Israel expected to arrive in an hour in tel aviv to take part in a meeting with israel representatives. Benjamin netanyahu had to order his ministers to attend the represent interception at the airport after a change of plans disinvited them from the tarmac ceremony. The goal to present a United Government and the president to present a peace process. The New York Times reports that netanyahu had to wrestle sunday in a closed Cabinet Meeting to win approval of modest gestures to encourage the Palestinian Economy and ease conditions in the west bank. Donald trump is scheduled to meet with abbas later. Joining us from jerusalem is correspondent Andrea Mitchell. Andr andrea, what is in store for President Trump . Reporter first of all, it is historic for him to fly on air force one on a u. S. Military plane from riyadh to tel aviv. That is historic. No commercial flights. No military flights can go from riyadh to israel because of the 70year emnity. There have been reports from y cairo to
The nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. As with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. The other major revelation, the fbi director shooting down the stunning twitter allegation that president obama had wiretapped him. Director comey was the present statement that obama had his wires tapped in trump tower a true statement . With respect to the president s tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him by the prior administration, i have no information that supports those tweets. And we have looked carefully inside the fbi. The department of justice has asked me to share with you that the answer is the same for the department of justice and all its components. The department has no information that supports those tweets. No individual in the United States can direct
Twitter or outloud about the ground shaking report that he asked former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation on michael flynn. Is it unusualthatwehavent heard from the president . Absolutely . This is the longest hes gone in a month without tweeting. Likely not a coincidence. Also, were waiting to hear from House Speaker paul ryan. More and more republicans are calling for a special prosecutor. Will the speaker defend the president . Were starting to invoke the i word. I think weve seen this before. I think it is reaching the point where it is of watergate size and scale. So that was senator john mccain comparing this to watergate, which did not end well for the president tat time. Also, where is former fbi director james comey now topping the list of guys you dont want to mess with. Where are his memos . When will we hear from him . So much happening this morning. Vladimir putin saying he will release the oval office transcripts. A lot going on. Evan perez has been work
Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Right now President Trump on his way to israel after beginning his first foreign trip in office in saudi arabia. That stop dominated by a speech that broke sharply with his past rhetoric on islam. The president called 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. So, today the president shifts focus to another key mission of this weeklong trip, making progress on the Israeli Palestinian conflict. He has said he wants to make what he calls the ultimate deal for peace. Hell be meeting with the israeli and palestinian leaders and hell make a historic stop at the western wall. Our coverage of the president s trip begins with cnns sara murray. She is live in jerusalem where the president is in the air. He is on the way. Good morning, sara. Reporter good morning, thats right. There will be a lot of pomp and circumstance today as well as some private meeting
The man of one of moscows top spy. That secret line was never set up. It is not clear in kushner brought it up or suggested by the ambassador. One other thing, reuters reporting that Jared Kushner failed to disclose his phone calls between the Russian Ambassador last year. Meantime, the fbi is also very interested in a data operation that may have helped donald trump to win the white house. That data operation was supervised by Jared Kushner. So much to pull from this story. Brian nobles is in washington and clare is in moscow. Air force one is in the air, President Trump will be back in the United States tonight. What Administration Officials are saying of these developments involving Jared Kushner. This speaks of the larger message of the white house of these lengthy trips of the president had over seas. The president took few if any questions from reporters. Gary comb, the senior economic adviser did take questions from suppo reporters, they were asked by Jared Kushner and this is h