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Threatened so a little warning or some talk that iran's leadership is known for print 500. gregg: . arthel: meanwhile, president trump making a splash with his first official day overseas. the present and the saudi king signing several ingredients in creating a massive arms deal worth $110 billion. what does that mean for saudi arabia's military presence in the middle east. bringing in retired colonel special forces arthur. can you hear me, colonel? there you are. let's start here, colonel. in what ways will disarm steel change saudi arabia's military presence in the middle east? >> one thing ...

Making the situation worse. and so it's really disheartening that the united states is supporting this kind of war that is happening in yemen. >> can you put this into context with -- you and i just talked on the "today" show a little earlier this morning. can you put this in the context of the domestic issues and all the things we'll be talking about in the days and hours ahead about president trump and what he's facing here at home? >> you know, president trump wanted to come into this saudi visit with a win, and so that involved jared kushner negotiating personally to lower the cost of this...

It pertains to really a tight rope with saudi arabia, a country that has been an ally but also has been a source of so much of the radical ideology that has poisoned the world? >> if you look at the arms package just been put together, 110 billion-dollar package that the united states is selling to saudi arabia. the reason for that is so that we can help defeat isis together. what the goal is here of every president is to keep our citizens safe. so finding relationships in the middle east, particularly, that we can utilize, to make sure that our country is safe, putting americans first. put am...

Meetings with the president. >> also the armenian president reelected this weekend by a wide margin. what this could mean for the stability of the middle east and for us national security. "america's news headquarters" starts right now. >> we begin with president trump historic international trip to saudi arabia. rolling out the red carpet to welcome the president, it is the first stop of a nine-day tour will take him through the middle east and into europe. mr. trump putting his dealmaking skills on display 70 $110 billion arms package with saudi arabia. that deal will deliver combat ships, t...

Ruthless minority and does not represent popular will in afghanistan. the bigger issue may be the impact on the public opinion in the u.s. at a critical stage of the war. >> bret: mike emanuel at the pentagon. thank you. robert gates is planning to reduce the outside contractors by 10%. he wants to hold work of the joint command elsewhere in the defense department and trying to trim $100 billion from the budget in five years. >> the obama administration plans to sell planes as part of ten-year, $30 arms package and they will not be equipped with the long range weapons system and features oppos...