middle east? that's what the leader of the anglican church justin welby says. on a tour of the holy land, the archbishop of canterbury has met with both israeli and palestinian leaders. our middle east correspondentething that was discussed in both meetings is whether there is, for all kinds of reasons, a moment of opportunity. one of the things i was particularly emphasising was the need, particularly of the poor and the weaker in the area, the minority communities, for peace. although some people can enjoy these situations for years, but others, it becomes an injury report, and i'm thinking that perhaps some of the christian communities around... you met refugees caught up in other regional conflicts. what really struck you there? these conflicts are on a completely different scale. as we know, those have been huge wa i’s as we know, those have been huge wars in which the majority communities, the yazidis, the christians have been herded from place to place. kills in enormous numbers. barbarically so by organisations of evil. that's a very different context. but those listening, going to one of the refugee camps, and then sitting in a church, an anglican church this thing to iraqi— christians w

our middle east correspondent and our cameramen sent this report.orter: the free syrian army are driving out i.s.. here in northern syria, so-called islamic state is collapsing. to itst happens believers and converts, those who abandoned europe to live under the caliphate? civilians, are for the most desperate. but lurking here is a threat, i.s. fighters living among them. the camps here in northern syria are doing overwhelmed. people are fleeing the fighting and this is before the biggest attack on the capital. fighters and their families are trying to get out. some are trying to defect. many are being captured here before they make it to the border with turkey. we were given exclusive access to one jail holding european i.s. fighters. they are a threat and distrusted, so they are heavily guarded. these are the personal belongings of i.s. prisoners and defectors. hundreds have been captured, including cold families heading back to europe. mohammed and his wife left france to join islamic state. a.ey had a baby while in raqq he says he doesn't hate

middle east peace process. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from gaza city.like many in the gaza strip, this family can't afford backup power so that children are learning to make do. blackouts have long been a problem here but now, electricity is cut frock to 18 hours a day. we have no electricity when we teach our children. the refrigerators are broken and electrical appliances have burnt out because the power comes and goes so often. we are constantly chasing the electricity. this is gaza's only power plant but for the past month, it's been shut down. it uses important —— imported diesel and international donations have run out. the lack of energy means a lack of drinking water because this coastal trip —— strip relies on desalination. and here, you can see and smell another effect of gaza's power crisis. this is sewerage water and there not enough electricity treat it properly or pump it way out to sea. so instead, it's being discharged like this just off the coast. behind this power crisis is a political power struggle. it's ten yea rs political power st

our middle east correspondent quentin somerville is in libya, where one of the brothers of salman abedid about the likelihood of abedi becoming radicalised while on a visit to libya. we heard this evening from the militia which detained hashim, the younger brother, and ramadan, the father, that hashim was in contact with his younger brother, sal man, and funds were transferred between them and hashim was planning an attack in tripoli, they are holding him in beliefs they have links to the islamic state. thejourney him in beliefs they have links to the islamic state. the journey sal man took here was a regular trip. his parents man took here was a regular trip. h is pa rents left man took here was a regular trip. his parents left libya as part of an exodus during gaddafi's time. gaddafi said extremists were fleeing here. but that isn't the whole story because there was another exodus that happen here in libya after 2011 when moammar gaddafi was ousted and that exodus was thousands of libyan fighters heading towards syria. they've taken the skills they learned in the battle against gaddaf

he hopes to revive the middle east peace process and says there's "no reason whatsoever" that there can't be a deal between israel and the palestinians. 0ur middle east correspondentthe expectations of this presidential visit. a room with a view. from his luxury hotel suite, the us president will look out on a holy city at the heart ofa look out on a holy city at the heart of a decades—old conflict. here he will head to one of the world ‘s most important churches and take his family to this sacred jewish site, the western wall. but donald trump is not just the western wall. but donald trump is notjust stopping over into roos will for a sightseeing tour. the businessman turned politician is coming in pursuit of what he calls it the ultimate deal, to bring peace between israel and the palestinians. israel's prime minister and his wife we re israel's prime minister and his wife were early visitors to the trump white house. this month, the palestinian president came over. perhaps the toughest deal to make if the deal between the israelis and the deal between the israelis and the palestinians. let's see if we can the palestinians. let's see if we ca n prove the palesti

he hopes to revive the middle east peace process and says there's "no reason whatsoever" that there can't be a deal between israel and the palestinians. 0ur middle east correspondent presidential visit. a room with a view. from his luxury hotel suite, the us president will look out on a holy city at the heart of a decades—old conflict. here he will head to one of the world's most important churches and take his family to this sacred jewish site, the western wall. but donald trump isn'tjust stopping over in jerusalem for a sightseeing tour. the businessman turned politician is coming in pursuit of what he calls the ultimate deal — to bring about peace between israel and the palestinians. israel's prime minister and his wife were early visitors to the trump white house. this month, the palestinian president came over. i've always heard that perhaps the toughest deal to make is the deal between the israelis and the palestinians. let's see if we can prove them wrong. an american israeli led the local election campaign for mr trump. the relationship with israel has been repaired and, again, 8 years of obama, the american—israel relationship was discouraged. putting day

earlier i spoke with our middle east correspondent who told me more about the new document. softening of the positions that are widely quoted from its founding charter, written backin from its founding charter, written back in 1988. so, in particular here, you do not have any recognition of israel still and you do not have hamas giving up its claim to all of historic palestine including present—day israel but it does talk clearly hear about accepting a palestinian state in what is known as the pre—1967 borders, that is the west bank of the gaza strip and with east jerusalem as the capital. there is also some different language about the jewish faith and aboutjews. there are many religious references to the need to fight againstjews to as muslims and to bring about, ultimately, judgement day. that has all been dropped and it is now emphasise that the struggle not being with jews emphasise that the struggle not being withjews but emphasise that the struggle not being with jews but with emphasise that the struggle not being withjews but with watch hamas refers to as the zionist

from northern aleppo, our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman fred scott sentere in northern syria, the so—called islamic state is collapsing. but what happens to its believers and converts, those that abandoned europe to live under the caliphate? these camps are for civilians, the most desperate. but lurking here is a threat, is fighters living among them. the camps here in northern syria are being overwhelmed. people are fleeing fighting on a number of fronts, and this is before the big attack on the is de facto capital, raqqa. is fighters and their families are trying to get out. some are trying to defect. many of them are being captured here, before they even make it to the border with turkey. we were given exclusive access to one jail holding european is fighters. they are a threat, and distrusted, so are heavily guarded by the al shamir front. these are the personal belongings of is prisoners and defectors. hundreds have been captured, including whole families heading back to europe. mohammad atalla and his wife left niemen, france, to join the islamic st

he'd only recently returned from libya when he blew himself up. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentina former friend of abedi's — who travelled to libya, not to support the islamic state group, but to fight them. his report contains flashing images and scenes which some viewers may find disturbing. gunfire libya's been ripping itself apart for years. much ignored, it seemed far off, but we're more involved in this fight than we ever realised. these home videos are from benghazi and one faction, the libyan national army. it's a foreign war, but this fighter is from manchester. the boys from moss side became libya's soldiers. mohamed el—sharif has taken up arms against islamists, including the so—called islamic state. he left manchester in 2011, and never went back. people at that time wanted to come to libya. i knew he could come to libya. just come. go book a ticket to tunisia. book a ticket to egypt. book a ticket to wherever and then just get a taxi into libya. once they know you're in libya they know you're living, that's it, nobody can topple you. it's your hometown, it's your cit

in an effort to soften its image hamas has dropped its long—standing bbc‘s middle east correspondent, we see in this new policy document is a much more moderate language and some softening of the hamas position that are widely quoted from its founding charter written back in 1988. in particular here, you don't have any recognition of israel still, you don't have hamas giving up its claim to all of historic palestine which includes present—day israel but it does talk clearly here about accepting a palestinian state in what is known as the pre—1967 borders, in the west bank, the gaza strip and east jerusalem borders, in the west bank, the gaza strip and eastjerusalem as the capital. their resource so different language about the jewish faith and dues. a lot of people criticised hamas for anti—semitism in its founding charter, lots of religious references to the needs to fight against ajewish references to the needs to fight against a jewish people, for muslims to bring aboutjudgment day, that has all been dropped and it emphasises the struggle is not with jewish people or with thejewish

moment we'll speak to our security correspondent gordon corera outside mi5, but first to our middle east correspondentho's in libya where, as we've heard, the father and one of the brothers of salman abedi were arrested today. we mentioned these visits to libya by salman abedi, what is the likelihood of the possibility that he became radicalised on these visits? we have heard this evening from the militia which detained the younger brother, hashim, and ramadan, the father. hashim was planning an attack in tripoli, they are holding him in the belief that he had links to the so—called islamic state. the journey taken by salman here was a regular trip. his parents left libya as part of an exodus during the time of one gaddafi. gaddafi has said it was extremists who were fleeing here. that is not the whole story, another exodus happened in libya after 2011, when gaddafi was ousted. but exodus was thousands of libyan fighters heading towards the rear. they had ta ken fighters heading towards the rear. they had taken the skills they had learned in the battle against gaddafi and hold them further in syria. t

that is middle east corresponded nvidia.ng and reflecting. this investigation continues with counter terrorism. three men have been arrested in the south manchester area. this is after police warrants we re area. this is after police warrants were issued in connection and we can confirm that the 23—year—old man arrested yesterday is the 20 seasonal brother of the attacker salman abedi. there were a raid in south manchester that he knew about as well. yesterday 22—year—old salman abedi was identified, today the home secretary amber rudd has said that intelligence services knew him toa said that intelligence services knew him to a point, a crucial question that needs to be answered about to what extent was he known to intelligence services. of course we have just had and we understand that he has come back from libya in recent days. his british passport would have been checked as he came into the country and we understand that us intelligence services may also have some information. this is also have some information. this is

. >> the president is nearing end of his nine day foreign trip to the middle east and europe. cbs news correspondent hanna daniels has more on the future of the u.s.a. alliance as trump once labeled as obsolete >> reporter: visiting city he once called a hell hole mr. trump and first laid a arrived in brussels to attend a nato summit. alongside 27 other members of the military alliance from around the world. the decade long relationship became strained during 2016 presidential campaign. >> we're defending them and they should be paying us what they are supposed to be paying by treaty and contract. we pay approximately 73 percent of the cost of nato it is a lot of money to protect other people. >> reporter: also, a meeting between mr. trump and donald hases, president of the european council. face-to-face has been dubbed the clash of the donalds because he has been critical of the president trump, in a january letter, he warned eu members that the trump administration harsh rhetoric was a treat to europe and puts the last 70 years of american foreign policy in question. fight begins isis is expected

the president has called an israeli—palestinian peace agreement "the ultimate deal". 0ur middle east correspondentnd palestinians in this decade old conflict whether you can bring something that's fresh and new to the table. certainly there is a lot of doubt about whether he can succeed where so many others have fail. you can see the american and israeli flags fluttering in the breeze. the red carpet has been laid out. there will be a full state ceremony for the arrival of the president who is on the way here. he is making something of a historic first flying directly from saudi arabia to israel. two countries that have no diplomatic relations. so he will be hoping that this is a sign that he can continue to make historic developments while he's here. on paper though, historic developments while he's here. on paperthough, his historic developments while he's here. on paper though, his routine, his itinerary looks routine for an american president. he will have meetings with israeli and palestinian leaders visit the main holly sites for muslims and for christians in the old city of jerusalem. thank

middle east and europe. senior white house correspondent begins our coverage. >> christine and dave, president trump is headinga later today. the first stop on an 8 day international trip. the first such trip of his presidency but he is certainly not leaving behind the challenges and the controversies that are here at the white house. first and foremost the russia investigation and the special council appointed earlier this week. the president fuming about this decision. his aids tell me privately he called it a witch hunt. he said it's dividing the country. he talked about it at length during a press conference yesterday in the east room of the white house. >> i respect the move but the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there's no collusion between myself and my campaign but i can always speak for myself and the russians, zero. i think it divides the country. i think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. >> and the president said again and again believe me there is no collusion. he said i can speak only for myself and not his come paampai operatives. the presidents own cir

middle east and africa. cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh has new details on this. rene, what's going on here?hn, all indications are that this is going to happen and it's going to happen soon. it will undoubtedly mean inconvenience for passengers going from europe to the united states. it will also mean long lines at those international airports. right now, as you mentioned, the ban is in place for flights from ten airports in muslim-majority countries. now the new focus is europe. and while a decision has not been announced yet, we are told that deliberations are still ongoing about whether to institute the ban at select airports in europe or across the board. now, a ban across europe for all u.s.-bound flights could impact more than 350 flights a day. the europe-to-u.s. track is the world's busiest international traffic corridor. delta, united, as well as american airlines, are all of the u.s. carriers that would be impacted the most. they have the most flights flying that route. i'm told in about a week or so, the department of homeland security will announce that it is expanding the ban.

middle east. i will be joined in a moment by our chief political correspondent, but first, this report. reporter: the chancellor likes traveling efficiently. this time, two countries in a day and a half. during her three-hour visit in abu dhabi, she met with students and discussed the crisis in the region. libya is an issue of growing importance because the united arab emirates is deeply engaged there. germany has business interests in the region and representatives of the energy and air conditioning sectors are accompanying the chancellor. the emirates want to digitize and further develop the energy infrastructure they have built. that includes airports, harbors, and airlines. we are here to help. the delegation includes the head of list, who is holding talks with its competitor. -- the head of lufthansa airlines, who is holding talks with its competitor. host: i am joined in the studio by our chief political correspondent, belinda crane. let's talk about this whirlwind visit. >> according to her take, pretty much starting with the civil war in yemen -- as we know, saudi arabia has bee

middle east and north africa. kris van cleve is our transportation correspondent. kris, what's new? >> reporter: sources familiar with the ongoing discussion say it is likely the department of homeland security will expand the ban on large electronics being carried on to planes. sources say airports in europe or the u.k. are among those likely to be added to the u.s. airlines are worried an expanded ban will discourage business travel and will be difficult to enforce without searching passengers individually. they also have concerns about moving a large number of electronic devices into the cargo hold as there is a small risk of fire from devices' lithium ion batteries. u.s. officials began discussing a widespread electronics ban following the laptop bombing of a somali airliner last year, but the obama administration decided it would be impractical. d.h.s. officials are still evaluating the potential disruption and will meet with representatives from the u.s. airlines later this week. scott, a final decision could come in the next few weeks. >> pelley: kris van cleve breaking the s

correspondent: and with those ambitious words, donald trump's middle east visit is over.is next stops are in europe, where the president will meet pope francis and come face-to-face with his nato and g7 counterparts. brent: so has donald trump's visit increase the chance to peace? i will put that to a middle east analyst in a few minutes. the u.s.'s former top intelligence official has revealed that he saw contact between russia and people involved in donald trump's you action campaign. in front of lawmakers, ex cia director john brennan testified that what he saw was "worthy of investigation," to determine if collusion to place. he said he had no doubt russia interfered in the election, saying he wanted the russians personally not a medal. but they did so anyway. and to indonesian men convicted by an islamic court for having gay sex have been caned in front of a crowd. the court had sentenced them to 85 strokes with a cane. the men are the first to be punished in this way since islamic law was introduced in the indonesian province. roger moore has died, the projector was

lot of -- >> can i just add just last week we filed a new claim on behalf of a radio correspondent in the middle east. and one of the main parts of the claims is that she e-mailed, pursuant to their new regime, she e-mailed paul white to -- >> the law firm that's been investigating harassment. >> correct. and who self-proclaims that they're neutral and independent, she e-mailed them, and within 24 hours she was notified of her termination. a blatant act of retaliation. >> so you're saying you still have new people coming forward. are you looking to others who have come forward to your office who also want -- >> we are. every day we get contacted by people of color at fox and women of box who have been discriminated based on race or gender. we'll be bringing forth new actions. >> is this a vendetta against fox news? for some people it comes across as a witch-hunt. >> i can tell you i'm a life long republican so i find that to be offensive. i'm advocating based on the rights of my client, who want equality in the work place. i have a separate race claim against "the new york times" so i don't buy that.

middle east and europe. his first stop, saudi arabia and our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is there. >> reporter: followed thousands of miles by his most recent controversies, president trump aiming to avoid more with diplomatic minefields ahead on his international marathon. five countries, nine days, no room for error. >> this trip is ambitious to the point of being naive in terms of what he can accomplish tangibly. he will be greeted as the president of the united states, but that doesn't take him away from the drama at home. >> reporter: the journey beginning in saudi arabia where the president will call on the arab world to unite against islamic extremism. >> on the campaign trail, one said "islam hates us." so again, he is the last person on earth who should be lecturing muslims about our own religion. >> reporter: stop two, israel to reassure a crucial ally after the president shared sensitive information they gathered about a laptop bomb plot with the russians, and in bethlehem, plans to prod the palestinians and israelis on a path to peace and off to rome for a face-to-face with pope fr

middle east peace. let's bring you all the latest from bloomberg's chief washington correspondent in jerusalem.me taste earlier of what is going to be talked in front ofd trump cameras talking about iran extensively. margaret asked a very important question. tell us about that, please. >> president trump responding to bloomberg saying he did not mention to russia officials anything about israel during the now leaked conversations between president trump and russian officials. of course, those conversations have launched a firestorm of allegations and criticism against this administration, given that president trump had eaked classified intelligence to russian officials inside the white house. he broke no laws. republicansd raising concerns about the nature of those conversations. let's play exactly what president trump said responding to questions earlier today enjoys alone. president trump: i never mentioned the word or name during that conversation, so you have another story wrong. never mentioned the word israel. >> president trump pushing back against allegations. this is his second stop on

middle east. our senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega, is traveling with the first family in jerusalem.. >> reporter: hey, george, good morning to you. two days in saudi arabia and president trump never once publicly mentioned the issue of human rights. his aides say he pressed leaders privately behind the scenes. speaking to that room packed with muslim leaders, president trump made his message clear. >> we are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do, who to be or how to worship. >> reporter: it was melania trump who sent a different kind of message, stepping off air force one without a head scarf. in this religiously conservative country where it can be seen as a sign of disrespect, the saudis welcomed her with open arms, a far cry from first lady michelle obama whose bare head sparked controversy in 2015. among her critics at the time, donald trump who tweeted, we have enough enemies. both the first lady and first daughter met with local women during their trip. ivanka trump telling a group of leaders their country's progress is encouraging but there's still a lot of wo

correspondent andrea mitchell. >> the reach deliverable. >>> taking a break from the middle east.orea launched another ballistic missile yesterday. the test near the city of pukchang. this one traveled around 300 miles before crashing into the sea of japan. the launch of the medium-range missle was overseen by medium r. kim jongn watch and approved the missi system for deployment andass production. the regime released dozens of images of the earth taken from a camera that was installed in the missile to show off the technology. this all fitting into the puzzle of the ramped up testing. it is launching more frequently and an number of locations. suggesting it is testing developmental advances in technology, but trying to train military units in using this technology. so there really is the sense given the test last weekend when experts said there was significant process in north korea's program. that kim jong un is pushing toward the goal of the intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the united states. yasmin. >> and watching this ballistic missile test. janis, than

middle east and europe. today errol barnett discussed ade trip and what is ahead for the president with our chief washington correspondent john dickerson. >> what did president trump accomplish on his overseas trip. >> he pretty much got the stagecraft right, some bumpy parts on his trip to nato but i'm not sure the white house thinks of it and the president thinks of it a little friction with nato leaders is okay. but in saudi arabia i think they frunched what they saw as the most important part of this trip which was to basically reorient the united states in concert with sunni leaders to put pressure on iran, and to end on extremists across the world. >> the president very well may pull out of the paris climate agreement. how significant would that be. ris f the president pulls out of the paris climate agreement it is obviously a signal to esropean leaders that this is a different kind of president. he listens to allies but only so far. >> reporter: president trump is deck to tweeting his unedited opinions this morning, telling people among other things, inote, many of the leaks coming from the white house are fabrica

bring in my colleague, jim sciutto, cnn's chief national security correspondent, who is monitoring president trump's trip to the middle east as well as the iranian elections. >> thank you. >> again, i'll be back in a bit, but jim, what is the latest? >> we are awaiting the first big moment of the president's trip. he is set to deliver any moment now a speech about islam. and this is not just any american president speaking on islam, this is the president who told anderson cooper during the campaign that he thought islam hated america. he will do so in saudi arabia, the country that is home to islam's two most sacred places, mecca and medina, sending a message that we believe will differ sharply from his previous statements on the muslim faith. i want to bring in my panel to discuss, robin wright is a journalist, scholar who knows the middle east better than just about any other american, va vali nuss is at johns hopkins, elliott abrams oversaw u.s. middle east policy in the george w. bush administration and is now at the council on foreign relations. in other words, we've got a lot of brain power and a lot of experience in

have a new reaction to the president's visit to the middle east from a former israeli foreign minister. first, let's get to chief intelligence correspondentrridge in washington with more. >> thank you, the focus this hour for investigators is confirming whether the 22-year-old suspect salman abedi acted alone or had help. the key issue based on the ice is claiming responsibility is whether they terror group developed and directed the pot or the claim is opportunistic with isis seeking to capitalize on the attack. the chairman of the homeland security committee is getting regular updates. >> is this a foreign fighter trained in the caliphate that has come back to europe to conduct terrorist attacks or is it the other individual who has been vacaville -- medicalized over the internet, told from raqqa, syria and the mothershipo conduct this attack, either way achieves the same result. >> police identified the suspect after two warrants were executed in manchester, one at the home where abedi was registered. a short time ago, reporters were told the authorities are waiting on the corner for final identification. british intelligence is in the

middle east and africa. kris van cleave is our transportation correspondent. what's new?er: sources say it is likely that the department of homeland security will expand the ban. and airports in europe and the uk are among those added to the list. u.s. airlines are worried an expanded ban will discourage business travel and be difficult to enforce without searching passengers individually. they also have concerns about moving a large number of devices into the cargo load as there is a small risk of fire from the lithium batteries. they are discussing the ban following the laptop bombing last year. dhs officials are still evaluating the potential disruption and will meet with airlines representatives in the next week. the final decision could come in the next few weeks. >>> there are new questions tonight about first family ties and conflicts of interest. this time it is the sister of the president's son-in-law. here's major garrett. >> reporter: nicole meyer, sister to jared kushner spent saturday with wealthy chinese investors, asking them to help esnance this new jersey

middle east and europe. he'll take in four countries starting in saudi arabia. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, reports like no other. president trump is coming to saudi arabia and his hosts have high expectations. saudi officials tell me privately that this is ten times bigger than the last us presidential visit they had from barack 0bama. they are hoping it will reset the whole nation ship with washington, forming a combined front against the twin threats they see coming from iran and the so—called islamic state. the invitation came from this march meeting in the white house with saudi arabia's deputy crown prince and defence minister. under president trump the us is drawing closer to saudi arabia and the gulf arab states. at this press conference i asked foreign minister what help he was expecting from washington in confronting iran?|j believe the president has made it very clear that iran's violations of the un security council resolutions related to ballistic missile isles must have consequences. the president has been very clear that iran's support for terrorism also must have consequences. but s

middle east. they have hailed president trump from the start. that's go back to those revelations in washington. we can speak to our correspondents there.ed story, talk us through the new york times article. what does the paper say it has seen? what it is saying is talking about this meeting that happened last week between donald trump and several senior russian officials in the oval office. they base their report on official readout, an internal read—out of the meeting. it says donald trump says james coney: the fbi director he fired, was a nutjob and what was under a great deal of pressure about russia and that by firing james coney, it took that the pressure off. so these were once again, the revelations about donald trump's intent in firing james comey, a view into its mind in this hell is happening in his mind, make a meeting with russian officials, has figured centrally in this investigation. at the same time, we also have the washington post saying the investigation into the links between the tramp administration and russia has identified a person of interest. what more can you tell us about that? the person of interest, not a su

advised democratic and republican administrations on middle east and mideast peace, aaron david miller is here. and cnn chief international correspondent, host of "amanpour," christiane amanpour. christiane, before we get to what we're expecting when they come out of this meeting, i want your take on kind of what we just heard and saw there, that moment when president trump took, wanted to take care to make sure everyone understood, he said, i never said the words, said the name israel, which we, again, are just assuming that the context is when he, as reports are, shared highly classified intelligence with russian officials in the oval office. >> yes, well, it's just piling more words on and making it more and more of a story, where as you know, the israeli officials have been studiously quiet about this. they have refused to talk about it ever since the story broke. obviously, former mossad and other intelligence and other security officials have been quoted as saying that this talk in the oval office to the russians could probably put the damper and should put the damper on israel sharing very sensitive information with the united s

middle east and europe. today errol barnett discussed the trip and what's ahead for the president with our chief washington correspondent john dickerson. >> what did president trump accomplish on his overseas trip? >> he pretty much got the stage craft of it right. some bumpy parts to his trip to nato. but i'm not sure that the president thinks of it. a little friction is okay. but in saudi arabia what they launched was the important part of this trip, which was to basically reorient the united states in concert with sunni leaders to put pressure on iran and to, and on extremists across the re a >> the president may well pull out of the paris climate agreement. how significant would that be? >> well, if the president pulls out of the paris climate agreement, it is obviously a signal to european leaders that this is a different kind of president. he listens to allies but only so far. >> president trump is back to tweeting his unedited opinions this morning, telling people among other things, quote, many of the leaks coming from the white house are fabricated lies coming from the fake news media. are his supporters still

middle east. his visit follows a weekend in saudi arabia where he called for the isolation of iran. we have correspondentsem, tehran and mosul, exploring the high stakes in the region. >>> ford forces out its ceo after sales, profits and its stock price plunge. the automaker turns to a recent recruit who was hired to lead the company's self-driving car program. >>> and four mountaineers including one american died on mt. everest over the weekend. how a crush of climbers may be creating even more danger in one

correspondent joe johns joins me now. the president has called peace in the middle east the ultimate deal that he would like to forge. >> reporter, and the challenge is how much they're going to accomplish, how much they're going to accomplish today, john. mahmoud abbas arrives in washington with a public relations message saying he's committed to peace, but there are questions about his power base. he's being challenged back home about hamas and questionses about how much he can deliver for the palestinian government under these circumstances and also questions for president trump and how willing he is to stand up and demonstrate his support for israel as he stated on the campaign trail. he's being pressured by members of congress, among other things, to pressure the palestinian government to stop making payments to individuals who then committed -- who have been convicted of committing crimes against israelis and there's also the key question of moving the united states embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. this is another hard question that could affect all of the negotiations and we're expecting mahmoud abbas here in about two

middle east. >>> he's in israel today promoting a peace accord between israel and the palestinians. nbc 10 national correspondent jay gray has more from jerusalem. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the second leg of his overseas tour begins with a formal greeting in tel aviv and a bold proclamation from president trump after weekend talks centered on the fight against terror with muslim leaders in saudi arabia. >> what we did over the weekend was they say there's never been anything like it ever before and it was really a coming together, and now today being in israel it's just very, very special for us. >> mr. trump focused on what he calls the ult nat deal, trying to broker a peace accord between the israelis and palestinians something he discussed in a brief meeting this morning with israeli president reuven rivlin. >> young israeli and palestinian children deserve to grow up in safety and to follow their dreams free from the violence that has destroyed so many lives. >> reporter: mixing sightseeing with diplomacy, the president and first lady melania toured the church of the holy sepulchre followed through a walk to the city