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00:00Good evening. I'm Brett Baer. We are coming to you tonight live from Doha, the capital of Qatar.
00:15It is one o'clock Thursday morning. Breaking tonight, President Trump's trip to the Middle
00:22East sees him as part dealmaker, part peacemaker. He tells Gulf leaders today he urgently wants to
00:29make a deal with Iran, see Syria's new leadership succeed and help end the war in Ukraine. But the
00:35president's biggest moves so far have been financial, racking up more than $1.2 trillion
00:41of Qatari investment into the U.S. I'll speak exclusively to the prime minister of Qatar about
00:47the deals and the turbulent region that he lives in in just a few minutes. But first, senior White
00:54House correspondent Peter Doocy starts us off tonight with a wrap of President Trump's day
00:58just down the road here in Doha. Good evening, Peter.
01:03Good evening, Brett. Tonight, a state dinner honoring President Trump. The American delegation
01:07included CEOs from Boeing and Blackstone. And so, for all the recent talk about American business
01:13leaders being distressed by the tariffs, some of America's biggest are here with the president
01:19trying to figure out how to make American companies more money.
01:22I'm honored to be the first American president ever to officially visit your great country.
01:30And the royal welcome began before the president even landed when Air Force One was flanked by
01:36Qatari fighter jets. The jet fighters will be surrounding the plane in about seven minutes.
01:44Part of the official visit included tips on hosting the upcoming 2026 World Cup from 2022's host.
01:51And an enormous $96 billion transaction for Qatar Airways to buy up to 210 Boeing aircraft.
02:04Kelly's telling me from Boeing, it's the largest order of jets in the history of Boeing. Get those
02:09planes out there. Get them out there.
02:11Traveling with the president, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who signed an agreement to sell
02:16Qatar long-range drones. I think after signing these documents, we are going to another level
02:23of relationship between Qatar and United States. President Trump is also hoping his Qatari hosts
02:28can mediate Iran nuclear talks. I hope you can help me with the Iran situation because
02:35it's a perilous situation and we want to do the right thing. President Trump also looking to turn
02:43over a new leaf in Syria. We are currently exploring normalizing relations with Syria's
02:49new government. A brief meeting with Syria's new president, Ahmad al-Sharah, left the president
02:55impressed. Young, attractive guy. While in the Middle East, the president is also keeping
03:00an eye on Eastern Europe and Ukraine peace talks. I think we're having some pretty good news coming
03:06out of there today and maybe tomorrow and maybe Friday. Ukraine's Zelensky is on his way to Turkey
03:11for the peace talks. Zelensky has said he'll only meet with Putin, who is not planning to go.
03:17I don't know that he would be there if I'm not there. We're going to find out.
03:25The buildings you see behind us here are standing on an artificial man-made island. President Trump,
03:31the builder who says he has not seen a single tree out of place since he arrived, seems naturally drawn
03:37to this country that is reshaping the coastline as he tries to reshape the Middle East. Brett?
03:44It is quite a skyline here. Peter, just down the road, thank you. Here are some other headlines
03:51tonight. Back in the U.S., a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge indicted by a federal grand jury is seeking
03:57to have charges against her dropped. Hannah Dugan contends she has judicial immunity. She was
04:03arrested last month for allegedly shielding an illegal immigrant from federal agents. She's
04:08expected to enter a plea in court tomorrow morning. The man accused of attempting to kill then-candidate
04:14Trump last year wants the charges dismissed. Ryan Ruth was detained near President Trump's West Palm
04:20Beach Golf Club in September. Ruth's lawyers say two of the charges against him violate his Second
04:26Amendment rights. A Georgetown University scholar from India who was arrested in the Trump administration's
04:32crackdown on foreign college students is no longer in custody tonight. Badr Khan Suri was released from
04:39immigration detention today after a federal judge's ruling. He awaits the outcome of his petition against
04:45the Trump administration alleging wrongful arrest and detention in violation of the First Amendment
04:50and other constitutional rights. He's facing deportation proceedings in an immigration court
04:55in Texas. And the Justice Department says it has charged a Russian national with smuggling
05:01biological material into Boston. That coming in just a few minutes ago, the 31-year-old woman was
05:07arrested today. She's accused of trying to bring clawed frog embryos and embryonic samples into the
05:14country. She was taken into custody by immigration officials upon her arrival at Boston's Logan Airport
05:19in February. Stocks were mixed today. The Dow lost 89. The S&P 500 gained six. The Nasdaq rose 137.
05:31Also breaking tonight, the President's Transportation Secretary says things are getting done to fix Newark,
05:37New Jersey's troubled airport and the nation's aging air traffic control system. Chief Washington
05:43correspondent Mike Emanuel has the latest on Sean Duffy's comments to Congress in a contentious hearing
05:49today. Good evening, Mike. Brett, good evening. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been tested
05:53early in the Trump administration, most recently with air traffic control radar and radio outages
05:59at Newark Liberty. As we speak right now, the FAA has brought in together all of the airlines
06:06who serve Newark to have a conversation about how there can be a delayed reduction. So if you book your
06:15flight, that flight, that flight's going to fly. Duffy talked about working with the private sector
06:20to address technology challenges on an expedited basis. We're working with Verizon, who have been
06:27great partners with us to get us all fiber going from the airports down to the Philly Tracon, from Newark
06:34to Philly. I don't want to over promise and under deliver for you. That was going to be done actually
06:39next year, I believe. Then it was going to be done in the fall. In a clash with a panel Democrat
06:44over the nation's aging air traffic control technology, Duffy blamed the Biden administration
06:49for failing to upgrade the system. We're working with Verizon, who have been great partners with us
06:56to get us all fiber going from the airports down to the Philly Tracon, from Newark to Philly.
07:02I don't want to over promise and under deliver for you. That was going to be done actually
07:06next year, I believe. Then it was going to be done in the fall.
07:13Duffy also explained that he recently changed his wife, Rachel Campos, Duffy's flight to avoid Newark,
07:18but not for safety reasons due to flight cancellations and delays. Duffy explained his
07:23wife needed to get to an event, so he moved her from Newark to LaGuardia. In a separate hearing today,
07:29an FAA official testified the hotline between the Pentagon air traffic control and the tower at
07:35Reagan National Airport has been inoperable since March 2022, but that was not blamed as the cause
07:42of the January crash. Brett. We'll continue to follow it all. Mike, thanks. Back here in Qatar,
07:49you know, this country is smaller than the state of Connecticut, but has become an important mediator
07:55in the Middle East. There are only 300,000 Qatari citizens countrywide. And while Qatar has major allies
08:03like the U.S., some of its friends raised some eyebrows. Tonight, we take a look at Qatar's rise
08:09on the world stage. A strategic military partner, energy exporter, and international mediator,
08:19Qatar's place on the world stage has rapidly expanded over the last two decades.
08:24The time has come to open a new page in the journey of our nation.
08:31Amir Hamid bin Khalifa al-Tani was a key orchestrator in that growth. His family had ruled Qatar for more
08:38than a century. In 1995, Hamid staged a coup to oust his father while he was traveling outside of Qatar.
08:45His reign from 1995 to 2013 would have a transformative impact on the country. In June
08:52of 2013, Hamid announced his fourth son and current Amir, Tamim bin Hamid al-Tani, would carry on that
09:00legacy. U.S. military relations with Qatar date back to the Gulf War. In the aftermath, the two
09:06countries signed a defense cooperation agreement, prompting Doha to build Al-Udid Air Base.
09:11The base would become one of America's most important overseas and the largest in the Middle
09:18East. After the 9-11 terror attacks, the U.S. began secretly using the location to position
09:24aircraft ahead of the war in Afghanistan. We condemned all the tourism, all the action
09:31happened in New York. It was named U.S. Central Command's forward headquarters after Afghanistan
09:36operations were made public in 2002. 11,000 U.S. and coalition service members are stationed
09:43at L-U-D, which has since served as the primary staging ground in the campaign to defeat ISIS.
09:51The base also helped facilitate evacuation flights during the U.S. exit from Afghanistan.
09:59Qatar's close relations with both the U.S. and the Taliban have helped give Doha international
10:04recognition for its mediation efforts. Why do you think your country has that ability? You have
10:09it now with Hamas, you did with the Taliban as well. Qatar, actually it's one of our core principles
10:16in the foreign policy is to find a way to mediate conflicts. Yet some countries have claimed Qatar
10:23is not helpful on some issues. The nation of Qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of
10:32terrorism at a very high level. Following President Trump's 2017 trip to the Middle East,
10:38he signaled support for several Arab nations who thought Qatar was not doing enough to address
10:43extremist groups. In the wake of that conference, nations came together and spoke to me
10:51about confronting Qatar over its behavior. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,
10:59and Egypt severed diplomatic relations with Qatar and imposed a land, air and sea embargo until it
11:06met a list of 13 demands focused on addressing terrorism. Western countries like us won't accept
11:12the label of terrorism just because of a political dispute and the suppression of pluralism internally
11:18or to ruin the reputation of other countries and to isolate it from the world. Qatar's relationship
11:23with Iran is fueled by its shared natural gas field. Because Doha is one of the biggest producers of
11:30natural gas, the blockade made the country more self-sufficient and had little impact on its
11:35economy. In 2021, the countries ended the embargo and began to restore relations. Qatar has expanded its
11:43diplomatic efforts now working to negotiate peace between Israel and Hamas. Bibi Netanyahu has been
11:49very openly skeptical of this effort. Do you think that Hamas leaders who are in your country
11:55will agree to this? Well, actually, normally in our mediation efforts, whether it's on Hamas case or
12:04any other cases, we try to bridge the gaps between the parties, between the conflicted parties.
12:10The Israeli prime minister's office has criticized Qatar for playing both sides.
12:15Qatari officials say some progress has been made in recent weeks to try to end the war,
12:20but that Hamas and Israel still remain at odds over the ultimate goal of the negotiations.
12:25When you don't have like the common objective, a common goal between the parties, I believe
12:30the opportunities become very thin, but we are trying to push.
12:36The relationship between U.S. and Qatar changed dramatically since 2017. We will hear from the
12:43Qatari prime minister directly about the breaking news from his region and the latest coming up next.
12:48But first, one of Doha's most impressive structures.
12:52The Amiri Diwan is at the center of Doha. It is also the center, the seat of power here in Qatar.
12:59It actually goes back to the 18th century. It was a fortress built with watchtowers to fend off
13:06all of the challengers. After the departure of the Ottomans, the Sheikh here, Sheikh Abdullah bin
13:12Jasmin, built this and restored the fort to become the seat of rule. Today, it serves as
13:19administrative office and official workplace of the emir of the state of Qatar. President Trump was
13:25welcomed here with a parade of camels and horses. He really liked the camels. We appreciate those
13:31camels. I haven't seen camels like that in a long time. The camels are a daily occurrence here at
13:35Amiri Diwan. It's the changing of the guard happens each morning at 8 a.m. Special report from Qatar
13:42China. It continues after this.
13:56Well, I have to say that we've been friends for a long time, and now we can work in the highest
14:00capacity. And we'll bring peace not only here, but I know you're very much involved in helping us in
14:06other regions like what's happening with Russia, Ukraine, etc. President Trump talking to the
14:11emir here in Qatar this morning. We're pleased to be joined by Qatar's Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed
14:16bin Abdulrahman al-Tani. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for the time and the generosity.
14:22Thank you very much for having me. The president talking to the emir there, and then the emir said
14:27that the agreements you all signed today have elevated the U.S.-Qatar relationship to, quote,
14:33another level. It's a historical visit in itself. It's the first American president coming for a
14:40state visit to Qatar in the history. So, of course, the relationship has been ongoing for decades now,
14:49and it's on multi-levels, whether it's on the security, defense, economy, investments, energy,
14:57and education, and many other areas. The investments in the new technology and data centers and artificial
15:05intelligence and in different infrastructure projects, plus what we are doing currently with
15:13upgrading our defense equipment as well. Part of it is a purchase of Boeing aircraft by Qatar,
15:20as well as weapons, as you mentioned. But I was told that you wanted to address the gift that Qatar
15:25is giving to the U.S. government, to the Defense Department of this jet.
15:30Well, I see that this story is making a big story in the news. Look, we've been always there
15:38for the U.S. We've been a reliable ally for the U.S., and it's something between the Ministry of Defense
15:45in Qatar and the Department of Defense, and it's in the discussion between them and under legal review.
15:51Unfortunately, I see that this story is taking a different direction and it's being more politicized
15:58while it's a normal government-to-government deal.
16:02Yeah, as you know, the president's own party, there are some members who think it's unseemly
16:06or it doesn't look right. You know, the president has said numerous times,
16:09it's going to the Defense Department, it will be retrofitted for Air Force One,
16:13while these other Boeing jets are delayed for Air Force One. And he said,
16:20only a fool would not accept this gift on behalf of our country.
16:25First of all, we bought this airplane from an American company. It's basically part of a cooperation
16:33that we've been doing a lot together between Qatar and the United States. So I don't see a point out of this.
16:41Did you all talk about it today? No, actually, we didn't bring it up at all.
16:45You know, the critics, obviously, say that Qatar spends a lot of money on a lot of things
16:51to try to have an influence in the U.S.
16:53The free press wrote that Qatar has spent almost $100 billion to establish its legitimacy in Congress,
17:00American colleges and universities, U.S. newsrooms, think tanks, and corporations,
17:05and billions into purchases of American-made weapons and business investments,
17:10ranging from U.S. real estate to energy plants.
17:12You're very active inside the U.S.
17:15And some people look at that as saying, trying to buy influence or make up for something you're doing in the region.
17:24How do you address that?
17:26Well, Brett, look, it's really unfair accusations for Qatar's trying to buy influence.
17:32Throughout, you know, the last 25 years or 30 years,
17:37you will see, you will find Qatar always by the side of the U.S.
17:40in many areas and many things.
17:43For example, we have six American universities operating here in Qatar
17:47to provide an American quality education for the people here in the region,
17:50and we are offering them the opportunity to have access to this American education.
17:55And we are proud of this partnership and this relationship.
17:59I don't see any basis for this accusation unless there are some people who are just, you know,
18:06trying to select who should be a friend of the U.S. and who should not.
18:10When you were in the U.S., we talked in the end of January of 2024.
18:16You said every day it's getting more concerning and very dangerous.
18:19I mean, it was a warning at that time.
18:21How do you look at the region right now, today?
18:24It's still in a very delicate situation.
18:27We are in a very critical moment.
18:29We have seen some changes in the region.
18:32Of course, there are some positive changes that happened.
18:35The war has ended in Lebanon.
18:38We have seen the transition happening in Syria.
18:41But despite all that, we see that there is a humanitarian catastrophe still ongoing in Gaza,
18:49and it's becoming just worse and worse.
18:51And of course, even when you are looking at it from an Israeli perspective,
18:55the hostages are not freed yet.
18:57So this will definitely trigger a sort of reaction that might put the whole region at risk.
19:05You were very optimistic about how close a deal between Israel and Hamas on the hostages
19:10and possibly ending the war in Gaza was going to be January 2024.
19:15And now it's not.
19:18You know, Hamas, at least the last living U.S. hostage from Gaza,
19:22still holds the bodies of four slain American Israelis taken during the assault on October 7th.
19:28And there are others.
19:30Where do you think that stands?
19:32And I heard what you said about the humanitarian effort,
19:36but do you put the onus on Hamas for still holding those hostages
19:42and also keeping people in harm's way?
19:46It's good that you have mentioned the case of Edan Alexander,
19:51whom we are happily seeing him free finally.
19:54This took us, like, a long, you know, a lot of time and a lot of efforts
20:01and a lot of pressure without any exchange,
20:03which is basically something has never happened.
20:07Now, we wanted this to be also as a first step toward having a complete hostage deal.
20:14Unfortunately, the next day being followed by a massacre on a hospital in Gaza.
20:21And just the Israelis obviously said they were going after senior Hamas.
20:26Yeah, but going after senior Hamas leader doesn't mean killing 70 people just as a collateral damage,
20:33which has just been the justification for the last year and a half.
20:38We cannot reach a deal when we have two different, like,
20:44a fundamental difference between the two parties.
20:46One party wants just to retrieve the hostage and continue the war,
20:50and the other party wants to end the war and doesn't think about the hostages.
20:55I'll just say the Israelis obviously said that Hamas uses human shields around their senior leadership,
21:00and that's why all these people are killed.
21:03But to your point, you have been negotiating on a number of different fronts for a lot of months.
21:08On Iran, the president said yesterday this,
21:12I want to make a deal with Iran.
21:14If I can make a deal with Iran, I'll be very happy if we're going to make your region and the world a safer place.
21:21But if Iran's leadership rejects this olive branch and continues to attack their neighbors,
21:26then we will have no choice but to inflict massive maximum pressure.
21:31Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
21:35How do you read that statement, and do you think Iran is going to be at the table
21:40and will make a dismantling nuclear program deal?
21:44All of us, we agree that we want a nuclear-free region,
21:48and we cannot afford a nuclear race in that region.
21:52But we need this to be resolved diplomatically.
21:56Iran has its right to have a civilian nuclear power
22:00while not also representing any challenge or any threat for anyone in the region.
22:09You're always in the middle of the negotiation.
22:11You seem to relish that position.
22:14And sometimes, you know, people from the outside look at the other side,
22:19Hamas or Hezbollah or Muslim Brotherhood,
22:21and don't look very favorably to that from the outside.
22:24But you seem to be trying to find solutions.
22:27You've always said that whenever we've talked.
22:29Well, Brett, look, it's a complex region that has ancient wars, proxies,
22:35a lot of complications that we have nothing to do with.
22:42But we inherited that for our region to stabilize.
22:47It needs, of course, it needs, it needs not only Qatar.
22:52It needs a lot of countries to step up and to be open to communicate with everyone.
22:58It doesn't mean that there is an endorsement of one side over the other.
23:02It's the contrary.
23:03It's Qatar has been trying our best to be a fair mediator.
23:08And I believe that all of us in the GCC, we would like to see other countries also being stabilized
23:14because they will be a stabilizing factor for us.
23:17Mr. Prime Minister, we really appreciate the time.
23:21Good to see you.
23:22Thank you very much.
23:23Good to see you, Brett.
23:24Up next, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tries to get Congress to help him make America healthy again
23:32and then getting the president's so-called big, beautiful bill ready for final action in Congress.
23:38More news from the states now.
23:53The former girlfriend of Sean Diddy Combs testified for a second day at his sex trafficking trial today.
24:00Casey Ventura told jurors Combs blackmailed her with some explicit videos of sex acts she was forced to join.
24:07She recalled several incidents of violence from Combs.
24:11She says she was punched, kicked, and dragged, sometimes in front of Diddy's employees.
24:17Diddy has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
24:21The fate of Eric and Lyle Menendez will soon be in the hands of California's parole board.
24:25Los Angeles County judge has changed the brother's sentence for murdering their parents to make them eligible for release.
24:32Each brother made a 10-minute statement to the court taking full responsibility for the murders
24:37and expressing remorse for lies they had told about their crimes.
24:45Breaking tonight, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his personal opinions about vaccines are irrelevant
24:52and that people should not be taking medical advice from him.
24:56Kennedy appeared at a pair of confrontational congressional budget hearings.
25:01Correspondent Griff Jenkins shows us tonight.
25:03Good evening, Griff.
25:03Good evening, Brett.
25:04Secretary Kennedy faced a grilling in both chambers of Congress, forced to defend massive cuts to his department.
25:11Quite frankly, I view it as a disgrace.
25:15Under your budget proposal, Americans would die of needless and preventable deaths.
25:19Mr. Secretary, one of my constituents, her name's Natalie Phelps, she has been fighting aggressive stage 4 collateral cancer for nearly five years now.
25:29Because of the thoughtless mass firing of thousands of critical employees across NIH and HHS that you've carried out,
25:39Natalie's doctors at that clinical center have told her they have no choice but to delay her treatment by an additional four weeks.
25:48What I can tell you is that if you contact my office tomorrow, I'll look specifically into that.
25:55Kennedy was also pressed over his view on vaccines amid a measles outbreak.
26:00If you had a child today, would you vaccinate that child for measles?
26:03For measles?
26:07Probably for measles.
26:08You know, what I would say is my opinions about vaccines are irrelevant.
26:15Republicans also demanded answers.
26:19Americans need direct reassurance from the administration and from you, Mr. Secretary, that these reforms will make their lives easier, not harder.
26:29But one issue, RFK Jr.'s efforts for healthier food drew no objections.
26:35Congressman DeLauro, you say that you've worked for 20 years on getting food die out.
26:40Give me credit.
26:41I got it out in 100 days.
26:43Kennedy says we can expect new dietary guidelines, possibly as soon as August, an issue raised in your interview last week.
26:51Brett?
26:51All right, Griff, thank you.
26:55Meantime, House Republicans are putting in some serious overtime this week as they try to get the president's so-called big, beautiful bill, the taxes, and the regulation ready for a final vote.
27:06Tax policy and entitlements, a major issue.
27:09Senior national correspondent Aisha Hosni on Capitol Hill tonight with the latest.
27:13Good evening, Aisha.
27:14Brett, good evening to you.
27:15As of tonight, House Speaker Mike Johnson does not have the votes to pass President Trump's big, beautiful bill, at least in its current state.
27:24Fiscal conservatives say there aren't enough cuts in this, and Republicans from those blue states with high taxes are not happy with the proposed cap on state and local tax deductions.
27:35That would rise from $10,000 to $30,000.
27:37It's a lot less than what they hoped for.
27:39But the speaker still believes that he's got time to gain their votes.
27:43I'm absolutely confident we're going to be able to work out a compromise that everybody can live with.
27:49Virtually no one's going to be 100% satisfied with every piece of the bill.
27:52It's just not possible.
27:54Everybody's having to give a little.
27:56The House Ways and Means Committee passed the tax portion of the bill this morning after an 18-hour marathon hearing.
28:02That bill makes permanent.
28:04The Trump 2017 tax cuts also adds no taxes on tips and no taxes on overtime.
28:10Meanwhile, high drama at the Energy and Commerce Committee hearing, where protesters had to be removed by Capitol Police.
28:17They opposed cuts to Medicaid.
28:20And during opening statements, Democrats held up pictures of kids and disabled patients.
28:25They claimed that these people would lose benefits under this plan.
28:28But Republicans say they're lying.
28:30We're making sure that no illegals are going to be on this program.
28:36We're making sure that people aren't registered in more than one state.
28:40We're making sure that there are going to be work requirements so that able-bodied adults are truly in need of it.
28:47To insinuate, to fear-monger that we are trying to kick people off is simply untrue.
28:52And, Brett, that committee just passed its portion of the bill with those Medicaid reforms, 30 to 24, after working 26 hours straight.
29:02The speaker wants a vote on this big, beautiful bill as early as next week.
29:06We will be watching to see if he can round up the troops.
29:10Brett?
29:11All right.
29:12We'll watch it.
29:12Aisha Hosni live on Capitol Hill.
29:14Aisha, thank you.
29:15We're getting emails and posts about the pronunciation of this country.
29:19Here in this country and in the region, they call it Qatar.
29:22Some people call it Qatar.
29:24But here, they call it Qatar.
29:26So we are going with that.
29:27Always have.
29:28Just an explainer.
29:29Up next, the panel on today's developments during President Trump's Middle East trip.
29:34But first, learning about this country's past.
29:39We're here at the National Museum of Qatar, which celebrates the unique story of this country and its people.
29:44The current building, which is draped in this American flag for the president's visit, opened in 2019.
29:51That same year, Time magazine named this place as one of the world's greatest places to visit.
29:57It's designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, and he was inspired by the Desert Rose Crystal, which is found here in Qatar.
30:06If you go inside, it's more than 430,000 square feet.
30:10The museum spans this whole area, and you'll find exhibitions and galleries rich in Qatari history and tradition with more than 8,000 archaeological artifacts.
30:22Special report continues after this.
30:25I just want to thank you for the friendship, for the longtime friendship.
30:41And again, long before any of this stuff.
30:43We just liked each other.
30:45That's not a bad thing.
30:46That's a good thing.
30:46It's good to see all the relationships forming in the Middle East because the Middle East is really being talked about all over the world, and we're having a lot to do with it.
30:55We're helping a lot, but they're doing a tremendous job.
30:59President Trump, today here in Doha, talking to the Amir, after a big speech, didn't get a lot of coverage yesterday in Saudi Arabia, but in the region, it was picked up all over the place, as we talked about last night.
31:14This U.S.-Qatar agreement is $1.2 trillion of economic exchange, $96 billion deal between Boeing and Qatar Airways, which should show Boeing aircraft in any pictures about that, but $8.5 billion to advance critical energy infrastructure, investment into U.S.-Qatar security.
31:36You're talking about, potentially, as we head to Abu Dhabi tomorrow, north of $3.5 trillion, if all comes together as the president plans, with more to come.
31:48With that, let's bring in our panel, Fox News Chief Political Analyst Britt Hume, Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief at USA Today, and Fox News contributor Hugh Hewitt.
31:57Britt, your thoughts about the president's messaging and what he's delivering and getting delivered on in this trip?
32:06Well, these deals that he has outlined in the Middle East, and I guess there are more to come even after today, is there will obviously be welcome news for the U.S. economy, and I suspect for the economies of those countries in the Gulf area.
32:19The bigger question, it seems to me, is whether this furthers the U.S. security interest in that region, and whether it betokens, from what we've seen, any kind of a break with Israel as it continues to struggle in Gaza, with Gaza and with Hamas.
32:39The president is not visiting Israel, as has been widely noted, and that has been taken to mean something, how much we'll find out, I guess.
32:50And as for the foreign policy speech that you so wisely noted, got little coverage in the United States, although I'm glad you talked about it last night, that's a big deal.
33:00It does represent a break, or at least it's intended to represent a break, with the freedom agenda that was forwarded by President George W. Bush and has been, to some extent, a force in U.S., at least Republican, foreign policy ever since.
33:15And there's clearly a break there.
33:17Yeah, Hugh, another big deal also happened this morning in Saudi Arabia before they came here to Qatar, and that is this meeting with the Syrian president.
33:28Caroline Levitt put out a post about it and a picture summarizing that meeting, saying that President Trump wants the president, President al-Shar, to sign on to the Abraham Accords with Israel,
33:39tell all foreign terrorists to leave Syria, deport Palestinian terrorists, help the United States prevent a resurgence of ISIS, and assume responsibility for ISIS detention centers in northeast Syria.
33:50He said that the Syrian president is on board, wants to get into the fold, and it's being applauded by other leaders in this region.
34:00Well, Brett, I'm a little skeptical of that.
34:02In fact, I'm a lot skeptical of that.
34:04The ruler of Damascus, we won't say Syria, because the Kurds control the western part of the country, and Israel has established a security zone for the Druze, just adjacent to the Golan Heights.
34:17So he's got his own part.
34:18He's really a proxy for Turkey.
34:21I suppose we can put the sanctions back on if he doesn't deliver, but I'd rather he had delivered before the sanctions came up.
34:27I will say, though, that's the only thing I've seen go wrong on this trip, or at least give me any kind of heartburn on this trip.
34:34Last night at the Gulf Cooperation Council, the president, and they were all there around the table, said,
34:40Iran can't have a nuke, and they've got to stop supporting terrorism.
34:44Palestinians have to stop raping, murdering, and killing people if they want peace.
34:49And he said the hostages must be released before we get to peace, meaning that implies a three-step process, hostages first.
34:57That wasn't covered much either, like the speech, but that was a very important moment last night.
35:02And I think the high point of the trip for me was the tough talk directly to our Sunni allies.
35:08Yeah, we'll see how the Syrian situation works.
35:11There is optimism, as I noted, with leaders here in this region.
35:15And the president was encouraged by Mohammed bin Salman, the leader of Saudi Arabia, to go down that road.
35:20Susan, what has gotten a lot of coverage, obviously, is this gift, or gift to be, about a jet from the Qataris to the United States government, the Defense Department.
35:33Democrats are being very aggressive about it.
35:35I asked the prime minister about it and the reaction to it.
35:38Take a listen.
35:38News of the Qatari government gifting Donald Trump a $400 million private jet to use as Air Force One is so corrupt that even Putin would give a double take.
35:54It is an indication to me of complete recklessness on the part of the president.
35:58We bought this airplane from an American company.
36:02It's basically part of a cooperation that we've been doing a lot together between Qatar and the United States.
36:10So I don't see a point out of this.
36:15Yeah.
36:15Susan, what do you make of it?
36:16You know, it must be so frustrating to the Trump White House that on this trip where he's doing some really very big things to shake up foreign policy in the region that it is shadowed by the controversy over this $400 million plane.
36:31You know, you showed some Democrats criticizing Trump on this point.
36:35They criticize Trump quite regularly.
36:37What's been remarkable is that we've heard Republicans here in the last day or two saying they think it is a bad look.
36:44It is a distraction.
36:46They say it gives an opening to attack President Trump.
36:49I guess I'm not.
36:51It's clear that President Trump really wants to accept this plane.
36:54I'm not sure at the end of the day that's going to be possible.
36:58Yeah.
36:58You know, people here say, listen, the Qatari spent billions of dollars on LOD Airbase to set it up for the U.S. to have CENTCOM here.
37:07Nobody made a big deal out of that.
37:09That's how they talk about it.
37:10We'll see how this goes.
37:11I want to play one more soundbite from the Prime Minister, Britt.
37:14And this is about Iran.
37:15I asked him about Iran.
37:18Do you think Iran is going to be at the table and will make a dismantling nuclear program deal?
37:26All of us, we agree that we want a nuclear-free region and we cannot afford a nuclear race in that region.
37:34But we need this to be resolved diplomatically.
37:37Iran has its right to have a civilian nuclear power while not also representing any challenge or any threat for anyone.
37:48And, Britt, crossing the wires right now, top Iranian official says Tehran would forego highly enriched uranium in nuclear deal with Trump.
37:58We'll see if that holds.
37:59Well, that would be great if it were true.
38:02But the question is, could it be verified?
38:05Would we know that they were not enriching uranium?
38:08And why in the world do they need uranium anyway for a nuclear power plant when they're drowning in oil?
38:14Yeah.
38:15So I think we've got a lot more to find out here on this deal and whether the president would be willing to use force.
38:22We'll follow it up.
38:23Thank you, panel.
38:24Up next, final thoughts from Doha.
38:26But first, going out on the town here in the capital.
38:29American and Qatari flags are on the flagpoles all along this, the Corniche in Doha.
38:37It's about a four-mile promenade with hotels and restaurants, cafes, museums.
38:43The Museum of Islamic Art is right over there.
38:46And a lot of things to see.
38:48This, to the left, is the Pearl Monument here on the water.
38:52This is essentially a region that, along the Gulf, had a thriving pearl industry until the discovery of oil.
39:00It serves as a reminder of that.
39:01In fact, you can take one of the boats out to the Persian Gulf, and it'll take you like they used to do in the pearl trade.
39:09But the biggest thing to see is the big nature of this city, which really wasn't that big for the long time.
39:15But now, as you look out over the water, it is amazing to see how big Doha has grown and is still growing.
39:24One of the many booming countries here in the Middle East.
39:29Special Report continues after this.
39:37Special Report leaves here in Qatar at the Amir Adiwan.
39:40This, again, is the Amir's workplace.
39:43It's where he welcomes all the dignitaries from around the world.
39:46It's where President Trump signed those agreements with the Amir.
39:50The President leaves Qatar as he left Saudi Arabia with billions and billions of dollars going into U.S. projects and U.S. companies.
39:58Tomorrow, we head to Abu Dhabi, the UAE.
40:01I'll speak exclusively with the Foreign Minister there, Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nayan.
40:06A-B-Z, he's known as.
40:09We'll talk about how the Emiratis see the U.S. relationship and what exactly they look at for this region.
40:17Then, on Friday, I'll have an exclusive interview with President Trump as he wraps up his first official foreign trip to the Middle East.
40:25Talk about all the things he takes from this and a look forward.
40:28Remember, if you can't catch us live, set your DVR.
40:316 p.m. in the East, 3 p.m. on the West Coast.
40:34We've got you covered.
40:35Thanks, as always, for inviting us into your home tonight.
40:38Fair, balanced, and still, unafraid.
40:41We'll see you tomorrow in Abu Dhabi.
40:43The Anger Mangle starts now, but take a look at this place first.
40:47See you tomorrow.
40:48We'll see you tomorrow.
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