we've already so many american allies, for example, king abdullah of jordan for the past couple yearsas really been speaking out about this, saying that the west needs to make this differentiation. they need to separate between the religion and ideology saying that this extremist jihadist ideology is not a true form of islam. that they are the enemy of muslims. also you'll have others tell you in this region over and over again that the biggest victims of this kind of extremism, terrorism, are muslims themselves. if you look at countries in the region, for example, like iraq and syria. end iraqis are very proud of the fact that they are at the forefront of this war against terrorism. they, as muslims say they are in the front line in the fight against terrorism with the support of the united states. so, there's always this concern, christine, that jihadist extremists will exploit this kind of terminology trying to exacerbate those feelings that united states is fighting muslims in islam. >> jomana karadsheh for us with that perspective. thank you so much. >>> breaking overnight, deadl

i would visit with his majesty king abdullah. the first message is the king of saudi arabia has time for the director of the cia. that describes what kind of relationship we have with the kingdom. and his majesty, and the ambassador would always come back, and we always be the translator. and his majesty would give us three to five minutes on the plight of the palestinians, all right. and then dan, you could almost see him go-- . >> senor: right, right. >> and then he would immediately launch into what he wanted to talk about. which was he would begin by describing the iranian threat. >> senor: right. >> and then when he got really warmed up t was the pergses, and when he really-- persians and then the shia. so you've got this convergeence of self-interest between the sunni states and the israeli-- israelis with regard to the dominant threat in the region, which is the iranians. >> senor: and also one would think, i agree that iran is number one on the common threat list. also the rise of the muslim brotherhood, sunni extremism is

as his majesty king abdullah ii of jordan has recently said, and i quote, everything they are, everything they do is a blatant violation of my faith, end quote. isis fighters are not all from poor or impoverished communities. many come from middle class or even upper-class background drawn to a utopian vision that is proposed to be based on the koran. muslim partners and leaders of their faith must combat this perverse ideological message and we are grateful that so many have and are ready to take up this responsibility. lastly, in tandem with our aggressive pushback on the ground in multiple countries, we must break isis' ability to break its message and recruit new followers online, a digital caliphate must not flourish in the place of a physical one. as we have seen in attacks in nice, berlin, san bernardino, the internet is isis' best weapon for turning a recruit into a self-radicalized attacker. as traveling to iraq and syria as a fighter has become more difficult, isis' new call has become, and i quote, stay where you are, wage war in daesh's name wherever you live. isis' handlers a

king abdullah is a closet zionist in a way, he won't say that but he knows he's in power because of that actually a changing map emerging in the middle east. in the war of 2014, if anyone would have told you when israel and egypt were at war in 1973 that in 2014, egypt would be israel's biggest ally. but egypt was very helpful in the 2014 war. of course, all those things are happening. but i don't think that is specifically an issue of the settlements. yes, israel needs a buffer and the protection of the wider space. fundamentally, i was going back to the history not because of the history of victimhood but because it suggests what is the extent of nature of the people with whom we have to -- the instinctive nature of the people with whom we have to make the deal. israel as in favor of a kind of haven for jews who needed haven but he is not the last word on zionism. other prime ministers had a much more robust view on what scientists would be, bringing the language back to life, a national culture. this is not just a bunch of people who moved from europe or north africa, came to palestin

king abdullah has made it clear that has not presented a security challenge for the country of jordan. the united states has accepted a few thousand syrian refugees. there has been no example of any security threat. these individuals are vetted as extreme as we have for anyone coming to america, taking anywhere from 18 to 24 months. i think the members of this committee know that. we talk about that frequently and, mr. chairman, with your permission i'd like to introduce three families that are with us today because i think it's important to put a face. these are not numbers. these are people who are escaping terror and persecution that are now making america their home to help build this great country. as many of our parents and grandparents came to this country to build a better life for their children. if i light let me first introduce mohammed and his family who arrived in the united states on november 16 of last year. mohammed was a pastry chef in damascus prior to fleeing to jordan. his family were in jordan for four years after being rescued. alad who me introduce got here last

and the king of jordan, king abdullah for the past couple of years has really been urging the west totion between religion and ideology, saying that extremist ideology is not islam. and it is the muslims who are fighting those who he describes ashe enemies of islam. gion like the iraqis, for e example, who will tell you that they are the ones who are the victims more than anyone else of this radical extremism that we're seeing. and they are the ones in that -- on the front lines of this global fight against terrorism. so is this not something that is going to go down well with most countries in this region, dave. >> jomana, thank you. christine, there does not appear to be a softening on that term "radical islamic terror." he'll stick to that. >> it's not a term that he uses but the white house going with that. >>> the golden state warriors holding their breath waiting for the results of an mri on kevin durant's knee. coy wire has this morning's "bleacher report" next. [laughs] ah... ahem... show me the carfax. start your used car search at the all-new carfax.com. when i got into my a

king abdullah is a closet zionist in a way, he won't say that but he knows he's in power because of thatraid of iran. the saudi's and egypt is worried about iran. there is actually a changing map emerging in the middle east. in the war of 2014, if anyone would have told you when israel and egypt were at war in 1973 that in 2014, egypt would be israel's biggest ally. somebody would have told you you really had it wrong. but egypt was very helpful in -- to israel in the 2014 war. if people said israeli and saudi officials would be in close discussion because of iran they would've said, that is crazy. of course, all those things are happening. but i don't think that is specifically an issue of the settlements. yes, israel needs a buffer and the protection of the wider space. fundamentally, i was going back to the history not because of the history of victimhood but because it suggests what is the instinctive nature of the people with whom we have to make the deal. they so far have not been recognizing what we are. herzl was in favor of israel as a kind of haven for jews who needed haven but

also with king abdullah of jordan. as he's meeting with these international folks, he feels he has the leverage in the sense that american businesses, leaders, are behind him. >> kevin, thank you there on the hill. coming up the south african rand falling against the u.s. dollar. as a political shakeup threatens the country's credit rating. you can see the rand there. bonnie: we're at 1333 on dollar rand. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg markets." in new york i'm vonnie quinn. >> i'm in london. south africa's rand is heading for the biggest weekly slide since 2015. this after the president fired his finance minister raising . ncerns about the country joining us from johannnessberg with more is amo. let's start with the credit agencies first. we had news breaking in the past half-hour. give us the latest. >> we know that moodies came out with a statement quite clearly stating that it is going to be keeping a very close eye on the developments that will come from the cabinet reshuffle. that coming from last nig

king abdullah is a closet zionist in his own way. he won't ever say that but he knows he is in power in large measure because of that. he is afraid of a rye j. there is actually as you said a very changing map emerging in the midel east where ironically, first of all the war of 2014, if anybody had told you when israeli and egypt were at war in 73y that the war in 2014, israeli's biggest ally would be egypt, somebody would have told you, you have really got it wrong. but egypt was actually incredibly helpful to israel in 2014 war. if somebody would have said one day a couple of decades ago that israelis and saudi officials were going to be in very, very close discussion because of iran, they would have said that's crassy but all those things are happening. i don't think that is specifically the issue of the settlements yet. israel needs a buffer and the protection of the wider space. but i think that a fundamentally i was going back to the history not because of history of victimhood. because of going back to the history because the

held in the first week of february, indeed had a couple of heads of state, including his majesty, king abdullah of jordan. you wonder how could a muslim who traces his roots all the way back, his lineage to the prophet muhammad, how could he come to a group celebrating a prayer breakfast that generally identify with the christian faith. well, that's the unique unity of all of these prayer breakfasts that are handled and held all over the world. the abrahamic faiths coming from the original single god from which the seed of abraham had not only the jewish religion, the muslim religion, and the christian religion. in that, doug coe found unity. and so all these years organizing the national prayer breakfast. doug lived through this last one. he wasn't able to attend, but he was holding court over in northern virginia, as so many of the international guests came to washington for that annual celebration. we just laid doug to rest today. tomorrow there will be a memorial service for him at a huge megachurch to try to accommodate the size of the audience that will be there out in northern virginia.