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Backdrop of meddling by russia in the 2016 election and all those investigations you have been focusing on back at home. all right. nbc s peter alexander, i know you have been working around the clock, i hope you get a few minutes to rest. i know it s another busy day for you. peter, great to see you. see you soon. with us now, ambassador stuart holiday, the u.n. ambassador for political affairs. and political reporter for the washington post, eugene scott, and for politico flmagazine, ambassador, glad to have you here. what we thought was a meeting president trump and putin isn t going to happen. what do you make of that? against the backdrop that the white house is trying to secure a deal in regards to syria, maybe that didn t happen? well, first of all, there was never a formal meeting on the books but there was a ....
I think this is a really important process in terms of how we move forward with this relationship between the muslim world and the non-muslim world. let s bring in stuart holiday. former u.s. ambassador for special political affairs and ceo of the meridian international center. thank you for joining us. the heart and the birthplace of islam. what s your reaction. i think he s off to a good start. of course in saudi arabia you will have a very well orchestrated, very controlled environment which i think works well for him. he was able to announce major military and economic package and he got a warm reception which of course he wants, but obviously, moving from saudi arabia to israel will be complicated, and the very fact that he s going from saudi arabia to israel as his next stop is interesting and sort of unprecedented. i think it will get a little more complicated underscoring ....
Israel s prime minister this morning diving right into the middle of the peace process, all this just a day after his call for the muslim world to root out extremists. drive them out of your holy land and drive them out of this earth. plus, james comey now set to testify before congress as the national security adviser speaks out. did president trump call comey a nut job to the russians? the intent of that conversation was to say, what i would like to do is move beyond all of the russia news. we begin today with president trump and the first lady in the midst of their first day in the holy land where israeli prime minister netanyahu literally welcomed them with open arms. so far so good on this trip as the president tries to put some distance between himself and his troubles back home. we ve got a great team with me to break it all down. the president right now is inside the church of the holy sepulchre. i want to bring in my panel, stuart holiday, president and ....
I think this is a really important process in terms of how we move forward with this relationship between the muslim world and the non-muslim world. let s bring in stuart holiday. former u.s. ambassador for special political affairs and ceo of the meridian international center. thank you for joining us. the heart and the birthplace of islam. what s your reaction. i think he s off to a good start. of course in saudi arabia you will have a very well orchestrated, very controlled environment which i think works well for him. he was able to announce major military and economic package and he got a warm reception which of course he wants, but obviously, moving from saudi arabia to israel will be complicated, and the very fact that he s going from saudi arabia to israel as his next stop is interesting and sort of unprecedented. i think it will get a little ....