on a very warm morning here in jeddah. u.s. president biden will be here later today, but right now, he is preparing to meet with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in bethlehem. no major breakthroughs are expected, although the u.s. is also announcing tens of millions of dollars for panhandle hospitals, refugees and internet upgrades. mr. biden reiterating his support for a two state solution to the israeli/palestinian conflict, yet no apparent plans for reviving the middle east peace process. meanwhile the white house confirms that president biden will meet one-on-one with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman when he is here in jeddah. thursday in injuries, mr. biden and yair lapid agreed that iran should never be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. let's bring in cnn's hadas gold live this hour in jerusalem. as you and i speak, president biden speaking at a hospital in east jerusalem. let's just talk about what he has achieved on this, the first leg of his trip in israel. >> reporter: first leg of the trip wa

she's with me here in jeddah. this is a real delicate and diplomatic dance that the president of the united states has to go through. >> reporter: absolutely. that was his most problematic part of the trip. the white house thought the political cost was worth it because they think they need to be able to work with saudi arabia. and, of course, it was the president's own words that made that so awkward and an interesting meeting that everyone was paying attention to to see how they were going to handle that. you saw president come out pretty late in jeddah to explain what happened in the meeting. there are differing accounts because the president said he did bring up the murder of jamal khashoggi not at the end but at the top to share his views. the saudi said it wasn't as contentious as biden framed it because biden said he believes he was responsible for the killing. that's each side saying their own spin about what happened and how they believe the meecting went, the u.s. and the saudis some of this wasn't the m

president biden seen leaving jeddah late today, concluding his first mideast trip at president, meant to reset the strained relations between the u.s. and its one-time top ally in the arab world. the saudis eager to release this image for the world to see, that highly choreographed fist bump. u.s. intelligence officials say mohammad bin salman approved the brutal killing of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi in 2018. president biden saying he called out the crown prince on the murder and human rights and pushed the saudis to increase oil production. tonight, where that effort stands and what it could mean for gas prices here at home. mary bruce leads us off tonight from jeddah, saudi arabia. >> reporter: president biden tonight making his way back home, but his controversial visit still sending shock waves. biden's facing blowback for that fist bump seen around the world. the highly choreographed greeting with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman, the man the u.s. concluded approved of the brutal killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. after biden as a candidate vowed to pun

they will be able to fly from israel to jeddah and make the pilgrimage to mecca which is close to jeddah. this commitment by saudi arabia to freedom of navigation for for israel , israeli cargoes is a significant indication of normalization . that i don't believe is commonly understood. for the palestinians , you point out the president announced new a commitments to the palestinians, particularly to east bank palestinians. because they have been unable to pay for there's bills. it is urgent relief and much welcome by palestinians in the health care sector on the palestinian side. i think that there's an understandable disappointment on the palestinian side that there isn't something more tangible on the political level . we're just facing a reality at the moment with the israeli policy heading into direct -- heading into elections in the next four months, with the palestinian community deeply divided between, -- between hamas and the han solo -- and the one state solution -- i think it's not merely a way to get to those negotiations from here at the moment but instead the president made

the president is in jeddah. tomorrow for a series of meetings. the clear effort to shift how they are viewed by many in the region but we know that for the saudis this is what they wanted. the government agencies posting pictures with video making clear that everyone saw the u.s. leader with the crown prince that he gave a cold shoulder to. >> yep. thanks very much. earlier today i sat down with a key saudi diplomat in saudi arabia who was inside president biden's meeting with the saudi crown prince. joining us now the saudi minister of state. thank you so much for joining us on this historic and very busy day. this as you know, you were in the meeting with the president, the first meeting between the president and the crown prince since the president's condemnation of mohammed bin salman on the campaign trail as a candidate of president of the united states. did president biden raise jamal khashoggi by name? >> at the beginning during the reception the president mentioned this was an issue. he mentioned that he took saudi arabia's assurances at

but this is all happening here in jeddah right now in saudi arabia.l continue through much of today and then tomorrow as well the president will continue not only meeting with the saudis but with other members of the gcc, the gulf corporation council, they have all gathered here in jeddah for substantive meetings and the president and u.s. officials have high hopes that they can what they call recalibrate the u.s./saudi relationship and also see if the u.s. can convince some of these oil-producing countries to increase the production of oil in order to reduce the price of gasoline back home in the united states. so there is a lot going on right now. >> absolutely. beginning with this greeting and now to the substance. good to see you again, wolf, thank you so much. >>> and let's turn now back here at home and an update on the monkeypox outbreak. the cdc is now reporting that nearly 1500 confirmed cases of monkeypox are now in the united states. that number jumping 40% in just the last 24 hours. health officials say that mormomormon mormonky more monke

the president is on the way to jeddah. emory horton in jeddah. this is bloomberg futures, up 10. >> we have the fed here that has said they are going to do whatever they need to do for inflation. >> right >> when risk assets are moving this fast, the risk asset takes over economic data. >> the higher probability of a recession. >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." tom: good morning. bloomberg surveillance, a very eventful friday. the president traveling in the middle east, the most historic moment in 90 minutes. costo, -- also, matthew miller in for jon ferro this morning. lisa, the news flow is extort your. what is your story on this friday? lisa: retail sales and university of michigan, also what fed officials have to say. bank earnings are interesting, but wells fargo is not jp morgan. it is not clear-cut, bell weather as perceived by the market. the market is shrugging off what could be viewed as a fairly ms. -- fairly big miss. tom: global wall street, what occurred this week is urban version--curve inversion, 19 basis points. we have been o

let's go to cnn anchor wolf blitzer live in jeddah where a lot of this is going to take place. wolf, this is a historic trip, literally the trip from israel to saudi arabia historic in and of itself. >> it's pretty extraordinary, you're absolutely right, a direct flight between israel right here to jeddah, we did the same thing just a few hours ago with the white house press traveling with the president, we flew directly on a white house press charter flight from tel aviv to jeddah. it's a whole new world as far as what saudi arabia is now doing to open itself up a bit to the israelis. they're certainly noft where the united arab emirates or bahrain or morocco have moved over the past few years but they are taking these very small steps and there is no doubt that president biden appreciates it, but he's going to try to accelerate that process. one of his goals while he is here is to try to convince the saudis to do what she is other persian gulf arab states have done, namely have full normalized relations with israel. let's see if that emerges from these talks here. he will be

we continue to watch the presidential limousine just leave jeddah international airport , but why did you decide and why have you been to every single one of these so far? >> well, there was a hearing i had to miss because of a scheduling conflict, but you are right. i have been a frequent attendee at those hearings. you know, jose, i have felt really compelled to be there. i was here on january 6th. i was one of the last members of congress trapped in the gallery as the mob and the insurrectionist and domestic terrorists surrounded us, threatening our republic, really trying to attack our democracy. led by a president who is doing everything possible to try to retain his power. i described it as needing to attend a jury trial. in this seeking out of justice and wanting to make sure justice is served on behalf of the country, i have felt like i have to bear witness to that and be there. i have also taken the opportunity to thank members of capitol police who have saved our lives and our country. they saved the capitol. i thank my colleagues who served on the committee, doing the impor

our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins has been with me in jeddah. we've been watching all of this unfold. i'm anxious to get your major takeaway on what's happened. >> i think the president wanted the focus to be on u.s. interests in the region, and assuring gulf leaders that they're not going to let china and russia dominate the conversation, dominate the region, and making sure the u.s. is committed to this given there have been big questions about it as that was not the biden administration's focus in his first year in office. that's why he wanted to come and show them that. as you saw president biden climb those stairs of air force one, getting ready to leave after 24 hours on the ground here in saudi arabia, obviously one of the takeaways the white house had was an assurance from these leaders to pump more oil so they can bring gas prices down at home. gas prices have been going down over the last 30 days or so but it's still a big concern for this white house. wolf, the main takeaway from this trip, the centerpiece of conversation since he dep

anna foster in jeddah, thank you so much. this week we have been following the crisis in sri lanka that saw protesters storm the capitol. on friday prime minister ranil wickremesinghe was sworn in as acting president replacing gotabaya rajapaksa who fled to singapore. parliament is expected to elect a terminal -- a permanent successor next week. the majority is expected to back ranil wickremesinghe but protesters want him to step down too. ourselves agent editor reports -- our south asian editor reports. >> ranil wickremesinghe will not be the leader anymore. shops reopen after a sudden curfew was imposed in the city. the speaker of parliament sd that gotabaya rajapaksa's resignation had been accepted after verification, bringing an end to the political domination of the gotabaya rajapaksa dynasty. prime minister ranil wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the acting president. soon after taking over, mr. ranil wickremesinghe addressed the nation and appealed to political parties to form an all party interim government. >> afte

. >>> cnn's kaitlan collins and wolf blitzer are in jeddah, saudi arabia, where the president will be visiting. wolf, to you first. the president, before he left the west bank, met with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas this morning. he continues to advocate for a two-state solution, announced an aide, but right now there are no substantive talks between the israelis and palestinians. where do those negotiations stand and where does a two-state solution stand, given that? >> everything i've heard from senior u.s. officials is that they think that neither the israelis nor the palestinians are yet ready for a new round of direct peace negotiations. whether you want to call it shuttle diplomacy or get them all toyota in some sort of camp david accord as has been tried in the past by u.s. leaders. the israelis, of course, they're in the midst of getting ready for new elections right now. the government fell. so there's going to be new knesset elections, parliamentary elections on november 1st. so getting involved in peace negotiations in the midst of israeli political seas

jose >> peter alexander in jeddah, thank you. >>> back here in the u.s., the january 6th committee has now subpoenaed the secret service looking for missing text messages agents sent the day of the capitol riot those missing texts key evidence, the committee says, are a crucial piece of the puzzle maura barrett reports. >> reporter: overnight, the january 6th committee issued its first subpoena requesting the u.s. secret service turn over its text messages from january 5th and 6th. one an internal watchdog said disappeared. >> we have a right to obtain all relevant information. we're not going to stop until we get everything >> reporter: in a letters to congress, th inspector general wrote that the messages were erased after his office requested records of electronic communications the secret service says some were wiped out during a planned cell phone migration but insisted none of the texts requested by the inspector general were lost. those texts could be key in understanding the events surrounding the attack on the capitol and help corroborate cassidy hutchinson's testimony. >> the

kaitlan collins in jeddah.s trip only getting more delicate. >> reporter: one thing we should note he is leaving on the heels this have trip after spending his -- he dedicated to days of his first stop on this trip to israel, spending his last few hours to the palestinians, devoting that time to them. of course, it's a symbolic measure and he is restoring funding that his predecessor had stripped away from the palestinians but as hadas notes he is not doing a lot of the things that they would like to see as abbas just made clear. he will be the first u.s. president to fly from israel to jeddah on a direct flight after saudi arabia opened its air space to commercial airlines from israel to gesture to israel and it certainly is a notable one, but of course when he gets here there are a lot trickier issues here. that is when he is going to be having that face-to-face with the saudi crown prince and that has been the entire focus this have trip. yes, he intentionally wanted to go to israel first, that is something

the president is on the way to jeddah. emory horton in jeddah. this is bloomberg futures, up 10. >> we have the fed here that has said they are going to do whatever they need to do for inflation. >> right >> when risk assets are moving this fast, the risk asset takes over economic data. >> the higher probability of a recession. >> this is "bloomberg surveillance."

that flight, a direct flight from israel to jeddah took place. the skies to israeli -- aircraft too and from israel. after seven years of a war in yemen with thousands of casualties and people dying in that war, we have never had as a result of this meeting, the negotiations ahead of it the longest period of a cease fire. we talked about countering iran. we talked about joint investments in renewable energy and nuclear power. we talked about 5g. there was an enormous amount of deliverables of achieved success in this trip. i think the fist bump, you know, if it was a handshake, you'd ask me if it was a handshake -- >> neil: you're right. we have to deal with what we have to deal with. we had to negotiate joseph stalin and ending world war ii. he was no choir boy. i understand where you're coming from. i'm curious on your take. you would know what mohammed bin salman is like. he has been deemed a murderer of this "washington post" journalist. i'm wondering whether you share that view that mohammed bin salman is a murderer. >> we were there to disc

in jeddah, another leader of human rights violations, sisi as egypt is set to host the next u.n. climate summit. we will speak with bill mckibben. his new yorker article. he will also speak about senator manchin scheduling the was climate bill and the heatwave raging across europe. >> at 40 degrees celsius, it is only making the more difficult to distinguish -- excuse the fire. it is becoming very hot like the south, amy: than about a dozen republican-led states have moved to ban nearly all abortion since the supreme court overturned roe . shocking cases are surfacing like the 10-year-old ohio girl who became pregnant after she was raped had to travel to indiana to get an abortion. we will speak with the editor of the nieman journalism lab about how unimaginable --"unimaginable abortion stories will become more common. is american journalism ready?" all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president biden has returned from his trip to the middle east where he met with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salm

the president arriving in jeddah where he came face to face and fist to fist in a heavily scrutinized greeting with crown prince muhammad bin salman mr. biden telling reporters he raised the murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi at the top of their meeting the president saying he pushed back on the crown prince's claim of innocence the president walking a political and diplomatic tightrope hoping to hold saudis rulers to account for human rights abuses while securing more saudi oil to further bring down gas prices here at home peter alexander is there and was able to question the president. >> reporter: tonight, the world's most anticipated greeting, president biden giving a fist bump to the saudi crown prince a man reviled getting a measure of respect the saudi government also sharing this video of muhammad bin salman, mbs, as he's called, welcoming the president's top advisers inside their meeting cameras kept at a distance, mbs ignoring our question >> jamal khashoggi, will you apologize to his family, sir? >> reporter: which got this reaction. u.s. intelligence sa

he's meeting with mohammed bin salman at the royal palace in jeddah, moments ago, mbs greeting the president with a fist bump. the president says the saudi's are critical players. biden himself remember label the kingdom of prior after the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi and the president ordered the public release of intelligence assessment that said the crown prince orchestrated the killing because of 10 it's reporting on human rights issues. now they acknowledge the difficulty of the moment but they say the administration needs to work with them on a host of issues. a fist bump and now the tough conversations. >> yeah, john, the white house has said that this trip is about recalibrating the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia, first for the saudis it's about rehabilitating the crown prince and he got that moment there with president biden as he stepped out of the beast and is bumped the crown prince. and there has been a lot of speculation, what was the first mama going to look like, would it be a handshake, it was a pretty friendly fist bump and it was a moment that the saudi's want

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

i'm alex hogan in jeddah, saudi arabia, will have more on these details coming up. at least 23 people in a city southwest of keith more than 100. others were wounded in the attack, including children. the cruise missiles fired from a submarine hit an office building damaged departments. and started a fire that burned 50 cars. ukraine's president is calling the attack and open act of terrorism on the country's civilian population. president biden continues his four day mideast tour meeting with palestinian president abbas. and high ranking saudi officials, president biden became the first u. s leader to fly directly from israel to saudi arabia, signaling warming ties between the two middle east nations as they find common cause against regional threats from iran. boxes alex hogan has more now for us from jeddah, saudi arabia , you are bringing hope to thousands of palestinian patients. president biden starting his day with a visit to a palestinian hospital in east jerusalem. as he continues his world wind tour of the mideast. friday's events largely centered on the w

good series of meetings, just finished more than two hours of meetings with saudi leadership here in jeddah, meeting with the king for about a half-hour, working session with the crown prince, energy minister, sports minister, all the way down the line and got the chance to talk to basically the entire saudi government. thanks to many months of quiet diplomacy by staff, we have accomplished significant business today. the saudis will open their airspace to all civilian care -- carriers. that is a big deal. they deal. not only symbolically, but substantively, it is a big deal. it means saudi airspace is open to flights to and from israel, the first tangible step in what i hope will be broader normalization of relations. second, we concluded a historic deal to transform a flashpoint at the heart of the middle east wars into an area of peace. international peacekeepers including u.s. troops will leave an island in the red sea where they have been for over 40 years, since the camp david accords. five american soldiers divide -- died on the strategic island in 2020. it is important to remember t

how is president biden want to change the petroleum order on this historic afternoon in jeddah? he wants to make up with saudi arabia and he wants saudi arabia to have americans back and helping them manage the oil market in a way that seats the u.s. economy. those conversations have been happening. he wants them to keep happening. as kriti explained there is not as much help as the u.s. would like. the conversations have evolved in an important way. in washington there is the recognition they should not pump all of the oil they can. it is in everyone's interest to maintain some measure of spare capacity in case we get a bad hurricane. notice expecting a flood of opec oil. matt: what it looks like is candidate biden wanted to project an image of someone who is going to change the petroleum world order. president biden realizes he cannot do that and must maintain the status quo. is that the case? will: i think you could put it like that. one of the things that has changed in the petroleum order and will probably shape the order is the war in ukraine. that is forcing people to ree

unable to hold on to power, hussein abdicates and flees from mecca to jeddah.ert to confuse the surveillance of the british khakims and is developing a complex operation. we didn't know. uh, how will the sharp political struggle end, uh, representative of various e clans and uh. according to the official version, karim khakimov goes to saudi arabia to get permission to make a small hajj to mecca, where the main shrine of islam, the holy kaaba, is located . he is a muslim and has half full the right to eat materials. well, for example, when he asks permission to perform the hajj, he explains this by the fact that, having made the hajin, the diplomat will take two consuls closer to aram. the dutch vander-plass and the persian ahmed lari thus ensured khakimov double cover for the umra and the visit of diplomats on pressing issues. all this in order to meet with ibn saud and negotiate without witnesses. here he acted as a director. uh, that's it and the whole operation, but he filed very nicely like well, here joint trip, really sit. diplomats are worried that the

here in jeddah, and u.s. president joe biden will soon begin the second and final day of what is his controversial trip to saudi arabia. on friday the two nations entered into a number of far-reaching agreements on a wide range of issues including on energy and on food security. but it's the image of the president fist-bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, or mbs as he's known, that has been grabbing the attention. the saudi government also released this video of the u.s. delegation greeting saudi officials with fist bumps. u.s. journalists weren't present at the time, and we only have the saudi version of this exchange. president biden says the first thing he did on friday was confront the crown prince over the 2018 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. here's what the president said afterwards. >> with respect to the murder of khashoggi, i raised it at the top of the meeting, making it clear what i thought of it at the time and what i think of it now. and that was exactly -- i was straightforward

>> it's the first time he has been here to jeddah. but we've had other presidents come to other parts of the middle east, of course. >> and of course former president trump was in saudi arabia on his first trip. >> the saudis got what they wanted the most, the legitimacy of having the picture of the president talking with the crown prince, the future leader of saudi arabia. and that took the crown prince somewhat out of the exile he was in with the u.s., even though european leaders and others had met with him. the president had to demonstrate that he was coming out with an understanding that there would be more oil pumped. most importantly, that the saudis would begin to turn to an american-made 5g and 6g system, an effort to box out the chinese from the region where they've been very active, as phil was saying. they got a minor agreement on islands in the red sea that have been under dispute. then they've gotten overflight for all commercial aircraft over saudi arabia. so the president can say he had actual deliverables. i'm not sur

nbc's kelly o'donnell is in jeddah, saudi arabia, where the president just boarded air force one a few hours ago. thank you for joining. us the president spent his final day meeting with the saudi ground crown prince and other middle eastern leaders. one message that he sent to them before he left? >> well alex, good to be with you privileged to be on the presidents trip. and to see these other parts of the world. having spent a few days in the middle east covering the president, i hope that the message of what this trip was about comes through in the coverage. you get a different perspective when you are here because you are hearing from the delano different world leaders, and we see how the u.s. fits into the piece of diplomacy that involves the middle east. -- he wherever he goes, american values goes within, is what he tried to represent. when you listen to the foreign minister of saudi arabia earlier today, talking about how this country feels it has its own values, its own history and that needs to be respected as well. it's an interesting opportunity to see the president in this

it was his light in the window, when a real war begins in the suburbs of jeddah.er place, he was very afraid for his son, and, as far as possible, tried to keep the family from you city hall, then there is, uh, on the other side of the red sea, dysentery begins to treat a child with nothing with the necessary medicines. no. those that are expired or deteriorated in the heat had nowhere to store there, there were no refrigerators corresponding to the conditions, and so on. the doctors gave the boy the wrong diagnosis and injected the wrong drug, the kid fought for his life for three days. he fell victim to ignorance , there was no one to help. the doctors were frightened by the unexpected results of their healing, they were all stunned. his eyes were full of pleas for help, he until his last breath he asked us not to leave him, he kissed and we kissed him, but is it only with one caring attitude and one boundless love that he will also die on november 14 at one hour and 25 minutes. for the family, this was a terrible blow to the hodich, asking karim to let her go h

when a real war begins in the suburbs of jeddah, which sends the family to a safer place, he was veryaid for his son, and tried to keep his family as much as possible. uh, in america, that is, uh, on the other side of the red sea, disinteria begins to treat a child with unnecessary medicines. no. those that are expired or deteriorated on there was nowhere to store the heat, there were no appropriate conditions for refrigerators, and so on. the doctors gave the boy the wrong diagnosis and injected the wrong drug, the kid fought for his life for three days. he fell victim to ignorance , there was no one to help. the doctors were frightened by the unexpected results of their healing, they were completely stunned. his eyes were full of a plea for help, until his last breath he asked that we not leave him, he kissed and we kissed him, but perhaps with one caring attitude and one boundless help with love, and on november 14, at one hour and 25 minutes, he died. for the family, this was a terrible blow to the hodich, asking karim to let her go home, but karim convinces his wife that they nee

we are here in jeddah in saudi arabia and an important leg, strategic leg as far as the white house iscerned 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, and oking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the thr ps. what are the three ps?

jacqui heinrich in jeddah with more. jacqui? >> hi, neil. this controversial fist bump has drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum, across the media, "the washington post" publishers condemning it and saying it gave mbs basically the approval that he had so desperately been seeking from biden's visit. the president holding that press conference and affirming that he did bring up jamal khaishoggi's name in his meeting with the count prince. listen to what he said. >> i raised it at the top of the meeting making it clear what i thought at the time and what i think of it now. exactly -- it's straightforward and direct in discussing it. i made my crew crystal clear. i said straightforwardly, for an american to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsist tint with who we are and who i am. i'll always stand up for our values. >> the president says that mbs responded saying that he was not responsible for khaishoggi's death. biden says that he indicated in that moment that he in fact believed that mbs was. mbs told the presiden

as you noted, the trip that everyone has their eyes on is when he arrives in jeddah where he will haveting with the king and crown prince. a group of people or a country that the prison said he wanted to make a pariah state during the 2020 campaign. jake sullivan, the white house national security advisor said the president doesn't regret those remarks and has more walk them back him but does understand the strategic realities of the moment asked if that meant that human rights were taking a backseat, this is what he said >> america values, human rights are a strategic interest in the unites states, so is energy security and stopping terrorism. so is seeking peace in a place like yemen. so we are trying to do multiple things all at once, advance along a different track and as i said before, the basic thrust and purpose of our policy with respect to saudi arabia has been to recalibrate the relationship but not rupture it. stay true to that from the beginning of this administration. >> the urgency of the recalibration is certainly been more noticeable in the last several months as gas pr

nic robertson is joining us there from jeddah. so they are waiting obviously highly an takes pay thing this arrival. what is the sense there ahead of this meeting, one that clearly the saudis wanted not only to have but to have images for the world to see, really legitimizing the regime? >> reporter: yeah, there is a real sense here that this is a moment for the saudis to have to get through because they know the focus and international attention that will be on president biden casting them as a pariah for the murder of jamal khashoggi. they recognize that. but they really feel that this is a moment to sort of punch through that situation. they are very keen to have face-to-face with president biden. they believe the very fact that president biden is coming here kind of resets the relationship so that they can get to the things that they want to get to which are all the sort of economic development investment opportunities that they really see opening up in saudi arabia, the vision 2030 of the crown prince. there is a lot that goe

there in jeddah, saudi arabia, the president's first visit as president there. we had a series of good meetings in saudi arabia as it relates to energy, which is of course something that investors globally have been watching, president biden did say that he had a good discussion on ensuring global energy security and adequate oil supplies he sort of teased there could be something to come. he said he's doing all he can to increase the supply for the u.s. and based on the discussions that he has had with the saudis, biden expects further steps in the coming weeks and then was asked about it again on oil. he said expect something in the coming weeks from saudi arabia on energy. he also did address jamal khashoggi and the murder saying he brought it up directly. there was a question going in about whether that would come up, obviously controversial in the discussions with mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia with that let's go straight into the "closing bell" market zone we've got about five minutes into the close and we're just about at session hi

tomorrow i will be the first american president to fly from israel directly to jeddah, saudi arabia. that represents important progress. when i see the saudi leadership tomorrow i will be carrying a direct message, message of peace and extraordinary opportunities are more stable and integrated region could bring to the region and the world. as we work together toward greater integration i will continue to work toward a lasting negotiated peace between the state of israel and the palestinian people. israel must remain an independent democratic jewish state, the ultimate guarantee and guarantor of security to the jewish people not only in israel but the entire world. i believe that to my core. the best way to achieve that remains a two state solution who have deepened ancient roots in this land and side-by-side in peace and security. both states fully respecting equal rights of their citizens come both people in equal measures of freedom, anything that takes us from that outcome is detrimental to the security of israel. yair lapid, the israel and the united states are natural partners

anna foster, bbc news, jeddah.ople were killed in gang violence over a five day period in haiti's capital earlier this month. that news comes as the un security council has voted unanimously to extend the un mission to haiti for a further 12 months and to ban some weapon sales to the caribbean nation. it's an attempt to tackle increasingly bloody gang—fuelled conflict over control of the capital port—au—prince. earlier i spoke to mathias pierre, haiti's former elections minister and asked him how bad the gang violence is. i think it is very bad, in a sense that violence, the gangs are well armed and they received a lot of weapons and ammunitions through the contraband from the us, and while the legal police force and army are not well prepared and they are not able, since the president was there, the government of haiti was not able to legally buy the weapons and ammunition is due to some constraints with the us government. now we have a situation where the gangs are well and better equipped than the legal forces s

joining us now from jeddah, saudi arabia to discuss all this is nick schifrin. biden today laid out his vision for american policy across the middle east. what did he say? nick: senior officials describe it as a major speech and frankly that's what they want to be talking about rather than that fistbump with the crown prince yesterday. president biden called it a new framework and he delivered it in a conference to gulf and arab allies and he said it could be summarized in one sentence. >> the united states is invested in building a positive future in the region in partnership with all of you and the united states is not going anywhere. nick: u.s. officials emphasize the last phrase, and attempted to reassure allies who have been worried about u.s. disengagement in the region and also an attempt to ensure that iran that china and russia don't expand their influence in the region. specifically it says the u.s. will not allow a foreign power to jeopardize freedom of navigation or dominate through military buildup, that is a clear reference iran. but also it pledge

anna foster, bbc news, jeddah. now, with the sport, here's 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre.cilroy says it would mean everything if he could win the 150th open championship tomorrow. it's been eight years since he won the last of his four majors but he has a share of the lead heading into the final round. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is at st andrews. it's all about dealing with the pressure. play your shot, take the applause and then wait for your loyal followers. all good and on we go. young leo set the example at st andrews. victor hovland is a junior in major golf terms, just 2a. the norwegian made four consecutive birdies at one stage, meaning the others had to respond. whatever else transpires over the course of this championship, i think the third round will be remembered for what rory mcilroy did right there. from problem to solution. 0n the tenth, it was an eagle two and that took mcilroy into the lead, for a while. 0thers, cameron smith went backwards. and if the secret of st andrews is the skill at getting out of bunkers, it was unfortunate indeed when dustin

. >> o'donnell: ed o'keefe is back with us from jeddah, and ed, while the president is in an oil richng stymied in his effort to reduce america's reliance on fossil fuels tonight, the secret service is under fire over accusations texts sent during the january 6 insurrection were erased. the select committee investigating the assault says those communications could hold vital evidence and want to know why they disappeared. cbs' scott macfarlane has new reporting on this from capitol hill. >> the january 6 committee's spotlight tonight is on the secret service, and how potentially pivotal text s between agents on january 5 and 6, the day of the attack, disappeared. the communications could be key to advancing testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, who suggested donald trump demanded agents take him to the capitol and that he got into a physical altercation with his senior agent. >> the president said something to the effect of, "i'm the effin president, take me up to the capitol now." >> o'donnell: late today, the panel said it'll seek a way to recover and retrieve t

anna foster, bbc news, jeddah. this is bbc news. here are the headlines. temperatures across the continent. moscow orders all its forces to step up operations in ukraine, as russian missiles strike cities across the country. sri lanka's parliament has gathered to begin the process of choosing a new president. that new leader will replace gotabaya rajapaksa — who fled the country and resigned in the face of massive anti government protests. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani reports from the capital, colombo. tight security outside parliament this morning as politicians began the process of selecting a new president. this is the man it's most likely to be — ranil wickremesinghe, currently acting leader. he's an old political face and has been the focus of protester anger. the president's office is still under the control of demonstrators, though they've handed back other official buildings. a few metres away, the main protest camp, named the gota go home village, a reference to the ousted president, gotabaya rajapaksa, who they forced to resign and flee the

he and saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman will attend that same summit in jeddah, but the two arexpected to hold a bilateral meeting. other items on the agenda include the iran nuclear deal. biden says he will continue pressuring tehran to return to the 2015 agreement. former president donald trump, you'll recall, withdrew the u.s. from the accord in 2018. in iraq and syria, biden has approved the use of military force to prevent the resurgence of groups such as isil and to respond to rocket attacks on u.s. targets. and washington is also pushing for negotiations to end the war in yemen. ♪ well, let's bring in our guests. in arlington, virginia, we have khaled elgindy. he's the senior fellow at the middle east institute and also the author of "blind spot: america and the palestinians, from balfour to trump." from london, we are joined by andreas krieg, a senior lecturer in defence studies at king's college, london. and in birmingham, is scott lucas, professor emeritus at birmingham university and founder of ea worldview, a news analysis website. a very warm welcome to you all. tha

anna foster, bbc news, jeddah. let's get some of the day's other news., near the city of kavala. state television reported that the aircraft was flying from serbia to jordan. video footage showed the plane descending in flames before hitting the ground in a large explosion. firefighters said they were treating the cargo as ammunition or other dangerous material. parliament in north macedonia has voted in favour of a deal which paves the way for long—delayed talks onjoining the eu. bulgaria has agreed to lift its veto on north macedonia's membership in return for bulgarians being recognised as an official minority group. sri lanka's parliament has gathered to begin the process of choosing a new president. that new leader will replace gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned in the face of massive anti—government protests. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani reports from the capital, colombo. tight security outside parliament this morning as politicians began the process of selecting a new president. this is the man it's most likely to be — ran

anna foster, bbc news, jeddah.rform their hit you can't always get what you want together at a concert in vienna. # you can't always get what you want. the boys and girls choirs travelled from kyiv to perform the stones�* classic. the russian invasion of ukraine has caused severe oil shortages — particularly in europe, which gets 80% of its oil from ukraine and russia. now, a brewery in germany has come up with a cunning plan to make sure customers can still order the fried schnitzel they love. wendy urquhart reports. danke schon. who would have thought that the best thing to take to the pub in germany would be a bottle of cooking oil? the war in ukraine has caused a severe lack of rapeseed and sunflower oil. supermarket shelves are empty, and several shops in munich alone have slapped a limit on the number of bottles people can buy. translation: getting oil is very difficult. - you can only get small quantities in the shops. if you need 30 litres a week and only get 15, at some point, you won't be able to fry schn

our middle east correspondent, anna foster is in jeddah for us. will see the striking image of the fist bump betweenjoe biden and the man he called a pariah essentiallyjust a few years ago, and they will believe the very fact this meeting happen, and that those images are being beamed around the world shows that although the us doesn't have human rights doesn't appear at the top of their agenda... we won't know the exact detail of what happened in that bilateral meeting, that working session, we will never know the exact wording joe biden used or how forceful he was in the discussion. i have just come from a roundtable with the saudi foreign affairs minister, and he talked about a candid and direct discussion. he said that now the two men have met and they have a personal relationship going forward, he sees it as a good thing for both countries. but remember, joe biden had tojustify this visit in advance, and it was only four weeks ago he said he was coming here for the wider gulf co—operation council meeting, not to meet crown prince mohammed bin

the plane of the president of the united states, joe baidu, did not leave jeddah, so this visit is overand we will wait for what will be the decisions of saudi arabia and other arab countries to increase oil production. the latest news is that from 10 million points to a day to 13 so what will increase human council i hope that this is only the beginning of this increase and before the service e-e reported that saudi arabia is expected to increase oil production by 50% compared to the planned figure of e-e for july and august of the current year, we will be er-er 20, that's 13 is correct, if i'm right, or 15, a decision which, apparently, remains in the works, if 10 million , that is, 50, how much should it be 15,000 20 yes, well, we see that at the moment it is not yet 20 are catching up, but there are already certain developments, so we will follow closely these events and how the visit of biden's middle east tour will be able to move the situation with pressure on the russian federation and the kremlin regime, we will be back in a moment after several important information messages f