Pippa, gets married. Hello and welcome to the programme. By flying to saudi arabia President Trump has temporarily put some physical distance at least between himself and the ongoing turmoil in washington. As part of his first ever foreign trip since taking office, on sunday he will make a speech to a0 leaders of the muslim world about islam, extremism and countering terrorism. The challenges of showing appreciation for local customs apart, day one of the trip went according to plan. He was greeted with finest welcome the kingdom can provide, as you can see there, including red carpets and some more traditional events. And he can claim something concrete too deals signed including the largest ever us arms sales to the kingdom. Our North America editor jon sopel is in riyadh. With the mercury touching 100 degrees fahrenheit, donald trump probably found the blast of desert air refreshing compared to the political hothouse that hes left behind in washington. Hes hoping this first foreign
Pippa, gets married. Hello and welcome to the programme. By flying to saudi arabia President Trump has temporarily put some physical distance at least between himself and the ongoing turmoil in washington. As part of his first ever foreign trip since taking office, on sunday he will make a speech to a0 leaders of the muslim world about islam, extremism and countering terrorism. The challenges of showing appreciation for local customs apart, day one of the trip went according to plan. He was greeted with finest welcome the kingdom can provide, as you can see there, including red carpets and some more traditional events. And he can claim something concrete too deals signed including the largest ever us arms sales to the kingdom. Our North America editor jon sopel is in riyadh. With the mercury touching 100 degrees fahrenheit, donald trump probably found the blast of desert air refreshing compared to the political hothouse that hes left behind in washington. Hes hoping this first foreign
Rates very, very low. Night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. For his firstever overseas trip, President Trump is in saudi arabia this weekend with senior white house officials. Secretary of state earlier today held a newsn conference with his saudi counterpart. They also took questions on the recent election in iran. This is 30 minutes. Good evening, everyone. Are we ready . Ok. Good evening, everybody. I would like to welcome all of you to the kingdom of saudi arabia. It is a great pleasure and honor for me to welcome my colleague and friend, Rex Tillerson, on his first visit to saudi arabia as secretary of state. While this may be your first visit as secretary of state, you have been here many, many times over many, many years. You know our country and region extremely well, and i believe your country is fortunate to have you as secretary of state during this period. We in the region field fortunate having you at the helm of the state department. Today was a truly historic day in the r
30 year old jason lam. He was said to have acted erractically before taking off. Los Angeles Police found the two in his car seen in this video. Lam was arrested accused of trying to kidnap his son. Meanwhile da officials left for la to bring back makai. Sot alex bastian, San Francisco District Attorneys assistant we actually had a District Attorney investigator and a Victim Services advocate from our office go down to la, recovered little makai and brought him back to the loving arms of his mother. Makai was cared for by employees with the department of child services. Lawrence karnow it was a hot day for much of the bay area as temperatures soared into the 80s and low 90s around the bay and valleys. Highs were as much as 16 degrees above normal. Along the coast there was enough of a breeze and patchy fog to keep temperatures much cooler in the 60s. If youre going out tonight skies will be mostly clear and the temperatures rather mild through midnight. The only cool place is near the
We are calling it a very ambitious trip. What arehere are the numbers to call. What are your expectations . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488002. 2. Dependents, 202748800 republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Good morning on this sunday, the 21st of may. Has thisWashington Post headline. A shot of the president holding a bilateral meeting with the king of bahrain. This is part of many meetings he is having this morning ahead of this major speech. The story says the presently is the nation home to islams holiest site as a backup to call in the fightan against terrorism as the worst of the relationship with arab leaders. It little more on the speech. Peter stephenson is a reporter for the Washington Post joins us by phone now. Guest thank you so much for having me. Host sure thing. Set the backdrop for us. Speech stage for the sieg we are hearing about islam today. What is at stake . Guest this speech is the convergence of a lot of different aspects of President Tr