hello and a warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm becky anderson joining you live from jetta in saudi arabia where we are following president biden's trip to the middle east. >> and i'm christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> president trump tried to call a witness in our investigation. >> we're told that this

individual could corroborate parts of hutchinson's testimony. >> this is both historic visit and deeply personal one. >> they will both commit to never allowing iran to ever get nuclear weapons. >> inflation soaring to 9.1%. >> i get paid tomorrow and already my whole paycheck is spoken for. >> europe is once again facing a dangerous heatwave. >> these heatwaves are staying for quite some time. it is thursday, july 14th, 11:00 a.m. in jetta and in israel where job is expected to meet this hour with the israeli prime minister yair lapid. u.s. officials say mr. biden will stress the state to state

relationship with israel and not focus on the importance of any one person deal. the leaders are also expected to sign a statement vowing to never let iran obtain a nuclear weapon. the more controversial leg of mr. biden's trip comes saturday when he will meet here with saudi leaders in jetta. the u.s. president had promised to make the kingdom is pariah for its role in the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. before he left washington, mr. biden spoke with israel's channel 12 about his objectives. >> the trip is about stability in the middle east. it is overwhelming ins interests of the united states of america to have more stability in the united states. the more israel is integrated as an equal and accepted, the more likely there is going to be a

means by which they can eventually come to accommodation with the palestinians s down th road. >> let's get you live to elliott g gotkine. is it clear exactly what it is that president biden hopes to take away from this trip? >> reporter: i think expectations have not really been overdone when it comes to this trip. it is an opportunity as president biden has said to meet are allies, show the u.s. support for israel security. to that end we saw him receiving a briefing to the missile defense systems and the new iron beam yesterday. it is an opportunity to help try to further abraham accords and israel's integration if to the

region. we don't accept normalization with saudi arabia anytime soon, but we do expect flights from israel will be able to fly over saudi air space as a result of this trip and also muslims flying from israel will be able to fly directly to the kingdom to attend the hajj pilgrimage. again, we don't expect any achievement toward the peace process. there are expected to be announcements regarding additional funding for palestinian hospitals in east jerusalem for example. but president biden himself seems to have accepted the reality on the ground and as one administration official put it, if they had tried to restart the peace process, there would have been no one to sit at the table. of course iran very much at the center of the discussions here, both in terms of israel security and also its relation to israel being integrated further into the middle east. and in that wide ranging

interview that president biden gave to israel channel 12 news before arriving in the country, of course the subject of iran also came up. >> most israelis are opposed to return to the iran deal and american partners in the region seem skeptical. may i ask you, many israelis wonder why you are determined to return to the deal. >> because only thing worse than the iran that exists now is an iran with nuclear weapons. and if we can return to the deal and hold them tight, i think that there it was a guy began tick mistake for the last president to get out of the deal. they are closer to a nuclear weapon now than they were before. >> you said that you were ensure iran would not acquire nuclear weapons. does that also mean that you use force against iran, is that what that means if needed? >> that is the last resort, yes. >> reporter: now, i'm not sure if we've ever heard president biden speak in such strident

terms before, but it would suggest that the gap between the u.s. and israel vis-a-vis iran and its nuclear program is narrowing. >> what is the position with regard the palestinians? i mean, the president will be meeting with mahmoud abbas, the head of the p.a., but given there is no clear indication that the israeli/palestinian is on the table for joe biden, he said that, how do the panh palestinians feel about this trip? >> reporter: look, i think that people generally accept the reality that there isn't much process processspect of the peace proce being revived. the biden administration has supported the two state solution and one of the discussions that he and lapid will discuss today is trying to keep alive the

prospect of that two state solution. and indeed in that interview president biden talked about how by helping integrate israel further into the region, as a result building on those abraham accords, that at some point down the road that could help in leading to some kind of solution, some kind of two state solution between israel and the palestinians. but i don't think that anyone is under any illusions what is going to be possible as a result of this trip. not least of course because we've got a new prime minister in israel, we've got new elections -- more elections coming up in november, and it is very hard to even hold out the hope of further discussions let alone successful discussions if you don't even know who is going to be sitting at the table or what views they will hold. >> elliott gotkine in jerusalem for the first part of this middle east trip by the u.s. president. elliott, thank you. mr. biden will meet with mahmoud

abbas as i said in bethlehem on friday, but almost no one as we've been reporting is expecting any major breakthroughs. this report by hadas gold. >> reporter: abbas made a rare venture into english five years ago. several months later, that hope proved to have been terribly misplaced. >> it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> reporter: under donald trump, u.s. policy tilted heavily towards israel. le palesthe palestinian office washington was closed. and almost all economic aid to the palestinians was switched off. so when joe biden won the election, there was great relief among many in the palestinian community. but that relief has little to

show in terms of action. the biden administration highlights renewed financing. about half a billion dollars, mostly on schools, hospitals and other humanitarian aid projects. further $100 million is set to be announced on this trip including some money for palestinian hospitals in east jerusalem. but politically the white house seems unwilling to pressurize really over continued expansion of west bank settlements and weak in the face of israel's resistance over plans to reopen the consulate in jerusalem. one of his close st aides -- >> they have been talking about these issues for more than a year but nothing has been achieved. we continue to hope this visit will produce serious outcomes that it provides hope and a political horizon. >> reporter: his visit to the west bank will take him to bethlehem just a few miles south of jerusalem where the president

will find it hard to avoid stark reminders of the conflict. one issue likely staring president biden right in the face, killing of a beshireen ab akleh, this giant mural is right on the road that you take. for many the death of the palestinian american reporter shot dead while covering a military operation has been inadequate and indicative they believe of the u.s. unwillingness to force israel to get serious about peace and bringing an end to occupation. >> putting an end to this injustice, to this impune immunity is important to shed light on what we continue to endure.une immunity is important to shed light on what we continue to endure. thats t s today gold, cnn, bethlehem.

>> and we're still waiting on that bilateral meeting and we'll of course bring that to you as soon as it happens. i'm becky anderson in jetta. in saudi arabia, the second leg of mr. biden's trip once he is done with jerusalem and the west bank, we are hearing more from us in the hours to come. for the time being let's throw it back to christina in london. >> thanks so much, becky. as the january 6 committee prepares for its next hearing, we have new information first on cnn about another potential instance of witness intimidation. this time however the alleged incident wasn't directed at any former trump officials or advisers, but rather a member of the white house support staff. ryan nobles explains why this has raised all sorts of red flags for the committee. >> reporter: this is a significant development in the january 6 investigation. and it goes back to tuesday's hearing. that is when vice chair liz

cheney revealed that the committee had been in contact with a witness who said that they had gotten a phone call out of the blue from former president donald trump. they declined that call and instead referred that information to their attorney and then the attorney took the information to the department of justice. d cheney said it made the committee nervous and said that they would not tolerate any form of witness intimidation and handed the information over the to the department of justice. but a phone call unto itself does not seem that that would rise to the level of intimidation particularly when the witness did not answer the phone. but what we have learned, the timing of the phone call, who it was drepgts directeded to and w witness those is what raised concerns. we're told it was a member of the support staff, not a member of the political testify or a member of the trump administration but someone who worked physically at the white house and had the ability to corroborate at least a portion of cassidy hutchinson's explosive testimony. and this person had limited

interaction with the former president. so when they got a call out of the blue just a few days after hutchinson's testimony, that made this person concerned, the reason that they went to their attorney and the attorney then went to the january 6 select committee. it is unclear what the department of justice will do with this information. we do know that this particular witness has had some level of communication with the committee, they have not been deposed and the committee does not expect that they will end up having this person sit for a deposition or appear in a public hearing. but committee chairman bennie thompson told me today that he does expect we'll learn more about this call and why it had the committee so concerned in the days and weeks ahead. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. the committee has not yet officially announced the date of its next hearing, but it is expected to be held next week. committee members say that it will focus on trump's actions during the 187 minutes the u.s. capitol came under siege from

his supporters. we're learning that the sir lankan president gotabaya rajapaksa is now headed to singapore after initially fleeing to the maldives. he has yet to officially submit his resignation. this after chaotic scenes in the capital yesterday. protestors stormed the prime minister's office wednesday furious that the president had fled the country and named the prime minister as him interim replacement. kyung lah is following the developments for us. the promised resignation of the president has not yet happened, so despite the relative calm today, it remains a very volatile situation. tell us what has been happening there today. >> reporter: yeah, on the ground there is a lot of apprehension because they just don't know what is going to be happening next after really a chaotic and

nutty day on the ground in the capital of sri lanka. what we are just learning in the last hour or so is that the president continues to be on the move. after fleeing his country and not turning in his resignation, he went to the maldives and we're now learning that he is heading to singapore. where he goes next, is that his final destination, we just don't know. we don't know what the next page is. and we don't know what this sort of news is going to do as far as the relative calm that they are seeing on the ground today. yesterday was simply -- and over the weekend too, you could see that there was a lot of rage of the people trying to figure out what they could do to try to take control of a government and try really to overthrow a government that they feel is failing them. they are facing outrageous inflation, 40% inflation, they are not able to find fuel, medicine, enough food to feed their families.

there are many reports that people are skipping meals in order to just survive day by day. and they blame squarely, not just the global woes of inflation and the war in ukraine, but the mismanagement of the country by this president. when he fled, the prime minister, someone who they view as an arm of an illegitimate president, took over. so what happens next? well, the protestors on the ground through their lawyers have said that they are going to leave two of the three buildings that they had occupied, they will remain in the president's office. so christina, breaking every hour, we are seeing more and more developments on the ground in sri lanka. >> let's hope that happens. kyung lah, thank you very much. and now in the u.s., americans are seeing rapidly rising prices as inflation surges to a new 40 year high. according to new economic data, consumer prices rose 9.1% last month compared to the year

before. that is a higher reading than may and much higher figures than many economists had forecasted. the u.s. vice president had this reaction. >> there is no question that we still have work do, but it is important to note that these numbers do not fully reflect the recent drop in gas prices. average national gas prices have fallen every day for nearly 30 days. president joe biden and i are always fighting to make sure that working families can get ahead and stay ahead. >> but over the past year costs for basic necessities have soared. gasoline prices saw the biggest jump nearly 60%. food prices are up 10% and shelter costs are more than 5.6% higher. americans say they are feeling the squeeze from the rising cost of living. >> i don't feel like i have any confidence on when the prices

are going to go down. so it has been a little frustrating. >> used to spend like $50 a week in gas and now it is $120, $130. >> are you nervous about the future? >> yes, of course. >> i'm not making ends meet. i'm spending my savings. i get paid tomorrow and already my whole pay check is spoken for. and it is the first time in my life i've had to apply for food stamps because i don't know how we'll continue eating groceries. >> now bank of america is predicting a downturn could be coming soon. it says the u.s. economy is slowing faster than expected because of high inflation and a mild recession is likely later this year. some are now wondering whether the federal reserve may look to take more aggressive action. >> the fed is an independent agency and i really do not want to speak to what they will or will not do. need to have the space to read the data and make the

professional judgment that they will be making. what this subggests, many peopl ask are we in the inflation, and at least on the employment side and labor market, we still have a healthy economy. and the president understands that in order to bring down inflation, the fed needs to cool the economy to some extent. >> the u.s. stock market also reacting to the latest inflation figure with all three major indexes closing down slightly on wednesday. we're now just hours away from a new trading day on wall street. here is a look at where the u.s. stock futures stand at this hour. dow, s&p and nasdaq all showing down in the red. now, heatwaves, flooding, wildfires. extreme weather events pounding people across the globe. next, how the climate crisis is affecting three continents at the same time. may affect blood pressure, they can't just take anything f for their pain. tylelenol® is the #1 dr. recommended pain relief brand

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jiang. we know that it is not unusual to see heatwaves in china, but frankly, nothing quite like this. >> reporter: that's right. and it is a double whammy also amid covid cases especially involving omicron subvariant ba.5. in many parts of the country including in shanghai. and because of the zero covid policy, that automatically translates into new lockdowns and mass testing. imagine having to line up for hours in the street in the sun to get tested. so we see covid workers in full hazmat suits resorting to touching, hugging or lying on huge blocks of ice to cool themselves down. and what is extraordinary of course is also how widespread and long lasting it has been,

affectingin i900 million chines. and red alert means temperature would exceed 104 degrees fahrenheit in the coming 24 ho hours. shanghai, the feels like temperature actually could be ten degrees higher than what is being reported by the weather service. so speaking as someone with a 5-year-old daughter, i think right now we could all use some of the elsa magic from the "frozen" movies. >> i feel for you with a 5-year-old daughter in that heat. let's turn to tom sater. just explain to us what is happening here, why are we seeing so many -- so much high temperature in many different regions simultaneously? >> we've seen this, it is almost every season, doesn't matter northern hemisphere or southern hemisphere, we're breaking monthly records, all-time records.

the entire northern hemisphere is sweltering right now. the benchmark heatwave in europe 2003 was horrendous, some estimates over 6,000 or 7,000 lives were lost. and that is a little different what we'll see now. yes, some of these temperatures will be higher than 2003, but it was the duration, the consistent days, consecutive days. doesn't look like much. notice that little spin off the coast of portugal? counterclockwise spin will bring uptons of heat, this contininenl air mass made will surge up through france, up toward britain. could britain see 40 degrees? ps to be. it is possible. unlikely, but close to that. and we have our level three amber alerts, you can see it here, this was originally just for sunday. but the temperatures will be hire higher monday/tuesday so they have extended it. 102 in the united kingdom, 115 france, 117 portugal and spain.

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welcome back. i'm becky anderson in jetta in saudi arabia where we are following joe biden's first visit to the middle east since he became u.s. president. right now he is just about to begin a meeting with the new israeli prime minister yair lapid in jerusalem. tomorrow he travels to bethlehem in the west bank for talks with the palestinian authority president zelenskyy mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will beelenskyy mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will benskyy mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will bey mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will be mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will bemahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will be meeting with saudi leaders and other leaders from the re region. there are no plans for mr. biden to meet with the family of slain journalist shireen abu akleh. officials are examining bullet that killed her but said that they could got reach a

definitive conclusion on who fired it. her niece explained why her family wants to speak with president biden. >> it would show that the president cares about palestinian american lives and cares about making a difference and most importantly that he is on the right path upholding israel accountable and listening from a family that is grieving. that is all that we're asking is to sit with us and to listen our concerns. it is also a matter of upholding the values that the president continues to preach about human rights, democracy, and most importantly about press freedom. >> i find it really interesting when she mentioned that he can't ignore it because it is part of the issues that are here. and so for you, he can't come here without meeting you, without talking about shireen.

>> because shireen's case represents the bigger picture of what happens in palestine on a daily basis, it represents the injustice, the oppression and just how our lives are -- we're constantly a target. shireen was not the first journalist to be killed and she wasn't the last. so putting an end to this injustice, putting an end to this impunity saheds lights on what we continue to endure. >> and the middle east correspondent is joining me live from jerusalem. is it clear whether the white house will concede to shireen's family's wishes or at this point does it seem as if they are somewhat trying to draw a line under her death? >> i would say the latter at this point. i mean, starting with the fact

that the state department put out this report last week, this sort of very carefully worded rather inconclusive report before the president came here, they were hoping that would be enough to take this issue off the table. the secretary of state has invited shireen's family to washington to have a meeting in washington. but i think that they are very keen to avoid having any sort of meeting while the president is here the next day or so. >> president biden insists that his trip to the middle east is in america's national interests. gregg, how. >> well, that is a good question. i think the white house has been unclear at times over the past few weeks about how this is in mer america's national interests. i think the first leg of this trip, the virgin islands it to really and occupied west bank, everyone here knows that that is a side show, not much substance to it. there is a brief meeting with mahmoud abbas tomorrow, but the

real trip begins friday afternoon when he lands in jeddah. i think that the president will go to saudi arabia and push the big producers to ramp up i'll production. not sure how far he will get there, but that is his main concern. we saw yesterday inflation figures coming up to 9.1% in the united states and that is an electoral disaster in the making for the democrats. so there is that and then there is this broader question for the administration of israeli/arab normalization which they have been trying to push not only as a foreign policy win, but they see that as a way for america potentially to reduce its military presence in the region if there is more military cooperation between its partners in the region. >> and there is clear momentum across the gulf and the middle east to better integrate economies and security files. and that includes with israel as

you point out, and that as you rightly suggest suits america as it looks to reorganize its presence as it were and influence on the middle east. i guess that begs the question, what is the prospect that the president can move the needle at all on further normalization between israel and arab states, particularly saudi where i am? >> well, i can say everyone here in israel that i've spoken to over the past few weeks, that my colleagues have spoken to, they downplaying the prospect of any breakthrough of any normalization. and i think that they are right do that. saudis have made it clear that they don't want to rush into a deal, they will settle for some incremental steps. they are headed for a deal, i think it is a question of when rather than if the saudis will

normalize with israel. so i think that the president will announce some token gestures between israel and saudi arabia towards a more normal relationship. but we're a long way from the sort of ties that israel and the uae or israel and back hrain ha developed the past few years. >> this is a very different place, saudi arabia, from that which the former president donald trump visited back in 2017 on what was his first foreign trip. gregg, thank you. we are here in jeddah in saudi arabia and an important leg, strategic leg as far as the white house is concerned in resetting the relationship with saudi arabia particularly as energy security of course is front and center given what the world is going through with regard to go owe po geopolitics.

we'll have more ahead as we follow the president's trip. he is as we've been reporting expected to be meeting in a bilateral with yair lapid, the prime minister of israel. as soon as we get images of that and word of that, we will bring that to you. an important meeting for both those leaders. for the time being, i'll throw it back to christina in london for you. >> yes, we'll continue to monitor that. thanks very much, becky. blockaded for months in ukrainian ports, there are hopeful signs that millions of tons of grain will soon get out to the world. those details when we return. i'm jonanathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85,

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the russians. for the second time in two days, ukraine claims it hit russian military targets far from the front lines. this video was shot by the pro-russian administrator, russia's military is responding with stepped up attacks on multiple fronts. ukrainian officials say a massive russian attack of more than ten missiles were fired into mykolaiv early thursday and one person was reported injured. meanwhile there are encouraging signs that millions of tons of grain will finally get shipped to the international market. negotiations in istanbul ended wednesday with the outline of an agreement. turkey, ukraine and russia have agreed to a joint coordination center under the miauspices of e u.n.

final deal to get the grain good ports moving could come as early as next week. let's bring in scott mclean in the ukrainian capital. promising news of a potential deal over that ukrainian grain. but elsewhere, as we've been saying, fighting intensifying in the south overnight. bring us up-to-date. >> reporter: yeah, that is correct. and i should mention that there is a backlog of almost 100 ships waiting to sale, waiting to take grain up the danube river to market. but the agricultural minister says that will take weeks to clear. the situation as of late has been helped by the fact that ukrainians are now in control the snake island. whoever controls that island can control the shipping lanes in that area. but even with snake island in control, and i should also point out that the russians tried to drop a bomb on it according to the ukrainians yesterday, but they say that they missed. even with ukrainians in control of snake island, it is still a fraction of the grain that is

normally shipped out through black seaports that is actually able to leave the country right now. you mentioned the meetings in istanbul which brought the outline of a potential agreement. president zelenskyy seems optimistic. >> translator: we are indeed making significant efforts to restore food supply to the world market. i am grateful to the united nations and turkey for their respective efforts. the success of the story is needed not only by our state but also without exaggeration by the whole world. if it is possible to remove the russian threat to shipping it in the black sea, it will remove the severity of the global food crisis. >> reporter: and you also mentioned the intensifying fighting in the south. mayor of mykolaiv said there were powerful explosions this morning. we know that it was tens that

and one hit a hotel. and it looks like it took a direct hit. what is remarkable here, only one person that we know of so far was actually injured. that space between mykolaiv and the city of kherson has really been one of the most intense areas along the front lines as of late. yesterday there was another strike reported about 60 kilometers outside of kherson on what the ukrainians describe as a cache of ammunition. they also claim that it was the himars system supplied by the u.s. that was used in the strike, something that they say has really been a game changer especially in the east where they are managing to take out russian supply lines and keep the front lines where they are. >> scott mclean, thanks so much there in kyiv. still to come, the latest on the trial for detained u.s. basketball player brittney griner which resumes today in moscow. ur pain and your doubt.

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to ten years in a russian prison. but the u.s. state department says she's been wrongfully detained since her arrest in february. in laer letter to the u.s. president, she said that she fears she may be in russia forever. presumably the move to plead guilty was a california could y you -- calculated one by her lawyers to ensure a lighter sentence. what are the chances of that? >> i think that we'll see today, cameras are not allowed there, but she has pleaded guilty and her lawyers will make the case that she has accepted responsibility, she said that she didn't mean to break the law, this was an accident, that these vape cartridges of hashish ended up in her luggage because she was packing in a hurry. she has played basketball in russia in the offseason, so they

are hoping that the arguments would lead to the lighter stens because the charges carry a maximum of ten years. this is the transportation of drugs across border. it doesn't matter that she only had 0.7 grams. the amount doesn't matter because of the charge being related to carrying the drugs across border. so serious charges. and in russia, it is very rare to get an acquittal in a criminal trial. 0 0.2%. >> how likely are we do hear a verdict anytime soon? >> i think certainly sounds sort of counterintuitive, but enon the side of her supporters, they will look for a verdict very soon. her lawyers said if not today at least by early august. and that is significant because russia, the deputy foreign minister, has said that he doesn't think that any kind of negotiation can happen on her release until the trial is concluded. they want to carry out this

criminal proceedings. they have said all along that this is politically motivated, this is just carrying out the law in russia, so they want to conclude that before there can be any move to any political discussions about her future. >> convicted something and then something will happen. clare sebastian, thank you very much. tiktok has announced a new feature that will help users filter out content that may be problematic for young users. a company spokesman says it will limit topics on things that focus on things like dieting and extreme sadness. social media platforms have been criticized for their impact on young users. and coming soon to your netflix streaming service, advi advisements. they are partnering with microsoft to provide a cheaper service that will include ads. the timing for the launch has not been announced but "new york

times" reports that it could come by the end of this year. net fligs flix says the move is in the early days. that does it hear for "cnn newsroom." i'm christina mcfarland in london. coverage continues on "early start."

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good thursday morning. welcome to our viewers in united states and around the world. it is thursday, july 14th, i'm erica hill. right now president biden is in jerusalem meeting with israeli prime minister yair lapid. in a couple hours the two leaders will sign a joint declaration aimed at expanding the security relationship between the u.s. and israel encountering iran. wolf blitzer is live. we're expecting a news conference after the signing. what is expected to be in the security declaration? >> it will be a very strong statement of u.s. support for israel not only in terms of political support, humanitarian support, but also in terms of strategic support and working with israel in a whole host of areas. and they go into extensive