king abdullah, and that is continuing. a big progress. also, you want to talk about, you mentioned secular saudi arabia. can you talk about that? >> yes. again, it goes down within the perimeter of the new saudi arabia where people are focusing more on people rather than backgrounds and faith, they were not trying to sort of like people are so-called religious ideologies but now they are talking about new ideas, new face, new things and it is being taught. visitors are coming up. you have music coming in and arts, culture from all over the world from greece and here and there. and as you mentioned david rosen who i have met so many times, this was king abdullah's initiative for the saudi settlement paid not talk about paying money in vienna but in madrid. i think this i this is a good s. people don't know, the media also covers a lot of these interfaith projects that the saudi government does. this should come in the forefront. >> have. i am chairperson national center for women entrepreneur. i have a couple of questions. i see too many -

i want to welcome his majesty king abdullah to the white house. is me on your duty. as i. was and not have been older than. were you. by it was a lot. but i want bananas when north. korea had a. power levy did after. representing president obama at the u.n. when that u.s.-u.k. back there strike took place with samantha power yet this week she tweeted that the so called saudi u.a.e. coalition shouldn't be bombing hospitals today saudi u.a.e. coalition while the hospital yesterday unicef reported that they have repeatedly attacked facilities that provide drinking water horrifying in the extreme u.s. and all support full court press on sept peace talks in the shadow of obama administration officials making an extraordinary u. turns of alleged war crimes like that and aid groups claiming continued bombing of the poorest country in the middle east by already have trained warplane pilots we're going to hear from n.g.o.s save the children joining me now from so the last guy because i sure as i'm welcome to going underground the i.c.r.c. has been telling r.t. in the past few days

that is a shocking fact so i give answers like king abdullah may be an actor or actress to the extremist cleric based in saudi arabia with 20 million followers not just on twitter but also step chat across platforms probably one of the single biggest driver is why young people would go to syria and iraq he doesn't violate terms of service but the narrative complements a lot of what they're doing watching over 30 percent of youth to follow them and has a huge following across the world. looking at the of a top hundred he is right after heller -- hillary clinton and right before of ensuring. so he has a huge consistency so he think of the counter and meredith would get muhammed to see the type of charisma he exudes online you can see why young people buy into his ways of thought and will get up and do something based on what he says i would say audience segmentation matters so second is the idea that real-time feedback groups the headline is that it kills is that they are perfecting the strategy that's they will try certain things but they will move very quickly a at times it varies at the

and intelligence sharing open but ties were affected in the early days of the conflict jordan's king abdullah called on assad to step down that approach later changed with the priority being the protection of national security interests it has been a difficult balancing act for jordan it likes to describe its policy toward the syrian crisis as it called for a political solution and it didn't call for regime change as a condition to end the crisis the kingdom to a certain extent followed an independent course from its allies who were supporting the opposition despite its cautious approach jordan along with the u.s. and saudi arabia did back the opposition in southern syria but when damascus was close to victory it convinced many rebels to surrender it is enough for them to reopen its embassy in damascus and this would be tantamount to acknowledge them until they did. bashar to stick but not the player. or definitely clearly in favor of the regime so russia is going to want there's no question about that. with that you have a neighbor like this you need to deal with that many jordanians accuse

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i want to welcome his majesty king abdullah to the white house. is me on your duty. as i. was the night of a number than a thousand and one and. two are you nuts what baidoa was a lot. but i'm not bananas when north. korea had a. power levy deducted a while. representing president obama at the u.n. when that u.s. u.k. backed airstrike took place with samantha power yet this week she tweeted that the so-called saudi u.a.e. coalition shouldn't be bombing hospitals today saudi u.a.e. coalition while the hospital yesterday unicef reported that they have repeatedly attacked facilities that provide drinking water horrifying in the extreme u.s. and all support full court press on sept peace talks in the shadow of obama administration officials making the extraordinary u. turns of alleged war crimes like that and aid groups claiming continued bombing of the poorest country in the middle east by already have trained warplane pilots we're going to hear from n.g.o.s save the children joining me now from so the.

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and intelligence sharing open but ties were affected in the early days of the conflict jordan's king abdullahalled on assad to step down that approach later changed with the priority being the protection of national security interests it has been a difficult balancing act for jordan it likes to describe its policy toward the syrian crisis as it called for a political solution and it didn't call for regime change as a condition to end the crisis the kingdom to a certain extent followed an independent course from its allies who were supporting the opposition despite its cautious approach jordan along with the u.s. and saudi arabia did back the opposition in southern syria but when damascus was close to victory it convinced many rebels to surrender it is enough for them to reopen its embassy in damascus and this would be tantamount to acknowledge them until they did. bashar to stick but not the player. or definitely clearly in favor of the regime so russia is going to want there's no question about that. with that you have a neighbor like this you need to deal with that many jordanians accuse th

and intelligence sharing open but ties were affected in the early days of the conflict jordan's king abdullah called on assad to step down that approach later changed with the priority being the protection of national security interests it has been a difficult balancing act for jordan it likes to describe its policy toward the syrian crisis as it called for a political solution and it didn't call for regime change as a condition to end the crisis the kingdom to a certain extent followed an independent course from its allies who were supporting the opposition despite its cautious approach jordan along with the u.s. and saudi arabia did back the opposition in southern syria but when damascus was close to victory.

strong and close relationships with allies in the arab world as well for president or sort of king abdullah of jordan to the king of saudi arabia the crown prince there now egypt and so on and his vision has always been you've got to have security and you've got to have democracy and you've got to have peace among people and that can't happen when israel is the target of attacks at the same time i think is quite sympathetic for the human rights issues confronting the palestinian people and always seeking a settlement there one last question for you ambassador because you were the u.s. special representative to ukraine ukraine of course saw john mccain as its strongest american supporters in its ongoing conflict with russia how do you think is that this going to impact u.s. policy on the russia ukraine issue. i think senator mccain has already had a tremendous impact on u.s. policy concerning ukraine and concerning russia right now i believe there is more consensus in the united states on those policies than has been the case for decades both in terms of support for ukraine non-recognition o

cc is beaming, king abdullah is beaming, this is what they need. what happens within 10 days? the gcc says we are all guilty, we have been mucking around doing things we shouldn't have been doing it, one of us has worked. and we're going to boycott cotter -- qatar. that is geopolitics, that his leadership. from one speech leads to one of the biggest advances of global jihadism being dealt with by its own arab-muslim neighbors. statecraft in the classic sense of the word. what is the trump doctrine? what is the strategy? i've got some bad news, there are no labels, there are no categories. this is not a man that fits into the theory book. i had to study it, it is all garbage. you cannot split the world into no liberal, realists, the world doesn't function like an ir textbook. what the president has brought to the table is the love of a nation, melded with pragmatism. he is the arch pragmatist. within that, he has some polar points that have helped his navigation. the two most important points are number one, the world is a safer place when there is american leadership. a very s

and intelligence sharing open but ties were affected in the early days of the conflict jordan's king abdullah called on assad to step down that approach later changed with the priority being the protection of national security interests it has been a difficult balancing act for jordan it likes to describe its policy toward the syrian crisis as it called for a political solution and it didn't call for regime change as a condition to end the crisis to a certain extent followed an independent course from its allies who were supporting the opposition despite its cautious approach jordan along with the u.s. and saudi arabia did back the opposition in southern syria but when damascus was close to victory it convinced many rebels to surrender it is enough for them to reopen its embassy in damascus and this would be tantamount to acknowledgment of the. bashar to stick but not the player. or definitely clearly in favor of the regime so russia is going to want there's no question about that that. would. if you have a neighbor like this you need to deal with that many jordanians accuse the assad governm

you mentioned david rosen who have met so many times and this was king abdullah's initiative. we're not talking about money but the one in madrid. i think this is a good start. the media covers the philosophies, and every projects and the saudi government, this should come in the forefront. >> hello. [indiscernible] i have a couple of questions. -- restrictions on women in saudi arabia. would you think it is a tradition of religion that is holding back women and the other question is what is your strategy to bring in all faiths together and especially [indiscernible] >> strategy i leave sam. are,usly speaking, there we have spoken about that, this institute in vienna, there will be another meeting in riyadh and these things are being done but not reported. that never came in any newspaper in europe when we met area and why is that? as anti-others? met,picture, four times he it has never happened. as far as restrictions, talk about restrictions on women. everybody says there are restrictions on women. driving? that i think is wrong. you love to hit under the belt. i have a stro

high level in qatar furthermore we've now got palestinian president mahmoud abbas who is meeting king abdullah in jordan and leaving jordan to go to cats he's going to be having high level talks there that's another complex aspect of things because the palestinians feel they've been excluded to the p.a. i should say the palace in north already feels it's been excluded from this whole process it is engaged in a separate initiative altogether to get reconciliation with hamas now that really needs to happen to make this work but does it because it will may suit israel it may suit everyone if the if the palestinian authority was not part of this deal as far as getting the blockade lifted from gaza is concerned it's hard to work out really but this is a reality and biasses have been absolutely furious about the diplomatic maneuvering not passing his doorstep right answer salman's live in gaza thank you andrea. from what's controlling much of iraq in syria i saw has been pushed back into pockets in the region tens of thousands of fighters have been killed imprisoned in the process many left behind w

working with countries to boost the ability to combat cybercrime and have strong cybersecurity king abdullah's. it helps when the sport of different countries for our vision of the internet and cyberspace. it's important the private sector and civil society and others to continue to engage in these efforts to enhance their participation. many companies and some society groups are making valuable contributions in a variety of international forums, given what is at stake we must find ways to increase participation. it's important the use has high-level cost cutting innovation strategy, outside stakeholders and like-minded countries to do with the many challenges we face internationally and help direct and prioritize our engagement. i make a number of suggestions in my written testimony including strengthening multi-stakeholder institutions including the internet of governance forum, short leadership on privacy and other policies, addressing data localization through the cloud act and supporting cybersecurity, cybercrime stability efforts but all are dependent on international engagement plan. i

a new report claims president trump told jordan's king abdullah that a one-state solution between israele minister with the name mohamed. what do you make of that? [laughter] >> well, trump has a great sense of humor, but the humor is obviously based in a little bit of truth. if you look at the u.k., look in england, the most popular -- the most popular name among british babies was muhammad. so i think that says something right there about the problems in europe where the muslim population is growing in leaps and bounds. but if you look at israel, i'm less concerned. there, you know, in israel the two-state solution is a non-starter, okay? the arabs already have 20-plus countries. they don't need another country. and, in fact, giving them another country in the heartland of israel would be a disaster. what's needed is, yes, a one-state solution in which israel has total sovereignty over its country including judea and sumeria, the so-called west bank. and i think that's the solution. i'm not worried about the arab birthrate. this year, stuart, this year -- well, actually last year the j