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We will drill down on both stories this hour, speaking in a few minutes with secretary of state Rex Tillerson and later with senator john mccain. Lets bring in the anchor of special report, bret baier, who is in saudi arabia with the latest on the president s trip. Reporter in the second day, the home of islams holiest sites, President Trump is calling terrorist barbaric criminals who must be stopped by a new u. S. Muslim coalition, which he says starts here on ancient soil. Saying hes not here to lecture, President Trump address of the leaders of more than 50 muslim majority countries, casting the fight against terrorism is a battle between good and evil. Mrk speech on islam in a much softer tone that his company he has yet to use the phrase radical islamic terrorism. Let me say that you have a unique personality that is capable of doing the impossible. I agree. Talk of new relationships. And new arms deals. Nobody makes it like the United States. They pledged to buy 350 billion of u. S. Military equipment and weapons over ten years and more than 160 billion of saudi investment in u. S. Companies this year. If President Trumps first foreign stop has been filled with foreign pageantry. He in stark contrast to the trips by obama, who was never greeted at the airport for taking. This trip, the saudis are already dancing in step. Later President Trump, known for his use of twitter, will speak here at a conference designed to stamp out extremism used social media. This trip was planned long ago but senior aides said they could not have asked for more in the first top with the warm embrace, which is Something Else to talk about back home. Chris bret baier reporting from saudi arabia, thanks for that. And joining us now from saudi arabia is the secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Mr. Secretary, resident trump is urging Muslim Leaders to join the battle of good and evil, hes opening a center against extremism today, Muslim Leaders are pledging to cut off funding to radicals, but the big question i have is, is this just talk or other realty fare, concrete measures that will help us to stir isis and al qaeda and to stop the flow of new recruit recruits . Secretary tillerson i think it is historic whats happening here in riyadh under the kings leadership. His convening of the gcc counsel this morning, we had a very productive discussion on the subject of how to counterterrorism, how to defeat them and how it brings greater stability to the region and of course this afternoon he will deliver this Important Message to the convening of the arab summit. Arab nations, muslim nations from around the world. I think the output of this, some Framework Agreements that are going to guide the actions going forward, concrete commitments being made as to how we will Work Together to defeat them, to defeat terrorism here in the region and as well as elsewhere. I think the other thing thats important is theres also an agreement to continue the dialogue, it doesnt end here. If theres a commitment to have another gcc settlement with the u. S. One year from now and one of the expectations is we will be measuring our project our progress towards the initiatives and agreements that were signed here and we will be looking for concrete results by which to measure each countrys commitments. Chris gcc is the gulf council of nations. During the Campaign Canada trump had some tough things to say, here he is on the muslim religion. I think islam hates us. Theres something there that is a tremendous hatred. We have to get to the bottom of it. Chris and here he is talking about saudi arabia. You talk about women and womens rights, so these are people that push gays off buildings. These are people that kill women and treat women horribly. Chris given that past rhetoric why should Muslim Leaders trust mr. Trump now and on the other hand, if the president is so concerned about human rights, why isnt he talking about it publicly this weekend . Secretary tillerson chris, i think this is one of the great attributes of this president , hes willing to call issues out, confront them, speak very plainly and bluntly about them and in many ways that motivates these countries to want to understand why the feelings in the u. S. Are the way they are but also to engage, to address those. I think thats what we are seeing in this visit to riyadh, this visit to the country that is the custodian of the two holy mosque and the president himself is that hes learned a lot on this trip that hes learned a lot about the people and their culture. I think this is a really important process in terms of how we move forward with this relationship between the muslim world and the nonmuslim world. I think theres great recognition among all leaders of the muslim world but they have to take responsibility for what has happened in many respects, and they are taking responsibility and they are ready to join with us and other nations are confronting this terrible face of terrorism. Chris ive seen a draft of the president s speech, the big speech this afternoon. Not a mention of human rights, not a mention of womens rights. You say he wants to speak concretely and frankly about this things, hes not doing that today. Secretary tillerson i think the weight to address those human rights issues and womens rights issues is to improve the conditions in the region. Today conditions in the region are under a lot of stress because of the threat of terrorism and the threat that iran poses to instability in the region. These subjects are being discussed as well. There are efforts underway to i think improve the rights of women, the participation of women in society throughout the region but the primary reason we are here today is to confront this threat of terrorism. If we do not defeat dash, if we do not defeat these forces of evil, there will be no conditions under which we can even hope to improve the human rights for all the people in the region. Chris mr. Secretary, you were in the oval office when the president met with the Russian Foreign minister and according to the official summary the president told him i just fired the head of the fbi, he was crazy, a real nut job, i face great pressure because of russia, thats taken off. My question to you, as someone who was in that meeting, was he telling the russians the firing comey was taking off legal and political pressure . Secretary tillerson thats not my interpretation of the conversation. I think with the president was trying to convey to the russians is im not going to be distracted by all these issues that are here at home, that affect us domestically, im not going to let that distract from our efforts to see if we can engage with you, engage with russia and identify areas where we might be able to Work Together. The president i think we emphasize the message to the russians that the relationship was at a low point and we need to change that. I think the point he was making is im not going to be distracted by those things that are happening here at home, or let them get in the way of the important work of engaging russia to see what can be done to improve this relationship. Chris he seemed to be saying that firing comey would help her move one the distractions. Secretary tillerson my take away from that conversation was not that at all, i think again he was simply saying to the russians, these issues at home are not going to get in the way of my effort in the effort of my government to see if we can find a way to move this relationship forward. Chris you said this week in washington you dont think that foreign leaders around the world care about whats going on in washington with regard to the president. Here you are. Secretary tillerson i think the people and the rest of the world do not have the time to Pay Attention to whats happening domestically here. Still i have to ask you, do you really believe that, because i got to tell you that ambassadors that i talked to here in washington are deeply concerned with the investigation into the president in question and wonder whether its going to somehow prevent the u. S. From meeting its challenges around the world. Secretary tillerson i think all you have to do is watch the footage of your own coverage on the president on this historic visit to the king of saudi arabia, convening nations from throughout the regions, including africa. Theres an enormous amount of enthusiasm being taken by the president on this issue. The tel aviv and then to rome, to the vatican, the audience with the pope. At my encounter with my counterparts, foreign ministers, i would also say heads of state, these are not the issues that are on their mind. The issues that are on their minds are security issues, economic issues, issues of common interest to both of our countries, thats what they want to talk about when im with the them. These domestic issues just simply never come up in our discussions. Chris in the time we have left, this is her first time on fox news sunday, i will introduce you to something, which is something i hope you will do with us again, a lightning round, quick questions, quick answers on various hot spots around the world. An ugly incident in washington this week while turkish president looked on while his security beat and kicked protesters outside of his residence. Are you going to do anything about that night we did call the ambassador of turkey into the state department to discuss what occurred within to say this is simply unacceptable, and we t and see what the outcome of that investigation is, but we have expressed our dismay at what occurred. Chris beyond expressing dismay at senator mccain says you should expel the turkish ambassador. Secretary tillerson i think we need to let the investigation concluded before we come to any decisions as that. Chris as im sure you know, north korea tested yet another Ballistic Missile today. Isnt that one more indication that the new get tough policy of this administration, the end of strategic patients, is working . Secretary tillerson i wouldnt that would not be my take away at all. We are early in the stages of applying the economic pressure as well as the diplomatic pressure to the regime in north korea, hopefully they will get the message that the pathways of continuing their nuclear arms program is not a pathway to security or certainly prosperity. The ongoing testing is disappointing, its disturbing and we ask that they cease that because until that cease that testing, clearly they have not changed their view. I think we are early in the game of putting pressure on them and one could also interpret that perhaps they are just acting out now in response to some of this pressure. Chris to any of the agreements that are being made this weekend with muslim nations, do any of them helped the United States in the effort to contain iran and its regional expansion . Secretary tillerson i think certainly the kind of security arrangements. Obviously there were significant new arms sales packages announced yesterday with the kingdom. There were also sales going on to other important countries of the region. This strengthens the overall Security Posture of the gulf and arab nations in particular and i think makes it clear to iran that we the United States will stand with our partners here in the region to counter irans hegemony. There pressure will be met by a strong unified front. Chris we all got to say youve gotten a chance to see it, we all got to see the video yesterday of you participating in that traditional arab sword dance and i have to tell you, you look pretty good while you are doing it, frankly more comfortable than the president or commerce secretary ross. Had you been practicing . Secretary tillerson i hadnt been practicing, but it was not my first sword dance. Chris [laughs] secretary tillerson ive been in the middle east for many years and not just in the kingdom but throughout the region. This was just such a wonderful welcome for the president last night, the spirit and the fund that was going on, it was very contagious for all of us. I think just the pure joy that you stay on the faces of the people here in saudi arabia, but also throughout the region with the president s visit, the importance of it. The great hope that it brings to them, something is finally going to be done to confront the spaces of terrorism and the destabilizing forces in the region. Chris secretary tillerson, i think i can safely say that this was the first time ive ever heard on fox news sunday, this is not my first sword dance, we want to thank you, thanks for your time today and safe travels. Secretary tillerson thank you, chris. 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Its a little too much pageantry for my taste, im sure he loves it. The message and helps saudi arabia as much or more than it helps us. We are in the middle east, i love the idea that hes going to the sites of all three major religions. If he is able to deliver a message that is a little more nuanced than just iran is terrible, that will be more helpful. One last point, isis and most of these terror groups are sunni arab. The saudi arabia and the gulf states are sunni arabs. Its not just attacking shia arabs. Its more about the idea of terrorism. I hope his activities and speech address that. Chris ive seen a first draft of the speech that is very much that. The people that have suffered the most are sunni, the muslims were getting killed and not part of the world. Weve seen other president s make this kind of effort to try to unite the muslim world against the savages. They get lip service but then behind the scenes a lot of these Muslim Leaders, whether its for payouts or for whatever reason, continue to find radicalism. What makes you think this time will be any different . What makes it different is eight years of a lack of leadership in the Obama Administration in which things really disintegrated there. What we see is all of these countries attending the summit have come to understand that allowing iran to move toward Nuclear Weapons has also allowed them to meddle more in all of these other countries through surrogates, this has caused problems for all of the gulf region. They now have a renewed interest in actually from their own self interest in working with donald trump. Thats a chance for a reset and thats why it might be different. Chris what strikes me about this trip on a larger overview level is just how ambitious it is. The president going to the centers of islam, judaism and christianity, then engaging with nato and economic partners, and the word that white house officials are using in a briefing to help us this week, especially about the first part of the trip in saudi arabia and israel in the vatican, historic. I dont think thats an overstatement. No, but every president ial visit overseas is historic. Dealing with foreign leaders always a part of it. This is unmistakably the stuff of the presidency. No other official in this country has responsibility for Foreign Policy the way a president does. No question about it, this is a very big deal, and the principal purposes here to try and strengthen saudi arabia as a bulwark against the growth of irans power and second of course the big 50 states plus meeting to try to form a stronger coalition. Chris 50 muslim nations. Thats right against terrorism. They are bringing the muslim world, or most of it coming together for that purpose, and its a useful thing. Theres a lot of detail here, you look at saudi arabia even as