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Administration. >> thank you so much, tim, steve, appreciate it again. live pictures there from riyadh, saudi arabia, we're awaiting the u.s. secretary of state. rex tillerson, along with the foreign minister of a saudi arabia to conduct a briefing there. we'll take that live as it happens. meantime, after the break. with president trump in saudi arabia, all weekend long, how does he deliver a message of unity, given his track record with islam? that is next. >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. i want surveillance of certain mosques. i think islam hates us. ...

Here, it's the same policy that's led to complete dead end in the middle east. and second that donald trump doesn't actually have any courage. he's a narcissist, yes, but he's deeply insecure. everywhere he goes, he tries to appease the people he's talking to. when he's talking to racists, he mocks islam. when he's talking to muslims, how great islam is. probably in the middle of both, he talks about his electoral college victory. the problem here is that saudi arabia neither represents islam, nor is a regime that can fight extremism because it's a primary driver of extremism. giving tens of b...

And to embrace a more just and hopeful future for young muslims in their countries. >> reporter: he'll have a lot of explaining to do, particularly on his travel ban of several muslim majority countries, now tied up in the court system. >> first of all it's not a travel ban, he's been very clear, it is extreme vetting. >> reporter: also clear it was indeed a ban. >> we're going to have a very, very strict ban and we're going to have extreme vetting, which we should have had in this country for many years. zblr that ban offered with significant input from steven mil every who is also the main a...

Saudi arabia failed in the middle east, it has few sprends or allies, and it's basically burning through it's oil wealth trying to bolster it's position in the region. and donald trump is not going to make this better, he's going to make it worse. we're all as americans and people throughout the world going to be victims of the extremism that he's going to make worse. as an american muslim, that comes back to me. he should not be going to saudi arabia to talk about islam, he should apologize to americans who are muslims, for insulting our religion because he's the president of the united state...

On this or trying to strengthen u.s. relations does not send a message to a muslim nations to be more cooperative with to work together with the u.s. as it tries to stamp out isis or anything else of detriment -- >> no, i wouldn't say that at all. i'd say first the fact that saudi arabia is sucking up to a person who's mocked the state religion of saudi arabia indicates how weak and uninfluential saudi arabia is. there's no desperate to lash on to a president who's tanking at home and who's international reputation is in tatters indicates this is a country whose foreign policy is basically ent...