portion, which was struck down in a controversial decision by the u. s. supreme court. the legislation pos today states that it would be illegal for any woman to be prosecuted for crossing state lines to get an abortion. and also says that in terms of federal law, any woman has the right to any abortion in any state. now, this has been passed in the house, but it's unlikely to become law. the reason the senate is split 5050 and it will not be possible to get the majority needed to make this legislation law to go to the president for signature. but those in favor of this legislation hope that this will reawaken or energized the debate about abortion, which would further play out in the mid term elections late this year, that democrats making very clear that people who want the right to abortion should go out and vote for those who are pro abortion, and this is something that they will use as

a rallying cry in these midterm elections. ah, look at the main stories are following. now. u. s. president joe biden is, and jetta on the 3rd day was to her from at least he was 1st greeted by saudi crown. prince mom had been sa mine before meeting with king salman oil prices in iran at helping the agenda. washington is seeking to re set what has been a very tense relationship with the kingdom. so he will follow up with a voice 10 years president biden once had pledge to make saudi arabia a pariah. stay over the 2080 murder of janice tomorrow, shoji crown prince mohammed was accused of approving the matter, but the allegations were denied. the white house i spied will discuss human rights

at his plan. during the visit earlier, the president was in the occupied west bank, where he said the u. s. will continue to insist on a full accounting of alger there. john history. now barclays death. you also tell policy president man with a bus that while policies deserve a state of their own, the ground is not right for negotiations to begin again. my commitment to their goal of a to stay solution has not changed. and all these years to states along the line, 267 lines were mutually agreed to swaps remain the best way to achieve or equal measure of security prosperity, freedom and democracy for the palestinians as well as israelis. pal stated, people deserve a state of her own that independent sovereign viable and contiguous and are the top story this, our shank as prime minister while we're crime, a singer has been sworn in as acting president after go to bar roger paxton

resigned in the wake of mass protests, the new president promised to restore law and order and establish unity government until a successor to roger pac. so could be elected. wicker, i'm a singer also comes from one of shall anchors, release families and leads the oldest political party in the country. so those, the headlines, more news coming up later on the stream is the program coming up next tuesday with al jazeera bye for now? ah. i hi us. i mean, okay, to day on the street nigeria is. yeah, me allowed a. she's

a singer songwriter, a u n d p could well am basta, and the woman and the artist who was brought by live music to the stream for the 1st time and this year. yeah, me allowed a welcome and thank you for bringing the visit back to the state. really appreciate you. thank you so much for me though. going to be so many people them. millions of people who know your music love, your music, know will about you. and then there will be some who are meeting you for the 1st your high. i've seen you perform on stage and you don't do an introduction. you just have on stage and start singing for an international audience. what do they need to know about you? first of all, out of just just see me as a sister, 1st of all because i'm always thinking about the things that happened to me in my life and to be seen there. it's mostly about men. i exactly. so i'm the girl from africa loves to sing about her life experiences. i'm a musician, a songwriter, performer. i love the stage because that's literally like my play house with fema

somebody. if you would like to speak to me, aladdin, you can, if you on youtube, right? now the comment section is open, it is live, drop your comment into the comment section. i will do my very best to get your comment. your teaching question to ya? yeah, me, i'm going to start with your family because i'm trying to work out what kind of kid you were out recently. your mom celebrated a big birthday, so that was important. i am seeing your siblings here. internet read no t wide. and when you the kid, when, when you the playful one which, which one were you, i think i was blessed to be a bit of everything. i had so much energy and my parents realize that they had to put me, make sure that i was part of every extra curricular activities in school. i was a gymnast. i was a dancer, i was, i was actually, and i was singing. i was a ballerina. i was a quin ballerina in school. i also was part of the jet club cuz my dad's petition i was that kind of kid energy. bonnie: so i did everything and school and my books. how did you work out which of these

many skills that you had was the one you were gonna land on? my sister that troubled me for a long time. i was in trouble because i enjoyed it because even up on to university, i still wanted to be everything. yeah. what i wasn't very sure what i want it to be until i want to tell until. and then music called me and i answered all heartedly. i heard you say you want to tell it, show the music called you, but then there was a gap between the talent show and people were just going what a huge hit. so what did you do in those 5 years when you were you thinking, i need to do something else? music is going to be the only thing that i do. what happened in that time? women talent show is always a beautiful thing because it's like everybody loves and understand your music, but then real life hits. i wasn't sure what kind of art is i wanted to be. so i had to take those 5 years to engage in our 2 developments which has to do with a lot of recording music. deciding what audience i want to appeal to the team i

want to build. and eventually, as i walked my way through life, i found the song johnny after 10 songs. i'm going to show people, i'm not going to play johnny. why? no, i'm not going to play it. i'm just going to show a little bit. okay. so here on my laptop, tell the story of johnny because this song he's going to, it's going to follow you for the rest of your life. yeah. but tell the, tell the story of johnny. i think if the guys bookkeeping then maybe the story will stop, but for now, please give it. no, don't you do the song, the song is actually a personal song. it's something that happened in my actual life. i wrote a song by experience, i wasn't relationship with someone that didn't quite go well because a lot of other people in the relationships i don't really go, well i guess what he blessed with my 1st song because i sang about my experience and a lot of people out there seem to be in the same shoe, so it resonates exactly young nigeria. yes. and

a couple of questions about johnny, let me just show you here on my laptop. economic advisor says, asking me if she ever found johnny. ah, if you are my concert, the dc, you would see that i was really looking for jamie and i still didn't find him. i still didn't find him. i haven't found him. and i think he should just keep running for his own good. eunice on twitter says, want to know about your favorite part of the industry for you. what do you love about the industry? the thing i love the most about the music industry is that i'm able to just walk into a little studio, sing, and write my stories, my experiences, and share with the entire world and from the industry. and how old can receive the music. they can feel my pain, understand my joy, they can vibe with me. i'm able to touch the lives of so many people with my music . and the industry gives us that supports you know,

so that is one thing. i love the opportunity to literally leave out my dreams in this one life that i have. i promise i view it on youtube that they could ask you questions that are coming in. crashes wants to know what inspires you to write a song? when do you know you've got a song in your head percolating? you know, sometimes i wake up with a song on my lips. sometimes i just hear an instrumental and i just start to sing. i was on my producers, the many a play music. just make sure my mike is connected because i have a story to tell. i always have a story to tell and i'm happy to have people don't want to listen. the last time you woke with a song on your lips, what was that song? ha, my says they was them early, 20 twin cl tsongas called poverty and to be seen. so the entire music industry was out of a job. yeah. yeah. global. and the song is about i know on c boulevard, see for my love row. you know, i was going to my savings to, you know, make, make ends meet and i was a really shocked the entire world. but most of all,

i'm very grateful that i'm one of the few people that see and i was able to, you know, make hay while the sun was shining. and even when the sun went down. but i felt the pain of so many and those close to me and people that i don't even know. and that song came to me. i really don't pray for poverty for anybody. and i was just praying it out there. i don't want to see this thing called for what's the, i don't like mr. p. at all in you know? yeah. he gave us just a little hint of your beautiful voice. you were going to perform 2 numbers for us. tell us about the 1st one. then i'm gonna send you to go and get ready with your bat. this song is called shakira. my 1st performance is through a song called shakira. and its features the beautiful amazing grammy winner. and the key do i call her my music more me? that's a song that was recorded in paris. i'm in lagos and also the video was shot in new york. and and yeah, maggie, you're going to take us around to, well, i mean go get ready with your band. and then i will tell your audience if you've

never been t a yeah, me a lot, a concert at we can recreate it for you right here on the stream. but on saturday your me was playing on the empress u. s. a war in washington dc. he is a little taste and then she will play life for you. right here on the street. have a look. oh, a

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well, yeah, me a lot, a performing live here on the stream issue k. i know you're enjoying that. what you have, you are watching around the world. in 2020 the u. n. d p reached out to yami and asked her if she would be a goodwill ambassador. this is how the announcement was made. oh, it gives me great pleasure to welcome nigeria and super sorry, i'm yolanda i was the newest goodwill ambassador of the united nations development program and accomplished singer songwriter actors. and actually this year me needs

no introduction to her certainty live in followers on social media. yeah, me joins the united nations family at a critical time college 19 hawaii, and the gap between the rich, all new fords and let in my voice to those who are suffering the move from the social economic impact of could be 19. i'm ready to pull up my sleeves and work hard hand in hand. you envy, he's when sure. mean an exit recovery for all is the only way we can cover as arch . fara is only we can achieve semen. one main goal. this super, super ready in my all my voice and the vision. ah, so much reaction on you to keep the comments questions coming? yeah me, this is money. what is it like to be a woman, an activist, alice celebrity. we just learned there that you are u n d p. good, well bast and now. so having all of those,

those responsibilities wrapped up together, how do you manage to, how do you decide? what am i can support? what am i not going to support? i'm, i think being a woman, an artist and an activist philanthropist, blah, blah blah. even though these are just terms, 1st of all, i'm a woman and i think every woman in our only to way or big way, find themselves advocating for other people's piece of mine or the advocating for other people's were mostly very selfless. that's my point. when in terms of, um, what i choose i want to take you live to jed, then our u. s. president joe biden is speaking your minister to sports minister all the way down the line. and the guts, just talked of pressure, the tire saudi government. and thanks to many months of quiet diplomacy by the staff, we've accomplished some significant business today. first, as you saw this morning, the saudis will open their air space to all civilian carriers. that is a big deal,

a big deal, not only substance, not only symbolically but substantively. it's a big deal. it means saudi air space in albany flights to and from israel. this to the 1st tangible step on a path. and what i hope will eventually broader normalization of relations. second, we concluded historic deal that to transform a flash point at the heart of the middle east wars into an area of peace. international peacekeepers, including you, us troops will leave tyrann island and the red sea where they been for over 40 years since the camp david accords. 5 american soldiers died on the strategically located island in 2020 and it's important. remember them to day. now, thanks to the break, this breakthrough, this island will be open to tourism in economic development, while retaining all necessary security arrangements and,

and the present freedom of navigation of all parties including israel. 3rd, can we agreed to work to get them deep and extend the yemen ceasefire? and you know, the spend as carnage been in yemen of late, and has been in place more than 3 months resulting in the most peaceful period in yemen and 7 years. we further agree to pursue a diplomatic process to achieve a wider settlement in yemen. saudi, and saudi leadership also committed to continue to facilitate the delivery of food and humanitarian goods. the civilians. in this context, we discussed saudi arabia security needs to defend the kingdom, given very real threats from iran and rance proxies. 4th, we concluded several new arrangements to better position our nations. for the coming decades, saudi ray will invest in new us, lead technology to develop and secure reliable 5, g, and 60 networks. both here and in the future in developing countries to coordinate

with a partnership for global initiative, the global infrastructure and investment, which i put together at the g 7. this new technology solution for 5 g called open ran will outcompete other platforms, including from china. saudi arabia will also partner with us on a far reaching clean energy initiative focused on green hydrogen solar carbon capture nuclear and other projects to a seller to accelerate the world's clean energy transition. and to help the u. s. clean energy industry set global standards. in 5th grade, a good way to good discussion on ensuring global energy security and adequate oil supplies to support global economic growth that we'll begin shortly. i'm and i'm doing all i can to increase supply for the united states of america, which i expect to happen. the saudi share, that urgency and based on our discussions today,

i expect we'll see further steps in the coming weeks. finally, we discussed human rights and the need for political reform. as always, i always do. i made clear that the topic was vitally important to me and to the united states. respect to the murder of cas shogi. i raised it at the top of the meeting, making it clear what i thought of at the time. and what i think of it now and most exactly, i was straightforward in direct, in discussing it. i made my view, crystal clear. i said very st straightforwardly for an american president to be silent, an issue of human rights. is this consistent with an inconsistent with who we are and who i am? i always stand up for our values. so that's a quick summary, tonight's outcomes tomorrow, with 9 leaders from around the region we'll have more. one thing we will discuss is the multi $1000000000.00 commitment of the g, c. c, to invest and the partnership for global infrastructure investment,

which i announced at the g 7 last month. telpa address infrastructure needs of low middle income countries that don't have the wherewithal to borrow the funds to meet the needs of their people. and after years of failed efforts, we have now finalized an agreement to connect to racks electric grid, to the g c. c grids through kuwait and saudi arabia and deepening iraq's integration in the region and reducing this dependence on iran. and it was pointed out to me that re my i was reminded by staff at the time at the meeting that i tried to do that back when i was the early days of my vice presidency. finally, it's done being done tomorrow. i'll also be laying out an affirmative framework for america engagement in the middle east to build on these important steps going forward. the bottom line is this trip is about once again, position american, this region for the future. we are not going to leave a vacuum in the middle east for russia or china to fill and we're getting results.

i'll take a couple questions. i wanted to respond to your comments about michelle. he basically said that he, he, he was not personally responsible for it. i so i indicated i thought he was, he said he was not personally responsible for it and he took action against those who were responsible and, and we, and then i went on to talk more about how that dealing with any of opposition to the or criticism of the saudi administration and other countries was viewed as to me and violation human rights met a reserve president start to come by may 1st we just heard from jamal co show his wife, who said after this visit the blood of m b. s. his next victim is on your hands. what do you say to mrs. gashodi? i'm sorry, she feels a way i was straightforward. back then i was straightforward to day. what i have,

this is a meeting not i didn't come here to meet with the crown prince. i came here to meet with the g, c, c, 9 nations, to deal with the security and, and the needs of the free world. in particular, the united states and not leave a vacuum here, which was happening as it has in other parts of the world on gas prices. if i may, you said it will see relief at some point in the not too distant future. what is the message to americans who are looking for that relief now, when should they expect to see a real change in prices, though they've already been aiming that they've already been coming down that road . they've been coming down every single day. the best of my know what we see the impact of this visit. i suspect you won't see that for another couple weeks. and rather that we'll see war when we should gas station start to lower, the price consists of what they're paying for. a brack calling i saudis, prior i don't have anything. i said did the commercial that way go mister president?

i just answered your question. do i get it? i don't forget anything that i said what happened could show he was outrageous. yes, yeah, there are a lot of fire for your fist thump with the crown prince. i is going to give you a chance to respond to the end. but also how can you be sure that another incident, another murder like to milk, a shelby's won't happen again. live what i'm gonna love you. what a silly question, how could i possibly be sure, many of them, i just made it clear if anything occurs like that again, there, get that response and much more the look you've heard me say before. and when i criticize she's in pain for slave labor and what they're doing. and in the, in the, in the what in the western mountains of china. and he said i had no right to criticize china. and i said, look, i am president of the united states of america for the united states. president remains silent on

a clear violation. human rights is totally inconsistent with who we are, what we are, and what we would do, what we believe. and so i'm not gonna be silent. can i predict anything's gonna happen? let alone here, let alone i live in part of the world now. but i don't know why you're all so surprised the way i react. the no one's ever wondered, i mean what i say the crushes, i sometimes say all that, i mean, and what is everyone in the climate? jo mansion obviously made significant news right now which appears to be torpedoing . what was one of your biggest priorities as it relates to energy and to climate back at home, your message to those americans right now who are looking for that relief that would have a wide and back as it affects the climate and energy. specifically, i am not going away, i use every power have as president to continue to fulfill my pledge to move toward dealing with global warming. thank you. i don't. mansion negotiating in good faith . i didn't negotiate with you guys.

ok, so he just been listening to you as president joe biden, speaking in the saudi city of judd and making couple of remarks are about domestic policy and about his signature climate change package and legislation. that's a separate thing, but also making remarks about the purpose of his trip to saudi arabia, which is to reset relations with the golf nation. a bit defensive and perhaps irritated at times, particularly when answering questions from reporters about the state of human rights. and in the kingdom. he said that he did raise the issue of the murder of john this jamal shoji with the saudi crown prince. whose response was that he was not personally responsible for had taken place. but obviously there is a great deal of concern among the presence and democratic party, but also among human rights activists. as to how this visit could potentially play out because of the deteriorating state of human rights. of course,

the other thing the president mentioned was that he, that saudi arabia is going to open up its as space to all flights to and from israel. and he portrayed that as being something of a foreign policy when for the white house. and they also mentioned that he does expect energy production to be boosted in the coming months. has been no movement or development on energy output as yet. but that is an agreement that us officials expect to happen quite soon. white house correspondent, kimberly how kit is following all of this joins us live now from doha. and he sort of went through each remark, i suppose in order of priority. it started with the sort of close, closer ties between saudi and israel and various other things. and of course, human rights was the very last thing i mentioned with the president saying that he

did raise the issue of, of jamal shogi with the saudi crown prince. directly yeah, that's the most important thing here. that's the president took a while to get to it. but i think that's the thing that the american press cares about the most. and that is why that is what the majority of the questions were about when they had the opportunity to ask about it. and here's why the u. s. president didn't have these remarks on his calendar. in fact, they were abruptly added to the end of his very long day. and that's because when the u. s. president showed up at the palace that fist bump that he had instead of a handshake with the saudi crown prince was not received very well back in the united states. in fact, when the washington post saw that this is what fred ryan, the publisher and ceo,

had to say, the fist bump between president biden and mohammed ben selman was worse than a handshake. it was shameful, if projected a level of intimacy and comfort the delivers to m. b. s mob had been solomon the unwarranted redemption, he has been desperately seeking. of course mohammed ben solomon has been named by this cia, the central intelligence agency, back in the united states as potentially being of the one that ordered the killing of washington post journalists. jim al, how shows you back in 2018? so the washington post, not too happy about the u. s. president. perhaps providing the legitimacy that on the world stage that the crown prince is seeking. add to that you heard peter alexander of m. b. c. news speaking there in that press conference. he was also the same reporter that challenged not only the u. s. president, but also the crown prince in the palace about whether or not the u. s. president

still believes, as he said in the campaign trail, the saudi kingdom should be treated as a pariah, or whether the crown prince believed that he should apologize to the family of jim l has shoji. in fact, he then challenged and was very clear when he was speaking of the president just now about whether or not the president really had a tough discussion with the crown prince. once the media was sent away and you heard the president and they're being very clear that he spoke to the crown prince, he was very straightforward. and he was very clear that he would not be silent on the issue of human rights. this was a precedent doing damage control. he was cleaning up what was clearly a bit of a public relations disaster. and you also heard that very same reporter speaking on behalf of the fiance of jim al has show g.