what do you expect mahmoud abass to say to donald trump? well, i think what andrea laid out is so accurate in that and i traveled to the west bank several years ago. the physical situation for palestinians is untenable. they are going to have to say, and president abass will likely say at this pace there will not be a president clinton stan state if they have a negotiation that goes forward because physically it will be next to impossible to separate the two populations. and that s a key message that president abass needs to make and deliver to president trump. understanding the urgency, the demographics are clear in the palestinian territories. the population has been growing. there is nearly 55% of the population within israel and the west bank and the gza strip is jewish. about 45-plus percent is arab. that continues to narrow that gap. if we don t see a solution, and if president abass communicates
united kingdom our absolute closest ally, our closest intelligence partner. the resilience of the brits. we have seen how they responded. ken delaney and i was talking last night to brian williams overnight about the way the brish responded when he as a newspaper reporter was first covering the 2007 bombings in london. and we ve seen such extraordinary resolve from the british, from the french, from our allies in belgium during the airport bombing. that s what they are going to want to hear, solidarity, comfort, and the importance the alliance as he heads after his visit with the pope to that critical nato meeting. as we await these remarks from president trump and president abass, i want to turn back and ask you, andrea, again, when it comes to how he will respond to this manchester attack, and if he will alter his itinerary or change his plans at
that it was a bombing and likely terrorism. he will have that information. now the decision is what will he say? this is the first test of this president in a real crisis. e he s on his first foreign trichlt it s carefully scheduled. he is supposed to go through the west bank, bethlehem appearance today and have this important meeting with mahmoud abass, then return to jerusalem. he has other scheduled events a speech later today, as well as a visit to the holocaust memorial here. then leave for rome and his meeting with the pope. so this is a very carefully scheduled trip, point by point. and how he responds here is going to be a critical test. does he interrupt his trip, advisors and experts outside the government say that would be a very bad idea. but there was criticism of course from the trump camp when president obama did not interrupt his trip to havana
alternatives. viewed as a performer and potentially a pivotal figure in the future ofman, now that he has a larger mandate. and also taking smaller steps toward peace. offering the palestinians not a complete state. some kind of entity that is not defying wore ders, and the right of israeli security of the israel idf and police, the israeli to be undeterred. andrea we ask you to stick with us as president trump and prime minister mahmoud abass get ready to make a joint statement. what s at stake and the opportunities that may not be presenting themselves for the first time in decades y have we not been able to up until this point reach that deal that we
manchester arena. so looking for a response from the president. we know the president is right now, within the hour, in a meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abass. you can see live the podiums for both of them as they are expected to make remarks, joint remarks, within the next ten minutes if they stick on schedule. let s bring in nbc s andrea mitchell, who is following this. and the president s news on this trip. andrea as we are able to join you once again fill us in on what you are expecting to hear and what we can expect to hear from the president. first of all we expect that in this photo opportunity before they make their joint remarks in what is called a pool spray with the call group of reporters traveling with him that the president will make some remarks, make remarks we would expect about manchester. he has been briefed as you point out, briefed at his hotel, at the king david hotel here in