shakes up what our souther was widely respected for his efforts to mediate disputes he'd rule the gulf arab states since 2006 but before that he steered kuwait's foreign policy decades as foreign minister here we succeeded by his half brother the 83 year old crown prince is due to be sworn in as the next to mir on wednesday. the modified and smooth the crown prince has always been known for his prudence honesty did occasion and devotion to serve for the benefit of kuwait and the kuwaiti people to be the basis exists to the best and sister. 6 of us but he will arrive back in kuwait on wednesday from the united states where he had been in hospital following surgery in july him i shall look back at his life in recent years. had become recognized and relied on as a regional mediator in 2017 when g.c.c. member states saudi arabia behind and the united arab emirates along with egypt accused qatar of supporting what they described as terrorism and imposed a land air and sea blockade it was him who intervened the kuwaiti amir attempted to broker a settlement urged for more dialogue between the gulf

and, you know, the israelis in the gulf arab states, well, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu such as those in the uae and saudi arabia are very much invested in trump's success and seeing him re-elected. trump has been very good to them, the democratic party has a lot of voices who are tougher on israel, and the gulf arabs, and so i think there may be a little bit of an effort to give him a boost and try to help him get re-elected >> michael crowley of "the new york times", great to have your reporting and perspective on with us. there is a lot to cover in the next couple of hours with the white house. we're going to stick with breaking news in washington. but heading over to the hill, that is where the senate's top democrat chuck schumer was just on the senate floor as i was having that conversation with michael, calling for the resignation of president trump's top health official, hhs secretary alex azar. this comes after the top communications official at hhs michael caputo went on this bizarre social media tirade, making these just outlandish claims about career governmen

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arab countries. this president is doing it the other way around. he will build these deals between israel and gulf states and other arab or muslim states and then go to the palestinians and say you want to be the only ones not at the table? the foreign minister of bahrain applauded the idea but said the glue that will hold the deal together will be at its bedroom, the israeli and palestinian issue. the president putting pressure on iran saying the rest of the world is against you. you better renegotiate the nuclear deal. the president with harsh words saying that they try to assassinate a major u.s. public official. here's what the president said earlier on "fox and friends." >> they'll pay a thousand times if they do anything to anybody. i might be in that category. but they'll be in that category, too. we're all set. if they do anything to anybody, they'll be hit a thousand times harder than they hit us. >> the u.s. ambassador to south africa is said to be the one that the iranians are targeting but could be other officials. the president with a sharp warning to iran saying you better not try th

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the most open, shall we say, but these covert ties that are been growing between israel and the gulf arab b states growing between israel and the gulf arab states largely because their mutual concern about the threat of iran. you may remember that bahrain was willing to host the trump administration's role of the economic part of it is really a palestinian peace plans. both of the states if you're going to choose states if you're going to choose states that would do this they would be the ones probably at the top of the list. not regional powers or heavyweights like saudi arabia which has made clear to president trump thatis has made clear to president trump that is going to hold the line on this, what used to be the arab consensus but not establishing relations with israel until there's peace with the palestinians but it's allowed air traffic overhead of the country between the united arab emirates and israel so in a way tacitly accepting what is happening and not publicly opposing it. thank you very much for that. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been to get to c

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he is hosted a ceremony at the white house marking the normalization of relations between two gulf arab states and israel. the foreign ministers of united aerab emirates and bahrain joind trump and netanyahu to establish diplomatic relations the first time in more than a quarter century an arab states has established ties with israel. trump said he hopes others will follow and netanyahuhu thanked e president forr his decisive leadership. >> t this day i is a pivot in history. it heralds a new dawn of peace. for thousands of years the jewish people h have prayed for peace. for decadeses the jewish state s prayed for peace. this is why today we arare fili with such profound gratitude. i'm gratefull t to you, preresi trump, for your decisivive leadership. you have unequivocally stood by israel's side. you have bololdly confronted th tyrants of tehran. you have proposed a r realistic vision for peace betweenen i is and the p palestinianss and brokered the peace that we e ar sisigning today that has broad supportt in israel and america and the middle eaeast and indee in the entire world. >>

it was his son-in-law and senior advisor jared kushner who has been leadinghis initiative to get gulf arabtates to recognize and formalize their ties with israel. countries to do so under the trump administration, the uae last month, becoming only the third arab country in history to formalize ties with israel. bahrain is a much smaller country than the uae, but it is still very significant, because it is part of e historic ambition of israel to gain regional recognition from its arab neighbors. that has always been impossible in the past because of the deadlocked to nonexistent peace process with the palestinians. the arabla state, partiy led by saudi arabia, have said the last couple decades that there would be no normali, no formalization of ties with israel until israel ended its occupation of palestinian territory and itan was palesti statehood under the auspices of what is known as tit arab peace tive spirit now the arabs say this is falling apart and they--leinians say this is falling apart and they see aa betrayal. the israelis and americans are checking this is a move towards peac

and president will also be presiding over a historic signing ceremony later today as 2 gulf arab states normalize relations with israel leaders of the united arab emirates and bahrain will join israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the white house lawn to ink the deal as the w.'s tanya trammell reports it also reshuffles the cards of power in the middle east. the 1st commercial flight from tel aviv to upper darby a long isolation period for israel and the region has ended until now it only has signed peace treaties with egypt and jordan in august israel normalize ties with the united arab emirates the hurricane followed a month later brokered by the u.s. it's cygnus change of alliances in the region for us it creates a much stronger sunni israeli alliance against iran against the shiite axis which is very important if we look at american elections in november when we have a democratic candidate that declares that they want to go back to the previous nuclear deal with iran. such an alliance of israeli and sunni nations in the middle east is extremely important what this doesn't so

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donald trump is due to preside over a ceremony to mark the normalization of relations between 2 gulf arabstates and israel leaders of the united arab emirates and bahrain will join israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the white house floor as the w.'s turn your credit reports it marks a shift in the balance of power in the middle east. the 1st knesset flight from tel aviv to up would be a long isolation period for israel and the region has ended until now it only has signed peace treaties with egypt and jordan in august israel normalize ties with the united arab emirates the train followed a month later brokered by the u.s. it cygnus a teenager for 9 says in the region for us it creates a much stronger sunni israeli alliance against iran against the shiite axis which is very important if we look at american elections in november when we have a democratic candidate that declares that they. want to go back to the previous nuclear deal with iran. such an alliance of israeli and sunni nations in the middle east is extremely important what this doesn't solve this is a conflict that the

gulf nation of bahrain will form a new partnership. this is the second time in less than a month that an arab gulf state has agreed to establish full, diplomatic with israel. israel and the united arab emirates are set to sign their historic dial on tuesday in washington. but there are plenty of detractors to these new agreements. let's bring in oren liebermann in jerusalem to get more perspective on what's behind them and what led up to them, oren. >> reporter: and that will be a four-way meeting on tuesday. it will be the u.s. and israel as well as the united arab emirates and bahrain joining in with this announcement less than a month after the israel-uae agreement. a big development for president trump and for benjamin netanyahu. both bahrain and the united arab emirates are key allies of the u.s. in the region and part of an anti-iran sunni group. both looking to cash in on benefitting from economy and military and it brings them closer to the white house and trump administration or in two months, if it's not a trump administration to a biden administration. so a win-win both for the uae. the palestinians were furious about the move, call

this opens the door for other arab countries, arab gulf countries to sign accords, to sign agreements pressure on iran. as kt was pointing out, iran is persian, not an arab nation, a persian shia nation and it puts more pressure on iran and lebanon. pressure to push hezbollah out. the entire region changes with this signing today and it really opens the door for more trade for more normalized relations and for more peace throughout the entire region. >> sandra: bilateral meetings going on with the foreign minister of the uae and bahrain. an expected with the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. we could see and hear the president and netanyahu a few moments from now but certainly what we'll all see moments from now is a very public signing ceremony happening outside the white house as you see people gathering there on the lawn. >> trace: i think the big key here is we have 20 seconds left in this. the big key here is what is the response from the palestinians and hamas and how much pressure does this put on them to at least maybe come to the table. maybe not sit at the table b

thank you very much in the news ahead the rest of the day's news santa not a gulf arab nation has agreed to normalize ties with israel. and an apology for the death of a student in police custody still not enough to quell the protests in colombia. but. we got to get spread of showers across much of southeast asia some lovely ones there into the philippines it's been since a very heavy shower as to when to malaysia and they are even pushing down into indonesia northern parts of indonesia in particular one or 2 shows such as cropping up around java as we go on through sunday and on into monday wetter whether they're coming into borneo as you go through monday southern parts of the philippines also seeing some lively showers and more in the way of thundery a raid 4 times that in the heat of the day season wet weather to moving across southern parts of australia down towards that southeastern corner bryce's skies with sunshine coming back into the west a little area of high pressure nosing in with temperatures in perth to around 25 degrees celsius already getting up to 33 dance was the south

had ruled the gulf arab state since 2006 before that he steered kuwait's foreign policy for more than 50 years foreign minister. takes a look back at his life in recent years. had become recognized and relied on as a regional mediator in 2017 when g.c.c. member states saudi arabia and the united arab emirates along with egypt accused qatar of supporting what they described as terrorism and imposed a land air and sea blockade it was him who intervened the kuwaiti amir attempted to broker a settlement urged for more dialogue between the gulf rivals and pushed for reforms to prevent future disputes. no question a lot of we have discussed the situation in the country foremost done for trade dispute between our brothers in the gulf region and our efforts to contain it. ships' abbas was born in kuwait city in 1929 the son of a comma there job who was a mirror from 1984 to 1950 for 4 decades he held the post of foreign minister in that time the oil rich country experienced huge economic growth but was also vulnerable to regional struggles although kuwait had supported the iraqi government du

remember donald trump kept the door open for the palestinians, the gulf arab world is ready to investthe new palestinian state to bring them into the engagement so we know that. i firmly believe we will see peace coming with the state of oman with engagements with israel and posted the israeli leadership. also ultimately we will have saudi arabia come in with that preeminent kingdom that represents the epicenter of my religion, islam and all religions around the world. we also see saboteurs, turkey and qatar chomping at the bit, so opposed to this because of their political affiliation with islamism, the motherhood of all radical islam they are supporting so we could see many changes but one thing i want to say, seeing the president with the bahraini foreign minister and benjamin netanyahu you will see these men reassemble again on stage for a nobel prize for peace. this is that big. this achievement is equivalent to and why sadat's egypt with israel, it is just historic. jillian: thank you for waking up early. an exciting day for you to be there, thank you for sharing this informatio

east front and center, we have seen the role israel has played in normalizing relations with two gulf arabtes. the recent developments, you were front and center for with regards to kosovo and serbia, israel playing up key role in that. has iran factored into in terms of bringing these traditionally very combative areas and regions to work together. americans and europeans have had the same goal with iran, to deny them a nuclear weapon. we have had fundamentally different tactics. europeans want the water down consensus and status quo of dealing with iran. americans and the trump administration have said this does not work and we need to try something different. the historic signing of peace deals today shows that a more aggressive trump administration approach is working. this statusll be in quo foreign policy establishment if it was not for donald trump. he has challenged us to think differently. the europeans have not been supportive of our strategy in the middle east and we have seen today at the white house historic signing because we ignored those tactics in dealing with iran. we pla

>>but many consider the diplomatic agreements with 2 gulf arab states to be worthwhile. that includes former secretary of state madeleine albright looking at the white house ceremony here albright calls it a platform for progress. house speaker nancy pelosi meantime dismissed the deals this week as a distraction i asked congressman hoffman for his thoughts. >>i think normalization of relations between israel and some of the sunni arab states in the gulf has got a good thing. i would be hard to take all that a bad thing, but i don't think we should declare this peace in the middle east there was no conflict between these countries anyway. we saw i know a lot of the details and frankly, there's still no progress at all on the palestinian and this israeli government has as unfortunate steps away from progress on that so i'm happy to see the normalization of relations between these these countries but i declare him and he's in the middle east i think is a stretch. >>while a lot does remain to be done this week's agreements where the first piece breakthroughs in the middle ea

for the arab gulf states, they have benefitted greatly by this, obviously both of them allies of saudi arabia when presumably gave its blessing for today. saudi arabia has faced a reputational crisis of its own here in washington given the death of jamal khashoggi, the "washington post" contributor. so a lot of benefit for those countries as well. the bottom line is this is a normalizing of relations 49 days out from the president's own reelection, it's one touted as a political victory, the campaign putting ads on facebook that describe this as the achievement of a peace deal. of course there was no actual conflict, no war between these countries. they have had a de facto -- they've been de facto allies for a matter of years, certainly, in terms of their relationship, their opposition to iran but the president will have the opportunity to formalize this today with many of his members of his administration in attendance, many of them not wearing masks. they expect a thousand people to be here, among those who we saw not wearing masks, the attorney general william barr, ben carson we sa

director canel, all of them suggest the arab state aposition in iran has been unifying measure for the gulf arab states to work together to normalize ties with israel. for the israelis, this represented opportunity both on the economic front as well as on the security front, to forge new ties in the region. for uae, it represented opportunity to get f-35 jets from the americans. from a broader geopolitical standpoint, it is also a missed opportunity for china, which now has closer ties in the region, suggests that israel is looking to serve in a more economic front with where the chinese now have lost a foothold. however, thison, comes at a political time for the president, where he is in need of a foreign policy moment. he is hopeful this will be the type of foreign policy moment that will help his reelection effort. vonnie: kevin, thank you very much. kevin cirilli following the signing of what are being called the abraham accords. president trump speaking with other countries, says there could be as many as five arab countries joining this kind of diplomatic recognition accord today beingseei

president donald trump is set to preside over a historic signing ceremony later on tuesday as 2 gulf arab states normalize relations with israel leaders of the united arab emirates and bahrain will join israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the white house lawn as d.w. tanya kraemer reports it marks a shift in the balance of power in the middle east. the 1st knesset flight from tel aviv to up would be a long isolation period for israel in the region has ended until now it only has signed peace treaties with egypt and jordan in august israel normalize ties with the united arab emirates the train followed a month later brokered by the u.s. it cygnus its change of alliances in the region for us it creates a much stronger sunni's really alliance against iran it gains this year axis which is very important if we look at them or. going to lections in november when we have a democratic candidate that declares that they want to go back to the previous nuclear deal with iran. such an alliance of israeli and sunni nations in the middle east is extremely important what this doesn't solve this

president trump presiding over a peace deal more accurately a normalization between israel and two gulf arabhe president along israel prime minister and the foreign ministers of the uae and bahrain marking a pivotal moment for foreign diplomacy for these countries as they agree to recognize israel for the first time ambassador, thank you so much for joining us i'll briefly splay for you what the trump's son-in-law. >> you'll see the beginning of the end israel arab can conflict going on for a long time. >> as someone spent a lot of time in the middle east, is he right? is that this simple? the countries signing it and the countries that have been many con flight with one another including the palestinians and israelis are technically not at peace. >> i'm really glad you framed the question that way, ayman, because it's the right way to ask the question what happened today is very important. these countries are very important partners and friends for our country and they undoubtedly took a very important step guard today, one that i know will be welcomed by many israelis who have a deep hunge

is instead of con silliating iran as the previous administration tried to do the vearls and the gulf arabst iranian it. overturns decades of convention that the wisdom of middle east peace making the deal was the resolution, everything else the recognition from arab states would flow from that this shows that the fundamental schism conflict in the middle east is between she a and sunni. these states are all sunni dominated states. terrified of iran in effect seeking u.s. and quietly israeli protection against that larger threat. >> bret: iran has not been a good player in the middle east for a while has been funding terrorist organizations all over the region and this changes that dynamic. the question is whether countries blilg countries are waiting 49 days, mollie to see what happens in this election and if president trump wins again. >> it's very interesting that these peace deals are being announced before the election. buff it's so the americans are so use to the middle east being a quagmire for 25 years or so. what we are seeing whether it's withdraw of troops or peace deals shows so

arab neighbours. for palestinians, the gulf countries deal with israel is a betrayal. rs of betrayal. they think it breaks years of arab solidarity of their dreams of statehood. they go to pray, like hassan. good iraqis and iranians soon be joining him? the iraqi people area joining him? the iraqi people are a muslim nation. anybody from around the muslim world has the right to pray —— could these people be joining has the right to pray —— could these people bejoining him? president trump will applaud the strategy for the reason and signing session in washington. as mr netanyahu put spencer paper, his troubles at home are also being written into his legacy. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. president trump has dismissed concerns over climate change on a visit to fire—ravaged california. mrtrump again blamed poorforest management for the blazes, which have killed at least 35 people. blazes in california, oregon and washington state have been burning since early august. our correspondent aleem maqbool reports from oregon. it was like a journey into an eerie twilight zone

president trump will preside today over the signing of history mimetic deals between israel and the two gulf arab the president and his allies hope it will give him a boost ahead of the election. the leaders of israel, or rain, and the united arab emirates will sign the agreement at the white house. the west coast wildfires have now become a campaign issue. president trump and california state officials sparred over whether climate change is contributing to the blazes. the president insists that poor forest management is the culprit. my credit candidate joe biden called the president a climate arsonist and warned against giving him four more years in office. meanwhile, the trump campaign says it has ramped up television ad spending by about 50%. a new round of ads will focus on the economy and will run for the most part in battleground states where president trump is in a tight race with joe biden. in the economic recovery in china sped up last month. retail sales grows .5% from a year earlier. coronavirus picked early in the year. meanwhile, the industrial production and china rose for the first

president donald trump is presiding over a ceremony to mark the normalization of relations between 2 gulf arab states and israel leaders of the united arab emirates have joined the president and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house i will sign a formal agreement as the w.'s turn your credit reports it marks a shift in the balance of power in the middle east. the 1st commercial flight from tel aviv to abu dhabi along the isolation period for israel and the region has ended until now it only has signed peace treaties with egypt and jordan in august israel normalize ties with the united arab emirates the train followed a month later brokered by the e.u. and its cygnus alliances in the region. it creates a much stronger sunnis really alliance against iran against the shiite axis which is very important if we look at american elections in november when we have a democratic candidate that declares that they want to go back to the previous nuclear deal with iran. such an alliance of israeli and sunni nations in the middle east is extremely important what this doesn't solve

the kingdom of bahrain has become the latest arab gulf state to say it is normalising its relations with israel, less than a month after the united arab emirates said it was establishing ties. announcing the deal, president trump described it as "another historic breakthrough". the israeli prime minister, benjamin neta nyahu, called it a new era of peace. tom bateman reports from jerusalem. an american president hailing a peace deal in the middle east. the agreement makes the rain only the first arab country to normalise ties with israel —— bahrain. a much—needed boom in the white house ahead of the election. i wanted to thank the leaders of israel and bahrain for their vision and courage to forge this historic agreement. their leadership is proving the future can be filled with hope and does not need to be predetermined by conflicts of the past. ajoint statement between israel and bahrain called their agreement a historic breakthrough. it's likely to involve mutual indices, direct flights and new security ties among countries who share a common adversary in iran. translation: two this e

they believe the move by the gulf countries torpedoes a promise by arab states not to embrace israel n statehood is achieved. the gulf countries believe their move could nudge forward an end to the israeli—palestinian conflict, but critics see more self—interest than peacemaking for the parties involved. joining me now isjon alterman, director of the middle east programme at the centre for strategic and international studies in washington. thanks so much forjoining us on bbc news. first of all, what is your take on what this means for the wider situation in the middle east? i'm not sure it changes the situation in the broader middle east much at all, bahrain's fear of iran ‘s long—standing, bahrain was not fighting with israel, this is an incremental step, the report suggests that arab states moving away from advancing the palestinian cause, i'm not sure it counts as any —— gets any closer to resolving the israeli—palestinian conflict but it gets us further away from the war. it reinforces trends that we have known for some time and bahrain has been reaching out to the israelis for qu

they believe the move by the gulf countries torpedoes a promise by arab states not to embrace israel n statehood is achieved. the gulf countries believe their move could nudge forward an end to the israeli—palestinian conflict, but critics see more self—interest than peacemaking for the parties involved. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. migrants on the greek island of lesbos have been protesting on the streets demanding the freedom to travel on to mainland europe. more than 10,000 people were left without shelter this week after europe's largest refugee camp was gutted by fire. protesters approached riot police cordoning off the road out of the moria camp. four hundred unaccompanied children from the camp are to be taken in by eu countries. the european commission says the destroyed camp will be rebuilt, a plan strongly opposed by authorities on the island. our correspondent bethany bell is on lesbos. many, many migrants are sleeping and living rough after the moria camp burnt down. they‘ re camping out on the sides of roads, some of them sleeping in cemeteries or under the trees in

they believe the move by the gulf countries torpedoes a promise by arab states not to embrace israel d. the gulf countries believe their move could nudge forward an end to the israeli—palestinian conflict, but critics see more self—interest than peacemaking for the parties involved. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. stay with us on bbc news. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: more than 500,000 people in the us state of oregon are fleeing deadly wildfires that are raging across the pacific northwest. at least ten people are reported to have died and dozens more are missing. bahrain says it is normalising relations with israel, in a move that further erodes the arab world's boycott of the jewish state. migrants on the greek island of lesbos have been protesting on the streets, demanding the freedom to travel on to mainland europe. more than 10,000 people were left without shelter this week after europe's largest refugee camp was gutted by fire. protesters approached riot police cordoning off the road out of the moria camp. 400 unaccompanied children from the camp are to be taken in

. >> jared kushner has just taken the first ever direct commercial flight promise ray tomorrow a gulf arab country. the flight to be a but dhabi was made possible thanks to a new peace accord between israel and the uae, which was brokered in the u.s. the direct flight is consider add free step toward full normalization of relations. minutes after getting off of that flight, he addressed the ongoing tensions in the middle east. >> [ inaudible ]. >> the uae is just the third arab country to establish full diplomatic relations with us ray web and the first to do so in more than 25 years. >> amazon has received federal approvele to operate its fleet of air delivery drones. the approval from the faa gives amazon the ability to carry packages on small drones beyond the visual line of sight of the operator. amazon plans to use the certification to begin testing customer deliveries. the goal is to deliver some orders in as little as 30 minutes. >>> helping families who are returning to nothing in the north bay. how the red cross is making sure families have the supplies they need following a destr

some of them are very wealthy countries like germany and the gulf arab states, so we want them to buy the equipment that they need to defend themselves, we will be there side-by-side with them, but it can't all be up to the american taxpayer. >> bret: the uae israel signing is next week. will there be other arab-israeli delegations that make that decision before election day? >> none of this is driven by election day politics. these are very hard negotiations to go through. if you saw since the uae israel ideal, that was a signal deal, the first time in 25 years without such a deal and i was lucky enough to be on the first commercial flight from the airport to abu dhabi international airport last week and it was a very emotional experience for the people on the plane and for the hosts that received us. and since time, [indiscernible], muslim majority country has said that they are going to recognize israel and move their embassy to jerusalem. i think you're going to see other countries do it, but they are complex difficult negotiations. i don't know if we will get it done by a certain

arab emirates and bahrain. president trump describe it as the ‘dawn of a new middle east'. the gulfe just the third and fourth arab countries to recognise israel. the palestinians have urged other arab states not to follow suit, while their conflict remains unresolved. our north america editor jon sopel has the story. since the founding of the state of israel in 1948, only two arab countries have made peace with israel. today at the white house, that number doubled as the uae and bahrain were brought together by donald trump to sign an agreement to normalise relations with the country. the signatures on the page took only a few seconds but it had taken decades to get here. applause. and for donald trump, with one eye on the forthcoming presidential election and another on his place in history, this was a sweet moment, a significant foreign policy victory. we're here this afternoon to change the course of history. after decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new middle east, thanks to the great courage of the leaders of these three countries, we take a major stride t

do is make official an open secret that for years there's been a growing alliance between certain arab gulf states and israel an alliance that has bypassed the issue of the occupation of palestine altogether normalization is a charge topic in the arab world rulers know that by pursuing it they risk the anger of a disapproving public which is why the media push in news discussions on twitter even in t.v. dramas to normalize normalization started before the deals were signed and are likely to go on for a while beyond especially since there are further deals on the horizon our starting point this week is where the deals were signed washington d.c. . bahrain will fully normalize and diplomatic relations with israel is a truly historic day. it was a signing ceremony laden with symbolism and spin the 3 countries israel the u.a.e. and committing to peace have never been at war any sticking point in their relationship prior to this could be no with israel's occupation of palestine but there were no palestinian representatives at this event this is a pivot of history. it heralds a new dawn of what w

should be giving arab gulf states. we heard israelis ambassador on this program display hez tensszh hezbollah -- hesitancy. military between the united states and gulf states because they may be friends today, but there is a lot of water under that bridge. i think negotiating arms deals with gulf states and how the israelis feel about that is a key component of what the state department and defense department will be doing next because there are a lot of thorny issues there and it is always u.s. policy that israel maintain qualitative military edge in the region and that anything we sell to the arab gulf states not upset that balance. that is very important to israel, very important to democrats and republicans putting politics aside. >> harris: we will continue the conversation, the live event playing out, we want to pay attention to, they are starting to announce arrival of dignitaries, you see the first lady of the united states, melania trump there and that is sara netanyahu, wife of the prime minister. they were g