frank gardner, bbc news, riyadh.t, 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? yes, they have to use the moral authority to stand against this religious extremism. that is something americans cannot do. we can help them militarily, but we cannot help them make that political and moral argument on behalf of islam. yes, it involves saudi arabia, but that is just one place. this religious extremism, head east, pakistan, southeast asia, north on up pakistan, southeast asia, north on up to iran and syria. when you give that mess

in riyadh, saudi arabia. we want to welcome our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. president trump on the world stage, condemning terrorists, challenge muslim nations to drive them out. >> it's a choice between two futures. and it is a choice america cannot make for you. a better future is only possible if your nations drive out the terrorists, and drive out the extremists. drive them out. drive them out. of your places of worship. drive them out of your communities. di drive them out of your holy land, and drive them out of this earth. >> the president also pledging today a partnership between the u.s. and muslim nations is battling extremist ideology. and at any moment, trump will deliver another message directed at millennial's and teens at a forum on twitter where he is expected to discuss how social media can counter violent extremist ideology online. jim acosta joining me now from riyadh where he is traveling with the president. so, jim, what should we expect from president trump in this twitter forum that will kick off at any moment? >> reporter: right, we're

that is all from us from a windy riyadh.back to riyadh, some pictures coming in life, you can see president trump and his wife, there they are, attending quite a lavish dinner being hosted by the saudi royal family. just welcoming the president and his wife, the first lady, to that dinner. and as we were saying, he will be meeting with leaders of the gulf coalition, a summit taking place. interestingly, iran has not been invited to this summit. he is also going to be attending leaders with leaders from across —— meetings with leaders from across —— meetings with leaders from across —— meetings with leaders across the region, giving a speech about islam, and participating in a conference about social media. but tonight there are about to sit down to dinner after enjoying some entertainment. of course, we will be finding out how this story and many others are being covered in tomorrow's front pages and 10:30pm and 11:30pm tonight. i hope you canjoin me with my guests for that later on. jeremy corbyn has had to restate labour's

frank gardner, bbc news, riyadh.'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 courted by politicians, because they vote in larger numbers than younger people do. but the conservatives‘ plans for social care haven't been going down well with this crucial group of voters, leaving labour to step up its campaign to woo the grey vote. the plans would see elderly people who are cared for in their homes having to meet the cost of that care above £100,000. their property may have to be sold after their death to pay for it, meaning tha

again live pictures right there from riyadh because momentarily, u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson will be part of a briefing there along with the saudi foreign minister, of course we'll take that as it happens. meanti meantime, back in the u.s., fired fbi director james comey has agreed to testify publicly. meanwhile, a special council is digging around the trump administration for possible collusion with russia. the newest head winds facing the white house after this. he's a nascar champion who's she's a world-class swimmer who's stared down the best in her sport. but for both of them, the most challenging opponent was... pe blood clots in my lung. it was really scary. a dvt in my leg. i had to learn all i could to help protect myself. my doctor and i choose xarelto® xarelto®... to help keep me protected. xarelto® is a latest-generation blood thinner... ...that's proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots from happening again. in clinical studies, almost 98% of patients on xarelto® did not experience another dvt or pe. here's ho

this weekend he was here in riyadh.e cornerstones of his two days here, finishing up a huge weapons deal with the saudis. added to the tens of billions of dollars of saudi investment in u.s. companies. rich edson at the state department tells us what's in the agreement. >> president trump chose saudi arabia as his first international destination in this assess message. >> america is prepared to stand with you in pursuit of shared interest. common security. the nations of the middle east cannot wait for american power to crush this enemy for them right >> to facilitate that, the trump administration has approved billions and arms sale sales. three entered $50 billion over ten years. the obama administration halted some of those sales over concerns the saudi military would strike civilians while it intervenes in yemen. >> one of the ten most repressive countries in the world and for trump to signal that this was one of the most important foreign countries, it's a striking shift in tone. >> lead the united states and saudi

he is in riyadh. he is on the first leg of that trip, where the president has departed from riyadh straight to tel aviv here. hi there, nic. we know that the optics here are really important. it was a pretty successful first leg of this trip, and now the israelis are literally rolling out the red carpet for this president. there are optics first and then there's substance. what do you think expect here? >> reporter: well, he seems to be coming off a successful first leg here, but of course, the difficulty of speaking to individual audiences, which is what he did here. his big speech here was absolutely tailored for the arab muslim audience. how is that going to play on the next leg? we've heard some pushback from israeli officials that the whole defense deal between the united states and saudi arabia, $109 billion worth of it, is counterproductive in their eyes to regional security. i think for potentially the difficulty here -- and we did see elements of it in saudi arabia, that president trump is pe

in riyadh, many noted that, not human rights.n came up on a press co nfe re nce question came up on a press conference in which this american civilian -- conference in which this american civilian —— secretary of state said if we give them better arms they will be able to target better. i spoke to a senior american official in riyadh and he said the difference between 0bama and trump is that trump will not tell the saudis how they should run the kingdom, and thatis they should run the kingdom, and that is very important. they are doing deals and they making new alliances. but the other thing on the agenda is trying to make peace with the palestinians and the white house made it clear they want to see some confidence building measures as they call them, before they arrive with the palestinians. a series of steps happen taken to ease the steps and that crossing between jordan and the west bank, to include to create new industrial zones and jobs and allow more building permits. is this enough? is this a move in the right direction?

we will take you back to riyadh shortly. the convention center, live pictures were secretary of date rex tillerson just about to give remarks before the audience there. we are not sure exactly what the secretary will be saying, but asked that the president, all words at this point are awaited with bated breath. paying close attention to think that is happening, president trump has let the convention center as he is on the way as well as keen salman -- king salman for combating extremist ideology. thus far, the president speech there, historic speech has been very successful speech by all accounts. it will have much more on that speech and analysis coming up later here on fox news. rick. rick: this fox news did u.s. officials have announced another ballistic missile test overnight. it's another shorter range than those in previous tests. but president trump in the middle east this week, doesn't mean north korea halt the test now. orden chang from expert panelist on asia and author of a nuclear showdown, north korea takes on t

my colleague lyse doucet is in riyadh. to riyadh, the first day of president donald trump's first foreign visit is slowly evolving. he'll be soon going to a lavish dinner here, the guests of his saudi hosts who have given him a royal welcome. starting with the red carpet this morning at the international airport here in riyadh. and a day when he received many honours and signed many deals, a senior saudi official has said that already some deals worth a record $300 billion have been signed. in everything from engineering and technology, in the oil and gas sector, as well as an arms deal totalling 110 billion us dollars. that's a record sum in us saudi relations. there's much talk here of turning page. in other words, about a new partnership between the saudi kingdom and the united states with efforts from the strained religion should president 0bama, focused on a nuclear —— relationship with president 0bama, focused on a nuclear deal with iran, the archrival of saudi arabia. we will discuss these crucial relationships and

but quite a big contingent that has followed the president to riyadh here.re are live pictures as we're waiting for tillerson to come out and speak. tillerson is there, reince priebus is there, his chief strategist steve bannon, commerce secretary, wilbur ross, jared kushner, h.r. mcmaster, just some of the people that have followed the president on this eight-day trip, and from here, of course, going on to israel. but before he gets there -- >> very key speech tomorrow morning. >> very key speech to the leaders of 50 muslim nations and a speech the white house tells us will be about unity. thank you so much for keeping us company as we watch what happens happening there in riyadh this morning. it's always an honor to have you with us here. and we certainly hope you make great memories today. >> we will see you again tomorrow. next hour of cnn newsroom will continue in just a minute. featuring ego's patented, 56 the #1 rated,volt,power+ mower. arc lithium battery technology, it delivers the cutting-torque of gas. the ego mower's durable construction makes mo

i would like to show you video of president trump in riyadh. think the are -- reaction, the president dancing at some point. yeah, he's kind of a little jig there. your comments on that, sir, seems like the president is enjoying the moment. >> absolutely. washington is always tough for my president, it's nothing but hassles and slow action, you get out in the world stage particularly when you're being welcomed and everybody welcomes this message the president has of american leadership of american strength, this is what they are thirsting for particularly in saudi arabia but he's going to encounter this everywhere he goes, this trip is going to be, i think, very important because it also shows that president trump is different than candidate trump. kelly: embassador james jeffrey, well, said. thank you for your perspective. and you can watch live as president trump delivers his speech on radical ideology and his hopes for a peaceful islam tomorrow. you can tune in to the fox news channel at 9:30 a.m. eastern time. julie: are you guys loving the

my colleague lyse doucet is in riyadh.tinues to unfold, beginning with the most royal welcome this morning, actually, at the international airport in riyadh. president trump's first stop on his five stop foreign visit, his first everforeign visit five stop foreign visit, his first ever foreign visit as a president who was known not to like troubling. they are doing everything possible to make him feel at home. after the welcome at the airport they have had traditional rituals including a coffee ceremony and some conversation between the most senior saudi rulers, including king salman, and president trump. reuters news agency reported one of the conversations was overheard, with king salman expressing regret. he said syria was such an advanced country in the region, he said we goes to get professors from black and talked about how the country had been destroyed. the us and saudi arabia have been instrumental in arming the opposition to take on president assad. lots of deals being signed, to the tune of brilliance of dollars

covering the trip for us in riyadh, in saudi arabia.fter saudi, israel and the palestinian territories will be trump's next stops. he will visit several key spots in jerusalem, the church of the holy sec sepulcher, the wailing wall, the old city. trump has meetings with benjamin neat netanyahu and mahmood abbas. we go to orren leibermann. when trump lands in saudi arabia, he's in friendly territory. when he lands in israel, he's landing in friendly territory, isn't he? >> reporter: very much so. it's a republican president, a republican senate, a republican congress, meeting a conservative government. this should be an easy trip. by all accounts. and yet, the israelis are nervous. confusion is a word i've heard used to describe this upcoming trip. that's because the first part of nic's answer is relevant here. a good trip is no surprises. no mistakes. nothing spontaneous. make the right statements and take the right pictures. a few politicians have spoken with him and said, let's get this trip over with. and part of the concern there is

riyadh, saudi arabia, that's the hotel that the press pool is staying in. 6:26 p.m. in riyadh. the president has been on the ground now for about nine hours, a number of meetings, some business being done, a lot of ceremonial receptions, greetings, in the royal halls. the big meat of this trip happens tomorrow and that's what we're expected to hear about at this press briefing. the video on the right-hand side of the screen from earlier today when the president and first lady walked off air force one there, to be greeted by the king. which was a departure from-- >> the king who came obviously to the edge of the red carpet, we talked so much about the optics and so different from the trip that we saw with his predecessor, so you can see the king approaching, obviously, the president and first lady melania there. so, yes, so far, the optics are quite different and that includes the deal announcement they're signing as well. >> as we've known and it's well reported that president trump likes to come away from my meeting with what is determined a win. some type of deliverable, cert

he was greeted by king salman at riyadh airport.r trump is leaving behind fresh controversy in washington. there are claims he said firing the fbi chiefjames comey, relieved him of "great pressure". jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their pledge to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. hassan rouhani is re—elected as iranian president, defeating his conservative rival by a comfortable margin. and here comes the bride — the duchess of cambridge's sister, pippa, marries in berkshire. president trump has arrived in saudi arabia at the start of his first foreign tour as president of the united states. we can speak to our correspondent. the day continues to u nfold correspondent. the day continues to unfold beginning with the most loyal of welco m es unfold beginning with the most loyal of welcomes this morning —— most loyal of welcomes. —— they are doing everyth

he announced the establishment of a centre here in riyadh.which has tried to reset the relationship between the united states and the muslim world, to recalibrate the strategy, but also to recast the image of donald trump. gone is the language of donald trump the candidate, where he repeatedly condemned what he called radical islamic terrorism. when he sold americans that muslims hate us, and when he called for a total and absolute ban on muslim ‘s entering the united states. today, the american president instead page tribute to one of the world's greatest faiths, and notjust that but its culture and civilisation, from the ancient pyramids of egypt to the soaring skyscrapers of dubai. and more than that, he pulled this audience that and 95% of the victims of terrorism were muslims and in this region. he said that this was where the battle would begin. how will this speech go down here and in the muslim world ? will this speech go down here and in the muslim world? ijoined in riyadh by my colleague, long time saudi watcher, frank gardner. he d

whereget back to riyadh j.p.gan chase ceo jamie dimon says he is confident to increase his market share against increased competition from rivals. dimon says he is optimistic about global growth and the opportunities it will present to j.p. morgan in the future. >> the world is going to double in size in the next 12 or 15 years. this is opportunity. we have spent a lot of money in technology, we know what we are doing. we help companies go around the world. the emerging markets move twice as fast as the developing markets. >> can you break down the units were you want to defend your market share and where you are trying to aggressively push it? >> i want to push it everywhere. clients want multiple vendors and suppliers and that is completely understandable. we said investment banking in certain areas, and maybe hard to gain share but it is not mean we cannot gain share in this country or this part of the world. >> what about fixed income, a lot of your competitors are trying to beef up that? >> we have a good sh

we can speak tojon in riyadh now. arabia than he was at home? yes, you feel that donald trump is uncomfortable ground when he's talking about trade, talking about business. —— he is on comfortable ground. a lot of what has been signed today has been months, if not yea rs signed today has been months, if not years in the pipeline. not all of it will necessarily materialise and it will necessarily materialise and it will take many years for this money to come in. but leave all that one side, that is what donald trump believes he was elected for last november at the american people, to deliver on american jobs, to deliver on american trade. there is still some pretty unwelcome news to come for him with all the political shenanigans that are still going on in the united states. but on this first day, he's got the trip off the way he starts. tomorrow, a more interesting challenge. if today was the tradesmen, tomorrow is a statesman, when he makes a speech about islam. if you think about the rhetoric he used in the campaign

"new york times" correspondent ben hubbard is in riyadh, covering the visit and joins me now via skype. ben, this trip has been billed as an opportunity to reset the american-saudi relationship. what needs resetting? >> well, i think from the sowldy perspective there's a lot of things that need resetting. the saudis, which have been american allies in the middle east for many, many decades, felt-- we can say they felt very deceived under president obama. there was anger over the way obama seemed to give up on hosting mubarak and other allies. they were angry at his tezitancy to get more involved in the war on syria. and the iran deal was a huge blow to them. they very much felt this president, who was supposed to be one of our great allies went behind our back and made this deal with one of our enemies. after trump was elected, there is very much a sense here that this is a guy who understands us. this is a guy we can do business with. this is somebody who has, you know, said all the right things when it comes to things we care about, which is fighting terrorist organizations and speci

he's in riyadh, saudi arabia, receiving a warm welcome.e's wrapping up with an official dinner and tour of the palace. tomorrow is the highly anticipated address to the muslim world, a speech drafted by stephen miller, the white house adviser, behind the controversial muslim ban. while the president is focused on diplomacy, the controversies he left behind here in the u.s. continue to generate headlines, including that jim comey will testify before the senate intelligence committee after memorial day. >>> before that, the president has a foreign trip to get through with plenty of diplomatic headlines. the president and his team hit the ground running. president trump signing a nearly $1 $110 billion in arms deals with saudi arabia effective immediately. plus, another 350 billion over the next ten years. take a listen to this. >> it was a tremendous day. i just want to thank everybody. but tremendous investments to the united states and our military community is very happy and we want to thank you. hundreds of billions of dollars into the u

jon sopel, bbc news, riyadh.ter his shadow foreign secretary suggested the party's support for the nuclear deterrent couldn't be guaranteed. mr corbyn insisted labour's manifesto commitment to trident was unequivocal. here's our political correspondent alex forsyth. cheering. 0n the campaign trail, the last thing he wanted was fresh questions about the uk's nuclear deterrent. but today he had to clarify his party's stance. it came after a senior labour figure, when asked if the party would commit to keeping the trident missile system even after a defence review, said this. well, no, of course not. if you have a review, you have to have a review. the policy is, the labour party policy is that we... i know what it is. i'm asking, could it in the future change? but overwhelmingly we need to make sure that our policy is up—to—date and meets 21st—century threats and no one can disagree with that, surely. jeremy corbyn has long opposed nuclear weapons, but his party's policy is to support the renewal of trident, someth

response that they got the same day when president trump was in riyadh and give that speech was that the united --tes was clenching its face fist.-- we are disappointed by that. >> you can join the conversation looking at u.s. iran relations. calling. we are talking about the u.s. iran relations in the wake of the root election in the follow-up to the president's trip. as the president mentioned, he did address iran. here's what he said. president trump: from lebanon, iran fonds yemen, arms and trains terrorists. that spread destruction and chaos across the region. for decades iran has fueled the fires of sectarian conflict in terror. it is a government that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing the destruction of israel, death and at many nations and leaders in this room. among the destabilizing interventions, you see it in syria. bolstered by iran, they have committed unspeakable crimes. united states has taken firm action in response to the use of and chemical weapons by the assad regime. missiles at the syrian air base from where that murderous attack originated. responsible natio

i used to -- riyadh. i used to live there in 2003. that was the wake-up call when al qaeda struck inside riyadh. wasting our time about tweets or head scarveses misses the entire picture of how valuable this is. >> we'll leave it there. quanta, ahmed, patrick, eric, j.d., thanks to all of you. appreciate it. >>> all right. coming up, even thousands of miles away, president trump cannot escape the controversies mounting here at home. the new concerns over whether the president tried to influence the russia investigation and whether he obstructed justice in the process, next. look at me...look at me... look at me... you used to be the "yes" guy. what happened to that guy? legacy technology can handcuff any company. but "yes" is here. so, you're saying we can cut delivery time? yeah. with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. i mwell, what are youe to take care odoing tomorrow -10am? staff meeting. noon? eating. 3:45? uh, compliance training. 6:30? sam's baseball prac

we'll take you back to riyadh when news dictates.sation right now is joe watkins, republican strategist and white house aide to president george h.w. bush and sel lena maxwell, now director of progressive programming at sirius xm. joe, let me start with you and that big headline coming out of "the washington post" with a person of interest. significant person of interest being considered now within the russian probe and someone they consider close of the inner circle in this white house. how concerning is that? if true, how likely is it the president has known all along? >> it's concerning, obviously. not good news for the administration. everyone speculating who that person is. i'm not going to take a guess who that person is. we know the circle is fairly small at the white house. this is traveli troubling, of course, a hard thing for the president. the tough thing about all this is as long as the headline is -- the white house source or what did he say to comey, as long as those are the headlines, donald trump and the administratio

even as the president stands in riyadh and in jerusalem. think is likely to dog us for the rest of this trip. no matter how much the president wants to change the subject. >> leland: judy, you got the first word and the last word which john, i think, you have to live with. appreciate it, buddy. good to see you both. >> thank you. >> jenna: president trump meeting with the israeli prime minister after what think was a very successful trip to saudi arabia. how can the president build on some of his accomplishments? and restart the mideast peace process. what does peace look like in the region? we will be talking next. i count on my dell small business advisor for tech advice. with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪ ♪ . >> jenna: the president comes to israel after he addressed saudi arabia. >> president trump: the land funds arms and trains terrorists, militias and other extremist groups that spread destruction and chaos across the region. for decades iran has fueled the fires of sectarian conflict

♪ >> president trump dial back the rhetoric after he signed multibillion-dollar deals in riyadh.e tells arab allies they must take the lead on terror. america is not at war with islam. withoving one step closer the dropping of some restrictions, and always optimistic, jamie dimon weeks of bloomberg, talking about the global market. happy monday from sydney are discussed 8:00 a.m. we are two hours away from the open of asia's first major market opening for the trading week. betty: it is already after 6:00 p.m. on sunday evening in new york. we are kicking off to what will week ony adventurous wall street, a lot of focus on president trump who has wrapped up his trip to the middle east, on to israel, or in israel soon and into italy. that will likely be the key event investors are watching for. also watching for economic numbers coming out including housing in the u.s. let's roll up what happened on friday as you were enjoying the weekend in asia. you did see quite a nice rally, sort of a bounceback in the dow, the s&p, both of. -- up. still on awork losing streak, given the big tu

abby: live for us in riyadh.ent trump, but we did here when he was meeting in kuwait and there's a huge arms deal with kuwait. abby: 110 billion-dollar deal that. was historic. pete: 350 billion over ten years. largest arms deal, i believe, in u.s. history. clayton: the president off camera was asked about it and talked about jobs back home in the united states. take a listen. >> that was a tremendous day, i want to thank everybody, but tremendous investments in the united states and military community is very happy and we want to thank you and saudi arabia, but hundreds of billions of dollars of investments into the united states and jobs, jobs. abby: amazing you go all the way to saudi arabia and we hear the same rhetoric we heard about i'm running for president to bring jobs back to the country. here he is in saudi arabia with officials there still making that promise. pete: number one is i want jobs in the country which is something i ran on but also i don't want america intervening all around the world so we

he flew from riyadh in saudi arabia. the first direct flight ever for anyone flying from saudi arabia, riyadh. the heart of the muslim world. here to tel aviv to jerusalem where the president will go shortly. the center of the jewish faith as well as the christian faith. the president will be going to jerusalem in a little bit. a lot of history made in the next hour here after the president departs this airport. the first president to visit the western wall in jerusalem. first sitting president to visit the church of holy seplucar. we will see how they will play out over the next several minutes. the president greeting members of the u.s. delegation as well as the israeli delegation. members of the israeli cabinet did not want to go because they were unable to shake the hand. the prime minister said you will be part. the concession would be they would get the shake the hand. >> that is not the only controversy. this is a trip of high expectation and tension and controversy. let's get reaction now. let's bring in the pane

cnn white house reporter jeremy divan is live in riyadh, saudi arabia. are on the president's speech today. in the past he has talked about this phrase radical islamic terrorism and there is sort of a back and forth as to whether or not he may use it today. what do you expect? >> reporter: we are not quite sure. a draft has been circling the last couple of days. white house officials confirm to go cnn the draft did not have those words radical islamic terrorism in the speech. what is unclear is whether the words will be in the final version of the text which aides and the presidents are working in these final hours to finesse and rework. one thing is clear, though, his speech today as he looks to potentially reset relations with the muslim world, behind all of of that is going to be what the president has said on the campaign trail. of course, you'll remember back in march of 2016 the president said that he believed, quote, islam hates us. those words still searing today and beyond that the total and complete shutdowns that the president called during th

frank gardner, bbc news, riyadh., say security officials in south korea — the latest in a series of tests and launches, amid concerns about the country‘s nuclear capability. earlier this month, north korea successfully launched a long range missile — prompting protests from japan. the latest launch is being analysed by washington and south korea. the uk coastguard say they are concerned about a family of nakhi wells off the suffolk coast. 0ne aduu wells off the suffolk coast. 0ne adult washed up on felixstowe beach yesterday while a second calf is also believed to have died. —— a family of men keep wales. three more whales appear to be in trouble further out to sea, one in the water off harwich in essex. returning to the general election, the deadline to register is tomorrow. the latest figures from the electoral commission show there could be up to 7 million people eligible to vote who haven‘t yet registered. 0ur correspondent, sophie long, has been speaking to people in west yorkshire where both the conservatives a

here in riyadh.am, mecca and medina. donald trump is less reliant on saudi oil, resume really will be looking to clinch big arms deals, what do we hear about that? already done, and billion dollars, included, president trump is the man who called on all his friends and allies to pay their own way, as you heard from cathy, coming here with a big agenda, and what we heard from the saudi foreign minister, it is an agenda that saudi arabia endorses 100%. went through the list, fighting against extremists, fighting against extremists, fighting extremist groups including so—called islamic state, so do we, he wants to push back against iran, to stop its behaviour across this region, so do we, he said. he wants to strengthen the military cooperation, don't forget that saudi arabia as well as other countries we re arabia as well as other countries were behind the formation of the new arabic islamic alliance, headed by a former pakistani army chief. afterwards, i spoke to the saudi foreign minister and afterwa

in riyadh, saudi arabia. is day two for donald trump on his first international trip again sitting beside the king of saudi arabia, again, this is for the gulf cooperation council meeting ahead of the big speech he will give. to the point of the speech, jeremy, bringing you back in. this is a speech we understand has been drafted, proposed by steven miller on the president's team. even miller, himself, has been criticized for having ilamophobic views, there is no question he will raise that phrase, islamic terror. as candidate trump, he criticized president obama for not using that term. you are saying that will not be used in this upcoming speech? >> reporter: at least according to one draft of the speech t. administration and top aides have made clear the draft of the speech is changened and reworked up to the last minute. we don't exactly know. they are leaving us hanging on that question. you mentioned steven politicaler, what is interesting here the president is not only facing the test of what his words

jon sopel, bbc news, riyadh. the saudi king pulled out all the stops to make his guest feel welcome. the huge arms deal signed comes as saudi arabia is fighting houthi rebels in neighbouring yemen. the united nations says about 10,000 people have been killed since the fighting began in march 2015. yemen is on the verge of famine. two weeks ago a un rapporteur accused saudi arabia of failing to investigate accusations that its forces carried out war crimes. the bbc‘s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet is in riyadh. she's been speaking to salman al—ansari, a political analyst who says this visit is of unprecedented strategic importance to saudi arabia. you are following this trip with great interest. a lot of talk about shared interest and economic co—operation, is that what young saudi arabians want to see? exactly. despite the san storm we are experiencing at the moment, there is a huge positive vibe in the kingdom. the people in the government, you can tell everybody is content with the fact that the

first in riyadh, the birthplace of islam.alem visiting the western wall today. and then going on to visit the pope. and there are tensions and possible pitfalls at every stop. a very ambitious trip, as this white house tries to recast middle east peace and tries to do something, peter, that no one else has done. so thanks to you for everything that you're reporting back home. there's a lot to report. we'll be following all that, as we stay here in jerusalem with live coverage, tomorrow as well. and make sure to watch lester holt tonight. follow our show online and on twitter. craig melvin is up next live from amman, jordan. the traveling show right here on msnbc. craig? >> hey there, andrea. don't go too far. we would like to come back to you in just a bit. craig melvin here from amman, jordan, where again any moment now, we are expecting to hear from president donald trump and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. any moment now, they'll take to the podium and make some remarks from the prime minister's residence. meanw

this "sunday morning futures," you are looking right now at live pictures in riyadh, saudi arabia. saudi king hosting leaders from 50 muslim majority countries, president to speak any minute now. we'll take you there live. the speech is to focus on condemning violent in the name of religion. express america's shared values in the world to finding a path to peace. joining me now director james wolsey . >> this is afternoo important p, speech, it marks a high point in beginning to turn the sunni world away from terrorism and indirect support of it. and also begins to mark our moving to working closely with the sunnis and not what president obama had embarked upon, which was essentially a partnership with iran. maria: white house hopes this is the beginning of a new chapter between the middle east and u.s., can president trump's message resonate given if has not in last nate years? >> i think -- last 8 years? >> i think it will, if he plays it straight, and does not veer off. he has an excellent team to help him with this. i think it could go well. i am optimistic about it, for the fi

live images coming to us out of riyadh, saudi arabia.his is where president trump is expected to deliver this big speech to islamic leaders of muslim countries. and as soon as that speech begins we're going to bring it to you, but this is a reset about the president's vision for muslim unity around the world and against terrorism. joining theonversation sll is naveed jama, former fbi double agent and author of "how to catch a russian spy" and josh barro, msnbc contributor. we're getting a better idea of timing on this, being pushed back a touch for the moment. we'll update everyone before the president's remarks. when we think about how the president is doing this, naveed, and the headlines taking place at home and the issue of credibility for this president is a big one, but he's being treated very well by the royal family in saudi arabia. is that because of that $110 billion arms deal sor is it something else really to give him a helping hand at heft? >> well, i think, thomas, you're exactly right. i think part of it is a lot of the re

some live pictures now from riyadh.rump is touring around the royal palace before sitting down to meetings. real red carpet treatment. we can probably hear the pipes in the background. a real saudi welcome for a man who, as frank was saying, is rather more respected in riyadh than his predecessor was. mr trump and his wife are being treated very much as revered visitors. remember that he frequently upset the saudis, partly because of his tilt towards iran and to bring iran back from the cold, along with his attitudes to some of the changes he believed were necessary in the middle east. his push on human rights, for example. there will be a lot less talk about human rights on this visit. president trump and his wife are there, along with his daughter and her husband, jared kushner. they haven't been so visible on camera. they slipped off the back of air force one just after the president descended from the main staircase. they are important advisers. he will signa they are important advisers. he will sign a big arms deal

riyadh is his first stop on a nine—dayjourney around the middle east and europe.trip his aides hope will divert attention from his political problems back in washington. our north america editor, jon sopel, is travelling with the president and sent this report. with the mercury touching 100 fahrenheit, donald trump probably found the blast of desert air refreshing compared to the political hothouse he's left behind in washington. he's hoping this first foreign trip will provide some respite from mounting problems at home, and what a welcome his hosts laid on for him. the 81—year—old king came to greet him, red carpet for as far as the eye could see. he was even given saudi arabia's highest civilian honour, a weighty thing. a marked contrast to the almost hostile reception afforded ba rack obama when he was last here. wherever you go in riyadh, this is what you see — pictures of president trump and king salman with the slogan "together we prevail". a year ago, donald trump said in an interview, "i think islam hates us." from the reception he's receiving, and the wa

american cte torporaans will visit riyadh of the same time.unprecedented economic reform, what the deals can we expect to see? what do we know about the kind of deals we could see inked over the next couple days? fromrge number of deals big-time country does -- companies in the oil industry, the big for oil services company's. all the way down to the andpment makers, engineering companies as well. this is such a huge customer and the oil industry that they are all willing to lay ball in some way. david: what do you know about this appetite for deals? ipohey have this massive that is come down the pipe within the next year. 5% of the company being sold, quite large. they want to get their ducks in the row, show investors they have agreements. the party been doing work -- they have already been doing work with these people but they just want to show what they have . it helps for what saudi arabia's trying to do to get global content for oil services by 2021, to reach their goal. all that helps saudi arabia. david: are there specific companies or

we thought it was a picture coming out of riyadh.eard ivanka, she toured the global center with her father and we saw the first lady as well. she talked about being amazing feed that they were able to build in 30 days. she was obviously able to speak on behalf of her father and she talked a lot about the mission and the power of social media which is really the whole point of the conference, of the seven panelist that is we heard from bret baier. somebody who knows about social media, being president trump, we will have to wait and see if he tweets one of his greetings. a number of producers have twitter alerts. if he tweets about missing the tweeps conference, but brings a very important point, 30 days to build the center, clearly they knew the president was thinking about coming or for sure coming when they started the construction project and it makes you really wonder is this for show or the saudis are going to really follow through on their promises to president trump to the american people as well in building this center. liz:

speaking in riyadh on n sunday, presidident trumump praised the deal. pres.rump: this landmark agreement includes the announcement of a $110 billion sorry-funded the fence purchase -- defense purchase. and we will be sure to help our saudi friends to get a good deal from our great american defense companies, the greatest anywhere in the worldld. this agreement will help the saudi military to take a far greater role in security and operations having to do with security. amy: the arms deal comes a as te pentagagon continues to supporta saudi-led d bombing campaign in yemen,n, where yearsrs of fightg have decimated the countntry's health, water, sewage and sanitation systems. over 10,000 cicivilians haveve d since the saudi invasion began in 2015. the u.n. says around 19 million of yemen's 28 million people need some form of aid, with many ofof them at risk of famine. trump mentioned yemen twice in his speech but only to first , praise the saudis for their war against the houthis and then to condemn iran for its support of militant groups. the arms deal includes

also in riyadh. jonathan, the president has consistently complained about the number of leaks coming from the white house. how does this compare to other administrations you've covered, and are conservatives right when they warn of the so-called "deep state" working against the president? >> reporter: well, tom, i don't know if i would call it a deep state, but i have never seen anything like that. you have had multiple circumstances where details, actual transcripts of conversations that the president has had in the oval office with foreign leaders have ended up on the front pages of newspapers days after the conversations took place. i have never seen that with any other administration. >> chief white house correspondent jonathan karl for us in saudi arabia tonight. jonathan, thank you. >>> george will have much more on that exclusive interview with general mcmaster tomorrow on "this week." >>> next to the harrowing moments on a flight to honolulu. these f-22 fighter jets escorting that plane after

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and everywhere else including riyadh. because the president has yet to fully outline the trump doctrine and foreign policy in a speech. we got a preview of it with the strike in syria which he was very right to do, but we haven't had elaboration and this is a good opportunity for him to tell the world not only the citizens of the world, but the leaders of the world. this is how america is going to be going while i'm in charge of it. >> i'm curious because tomorrow is day two, obviously, it's a nene-day trip. he's visiting other countries as well. that he also has to set a tone for this trip and i know when we talked to judy miller, she said a lot of these countries need to be woven together and work together to build a coalition. can he accomplish that tomorrow? and how does he set the tone, not only for the global audience you mentioned, but also for the next few days of this trip? >> well, the first tone he has to establish is american leadership is back. look what the failure of american leadership brought us over the

riyadh, i have gotten to know it so well in such a short time. jerusalem andto the vatican, visiting some of the holiest places in the free abraham it place. including peace with israelis and palestinians. i will be meeting with benjamin and palestinian president abbas. of theirterrorists territory of funding in the will be theogy basis for easily defeating them. no discussion of stamping out this threat would be complete without mentioning the government that gives terrorists all three, safe harbor and financial backing. it is a regime that is responsible for so much instability in that region. i'm speaking, of course, of iran. from lebanon to a rack to yemen, theyo trained terrorists, militias, and other extremist groups that spread description and chaos across the region. for decades iran has fueled the fires of sectarian conflict and terror. speaks government that openly of mass murder, vowing the destruction of israel, death to america, and ruin for many nations. among their most tragic and destabilizing interventions, you have seen it in sy