and he said i want to do something. he is your ambassador as you know david freidman. we are very honored to have the two of you working so hard to try to bring about peace and i think you will be very successful. if you are not you will get blamed because i just put it on record. my staff has been fantastic and as you know, rex, secretary of state has done an incredible job. we just got back from the middle east. we just got back saudi arabia and we were treated incredibly well. and there is tremendous well, really good feeling towards israel. and i will say one of the things i think we can call it an outreach but what s happened with iran has brought many other parts of the middle east toward israel. and you could say that s one of the if there is a benefit, that would be the benefit because i have seen such a different feeling
abby: that big vision guy as you are talking about landing right now in marine one in jerusalem set to spend the afternoon with the president there of israel. steve: that s right. mr. ambassador, let me ask you this, you are talking about he is a practical guy, donald trump is, and would go for what is doable. but what do you want from the palestinians. what do the israelis want from the palestinians to do a deal? look, there are two immediate issues that can be addressed. number one, you have all heard about israel concern about the fact that the palestinian leadership is paying families whose sons engaged in terrorism and have either been imprisoned or hit by our security forces. that s intolerable. that incentivizes terrorism. that has to stop. it has to stop now. the second thing is how they treat this whole issue of refugees. around the world refugees status is not transferred from
israel saying in the long term this could be good for you guys. could be good for long-term security. now that we are a few months into the deal. maybe a year into the deal, how is it going? well, i think anybody who said in the long term it s good for israeli security must have been smoking something. this deal is a disaster. i dealt with saddam hussein in iraq when i was ambassador of the u.n. at that time the u.n. for example demanded all weapons of mass destruction be halted in iraq. that included ballistic missiles. the iran deal didn t stop the iranians from developing ballistic missiles. they can have a ballistic missile force even within intercontinental range 8 to 10 years. then they will have enriched uranium to create the nuclear warheads that will threaten not just israel, but the whole world. in fact, the united states. abby: that s a great point as we wait for president trump to get off marine one here.
have been talking about president trump so much but the family members that he has brought along with him. jared kushner as you said, brian, has really been planning for months and weeks for this trip. this might be the first time in history we have the president s family advising him on such crucial, such serious issues that we are dealing with in the world. not just kushner but his daughter ivanka. steve: all presidential families advise but not in a public way. you are watching historic pictures this morning and president of the united states. let s listen in. i likewise has some tremendously talented people but, in particular jason, you love israel so much that he left a very, very, very substantial job to be able to help on a peace treat. you would love to see that, wouldn t you? and david freidman likewise, one the most successful lawyers in the united states.
round table with women business owners with sba administrator mcmahon as well as other round table with latina business owners. just earlier today the first lady joined the under secretary of state for political affairs tom shannon to present the 2017 secretary of state s international women of courage award at the state department. the president believes as the first lady said this morning, quote: wherever women are diminished the entire world is diminished with them. however, whenever, women are empowered, towns, villages, schools and economies are empowered and together we re all made stronger. the trump administration will continue to work to ensure that the american economy is a place where women can work and thrive. later this evening the vice president will participate in the swearing in of david freidman the next ambassador to israel. the president is glad that ambassador freidman will be officially on board as we strive for lasting peace in the middle east. mr. freidman s stro