the speech president trump is making today on islam to the leaders of more than a0 islamic nations isy. because this is saudi arabia, the birthplace of islam, so every single word of his speech will be carefully scrutinised, notjust here in riyadh, but all over the middle east, and beyond. excerpts of the speech say arab leaders must do their fair share in fighting terrorism. that's not a message that will go down well with countries that have already lost hundreds of citizens doing exactly that. frank gardner, bbc news, riyadh. it is important, this is something the united states cannot do, that the united states cannot do, that the islamic countries stand together against the use of the religion as an excuse against the use of the religion as an excuse for barbarism. that was what the saudi leaders are seeing here in riyadh, and that is important because that is something that we westerners, americans, europeans... do you think they have done enough? was that your message when you used to come here as the secretary of defence, it has to start at home, you are part of the problem? ye

if you read the prophetic stricture of islam like any religion, islam has a story of end times. every religion, whether you're christian, jew, the religion has stories, prophetic tales how the world will end, and islam, in close parallel to christianity, has to do with a final judgment day, a series of battles between believers believers and unbelief. and the specificity of islamic prophecy is a geographic specifity. we had a food fight inside the beltway, call this isis or isil. remember this? the president, president obama said isil. levant, and everybody else said isis, syria, yeah. will, it's interesting, that food fight was actually nonexistent because both names were wrong. when you have a new enemy and you wish to understand them, what do you call them? does your intelligence unit open the drawer of unused threat labels and pick one? of course not. when we fought the third reich we called them the third reich, not because we believed in a millenam long empire. they called. thes to the their like. during the world war we called the second red army the second red army not b

find islam. the west has declared war on us whether it's through colonialism or free-market or bluejeans, what have you. we are in defense of jihadist, we are just responding and we must. by the world and reestablish the caliphate. that was a core message for all of these organizations. isis took that and added one crucial addendum. if you read the prophetic scripture of islam, like any religion, it also has eschatology. it has a story of and of time. every religion whether you're christian or jew, the religion has stories and tales about how the world will end. in islam, in close parallel to christianity hadn't asked geology to do with a final dutchman day, battles between believers and nonbelievers and the specificity of a islamic specific he is geographic. remember for two years we had a food fight inside the beltway, should we call it isis or isil? the president obama said isil and everybody else said isis. it's interesting. that food fight was actually nonexistent because both things were wr

that means honestly confronting the crisis of islamic extremism and islamic terrorist groups it inspires and it means standing together against the murder of innocent muslims, the oppression of women, the persecution of jews and the slaughter of christians." you wonder the different between islamist and islamic. islamist is political, islamic is an attack on faith. it is a fine line to cross. after this speech and so far today this is the biggest difference we've seen between candidate trump and the president. his rhetoric different of course, his white house advisers hope it stays that way. >> jeff we'll keep in touch as we await the president's big speech next year. we bring the conversation in the room to the point jeff made, this happens with every president. you say things during the campaign, you get the job. realize running for president is a lot easier than being president. what a contrast if you look at the excerpts, jeff just had some of them there. what a contrast between candidate trump and president trump, more realistic, more what? >> the phrase that jumped out at me from t

that's the islamic state. the walk-through very quickly three or four yardsticks that will help internalize just how very serious the threat is to america, the why the president has made it his primary mission. to destroy this organization. number one. the islamic state is unique amongst threat groups. why? because it is the world's first ever trans- regional insurgency. the first world ever. let me unpack that. it's an important one. we now know and it's out in the open, that the islamic state. [inaudible] "territory in syria, iraq, it has affiliates according to the national counterterrorism that is now unclassified and has feel fully operational, and at least 90 nations around the world. these are people who say, fully operational sub affiliates.histc let's take a little bit of historical perspective to that. maybe we have some amateur historians in the room. go back to the last hundred 17 years and pick any insurgency in modern history, any insurgency.t whether it's now in china or after world war ii, whet

there is no vatican in islam. saudi arabia out there in an equal state in this way. mcmaster, as he was talking about this speech, said that this was going to be the three faiths that went forward. it checks the box for saudi arabia to be able to do that. the terminology, custodian of the holy sites is a term that is a very recent term that one of the kings referred to himself as and we are using it over and over again. what's the message it's sending to muslims around the world? we have to talk about the diversity of islam. that is the only way you're going to get muslims to fight the ideology of extremists. >> i 100% agree with you. this is where trump is listening that i wish he was not listening. he's listening on a lot of these cultural indicators that are really problematic. he needed to go to the middle east. frankly, i understand because of our relationship with the prior administration with egypt, that would be difficult, and the persecution that's going on there. jordan would have been a much nicer place

her goal is to present islam's enlightenened tenets to cocour the perception of islam as a violent faithtoday, she is speaking with students from the u.s. the mariam mosque takes its name from the virgin mary, a figure she feels signifies religious unity. she and her fellow female imams at the mosque also see themselves as unifiers. they've overseen religious services, lectures, weddings, and divorces. she and her colleagues are followers of sufism, an islamic sect. ms. khankan: s sufism is being practiced and defined very differently. sufism can be defined as mysticism, as music, as dancing dervishes. it could be spiritual practices, it could be a specific islamic theology. to me, sufism is understanding a theological subject or understanding things at a deeper level, where you also listen to the heart. reporter: jejesper peterson is researchching islamic c feminisd worldwide efforts to legitimize it. after reading an article about sherin khankan in one of denmark's major newspapers, he asked her to speak at his institute. mr. petersen: the mosque here is the first one in scandinavia. b

we're not at war with islam. know a lot of americans don't feel that way with the muslim faith at all. and president trump would say, yes, a lot of muslims are -- have been slaughtered by terrorists. but that's not the point. it's missing the point what obama was saying. it was an apologyic tone. now, was his tone ignoring the elephant in the room, the terror as you point out? >> well, i think ultimately not only is it helpful, what the left misses and their blind criticism of mr. -- of president trump's speech is that who are we speaking to? president obama by generalizing and becoming sort of the excommunicator in chief for islam saying this is all islamic and sort of declaring what is not islam and what is, basically fed into those dictators that were in the room. when you call it islamist, president trump was putting them on notice saying irving number. i understand that you may be with us against isis, but the underpinning of the ideologies, and you need to deal with those ideologies. liz: but obama never sa

just as our straightforward islamic religion confirms. our responsibilities towards god, toward our peoples, and toward the entire world is to to fight the forces of evil and extremism, whatever their sources are, in response to the dictates of our islamic religion. islam was and will always be the religion of mercy, tolerance, .nd coexistence in its prosperous time, islam provided the best council of coexistence among followers of religion and cultures. however, we see today that some presume muslims seek to represent a shorter picture, ace -- a picture that seeks to conflate this picture with violence. say to our muslim brothers and sisters, our sons and one ofrs everywhere that the most important goals of islamic sharia is respecting life and that there is no honor in committing murder. islam is the religion of peace and tolerance and urges followers to develop. it considers killing the innocent tantamount to killing all of humanity. our religion is to promote the tolerant values of islam, which are based on peace, moderation, and refr

, which are pretty moderate and saying only wahabi islam is authentic islam. so they are in a sense feeding extremism. it's too much to expect the president to say that while he's in saudi arabia, but it is a huge problem and it's something that i hope he is at least saying to them privately. it's really in the islamic world driving out moderate forms of islam and it's been doing that for decades now and it is one of the reasons for the rise of extremism. >> as we were seeing there and you can see wilbur ross, the president's commerce secretary, there over his shoulder. his wife, melania, traveled on this trip and that's reince priebus, the chief of staff. so quite a show of force in the trump administration on the president's first overseas trip. robin wright, of course as this is happening, enormous controversy here at home for the president. a special counsel appointed this week, new revelations about the russia investigation. how much is that on the minds of the people he's meeting with there? do they see a weakened american president as he makes his first

and i've been reminded that many religions, including islam, have one thing in common. >>> islam and our religion, to be straightforward and honest, it is forbidden. adam and eve, that's what our religion is based on. >> i don't support homosexuality. i support whatever god said in the koran and the bible. a man is a man and a woman is a woman. >> islam does not have a trademark on homophobia. all right? there are certainly people in the religion who are homophobic, but every religion has people in the religion. no religion owns it more than anybody else. it's like the song happy birthday. everybody can sing it if they want to. nobody gets to claim credit for it. >> so, then what's it like if you happen to be gay and muslim? well, there's no one better to talk to about that than somebody who is both those things, who is a devout muslim and lgbt advocate who is also openly gay, and he's only 22 years old. we're meeting at a library, aka, the original internet. kids, the library never goes down, but it does close at 6:00 p.m. >>> i feel like we're in a solemn place. >> it's like really

>> i came to islam later.n i was in school in high school, it was cool to be a muslim, back in the late '80s. like public enemy, it was cool being muslim back then, so really it was hip hop that was my gateway into islam for real. >> it was also around, like, the spike lee's movie, malcolm x with denzel, it popularized islam -- >> we were rocking the malcolm x baseball cap. >> i had a shirt. i think it was a bootlegged "x" shirt, got it from the street. >> that was the pop culture icons of black america or muslims. there's more african-american muslims in america than others. >> in fact, today, 63% of america's arab population is christian. with the largest demographic being catholic. i want to make sure everybody hears that. 63% of arabs in america are christian. so stop assuming you can leave your co-worker, ahmed, off your christmas card list. >> some have the biggest cross. >> they make sure they're -- >> they don't want to be confused. >> got crosses like rappers. >> minus the ice. >> what do you think ar

didn't use the term radical islamic terrorism but did use the word islamic terror. i asked why did the president use that term islamic terror when it said islamist terror in the prepared remarks and the senior white house official said that was just an oversight on the president's part. but it just goes to show you on this foreign trip with so many sensiti sensitive diplomatic issues and topics to deal with every step of the way the language is something they're paying close attention to here at the white house. even even if the president during his delive delivery speech did not read those marks he did deviate a little bit. that is a phraseology that might sound a little softer in this side of the world. the president didn't use that phraseology as he delivered that speech. so an interesting distinction to take note of, fredricka. >> already, jim a kosta. thanks so much. let's talk more about what's taking place with. julian swr julian -- julian, let me begin with you. the president's remarks in riyad, does this help the white house get back on track? does it help

/arab islamic summit.be delivering that speech. >> we are getting excerpts from that speech right now. here is some of what he is going to say. quote. some of president trump's speech that is anticipated to be coming shortly. >> as part of the president's five-nation trip he is meeting with the pope on wednesday. as you might remember, they haven't always seen eye-to-eye. listen to this. >> so the mexican government fed the pope a tremendous amount of stuff that trump is not a good person and the pope just made a statement, can you imagine? i just got a call. as i'm walking up, they had, mr. trump, the pope made a statement about you. i said, the pope? what did the hope say? i like the pope. i mean, was it good or bad? if it's good, i like the pope. if it's bad, i don't like the pope. no, it's true. >> translator: a person who thinks about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not christian. >> so let's talk to daryl stout, a donald trump supporter, as well as maureen fielder, a

i think islam hates us. radical islam is anti-woman, anti-gay, and anti-american.islamic terrorism is just taking over and we can't let that happen. when it comes to radical islamic terrorism, ignorance is not bliss, it's deadly. they're trying to take over our children and convince them how wonderful isis is and how wonderful islam is. we will defeat radical islamic terrorism. zblm all right. some questioning whether the president is the right messenger when it comes to religious unity. here to discuss cnn religion editor daniel burke. thanks for being with us. after listening to everything, what could the president say that -- it is not going to erase what he said as candidate trump but turn the tide and make him influential in that regard. >> when you look at the trip, he had to address religion, he is going to birthplace of islam in saudi arabia, going to israel and the holy land and going to the vatican. in some ways, preaching a message about religious unity is very smart. on the other hand, you played a clip, rather long trip of all of the things donald trum

is going on inside islam.st it. national leaders, they have to give youngsters an alternative because they are lost and they have a purpose in their lives. pete: i want to get a clarification. it looks like in this excerpt he's using the phrase islamist, will you explain because there's some contention online, what does that really mean? jack: well, he's using in reference to terrorism and it's a fact that you cannot separate radical islamic terrorism from the religion because it is their belief system. they're the ones who are bracing the religion so we should recognize it as such and actually these leaders must come to grips with that and they know that. but what we are able to do here, i think, they need a little bit of political will and i believe the president is here to help do that for them and to strengthen their spine to be quite frank about it. abby: it does seem part of the theme is to show people that we are in a different time, that you compared to the past eight years, he's going to be a differen

saudi arabia does not represent islam. no country actually represents islam.abia failed in the middle east, it has few sprends or allies, and it's basically burning through it's oil wealth trying to bolster it's position in the region. and donald trump is not going to make this better, he's going to make it worse. we're all as americans and people throughout the world going to be victims of the extremism that he's going to make worse. as an american muslim, that comes back to me. he should not be going to saudi arabia to talk about islam, he should apologize to americans who are muslims, for insulting our religion because he's the president of the united states of america, not saudi arabia. >> all right. haroon, hold on, and mr. gary as well. i really want to get, gary, your reaction to a lot of what haroon just said. meantime, sort break, for now, again live pictures out of riyadh, saudi arabia, awaiting a press briefing involving u.s. secretary of state and the saudi foreign minister. we'll be right back. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. ma

terrorists and link it to radical islam. those steps without coming out in saudi arabia or elsewhere saying radical islam is the problem and you have need to look inside yourselves to do that. we don't know they haven't done that privately. you can get all of the benefits of a policy that focuses about radical islam without incurring the costs of shouting it in their faces. jim: if you talk about is lambists, you are talking aboutn people who want a caliphate. they are adhering to violence. lou: the idea there are a caliphate is a necessary casualty and target. to destroy this enemy, we cannot play any more games, we don't have time to put 4 trillion dollars over 16 years, we don't have money or time. we're destroying ourselves by the way in which we're responding to a clear threat. if we're going to -- you know something darwinian about people who with all that america has become would throw away our young lives, a great potential of this country's future. think about how important those young men and women are to the futur

he upses the difference between islamism and islam very clearly. i can guaranty you the prime minister and incredibly accomplished advisers and military leaders would have been watching all of the proceedings, reading all of the speeches, absolutely highly analytical and insightful and i think it's so touch to go me. i lived in saudi arabia two years, traveled there over a decade. i'm about to make my ninth visit to tel aviv israel next week. i know these countries so well. i see so many similarities in the families of faith, their value placed on nationhood, senses of deep ancient religions, islam and judaism we are similar religions and monumental to see our president placing such great premium on both of these faiths and both of these nations. rob: certainly is. well said, doctor. uestion i want to ask you both and i want both of you to chime in, i just wonder is this a problem that can even be solved or there's always going to be a fundamentally, there's going to be a disparity between the two of them. can you ever solve the problem the way so

the speech president trump is making today today on islam to the leaders of more than a0 islamic nationsky territory. because this is saudi arabia, the birthplace of islam, so every single word of his speech will be carefully scrutinised, notjust here in riyadh, but all over the middle east, and beyond. excerpts of the speech say arab leaders must do their fair share in fighting terrorism. that's not a message that will go down well with countries that have already lost hundreds of citizens doing exactly that. frank gardner, bbc news, riyadh. and we'll get the latest from riyadh and our chief international correspondent there, in just a few moments. the conservatives have defended their planned changes to social care and winter fuel payments if they win the the next election. they insisted the new system would be fairer to everyone. the work and pensions secretary, damian green, also told the bbc that he thought £100,000 was a reasonable inheritance when questioned about the moves to reform social care. 0ur political correspondent susana mendonca reports. pensioners are used to being cou

he'll address more than 50 islamic leaders to outline his vision for u.s./muslim relations. >> this launch happened a short while ago so let's bring you up-to-speed on the events unfolding on the north korean peninsula right now. so we turn to will ripply. what do we know this morning, will about nch launch? >> reporter: the fact they have launched missile flew several hundred miles and landing in the waters with off the japanese coast' forcing themselves into the global conversation hours before this major season by the u.s. president you have to wonder if the north korean regime, led by kim jong-un, are trying to send a message they want to be the center of the world. this is behind the ballistic missile testifies in addition to the knowledge their rocket scientists gain. just a week ago we were talking about what is believed to be north korea's most successful missile launch ever. the missile they launched landed 60 miles, the united states says, from the russian pacific fleet. this missile took a trajectory like we usually see towards japan and landed i

my problem is with islam. the principles of islam, they are principles founded in jihad.o when you say moderate muslims and they are good ones. those are the people. some of the people are. the principles behind is lamb are pretty -- behind islam are pretty nasty things. they are political and not religious. that's where we are fooled and that's where everybody in hollywood is fooled. they say they are religious and peaceful. they are not. itles not about that. cheryl: we could debate but i want to get back to the celebrities. but i will say this. i have been listening to these celebrities come out. katy perry is a multi-million dollar recording artist who has security guards. you have got your hollywood back ground. you tell me. are they out of touch? >> it's not even that. there is a certain amount of fear and appeasement. wet katy perry does another concert, she is going to pray that no islamic terrorist shows up there and blows up the thing. they are safe frayed and they are trying to say look we are friends of yours. we are not against you. we love you. it's out of f

did he make clear that islamic terror, islamic terror extremism was enough? >> absolutely. if the viewers are confused about this dance that everybody is doing, islam is a religion. islamism is the theology of political islam, the idea that you have to have religion as a part of government that is a part of extremism. that is within the whole context of islamic thoughts that pushing forward these antiquated ideas that we have largely abandoned in the west. so in my eyes, as a muslim who has advocated that we need the honesty, i was thrilled to hear those words uttered in front of the heads of state that are actually part of the problem. that's amazing that that was done. folks want to find fault because nothing that donald trump does can be, you know, positive in the eyes of his many detractors. but what i actually see him doing is something very historic. i have a lot of problems, neil. let's be honest. we need to be tougher on the saudis, but i'm not a politician. i'm not a diplomat. i'm advocated for sanctions against the saudis, a boycott of the military sales -- >> nei

most islamic countries are not on the list.yse: are you worried that the summits, which are going to emphasize the battle against extremism, the visit could be overshadowed by the controversies in washington over the alleged mishandling of intelligence? >> we deal with the administration. we deal with the president as our honored guest. we deal with the 55 delegations coming from the arab and muslim world. that is what our focus will be. lyse: will you make it clear that you have troops ready to offer from your islamic coalition, because trump will want to know what you will do if he becomes more engaged. >> we have made that clear from -- for almost a year now that there are troops available for the islamic coalition and we are prepared to share the burden of going after the terrorists. ultimately, the terrorists are after saudi arabia. we are the land of the two holy mosques. they want to take mecca. we will not allow that to happen. jane: lyse doucet talking to the saudi foreign minister in riyadh . today, millions of irania

he referred to the threat of islamic terrorism as a civil war within islam. he knows it well because overwhelming number of victims of islamic terrorism have been their fellow muslims. arthel: there have been many people who followed president trump, candidate trump and mr. trump's words throughout the years, and was very, very dogmatic of his criticism of president obama and others who did not say the words "radical islamic terrorism." what changed on that soil? john: i don't think there was a change at all. it was a very tough speech. he repeated four times drive them out. drive the terrorists out of the mosques, out of the community, out of this holy lands. and to talk about the countries in the the middle east to take the lead in doing it. it's not a news flash saying every president whether it's donald trump or barack obama don't talk the same way on the campaign trail as they do when they give major presidential addresses. it reflects what's appropriate in the circumstances. that's one reason trump's critics are probably so frustrated by this speech bec

he will be making remarks on terrorism and islam.he will use top language to help quote, unite the civilized world against terrorism. mr. trump views on iran in the global nuclear agreement are a key part of the diplomatic equation. john mccormick is a senior writer for the weekly standard. john, thank you for talking with us. how will president trump's words tomorrow differ, do you believe from how past presidents have addressed the topic of radical islam? back is not entirely clear. there been conflicting reports about that. i think president trump, if i bet, it would be closer to more previous presidents that actually said about uniting the civilized world against bands of extremists. he may say the phrase radical islam would be a departure from previous presidents. julie: such as president obama. >> even president obama thought, president bush thought it was a semantic disagreement and i'm not sure exactly how important that is. his goal is about restoring confidence. it's about restoring confidence with our allies and it was los

will heal itself when islamic leaders part of the process. that's what the president went halfway around the world for. that's what he delivered in a very powerful speech welcoming the muslim nations and i think the rest of the world to join us in a different fight, a fight for the ideas, when he says drive them out. he's not saying drive the people out. he's saying drive these ideas out that have tainted our countries. judge jeanine: congressman darrell issa, thanks for being with us this evening. >> thank you, judge. judge jeanine: joining me with a military perspective on how the speech will affect the fight against isis. retired army lieutenant colonel mitch utterback who served three tours in afghanistan and one in iraq. colonel, we heard about the $110 billion arms deal with the saudis and another $400 billion that will be invested in the two countries. more jobs at each end. what are the military implications of this deal? >> good evening, judge. one of the most important military implications for everybody watching tonight is fewer am

was not at war with islam.inantly muslim audience that he was "not here to lecture," and avoided any suggestion about human rights violations in the region. secretary of state rex tillerson said the president has learned a lot during this brief trip. >> chris, i think this is one of the great attributes of this president, is that he is 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 is what we are seeing in this visit to riyadh, this visit to the country that is the custodian of the two holy mosques. the president himself has said he has learned a lot on this trip and he has learned a lot about the people. he's learned a lot about their culture. i think this is a really important process in terms of how we move forward with this relationship between the muslim world and the non-muslim world. >> cnn globa

radical islamic terrorism is not there. they are using the phrase islamic extremism.ike is on the line now from charleston, west virginia. caller: good morning. host: morning. caller: i love c-span. value the dialogue we get between the two tribes that we are in. i guess i am in the democratic tribe. i would like to respond to republican callers's as anued titling of iran sponsor. that encouraging headline you flashed regarding their recent elections, which empowered the moderates. iran compared to saudi arabia is a more democratic state. they are certainly entitled to exerting influence in that region given their long history of persian influence. the balancing of the president obama attempted to do with the trade deal was encouraging, but now we are going back the other way. it is going to -- not that the u.s. has insurmountable influence, but it is interesting moderatesni and the empowered elected, especially in light of the election of a very hard line traditional military- backed president in saudi arabia. host: thank you for calling. we will do this for about 25

but it also has radical islam.why radical islam was able to spread into somalia, spending time there? >> that's a good we. we have the knee-jerk reaction to these places. and we see them as a threat. but in somalia, the world abandoned somalia for many years. the u.s. tried to go in and help in the early 1990s and there was the blackhawk down incident. and that left a bad taste in our mouths that we didn't want anything to do with somalia. and in the intervening years, the radical islamic group came to power because they were the only ones that offered a vision. and people were starving for something, for some structure. >> and they were able to stabilize the place. >> very much so. and they used islam -- i met some of these islamists in the early days. an they were open to meeting with the american journalists and negotiating with the american government and the u.s. government slammed the door in their face. they were turning to islam for a practical reason, which was somalia is divided between clans. and the cla

, but not primarily islam. but radicalism is evil and should be confronted here and else where. >> now, perhaps it's no surprise in this country that the people here are throwing themselves publicly, at least behind the leadership. there does seem to be a genuine feeling that they're prepared for the time being what president trump has said in the past. they'll remember it, they won't forget it. >> to hear the different takes that you got there during your time speaking with people. one of them confronting iran. the other confronting radicalism and one person right off the top of your piece hoping for an apology, nik. we'll see how the speech goes. nic robertson live for us in saudi arabia. thank you so much for your time today. >>> yeah. as we pointed out in the beginning of this, all of this going on and more revelations regarding the russia probe and other things. russian officials bragged about how close they were to michael flynn. >> we're learning the russians hoped to use their relationship with flynn to

what we see is simply that "islamism" and islamic fundamentalism is a problem.t's notjust a problem in this country, it's a problem around the globe and we've got to come together and do something about that. and this is the candidate that your party has chosen to stand against the prime minister. he didn't make that distinction. well, i think he has got his terminology wrong and i'll be open and honest about that. what i will say is that we are the only party that put together an integration agenda which i'm not saying, by the way, is the answer to everything, but it's the beginning of an answer and what we've got to do is bring the communities together to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again. is islam a religion of peace? the vast majority of muslims... absolutely, they are peaceful, they live in this country, they love this country, they add to the economy. the problem is there is a small number of people who need to be sorted out, cut out of society altogether and actually what we need to do is we need to ensure that we put more police office

most of the islamic countries were not on that list.birds which will emphasise the battle against extremism, the visit could be overshadowed by the controversies back in washington over the alleged mishandling of intelligence? we deal with the administration, we deal with the president as our honoured guest, we deal with the 55 delegations that are coming from the muslim world and that's what our focus will be. will you make it clear that you have troops ready to offer from your islamic coalition? president trump will want to know what you will do if they become more engaged. we have made that clear for almost one year now, that there are trips available from the islamic coalition and that we are prepared to share the burden of going after the terrorists, was ultimately the terrorists are after saudi arabia. they want to take medgar and medina, so they have a platform to broadcast to other muslims and we will not allow that to happen —— mecca. that was the saudi foreign minister speaking to our correspondent in riyadh. france's presiden

this is what our islamic religion confirms. dear brothers and friends, our responsibilities towards god, towards our peoples and towards the entire world is to stand united to fight the forces of evil and extremism, whatever their sources are in response to the dictates of our islamic religion. islam was and will always be a religion of mercy, tolerance and coexistence as confirmed by brilliant precedence. in its prosperous times islam provided the best examples of coexistence and harmony among followers of religions and cultures. however, we see today that some presume muslims seek to present a distorted picture of religion, a picture that seeks to conflate this great religion with violence. we say to our muslim brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters everywhere that one of the most important values is protecting life and that there is no honor in committing murder. islam is a religion of peace and tolerance that urges its followers to develop earth and stops them from corrupting it. it considers killing an innocent soul

radical islam.ery important thing. >> i want to bring in alex before we run out of time. alex, we know that the president had been highly critical of muslims during the campaign, and we also know of course what's playing out domestically as far as politics. how does this weigh into the thought process of the saudis? do they look at a president who has just arrived and say he's already damaged? >> a good question and one when trump makes the big speech to muslim leaders s is in saudi a tomorrow. lot of conservatives and liberal will be interesting to see if if he uses "razical islamic terrorism" something he made a big deal about the campaign, before he ran he criticized hillary clinton and barack obama for not talking about that phrase in terrorism. trump plays to his audience. it's something he'd say talking to republicans or conservatives. now that he's in vosaudi arabia will he use that phrase? i think immediately that's a big thing people will be looking for when he gives that speech tomorrow. >

islam for as a whiel.s one of the the reasons they have pushed for ta tactic, the tactical, arenas like this have been a treatment market for a long time, three weeks ago i in at penn station, when the amtrak police tased someone, and set off a huge rampage of people running through the station, because of panic. you do something like this in an arena, secondary affects of panic can also cause great damage destruction and injuries, this is no small issue. it clear that isis has been seeking to get inside of an even like this. i think we'll probably come to find that this was not shaolin monks, not a chinese terror group, probably isis, and we'll probably find there was a in in place tries to facilitfacilitate this bench the attack in parliament, this say important of president trump's trip to saudi arabia, stop to saudi arabia, open discussions, how do we fight this, this reinforces why we have to fight isis rapidly. lou: president has said he wants isis eliminated, we does not want to see it protracted as

in this regard, islamic jews are no different from their islamic countrymen.here's a reminder of our top stories. france's new president emmanuel macron has called for a historic reconstruction of the european union. he was in berlin for a summit meeting with german chancellor angela merkel. both leaders agreed to work for deep reforms in the eu. investigators at the u.s. state department see the syrian government has built a crematorium to hide mass killing's. they say as many as 50 bodies are being consigned to the flames every day. after a short break i we back to take you through the day. tonight, we're going to have an in-depth look at that meeting of merkel and macron. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ [theme music] ♪ [theme music] >>>ernabel demillo: welcome to asian american life. i'm ernabel demillo. we're here at the noguchi museum and sculpture garden in queens, which features the works of artists and landscape architect isamu noguchi. in the 1

how will it go over and will he leave anti-islamic rhetoric out of the script? the president attempting a reset with the leaders of egypt and qatar, a short time ago. >> very serious discussions right now going on and one of the things that we will discuss is the purchase of lots of beautiful military equipment because nobody makes it like the united states. >> hi, everybody. good sunday morning to you. i'm thomas roberts in new york at msnbc world headquarters. 7:00 on the east, 4:00 out west. we have a lot of breaking news to go over for the second straight sunday. north korea conducted a missile test. south korean officials say it came from the region. janice joins us now from beijing. janice, what are sources saying about this? yes, we are talking about this weekly, at the very same time. >> reporter: this missile is believed to be medium range according to u.s. specific command. u.s. officials, along with those in south korea are analyzing the data to identify the type. no the pace at whichorth korea is launching these miiles a testing them suggests they ar

>> there is still much work to be done, and that is meaning honestly confronting the crisis of islamic extremists. >> and the speech of global a war on terrorism during president trump's first international trip. >> the news starts right now. good evening and thank you for joining us at 4:30 on this sunday, i'm peggy bunker. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. the president wrapped up day two after muslim leaderers gathered in saudi arabia today. he called on them to combat what he called muslim extremism. >> many of the muslims near in the bay area are responding, and what do they think of what the president had to say, christie smith? >> well, we spoke to the president ofcare and s cair and that he is trying to reset the tone, but it does not change the rhetoric or the policy. >> reporter: the speech from president trump came at a summit in riyadh with majority of muslim nations. >> our goal is to share the aim of ostamping out extremism, and providing our children a hopeful future that does honor to god. >> reporter: he urged the leaders to do more against the terrorist groups and extremism

message to islam that the west is not your enemy.course and dialogue between the islamic world in the western world, particularly with america. with the extremists are al-qaeda or islamic state who said the west is our enemy, it will address that. it will also push back against those in the we st also push back against those in the west who say islam is our enemy. so this is a truly historic occasion. do you think people will overcome the suspicions and anger over the travel ban, widely described as a muslim ban? i think the stories about and i were exaggerated. saudi arabia were not on the travel ban. many countries were quite upset. we question the rights of the united states or any country in the world not to allow people of a particular religion to visit their country. islam is part and parcel of the american social fabric. there are millions of muslims in america. many muslim countries were not on that list. are you worried that the visit could be overshadowed by the controversies in washington over alleged mishandling of intell

radical islam is coming to our shores. we have a radical islamic terrorism problem, folks. now. donald trump has made a lot of friends with his visit and this speech. a more—inclusive tone, a pledge of american help, combined with a strong attack on iran. exactly what his saudi hosts were hoping for. and this is what president trump wants to see more of, the new global centre for combating extremist ideology that the saudis have built. and the clear message, this is a worldwide problem and requires a worldwide solution. for more on this story i'm joined by sahar aziz in dallas. she's with the brookings doha center. donald trump's speech about terrorism, it was almost framed in theological terms. what did you make of it? he was clearly there to sell arms. and he was going to say whatever he believed his audience wa nted whatever he believed his audience wanted to hear, so that he could get the deal done. as he usually does with the kendzie users. this involves $110 billion of arms sales. arms that could be used by saudi arabia and other monarchies to fight warand arabia and