i want to ask you overall about el sisi.ause it's not just the attacks on the christian minority in egypt, not enju evet the attacks on the military, but an economy that is failing and with the military, this is a country with an exploding population of more than 90 million people that is having more and more problems keeping explosives, sort of discontent at bay here. >> yes, i fear that president trump el sisi faces fundamental challenges. poverty in egypt is about 42%, that is out of the 92 million people, you have 42% live either on $2 a day or some on less than $2 a day. and employment among the semi educated youth is about 30%. and some would say 40%. the country is deeply polarized. you have thousands activists and religious activists who are in prison. you have a potent insurgency in northern sinai that is waging economic warfare. remember what has happened to the russian airplane that was basically destroyed in sinai, the russian tourism industry, tourists have not come back. the country is deeply polarized. the sec

says president el-sisi is doing a fantastic job.sident obama would not let him into the white house. number one, he took power in the military coup. so is the obama administration said it was a bad thing. they didn't scream so loudlily about. human rights groups say president el-sisi jails his political opponents, has cracked down against free speech. the president of the united states sits next to him in the oval office and says he's doing a fantastic job. >> that's also one of his standard lines when he wants to play nice. that's the classic trumpism diplomat diplomdip diplomatically. it's also president trump -- it's also countries in the middle east you that wouldn't necessarily think -- i mean, the isreallies, egypt is a linchpin to try to figure things out if at all possible with the palestinians and even more broadly. it is a fine line. human rights groups want to and rightly so are demanding that president trump be more aggressive. let's say this there's a readout and he did so in private. >> that's one of the points u.s. of

el-sisi won his own election in 2014. president obama shunned him, freezing military aid to egypt for two years. today, mr. trump made no public mention of human rights today, noting only that there are "a few things" washington and cairo don't agree on. and, in a break with mr. trump's track record so far, they did not hold a joint news conference, precluding any unwelcome questions on the subject. later, white house press secretary sean spicer would not say whether human rights came up during the private discussions. >> that's best discussed privately in terms of how we address areas that need to be discussed like that in order to make progress on them. i don't think that should be a huge surprise. >> warner: egypt current receives $1.3 billion in annual u.s. military assistance. it's unclear if that will survive the white house call for deep cuts in foreign aid. for the pbs newshour, i'm margaret warner. >> yang: so how much of a foreign policy shift does today's meeting represent? for that we turn to michele dunne. sh

>> it was the spot-on move to talk to general el-sisi and bring him in.sident trump gave his address at the cairo university and he requested members of the muslim brotherhood to be front and center when he gave his address. it's the oldest islamic tear you rift organization. they were responsible for the murder of and war sadat. they were supportive of general el-sisi at the time stepping up and removing them from power. so barack obama decide not to have any conversation with president el-sisi and that's yes did nothing for this young lady. but he did everything to get a traitor back westward, bowe bergdahl. we don't know about the taliban senior leaders released from guantanamo bay. liz: the president still getting heat from critics on the meeting with el-sisi. is this the businessman donald trump with his art of the deal focus or just him saying i want to talk to the guy? >> well, again, one of the first phone calls president trump made was to mahmoud abbas who is head of the fattah organization. so i think it's important for president trump to have r

an indication that president el-sisi would pardon her. then last sunday, she and her husband were acquitted of all code charges. at the white house, president trump welcomed president trump welcomed aya hijazi home, saying she showed great strength in her ordeal. the white house is clearly painting this as a significant foreign policy achievement, though human rights groups are calling on el-sisi to release thousands of political prisoners. martha? 's. >> martha: larry korb, senior fellow at the center for american progress, also served of assistant defense secretary during president reagan's first term. good to have you here. we made that analogy of swords of the iranian hostages being released, larry, at the beginning of reagan's term. do you see parallels? >> no, i don't. what happened with the release of the hostages the day president reagan took the oath of office, the iranians had started as negotiations in september before they even knew who would win the election. and after everything was settled, they waited until carter left off

he has done a fantastic job fattah el—sisi. he has done a fantasticjob in a difficult situation.ether isis. translation: since we met last set them by, i have had the deep appreciation and admiration of your unique personality especially as you stand strongly against counter terrorism. to counter the evil ideology claiming innocent lives. outside the white house competing demonstrations. supporters of abdel fa tta h demonstrations. supporters of abdel fattah el—sisi and those protesting against his violent crackdown on dissent. tens of thousands of people have been arrested in a purge of political opponents since 200013. according to some. we want democracy! in cairo, the concern or normal egyptians is soaring food prices — some have gone up by 40% as egypt has forced inflation. translation: one day we eat and one day we don't. everybody is sick of it. i wish they would feed us. meanwhile, in the abdel fattah el—sisi us, is believed to one an increase in the $1.3 billion a year is his country gets as it fights islamic state. egypt is one of the us's closest allies in the middle e

nina: president el-sisi and others have been talking about president sisi talked about a revolution indeology, really, not the religion itself. so is that being received well? is that government going forward with it? they reformed some textbooks that -- and he made this appeal at alazar -- the 10 century center of sunni learning. and he challenged the clerics and religious scholars in his speech, al-azhar has recently started talking about reform. what can you tell us about that? ambassador, jump in, too. amb. fernandez: the speech that sisi gave was very well received. the arab proverb said, she was pregnant with a mountain and gave birth to a mouse, it sounds better in arabic. you know, this very sweeping powerful speech, there has been some movement from al-azhar. there is a tremendous amount of space for islamist extremism in egypt still. in the media. in both print media and in broadcast media. you still have secularists and liberals persecuted, not leaving the government aside. you have people like islam muhati and people like that. they talked about reform and reform has been t

government and president el-sisi.saw a little bit of the first exchanges between the two moments ago as it was el-sisi describing president trump as somebody with a very engaging and quote, unique personality was the way he put it, saying he has an appreciation for that. and president trump saying he has full support, el-sisi does, of the current administration and it is an ally that the united states will stand behind. take a listen here to the president just a little while ago. >> we'll fight terrorism and other things and we're going to be friends for a long, long period of time. we have a great bond with the people of egypt and i look forward to working with the president and we have some interesting conversations going to start effective immediately. reporter: neil, the focus here is on fighting isis, pushing back against the muslim brotherhood. that is part of the reboot the administration sees. all of this comes among a rather busy week for president trump as it relates to foreign relations. as you know at the

president obama has never given an invitation for abdel fattah el-sisi to visit.ome were quite critical of egyptian records on human rights and now that egypt is sending a big delegation to washington, very much in the hopes that relations are going to become better. also, very much looking to improve investment from america and now that the reform program has begun. >> what can the administration expect? what would be a win for them? sure there is going .o be any one thing perhaps the resetting of the relationship in itself is important. it is good that the relationship is warm. the president in the delegation are meeting not only with president trump but the fact that they are also meeting many companies is what has people within the congress and the senate -- abdel fattah el-sisi's stance has been seen as regarding radical islam is on terrorists especially the muslim brotherhood. will they see i try? >> probably very much so yes. he seemed tomp and have a good working relationship already. it is clear that there is a need to reset relations because egypt has pi

. >> we are very much behind president el sisi. he has done a fantastic job and a difficult situation. >> reporter: the freed egyptian-american and her husband are both expected to be at the white house to meet with the president as early as today according to the report in the washington post. this weekend, the president is expected to remain in washington unlike other weekend when he has gone to mar-a-lago hoping to rack up more wins before the first 100 days in. >> joe johns, thank you. joining us to discuss is a.b. stoddard for real clear politics and cnn political analyst david gregory and patrick healy. david gregory, this is a confounding situation. we understand why health care is necessary with the domino effect of cbo scoring and show savings to move on to tax reform and infrastructure. are you hearing about anybody who has seen a plan outside of this tight group? something that would show proof that there is some kind of momentum here? >> that was the word i was looking for. nothing that shows momentum that breaks the di

president trump meeting this hour with egypt's president el-sisi was banned from the obama white house because of egypt's human rights abuses. mr. trump's priority though is to strengthen a partner in the fight against terrorism. while on capitol hill, the list of democrats opposing supreme court nominee neil gorsuch now includes top democrat dianne feinstein, virginia's mark warner and former judiciary chairman pat leahy, all announcing support for a filibuster. joining me kristin weller and chris jansing on capitol hill covering the judiciary committee's vote. kristin, first to you. the arrival of el-sisi at the white house and what to expect from these meetings today. >> it happened just moments ago. andrea, he arrived here, walked into the west wing, greeted by president trump. this is a high stakes meeting it underscores the very different priorities that this administration has as compared to the former obama administration. as you point out, he was banned from the white house under then president obama who also withheld some aid from egypt because of those human rights abuses th

charles: el-sisi seems to have a great relationship with president trump. should america provide to help out? >> mayor today should put the pressure on el-sisi to do what he can to protect christians around the holiday. it's too late to claim a 3-month emergency fortification. they need to prepare for the attacks before it happens. he needs to realize and this is isis working in the sinai peninsula, and also working with the musli muslim brotherhood win egypt. same regime he toppled by come together presidency. he needs to realize the attack on the christians is an attack against his presidency. charles: should president trump make special considerations for christian refugees coming out of the middle east, particularly in those six nation with the temporary travel moratorium? >> yes, he should, because they are the true victims of islamic terrorism and isis. we should help the christians. they are not safe in the refugee cams because they are being raped and attacked by the muslim refugees in these camps. charles: new developments in the tomorrow whole man

so the back and forth between our president trump and the president of egypt, el-sisi. you saw a little bit of translation. and the ties became rather strained in 2013, you saw the man who was sitting there eating in opposition and an overthrow of his predecessor in military fashion to put himself in office. president trump has said that he is seeking to reboot the ties with egypt. you saw through the translation that mr. el-sisi singh since he meant to last september, he strongly supports president trump and his unique personality, that's how he put it. those men a meeting inside the oval office right now. we will report on that as it is made. >> accusations that both the trump administration and the chairman of the house intelligence committee are trying to create a distraction from the probe into russia and the meddling in the u.s. presidential election. this coming from the ranking democrats on the house committe committee, congressman adam schiff. >> it is an attempt to distract the materials. the question is of course why. and i think to answer the question, is th

mrtrump said he counterpart, abdel fattah el—sisi.e will work with cairo to fight islamist militants. he says that to abdel fattah el—sisi has done a fantasticjob in a difficult situation. south korea follows to an election. the man tipped to be the next president has formally been nominated. moonjae—in has been seen to take a softer line on north korea. china has announced it wants 80% of its citizens to speak its dominant dialect of mandarin within the next year. 0nly us percentage of people speak mandarin. spectacular pictures to show you now. this is south korea with this tallest building officially opened in seoul. to add company it, an enormous fireworks display from the skyscraper if self, also alongside music. also there was a simultaneous laser show. we were told that around 30 rounds of fireworks lit up sol‘s night sky. quite a sight. —— seoul. 0n on thursday, a high—stakes meeting is taking place between president trump and president xi. just days before the meeting, president trump has insisted the us will deal with north

president abdel el-sisi at the white house. this is moments ago. heading into the white house.kes conversation. beginning of a high stakes diplom diplomatic week for the president. he faces decisions about isis, north korea and more. >> no. china has to cooperate. this is now down to do we want to continue to see these ballistic missile attacks or does c

>> reporter: the irony is that following the ouster in summer of 2013 and his replacement by el sisi, many of the cops felt that this new military hunta which has been transformed into a government would be the protector of the christian minority. but increasingly they are angry, they are feeling that the government has not done enough, is really just paying lip service to the fears of the christians as they increasingly come under attack. and certainly what we saw when these dozens of christian families left in the sinai was real anger that this government of el sisi is not doing what should be done to protect them. and we've seen it before. for instance the church that was bombed in december, apparently the security had sort of stepped away from their post to have breakfast, thoo the level -- the professionalism of the egyptian security that is protecting churches and other christian facilities is far below the mark. >> right. all right, thanks very much, ben wedeman there in turkey with more on that coptic christian church attack with 13 people reported killed, many more wounded. 4

trump praised el sisi's leadership and offered the u.s. government. she and her brother will head to the white house to meet with mr. trump today. you can expect a victory lap for the president on that one. >> that's an issue that's been hanging around for a while, absolutely. >>> verizon experiencing a drop in customers for the first time ever? and part of the reason is what this guy is doing over at t-mobile. we're going to show you his reaction to verizon's results, when we get a check on cnn money stream, next. ♪ approaching medicare eligibility? you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. the rest is up to you. that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company come in. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could help pay some of what medicare doesn't, saving you in out-of-pocket medical costs. you've

obama never invited him to the white house following el sisi's rise. this is just the start of new relations. >> we agree on so many things. i want everyone to know in case there is any doubt that we are very much behind president el sisi. he's done a fantastic job in a very difficult situation. and i just want to say to you, mr. president, that you have a great friend and ally in the united states and in me. thank you very much. thank you very much. >> lucky to have ayman sitting right here because you know that region really well. what about this visit stood out to you? >> this is obviously a reset, reboot of relations between u.s. and egypt. in 20 112 obama described egypts not an ally or emy. that highlighted how much the relationship between u.s. and egypt was strained. u.s. halted delivery of f-16 fighter jets, apache helicopters. egypt in itself, there was that trial where they arrested several american aide workers and ngo workers in egypt, put them on trial. and it really showed the relationship being strained. egypt has bern been a cornerston

president el-sisi of egypt is at the white house. the king of jordan will visit tomorrow.hina's president xi jinping is headed to mar-a-lago to meet with president trump. moments ago we saw the president of egypt and the president of the united states walking over at the white house. you see some pictures there. unfortunately they're being blocked by the pillars, but there's the president right there. they have extensive meetings with their aides, an earlier meeting in the oval office as well. this is an important relationship, the u.s./egyptian relationship. clearly it has dramatically improved during the term of el-sisi as opposed to his pr predecessor who was a leader of the muslim brotherhood. still remains in jail. he was democratically elected but removed by the military. there seems to be a new stronger egyptian relationship. you might recall that while on the campaign trail the president, then the candidate had plenty of harsh rhetoric at china. listen to this. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country and that's what they're doing. it's the greatest

interesting coming on the heels of the president meeting with general el-sisi the president of egypt, and meeting with king abdullah of jordan and recently with a crown prince of saudi arabia. a very close relationship with the prime minister of israel. seemingly a new coalition has emerged in the entire middle east waiting for the response to matt, john roberts standby at mar-a-lago, will get back to a little bit. joining us now with new information as our own jennifer griffith, jennifer. >> we just gotten details from the pentagon about those tomahawk missiles that first landed at this neil gorsuch air base, we understand the total number of 9 tomahawk's, two u.s. destroyers the uss porter and uss ross could carry up to 70 missiles we are told. they have now fired 59 at this one air base. were also told should expects imagery from that air base at shayrat, about 120 miles from where the and sarin gas occurred. we also expect imagery released by the panic pentagon of the sn plane that took off from the shayrat airbase that flew and dropped the serin gas bomb on it that villains have

i was struck by the fact that during president el sisi's visit he did not get a promise, it seems from the administration to keep aid on autopilot. there's a moment here, i think that can be used to redefine the relationship in a way that's more in our interests. >> good. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you all for a very, very helpful hearing as we try to go forward. we're about to do, hopefully this week fy 17. we'll take all this in terms of fy 18. it's going to be a real budget struggle. we've got to find a way to replace the sequestation caps, 29% cut to the state department is unacceptable. but the reason we have this hearing is that we all care. i care about egypt. i want to have a good relationship with egypt. i'm not asking egypt to do what i'm telling them. i'm asking egypt to listen to their people that went out in the streets in 2011. to me, this is not what they bargained for. i don't think they got what they bargain bargain bargained for from the current administration. as to the taxpayer dollars we have, i think we're gaobligatedo spend them wisely, consistent with our

the washington post reporting the trump administration worked quietly with president el sisi to freeyear-old was cleared of wrongdoing. the obama administration tried to press for the release, but it wasn't until president trump met with el sisi this month until it turned around. the post reports hijazi and family will meet with donald trump this weekend. >>> and i'll show you this reaction to verizon's results when we get a check on cnn money stream next. your date with destiny has arrived. let's do this! new cinnamon frosted flakes are finally here. sweet cinnamon and the frosted crunch you love. well? tastes like victory t. tastes like victory. they're great! ♪ the sun'll come out for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. d

el sisi came to power vowing to provide security and these attacks will undermine those claims. egypt has been operating under various states of emergency for years but that has forced the bombers to choose softer targets. for the beleague arered christian minority in egypt this was the single deadliest day. >> thank you very much. >>> churches and schools are on alert in wisconsin after a man allegedly threatened to use a large cache of weapons on public officials. police released a video of 32-year-old joseph jakubowski, mailing an anti-government, anti-religion manifesto to president trump. david begnaud is outside the gun shop in janesville, wisconsin, where the gunman allegedly stole a bunch of weapons. >> reporter: good morning. this is the armageddon gun shop. polices say jakubowski robbed on the same day he sent that manifesto to president trump. in the manifesto the local sheriff here says jakubowski was clear he doesn't like people in power. from the president to law enforcement. watch this video that his friend recorded when he sent that manifesto. >> you will never f

i want to let everyonone know in case there was any doubt that we are very much behindd president el-sisi. he is done a fantastic job in a very difficult sitituation. amy: human rights organizations say sisi and his security forces have arrested tens of thousands of egyptians and have committedd torture, forced disappearanceces and extrajudicial killings. , protesters gathered near the white house monday to protest the meeting, holding signs calling sisi a war criminal. president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner met with iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi in iraq on monday, amid the ongoing u.s. and iraqi militaries' battle to retake the cityty of mosul from isis. the journalistic monitoring group airwars says u.s.-led coalition airstrikes reportedly killed hundreds of civilians in mosul last month, including in a single airstrike on march 17 that killed up to 200 civilians. the u.s. also has thousands of on-the-ground troops in iraq, although, it's becoming harder to track their numbers and movements. last week, a pentagon spokesman announced that, unlike under the o

e pope said that el-sisi had attended three christmas -- two or three -- i thought it was two. two christmas celebrations there which was unprecedented and that signaled that the cops would be protected there. afterwards there was a bombing. there was a lot of evangelical ministers. things were better under el-sisi and a lot of his policies had to due with dealing with huge cultural issues. if you rank them in term of advances or not advances of religious freedom, what would you say. -- what would you say? ambassador fernandez: i don't think there's any doubt -- any suggestion that he hates christians or anything in that regard. i think he also appreciates -- sam: i think he also appreciates the fact that the christians didn't complain after the massive burning and attacks on coptic churches in august of 2013, which was the largest attack on the coptic churches since the 14th century. he really appreciates the facts that cops in a sense proved they are loyal egyptian citizens. he has an excellent working relationship with the pope. however, this has not translated into anything

i have great confidence that president el sisi will handle situation properly. we know now that el sisi has announced there will be a three-month state of emergency in egypt. it is hard to believe that it was less than a week ago on monday that president trump welcomed the egyptian president, el sisi, to the white house warmly. it was the first visit by an egi egyptian leader in seven years. president trump has focused on the need to continue to have a strong pardnership betweo partno fight these terrorist attacks. >> when it comes to the chemical weapons attacks in syria, and what happens next in terms of the international community and particularly the u.s., where does trump stand on whether going it alone will be part of the plan, or whether it is incorporating the international community? >> right. well, that's really the big question, what will happen next in syria, what will the syrians do, what might the russians do, and also does the white house have a coherent political strategy when it comes to dealing with the syrian conflict, defeating isis and what

. >> one other thing, the meeting today with egyptian president el-sisi.saw a welcome go to him. a lot of press, a lot of supplies between they will. here's a little of what the president had to say. >> i just want to let everybody know in case there is any doubt, that we are very much behind president el-sisi. he has done a fantastic job in a difficult situation. we are behind egypt and the people of egypt. >> a different tone than when lank merkel was here. >> one of the things you'll see is an embrace of the sunni pragmatists in the region, in the gulf and egypt and jordan. this is an important part of the trump foreign policy. egypt has 80 million people in the geographical centerful people say goes egypt, so goes the middle east. the idea is to keep all of them together. >> always good to see you. thank you. >>> and we're following developments out of st. petersburg, russia after a bombing on the metro. an explosion ripped through a subway car as it was traveling. a second device was found at another station but that one didn't explode. vladimir putin

president el sisi has declared a three month emergency. you expect the government there will take to try and stop this? >> well, i think the declaration of a state of emergency is done principally so that president sisi can demonstrate that he's doing something. i think this comes as a real surprise for the egyptian leadership and government, because i think they felt that today had made progress in terms of dealing with the isis threat. last year they actually suck is seeded in de-- succeeded in, i think, destroying the leadership, decapitating the leadership of isis in the sinai, but they're now been replaced, and they've been replaced, unfortunately, but those who have more direct connections to raqqa which reminds us of even when you set them back in raqqa or mosul, it doesn't mean the threat's going to go away n. some ways, it proliferates more widely. so i think what you're going to see now, the declaration of the state of emergency is designed to highlight the high priority that's being given to this and the shock of this. this was

i have great confidence that president el sisi will handle the situation properly.also president trump faced with a defiant bashar al assad. russian military jets resumed missions from the bomb base less than a day after the u.s. air strikes. >> here's what i think assad is telling trump, f you. >> now many with wonders what is president trump's next move based on that. and just this afternoon, news about another shakeup in national security council. an administration source confirms kt mcfarland is getting reassigned. it comes just days after steve bannon was removed from the principles committee. kelly owe do'donnell following story for us in palm beach, florida. the question that folks are asking here, what is the reason behind this reassignment? >> reporter: good to be with you begin. the president's winding down his time here in palm beach. he will be heading back to washington tonight. and the reason is that it really reflects the new boss at the national security council. we have watched over these weeks of the trump administration all the controversy around

i want president el-sisi to be successful. for the american taxpayer we need to highlight what we're investing in and try to use our money to bring about outcomes that will stabilize not only egypt but the region. it is a large country with a unique history and i want nothing but success for the egyptian people. and the purpose of this hearing today is to inform the congress about the good, the bad and the ugly. and unfortunately it's all three. and we need to try to use our money in the most productive fashion to help egypt but it's now time for egypt to help us when it comes to helping them. with that, we'll start with ms. dunne. >> chairman graham, sub committee members, thank you very much for this opportunity to address you. the problem for the united states in assisting egypt is precisely this -- how can the united states best support an important country and a long-time regional ally when its government adopts policies that promise chronic instability. the united states has an interest in supporting a stable egypt, an e

he has signalled less of a problem with el sisi than obama did. maybe obama you can't point to the gains he got by showing american displeasure with crackdowns on human rights, trump welcomes him into the white house, tweets or speaks congrat laytively to erdogan, less of a problem with the strong men. in return, he might get a person released, a highly visible signal. that doesn't mean there's a strategy. what does that mean for the millions of egyptians somewhat oppressed by el sisi. what does that mean for the sunnis? mattis meeting with if you want to talk about the sunnis, meeting with saudi arabia. they're huge revales with egypt. how does that clarify the sunni re-set. these are two large countries that are always clashing. >> there are thousands of people that are going to continue to suffer, yesterday, today, and likely tomorrow, and today, we have a woman who came home? >> yeah. but human rights is a long-term process. and so this is one signal. to me it's a little like the dozens of carrier plant workers who got a job. it's a nice symbo

president trump today met with president abdel fattah el-sisi at the white house, talking about bolstering ties between the two country and fighting radical islamist terrorism. >> we're very much behind president el-sisi, he has been a fantastic job in a difficult situation, we're behind egypt and the people of egypt. and the united states has believe me, backing we have strong backing. i just want to say to you, mr. president, that you have a great friend and ally in the united states and in me. lou: that message could not be clearer, joining uto discuss thpresident's meeting, and upcoming summit with china's xi jinping, john bolton. ambassador good to see you. before we turn to egypt and north korea to russia. susan rice, former national security adviser now identified as lif least the most prominent member of obama administration to call for unmasking of trump transition officials your thoughts? >> well, this is stunning news. they can't just decide they would like to unmask names to find out who whose name is involved in a particular intercept. procedure is you have to go to nsa, and s

trump condemned the attacks and says he has great confidence in president el sisi. >> reporter: video of the st. george's men's choir was streaming live on the internet, when a bomb exploded at the coptic church. rescuers sifted through glass and bloody pews which minutes before had been packed with worshippers celebrating palm sunday. and isis claimed responsibility. but it wouldn't being only isis attack on christians, four hours after the first blast, a suicide bomber targeted st. mark's, 80 miles away. the head of the coptic church had presided over palm sunday services earlier in the day but left before the explosion. more than a dozen people were killed. angry crowds gathered outside, stretching on bloody palm fropds left in the wake of the violence, chanting "no more terrorism." in st. peter's square, pope francis had the same message. he condemned the attacks. "may the lord convert the hearts of people who sow terror, violence and death", he said. egypt's christian minority makes up about a 10th of the population and has repeatedly been targeted by islamic e

the meeting with el-sisi is just as important. he's handling that very well. we almost lost egypt to the muslim brotherhood under the lost administration. we lost libya and syria. a large part of iraq became part of the caliphate. he's rebuilding our relationship with egypt because we need egypt if we are going to be successful in fighting radical jihadist. >> martha: the obama administration was criticized in not reaching out and trying to team up to combat isis and to combat islamic extremism. this is a very different tact. >> the reason we didn't embrace president el sisi like president trump has is because he's shown himself to be a horrible violator of human rights in his own country and that was important to the obama administration. if you imprison thousand of people including some american citizens we're probably not going to embrace you but what we tried to do at the same time is work with the egyptians. >> martha: how's iran fit into the picture? >> we worked with the military and others to fight isis. i didn't hear anything about human rights. sean

emphasised that arabs and muslims have condemned this church bombings and they also say that president el—sisithree—month emergency status and i wonder at knowing a bit about egypt, what that will mean because already, he is known as a strong man and his imprisoned around 40,000 people since coming to power three years ago and he already has laws, antiterrorism laws, in the statute books, turn up forjournalists, jailed, people put in prison, so what other draconian moves... basically they can not on any door and arrest anyone without a warrant oi’ and arrest anyone without a warrant or evidence? that's what the emergency status...? or evidence? that's what the emergency status. . . ? the question is whether it will be successful in rooting out is and their sympathisers. because there are a lot of people who are very unhappy with the way the revolution went post 2011, some people say he is worse than president mubarek by one person who thinks he is good is donald trump who says he is fantastic and doing a greatjob in a difficult situation. he has got some, some people said, he has a poisoned ch

does quickly, this article in the independent, the pound strengthened significantly and abdel fattah el—sisit that will not necessarily result in better... what is the view that this is bad news? —— and ftseioo companies. it has been interesting, some papers say everything is terrible and the economy is going down the toilet, but you get two points of view, both of which are factually correct but it depends which point of view you are coming from as to which point of view might appeal. thank you very much for offering your opinion on that. we will be mulling over these issues a lot in the coming weeks, weeks and days. not even months. that's it from us for now. see you soon. hello. spring, thus far, has been marked by pretty settled fare. and i suspect that is going to be the overriding theme of the next few days, with a quiet spell of weather set to continue. not just for the next few days, but right on into the forthcoming weekend. but gardeners and growers take note: night—time frost will still be a consideration. not so much for the first part of wednesday, across the northern parts of s

president spoke with egyptian president a la cc -- getting extra military aid from is a priority for el-sisi. >> i think the key topics on the agenda will be fighting terrorism and egypt's war withst terrorism, along the intelligence cooperation between the two countries. >> his visit in the white house has been the first and see took power in 2014. trump's predecessor barack obama always kept the egyptian president at a distance. sisi was the man who brought back stability. he can also play crucial role in the palestinian issue. need to president may reconsider some of the promises he has made. >> his serious consideration of musing the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem will cause a great deal of embarrassment for the egyptian administration. >> he will host king abdulla. the jordanian jupiter could -- jordanian leader could strengthen efforts to resume peace talks. >> and trump has sent his son-in-law and iraq. jared cook -- jared kushner is in baghdad. he has been meeting iraqi leaders for a briefing on the fight against the islamic state. peshmerga is officially the senior advisor. the

i met with president el-sisi and it worked out quickly. and he was great. he was great about it.ot only did the court system in egypt and president el-sisi let her out, but they let out her husband and they let out a total of eight people that were innocent, and they are all back here right now. [applause] now they won't include that in the 100 days, but i am proud to have done it. she is a happy young woman, believe me. she's very happy. i said how tough was it in that prison? she said you don't want to know. we are also getting nato countries to finally step up and contribute their fair share. they have begun to increase the contribution by billions of dollars. but we are not going to be satisfied until everyone pays what they owe. i have been complaining about that for a long time. it's a lot different now, but they still owe a lot of money. over the past year, america's average military and defense spending was double what all other nato countries spent combined. not fair. as we work to get other countries to pay their fair share abroad, we will continue our rebuilding at hom

president trump abdel fattah el-sisi will meet with, the president of aegis, focusing on china. the two leaders will discuss trade and currency, as well as national security. the u.s. senate heads to a confrontation over neil gorsuch, the next supreme court justice pick by donald trump. majority leader mitch mcconnell says court should -- gorsuch will be confirmed. the fallout from that could change the way that washington works. work on tax reform continues, investors want clarity. ♪ david: amid a busy week in washington, work on tax reform continues. president trump tax reform is a top priority. the path forward for republicans is anything but clear cut. investors search for clarity. what clients are asking you at this point. there is so much noise and news coming out of washington, d.c. what are they coming to you with? >> what does it mean to me. [laughter] david: naturally. >> there is not a clear answer for every client. depending upon the composition of their income and deduction, and whether we are looking at a blueprint or the trump tax proposal, the answer is different