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Arthel: and this is a fox news alert. we will take you back to riyadh shortly. the convention center, live pictures were secretary of date rex tillerson just about to give remarks before the audience there. we are not sure exactly what the secretary will be saying, but asked that the president, all words at this point are awaited with bated breath. paying close attention to think that is happening, president trump has let the convention center as he is on the way as well as keen salman -- king salman for combating extremist ideology. thus far, the president speech there, historic speech has be...

>> america is repaired to stand with you in pursuit of shared interest and securities. but the middle east cannot wait for america to crush this enemy for them. drive them out of your places of worship. drive them out of your community. drive them out of your holy land. and drive them out of this earth. rick: reaction is pouring in after president trump's historic speech calling for unity in the fight against terrorism. and laying out an alliance in the middle east. >> reporter: it was a high-stakes speech for president

John: nothing we could see. when king abdullah of jordan gave a speech immediately following the president he seemed to suggest that any question that the president does not like the muslim world was laid to rest. he got a lot of handshakes on the way out. it was pitch perfect for the audience it was one of those things where one wrong word could have changed how it was received. it does seem to have been very well received by the people who were there. we'll see how it plays in the united states. we'll see how it unfolds here. you can imagine certain presidents would have gotten an amount of ...

King abdullah spoke after the president. he referred to the threat of islamic terrorism as a civil war within islam. he knows it well because overwhelming number of victims of islamic terrorism have been their fellow muslims. arthel: there have been many people who followed president trump, candidate trump and mr. trump's words throughout the years, and was very, very dogmatic of his criticism of president obama and others who did not say the words "radical islamic terrorism." what changed on that soil? john: i don't think there was a change at all. it was a very tough speech. he repeated four...

And to talk about the countries in the the middle east to take the lead in doing it. it's not a news flash saying every president whether it's donald trump or barack obama don't talk the same way on the campaign trail as they do when they give major presidential addresses. it reflects what's appropriate in the circumstances. that's one reason trump's critics are probably so frustrated by this speech because there is so little to hold on to. they probably secretly wish he had used the phrase "radical islamic terrorism" so they would have something more to criticize. arthel: how important is the...