julie: this is a fox news alert, leaving on the political turmoil behind, president trump will be taking off shortly for his first overseas trip. he leaves in about three hours on a nine day trip taking him to saudi arabia, israel, italy, and the vatican, where he is to meet pope francis and finally to belgium. secretary of state, rex tillerson laid out the objectives. that is the purpose of this trip is really one of conveying a message that america is back in terms of our role, as as a convene or, a facilitator. julie: our benjamin hall is on riyadh, saudi arabia with a review of the president s trip. good evening. great anticipation here in this country for this upcoming visit. you only have to drive around to see how big of a deal this is.