Transcript for Trump visits Israel on 1st foreign trip as president

Big day for president trump. He has just arrived in Israel. As you can imagine there is massive security there. This is the first time a president's ever gone to Israel in his first foreign trip. As you know when you go on these trips there are a lot of rules in these big events. Even world leaders seem to have confusion about where to stand. Take a look at what the cameras caught this morning. They have all this protocol. We never know what it is. What is the protocol? Who knows. Had the same issue with Obama. He has a packed schedule including a meeting with Israel's president Ruben Rivlin and Benjamin Netanyahu. Later he heads to Europe where he will meet with the pope and other world leaders. Jon Karl is in Jerusalem and has the latest details. Good morning, Jon. Reporter: Good morning, robin. President trump made history the moment his plane touched down here in Israel. It is the very first time that we had a direct flight from -- to Israel from Saudi Arabia. Which is the birthplace of Islam and has no relations with Israel and no flights the president arrived in Israel in pursuit of what he calls the ultimate deal. Middle East peace. I have come to this sacred and ancient land to reaffirm the unbreakable bond between the United States and the state of Israel. Reporter: No American president has visited Israel so early in his presidency. But president trump started his trip in Saudi Arabia. The heart of the islamic world. There in the birthplace of Islam, an image that not long ago would have been impossible to imagine. Donald Trump offering a message of unity to the world's Muslim leaders. Terrorists do not worship god. They worship death. This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects or different civilizations. This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human light and decent people all in the name of religion. Reporter: In the audience the leaders of more than 50 different Muslim nations. I stand before you as a representative of the American people to deliver a message of friendship and hope and love. That is why I chose to make my first foreign visit a trip to the heart of the Muslim world. Reporter: The president's words and his tone dramatically different from the campaign when he proposed banning all muslims from entering the U.S. And portrayed Islam as the enemy. I think Islam hates us. There's something -- there's something there that is a tremendous hatred there. Reporter: This time talk of partnership and cooperation in the war on terror, but he did challenge these leaders to take the lead in defeating the terrorists in their midst. A better future is only possible if your nations drive out the terrorists and drive out the treeextremists. Drive them out. Drive them out of your places of worship. Drive them out of your communities. Drive them out of your holy land and drive them out of this Earth. ??? Reporter: And before he left Saudi Arabia, there was this incredible image, the president and the king hands on a glowing orb. What were they doing? Opening up a new center in Saudi Arabia to counter extremists online. The president will be meeting here with Israeli prime minister Bibi Netanyahu and Mahmood abbas. For all the talk of a peace deal, the two sides at this point aren't even talking to each other about it yet.

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