i am paula newton. >> i am george howell. cnn newsroom starts

i am paula newton. >> i am george howell. cnn newsroom starts now. >>> the official business gets started in a couple hours. you see the president here about two hours ago, stepping down the stairs with the first lady of the united states, melania trump. he will have a formal meeting with the king and prince. and white house staffers focusing on the busy agenda. a slew of controversy z threaten to follow their travels. >> back in washington, sources tell cnn russian officials were so close about ties to michael flynn in the 2016 campaign that they openly bragged about it among themselves. they believed they could use him to influence policy if mr. trump won the election, which of course he did. as if that wasn't enough, fbi director james comey is ready to give his side of the story after mr. trump fired him last week. he will testify before the senate intelligence committee in the next few weeks in a public hearing. >> that is story line two. here is three and four on top of that. "new york times" reporting mr. trump referre

. >> i'm paula newton. north korea has fired another ballistic missile.officials say it flew about 500 kilometers or 300 miles, that's a shorter distance than the last missile test. >> that one was launched about a week ago and was according to north korea considered a success. >>> a story we continue to follow, also the u.s. president donald trump, he has a packed schedule in saudi arabia. he is at a gathering of arab leaders in riyadh, after meeting personally with several of them. in the coming hours the president is set to five an important speech about fighting radicalism. >>> the leaders of russia and syria are congratulating iran's president on his re-election. hasan rouhani was a force with the u.s. and other partners. >>> if you are just joining us in the u.s. or around the world, there is breaking news we are following on the korean peninsula. south korean officials say north korea fired some type of ballistic missile. alexander field is following all the details. we understand now the white house is aware of what happened. what more can you tel