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Ideas, asked the right questions. and it will be his input that, perhaps, guides trump on what he intends to do on the peace process. >> were looking at live pictures in riyadh. were expecting donald trump himself to arrive at the hotel, where theyre being hosted, oren. i want to touch on something you were saying earlier. and the potential pitfalls for mr. trump during his trip to israel. despite the fact hes in friendly territory, is there something he can say that would be a problem, with res...

Stones i put there and formed them in the shape of a cross, and sort of sat back, looked at it. then rush limbaugh and maureen doud and those that wrote about that moment filed a pool report and rush for the next week talked about how phony president clinton was. i was an eyewitness to it, i was standing where that picture was taken, 20 feet away. it was legitimate. >> the point is, theres only so much you can control. now, the president has landed in saudi arabia and there are all sort of pitfa...

Saudi arabia has its own unique set of circumstances. >> well, there were all sorts of good reasons for the white house to pick saudi arabia for the first stop on a foreign trip. one of them was that horse escorted motorcade from king khalid international airport to the site of the coffee ceremony. saudi arabia was going to play it up big. there was also this power point presentation the saudis made, asking for the first visit by u.s. president, talking about the $100 billion arms deal. arms are...

Muslim country, despite comments very critical of the muslim faith, as he was running as a candidate, and then on top of that, there are business deals to be had, and of course after visiting in saudi arabia, he moves on to israel. its an itinerary that is potentially fraught with all kinds of pitfalls, and its all happening amidst the continuing to unfold political drama back in the united states. lets continue to watch. ♪ ♪ [ "national anthem" ]

It. then rush limbaugh and maureen dowd, and those who wrote about that moment filed a pool report and rush for the next week talked about how phony president clinton was. i was an eyewitness to it, i was standing where that picture was taken, 20 feet away. it was legitimate. >> the point is, theres only so much you can control. now, the president has landed in saudi arabia and there are all sort of pitfalls. let me put on the screen from 2015, a tweet from candidate donald trump where he was cr...

>> well, there were all sorts of good reasons for the white house to pick saudi arabia for the first stop on a foreign trip. one of them was that horse escorted motorcade from king khalid international airport to the site of the coffee ceremony. saudi arabia was going to play it up big. there was also this power point presentation the saudis made, almost asking for the first visit by u.s. president, talking about the $100 billion arms deal. arms are going to be purchased anyway. trump was lookin...

That, but the defense secretary jaime mattis, dina pouwell madea trip out to saudi arabia in advance of this visit. i believe the reassurance is, and what were hearing from the middle east is they will be rolling out the red carpet as they anticipate the presidents arrival within the next 24 hours or so. if saudis made a real effort during the transition period to try to get president trump to come make a visit there. this is striking, be clear, this is an ambitious trip. president obamas first ...

Israel, italy and brussels after starting his five country pilgrimage in saudi arabia. thats where we find cnn international diplomatic editor rick robinson. great to have you on ahead of this toby keith concert on saturday. what are the potential pitfalls. what are you expecting to hear from president trump. >> hes going to deliver a message here thats going to say to the gathered arab, muslim, and regional neighbors here a message that they need to preach and put forward a more tolerant versio...

Or method of the information either. >> he said the president was sharing this information on an ad hoc basis. is there usually a process for a president sharing intelligence with the russians or even with a closer ally like the uk? >> in my experience and over the time i spent in the white house, jake, in preparation for any meeting with a foreign -- a foreign leader or a representative of a foreign country, whether its been the president or myself or the national security advisers, there was a...

So the courts are always balancing saying is a rose by any other name. we believe it maybe be a muslim ban and things that were reprieved. >> thats the issue. the judge found that you can see essentially the motive behind the travel ban. when you look at what donald trump said on the campaign trail, we listen today to hear the government argue that thats really not something you can consider and they were try ing to pull out case after case and try to argue. >> the reason for that is its a a sli...