the president of ukraine and america's top diplomat here in jeddah. that wouldn't be surprising, given that they're in the same place. but ostensibly, what is supposed to be happening is that zelensky is meeting with the crown prince, which i think you could describe as a kind of mediation meeting. and then rubio is leading the us delegation meeting with the ukrainians from tomorrow here. now, i heard some of your conversation. i mean, this is going to be a really fraught few days of diplomatic talks. i suspect we won't hear very much about what is said with the crown prince. you might argue that that's the way it should have gone when the president zelenskyy met president trump, i guess more than a week ago now, wasn't it? because, you know, the conversation that happened in public exploded partly because it was in public. so i think we won't hear on that in that respect. but when it comes to the meeting between the ukrainian officials and us officials, we very likely will. it's somewhat confusing what each side is trying to ask for and what they're

joining us now from jeddah, saudi arabia, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons.it's not likely that we're going to see a lot of the negotiations on camera here, not like the other day in the oval office. but what do we know about what the us is trying to get out of zelensky? >> yeah, there may be plenty of people who say it's a good thing that you're not going to see the negotiations the way you did in the oval office. honestly, where that saudi arabia excels is in being able to have closed door meetings that you never hear about. you never hear about what really happened. now you're right. the two meetings are separate. so both president zelensky and america's chief diplomat, secretary of state marco rubio, are here in jeddah. you'd think they would see each other. you imagine they will. but that's not what's scheduled. it is separate meetings. and then tomorrow, the meeting is between ukrainian top ukrainian officials and that delegation from the us. now what it is exactly that they are going to be able to figure out what conclusion they're going to be able to

after hours of negotiations in jeddah, saudi arabia. now, the truce would pause.hting by land, air and sea. and the u.s. has vowed to immediately resume intelligence sharing and security assistance to ukraine. and the onus is now on russia to decide whether it will comply with the temporary truce. >> what we leave here with today. >> is a. >> commitment that the ukrainians are ready to stop fighting. they're ready to stop the shooting so that they can get to the table and bring about peace for their country and for the world okay, let's continue the conversation. >> i want to bring in senior bloomberg editor bobby ghosh. bobby, great to see you this morning. you know, in some ways, it sort of feels like this is a moment of truth in this war. trump officials have been saying that ukraine has been the obstacle to peace here. secretary rubio now saying the ball is in russia's court. what do you think they do here? >> well. the two. >> questions to be asked now. >> one is. >> whether russia. >> will agree to a. >> cease fire. and the second question is whether it will

. >> secretary of state marco rubio just landed in jeddah, saudi arabia, where he will be meeting with a delegation from ukraine. this is the first meeting between top ukrainian and american officials since the oval office blowup ten days ago. cnn's alex marquardt is live in saudi arabia. so the secretary of state spoke to reporters on the flight on his way to where you are. what did he say? >> well, danny, he did just touch down just moments ago. and in speaking with reporters, he said generally that he's hopeful that this meeting tomorrow with the ukrainian ukrainian delegation will go well. but it's clear that he wants specifics on what they are thinking in terms of the difficult decisions. he says the concessions that they will have to make. he says they will not be in that room with poring over maps, drawing lines at a very granular level in terms of what, say, territorial concessions they could come up with. but he does want to hear from the ukrainian delegation that they are ready for a peace deal and what they think it will take to get there. of course, we have heard criticism

jose. >> keir simmons in jeddah, thank you so very much, kira. appreciate it. joining us now is ambassador steven pifer, a nonresident senior fellow at brookings. he's also the former senior. director for russia, ukraine and eurasia on the national security council and former u.s. ambassador to ukraine under president clinton. ambassador, it's always a treat. >> to see you. >> what's your read. >> so far on what may or may not be happening in these meetings in in saudi arabia? well, the. >> few hints that you. >> have seen thus. >> far say the talks may be making a little bit of progress. i think secretary rubio's task. >> was to understand. >> where ukraine might have some flexibility. and. hopefully he's getting also. >> a sense from the ukrainians of what ukraine will need. >> i mean, there's been a lot of talk. >> for example, that ukraine. >> needs to make territorial concessions. and i think that's probably understood in kyiv. >> but what. >> the ukrainians want, though, is some firm security guarantees, because what they don't want to do is accept some t

also with us, nbc's keir simmons in jeddah, saudi arabia.heading into. this round of negotiations there? well. >> i should. >> just tell. >> you that president zelensky. >> is now here in saudi arabia. he will meet with the crown prince of saudi arabia, arabia mohammed bin salman. that's a separate meeting, as we understand it, from the kind of summit, if you like, between u.s. officials, including the secretary of state, marco rubio, and ukrainian officials, i think it's going to be pretty fraught. i suspect that many of the things that happened behind closed doors, we won't hear about, which i think from the ukrainians perspective and probably the americans perspective will be refreshing given what happened when we did watch the conversation play out in the oval office, as you mentioned. so i think it's going to be difficult, though, because we really, you know, the russian side and the ukrainian side are very far apart and there are still events on the battlefield, as i think courtney will explain that, you know, really don't there are re

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he's coming here to jeddah now. to see the crown prince, mohammed bin salman. >> who is clearly trying to. >> or is playing the role of a mediator. he brought the us and russia together in riyadh last month and now here with zelenskyy and then the ukrainian delegation meeting with waltz and rubio and the envoy steve witkoff, all flying in today for that meeting to begin here tomorrow. so that, i mean, these meetings in these coming. >> days are crucial. >> i almost want to say life or death for ukraine. that's probably putting it too strongly, but not too strongly, because ultimately, if these talks go badly, then it's you're going to expect more pressure on the ukrainians. in terms of your question, joe, i mean, as you know, we were. >> in russia. >> last week. we managed to make it to. >> the. >> kursk region. i can. >> that area, that area. >> where a small part. >> of. >> it. which now is still held by the ukrainians. we saw a lot of military there. russian military were. >> on the russian side. are there. is th

secretary rubio was joined by national security advisor michael walz in jeddah, saudi arabia, for the announcement. secretary rubio: as been career from his first day as president, president trump is a president that wants to be a president of peace. his goal is to bring about an end to this war. it's ari

it will be in jeddah. u.s. the featured egg spirit of the first high-level meeting since the confrontation last week betweene t anpresident and president zelenskyy of ukraine. this time. expect if you know better than my next guest, security advisor michael waltz who will go to saudi arabia to conduct those for a couple of weeks ago to begin at all. great to see you. thank you for joining us, michael. what are we expecting from thear ukrainians? >> we are expecting to hear and talk about what they need in terms of core security guarantees, but also, how do wee get the ceasefire and how do we get to a broader peace deal? and what we are talking to boths sides about and what compromises they need to make.. i think this is a move in the positive direction. need to move quickly. president trump has his foot on the gas and he is ready to get both sides to the table and into this war.is a what has been frankly a littler. frustrating is there is a lot of commentary out there. i think it is safe to say, but not a lot o

and intelligence to ukraine as part of that deal, which was negotiated today during a meeting in jeddah, saudi arabia. mass layoffs expected this evening at the department of education. abc news reports. notices will start going out tonight to nearly half of the department's workforce. the department's offices in the capital region will be closed tomorrow. and president trump became a car owner today. his ride not a surprise. it's a tesla. elon musk and his young son were on hand to make the delivery. >> i'm going to buy because, number one, it's a great product. as good as it gets. and number two, because this man has devoted his energy and his life to doing this, and i think he's been treated very unfairly by a very small group of people. >> president trump says he can't drive his new car legally, but will have it on the white house grounds for his staff to operate. >> a roller coaster day on wall street today. >> the dow dropping about 500 points today amid talks of tariffs and the uncertainty of a trade war. this afternoon, president trump halted the doubling of tariffs on all alumi

are now in discussions to coordinate a meeting with the ukrainians in riyadh or even potentially jeddah. so the city is moving around a little bit, but it will be saudi arabia. and i think the idea is to get down a framework for a peace agreement and an initial cease fire. cease fire as well. now, the difference between last uainian war peace talks and next week's are ukraine has been invited to its own peace talks. now, not unlike this last meeting you're seeing. the russians won't be there. lastonth, america negotiated with the russians on ukraine's behalf. and that was something marcus ukraine did not like. absolutely. all right. thanks so much, scott. always keeping us in the know what's happening. all right. so happening tonight for you, an idaho woman who murdered her own two children is talking for the first time about her case. that notorious case. she's in jail. still talking about it. lori vallow daybell's children, they were just 16 and seven when she killed them in 2019. she's breaking her silence from jail and speaking with dateline. i'm asking you a question. did you watch

are now in discussions to coordinate a meeting with the ukrainians in riyadh or even potentially jeddah the city is moving around a little bit, but it will be saudi arabia. and i think the idea is to get down a framework for a peace agreement and an initial cease fire. cease fire as well. now, the difference between the last ukrainian war peace talks and next week's are ukraine is going to be there at its own peace talks. now, not unlike this last meeting. the russians will not be there. last month, america negotiated with the russians on ukraine's behalf. and marcus, as you well know, that's something ukraine absolutely did not like. it's very true. all right. scott mcgrew for us. thanks, scott. well, the today show marking colorectal cancer awareness month by sharing some groundbreaking research. first, some facts for you. colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer related deaths for men under the age of 50. for women of the same age, it ranks second. but scientists at boston's dana-farber cancer institute find that one inherited disorder, called lynch syndrome, can increase

so what do you expect is up for discussion and why meet in jeddah? >> well, this is part of a realignment of the international order in which basically because of the trump administration's, you know, feelings of solidarity with saudi arabia, they're investing in saudi arabia as kind of a new geneva. in effect, they're the new middleman in major negotiations, which is a striking change and pretty remarkable in a way. but i think you're going to see president zelensky come in looking to try to smooth things over. i don't think he really wants a break with the united states, even as it's important for him to stand up for ukrainian interests, which are not necessarily the same thing that donald trump has in mind. but he actually recognizes, of course, that the united states is still vital to his country's survival. and i think that even with europe saying, look, we're going to help and we're going to stand up and we're going to do more than we've even done in the past. zelensky doesn't want a complete break with the united states. what a position he's i

there is a mood sense here that people are feeling kind of triumphant about how today's meetings in jeddahwent, but not because they are necessarily optimistic that president putin will jump at the chance to honor and join in this 30 day cease fire agreement. rather, i think the spirit that the ukrainians went into this meeting with was we need to show the world that we are not the impediment to peace here, and we desperately need to get this crucial relationship between the u.s. and ukraine back on track after the disasters of the last couple of weeks. and i think they feel very confident that they pulled that off. they now feel that they're in a position where effectively they're calling president putin's bluff. they're saying, we're ready to do this. we're being open and transparent, and we have nothing to hide. the question now is the ball is in your court. how do you respond? president putin, the mood here, i would also say, is even if putin says yes, will he really actually stick to this cease fire agreement time and time again? we have seen russia agree to agreements only then to fo

will also be briefing their allies on what was discussed and agreed upon in jeddah. right now, secretary rubio is on his way to the g7 foreign ministers meeting in canada. the discussions yesterday are expected to be a key topic of conversation. as rubio briefs his key allies there, the nato secretary general is also expected to be at the white house tomorrow. now, the big question here, sarah, is whether russia will say yes to this 30 day truce. now, we heard the prevailing message yesterday from u.s. officials was that this is russia's decision to make, that they hoped that russia would say yes to this key first step. and if they said no, rubio said that it would be clear that they are the impediment to peace in this process. and zooming out more broadly, of course, even if they do say yes, there are a lot of questions of whether they will adhere to that truce. we saw overnight, of course, that barrage of attacks on ukraine, whether they will actually adhere to a stalling of the guns, a stopping of the fighting, and beyond that, the security guarantees and the conc

keir simmons reporting from jeddah, saudi arabia, for us. thank you very much.uropean union chief diplomat and former prime minister of estonia kaja kallas. really good to have you. thank you for joining us today. and thank you for braving new york city traffic. it can be hairy this time of day. first, your reaction to what secretary of state marco rubio announced today? >> i think. it's positive. i was in contact with the ukrainians as well. and they are, they said was very. >> constructive, meeting very, very good discussions. >> and also. >> you know, the messages that come out are very good. and like the secretary of state, rubio said the poll is now in russia's court. >> what about security guarantees? it doesn't appear that there are any in this deal. >> well, right now is the question of ceasefire, whether, you know, there is any kind of ceasefire that holds. and that is a show of goodwill that that the parties are willing to, to make steps in that direction. i think, you know, it's the first step. >> do you expect goodwill from russia? >> i don't, but bu

. >> jeddah i'm sure you're wondering why your mother and i asked you here tonight. it's because it's a buffet of all you can eat. butterfly shrimp and sirloin steak. >> yeah, that's the reason. >> i don't get it. >> do you have any idea how much this would cost at other restaurants? >> not really. >> i'm only six. >> a lot, honey. >> a lot, kiddo. oh, okay. yeah. work. play blink. relief work. play. blink. relief. >> the only 3 in. >> 1. >> extended relief. formula for. >> dry eyes. >> blink. >> turbotax free edition. 37% of filers qualify. simple form 1040 returns only. see if you qualify at turbotax .com slash free. >> i can file. >> for free now. >> this is taxes filed for free with turbotax free. >> edition. >> and our world lead. former philippine president rodrigo duterte was arrested today on a warrant from the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity. duterte was stopped at the manila airport after returning from hong kong, and he was later put on a flight to the hague. elected in 2016 on promises to wage war on drugs, duterte's bruta

. >> your sense of what we can expect from this jeddah summit. >> from the summit in, you know, they'rer. witkoff, the national security advisor, saying they're hearing good. >> things from ukraine. >> i think zelenskyy has learned his lesson that he has to kowtow a little bit to the to. >> the to the administration. >> and i think they want to do that mineral deal. and i think if zelensky says the right things and they. >> say the. >> right thing at the table, they'll sign the mineral deal and. then they'll go back to the table again. >> does he need to just say the right thing, or does he need to say the right thing with the in the right way? so much of that meeting ended up being tonal. >> yes. well. >> and childish. >> and not wearing a suit. come on. churchill didn't wear a suit when he came to see fdr. >> rick stengel i normally am spending my mornings with you. it is nice to see you in the evening. thank you so much for talking us through all of this. coming up, the major consequences trump's tariff policies are having on our economy, with trump saying he can't rule out a recessi

and secretary of state marco rubio is in the saudi arabian port city of jeddah today, where he will meet with the saudi crown prince ahead of peace talks tomorrow between u.s. and ukrainian officials. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is set to meet later today with the crown prince in the capital city of riyadh. it's unclear if zelenskyy will attend the peace discussions tomorrow. they are aimed at ending the years long war with russia. meanwhile, nbc news reports that president trump has made clear that a minerals deal with kyiv won't be enough to restart u.s. aid and intelligence sharing, according to an administration official and other u.s. officials. trump wants to see a change in zelensky's attitude towards peace talks, including possible territorial concessions, movement towards elections and even potentially zelensky stepping down. he offered that, by the way, in return for a potential peace. meanwhile, president trump says he still believes russia wants to end the war in ukraine. speaking to reporters in the oval office on friday, the president defended russia's intense b

the first is that after that first summit in jeddah between the american and russian sides, foreign minister sergey lavrov was asked about the americans asking the russians to stop to let up on their attacks on civilian infrastructure, which has been causing blackouts all over ukraine. loss of heat during these blistering winters. and he said, don't know what you're talking about. we haven't been attacking civilian infrastructure, so how can you stop something that you're denying happens? right. that's the first thing. second of all, the primary casualties are happening on the front lines. and that's not even the subject of this negotiation. the third thing is i russia would have to accept this. and be keep, stick to it. right. zelenskyy brought up in that disastrous oval office meeting. he said, we've signed ceasefire deals with him. we signed one when you, president trump, were in office the first time in 2019. and look at where we are now, i think all of this gets back to the travesty and the tragedy of pushing the victim in this war to stop fighting and saying the war will stop as soon a

while they've been in these hours of discussions there in in jeddah in saudi arabia. the ukrainians are also speaking, speaking war to the russians. the russians claim that the ukraine, that they shot down 343 ukrainian drones over russia, 91 of them in the moscow district. the russians claim that three people were killed, six people were injured. if the russian figures are correct, that's the biggest ukrainian attack. it would appear on on russia. so there's a signal being sent to the russians there that the war is still on. and look, the russians, for their part, sent missiles into the east of ukraine today, according to ukrainians. and two children were killed in that strike. so the war is going on. so the messaging at the table is very important with the u.s. interlocutors to restore the sense that the ukrainians want peace. but there's a message to the russians that they want it, that the war continues, that there is loss involved in this for the russians, and they can keep this up. and, of course, what we've heard from putin's spokesperson, dmitry peskov is that

jeddah what do you just make of watching how this is playing out and hearing from from him? >> well. >> i wrote a cover story for national review like 20 years ago calling for the bombing of canada. >> i'm on canada's side. >> in this. i mean, it is, it is. and i was being tongue in cheek with the bombing of canada thing. >> but thank you for clarifying. >> yeah. >> i. >> could see the. >> mail coming in watching. >> no, but. >> look, i've been. critical of canada on all sorts of ways, all for. political reasons, for years and years and years. but they're entirely in the right in this donald. >> trump. >> by his own words, tore up nafta and replaced it with a beautiful, perfect trade agreement that was so much better than nafta. he now says that under the usmca or whatever that thing is, the new nafta, the trade agreement that he wrote he said canada's been ripping us off. well, then whose fault is that? because they've been utterly compliant with the trade treaty that trump signed and bragged about for years. this was wholly unnecessary. canada is an ally. it is. we have be

. >> let's bring in nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons, live from jeddah, saudieir, i must say what marco rubio, what america's secretary of state said yesterday on the airplane, may have made big headlines that ukraine is going to have to give up territory. but i must say it is the identical thing. and neither neither gentleman will like me saying this is the identical thing. what then? chairman of the joint chiefs, mark milley, told me in 2023, before the vaunted spring offensive by the ukrainians. and he's like, no, that's not going to drive the russians out of ukraine. they're going to have to come to a brokered peace for the same reasons that marco rubio was saying that on the plane over to saudi arabia yesterday. what? tell us what what's going on over there now? what what sort of the vibe, if we're to use the word of 2024 in saudi arabia right now around these peace talks? >> well, joe, those talks have been going on now for more than an hour in an adjacent room from here, the secretary of state, marco rubio, holding up a thumbs up when he was asked as he

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le président ukrainien rencontre le prince héritier mbs à jeddah.o rubio, le secrétaire d'etat américain, dit juger "prometteuse" la proposition ukrainienne d'un cessez-le-feu partiel. on parlera de ces pourparlers avec bruno daroux. au groenland, les élections législatives ont lieu demain et suscitent une attention particulière depuis les déclarations de trump sur sa volonté d'acheter ce territoire rattaché au danemark. sur place, c'est l'incompréhension et la crainte qui prévalent. nos envoyés spéciaux ont fait un reportage.

le président ukrainien rencontre le prince héritier mbs à jeddah.co rubio, le secrétaire d'etat américain, dit juger "prometteuse" la proposition ukrainienne d'un cessez-le-feu partiel. on parlera de ces pourparlers avec bruno daroux. au groenland, les élections législatives ont lieu demain et suscitent une attention particulière depuis les déclarations de trump sur sa volonté d'acheter ce territoire rattaché au danemark. sur place, c'est l'incompréhension et la crainte qui prévalent. nos envoyés spéciaux ont fait un reportage. au canada, mark carney sera le futur premier ministre du pays après avoir pris la tête du parti libéral hier en remplacement de justin trudeau. un profil atypique. il a dirigé la banque centrale canadienne et celle de londres. c'est un novice en politique. on en parlera avec françois rihouay en direct de montréal, notre correspondant au canada. le fait du jour est consacré au massacre en syrie. on en parlera avec le chercheur adel bakawan. a 18h45, dans eco, laure manent revient sur la guerre des droits de douane. la chine me