son inped over his succession, but by stripping his nephew of this title, king solomon has shaken thingsagain and what people are calllling a political earthquak. as you may have played a decisive role in the decision. more than half of the saudi population is under 25. the change will give the young aaron even freer hand. he wants the semi-privatize the saudi oil industry has been in influential of pushing for the war in yemen and a blockade in qatar. host: republicans won a high-stakes congressional election, retaining the atlanta seat in a traditionally conservative georgia. the former secretary of state karen handel defeated john also by about five percentage points to win. impressive rebound from polling that showed her nearly trailing her rival. a disappointing loss for democrats and a boost of confidence for republicans and what was the most expensive congressional race in u.s. history. karen handel has managed to win the seat in congress, but it was the close call for the 55-year-old. even if her republican district has voted republican since 1970. >> someone give me a bracelet o

also the king of saudi arabia, king solomon we spent a lot of time together and they're doing a great job. the deal with terrorism or the funding of terrorism. to front -- to stop funding radical islamic terrorism. they will stop. [applause] and over all muslim countries in the history of this world like what took place two weeks ago. and hopefully that can be the beginning of the end to this horrible situation in the world is suffering right now. and then to be very smart and we will end it. [applause] and i send a clear message to have a level playing field but every other country looks out for their interest it is time that we finally start looking out for our interest in the united states. [applause] so to sacrifice american jobs the death of american prosperity has come to a screeching halt but a new era of american greatness is about to begin. am looking at our industrial might they have been waiting for us to say hello. hello capt.. seventy-two creates a tax base to put new infrastructure all over the country. we must repeal and replace obamacare. [applause] so premiums have in

genie: king solomon has named his young's want to replace his nephew for the throne. >> we are looking through some of the arabic newspapers. pretty neutral and positive in general about the new crown prince. it's is pan arabic paper based in london. they say the prince will have the freedom to implement a whole new vision for the country and they think he will bring a refreshing new dynamic inside and outside of saudi arabia. i actuallyeast called him the prince of chaos. the paper says all levers of power are now in the hands of a young inexperienced man with a reputation for recklessness. he was defense minister he launched the war in yemen and then disappeared on vacation. the american magazine the atlantic since his promotion to power brings saudi arabia even closer to the trump administration. his appointment could also mean more instability in the region because he has a very hard stance against iran. papers are reacting to the political shakeup yesterday. emmanuel macron and his prime minister named their new government. >> the focus of the shakeup was the post of three ministe

the politicking i mean holmes in for larry king this week saudi arabia's king solomon appointed his son mohamed bin solomon as crown prince replacing his nephew who had been first in line to the throne what does this mean for the middle east and also for us saudi relations let's get an assessment from joel rubin he served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration and is president of washington strategy group a global government affairs advisory firm joel joins me from our nation's capital welcome to all thank you great to be with you amy so let me ask you about this apparently king leapfrogged over the crown prince and put his son in place in next in the line of succession is this something that we should consider just sort of a blip internal saudi politics or is this an earthquake that could lead to real tension and conflict in saudi arabia well it is a significant shift and its timing is fascinating because right now is engaged in a variety of conflicts in multiple fronts right now.

king solomon has chosen his nephew to replace him in the throne. has this assessment of the significance of this appointment. prince mohamed promotion was announced this morning. it was not a huge surprise. he has been groomed for the last couple of years for the number two position. in saudi arabia, politics is that the royal family and the young prince, on the left, did the polite thing and showed respect to his older cousin. now it is assumed mohamed, 31, will become king at some point. he is trying to liberate some point. he is trying to liberate some aspect of saudi life but critics say he is increasing the repression in the country. last year, he approved the execution of the leading shi'ite cleric which led to demonstrations in shi'ite dominated iran and great attention in the sunni muslim majority. as defence minister, he was often accused of rationalist. two years ago he launched the saudi war on the revels in yemen telling them it would be over quickly. it is still going on. that has deepened the rivalry with iran supports the rebels. the

king solomon. spent a lot of time together. they're doing a great job. they're going to be doing something very special. you see it with terrorism, the funding of terrorism, it's going to stop. got to stop the funding of radical islamic terrorism. and they're going to stop. [applause] and they hosted over 50 all muslim countries. they said there's never been anything like it in our history. in the history of this world there's never been anything like what took place two weeks ago in saudi arabia. i'm very proud to be a part of it. hopefully that can be the beginning of the end to this horrible, horrible situation that the world is suffering right now. called terrorism. got to put an end to it and we have to be very tough. we have to be very smart. we have to be very vigilant. we're going to end it. [applause] in my meetings with foreign leaders from many countries, i sent a clear message that america expects fair trade, a level playing field, and so many other things that we're demanding for our workers and our companies. every other country looks out f

to the politicking i mean holmes in for larry king this week saudi arabia's king solomon appointed his son mohamed bin solomon as crown prince replacing his nephew who who had been first in line to the throne what does this mean for the middle east and also for us saudi relations let's get an assessment from joel rubin he served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration and is president of washington strategy group.

to the politicking i mean holmes in for larry king this week saudi arabia's king solomon appointed his son mohamed bin solomon as crown prince replacing his nephew who who had been first in line to the throne what does this mean for the middle east and also for us saudi relations let's get an assessment from joel rubin he served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration and is president of washington strategy group a global government affairs advisory firm joel joins me from our nation's capital welcome joel thank you great to be with you amy. so let me ask you about this apparently they can leapfrog over the crown prince and put his son in place in the next in the line of succession is this something that we should consider just sort of a blip internal saudi politics or is this an earthquake that could lead to real tension and conflict in saudi arabia well it is a significant shift and its timing is fascinating because saudi arabia right now is engaged in a variety of conflicts in multiple fronts right now again as we know they're engag

the politicking i mean homes in for larry king this week saudi arabia's king solomon appointed his son mohamed bin solomon as crown prince replacing his nephew who had been first in line to the throne what does this mean for the middle east and also for us saudi relations let's get an assessment from joel rubin he served as deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration and is president of washington strategy group a global government affairs advisory firm droids.

i think the president may do some king solomon's choice, where it's half a loaf, they sort of pull out but renegotiate to say we are going to renegotiate nafta, we are not going to scrap nafta. we are going to redo the deal. i think it's possible they will try to walk -- tiptoe through the tulips and renegotiate the u.s. position of the climate change he cord. kennedy: it's something you can have both ways. there is a split in the white house with his daughter ivanka and son-in-law jared kushner begging the president to stay in the climate accord for the reasons you laid out. u.s. would remain in that pro-euro club. then others like steve ban none and gary cohn who think we should pull out. bret: there is not much concern about making european countries feel awkward. the nato speech alone saying th had to y their bills was exactly what the climate change pullout would be. which is it's a disruptor. i don't think they are afraid to do that. i think they are look at other implications. like china stepping into the void. kennedy: china doesn't have the green technology we do in this count

king solomon has removed his nephew is conference and named his 31-year-old son as his successor.this impacted economy? you, 31 out of 44, is this a smooth transition or is their discontent here? >> to be honest, we will not know that. we have been told it is 31 out of 34. it is difficult to know because it is obviously very interesting. on the surface, it seems very smooth. treat -- the streets were very con today. robert on as normal. images we saw of kneeling in hand of him by kissing his that this of showing a very choreographed and smooth transitions. we have questions about behind the scenes, the broader family a -- is everybody really on board? we will not know that for a while if ever. what does it all mean for the war in yemen? >> again, the new crown prince in been very aggressive terms of foreign policy. perhaps mostmen, important meal of all, the animosity and the standoff with iran. the policies have largely been attributive to him are having removed any impediment to that, on top of him, you had the crown prince that may have been restraining, we think these policies

i want to thank saudi arabia and my friend king solomon -- king and all the countries that participatedat very historic summit. it was truly historic. there has never been anything like it before, and perhaps there never will be again. hopefully, it will be the beginning of the end of funding terrorism. it will therefore be the beginning of the end to terrorism. no more funding. thank thet to [inaudible]ple terrorism.enace of they have their own difficulties with it. they have come a long way, and they are doing a lot. romania has been a valuable member of the coalition to defeat isis, and it is the fourth-largest contributor of troops in afghanistan. there, 23 of your citizens have paid the ultimate price, and america honors their sacrifices. recognize the president of romania for his leadership in committing romania to increase its defense spending from 1.4% of gdp to over 2%. allies our other nato will follow romania's lead on meeting their financial obligations and paying their fair share for the cost of defense. but i will say this. , money is our actions starting to pour into nato

[applause] i want to thank the king of saudi arabia, king solomon.ether, lot of time and they are doing a great job. they are going to be doing something very special. , theee it with terrorism funding of terrorism, it will stop. it's going to stop the funding of radical islamic terrorism. and they will stop. [applause] hosted over 50, all muslim countries. they said there was never anything like it in the history of this world. never been like anything that took place two weeks ago in saudi arabia. i'm very proud to be a part of it. hopefully, that can be the beginning of the end to this horrible, horrible situation that the world is suffering right now called terrorism. i it going to put and we have to be very tough, smart, very vigilant, and we're going to end it. [applause] in my meetings, with foreign leaders, i sent a clear message that america expects their trade . a level playing field. so many other things that we are to many for our workers and companies. every other country looks out for their interests. it is time that we finally look out

i want to thank saudi arabia and my friend king solomon, and all of the countries who participated inhistoric summit. it was truly historic. there has never been anything like it before, and perhaps there never will be again. hopefully it will be the beginning of the end of funding terrorism, it will therefore be the beginning of the end to terrorism. no more funding. i also want to thank the romanian people, for everything they contribute to our common defense and to the fight against the evil menace of terrorism. they have their own difficulties with it. and they have come a long way and they're doing a lot. romania has been a valuable member of the coalition to defeat isis and the it's the fourth largest contributor of troops in afghanistan. there, 23 of your citizens have paid the ultimate price and america honors their sacrifice. i want to recognize president johy yohanis in committing to increase its defense spending to 1.4% of gdp, to over 2%. we hope other nato allies will follow romania's lead on meeting their financial obligations and paying their fair share for the cost of

i want to thank saudi arabia and my friend king solomon and all of the countries who participated init. it was truly historic. there has never been anything like it before, and perhaps there never will be again. hopefully, it will be the beginning of the end of funding terrorism. it will, therefore, be the beginning of the end to terrorism. no more funding. i also want to thank the romanian people for everything they contribute to our common defense and to the fight against the evil menace of terrorism. they have their own difficulties with it, and they've come a long way, and they're doing a lot. romania's been a valuable member of the coalition to defeat isis. and it's the fourth largest contributor of troops in afghanistan. there 23 of your citizens have paid the ultimate price and america honors their sacrifice. i want to recognize romania's president for his leadership in committing romania this year to increase its defense spending from 1.4% of gdp to over 2%. we hope our other nato allies will follow romania's lead on meeting their financial obligations and paying their fair s

since king solomon came to the position, there are a lot of positive changes. stability. forthe saudi people and every country. fighting terrorism all over the world. guy: joining us now is the bloomberg executive editor of markets, tracy alloway. what did he have to say about the situation and qatar and to what extent is he allowed to be critical of the royal family? tracy: he has been pretty outspoken, at least when it comes to qatar. up its saying qatar is responsible for its own isolation. we asked him specifically what exactly could he done to solve the impasse. theaid he wants to see ruling family leave the country. now that is a big ask if you are the ruler of the country. it is not totally out of line with some of the demands we have seen thrown around by various members. we have heard talk of shutting down al jazeera. outside of the gulf, we are getting comments from the u.s. aree department rain they mystified some of the accusations leveled against orar have not been laid out justified in any way. a little bit of a discrepancy. guy: give us a sense of the stabi

i want to the thank saudi arabia and my friend, king solomon, and all of the countries who participatedhat very historic summit. it was truly historic. there has never been anything like it before, and perhaps there never will be again. hopefully, it will be the beginning of the end of funding terrorism. it will, therefore, be the beginning of the end to terrorism. no me funding. i also want to thank the romanian people for everything they contribute to our common defense and to the fight against the evil menace of terrorism. they have their own difficulties with it. and they've come a long way, and they're doing a lot. romania's been a valuable member of the coalition to defeat isis, and it's the fourth largest contributor of troops in afghanistan. there 23 of your citizens have paid the ultimate price, and america honors their sacrifice. i want to recognize president johan necessary for his leadership in committing romania this year to increase its defense spending from 1.4% of gdp to over 2%. we hope our other nato allies will follow romania's lead on meeting their financial obligati

the former air to the throne, mohammed bin solomon pledging his loyalty to the future king.ddressing his loyalty should be smooth. 31-year-old crown prince has some internal divisions among saudis ruling families and the conservative sunni arab nation done several controversial paths. bin salman, instigated the move to diplomatically isolate the oil-rich nation of qatar. he is also a hawk on iran. like president donald trump, he opposes dialogue with saudi arabia's shiite neighbor. >> somebody who has cultivated, the american's seem to like what he is proposing. >> president trump called to congratulate the crown prince and the white house said that the two leaders discussed the priority of cutting off all support for terrorists and extremists. saudi arabia has long had ties with extremists. 16 of the 19 hijackers on september 11th hailed from the conservative muslim nation. still, on the heels of president trump's visit to riyadh, saudi arabia, it's clear the white house has embraced saudi arabia's claim of leader b world and is going all in with the young crown prince. >>

plus, it came to solomon -- plus king salman ousting his son. all those stories when we come back. ♪ think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov train to welcome back. as we've been reporting good republicans in georgia special election. cheryl casone with the details. reporter: maria, public can karen handel defeating jon ossoff in the most expensive race in history. 40% keeping another house seat in the hands of the gop. the former georgia secretary of state thanking supporters for perseverance. watch. >> it is that fighting spirit, that perseverance and tenacity that i will take to washington that's been the driving force of my life and it will be the driving force for u.s.a. represent you. reporter: congratulations to karen handel. fantastic job. we are all very proud of you. counselor to the president, kell

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solomons and things. so at this particular point it's really important for nimitz to hold the west coast to hawaii and australia lifeline. the third thing, and this is really where king comes into his own as a global strategist, i think, is he says to george marshal, on the joint chiefs, we are not going to do defensive containment in the pacific. we are going to push back and take an offensive operation against the japanese thrust. and i think that that is critical not only to the story of midway but certainly the story of what goes on after midway in terms of operations against quadal canal. i want to tell you a story about an operation here off -- it's march of 1942. the japanese as we mentioned are moving into the solomon ilpds. you can see the dates of their expansion. douglas macarthur is still at this point in the philippines. and he's basically saying, well, what's the american navy going to do? the american navy having done some initial raids in january of 1942, enterprise and halsey sail into the marshals, fletcher and york town sail into the gillberts sort of with some nuisance raids and also to put the japanese on notice that the american army is not goin

good morning, i'm rahel solomon, rescue crews are back on beach in atlantic city to resume the search for missing swimmers, chop 3 over the staging area mere martin luther kinglevard. they were reported missing about 6:30, atlantic city police and fire units, coast guard and the new jersey state police are involved in the search. >>> forecast with kate fehlinger. we may see showers >> at the moment, already, in fact, there's a little bit of wet weather to report on portions at least of stormscan 3, you're not going to find it everywhere. it's scattered in nature. it doesn't mean we're all getting hit at the same time. in fact, even at this hour, we currently have the bulk of activity out to sea or the far western suburbs. a lot of clouds currently out there for most of us, with rebound to the mid 80's, today, tomorrow and sunday, lot meisha looks like either weekend day could feature a shower or thunderstorm at some point >> thank you so much for that. the drive is looking good. no real congestion but we have a couple of accidents. police directing traffic island avenue at binberg boulevard, also one in hatboro. a quick peak on the boulevard if you're headin

solomons and things. at this particular point, it's really important for nimitz to hold the west coast to hawaii and australia life line. the third thing -- this is where king comes into his own as a global strategist, i think. he says to george marshall who is arm chief of staff and his colleague on the joint chiefs, you know, we are not going to do defensive containment in the pacific. we are going to push back and take an offensive operation against the japanese thrust. and i think that that is critical, not only to the story of midway, but certainly the story of what goes on after midway in terms of operations against guadalcanal. i want to tell you a story about an operation here off port moores by. it's march of 1942. the japanese are moving into the solomon islands. you can see the dates of their expansion. douglas macarthur is still at this point in the philippines on curegdore. he's saying what's the american navy going to do? the american navy having done initial raids in january of 1942, enterprise and halsey shell into tsail into the marshals to put the japanese on notice that the american navy is not going to take all of this lying down. and in

i was honored to in a historic summit with the leaders of more than 50 and arab nations where king solomon and many other lead ers expressed their desire greater role in defeating terrorists who murder innocents of all faith. at this unprecedented summit we combata new center to extremist ideology, launched a task force to block funding for terrorists, and agreed to a mass ive economic development deal that will create hundreds in thesands of new jobs united states. i also discussed the importance nations of the region taking more responsibility on more youngo that people are part of creating a better future in their home .ocieties from saudi arabia i traveled to jerusalem where i reaffirmed the unbreakable bond between the united states and israel. there i prayed at the western visited the church of the holy, and was awed by the that sacred land and the perseverance of the jewish people. traveled to bethlehem ancient city of wonder where i met with the palestinian leader. primeresident abbas and minister net net -- netanyahu assured me they were ready for peace. we traveled toly the where