Snatches a child instead. Thats quite a tease. Look who is joining us. Power lunch starts right now. Welcome, im becky quick. All three indices up for the Third Straight session. Take a look at this now. The s p up over ten points. The defense is in focus after billions of dollars in deals announced in saudi arabia. Lockheed martin one of the big beneficiaries of the deals it announced. Lockheed hit a new high, some of the other defense stocks also hitting lifetime highs. Oil is on the move crossing 51 and hitting the highest level in more than a month. Right now sitting back below that at 50. 65. Amazon hitting another alltime high. Up more than 120 . This comes ahead of tomorrows shareholder meeting. Becky, its a privilege to have you on the program. Ill keep the coffee brewing. We begin with the president who in just moments will be speaking from israel. All of this taking place before a dinner with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Were also waiting on the president to make a joint statement. Eamon . Reporter the president of the you states has been hoping for a reset domestically and internationally in terms of Foreign Policy on this long foreign trip. An unscripted moment in israel alongside Benjamin Netanyahu for the president , President Trump surprising the media and apparently some of his own staff and handlers when he paused to take a question about the controversy swirling around his meeting with the russians and what intelligence information he passed on to the russians in the Oval Office Meeting two weeks ago. Here is the moment in which the president surprised everybody and actually gave a statement. Here is what he said. I never mentioned the word or the name israel. They were all saying i did. So you had another story wrong. Never mentioned the word israel. Reporter Benjamin Netanyahu followed up on that comment from the president by saying the intelligence cooperation between the you states and israel is very strong, sort of underscoring his support for President Trump. What the president was doing there, brian, is denying something that he hasnt been accused of. The initial reporting on this story suggested that what the president did behind closed doors inside the oval office was pass iing along some classified information to the russians about an isis plot. The concern was that classified information could be reverse engineered by the russians and they could figure out the sources and methods to develop that. Later it emerged that information had, in fact, come to the United States government from israel according to several sources. The president there denying that he said the word israel in the oval office to the russians but, of course, he was never accused of having said the word israel in that meeting itself. Well see you in a bit. Thank you very much. That saudi trip not just about politics. Hundreds of billions of dollars in various deals were announced as well. Here is a rundown of the specific companies benefiting. Lockheed martin, General Electric looks set to win the sale of 7 billion in technology and honeywell, two tentative deals with saushy aranco. Halliburton and baker hughes getting either technology or equipment deals as well and another Winner National oil well varco, drilling equipment and land rigs. Last but not least black stone Group Rolling out 40 billion Infrastructure Investment punned with half the initial investment coming from a saudi wealth fund. There we go. We see the president and Benjamin Netanyahu set to enter the press Briefing Room where they will give a joint statement. Right now the market seems to be giving the president good marks on his first overseas t p trip. Can he keep it up once he leaves the middle east and heads to europe . Fred kemp is with the Atlantic Council and a miseast adviser is with the washington institute. Fred, you nailed it on friday when you said there would be deals on this trip. How would you grade the first portion of the trip . Unfortunately, becky, i didnt do the investments i should have done on friday, anticipating those deals. Up to 400 billion worth of agreements. Not only are these important deals but they also are an important sign the president wants to be the ceo president , the 40 billion Blackstone Fund is interesting because it will go to funding infrastructure deals in the United States so it has a double advantage. Israel will be trickier. Hell have to walk away tomorrow trying to pursue what hes called the ultimate deal and that is after his meeting with abbas, the palestinian president , tomorrow want to walk away saying he will have discussions on peace. If he does that he will tell him the arab allies will be closer this will be off the record with the israelis the arab allies who youve grown closer to lately because youre both against iran, saudi arabia, you can become even closer to them if you start down this Peace Process. Many of the people weve spoken with today said a big advantage that he had walking into this he was not president obama. He is almost the antiobama coming in, the relationship between these countries and president obama were not great. What do you expect to see happening from here . Whats the potential upside or down side . I think certainly the upside is he is able to change the subject in washington, get away from the russia scandal although the last comments in the last hour or two doesnt help that at the all. He also will hopefully reset the relationship with the israelis. Thats a piece of cake, a walk in the park for him. As you said, he gets to say im not obama. When george bush left the white house and obama came in, there was a lot to be said for, well, he isnt george bush. That transition is always one that a new president gets to enjoy and will get to enjoy the possibility of coming back to washington having a very succ s successful trip. As president s go along in their terms they start to enjoy Foreign Policy more because it isnt washington. Thats an opportunity for him to try to build some constituency and support and some public support and some power outside. Eric, to that point at times the president will be criticized for being short on detail. But maybe that could yield the greatest of victories for him, correct . Thats what you think. I certainly think if he tries to delve into the details of the Israeli Palestinian conflict in his first go without the kind of preparation that i suspect years and years of expertise lends you, i think he is better to fly at the wave tops and try not to get into the details. But i suspect each party will try and draw him into endorsing something that gives them an advantage going into any kind of peace talks. Hell have to really be disciplined. And thats not something we often see from this president not to get drawn into the details. Fred, we spoke last week, good to chat with you again. Two quick questions, a, how would you grade so far i know its early in the trip. How would you grade his performance and do you think its positive hes out of washington, d. C. , and out of the country, for that matter, to get the house in order . I would think hed like to stay away as long as he could, brian. As measured by control of message a very powerful speech. He stayed off the tweets. He controlled his messages. Just one comment on his message in israel. It may not have been talked about much in washington but in the Israeli Press a lot of complaint including by two former officials that donald trump was giving away israeli intelligence. The real test, brian, comes in europe, i think. Obviously in nato he has to show himself both as the leader of nato but also a person who can get nato countries to pay more for defense and help him more in the south of nato. And then hell face the kind of public protest and public scrutiny he hasnt had to face so far on this trip. Folks, just so you can see on the one side of your screen we are watching video today of a live feed right now of nbenjami netanyahu introducing President Trump and his wife melania, jerrod ku Jared Kushner youve seen in these pictures. We are awaiting a joint address and that will be coming shortly. Well bring you that update when it comes. Fred, one issue that i wonder when it comes to peace talks, he does seem to have a close relationship with netanyahu and netanyahu has brought that up today. Is that a plus or minus when it comes to getting the palestinians and israelis together . I would love to hear what eric says on this as well and i know hes walking a thin tightrope where he wants to be netanyahus friend, but on the other hand hes giving mixed messages about what he expects in peace. Eric is right he should be vague and not give details, but he will not be successful if he walks away from this trip and the two president s have not agreed to meet with each other. So i think thats the crucial issue is hell give a speech after the abbas meeting tomorrow and will he be able to say the two men have agreed to resume the process or agreed to meet. Eric, your thoughts . I think thats right. I think thats a good goal to come out of this trip on. I think one of the challenges is where do you go from there . I know theres the temptation is to dip into this and come back to it. Its warm and friendly relationship with Prime Minister netanyahu. Hes going to be the catnip here. Fundamentally the next steps are hard. Even the first steps of confidence building measures, say, having the palestinians agree there will be no more funding of these martyr foundations or the israelis agree that they wont build s settlements or authorize settlements outside the separation barrier, those are huge steps and certainly netanyahus cabinet are not going to be pleased about that kind of step on the israeli side. So each of the next steps beyond agreeing to talk are big, big accepts. Becky, could i add one more thing to that . Sure. I think he has a real problem in navigating this and understand iing and i think President Trump understands this that president netanyahus threats are not from the left. Its not from people who want to make more peace, its from the right, people who fear that donald trump or anyone else might prompt him to go too far. And he has to navigate that very, very carefully. And, if anything, netanyahu will have to keep his rights in order, more skeptical of Going Forward in the way eric has outlined. Fred, the story today obviously is in jerusalem and people are on pins and needles whether or not the president will make any gaffes during the middle east part of his trip. Looking ahead to europe, what sort of land mine could face them as he goes to a region, had been an advocate of breaking up the eu. Well, i actually think, becky, you hit on the one that im watching most right now. Two things. He said nato is obsolete. Will he portray himself as the leader of nato . Will he say i am assuming the traditional u. S. Role. On the eu he has not yet really pronounced that the eu is obsolete or not. A lot of people will be watching. How far does he go in embracing the european union, the largest economic sphere in the world, and will anything come up in terms of trade because he prefers bilateral trade deals. But with the eu thats not possible because all of their members have to do their trade deals through the eu, so watch to see if theres any mention of the transatlantic trade. Eric, what does he need to get out of the g7 meeting . Hes got to operate in an International Environment where adulation is not the sort of only currency. I think europeans, as weve said, are going to view him a lot differently than we see in the middle east. Theres going to be a lot more trepidation as he comes into it. I think coming out of the g7 if he can show himself, as robert said, the leader of the west and to show himself to be able to do business with europe in a way that doesnt reflect sort of im going to fight every opportunity, thats what he wants to come away with, to clean up this trip with a good clean advice knit europe. Clean visit in europe. That will be hard with the range of topics. Hes dealing with some new european leaders as well. Obviously emmanuel macron. Donald trump himself six months into the term. Is that going to shadow or cloud the g7 meeting . Will will Angela Merkel really take it over . Do you think theres another angle the president can take to maintain i dont want to say the u. S. Dominance, thats the wrong phrase, but what do we have to do to maintain our perch . Well, i think President Trump is a personable guy and i think that kind of glad handing comes naturally to him and if he doesnt sort of walk in feeling tired and frustrated that hes no longer in the middle east, i think then that sort of operating will probably win friends in europe. They certainly want the president to lead. They want the president to succeed even if they have qualms and concerns about his policy. I dont think its hard to get over the bar for President Trump but it requires him to maintain the level of discipline he had in saush. And if youre just tuning in were waiting for a joint statement with President Trump and Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu out of jerusalem. It will be a joint statement. Unsure whether or not they will take questions. Thats what were waiting for. Thats a live shot on the left of your screen. In the meantime we have the markets up by about 11 points on the s p 500. 2393 is your level. Just about a point off. The nasdaq is doing the best of the major three indices. 40 points is the gain there. And the dow is adding almost triple digits right now up 98 points or half a percent with the tenyear treasury slightly lower in todays session. Fred, in terms of what needs to happen at this joint statement, what can donald trump say to sort of tie a bow on this and say this was a victorious, quote unquote, visit with israel . I hate to be redundant but think steps to the ultimate deal, and i think that is an open door to potential resumption of the Peace Process and a meeting with president abbas. We may not hear that until tomorrow. We may not hear that until after the abbas meeting. So this may be not as high profile. In europe im just very bullish it looks like you may be going im bullish on the economy right now with the cyclical upturn. I think in europe all he has to do is go away and do no harm if he just stays on message and doesnt undermine thing. He has macron, amerimerkel, allt of center leaders. Theyll want him to come off okay. You thank you both for your time today. We appreciate your insights. Fred, we are now watching the president of the United States, donald trump, and the Prime Minister netanyahu coming in. Well listen to what they have to say right now. Thank you. President trump, donald, sarah and i are absolutely delighted to welcome you and melania to the Prime Ministers residence in jerusalem, the eternal capital of the jewish people, the jewish state. Weve known each other for many years, and its always good to see you. Its also wonderful to see the blossoming friendship between our two beautiful wives, sarah and melania. Youre so welcome here and were so pleased to see you. Were honored to have you in our home. Youve been today, mr. President , to the western wall, one of the holiest sites of judaism, to the church, one of the holiest sites of christianity. We protect the christian sites as no one else does anywhere in this region. Christian sites, muslim sites, obviously jewish sites. Were committed to the freedom of all faiths and to the rights of all. Mr. President , i appreciate the fact you went to the western wall and youre the first acting president who has done that. The people of israel applaud you for it. We had a terrific discussion today, and when i say terrific it encompasses everything. We could talk about deregulation. We could talk about economics. I think we quote each other. We understand each other. So much of the things we wish to accomplish for both our countries. I want to thank you especially today for your deep commitment to israels security, its wellbeing and its future. I have no doubt that as we Work Together, you and i, the alliance will grow ever stronger. I want you to know how much we appreciate the change in american policy on iran which you enunciated so clearly. I want you to know how much we appreciate your Bold Decision to act against the use of chemical weapons in syria. And i want to tell you also how much we appreciate the reassertion of American Leadership in the middle east. I look forward to working clo closely with you to confront the dangers we face together in this violent and volatile middle east. I believe that together we could roll back irans march of aggression and terror in this region, and we can thwart the ambition to become a Nuclear Weapon state. I also look forward to working closely with you to advance peace in our region. Because you have noted so succinctly that common dangers are turning former enemies into partners. And thats where we see something new and potentially something very promising. It wont be simple, but for the first time in many years and, mr. President , for the first time in my lifetime, i see a real hope for change. The arab leaders who you met yesterday could help change the atmosphere, and they could help create the conditions for realistic peace. These are all great signs on your historic visit. Its a visit that i think hasek owed down the ages because the great