upside. that's what wall street calls soft data. it's a survey. maybe it's not true. now it is starting to materialize. i will give you a great example. in december, the first time over a decade. home builder people kicking the tires expand. first time. home ownership for the first time. 300 -- it was double. 850,000 versus 350,000 for renters. first time that's happened in 10 years. this is critical, guys. you have got to understand. people actually going out and buying homes. particularly young people. it was the younger folks who actually moved this needle. home ownership, having

children, that's the underpinnings of our economy. some other signs. clayton: this week the front page of the "wall street journal" home builders going after home buyer market first time in years. we haven't seen that starter home market and encouraging people instead of renting to buy. >> well, congress duffy hit it on the head. these college grads are coming into a workforce where they with k. actually command more money. unemployment rate what i call the u 6 the real unemployment rate is 8.6%. it was double digits just four months ago. guys, we're at the end of corporate earning season. i think i'm going to tell you right now, once they crunch all the numbers, the last three months will be the most profitable in u.s. corporate history. again, this is hard data. this is not survey. these aren't surveys. these are things that show you just how well this economy is doing. what i love the most is that these corporations have a lot of confidence. they are giving us guidance for the full year that's very robust. abby: speaking of corporations. on the left side of the screen

this. this trip in saudi arabia. many ceos are there as well. watching closely the deals that are going to be signed with oil and how important that is to them and to our economy. how should would he be thinking about this? >> look beyond oil. look beyond oil. because saudi arabia is looking beyond oil. you see the imagine if i any sense of dubai what's happening there they had to do that. they are running out of oil. here is where we are going to make a lot of money. saudi arabia last time first time can i remember i went through all the data. we went through a surplus in trade with them. we have a surplus. what are they buying? they are buying vehicles, they are buying aircraft. they are buying chemicals. they need to build their economy. they need to buy our tractors. we are going to make a lot of money with these bills. clayton: president trump on the left side of the screen. charles payne on your right. always great to see you. we will be following this signing ceremony when we come back. clay. pete: we are going to stick around as we were talking to charles payne about the economy the president and first lady appeared in the middle of the room now accompanied by the king of

saudi arabia, and i believe it could be approaching what appears to be the signing ceremony. at least that's what is on the schedule. abby: unilateral. have you sipg seen the president with sing as you sulen throughout the entire day. they have been speaking together and walking together. charles, as we have been talking about with the economy, much of this trip has to do with that. we are so collaborated on the world stage when it comes to oil and as you mentioned many other things. particularly our relationship with saudi arabia. >> the underpinnings of any prosperity is peace. that's why we have had burgeoning middle class increased by 1 billion people. if you can get peace in the middle east, one of the key aspects of this visit is to make sure that you set up some sort of sunni nato if you will. talk about economic growth for everyone. people in saudi arabia, people in syria. imagine if peace ever comes to syria, they have got to rebuild that place. families amazing opportunities. we are looking at history.

pete: another part of this relationship as we watch the president and the king there is the military relationship. our defense industries are robust here in this country. we have partner there. how important could a deal we strike here be to our economic. >> the initial deal they say will be worth $100 billion. but there are things that could happen that can make it 350 billion-dollar deal over the next 10 years. you know, needless to say, the ceo of lockheed martin is there the ceo of -- the ceo of boeing is there critically important. again, economically for us. but more than that, guys. remember, when you have peace, that's when you get true prosperity. pete: these are our companies selling to saudi arabia. >> certainly. pete: fight against radical islam we get the economic benefits. >> i'm saying the long-term benefits people get edgy when they take about arms deals. they can't connect the dots. the dot you want to connect is that again, when you have peace, everything else comes from there. every kind of growth comes from there. when you don't have peace, you don't have any form of

prosperity. great deals for american works who work at lockheed martin, boeing or any of these other companies. long term it is great news. clayton: reverberation for indiana. raytheon family factory. workers who work go home, buy properties, rent and lift all boats whether you have that kind of economic growth. we saw president trump, you know, upset about the carrier factory. remember most jobs going to mexico. >> let me give you one more example this week why i said the economy is surging. industrial production. of the capacity utilization. what are we doing with our factories. the number came in at three-year high. what's driving it, steel, iron, oil. those are the underpinnings of our economy. those are good paying jobs. you don't make investments in those if you are a company if you don't have extreme confidence that we are growin growing. abby: it's interesting. president trump five months on the job. many of the working in the swamp of d.c. dealing with congress, dealing

with the media. you see him here in saudi arabia first international trip talking about the deals he is going to make with foreign policy, with the economy. rles?is something that he he has worked in business for so many years. when it comes to deal making and dealing with foreign leaders, this seems to be a comfort zone for him. >> right, in a nutshell, what you are seeing is a trip where both parties have the mutual goal of benefiting each other. unfortunately, washington, d.c. doesn't work that way. i think president trump is accustomed to going into these sort of meetings where both parties want to gain something positive, not hurt each other, but find a way to mutually create something of value that each benefits from. washington doesn't work that way. pete: what we are watching right now on our screen he just moved from it they were looking at a painting of the mecca holiest site in islam. have you got the king alongside our president. presumably going picture by picture, painting by painting, explaining whether it's heir

history or islam it's relationship building. abby: this goes to showing respect. when you visit another culture and country, taking the time to appreciate the history of that place. where they come from. the people that are the leaders there. i mean, taking this time is so important. i think that shows the utmost respect. clayton: and the world eyes. charles, we talked about this. the world eyes are on saudi arabia. they realize this is show for them as well. look at all the cameras. this is saudi arabiaen state television. it looks like hundreds of cams to be able to pool the feeds that fox news can pull this i havvideo from. they are capturing this at every angle because the world's eyes are on saudi arabia. it's an important moment for them to modernize their society. >> beare beaming with pride. modernizing their society. why is the middle east so infatuated with skyscrapers. people used to come all around the world to america to seat tallest building. i don't know if america has a building in the top ten right now.

they are building a one and a half times the size of the world trade center. they want to be modernized and propel themselves to the global economy. they are so proud in saudi arabia that president trump picked them first. they are beaming with pride. abby: charles, do you remember president obama's visit with saudi arabia? i can't help but notice the contrast here. the amount of effort that they have put into this meeting with president trump rolling out the red carpet from the time he got off the airplane to what we are seeing right now. why do you think it has been so different? >> well, the saudis, the he felt he kicked them to the curb. i'm sorry president obama, and the icing on the cake was the iran nuke deal that destabilized the region. you have iran who is a sponsor of terrorism throughout the region and now the proxy war between iran and saudi arabia is yemen. and maybe this doesn't happen if we don't give iran a bunch of billions of dollars to fund this uprising in yemen and overnight it became one of the

world's most dangerous hot spots. pete: establishing a lot of the relationships. >> showing we are going to stand by their side. clayton: charles, will you stick by us for a moment. >> sure. clayton: we are awaiting the signing ceremony between president trump and sing salman solidify the economic cooperation. we will get your economic take on this charles in a few moments. first we want to bring in benjamin hall live in riyadh watching this unfold and paint a scene for us. benjamin it's been an extraordinary morning. where is the president walking with the king? >> well, we believe that he has just finished lunch with the king. and that was, of course, a closed meal. and now i think they are making their way towards the signing ceremony. you know, we don't know a lot about that at the moment. there are some rumors, we do know there is going to be a big arms deal signed. we don't know if this is going to be it in particular. what we are seeing is how complex, how many levels there are to this whole visit. there is, of course, this

first day which is very say ceremonial. show of friendship, rebuilding the relationship, very ceremonial starting this morning with all important handshake at the bottom of the stairs and moving on from that to the coffee ceremony. that of course is very symbolic. that's what we would expect in first few days. very nice chitchat back and forth. we heard president trump comment on how beautiful the room was. starting to rebuild the relationship between the two leaders. that's how you would expect this to start. as we move on, start to see. so really big meetings take place and hear something big in this signing ceremony coming up now. because this is so multi-faceted. of course, one of the major issues here is the anti-isis coalition. that's one of the reasons that this bond needs to be so strong at the moment. saudi arabia, of course, being the second largest partner in the bombing raids against isis in syria. so, and we are going to be discussing that. we will see president trump visit command and control center tomorrow from where those planes take off.

but, also, they are going to be looking at the economic developments and 110 billion-dollar deal is what we're hearing about at the moment. an arms deal. remember bake in 2016 president obama actually put on hold some of the arms deals and that was just some of the straw that broke the camel's back as far as the relationship between the two countries went. that's one of the major issues that we're going to see here as they rebuild this relationship. but, we know tomorrow as well the high point of this in saudi arabia is going to be the speech. that's where he is going to come out and president trump will have to be a little bit tough there because we know he is talking about islam. general mcmaster told us that speech tomorrow he is giving to 50 muslim leaders around the world will be inspiring but also be decisive. he is going to make a very clear point that they need to bring all kin tries in the region need to preach a more tolerant version of islam. that's been the problem. they are going to say if you want to work with us you need to work with us across the board. economic, military, defense, terrorism.

we are seeing the first of the moments play out today with the ceremonial roles. back to you. clayton: benjamin hall live in riyadh. we have charles payne on the couch and geraldo rivera who just snuck in here women of things that we expect to hear during the speech is will the president push saudi arabia on taking active role in fighting terrorism. why why do we have to be out there middle east needs to step up and

iranians have the winning hand in the syrian conflict but saudi arabia has been left out, has thrown the president, domestic problems, complications back home. they welcomed him with open arms reminding me of george w. bush holding hands with the king of saudi, george hw bush, the traditional american policy, reciprocated big time with this multibillion-dollar defense deal. the president has a lot to show for it and the pomp and circumstance of this welcome, this is clearly the welcome donald trump -- adored head of state, welcome head of state, vip getting the red carpet treatment, something i president needs and if he makes a $200

billion defense deal, who could fault that? down the road we have complications, but for right now this is exactly what the president needed. i enjoy the fact the first trip is inspired to visit the muslim birthplace, the jewish birthplace, the christian head of the christian church, in the vatican. this is a wonderful tonic. >> visiting the three major religions of the world. if you are just tuning in this has been going on for hours, the president with members of his family, his wife, many members of the administration, rights priebus, rex tillerson. we have been following this all morning, the stamina people have in this. and this has gone on for a

number of hours. 70s. talk about the stamina, the strength to keep doing this. >> that is why donald trump won the election, the most amazing energy in north america now he transferred it over there, 100 ° inside that room. i am struck by the paucity of women, occasional sprinkling of females but melania trump is a bombshell in a modern country, there she must be is a vision of a desert goddess. she looks so lovely, so dignified alongside her husband, very powerful statement of american glamour, movie star appeal. the charisma of this couple is undeniable, getting out from under the yoke of russia and the rest of it, he can shine the way

he did, civilian celebrity, this was a major major statement of support with the saudis. >> this leads to the meeting. with donald trump and the first lady in the middle. i couldn't see -- americans on the left side. >> what strikes you about this bilateral meeting, what do you expect the president would walk away with? >> how tough he is, the role of acknowledging radical islam, this is reassuring the sunnis that we have got there back. some call it arab/sunni nato, push back against radical forces

usurping the religion of islam, those like iran see them patrolling an entire region going back to persian history, and saudi arabia one of the largest purchasers of arms in the world, magnificent deal. for me economically the other things that will happen, saudi arabia shifting away from oil. in 2012 we had $30 billion deficit in saudi arabia. last year we had a $1 billion surplus. their purchasing power, they have a lot of money and got to make transition not like what is happening in the united arab emirates, dubai, they need american expertise, american corporations to do that, banking and tourist area, tourists don't go when bonds are blowing up. it is unfortunate donald trump won't look at their wall.

have you seen the blueprints of their wall? they are building a wall in case the isis army breakthrough, impenetrable. el chapo couldn't get over or under this. this when you can't go over or under. it is a military and economic reset. >> you mentioned the 9/11 connection, the guy who killed -- you may argue -- how the president used his speech will change extremists, poisoning the minds of so many young muslims, the wahhabi form, if you can't do that an arms deal won't fix it. >> brilliant question. what the subtle message of tomorrow is, not sure how it will be, donald trump is not barack obama. barack obama went to the region in 2009 and made speech about

emerging democracies and letting people realize their human potential, it was widely criticized or given credit for launching the arab spring. destabilizing despotic regimes like saudi arabia, libya, go on and on, syria, tunisia, barack obama launched and came to regret horribly, he created game of thrones in the middle east since 2009. what donald trump is saying his slow down, we are not here to disrupt your domestic government, your domestic tranquility or lack thereof, your situation, you have a despotic roller whether it is king solomon or the next qaddafi, the general they have, that is your deal. all we want is for you to prevent the extremist islamic

sunni islamic terrorists to affect and in fact hours. he is lowering the expectations, taking the idealism out and saying this is the reality, you deal with your country, we will deal with our country, let's do business, watch each other's backs. >> how important this trip is, the first international trip donald trump has taken the it you wake up this morning and the number one headlines the russian investigation. narrative, take control of it. >> address the president as a friend for whom i have tremendous affection, i hope and fully expect that before you got on air force one to fly to the region, you had some hiring, the

best criminal defense attorney in washington dc, barnett or whoever the greatest attorney is get the best guy and put him strictly on russiagate. you take care of that business, we will make deals with saudi arabia, shake hands with the pope, talk to nato and do the difference of the country but he cannot for one half second allow what is going on in washington go and monitored by pros. i'm not talking about politicians or people in the west wing or trump advisers. people like kindle, in 1998, the top flight to match and check

every one of these moves. look at the west wing, that is crawling with rats. and the situation room, what is negative to donald trump. is leaked within milliseconds of the washington post of the new york times. >> guesting fee should clean out. >> nice to have you on this busy morning. business he leaves behind, these rat in the white house, does donald trump need to come back renewed, refreshed and clean house? >> it is not going to go away. he will come back and it will greet him. what he needs to do is take a new approach, needs to ignore

the media or any single thing, when general mc master defended the president and swatted down the washington post, leaking classified information to the russians. let his people defend him and stay on message, stay focused and be serious about executing the agenda promised the american people. >> we are watching this bilateral meeting. a name i mentioned, hr mcmaster at the table. some are surprisingly -- a warm welcome, not just the red carpet but the platinum carpet, with open arms. tell us, this is a president who is criticized to be anti-muslim,

the center of mecca and medina saying we welcome mister president, why do they welcome him so openly? >> makes perfect sense. the president is trying to do a couple things, he wants to fight back terrorism. if there are muslim people who want to live peacefully among one another the president wants to be a friend of amanda saudi's have a serious anti-terror operation. they are glad the president has taken a tough approach, iran, the previous president, president obama and powered iran and that was with the iran deal leaving the iranian nuclear program in place, set it back several years and that was a major problem for the saudi's who are an enemy of the iranians, now we have a president who is very serious pushing back on iran's power and influence in syria so the

saudi's are very excited about a president taking a more pragmatic approach to securing instability in the world. >> that big speech in front of the arab leaders, we will air that on "fox and friends," speaking to them and the rest of the world about his plans for foreign-policy and his message to them. you understand so well and dig so deep, what do you want to hear from him tomorrow? >> it will be a major difference, more contrast to what president obama set out to do, president obama kicked off his international tour, his apology tour he gave, gave a big speech in cairo in which he apologized for all these things the united states had done in the past, donald trump i expect is going to have something very different, very forward leading in terms of what the united states stands for, what we're going to do, clear and inspirational and he is going to say the united states is not

going to bend to the will and the values of the rest of the world. if you want the united states to be on your side you need to bend 2 hours and i think that clarity, standing up and saying not going to tolerate terrorism, this is what the united states stands for, the rest of the world will appreciate that, leaders will respond to that positively, they want stability and security and want to know where the united states stands. >> charles payne from the foxbusiness network, geraldo rivera sitting on the couch. in riyadh, saudi arabia the president just arrived, i want to get all your takes on the james comey situation and the economic fallout, 300 point swing because of this mess. we learned last night the james comey will testify in front of the senate, first time we will hear from him. leaks coming from his friend.

what do you expect to hear from james comey? >> i would hope james comey, lens dignity, and to the office he is leaving behind. not to screw up any criminal investigation. very easy for legislative hearing since comey is not accused of anything, he can make statements that are vindictive. he is only human, can't be portrayed as a great saint. he will be asked about how he reacts to being called a nut job by the president allegedly. he will be asked about when he was told what in terms of the russian allegations and allegations of collusion. the comey testimony which is expected after memorial day will be disruptive to donald trump.

one addendum. i want the president to respond to those things, i want his lawyer to respond to comey. i want the president to preside over the united states of america. >> is he capable of saying getting off twitter and ask about the russian investigation, you know i am here to talk about the issues the american people care about, the economy, healthcare. >> i volunteer free of choice and wanted to restrain that reaction, restrain normal response to attack. he has to be laser focused on the country and relations with these other nations. >> as his plane was taking off to go to saudi arabia, the new york times leaked unnamed accusations of people inside the white house, talked to people. and they get is a witchhunt like

donald trump has said. what can he do to fight back. and turn from an agenda the american people elected. >> remember what the allegation taking off was. if there was a person of interest within the white house, white house official -- >> that can mean anything. >> true but as a lawyer -- a person of disinterest. >> white house under investigation. >> listing the follies coming fast and furious about every day and a half, one of these major allegations, an official in the white house, person of interest, the criminal investigation. i still maintain i have seen

nothing to change my mind, there is 0 evidence of criminal collusion in russia8, no crime at the heart of this scandal. the perjury trap, michael flynn is in serious trouble, immunity from the senate going to go to jail, you heard it here first. he lied to federal officials. you can turn upside down. you cannot lie to a federal official. general flynn, god bless them, an american hero by all accounts, strong and vibrant man, you can't lie to a fed and expect to go unscathed. >> the uncertainty geraldo was talking about, we have seen this honeymoon period in the market, and huge swings down,

uncertainty, business is wondering what will happen to the tax-cut down the pike or healthcare reform. >> the last three days were the perfect test for the market rally. we were slammed big time, the tao is off 400 points. we came running back. we were down 100 points, climbing steadily, yesterday at one point the dow was up 200 points so we would largely recover the bigger pocket on wednesday. >> he said he can overcome this. >> what drives market is the bottom line and the market like geraldo is saying, the market, they rubberneckers this kind of stuff. when the impeachment word gets out, that uncertainty, the only thing wall street -- wall street

doesn't hate anything more than uncertainty, a dark shadow over the white house, a major swoon, when you get back to moving away from the headlines focusing on what is really happening, the fundamentals is when the market gets its footing back. >> it caused so much confusion, i don't know where to get news anymore because i don't believe anything i see and a lot of that confusion in this conversation, these leaks inside the white house inside the fbi, how much of that is a problem when it comes to your expertise, national security. this trip in saudi arabia, when you have people inside the white house leaking secret information that shouldn't be known to the public, how dangerous is that? >> the washington post reported basing it on anonymous sources about meeting donald trump had

with the russians in which it was highly classified. the whole thing is based anonymously, wasn't true, didn't happen. when i read that story i thought these anonymous leaks, the president of the united states has to have confidence. and able to execute american foreign policy, needs to become comfortable speaking, you cannot have these leaks. intelligence with allies as well it is very troubling there are people, this hero complex leaking this information, it is responsible for the media to continue to report this, undermine the president, it doesn't tell me anything and make the american people tune

out. >> the leaks have gone on, they haven't been able to get to the bottom of it yet. >> the scenario being acted out in the trump administration. have i seen a white house so divided against itself where the president of the united states has no assurance whatsoever, it will not go unreported, the -- quite hostile to us. richard nixon in 1972 was already in trouble, seeking his second term, when he opened up

china. it is something historic. this isn't quite that. >> regardless what is going on. >> we will get you back on this, we have had ryan on the show, and clean house. and he needs a press secretary. he needs to be -- a few feet down from the president. is that a smart move. >> what i'm hearing from people in the white house, working for the president, the problem is not the people the president picked by himself, had

conversations who agreed to implement his agenda. the problem is a lot of these holdovers. a lot of personnel from the previous administration buried in the bureaucracy. these are the people who are supposed to say yes, sir, and execute his agenda. they are not the president of the united states. andrea: some of the information, only a handful of people in this room, the very bureaucrats -- i don't know. i think if we -- republicans and the white house keeps believing that is the leaks will never be solved. series information going on. >> one of his best advisers. >> this is the security of the united states. this is not just donald trump, but business of the united states of america. >> anything that happens in our

inner sanctum is publicized, how can business go on? how can anyone be assured. they are the bad guy now. how would they have any faith the president of the united states -- what they say to the president. way wink and not and goes away into the washington post. and the president those 2 trump, it is really distressing, where you stand if you don't see that,

it is very interesting, if it is true, the story, that is very interesting. what is far more compelling and distressing to me, what is happening in that oval office is leaked almost immediately. >> got to fix it. i agree with geraldo 1000%. a lot of republicans this is just obama holdovers or hold school bureaucrat at a lower level who wants to hold on to his or her job. and underscores the risk. >> great to see you both. michael walsh, former campaign policy advisor and state department official and still with us, rebecca heinrich, national security fellow at the hudson institute talking national security.

>> we are watching the left-hand side, moments ago, bilateral meeting between the us and saudi arabian government. after is that a sign in ceremony on an economic deal and potential weapons deal. we don't know what the amount will be your nature, how important is this deal and what might it lead to? >> it reflects a broader -- gulf arab states and is real, the israelis were worried about arab neighbors, ballistic missile programs, in ten years after the deal after the iran deal, we are signing a broader weapons deal with the saudi's that will include our most advanced ships, precision guidance weapons, and

other things are under discussion, what we deployed to south korea. this is a broader realignment and the president going to is real to sign a broader deal. to defend themselves against hamas and hezbollah and are most advanced joint strike fighters, getting more of, that alignment where they were more worried about iran than each other which we have seen in the past. >> what do you expect to hear from the president in this meeting, we want saudi arabia to step up more in this fight, there needs to be more pressure put on isis and radical islam from saudi arabia, something he hyped on during the campaign, america can't shoulder the

burden alone. how much will be part of this? >> this is a historic trip for donald trump but what it was intended and the controversy in the un, regarding alleged tied to russia. arabs are famous for greeting guests with pomp and circumstance, being gracious and you see that in the footage they are showing. for donald trump and his administration, he is serving as some coffee and a beautiful room in a circle and telling you what you think you want to hear and not what they are inc.. attending meetings this week he worried what is happening with donald trump at home is distracting from the message. the message is supposed to be that the us will take leadership in fighting isis on broader

efforts to fight islamic extremism and the us is going to pivot towards the arab gulf country allies away from iran to iraq. the leaders will be meeting with were wondering if this president has the strength and support back home to deliver on policy changes. >> the white house statement on the saudi arms deal had is "happening now". this package of defense equipment and service support the long-term security of saudi arabia, bolstering the kingdom's ability to counterterrorism operations reducing burden on the us military to discuss this the package demonstrating the clearest terms possible the united states commitment to saudi arabia and gulf partners, this does seem like a recent button.

for these nations. >> what president obama set out to do in these terms pushing iran back, in the obama administration, focusing on the nuclear program narrowly and a lot of the prohibitions on missile testing to the iran deal itself, the iranians have been testing ballistic missiles and one of the things secretary matus said when he was a general is he is worried about the iran deal because it would empower the iranians and there would be a cascade of missiles that would upset the balance in the rest of the world. the weapons programs out of this deal have to do with pushing iran back and empowering our arab allies to protect themselves and that is where you will see missile defense systems talked about as well. this is doing cleanup and a reset, get back in the middle

east. >> how does he ran react to this? a big part of the statement is the white house became an embargoed talking about reducing the burden of the us military to conduct these operations. how much of this is about backing away you >> you are seeing the broader theme, the green beret community, we cannot tackle this global scourge of islamic extremism stretching from the philippines to north and the middle east by ourselves, you are not going to see hundreds of thousands of american boots on the ground in the middle east going forward. we have to do this through surrogates whether it is the kurds or partner nations and that means building the capacity and capability of the saudi, afghan and other nationstate

military forces. you have to do that through weapons sales and you want those tied in and capable and able to link in with the united states and training and advising and assisting. you need to see that looking forward, a big part of what donald trump is going to announce at nato. what most folks expect to see 3000 more american troops to go into afghanistan in a supporting role. not kicking in doors and pulling triggers advising or assisting the afghan army. the common thread going forward. >> the shift away from oil in saudi arabia. a trade surplus shifted from years ago where we were billions in debt to saudi arabia, not shifted in our favor, they need to move away from oil, part of the package is unique opportunities for us companies

to expand into that region, it is incredibly important for this region. what do you see from that side of the story? >> not just saudi arabia, and diverse i the economy. saudi arabia the biggest producer of oil, most come from oil at 12 million barrels per day and oil is at issue for saudi arabia, but donald trump going to the middle east trying to strike deals and help american companies and advocate for american companies in these important markets, an important part of what the president needs to do and the secretary of commerce needs to embrace the effort to advocate for companies in the middle east. there is a great market, how much revenue comes in in a country like saudi arabia and

uae. >> michael walsh, thank you for joining us. excellent analysis in real time as we follow developments in saudi arabia. donald trump is aiming to unite the civilized world against terrorism during his foreign trip, karl rove is here to discuss that and the significance of his trip next, stick around. click click (male announcer) hit escape with great deals on great gear. like our best selling fish fryer for under $30. only at bass pro shops. how if guests book direct ater, choicehotels.com and stay twice they'll get a $50 gift card? summertime. badda book. badda boom. got you a shirt! ...i kept the receipt... book now at choicehotels.com now there's armor all wash wipes with lift and clean technology.

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>> welcome back to "fox and friends". looking at the left side of the screen at riyadh, saudi arabia where donald trump arrived to meet with the king and sitting down with a signing ceremony and brought economic package. we want to bring in deputy chief

of staff to george w. bush and friend of our show, karl rove. nice to see you this morning. we want your take on what is unfolding behind the scenes. we had corey lewandowski on earlier. what is unfolding while the president is in saudi arabia? what needs to happen with these leaks coming out of the inner circle of the white house? >> two kinds of leaks. the oval office conversation with the russians may not have happened within the white house, this document was circulated in the intelligence community and absolutely at the top levels of the state department. maybe there is a career person at the national security council or the state department or the intelligence community that took it upon themselves, not necessarily thinking it came

from the president's immediate staff. could have come from outside the white house but there are lots of leaks in the white house. i read one article in the washington post two weeks ago, happened to be having dinner with a couple people. they are coming from inside. there were 11 quotes trashing other members of the white house staff from nine members of the white house staff, all of them unnamed. there is a lot of this and the president has to set the tone. i don't think he should coming and indiscriminately fire people. he has to identify somebody who leaked and say that person is gone but he has to inspire his people in the west wing to do their best. most of their shots are not aimed at him but at each other. they don't seem to understand that diminishes him for them to be trashing, been in people

trashing priebus people, been in people attack cohen, democrats, national economic council, they are serving their private interests. >> unfortunate what we are seeing play out. you have been following this trip in saudi arabia, first international trip visiting the major religions of the world. then going to israel and vatican, how important strategically was the first trip he is making to saudi arabia. >> i give credit to hr mcmaster and tillerson and his people in recognizing the structure, the president was smart to go to saudi arabia. this is one of the linchpins of the situation in the middle east, israel and saudi arabia

are longtime allies in israel and great longtime ally in saudi arabia with both of them over the last eight years -- i had a remarkable meeting with a saudi who said at the end of this conversation congratulations, you achieved the unachievable in the middle east, you convinced saudi arabia and the state of israel that you are an unreliable ally. donald trump is in a place where by saying to the saudis you are coming and this is the first we are having, sending an important message to reestablish this relationship on the basis of mutual interest and resolve. >> on 9/11 the world opened to this threat of islamic terrorism. now we have donald trump giving a major speech tomorrow. what do you expect him to stay in contrast to president obama and what opportunities can he

exploit? >> he will start by describing it as radical islam. he will not pull his punches as president obama did and he will be unapologetic. the middle eastern culture respects strength. bernard lewis, the famous middle east specialist said you need to remember the arabs follow the strong horse. usama bin laden wants to be the strong horse. america must be the stronger horse and donald trump understand strength that he will project that tomorrow a. i hope he cautions the saudis they have a responsibility to confront this not only militarily and economically and diplomatically but culturally because you mentioned earlier saudi arabia is one of the major sources of funding for radical wahhabi, strain of mainstream islam thinking but an offshoot

that gives rise to islamic terrorism and this has been a continuing problem in our relationship with saudi's, they need to make sure the stream of money that goes to radical imams is cut off. >> your former boss faces controversies, foreign trips are often an opportunity for two situations. it could go poorly or the a total reset for the administration to turn the page and get back to what the american people want their president to be fighting for. if you were advising the president what would you say? >> stay focused on the trip because things will happen at each of these stops, saudi arabia, israel, the vatican, major meetings with our allies,

nato meeting, stay focused on that. what he can do on that will have long-term consequences for the country and his presidency. when he comes back realize he will have wind in his back to take advantage of that by being focused on important things. this is a moment to pivot, stop tweeting about fake news or making any comment about russia and the fbi investigation or congressional investigation. this is a moment to elevate your self lose the president when he traveled abroad appears presidential. whatever that term means like good art, every american understands when the president acts the way we want. he is going to look great on this trip. well scripted, right venues, people willing and ready to give him a good hearing, eager to

meet him or be with him. when he comes back, take advantage of that by taking a moment to reset at home. >> such an interesting background, you have been on this before. what is going on in terms of the preparation? we have been watching this unfold, the shaking of the hand and other things. how much preparation goes into folks like you who are on this trip in terms of helping the president be his best self and representing the united states? >> a lot of work has gone into preparation of this and all of these are carefully scripted out and agreed to major points that are discussed in advance. from of people from the state department and the national security council have been working on this. typically the lead person in that arrangement is called the sherpa. this is a summit.

the lead person, one of the coolest titles and government, and intricate planning on everything, when it will take place, what is appropriate and what the president will say and what is the king going to say and what issues does the president want to raise or what issues does the king want to raise. they find places to diminish points of disagreement, get a common agenda and what everyone is comfortable with. this is important from one unseen perspective. there is a generational change in saudi arabia. the king is elderly, his predecessor was elderly, this king has jumped over a generation. you will see a lot of important saudi officials and their 30s and 40s. this is a chance for us to develop these relationships with

people who are governing in saudi arabia not for the next 10 or 15 years but the next 30 or 40 years. that is why it is important for the president to go to saudi arabia, to take a large delegation, for this to be a lengthy visit and good consequences for us. >> that is why we are covering the president's speech. >> fascinating time in history. sherpa, i like that. >> our coverage of the visit to saudi arabia continues. ng up inpence will give the a little bit. we will bring that you when that happens. busy morning when we get back. but with scotts turf builder weed & feed, bill has nothing to worry about. it kills weeds and greens grass, guaranteed.

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>> you are looking at videos from riyadh, saudi arabia, today, time is 67 hour difference. when he left, the washington post and the new york times after air force one took off from washington dc, the new york post and washington post had these headlines, the new york times saying trump told russians comey used to pressure from investigation and the washington post had headline reading russia probe reaches current white house official, people familiar with the case say so. the president is flying to saudi arabia for historic first trip, within minutes of him taking off, to further the narrative. the media working together to

undermine this president? we will debate it. democratic strategist richard fowler and republican strategist john caldwell. you for being here. we continue to follow the president's meeting in saudi arabia. the signing ceremony coming soon. we want to debate this. it looks like mainstream media want to do everything they can minute by minute, when the president will advance american interests, whatever russian collusion or michael flynn or leaks, doesn't it look like sheer opposition? >> no. the new york times and washington post working together, that is not true. >> they are cut from the came --

the same cloth. >> independent journalists are trying to get to the bottom of the story and when they get information they have an obligation to report to the american people. you may not like their reporting but it is still there reporting. i think the larger problem is the trump administration is suffering a leak, so many leaks in his administration that he can't keep control of it. it is important this white house beyond promoting american strength broad, when he comes back home figures out how we deal with the leaks, who is leaking. >> that is a huge issue when this information is getting out, leaks are a big problem but there seems to be the opposition party, the desire from the left stream media to tear him down no matter what. >> leaks are a big problem they have to get under control. people at the washington post and new york times, there are

journalists that operate with integrity but the media agenda has been one of no integrity. the harvard study showing 98% of major outlets were providing negative pieces towards donald trump. every media outlet follows daily activities of donald trump, extrapolating things that make him look like a liar, crook or impeachable offense, this has become problematic and this is journalistic malpractice. we got to continue these stories because in the first hundred days you saw what they were willing to do even when donald trump was doing things in a way most agreed were appropriate and very presidential and problematic for folks on the left and in the media because they are the opposition party. to a degree. >> the left and the media are synonymous. to this point, this harvard

study, harvard did a study of media coverage of donald trump looking at cnn, msnbc, new york times and fox. 93% of cnn coverage has been negative, 93% of nbc, 91% of cbs, 80% of the new york times and fox news channel, 52% compared to previous -- donald trump 80% negative, obama 40% negative. how can you tell me these are independent journalists when they are accosting donald trump? >> the president creates the situation for himself. take michael flynn. let me make my point. he shouldn't have hired michael flynn but he hired him anyway those is advisers told him not to, his crowd size, donald trump made the report about his crowd size, he continued to tweet

about russia. he puts himself in these situations over and over again but you can't blame the media for reporting on it. >> we are losing our feed. this will continue. stick around, more from his trip to saudi arabia.

>> welcome back. we have dual fox news alerts was the signing ceremony in riyadh, donald trump sitting down with the saudi king to sign historical agreement economically, militarily. >> there will be a statement from rex tillerson at 11 am. >> the vice president landed in grove city, live footage of him landing at the tarmac giving the commencement address is that