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Foreign trip has focused on fighting terror. but some in the media havent seen it that way. here to break it all down for us is dow jones reporter joe simonson. thanks for being with us, joe. >> thank you for having me. ainsley: youre welcome. lets go through some of the sound bites that we have heard during his trip. start with when he spoke to saudi arabia to the arab leaders and confronting islamic extremism. we will talk about it. >> there is still much work to be done. that means honestly c...

Natos brand-new headquarters where he will officially take his seat beside our biggest allies across the globe. welcome to a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom." im shannon bream. >> bill: im bill hemmer. good morning at home. fighting terror, defense spending tops the presidents agenda. meanwhile nato leaders want the presidents commitment to mutual aid, a cornerstone of the nato alliance. >> shannon: were live at the state department. rich, what are the nato leaders looking for from our pres...

No barriers, no borders. we all need to just coexist. >> eric: like, no borders. fighting terror with love? thats pretty rich considering she travels with killer security guards. meanwhile, u.k. rocker morrissey is livid with british politicians for the treatment. he said "the manchester mayor says the attack is the work of an extremist. what extremist? in modern britain, everyone seems petrified to say what we all say in private. politicians tell us they are unafraid that they are never the vic...

Official you want to be able to detect these threats. frankly, theyre using e-mail. theyre using encrypted chats. when the intelligence folks cant see those things, they cant see the content, it is a huge blind spot. >> in the meantime, i think the comment was made by matt in the uk that there is a political element to this. you have a president, frankly, who made fighting terror a major part of his campaign rhetoric. much of the focus that we see at least and we hear has been in the battlefield...

Made israel curving the building in the area. hes still holding the moving of the american embassy to jerusalem up in the air to see whether the palestinians would step up to the negotiation table or not. so i think he has a lot of maneuverability. i think hes doing a good job as the chief negotiator. >> sandra: and as far as fighting terror, heres what the president has to say about working with our allies. we are going to be able to do things we have never been able to do before. listen. >> th...

This part of israel. he backed out of the pledge to move the u.s. embassy from tel-aviv to jerusalem. they are pursuing a peace deal, a task that requires nuance, not something this president has been known for. he is prone to speaking tauf cuff. thats very much heightened the sense of anxiety in israel. he will be there 26 hours, but that is more than enough time for a misstated word to change the tone of the visit. >> you mentioned he will be there briefly. do you think president trump is feel...

And now they do fight terrorism. i said it was obsolete. its no longer obsolete. >> now to be clear, the presidents allegation that nato just recently began fighting terror is not accurate. it has played a central role in afghanistan more than a decade. it came after the u.s. invoked natos article 5 calling for collective defense after 9/11 attacks. after skewering china for months, now the president has kind words for chinas president xi. >> and promised to label china as a currency manipulat...

Candidate trump called the military alliance quote obsolete. but at a news conference along side natos secretary general the president said he changed his view after focussing on the fight on terrorism. >> we had a productive discussion about what more nato can do in the fight against terrorism. i complained about that a long time ago and they made a change and now they do fight terrorism. i said it was obsolete. its no longer obsolete. >> the presidents allegation that nato just recently began ...

>> rachel: this is a giant promise that a lot of us were skeptical. if they dont do this. >> rachel: >> sandra: attorney l jeff sessions is under fire, a new report that the obama administration raised to preserve intelligence on russia before leaving office. whether that was standard procedure or politically motivated. plus a report that defense secretary james mattis will get a much bigger role when it comes to fighting terror. what the white house has reported considering letting him do and w...

>> meghan: you could not get anyone to talk about this on national television. all of a sudden, youre caring about what putin is doing? i have cared about this for so long, talk about all the time, trying to get a detention, and only democrats care when it has to do with politics. >> harris: would it help to have someone outside both parties to take a look at this? >> guy: the department of justice is looking at it with the fbi. >> harris: the fbi got a little political over the summe summer. >>...