davids are back with us, ignatius and rhodes. guys, he said he did bring up mbs. up and mbs said he was not responsible and he said, no, you were, and mbs said i wasn't, and i've held those who were responsible, responsible. they held trials for the men who did it according to mbs. what do you make of what the president just said? >> so is that coming to me, katy? >> ignatius. sorry. >> yeah. so i think the president did not get some of the key deliverables that i was expecting. he talked around the question of what's going to happen on oil prices. said we'll know in a few weeks. there had been some hope that there would be a specific announcement that would have an impact on the global oil markets immediately. he described his conversation with mbs about jamal khashoggi and said he brought it up at the beginning of the meeting and i didn't hear any promise, commitment, assurance that he got from mbs that this wouldn't happen again and any indication of reform within the saudi establishment. >> yeah. >> this was about reconnecting the two countries. he did that. h

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. >> with us to talk about this, nbc news white house correspondent karoly and david ignatius, "washingtonumnist and associate editor. talk show what kind of day has it been for the president so far? >> reporter: the president has been here a little over three hours, and he's been very well received here in israel. he had an arrival ceremony at the airport, where he spoke and delivered his message of solidarity, that clip you played that the relationship between the u.s. and israel is bone deep. that was the message very well received by the israelis, and he talked about the connection between the two countries, and then he visited the holocaust memorial, and met with two holocaust survivors who emigrated to the united states. that was the very warm meaning and meaningful one, and that the president now will turn to tomorrow's meeting, where the business takes place. he will meet with the prime minister, the president of israel, as well as former prime minister benjamin netanyahu, somebody the president knows will and has not always gotten along with its expected to be a very short meeting

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bring in -- it is related, of course -- columnist and associate editor for the "washington post," david ignatius. david, i'd like to start with the latest news out of the trip, which is president biden's bilateral meeting with the prime minister of israel. they talked about the iranian threat. the president made some pretty clear comments on iran, making clear the deal should be back on and that there should not be a nuclear iran. even force would be necessary. what do you make of the president's trip to israel and these comments on iran? >> mika, two basic points. i think biden is trying to reestablish the fundamental importance of the u.s./israel relationship. he has been a strong supporter of israel for decades. when he arrived, he said the relationship was bone deep, in his words, he meant it. he is arriving in israel at an interesting time of transition. israel is between elections. the prime minister he is meeting with, lapid, is a transitional figure. he's someone biden can talk easily with. netanyahu, the former and perhaps future prime minister, waits in the wings. that's a much more pr

i'm david ignatius a columnist for the post my guest today is bill browder. who was the founder of hermitage capital one of the biggest investors in russia after the fall of communism. now one of the biggest critics in the world of russian president vladimir putin, mr. brighter has a new book freezing order the true story of money laundering murder and surviving vladimir putin's wrath bill bradder. thank you so much for joining us on washington post live. great to be here. thank you. before we talk about your book. i want to first ask our viewers to join in our conversation if you have questions for bill browder, please tweet them to us at post live and we'll try to select the questions that come in over the next half hour and and put them to our our guest second. i want to ask you to focus before we talk about your book on the war in in ukraine it be interested in your sense of the the battlefield right now as russia launches its second round they failed in their efforts to capture keith. how do you assess this next phase of the war that began this week? wel

"the washington post" david ignatius joins us to discuss the president's trip to saudi arabia. what does it say about the country's priority after president biden vowed to make the kingdom a pariah. >>> they have been there for the attack and every hearing. what are the lawyers bearing witness and what they want the public to know. what they want e what they want e public to know. that's your why. it's your purpose, and we will work with you every step of the way to achieve it. at pnc private bank, we'll help you take care of the how. i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking at pnc private bank, in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people. i think most adults will start realizing that they don't recall things as quickly as they used to or they don't remember things as vividly as they once did. i've been taking prevagen for about three years now. people say to me periodically, "man, you've got a memory like an elephant." it's really, really helped me tremendously. prevagen. healthier brain. better

david ignatius writes this in the "the washington post."y one biden congress might blow it. he writes come on, mr. president, get it done. crack some heads you can't fix everything in our messed up country but you can deliver on promise to create good high tech jobs in the semiconductor industry and compete with china for the strategic high ground. a lot of people might be watching that and wondering why does your industry need federal help to the tune of $52 billion to compete internationally? whether a would you say? >> well, we need to have a level playing field with countries such as in asia. these countries for more than 20 years have invested through government support hundreds of billions of dollars bringing manufacturing of those industries in those asian countries. and it is now time that we, actually the reverse this trend and build more semiquick tores here in the u.s. yes, it is absolutely about jobs. it is about national, economic security because, you know, semiconductors are the backbone of all industries today. we have recen

that is a headline by david ignatius that discusses there's data behind my post travel experience. highlighting the work of dr. michael maizer who spent a year analyzing the characteristics of national competitive success. his data clearly reflects that morale in america is low, there's actual evidence that we have declining national ambition and that younger americans increasingly do not believe the nation is exceptional or that the country is not on the right track toward greatness. the evidence shows our country is fearful and pessimistic and still there is hope. is the world really falling apart, or does it just feel that way. that was max fisher channelling harvard's steven pinker who's going to join me in a moment. he addressed that question in his "new york times" front page story noting war is less common, globally, we've had less genocides and overall quality of life has improved in recent decades. max fisher argues that improvements aren't things that we don't see. we don't see wars that never happened, or deaths that were prevented by modern medicine, and the data sugges

>> well put, kelly o'donnell, thank you for joining us and david rhodes and david ignatius, thank you, gentlemen for all of context, analysis and insight surrounding this meeting for saudi arabia. that will do it for me two full hours. "deadline: white house" is next. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> hi there, everyone. it's 4:00 in the east. we start with the series of developments in the last 24 hours that reveal the republican party's true identity, intentions and brand. it's depravity in going beyond simply celebrating in their view the overturning of a constitutional right exercised for 50 years in the united states of america upon the right's extremist mindset when it comes to denying nearly all abortion rights for all women in america in the aftermath of roe versus wade being overturned is a warning sign to all americans right now of what they envision for all women including the most vulnerable among us. on capitol hill, republicans are willing to infringe on a person's right to travel in order to hold up their draconian bans on abortion in republican-led states. >> on thursday, senate republicans b

david ignatius asked secretary of the us air force, as it were, a memo.hy not give them to ukraine. what the venerable a10s need to get rid of from the legacy of the us air force, warthog, these are not the systems we will need in the fight against the adversaries that are of greatest concern today. why not give these planes to ukraine. there are several international opportunities for them to use old american weapons systems? as such , we are open to discussing their requirements and how we can meet them. during of telephone conversations with biden, xi jinping said that china would firmly defend its sovereignty, while saying that he who plays with fire will set himself on fire, this phrase, given comrade xi's traditional politeness, should be regarded as beijing's demonstrative position in relation to washington and its world order . the ministry of defense of the prc has already stated that the actions of the americans in the taiwan strait can lead to war, that the truth is biden, as stated in the white house , he said that the united states does not s

the past two decades, in low- intensity combat operations in a mission-friendly environment, david ignatiused the secretary of the air force, as if in passing, why not give them to ukraine, the venerable a10 planes will leave, warthog, these are not the systems that we will need in the fight against those adversaries that cause the greatest concern today. how many warthogs do you need to take kherson the correct answer is not at all airplanes washington will not hand it over, nor kherson, they cannot, in fact, zelensky is only interested in exporting ukrainian grain to europe for the sake of it. today, he personally even without his beloved armor-best. halter arrived in the odessa port of course, not alone, as usual. he covered himself with western ambassadors and diplomats. well, westerners can be understood to withdraw all the wheat and corn from ukraine for them a vital necessity. in america, only a few realize what is happening in ukraine and in fact and where the billions of dollars are going, from which would not interfere at all with the american economy in its current state. they ob