the gulf of mexico. the longest barrier island in the world, padre island, at 113 miles is in texas. and tobasco sauce was invented on a louisiana island, avery island. and florida actually has an island that is distinguished for having the greatest population density on the gulf of mexico and thus in florida also at nearly 5,000 people per square mile. anybody have any idea? kathy, my dear friend from my teenage days, we grew up together in pinellas county, it's in pinellas county, any idea? treasure island. and treasure island in pinellas county has nearly 5,000 people. at the other end of the spectrum is sanibel with under 400 people per square mile. so why would you go live on treasure island? [laughter] and barrier islands and more than 100 rivers that run to the gulf are responsible or they help make the gulf one of the richest estuary environments in the world. a quarter of all estuaries of the united states are in the gulf. and so you have barrier islands on one side and fresh water coming down a

we are already basing and operating out of most of the smaller gulf states. we have cooperated closely with oman, which is not in a position to send more. it is spending more of its economy on security than saudi arabia. it is one of the highest spenders in the world. there is virtually no slack in the economy. when you look at the situation in oman, you find something surprising about it. it is the only country where we do not report on the level of terrorism or internal security in the annual report on terrorism. i do not believe that is because it is the most secure country in the world. when it comes down to what you can do in kuwait or bahrain, you qatar,in the uae, with you already have as much as you can credibly get. and you need to realize that part of that is an immense backlog of interoperable munitions, equipment spares, ability to operate u.s. forces in the event of a serious war with iran, and already a pledge to seek a common missile defense against iran. where among other things, one of the key issues is where the u.s. role is in creating a su

states that it is a consensus among the gulf states thatitis is a consensus among the gulf states thatbattle with this iranian regime. the fact that this administration sees it the way that saudi arabia does is extremely reassuring. what is the risk of confrontation, there will be strong language but is that the risk of more than that? america is strong and shows its deterrents, the risk of confrontation comes down because it pushes the regime in iran back into its box. under the obama days, the risk went up because they took their eye off the ball as far as we we re their eye off the ball as far as we were concerned. i think the risk of confrontation, to a certain extent, has gone down a bit. and you? on one hand the uranium population does not wa nt hand the uranium population does not want conflict and the american population, after a decade and a half in the middle east, does not. but there are so many theatres of potential conflict in the middle east that this is something we must watch very, very closely. even if neither side wants a conflict, we might be indirectly heading there

commitment to the gulf and saudi arabia.hen there has been this retrospective debate over the passages of a congressional staff report on 9/11 dating back to 2012. something that was a legislative issue last year. it's very important to understand what the role of u.s. forces is in syria, iraq and afghanistan. we are not talking combat unit. -- combat units. when you talk about additional forces for afghanistan, it would be in the train and assist mission and the potential support of counterterrorism far -- that are afghan forces. you might see a significant increase in the amount of u.s. air support, which is not by any standard boots on the ground. that has been reasonably well briefed by the administration, but it's somehow how scott and -- somehow it has gotten translated into total man-made rather than what the manpower does. just as a casual comment, there is nothing more meaningless and reporting on any security situation in total personnel. if you don't ask what the men and women do and do a live look at total amount

within the gulf you need to be really careful. we already are basing an operating out of most of the smaller gulf states. we have cooperated closely with oman which is not a country in a position to spend more pickets actually spending more of its economy on security than saudi arabia. it's one of the highest spenders in the world. there is virtually no slack in that economy. and if you look at the situation in oman, you'll find something very surprising about it. it's the only country where we do not report on the level of terrorism or internal security in the annual report on terrorism. i do not believe that is because it is the most secure country in the world. when it comes down to what you can do in kuwait or bahrain, what you can do in the uae with qatar, i think you already have about as much a you can credibly get. and you need to realize that part of that is an immense backlog of interoperable unitions, equipment, spares, ability to operate u.s. forces n the event of a serious war with iran, and already a pledge to seek a

commitment to the gulf and saudi arabia.hen there has been this retrospect did debate over the passages of a congressional staff report on 9/11 dating back to 2012. it is a legislative issue last year. it's very important to understand what the role of u.s. forces is in syria, iraq and afghanistan. we are not talking combat unit. when you talk about additional forces for afghanistan, it would be in the train and assist program and the support of counterterrorism that our afghan forces. you might see a significant increase in the amount of u.s. air support, which is not by any standard was on the ground. that has been reasonably well briefed by the administration, but it's somehow how scott and trained waited into total man-made rather than what the manpower does. just as a casual comment, there is not a born a needless and reporting on any security situation in total personnel. if you don't ask what the men and women do and do a live look at total amount of people, that hasn't been relevant as a meaningful military metric fo

tracy: if we assume gulf countries, gulf markets are become really an investment destination thanks tos evolution, this opening up, where do you see the biggest opportunities, and could you start new funds to take advantage of the opportunities? karim: a huge opportunity today in the gulf as a consumer. we have the youngest population in the world and a very high gdp per capita. these consumers are spending a lot of money, so we follow the consumer. anything that has to do with food, health care, education, these are very exciting sectors. e-commerce. early days. we have the highest penetration in the world, very high internet penetration, social media adoption, yet e-commerce is one of the lowest in the world. i think e-commerce account to only 0.7% of gdp versus 3% for global outreach. there is going to be an explosion in e-commerce and we want to be invested in that sector. tracy: let me broaden it out for asecond because we did see giant of the industry say that politics is making the job of investing much more difficult. there is so much political uncertainty. is that a problem fo

the gulf coast and eastern seaboard.we have weather issues today, we will be in trouble with people with water along the gulf coast. the showers have building through east texas and during the day. they will spread in the gulf coast region. this is the rainfall forecast. the one thing is a lot of thunderstorms. it is not a widespread rain. that is 4 to 5 inches along the i-10 corridor. that is where greatest flood risk is. this is a new map. we show you the thunderstorm risk areas. we have a new product to show you who is likely for flash flooding. flash flooding kills more people than thunderstorms do. the area is a moderate risk of flash flooding from southern louisiana to biloxi. this is where you deal with rising stream levels. the forecast for today, heavy rain and flood threat along the gulf coast. we will see downpours from d.c. from philadelphia to baltimore. nice weather from st. louis to chicago. as far as the severe weather threat. 2 million people at risk. amarillo to abilene. large hail is the big risk. we w

we've just learned that president trump and gulf nation leaders have agreed to meet on an annual basis now. in your view what's the significance of that new agreement? >> well, it's significant and it's part of a broader strategy that president trump has said he wanted to pursue. he wants to try to create some regional stability and peace, combined with the fight against isis by working with the gulf states. again, this is not totally new to president trump. this builds out of several decades since the 1980s where saudi arabia's been a key ally. but i think it's been a successful trip in terms of cementing that agenda for now. >> those gulf nations, that includes bahrain, kuwait, qatar, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates. how does this help set the next stage of his stop which is israel? >> fred, they think that they -- the closeness with iran was something that really, really worried all the gulf states. especially saudi arabia but everybody. the idea of the obamas' treaty with iran -- >> this is the enemy. >> exactly. he's really coming back forcefully to the u.n. nation sunn

why do you tell us what they are trying to do with the gulf arab states ?arab states? it's interesting. that arms deal, i think, states? it's interesting. that arms deal, ithink, it states? it's interesting. that arms deal, i think, it is part of getting sunny gulf states to get part of the burton sharing. and i hearfrom the white house that it is about the fight against extremism and about providing a counterweight to iran. throughout the trip to riyadh, and to israel, there was the conference restraint of this will give us ballast against iran. interestingly, donald trump has not ripped up the iranians nuclear deal. so is some of this rhetoric to appease people who wa nt this rhetoric to appease people who want america to take a tougher stance? the aim is to get arab states to have a counter to run themselves. but the evidence is is it would become like a nato deal from gulf arab states. and that is exactly the language they use. a nato type arrangement against iran. we said last week. we said last week it was a good time to leave washington and the furor

a lot of the gulf nations share that.an and feel more vulnerable, so they have to be careful. there was a consensus among the gulf states that it is an existential battle with this iranian regime. the fact this administration sees it the way saudi arabia sees it is reassuring. a very brief answer from both of you. what is the risk of confrontation? there will be strong language. is there a risk of more than that? when america is strong, and shows its deterrence, the risk of confrontation comes down. it pushes their regime back into its box. unfortunately, under the 0bama days, the risk went up, they took their eye off the ball. as far as we were concerned. the risk of confrontation has gone down a bit. i think that on one hand suddenly the iranian population does not want conflict, and the american population does not want conflict. but there are so many theatres of potential conflict in the middle east that this is something we have to watch very closely, because even if a conflict is pursued, we could be heading there.

it was a big week for corporate results across the gulf.d of equities for ross moller investment bank josh -- four rasmala investment bank joined us. at the corporate earnings in the first quarter, and it hit our expectations, particularly in the retail sector where earnings were showing weakness. i do not want to say bottoming, but i think the most recent announcement of restoring the benefits or the cuts that were announced six months ago is a fundamental change in the retail sector. it also changed the view on some of the banks in saudi arabia. were -- during the cuts they were announced in december, and it will take time to see the real impact of that. the consequences of that -- that is why we were not thinking, or our view was not that earnings have evened out yet. despite those fundamentals, you have increased your exposer to put -- your exposure to saudi arabia. what are you bullish about in light of this transformation story with some of the latest amendments? the exposureeasing to saudi arabia started towards the end of the first

countries and allowing the gulf countries to respond. now they feel no pressure to talk to iran, and in fact they see a lot more room to have a much more direct confrontational policy. it also depends a lot on how iran will respond. in yemen, in iraq, in syria against the saudi position. so we may see an escalation. it's going to happen in yemen, in syria and in iraq first. i don't think there's a chance of a direct confrontation between the two countries because their military capabilities are quite mismatched. the saudis have a great deal of air capability, missiles, whereas the iranians have much more of an on the ground capability. they're not likely to invade saudi arabia, and i don't think the saudis are planning an air campaign against iran any time soon. >> we should remind our viewers that the iranians have ground forces very active in iraq and in syria. a lot of them losing their lives. the king has finished his comments. this is the time when we expect president trump to make his own comments there. as vali noted, a big portio

they think they can get —— they think if they can get all the gulf countries on board, that would give of allowing funds to get to so—called islamic state, that would give them cover to sign the pledge. they are setting up a centre in riyadh, which will combat the cyber war, combating islamic state, and giving a counter to the growth and power of iran in the region. i thought, from the briefing i have, that they sound very confident about the trip but a lot of the confidence is based on leash on ships. this is a president who thinks relationships are very important in foreign policy and when you push them for details and why would these countries do things they have never done before, it really comes down to the power of donald trump, to persuade countries to make concessions in a way that they have not. interesting briefing, certainly an ambitious trip for the president. giving a talk on islamic extremism as well. we can go live to riyadh, lyse doucet is the bbc‘s chief international correspondent and she joins us from riyadh ahead of donald trump's first stop. you are quite dark, we

gulf countries are concerned about the rise of iran in yemen, activities in syria. they think iran is a destabilizing factor. they're trying to convince president trump to be more engaged and have a robust prominence in the region. and finally, the most important meeting will be the summit with 37 heads of state from different muslim countries from around the world in which president trump will try to outline a strategy what he calls radical extremism. with the hopes of trying to get all those countries to play a bigger role in either creating, for example, a nato of sorts to fight in syria or to even combat terrorism in different forms, whether it's finance and funding or the spread of the ideology. he's got a very aggressive agenda. if he comes out there and checks the boxes on all of those and gets what he wants, it will be a successful trip. some are saying that will be a bit of a challenge. >> three key points to pay attention to here. the saudis are also expected to give president trump a royal welcome today. what can you tell us about that? >> if there's one

i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. morning rush humidity back up mainly cloudy today with few showers & pm t-storms (isolated heavy gusty pm storms) today partly sunny, scattered showers and thunderstorms possible (40%) winds: southeast 5-10 mph today mostly cloudy, showers & t-storms ending early lows: 60-65 winds: east 5 wednesday partly sunny, showers possible (30%) highs: near 80 winds: west/southwest 5-10 mph a high profile murder trial begins coming up-- why experts say defense attorneys and prosecutors have a tough task ahead of them. plus, danger in the deep end. coming up-- a family gets an unexpected pool guest over the memorial day weekend. that everyone is talking about. tiger woods- charged with driving under the influence. now-- the golfer is apologizing, and telling fans that he was not drinking and driving. jonathan elias has more. in the day ah

gulf, already at our latitude. we are getting a push of gulf moisture, atlantic moisture. you will see in our futurecast how it spreads from west to east as we go through the night. we are gettingdefinitely an impe during the nats game, and then some steadier rain ahead. for most of the rush-hour, it should be cloudy. there might even be a break in the overcast with a glimmer of sunshine. that is the very latest forecast. we will have more coming up in just a little bit. lindsey: we want to go live to a news conference in manchester about that bombing. let's listen in. a team of liaison officers working with those families and supporting them. there has been much speculation as to the names of some of the victims, and while some of this is an inevitability, i would ask the people allow us to work with the coroner and those families and ensure that they are properly supported before we release the of those who have sadly lost their lives. as you would expect, the police response across manchester has been significant as we help people to continue to go about their daily bus

coast, era all along the the gulf close -- gulf coast of florida, it's always been printed a veterans of all sorts. >> and before you left the military you are a doctor in the military? >> that's right. dunn: i went straight into the military out of medical school and served on a number of different places around the world. and had a chance to see a lot of different types of surgeries. i settled on neurological surgery. kidney stones, prostate cancer. that became sort of my specialty. fell,hen the berlin wall they called all the surgeons in and said go home. find a job, the war is over. it was for six months only. then kuwait. city ensconced in panama and have a lot of new friends. we had a great time raising our three sons there. they are all grown and gone and now we have grandchildren. >> you rose in the ranks in the army. rep. dunn: the medical corps is different. you start as a captain out of bonus, and then they doctors. i got up as a major. >> you also spent some time here in washington before coming here now as a freshman in the house of representatives. rep. dunn: i was study

saudi arabia and some of the gulf states, especially when it pertains to iran. i want to go over some of the details of the deal that they came to an agreement on, 110 billion effective immediately, 350 billion over the course of ten years, there were a number of private sector agreements in that deal, but as far as long-term safety is concern. this not only behooves the united states, there's a presence there, but helps the country of saudi arabia and the gulf states. what's your reaction when you saw, really, the outline of this particular deal? >> i think what i reacted to immediately was the prospect of jobs, jobs, jobs, in america. and what this means for us. i mean, the saudis are saying to us, we believe in your weapons, we believe in your security guarantees, and we're investing in america, which is a huge payoff for president trump who has made such is repeated theme in the campaign and now as president of bringing jobs back to america. so the saudis are saying, we're going to help you and they're doing that, by the way, at a time when they are under tr

also, the gulf cooperation council. so i think people understand in the region today that they have to work together. that's happening in the war on yes, ma'am b where saudi arabia and the uae are working very closely together. .america can play a very important coordinating role because america has strong ties and operational ties with everybody. and it can bring, you know, the operational pieces together very effectively. the so i think the fact that the president has shown a lot of interest in that and general mattis as a former head of the central command. so he has an intimate knowledge of the issues there. i think america can make a difference and make that sort of bilateral effort to fight terrorism in yemen and in the rest of the arab world much more effective. so i think there's something substantive there. i wouldn't diminish the talk about, you know, putting together a group to fight terrorism in the region with american involved because i think it's come a long way in the last couple of years and i think ame

the united states is finally reading the riot act to saudi arabia and other gulf countries and gulf leaders who have been supporting extremism. he's putting them on the hot spot of saying, okay, we're building this alliance around extremism. i'm going to do what you want with iran and i included them in my speech. now, you need to clean your house. you need to do what is the right thing. you need to drive these people out and you need to really fight extremism. so i think everybody can leave this speech thinking they got what they wanted. the saudis got an anti-iran message. countries like egypt got a free hand to hound their opposition. and many others thought that they saw for the first time an american president in saudi arabia take a tough stand on those who support extremism. >> i did think it was a remarkable moment when you had president trump speak of how america suffered repeated barbaric attacks from the atrocities of 9/11 sitting next to the saudi king. of course we have -- congress recently passed legislation allowing american families of victims of 9/11 to sue the saudi governm

one is and one is the gulf of mexico.ths ofinto the earning season, profit growth in european companies looks to be the strongest in the third quarter of 2010. that is leading to a raft of upgrades in the markets. reporting earnings per share at 24% higher. the data is adding to this fuel that we should have a rerate in europe. in the u.k. market, sterling held up on the key shed -- he said.seshe through thed up asian trade, the latter part, almost completely unperturbed by the difference in opinion in what really happened at dinner last week in downing street. the question to ask, is can sterling hold? it is hardly rocking on the downside, down 1/8 of a percent. down .1%. in dollar terms, we are on the ftse. in pound terms, fairly unchanged. in dollar terms, we are beginning to question where we are and where we go. on the markets, i am off to digital radio. guy: thank you, manus. .et me refresh my mov screen by two .53% off the back of its numbers. santa fee well bid. ntofi will bid. some financials trading higher as we

. >> my dad has a family that lives on the coast of the gulf of mexico. those beaches are beautiful. or at least they were. the animals there were amazing. -- it was going back to them. and the brown pelicans. -- the gray her win who has heron who has become my best friend. she will swallow the fish head-first. >>>> catastrophic d disaster at. a column of fire blasting into the sky. the explosion h happened aboard mobile offffshore drilling u un called the deep water hororizon. >> more e than 175 million galls of oilil have spewed into the gulf. >> when i first heard about the oil spill, you know, it broke my heart. >> my dadad and my grandfather were talking. >> olivia heard that it was spilling into the gulf. >> they were as angry as could be because they grew up loving those pristine beaches and those wawaters and s seen those birds. >> after we spoke to my father-in-law, we had dinner and olivia, i had never seen her so upset. >> i started breaking down crying at the table and i cocouldn't help it. it's the thought that was running through my head was

do you agree the gulf is the most targeted for ransom where a tax? -- attacks?012, when we started to focus on ransom where attacks, i agree that it has been an issue in the gulf and we have seen some attacks since that time. statistically, i think it hasn't really raised its ugly head if you will as much as we seen with other attacks. we've talked to our customers and we don't see that many instances in government agencies and arch banks. tracy: a couple years ago, the solution to these attacks was more sharing of information between companies, between governments. we did see the u.s. past the cyber sharing information act. have we seen any evidence that after this incident, it's actually doing something? >> in certain sectors, there has been more sharing information. the financial sectors in the u.s., we have seen that. there has been a recent announcement of more sharing and opportunity for sharing. but what we have to see really is the transporter sharing across governments, more openness about classified data. a lot of governments have classified informatio

i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. >>> hail and heavy rain, possibly a tornado. >> sounded like a huge building coming down you would think. >> a first look at the damage in virginia tonight and what is coming our way the rest of the week. >>> new calls toio maryland. tonight pushing the school president to go even further to stop hate crimes. >>> and how your next online review could cost you big bucks if you're not careful. >>> news 4 at 11 starts now. >> hello everybody. hail to high winds out there. some wicked weather for a lot of you. now the national weather service will be in northern virginia tomorrow to see if a tornado touched down. >> the same storm that brought the hail did serious damage to a mobile home park. jackie bensen will have more on the cleanup in a moment. let's talk to doug about the storms. >> not even close to being done with them. we

i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. >>> a crazy case of road rage that is all caught on camera. this one happened in florida on a tampa highway and another driver started recording on his cell phone. >> you almost ran me off! are you okay? are you serious man? >> the angry driver sped in front of the driver, then hit the brakes causing the van to hit his jeep. the man then allegedly smashed the van's driver side window and sped off. that very angry motorist is now facing charges. >>> and it's pretty alarming when you wake up to the sound of your car horn blaring, but one man found a 200-pound bear was causing his to go off. in fact, the bear was sitting in the front seat of his car. the bear busted in through the back window and then got stuck inside. police were able back door, and then the bear ran off in the woods. the bear was after some snacks he saw in the

farther south from the gulf. when that happens we see sudden expansion and increase the intensity of the rainfall. we have a warm front running through the southside of virginia. we have the moisture with the southeast winds coming this way. rain pushing northwest. south of the front the rain is pushing north. that will converge as the air mass advances in. we think we are good on the timing of heaviest rain in overnight hours. notice the yellows or the heaviest rain areas through the overnight. so two to t turn mog and then the rush. winds will keep temperatures mild. 61 for a low. still 63. warmer at 7:00 in the morning. we have the patches of the rain, moderate to heavy in spots. isolated thunderstorms and the timing is not the best. the sustained rain and the heaviest downpour on the commute. 10:30 and this model pushes the heavy stuff across the by a. we should see improvements. there is an additional chance of a shower or storm that pop-up in the afternoon or the evening. look at the temperatures. low to mi

. >> chris: gcc is the gulf council of nations. during the campaign canada trump had some tough things to say, here he is on the muslim religion. >> i think islam hates us. there's something there that is a tremendous hatred. we have to get to the bottom of it. >> chris: and here he is talking about saudi arabia. >> you talk about women and women's rights, so these are people that push gays off buildings. these are people that kill women and treat women horribly. >> chris: given that past rhetoric why should muslim leaders trust mr. trump now and on the other hand, if the president is so concerned about human rights, why isn't he talking about it publicly this weekend? >> secretary tillerson: chris, i think this is one of the great attributes of this president, he's willing to call issues out, confront them, speak very plainly and bluntly about them and in many ways that motivates these countries to want to understand why the feelings in the u.s. are the way they are but also to engage, to address those. i think that's what we are

leaders from across the region. meeting a host of arab and gulf and one central geopolitical subjectght against islamist extremism, and how to make good on his pledge to destroy so—called islamic state. on his pledge to destroy but after the trenchant and some would say islamophobic language of the trump election campaign the president chose a much more moderate tone today. the president chose a much more we are not here to lecture. the president chose a much more we are not here to tell other people how to live. what to do. other people how to live. how to be. other people how to live. or how to worship. other people how to live. instead, we are here to offer partnership. based on shared interests and values. and he framed the choice that arab leaders faced like this. this is not a battle between different faiths. different sects. between different faiths. or different civilisations. between different faiths. this is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life and decent people all in the name of religion. this is a battle between good and evil. and he said

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the move appears aimed at improving relations with gulf arab states and egypt.has been viewed, i spoke with rasha qandeel from bbc arabic. the first thing in the document is what you said, what seems to be a softer sta nce what you said, what seems to be a softer stance on israel and in between wording, trying to distance hamas from the muslim brotherhood, especially in egypt, the very first reaction i have just especially in egypt, the very first reaction i havejust heard on arabic news was from the spokesperson of the israeli prime minister and he said there is no change whatsoever, everything we have been reading, they don't see, the israeli officials cannot see, and they still think hamas is trying to destroy israel. has this come as a surprise? that actually has been leaked for a few days now, from arabic sources of news. it was expected to be sharper than this, more obvious than this. but the wording that came today is actually a bit like the in between, the softer wording of what we were expecting, so it wasn't a surprise in the eyes of many, but it had t

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the trump administration in many ways is going back towards a traditional american policy in the gulfion of iran and in particular the revolutionary guard seem to be the force leading policy across the region? if, as we expect, there are more sanctions against iran, and possibly other actions, how would iran respond? as you know, iranian foreign policy in the middle east has been remarkably consistent for the last 40 years, essentially three pillars, hostility towards the us, the rejection of israel's existence and rivalry with saudi arabia which has intensified. i don't think that's going to change. trump's policies will change the strategic pillars but if there is more confrontation between america and iran in the middle east, whether it is in syria, yemen, it could indirectly help to unravel the nuclear deal which would be a real national security concern not only for the us but the us partners in signing the nuclear deal, europe, russia and china. talking to very senior saudi officials you have to say that saudi arabia is obsessed with iran and its engagement across the region. bu

some gulf states such as an and kuwait won't necessarily agree to take an aggressive posture? wa nt to aggressive posture? what the saudis want to talk about is not necessarily islamic state, that's a second order concern to them, they think it is contained. they see themselves as locked in a regional confrontation with iran. they've been trying to construct an alliance against them, not necessarily successfully. tru m p against them, not necessarily successfully. trump has a number of people in his administration like james mattis and hr mcmaster who are really iran —phobes so he can expect them to support into some extent. so this will be a success? let's see how we measure it, i suspect there will be collaboration but with trump you never know, he may say something next week that overturns everything. it is wise to be cautious. thank you for joining it is wise to be cautious. thank you forjoining us. the first day of a two—day visit here to the saudi kingdom. from here the president goes on to israel and the palestinian territories where he'll face more tough issues. a lot

when he will be addressing the leaders just of the gulf and gulf the addressing the leaders just of thebut also in the area. the challenge is going to be his narrative, his speech, will it have a real impact on the public opinion of the leaders of that part of the world? if yes, then president donald trump will have achieved a major strategic success in addition. what impact if he likely to be wanting to make? what will the message be tomorrow? you will ever there was so many back and forth during the campaign, and even a few months afterwards, about his narrative. he has been criticised, word such as islamophobic, isolationism, the famous tweet about the immigration. we know about that. but in his speeches in april 2016 and just before the election, he spoke about reaching out the into the arab and western world, and trying to find common ground with those leaders and the nations to isolate the extremists. this is also what europe has spoken about. that is what the arab countries have spoken about. to come together in an international brighter. if he achieves that with the speech, and

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which mainly comes from these gulf countries. is that a step forward?all, i think that's a very confused characterization of what's going on in the middle east. look, saudi arabia has done an enormous amount to spread islamist extremism and provide an environment in islamist extremism but i wouldn't characterize saudi arabia as the biggest problem we face. it is part of a larger problem that certainly was fomented by them and the iranian. i think david brooks' characterization there say little bit confused. trump was being the anti-obama. if obama was the president who saw everything in the middle east through the prism of tehran, iran, how can we make them happy, trump is exactly the opposite. that's why he's so beloved to the saudis. >> when we think about the middle east and the president ramping up the arms sales there, also repeating the word "peace" over and over again he did danielle dance around the phrase he used on the campaign trail and here at home "radical islamic terrorism." no mention also of moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerus

that is just up to the first gulf war.nd then after that, you know, i have been in iraq and afghanistan as well, so there's lots and lots of death there. i had a friend's with a six man security team that i had built together and sent to the airport. it took three weeks to separate them all. war is not a game, not a funny thing. have i directly fired on individuals? yes, i have. now, there is a big difference between what you use a rifle in a defensive purpose, half the time you are not aiming. you are trying not to, but the enemy moves about, and i was doing mainly suppressive fires in the first gulf war. but you know, many times, i put my fingers on a map in bosnia. we did an airstrike where we were working with intelligence staff. we knew we would kill 56 people. i was on the uss wainwright when we were in a naval missile battle, the battle of ciri island. anwent toe-to-toe with and thatissile boat killed 60 people. everyone in the intelligence community is an intelligence warrior. some guys are further on the spear tip

the trans—pacific gulf airlines —— boeing.hip countries have agreed to pursue an agreement without the us. they were at the forum in vietnam's. president trump ditched the tra ns—pacific partnership shortly after taking office saying it was a bad deal. the us dollar was sold off last week as investors started to question president trump's ability to deliver on his reform agenda. we will be keeping an eye on that this week. also coming up, the bank of korea will hit up old it's first meeting after the new president was elected and a week after the news that japan's economy is growing better than expected. the chain will announce its figures on friday. earlier i spoke to paul petron from scotia bank. it is a tough week. there is not a lot of tier one economic news until wednesday. and then we wait forjapan's cpi. what about the potential james then we wait forjapan's cpi. what about the potentialjames comey testimony and north korea. what will really make headlines and in that investor sentiment? north korea will today. there is

we are looking at some severe weather through the gulf.ing levels on the streams and rivers. we're talking flash flood potential pretty high. generally about two to three inches of rain but locally four to six inches all along the gulf coast. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >>> good morning, everybody, it's indeed a cloudy, wet and rainy start to the day. most of the rain is along the i-95 corridor and points to the east. starting to dry out a little but no sunshine out across the shenandoah valley just yesterday. temperatures are in the upper 50s to around 60 and i believe we'll get the rain to taper off around lunchtime, staying very cloudy through the rest of the day. temperatures in the low 70s. most of the rain tomorrow is in the afternoon and evening and rain chances likely wednesday and thursday >> i have to tell you,er got good bumps during that. >> and it was a treat, something we don't normally get to see. >> thank them for their service from us, please, al. >> you bet

where the president found common cause with the leaders of saudi arabia and america's traditional gulfllies, who thought that under barack obama, the u.s. had turned too much towards iran, and saw a change in donald trump. for all the anti-muslim rhetoric, what they were hearing was rhetoric that was anti-iran, rhetoric that suggested the u.s. would steer in a different direction from obama. charlie: it looks to me sitting here in new york city that the president said to all of those gulf allies, muslim countries primarily, he said to them, i need your help to fight terrorism, and you need to do this because it's in your not against your faith. and in order to give you that, i will do what i think you need to do, because you constantly are talking about iran as the ultimate enemy in the gulf. i will support your idea for isolating iran. a kind of bargain took place there. jonathan: i think that's exactly right. the image of that meeting in riyadh, the one with the president gave his big speech, this was 50 plus nations, basically the full islamic world, arab, african, asian, altogether

when i worked there for the first gulf war and the second gulf war, i was not required to dress that way. i think as a woman, though, you have to be aware of the huge gap that remains still between western human rights standards and that country. even though they have made progress, they have a long, throng way to go. but this trip is not about human rights. it's all about national security, about resetting this relationship, and defeating isis. the most important thing that happened is not necessarily the $110 million worth of arms. it was the creation of a joint effort to fight the message of radical islamic extremism. they won't use the words "islammic" tomorrow but the saudis are partly responsible for the spread of this pernicious version of islam and they have to be part of the solution. they have to help with the messaging to take people away from the perversion of the faith. it's hugely important. judge jeanine: the iranians elected president rouhani. what does that tell us in terms of the american and iranian relationship if any? >> i haven't been to iran for many years beca

meetings with all the gulf state leaders. in the afternoon he will meet and have lunch with leaders of more than 50 muslim countries where he will deliver an inspiring yet direct speech on the need to confront radical ideology and his hopes, the president's hopes, for a peaceful vision of islam. that dominate across the world. the speech is intended to unite the broader muslim world against common enemies of all civilization and demonstrate america's commitment to our muslim partners. he president will then participate in the inauguration of a new center intended to fight radical islam and promote moderation. by establishing and operating this center, our muslim friends, including saudi arabia, are taking a firm stand against extremism and those who use a perverted interpretation of religion to advance their criminal and political agendas. the president also looks forward to participating in a twitter forum with young people who will be able to live tweet his remarks to people all over the world. the president will then conti