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Not taking sides in this. president trump arrived this morning to great fanfare with the israeli prime minister hailing his visit as truly historic. it is unprecedented that a u.s. president's first trip abroad includes a visit to israel. prime minister netanyahu will not accompany president trump on this hour's visit to the western wall, that is again because the united states does not want to enflame tension over this disputed territory. in fact, topping the president's agenda is reviving the israeli/palestinian peace process, a deal he calls the ultimate deal. sara murray is traveling with ...

Palestinian side a real belief a peace deal is possible but neither side wants to be blamed by very unpredictable president, and then feel his wrath potentially if president trump thinks the israelis are the ones who are to blame or the palestinians are the ones to blame, and they would come under the wrath of president trump. so both sides want to make the steps that make it seem at least that they are willing to make the bigger or take the bigger steps for peace, but i don't know that when push comes to shove, if it comes, a deal is put on the table, that's a whole different ball game. >> an...

Anonymous sources, we are talking about intercepts or understanding from americans of what russians said. i think there are so many opportunities for things to be misrepresented or misunderstood or sort of exaggerated. it is like a game of telephone. i think it would be unwise to give too much credence to that particular piece of reporting. >> thank you so much. got through all of the topics. i worried if we would be able to, but we did it. thank you so much for your time. >> that was just 48 hours of news. >> tried to jam it all in there. >> well done. still ahead on cnn newsroom. mr. trump...

Visit this morning because there is growing concern that the syrian government has used chemical weapons on its own people near the northern city. sarah sidener is live from jerusalem. what was the president's mission in israel and how do the developments in syria potentially change his agenda? >> reporter: well, look, the problem of the chemical weapons in syria has been high on the agenda anyway. and we know it's going to be discussed and was told by a senior israeli official that this issue is definitely on the agenda. it was on the agenda before hearing about potential chemical weapons use...

I'm poppy harlow in for john berman. >> nice to have you. it is the first day of spring and it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with president obama. about to touchdown in tel aviv for start of a middle east visit. his plane lands in less than 90 minutes and his mission is taking on a new urgency at this hour. because there is mounting evidence syrian government has used chemical weapons on its own people near the city of oleppo. listen to this. >> i have a high probability to believe that chemical weapons were used. we need that final verification. we need to step up in the world community ...