perspective. very important to keep all of this in mind as we watch the unfolding events there in israel. so we will have much more on president trump s visit, this historic visit to jerusalem. he and the first lady are headed to the old city, he will visit the church of the holy sepulchre as well as the western wall, we ll bring all of that to you live. this is a chance for the president to refocus from what has been real problems here in the united states, where he cannot shake the russia investigation, fired fbi director james comey expected to testify, maybe one week from now. we ll speak with former cia and nsa director michael hayden about the fallout, next. nally e aleve direct therapy®. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available in doctors offices for deep penetrating relief at the source. aleve direct therapy.
great to have all of your perspectives. david gregory tell us what you heard there. a couple of significant things we should address this morning. the fact that president trump is making israel and the middle east such a priority so early in his administration represents a major shift, and in this case with regard to the relationship with israel, this shift is toward israel s way of thinking about national security, is it a shift toward not only israel, but to sunni states who consider iran an enemy. and it is a marked contrast from the work of the obama administration, which sought to negotiate and did negotiate with iran a nuclear deal that prime minister benjamin netanyahu opposed at every possible turn, and trump agrees with that, even though he has kept the agreement in place, he is coming out here this morning with the israeli president saying that iran
general always great to talk to you. thank you for walking us through this. thank you. israeli leaders are touting president trump s historic first visit and the unbreakable bond as they call it between the two nations. so you are watching here live pictures, the president is traveling to the old city of jerusalem. he will visit the western wall, which is just rife with all sorts of connotations and significance, so we re watching it all for you and we ll bring it to you live. author and former senator george mitchell will join us as well.
disappointed that president trump did not carry through on his often stated promise that he s going to tear up the iran agreement on his first day in office. he s obviously recognized that doesn t make any sense, and we re going forward with the agreement, but they ll swallow that, because they like the anti-iran rhetoric that he engages in, and the lack of any interest in a rapprochement or better relations with iran. at the same time, it s very clear from the election in iran that the vast majority of people there want good relations with the united states, and the west. and that s where we should be pushing, i think. senator george mitchell, thank you for all of your expertise and sharing it with us on new day this morning. thank you. john? as we speak, the president visiting some of the holiest sites on earth. right now he is inside the church of the holy sepulchre. of course, the site where jesus was crucified. shortly he ll visit the western wall. what message does this
all morning we ve been looking at these images right now of president trump s first visit to israel. this is of the second stop on his major foreign overseas trip. he s getting a private tour right now of the church of the holy sepulchre, one of the most holy sites in all of christian faith and from here he will walk to the western wall, the holiest site of the jewish religion. how is the world perceiving this trip? let s get the bottom line with the host of fareed zakaria gps fareed zakaria joins us. it s interesting as we were looking at the pictures moments ago the president of israel, reuven rivlin welcomed president trump by saying america is back. america is back is an interesting notion, and one i think the obama administration would dispute, we never left but the perception there is this is a return to something that has been missing. clearly the trump administration and donald trump