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Are chanting death to america and destruction to israel. in light of this new, this reset in the middle east by the united states with saudi arabia, jordan, egypt and the other -- most of the other sunni countries, it appears that the president also was talking about the possibility of peace between israel and palestine. its clear that that is on his agenda. >> well, i think the threat of iran is certainly focused the attention of saudi arabia and some of the other key monarchies, and thats why ...

Other arabs feel its their territory. it was occupied by the israelis. youre right. a better way of putting it. even going there was a show of respect and a show of u.s. independence in the mideast by donald trump. >> shepard: what is his biggest challenge? president trumps biggest challenge, maybe his biggest goal the next few days as the trip continues? >> i think the -- you raised expectations now that youre looking for a peace acourt as have presidents before you. boy, has that been a diffic...

Here, concrete measures that will help us destroy isis and al-qaeda and to stop the flow of new recruits? >> well, chris, i think it is historic whats happening here in riyadh under the kings leadership, his convening of the gcc council this morning where we had a very productive discussion on the subject of how to counter terrorism and how do defeat daesh and how to bring -- greater stability to the regular owned and this afternoon hell deliver his important message to the convening of the arab...

People have envisioned. as we know from the many presidents who preceded him, the peace process is the toughest nut to crack anywhere in the world diplomatically. i think the great challenge will be not the speeches he gefs but it those one-on-one exchanges where leaders will be asking things of him and he doesnt have the in-depth knowledge of the world or understanding of the real nuances and could get tripped up in terms of the kind of commitments he may end up making. lets just hope that some...

There are just a million places where he could make commitments and say things that would be embarrassing or worse for the u.s. >> i want to know, robin, the president is also going to head to israel and this comes a couple of days after it was revealed that he gave russian diplomats intelligence was in that may have come from israel and they believe came from israel. do you think the president will be able to smooth things over with our key ally? >> at the end of the day, israel needs the unite...

Its very clear that this sreus i was designed for two reasons. to re-establish the relationship with saudi arabia which, of course, frayed at the end of the obama administration when the obama administration focused so much on the iranian nuclear talks. that threatened the saudis. the saudis are rolling out the red carpet for president trump because they are happy that the u.s. is now once again paying attention to their needs. the president will also be trying to raise among nato allies, theyre...

And be careful about what he says in the press conferences too. yes, all the stuff that hes been facing this week are going to be traveling with him. but this is a chance to try to reorient the press attention on the issues in those parts of the world. number three, i think its really important that he stays engaged. on this i mean two levels. one, its a long trip. lots of stops. its going to be easy to lose focus. its going to be easy to get tired and irritable. hes got to stay engaged on a per...

As we know from the many presidents who preceded him, the peace process is the toughest nut to crack anywhere in the world diplomatically. i think the great challenge will be not the speeches he gives but it those one-on-one exchanges where leaders will be asking things of him and he doesnt have the in-depth knowledge of the world or understanding of the real nuances and could get tripped up in terms of the kind of commitments he may end up making. lets just hope that some of the foreign policy ...

Million palac million places where he could make commitments and say things that would be embarrassing or worse for the u.s. >> i want to know, robin, the president is also going to head to israel and this comes a couple of days after it was revealed that he gave russian diplomats intelligence was in that may have ce from israel and they believe came from israel. do you think the president will be able to smooth things over with our key ally? >> at the end of the day, israel needs the united sta...

James comey wrote are something that rod rosenstein addressed. >> reporter: yeah, i think thats probably the most important thing that we heard from darrell issa. and i think davids right, you have to view those comments through the prism of where he comes from. he was one of the few republicans that actually called for a special counsel rather early on in the process. he didnt walk that back. and then he called for it again. so, view everything through that lens, but i do think its important to...