Transcripts For CNNW New Day Sunday 20170521 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For CNNW New Day Sunday 20170521

Reporter the white house is keeping one eye on that Missile Launch in north korea even as the president prepares to deliver a major speech here later today to the muslim world. The white house released a statement a short time ago saying this. It says we are aware that north korea launched a midrange ballistic missile. This system last tested in february has a shorter range than the missiles launched in north koreas three most recent tests. And they are referring to the department of defense for more information on this. The launch was something a distraction here but the white house is focusing on this speech that he will give to the muslim world later today. We are looking at live pictures and help walk us through what we are anticipating today and the mood there as we wait to hear from President Trump about u. S. muslim relations. Reporter the mood here, i think, is one of anticipation for what the president is going to say. Really, it is an opportunity to reset the relations, but also the rhetoric from this president that he, you know, so famously and infamously when he ran for president. A little over a year ago he said slam hates us. The type of language that the white house says will be toned down and tempered entirely in this speech. We are getting a couple of excerpts of this speech. We are told the president will not saw about radical islamic extremism but hell say it is time to honestly confront the crisis of extremism and the islamist terror groups it inspires. He is using similar language, but not as incendiary as during the campaign. We are told it is going to be a message of peace. It is going to be a message that america is with saudi arabia and countries in this fight here. But, again, most importantly, it is a chance for this president to reset his own rhetoric here which was so flinflammatory. A high point and center point of his campaign banning muslims and we will not hear that as the day goes forward. The president is meeting with leaders here and talking about armed deals and things have worked out here. So far no discussion of what is waiting for the president back home in washington, the huge controversial scandal over the russia investigation, but so far in the first day of this trip here in saudi arabia, the red carpet rolled out for this president. And he certainly seems to be enjoying it. Christi . Jeff, its Martin Savidge here. This has been unusually to the script by the president , i will have to say almost remarkably so. Im wondering whether that has surprised you at all in that his statements have been brief and they have been to the point, and it is as if he is almost having to restrain himself and just for follow the script. Reporter i think that is right. On his first day here on saturday, we were struck by he basically said about 26 words on television. He talked about jobs and he talked about the economy, and that was it. Of course, no opportunity to ask him anything at all from a reporters and other things. He was, you know, certainly being wrapped in a cocoon, if you will, in some respect, but certainly this is a moment the white house hopes to reset, you know, his own controversies happening back in washington and that means by keeping on message. Now a big test, i think, will come later today, martin, during that major speech hell be giving and at a forum this evening actually on simplocial media, he will be talking about. We have not wevent seen him tweeting and that often draws attention or get him in trouble. No question he is staying on the Straight Narrow on track and on script, at least so far on this foreign trip. Martin . All right. Jeff zeleny, we appreciate it so much. We continue to look at these live pictures. Thank you for the update on what is happening there in riyadh. We want to talk to amish habani a director of an Arab Foundation and Steven Langer and amanda turkle of the huffington post. Ali, lets start with you. We were just talking here. The president is speaking to 50 leaders of muslim countries but he is really speaking to the muslim world. So many more people are going to be watching this to see what he says. What do you personally feel you need to hear from this president . Look. I think its going to be a scripted positive speech. I think what thoughtful people in the muslim world will actually will appreciate is that for President Trump, hell be also talking to his base. That has heard a different message from him on the campaign. So the fact that upon assuming office, you know, he has been able to sort of adjust his speech and realize that he has to work with the muslim world he has it to work with his muslim allies and particularly saudi arabia in fighting terrorism and in addressing the risks of countries like iran and the middle east. I think that is going to be very much appreciated. So its the symbolism really of him having made the effort to get the speech, to come to saudi arabia on his first visit. That is going to be appreciated and registered by people in the region. We are getting our first excerpt from trumps speech early on here. One line that we are getting, he will say, quote, our goal is a coalition of nations who share the aim of stamping out extremism and providing our children a hopeful future that does honor to god. Im just wondering, steven, what do you make of that comment in light of what he has said in the past . It seems like a platitude now and of course, the saudis are pretty extreme themselves. Their version of islam is pretty extreme and also inspired a certain amount of radicalism. But i take his point. I mean, trump has always talked about killing off isis. That seems to be his main interest. And in doing deals and saudi arabia is very useful for both reasons. And then he has made a big point throughout the campaign and still of about irans interest and pleases the saudis enormously. To talk against extremism is hardly shocking and very good thing. What he is not saying is that some of the people in the room with him, he considered not very long ago to be extreme. Amanda, Steven Miller writing trumps speech here. We have to remember that he is also the author of the travel ban. Over a year ago, donald trump said this about islam. Lets listen. I think islam hates us. There is something theres something that is a tremendous hatred there and we have to get to the bottom of it. There is an unbelievable hatred of us. In islam, itself . Youre going to have to figure that out. Amanda, how likely do you think it is that this visit, not only made change how muslims see donald trump, but how donald trump sees the Muslim Community . I dont think its going to change a lot. We keep hearing how donald trump wants to reset but then a few days later hell tweet something else. People have long memories and that is what he is running into when his administration is trying to defend his travel ban which bans people from now six muslim majority countries and they are trying to say, look, its not a muslim ban. We know that during the campaign, yes, you know, there was talk about a completed and total shutdown of muslims interesting the United States but this is different. But the judges who are hearing the case arent fooled. You know the public. Including his base, many of whom who like this sort of rhetoric and remember what ed. He may, for example, avoid moi incendiary phrases while overseas and not try to tick people off overseas by meeting with the world leaders. What ed in the past is not going to change and i think fundamentally when he comes back to the United States and talks to his base i think hell hunter to his old rhetoric. Steven, talk to me about iran here and what they are talking about and the relationship that may unfold from this parttime. Well, everyone has made this contrast iran just having a pretty open election, reelecting a moderate president. And saudi government that still wont let women drive and doesnt have a democracy. Iran, you know, is a very key player in the region. There is no question that the sunni states have been very, very upset with irans reach and power. They were very eager to restrain Irans Nuclear program and very worried about irans missile program. Iran has been backing hezbollah in lebanon and amass in gaza and in palestine. Eve everyone is lal worria little w that everything is with iran. So, in general, i think, the americans are quite happy that they now have stable governments more stable in saudi arabia and nen gwynne again in egypt. They are worried that jordan is happy that the arab spring has turned into a kind of winter. Everyone is preoccupied with syria but doesnt want to talk about it. Iran is a big player there. So its very hard for the United States to ignore iran and i think it was a good sign that the Trump Administration did not renege on the nuclear deal with iran. It is trying to pump up sanctions on things like missiles. But the election of rouhani i think is a good sign. Trump listens. Trump seems to have come into government, as we know, with a lot of edafekz, a certain ignorance about the world but he does tend to listen and my sense is that his view of muslims has been moderated to some degree, partly, because he knows americas interestses and the interest of his own success lie in beating isis and for that, he need help. Because of that, ali, do you think part of the intent of this speech will be to urge Muslim Leaders to be more vocal in their rejection of radical islamic . And, if so, how would that be received . If i could just, first, make a comment about stevens point. Yes, go ahead. I thought rather surprising when people call iran a democracy, when iran is ruled by a Supreme Leader nobody has elected. Even then its a cosmetic process of e electi ielecting s from a very thin bench from the elites and dont exercise power. The Supreme Leader is the ultimate ruler. I think the difference between the arab states or the gulf monarchies they dont pretend to play the game of democracy and iran plays that and a lot of people in the gullible west call them a democracy and that is a major fal lalacy. As to the speech, the muslim countries and particularly in the gulf and led by saudi arabia are on the front line of fighting isis. Isis is looking to saudi arabia as its ultimate target. You know . C caliphate wont work unless you have the holy places so theynd you have to fight radicalism and terrorism and they have been fighting it. People dont fullynd and appreciate the efforts made over the last 15 years. Yes there are, you know, sort of radical theologians and a lot of literature unacceptable to the western world and they are working on that but these things have to be Done Gradually so you dont provoke, you know, a overreaction like the shah of iran did and look what we got after that. I think quite a total agreement between the United States and between countries like saudi arabia that they have to fight radicalism and they have to fight terrorism. And they are working very well together. Ive had senior officials tell me, for example, in the last few years that the saudi u. S. Intelligence cooperation is among the best in the world and that is fighting terrorism. There is that understanding that they are very vocal. You dont hear local media i think if the western media looked at what the local media and press and messaging is said in local languages like in saudi arabia, they would be pretty surprised. In saudi arabia there is a very active program to take on rad equali callism and take on messaging and arresti inin ining clerics refuse to do that. That is why President Trump trump is there. He hired very experienced people around him. General mattis and mcmasters and served in middle east and fought in iraq and seen the iranian is and revolutionary guard in operation on the ground and they understanding what is going on. I think they have played a role in directing the president what he is doing today. All right. Thank you all for joining us. We appreciate you being here and lending your voices to this conversation as we continue to take live pictures here of what is happening in saudi arabia. All of the leaders, many of them who the president is going to be addressing today, arriving here at the arab islamic american summit. We will be back with more after this. What in real time . Stomer insights from the data wait, our data center and our clouds cant connect . 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Cnn White House Correspondent and reporter Jeremy Dimond is live in riyadh, saudi arabia. He is saying we have to come together confronting islamic extremism but not saying radical islamic extremism. What is the difference, jeremy . Reporter yeah. You know, its really interesting. A question over the last coupled as to whether or not the president would say those word which he talked about on the campaign trail, radical islamic extremism which he berated president obama for not uttering during his presidency. Now it appears that President Trump is not going to says thog word and saying as you just said islamist extremist and might not sound so different but here it will make a difference. The fact he is not talking about islam and not saying this is derived from the islamic religion. Rather, he is saying thg tied to the fundamentallyiist group. So that is going to make a big difference here in the muslim world where people have been hoping that the United States can make clearly that there is a difference between, of course, the hundreds of millions of peaceful muslims around the world and this islamist ideology that groups like isis have used. What the president is going to make clear in this speech is that, quote, this is not a battle between different faiths, different sex, or different civilizations, but, rather, a battle between good and evil. So this is going to send some very strong signals from the United States to the muslim world to try and say, listen, the United States is not at war with islam, it is at war with the fundamentalist groups like isis. He want to read something we have gotten prior to him giving this speech. It is believed he is going to say america is a sovereign nation and First Priority is the safety and security of our citizens. We are not here to lecture. We are not here to tell people how to live or how to worship but to offer Partnership Based on shared interests and values to pursue a Better Future for us all. Every time a terrorist murders an innocent person and falsely invoke the name of god, it should be an insult to every person of faith. It sound as though he is going to try to urge muslim leader to be more vocal, more forthcoming in demanding that these terrorist acts stop, and if they stop invoking islam as their reasoning for them. Reporter absolutely. You know, that is another very important side of this speech, at least based on the excerpts we have seen so far. There is going to be a bar for burden sharing. Its not just outreach to the muslim world and making sure they are at there is a call, almost a suggestion that these muslim countries, they have a certain responsibility for these terrorist groups and for routing out these fundamentalists from the religi

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