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Policy and intelligence credentials. he is going to be out now on the national security council, the president obviously reversing that controversial earlier decision. we will have more on that in just a moment. hello and welcome to the second hour of happening now, i m jon scott. i m julie bender in fort jenna lee today. we are awaiting a joint news conference between president trump and king abdullah ii of jordan, the president and king are expected to address the new peace initiative put forward by the israelis and palestinians. the leaders of jordan and egypt reportedly using their washington visit to roll out the proposal. rich is and is now joining us from the state department with the very latest. the big meeting with a key middle east ally today at the white house, tell us what we should expect to come out of that? good afternoon, it s a big meeting between jordan s king abdullah ii and ....
Since the earliest days of the campaign against isis, jordan has been a staunch ally and partner, and we thank you for that. jordanian service members have made tremendous sacrifices in this battle against the enemies of civilization. i want to thank all of them for their incredible courage. so many have been lost, and we pay homage. so many. in king abdullah, america is blessed with a thoughtful and determined partner. he is a man who has spent years commanding his country s special forces. he really knows what being a soldier is, that i can tell you. he knows how to fight. the king has been a leader and calling for a plan to defeat isis once and for all. i am with you on that. we are both leaders on that, believe me. that is what we speak about today, and that is what we are going to do. ....
Tell you that. the king has been a really tireless advocate for a solution. he is going to help me with that and help me at the highest level, and we will be consulting with him very closely in the days ahead. king abdullah, i want to take this opportunity to thank you for your partnership. working together, the united states and jordan can help bring peace and stability to the middle east, and in fact, the entire world, and we will do that. thank you very, very much for being with us. [applause] king abdullah ii: mr. president, thank you for such a kind and warm welcome to the white house. i fondly remember the meetings we had many years ago and more recently several months ago. you have always been a generous ....
Thank you very much. reporter: your majesty, effect i can ask about refugees per year country has borne the brunt of the refugee crisis in syria. the president has signed travel bands that would block syrians from coming to the u.s. if that goes into effect, what with the impact on your country and across the country be? king abdullah ii: as the president pointed out, most if not all syrian refugees want to go back to syria. we are working with the united states and international community to be able to stabilize the refugees in our country, give them the tools so that as we are working with the solutions in syria, we have the ability to be able to send them back as positive influence into their economy. again, the president and europeans are being forward leading and being able to look after the whole community. tremendous burden on our country, but again, jim and his appreciation to the united states and the western countries for being able to help us in dealing with that. ....
We will do what we have to do to eradicate terrorism. reporter: the iranian mission in syria, separate from the nuclear deal, what message do you have? president trump: they will have a message, you will see, they will have a message. thank you. thank you all very much. thank you, thank you. julie: that you have, president trump joined by the king of jordan in a joint news conference here with the king at the white house, abdullah is a huge influence or in in the middle east obviously, this meeting is a critical one considering it comes on the heels of this chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians including men, women, and children, something president trump explicitly described as horrific as that situation was, talking about how deeply and personally he was affected by it. he was, the president, asked how he would handle syria differently than the past administration because the white house had come out and said president obama, former ....