four weeks ago he said he was coming for the wider gulf cooperation council meeting, not tonight theund -- not to meet the crown prince. yet, they spend a lot of time together today. joe biden said the meeting was important for the stability of the middle east. he does not want to leave a vacuum here that china and russia can move into. he said it was a vital meeting, but there is no doubt that people will question what kind of image this creates for the u.s. on the world stage. michelle: this trip was always going to be so controversial. how has the rest of the trip to the middle east been? anna: the trip to israel was very much what you would expect. two very strong allies. joe biden and the israeli prime minister exchanged words. what was really notable was this morning when joe biden went to the occupied west bank. he went to bethlehem and visited the church of the nativity and had a meeting with the palestinian president. they talked about the potential for two state solution, something that has been raised for so long, but still seems, after joe biden's meeting today, very far

even four weeks ago, he said that he was only coming here for the summit of the gulf cooperation council rememberjoe biden, from his time on the election campaign trail, had talked about saudi arabia as a pariah because of the killing of jamal khashoggi, the journalist who was brutally murdered in the consulate in istanbul back in 2018. he, in the first weeks of his presidency, refused to communicate with saudi arabia, in that time where they normally do a round of talks and introductions with different world leaders. and this was something that i raised in the early hours of the morning when i sat down and interviewed saudi arabia's foreign minister, adel bin ahmed al—jubeir. and i asked him about notjust that pariah comment — what he thought of it — but why he thoughtjoe biden had changed his mind and decided to come here and have that meeting. what happens in a political campaign generally doesn't survive the reality of being in office, because in office you have access to information, you have access to advisers, you have access to intelligence, and you are governing and conducting t

biden's visit to saudi arabia is to attend the gathering of leaders of 9 countries from the gulf cooperation council. but the meeting that was set to draw the more scrutiny has already taken place. an earlier i spoke with our correspondent caroline, at shamore in washington, and asked her what findings interactions with the saudi crown prince say about his policy towards the kingdom well to her they. and these kind of visits between world leaders are normally carefully choreographed towards the final press of course, or the conferences and the joint statements of both parties. so we can definitely say that this is very much about the uptake. some say it was just a fist bomb and that, that is different to a hand take a shake. the truth is that this doesn't matter. the fact is that what we're seeing here is a big big you turn in biden's foreign policy and it's a real, a re calibration of his relationship to saudi arabia. the prince and the president of the united states had a meeting that last is more than 2 hours, and this is also part of this image, and of this change that we're seeing and all of th

biden's visit to saudi arabia is to attend the gathering of leaders of 9 countries from the gulf cooperation council. but the meeting that was set to draw, the more scrutiny has already taken place. well, what do biden's interactions with the saudi crown prince say about his policy towards the kingdom? that's where i asked chintz. he a bianco, a visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations here in blue. well, that relationship between the 2 countries is rather strained at the moment, and the fact that the u. s. president has decided to make the crime principle because of the killing of general shoji is one of the reasons why the reasons include the fact that the u. s has been taking steps back from its traditional role is a security guarantor for saudi arabia and for regional security. more logically speaking, i think, you know, this meeting is clearly a, it is a clear indication that that strategy. hm. but failed. unfortunately, the geopolitical realities of needing to find the energy security and the security of energy prices as a prevail the over human rights considerations. ginge

biden's visit to saudi arabia is to attend the gathering of leaders of 9 countries from the gulf cooperation council. but the meeting that was set to draw the more scrutiny has already taken place. well, i'm joined now by chance here bianco, a visiting fellow at the european council on foreign relations based here in berlin arch into and welcome to d. w. so president biden says he believes the saudi crown prince was responsible for the murder of jamal her trogie. yet we saw those images of him fist bumping him . so what does this actually tell us about the relationship between the us and saudi arabia? well did relationship between the 2 countries is rather strained at the moment. and the fact that the u. s. president has decided to make the crown prince of prya because of the killing of general kasha g. is one of the reasons why are the reasons include the fact that the u. s. has been taking steps back from its traditional role is a security guarantor for saudi arabia and for regional security. more largely speaking. i think, you know, this meeting is clearly a, it is a clear indication that that st

are following what is a pivotal day of bilateral meetings between president biden and the gulf cooperation councilypt, iraq and jordan. this coming of course just hours after his controversial meeting with the saudi crown prince. >> and i'm kim brunhuber live at cnn center in atlanta where we'll have the latest on the missile strikes by russia targeting civilians in kyiv. we'll have the latest. >>> well, it's 11:00 in the morning in saudi arabia, day two of president joe biden's controversial visit to the kingdom. right now we do expect mr. biden to begin a bilateral meeting with the iraqi prime minister. that will be followed later this hour with a one on one meeting with the president of egypt, and next out with the leader of the

. >>> it's now noon here in saudi arabia, and the leaders of the gulf cooperation council plus three will soon be gathering for their rather important summit. president biden will be meeting one-on-one this hour with the president of the united arab emirates. earlier he talked with the leaders of egypt and iraq. the summit officially gets under way in the next hour after president biden and others is a assemble for what's called the classic photo, which is expected at the top of the hour. >>> the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi certainly cast appal. president biden is hoping this trip will help move the two countries forward, while still making clear, he says, that he holds mohammad bin salman, the crown prince, responsible for the killing. here's what he said after meeting with the crown prince in jeddah on friday. >> i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on the issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we are and who i am. >> reporter: but some find it difficult, especially the president's critics, to sq

another busy day for president biden as he is meeting with leaders of on the sidelines of the gulf cooperation council summit in saudi arabia. mr. biden is expected to hold one on one talks shortly with egypt's president al-sisi . he recently reaffirmed egypt's commitment to gulf security, calling it an expansion and an extension of egypt's national security. let's listen in to what they have to say. me. so thank are very much for this opportunity and to stress the strategic relationship. and we're standing ready to take it to a whole new level on all fronts. mr. president, i am sure mr. line, let's go . bye bye bye. we're leaving. all right. let's go to for more on biden's meeting with the egyptian president. going to turn to white house correspondent peter doocy, who is traveling with the president. peter , i think i heard somebody ask something about russia and that that messaging there at the end and there was so much crosstalk, i couldn't hear it. also, like the last one of these things that played out, we are going to have to check the tape. but this is a very interesting sit down. the president

the one on one chats will take place on the sidelines of the gulf cooperation council summit in jeddah, saudi arabia. likely on the agenda as i ran security and the economic initiatives with the us . so what does president biden hope to accomplish during these one on one meetings? we're going to turn it over to white house correspondent peter doocy, who is traveling with the president. hi, peter . actually , good morning. and you hit the nail on the head there. the big focus of today's meetings is going to be on iran right now. the big concern for leaders in the gulf that the president is going to be meeting with separately and then together today is iran's nuclear program. what exactly are they going to do? they're the top two foes in the region for iran. are saudi arabia, where we are today with the president and israel where we were for the last couple of days with the president and things are apparently of great enough concern now that israel and saudi arabia have this first in a lifetime dialog going on . they are the first line kind of relations came yesterday when saudi arabia a

joe biden is visiting the middle east today, he will take part in the summit of the arab gulf cooperation councile, in particular, they will consider the issue of lowering the price of oil and increasing its production, easing sanctions against the russian state will mean increased blackmail from moscow, this will make the event even more vulnerable, the minister of foreign affairs of germany stated that the removal of some of the restrictions will not help to solve the problems. at the same time, she added that the adoption violations of international law will be an invitation to all those who despise human rights, freedom and democracy, therefore the head of the german foreign ministry assures that berlin will support ukraine as much as necessary, almost two and a half billion euros, so much will be allocated by germany to ukrainian refugees . bertus gael, our immigrants are registering at the bureau . looking for work. so the number of unemployed has increased in germany. currently, about 360,000 people are registered in the social security system. ukrainians, 260,000 of them are looking for w

this is the gulf cooperation council that also includes iraq, jordan, egypt, and what we expect we'll see is all of these leaders lining up for likely what they call the family photo. yeah. yeah, i think we we were looking. we were looking at those pictures just a minute ago. these alive pictures coming from jetta. there we go. ah, that is what we think is going to be the family 1st. are all the leaders coming together? ah, kimberly. we're reaching the end of the strip biden. heads home, back to the u. s. and in a few hours time. what does he really have to show for this trip? well, the problem for the president is the biggest agenda item has not been accomplished . that was of domestic in nature, he needed to push the saudis to pump more oil to bring down energy prices in the united states back well has not been accomplished. having said that, the u. s. president does believe that there are other goals that are a value, it's just that they aren't going to really reap the benefit for some time. now, the president says that the groundwork has been laid for some of those goals. for exam

s. president spent his final day of his treble meeting with leaders from the gulf cooperation council along with jordan, egypt, and iran manny. his goal is to reassert america's leadership role. one he fears is slowly being eroded by geopolitical rivals. zone becoming clear to me and how closely interwoven america's interests are with the successes. normally, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china. russia were ran by didn't face as high inflation back home driven partly by a spike in energy prices. so he's pushing gulf leaders, including saudi arabia, to ramp up oil production and bring down fuel costs a goal. he's failed to achieve the comb. lincoln, we don't want to have the magic. the kingdom will carry out its role with regards to oil and gas production, as it announced increasing its production capacity to $13000000.00 barrels a day. saudi arabia will no longer be able to increase production beyond that, a month ago. returning to the us, empty handed is a problem for president grappling with low approval ratings. biden's also being criticized for resetting

does the us really have their well, from the perception of saudi arabia and generally the gulf cooperation council states. they view the us to have lost interest and kind of withdrawing from the region. now here in washington, many officials deny that. and so they have been in the last decade been diversifying their alliances, both regionally and internationally. and part of that is diversifying their alliances with great powers, such as china and russia. how do you think the, the biden administration will be viewing this visit? was it a success this father is they were consent? i think the by going to ministration would probably view it as a success if there's going to be some tangible changes in gas prices as a result of it. i think this is a very important issue for the his administration and particularly the democratic party because they are looking to win the midterm elections that are upcoming and inflation and gas prices are key issues for voters. president biden also briefly met with the palestinian president. does saudi arabia care that so little seems to be offered right now to the pales

and it was only four weeks ago that he said he was coming here for the wider gulf cooperation councilng, not to meet crown prince mohammed bin salman — and yet, that's what happened. they spent a lot of time together today. joe biden said that coming here and having that meeting was important for the stability of the middle east because he doesn't want to leave a vacuum here that the likes of china and russia can move into. he said it was a vital meeting but there will be no doubt people who see what has happened here and they question what kind of image that creates for the us on the world stage. earlier, i spoke tojonathan panikoff, the director of the scowcroft middle east security initiative at the atlantic council's middle east program, and asked him about the criticism biden faced on his visit. i understand those criticisms but i think the move to go to saudi arabia was absolutely the right one and the president, more frankly, did it the right way. he had the meeting privately. the criticism was done privately without first telegraphing it to the press that he would be bringing

is that a gulf cooperation council meeting in jetta? which takes place on saturday or joining me again here on set is our white house correspond, kimmy hawk it. so kimberly, we finally reached the real crux of the trip. don't we? he is now heading to saudi arabia where he is hoping for some magic disney. yeah, that's right. well 1st of all, the u. s. president is hoping to make history by i'm leaving ben gory an airport in israel. he'll be the 1st u. s. president to make that flight on air force one to jetta directly. so this is significant and the president has been anxious to do that, but when he lands, he is going to have a bit of a ceremony, a welcoming ceremony. and everyone's going to be watching very carefully as the president does. this, the real crux of the visit is about oil prices and getting the saudi king to pump more oil. but what americans are really going to be watching is how he is received by the saudi kingdom. specifically, will there be a handshake with the saudi crown prince? we do know that in fact, that the king w

e. iraq. egypt, before he expands, to meet with the broader gulf cooperation council. that includes also a rock jordan, egypt. it's known as the g, c, c plus 3, and this is where there's going to be the opportunity to have those broad diplomatic discussions and really get into kind of the meat of the visit that the president was really trying to do. that is, reassert the united states in the region in terms of its interests in its values. this is where the president really hopes to make some gain. so this is important to the present. this is important to his advisors because what they see as, as this being critically important for the relationships but also of strategic value to the united states. because the big concern being that if the united states does not maintain these relationships, there is this sort of security vac you and this vacuum that is increasingly being filled by both russia and china. how do you think he will return to the u. s. as he is he going back empty handed willie have achieved what he wanted from this trip? in short? no. and this is a problem

s. president spent his final day of his trap meeting with leaders from the gulf cooperation council, along with jordan, egypt, and iraq. his goal is to reassert america's leadership role. one he fears is slowly being eroded by geopolitical rivals, zone becoming clear to me. now how closely interwoven america's interests are with the successes. normally, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china. russia were ran binding faces high inflation back home, driven partly by a spike in energy prices. so he's pushing gulf leaders, including saudi arabia, to ramp up oil production and bring down fuel costs a goal. he's failed to achieve the comb looking. we don't have to, heather magick the kingdom of carry out. it's rolled with regards to oil and gas production, as it announced increasing its production capacity to $13000000.00 barrels a day. but saudi arabia will no longer be able to increase production beyond that multiple. returning to the u. s. empty handed is a problem for president grappling with low approval ratings. biden's also being criticized for resetting rela

s. president spent his final day of his trip meeting with leaders from the gulf cooperation council, along with jordan, egypt, and iraq. his goal to reassert america's leadership role. one he fears is slowly being eroded by geo political rivals. zone becoming clear to me how closely interwoven america's interests are with the successes, melinda, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to re filled by china. russia ran by didn't faces high inflation back home, driven partly by a spike in energy prices. so he's pushing gulf leaders, including saudi arabia, to ramp up oil production and bring down fuel costs a goal. he's failed to achieve the game. look at, we don't know if you had the magic kingdom or carry out it's rolled with regards to oil and gas production, as it announced increasing its production capacity to 13000000 barrels a day. saudi arabia will no longer be able to increase production beyond that, a month ago, it was returning to the u. s. empty handed is a problem for president grappling with low approval ratings. biden's also being criticized for resetting relations with

officials also made clear oil production was not discussed at the gulf cooperation council summit.aying opec plus follows the markets and will act accordingly . the crown prince also said saudi arabia will only increase production slightly from 10.2 to 13 million barrels a day. nothing further. president biden defended his trip today as important encountering adversaries away back. china russia or reading the core values of sovereignty and territorial integrity. are truly universal. and i want to be clear. supporting the rules based order doesn't mean we always have to agree on every issue. president biden insisted he did not sacrifice us principles in his controversial meeting with the saudis but advocated for us interests. and jetta, jackie heinrich fox news. given her gavin newsom does not mince words in his criticism of leaders from some red states tomorrow, he goes one on one with the host of our political show. the issue is and during that interview, alex michaelson asked him about the work. florida governor rhonda santos is doing you ever met rhonda sanderson? no no. you kno

. >> next president biden participates in the summit of the gulf cooperation council egypt iraq and jordan. also known as the gcc three in jeddah arabia. he talks about the us working together with middle east allies to promote rules-based international order other foreign policy objectives. and called out china, russia and iran for being destabilizing forces. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> peace be unto you. your majesty's excellencies, highes

today saudi arabia has help today restore unity among the six counties of the gulf cooperation councilfully supported the truce in yemen and now working with my experts to help stabilize oil markets with other opec producers, end quote. understandably on capitol hill, you guessed it, gop lawmakers are skeptical accusing the president of it knowing obvious answers right here at home like our own ability to produce significantly more oil which in turn could reduce inflation. >> you want enough money to be able to fill your tank with gas. you want enough money that you can buy a week's worth of groceries and you want to have enough money to pay the bills at the end of the month. but joe biden is not going there. kevin: biden is not going there and, yet there is this as well. the white house despite the heavy criticism from both ends of the political spectrum say, yes, we are slowly but steadily reducing the pain at the pump, listen. >> it's our number 1 priority to get a handle on these prices and we will. you know, the fed is taking strong action, our president's administration, we are d

s. president spent his final day of his trip meeting with leaders from the gulf cooperation council, along with jordan, egypt, and iraq. mandy, his goal is to reassert america's leadership role. one he fears is slowly being eroded by geopolitical rivals. zone becoming clear to me. now how closely interwoven america's interests are with the successes, melinda, we will not walk away. leave a vacuum refilled by china. russia ran biden faces high inflation back home, driven partly by a spike in energy prices. so he's pushing gulf leaders, including saudi arabia, to ramp up oil production and bring down fuel costs a goal. he's failed to achieve the game. look at, we don't know if you had the magic kingdom or carry out its role with regards to oil and gas production. as it announced increasing its production capacity to 13000000 barrels a day. saudi arabia will no longer be able to increase production beyond that, mobile. returning to the u. s. empty handed is a problem for president grappling with low approval ratings. biden's also being criticized for resetting relations with leaders, ac

the items president biden will be discussing with saudi arabian leaders and members of the gulf cooperation councilesident is making a note that he is looking to change, the changes in u.s. policy from the previous administration, seeing that he has reversed the "blank check policy that his predecessor had. a lot of issues are to be discussed. again, there is a potential for controversy as the president comes face-to- face with saudi leaders. >> president biden is responding, while in delaware, to the women's march that we watched yesterday, on air, from washington, d.c. what was the president's message today? >> reporter: president biden is acknowledging the fact that those protests are still occurring and he encouraged them to continue. >> it is critically important. we can do a lot of things to accommodate the rights of women , in the meantime. the only thing we can do to change this is to have a national law that reinstates roe v wade. >> president biden also said that he is, has directed some officials in his administration to take a look at this idea of declaring a public health emergency, so

with oil producers from the gulf, and now a saudi official is saying that when the whole gulf cooperation councilas in the same room, at the same time, nobody, and this includes president biden, are brought up oil production. bret? >> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn. thank you. stocks were down after disappointing numbers from several american companies today. the dow lost 216, the s&p 500 fell 32. the nasdaq was off 92. as the american president settles back in at home, russia's leader is following him to the middle east. vladimir putin is taking a rare trip abroad during his country's war with ukraine. this time heading to tehran. tehran says it is capable of building a nuclear weapon. here is senior national correspondent rich edson. >> iran can build a nuclear bomb if it wants. that's what a senior adviser to supreme leader ayatollah khomeini told al jazeera this weekend. in few days able to enrich uranium up to 60% and easily produce 90% enriched uranium. iran has the technical means to produce the nuclear bomb but there has been no decision by iran to build one. for more than a yea

today saudi arabia has helped to restore unity among the six countries of the gulf cooperation council the gcc, and has fully supported the truce in yemen and is now working with my experts to help stabilize oil markets with other opec producers. that, of course, from that that washington post op-ed. now, understand i by over on capitol hill gop lawmakers are skeptical, accusing theth president of ignoring the obvious answers here at home like our own ability to produce if significantly more oil which could, in turn, are reduce inflation. >> you want enough money to be able to fill your tank with gas. you want enough money that you can buy a week's worth of groceries, and you want to have enough money to pay the bills at the end of the month. but joe biden's not going there. >> reporter: john barrasso speaking there. the white house, for its part, says despite heavy criticism coming from, frankly, both ends of the political spectrum it is, in their opinion, improving, things are improving. and that includes reducing the pain at the pump. >> it's our number one priority to get a handle

writes, quote, today saudi arabia has helped to restore unity among the six countries of gulf cooperation council, has fully supported the truce in yemen and is working with my experts to help stabilize markets with other opec producers. the president's trip has come under criticism because of saudi arabia's role in the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. u.s. intelligence says the saudi crown prince was responsible for ordering khashoggi's murder. >> let's bring in white house reporter jasmine wright. what are we hearing from the president about this visit to saudi arabia? >> reporter: the president is in major defense mode trying to argue that america will be better off with his engagement with saudi arabia rather than worse. but i think one question that could remain with those who criticize the trip is at what cost? now, of course, as you said the criticism stems from saudi arabia's role in the killing of "the washington post" journalist, notably that is the paper where this president published the op-ed. he really responded to those criticisms directly. he said it was under him that the r

something like a new middle eastern nato and form an official military alliance with the gulf cooperation councilael and the new insight i run alliance which is not something we should do at all, we should make peace. they sponsor the bombs in 1983 but ronald reagan sold missiles a couple of years after that and that was 35 years ago. enough of the cold war against iranians and shiites. biden's that iran increased the power in the region but it was he and w bush that gave iran's best friend baghdad and he and barack obama made the syrians and the regime in yemen more dependent on iran and more before. he's not in a position to complain about this. the new order in the middle east should be withdraw and peace. kennedy: but with the united states ever do that? it's interesting, there are three things every u.s. president wants in at least one is entirely -- two are confounding they want peace between israel and palestine. they want to understand vladimir putin and they are insistent that we have this alliance with saudi arabia. i don't know why at least one regime can't stand up to the saudi's. if

he will meet with the leaders of the gulf cooperation council, eight other members other than saudi arabia actually was a a meeting certainly as mbs was the host for the gulf cooperation council there to include the united states. i think the optics it of that actually took away from the substance of the meeting but he brought those optics on himself. connell: right. >> but the substance of the meeting i think also has much to do with resetting the relationship with saudi arabia which has deteriorated quite significantly over the past 18 months. so much so that the arab world, even the israelis are wondering whether the united states is really committed to middle east. so much of this visit was about affirming that, that the united states has their backs, arabs as well as israelis the biden administration seen what transpired since the relationship deteriorated. china, russia, are moving in to influence the middle east given the vacuum created by this administration and that has a lot to do with why this visit took place. connell: china has a habit doing that all over the world. to your po

i know you asked for the same thing from the gcc, the gulf cooperation council, bahrain, kuwait.ountries agree to increase oil production? >> we did not have that conversation. the president did not make that request. i believe that when opec as it did on june 1 and made an increase in production already a 5 a% increase in production for july and august, i believe that we'll see what happens in august. i believe that we have a common understanding of supplying the market. look, neil, it's really critical to understand, just about a month ago, five weeks ago, we had oil prices over $120 and all of the analysts on your show and every other channel were saying we're going to 350. gasoline was over $5 a gallon. everybody said it's going to 6, 7, 8 and $9 a gallon. instead, we're at $103 for oil, so $20 decline in oil. gasoline, the average is $4.50 or $4.48 today. the most common gasoline price in the united states today is $3.99. >> neil: so you're taking credit for the decline. on the upside, it was vladimir putin and the war. what is it? >> well, i think we are in a war. we have t

palestinian authority and certainly in saudi arabia, meeting with nine heads of state across the gulf cooperation counciln awful lot on the agenda that we weren't talking about and the president feels those items on the agenda, they were important, the meetings were much more important than the greetings. >> i understand that, john, but the greeting is important. the optics are important. you and i had this conversation when you were working here at cnn in 2018, and donald trump was meeting with kim -- kim jong un of north korea, and we talked about the importance of the optics and how those pictures speak without people going to read the columns on what was actually accomplished or not. so does this offer the saudis the degree of potentially ra habilitation, the image alone they hoped for. >> there was no way the president wasn't going to greet the crown prince who he was post hosting on behalf of the king, and part of the bilateral discussions friday night in saudi arabia. there was no way they weren't going to meet one another and have a greeting. it was a one-second fist bump, the president moved on

dollars in food aid to the middle east and north africa, joe biden said, speaking at the gulf cooperation council now the american president is in saudi arabia. will a generous gesture help achieve any clear results in the negotiations on the topic of oil, it is not yet clear, and besides, on the eve of biden, he explicitly stated in the presence of the most powerful person in the kingdom, prince salman, that he was responsible for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, and today that the united states will not allow any one country in the middle east to dominate others in the region, how does the evil head of the white house go in the material the chief of our near eastern bureau, sergey pashkov, the royal palace, jaydee, the sterile security zone. few that the residence of the house of the saudis is guarded from the land from the seas from the air. not only that, the american special forces, who arrived in saudi arabia ahead of time, are involved in the operation. so also counter -terrorist measures, quarantine measures were added precisely by these me and they explained on the eve of a pecu

i don't understand why the meeting with the gulf cooperation council couldn't have been in a different country. but be that aside, geopolitics is crucial right now in the region. china and russia are surging influences, that's what just said, jose, and we have to push back. we have to show that the u.s. is not leaving the region. and in spite of the messy exit from afghanistan we're going to stay and we're going to build friends and in that respect, the abraham accord agreed toby the last administration are a positive development and biden should be in israel and should -- well, to the gulf. i wish it weren't saudi. to meet with all the interested parties and try to build a coalition to push back against iran and certainly push back against iran's new alliances supplying drones and meeting with some i'm sure this appalls you, jose, in venezuela. to show affiliation with that country. >> yeah, jane and peter, i thank you so much for being with us this morning. appreciate your time. >>> today marks two months since ten black people were killed in a racist massacre in a grocery store in b

today saudi arabia has helped to restore unity among the six countries of gulf cooperation council and is now working with my experts to help stabilize markets with other opec producers. i know there are many who disagree with my decision to travel to saudi arabia. my views human rights are clear and longstanding and fundamental freedoms are always on the agenda when i travel abroad. biden's visit seen as a desperate tactic to combat high gas prices which have been one of the biggest black marks on his presidency. the average gallon of regular is about 50% more than what drivers were paying just a year ago. and biden's team even changed plans for the trip because the president couldn't handle it, a claim written in a "new york times" piece, just recently, and before we get started, guys, i want to go a little further into this "new york times" article by peter baker. i will read a quote here. it explains, quote, the trip was initially tacked on to another journey last month to europe, which would have made for an arduous 10-day overseas trek until it became clear to mr. biden's team th

>> the president is going to the gulf cooperation council for that is the purpose for this trip for theaudi is the hope of host of the gcc. they have let it quite well. the president is looking forward to a range of topics we have to discuss. energy is going to be on it and of course the president will talk about energy security in the context of the gcc. he will have a bilateral discussion the king and the king's leadership team. there's an awful lot on this agenda, mike, we cannot forget. clearly it's an important global issue right now for the press understands at sardis terrorists for the war in yemen we are in a second extension that the united states help with our engagement, help get us back to the saudi's. then of course there is the issue of climate change. there is a lot going on in the gcc the presence and forward to discuss. >> we follow up no one-on-one meetings with the king or crown prince? >> the president will have bilateral discussion with king selmont and his leadership team. chrissy crown prince is on that leadership team. as you heard the president say so expects he

was, i thought, the best reason for biden's visit to the middle east, to israel and to the gulf cooperating councils of nuclear spread and in this world is quite a concerning one. jane harman, always good -- >> wait, wait, wait. one thing. and that is about ukraine. thank you for your amazing efforts there, personally in ukraine, but i went to reporters without borders last night and the ukrainian ambassador was there and said that the reporters in ukraine are as brave as the soldiers fighting for freedom in ukraine. >> those are kind words. >> kudos to all of you. >> we have a big team there and i appreciate that, jane harman, thanks so much. bianna? >> well deserved praise there. >>> this just in, the former president's son-in-law slamming one of trump's staunchest allies. in a new excerpt in his new book "breaking history: a white house memoir" provided to cnn, jared kushner dectails his clashes wih steve bannon. he describes bannon's presence in the west wing as, quote, toxic. >> kushner claims that bannon accused him of, quote, undermining the president's agenda. he also says that bannon threa

his mid is visit today attending a summit of arab gulf countries in saudi arabia at the gulf cooperation councilmmit, president biden pledged continued us involvement in that region, saying the united states is not going anywhere. as the world grows more competitive and the challenges we face more complex. is only becoming clear to me. how closely interwoven america's interest are with the success is in the middle east. we will not walk away. and leave a vacuum refilled by china, russia or iran. president says in his meeting with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, his address the killing of the washington post journalist jamal cash soggy by saudi security officials. president says the crown prince told him he was not personally responsible for it, and that he took action against those that were responsible. meantime back home governor gavin newsom has wrapped up his week long visit to the nation's capital and his back in california. this morning, the governor tweeted. a photo of the meeting was speaker nancy pelosi in the california house delegation. before he left d c yesterday said he off