Administration as well. Good morning, everyone. Its monday. Im dave briggs. Good to see you on early start. It is monday and it is a busy morning with a lot of events for you. Im christine romans, may 22nd, 4 00 a. M. In the east. President trump is on his way to israel after beginning his first foreign trip in saudi arabia, that stop dominated by a speech that broke sharply with his past rhetoric on islam, the president calling for cooperation from muslim nations, asking them to drive out terrorists and share the burden in the fight against terror. More on that speech in a moment. Today, though, the president shifts focus to another key mission on this weeklong trip, making progress on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. President trump wants to make what he calls an ultimate deal for peace. Hell be meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders and make a historic stop at the western wall. Our coverage of the president s trip begins with cnns sara murray, whos live for us in jerusalem, j
The president feels that he would rather have a person that supports his agenda versus somebody who opposing his agenda every step of the way. And until the rest of that process plays out, you have a choice between two individuals and the president s chosen to support moore. Sarah, several weeks ago it cnn reported part of the reason the president was reluctant to speak out on this is he was worried the conversation would move to his past accusers. Is the president not worried about that anymore . I certainly think the administration that has seen that the conversation has turned to the president s own accusers weve seen the access hollywood from 2005 being talked about again. Oui seen billy bush who was the other party in that tape trying to rehab his image, as well as discussing it. The president has been discussing this tape privately with white house aides. Its clear this story has come back to light. But its interesting, anderson. When you talk to senior officials within this whit
Teenagers while he was in his 30s. Moore has denied all allegations from his multiple accusers. Its been a long and winding road for the president , certainly, to get to the fullthroated endorsement. Sarah sanders reiterated today from the white house podium. And one of the main complicating factors, according to cnns reporting, was that there was concern that it was too risky for the president to weigh in, since he, himself, has been accused of Sexual Misconduct by at least a dozen women. So trying to thread the needle, heres what Sarah Sanders said on november 11th, right after those accusations against moore started coming out. The president believes that we cannot allow a mere allegation, in this case, one from many years ago, to destroy a persons life. However, the president also believes that if these allegations are true, judge moore will do the right thing and step aside. At the time, the president was in asia. Sanders said he would remain focused on that trip. But then there w