quote, what jamal khashoggi would tweet today. and then there is a tweet from khashoggi, saying hey, potus, president of the united states, is this the accountability you promised for my murder? the blood of mbs' next victim is on your hands. the president's response to that was to say he was sorry that khashoggi's fiancee felt that way. what do you say to her? >> i hope to have a chance to talk with her directly. i know that senior white house officials did meet with her before this trip. and i think it is important that we listen to jamal khashoggi's widow, fiancee as you describe her, those in the journalism community, those in the saudi dissident and diaspora community who find this a profoundly offensive moment and are gravely concerned about what comes next. i do think that engagement with mbs at a moment when he was making a choice between leaning more towards the west or leaning far further towards russia and china, was a hard choice but one where i trust our president to sustain his commitment to human rights and to do th

khashoggi to the highest level possible. i think he's crazy.rous. >> trump appeared unconvinced. >> whether he did or whether he didn't, he denies it vehemently. >> i would really question somebody's judgment if they couldn't figure this out. >> it was an example of sometimes elements of the bureaucracy going rogue. >> ali shihabi used to act for the u.s. >> u.s. intelligence believes that jamal khashoggi was murdered on the instructions of the crown prince. that an elite team of people very close to the crown prince went to istanbul with the purpose of doing him harm. what do you say to that? >> look, had you wanted to kill jamal, there were so many cheaper and easier ways to do it. he was very much a friend of the royal family. he was an insider. he was a prominent person, he was a prominent player. everybody has their friends and enemies. the crown prince has denied it. and there simply isn't a piece of evidence. >> senator lindsey graham says there is a smoking gun, it's just a smoking bone saw, not a gun. "the washington post" editorial pa

khashoggi? >> i am sorry to hear that, i was straightforward back then and today. i didn't come here to meet with the crown prince. i came here to meet with the gcc and nine nations to you with the security and the needs of the free world, particularly of the united states. we do not leave a vacuum here as it has in other parts of the world. >> he said that will seem really in some point in the not-too-distant future. what is the message for americans looking for that relief now? when should they expect tosee a change . >> they've already been coming down. they've been coming downevery day to the best of my knowledge . >> when will we see the impact of this visit? >> i suspect you will see that for another couple of weeks and then we will see more when we see gas stations start to resist what they're paying for the oil. >> on the saudi pariah. >> i don't call you said. >> do you still feel that way ? >> i don't regret anything i said. what happened tokhashoggi was outrageous . >>. [inaudible] >> i want to give you a chance to respond how can you not be sure that an

concluded approved of the brutal killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. after biden as a candidate vowed to punish saudi arabia, the kingdom was eager to share these images of their warm welcome. tonight the white house is defending the trip. whit pressing spokesman john kirby. >> but was it worth it? >> think about so many national interests here in this region. you're not going to advance those interests if you just stay at home and try to phone it in. you have to actually go and speak to leaders and be on the ground to try to make a difference. >> reporter: the president says he brought up khashoggi at the very top of the meeting. >> i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent -— inconsistent with who we are and who i am. >> reporter: but khashoggi's fiance tweeting, "the blood of m.b.s.'s next victim is on your

nbc's peter alexander tried to ask mbs about khashoggi but did not get a response >> jamal khashoggi, do you apologize to his family, sir >> thank you, guys. >> president biden, is saudi arabia still a pariah? president biden? >> peter alexander says mbs appeared to smirk at his question before saudi security grabbed peter's arm and quickly escorted reporters out of the room during the meeting, khashoggi's fiancee put out a scathing message. it was mock tweet that she says khashoggi would have posted today. it read, hey potus, is this th accountability you promised for my murder? the blood of mbs's next victim is on your hands. president biden's response to that >> what do you say to ms. khashoggi? >> i'm sorry she feels that way. i was straight forward back then i was straight forward today >> president biden has staunchly defended his trip to saudi arabia in the face of all the criticism. we have michael o'hanlon but first, cnbc's senior correspondent kayla tausche. kayla? >> reporter: kelly, with the fist bump to the crown prince, president biden closed the door on saudi's pariah e

what happened to khashoggi was outrageous. >> mr.re for your fist bump with the crown prince. i wanted to give you a chance to respond, and also, how can you be sure another murder like khashoggi's won't happen again. >> god love you. what a silly question. how can i possibly be sure of any of that? if anything occurs like that again, they'll get that response and much more. look, you heard me say before, and when i criticized xi jinping for slave labor and what they're doing in the western mountains of china, and i said, i had no right to criticize china. and i said look, i am president of the united states of america. for the united states president to remain silent on a clear violation of human rights is totally inconsistent with who we are, what we are, and what we would do. what we believe. and so i'm not going to remain silent. can i predict anything is going to happen? let alone here, let alone any other part of the world? no, but i don't knewhy you're all so surprised the way i react. no one has ever wondered what i say. the

. >>> jamal khashoggi's wife and former employer sent >>> jamal khashoggi's wife and his former employer send a blistering message to the president. i'm kelly evans in for shepard smith. this is the news on cnbc president biden face-to-face with mbs the controversial high-stakes meeting. >> jamal khashoggi, who will you apologize to his family, sir >> and what came of their talk >> with respect to the murder of khashoggi, i raised it at the top of the meeting >>> another political torpedo from senator joe manchin this time slamming the brakes on his party's economic agenda. >> i thought we were moving truly if the right direction but then you to pay for that >>> the secret service defends the deletion of texts from january 6th. the explanation and the committee's response >> we are obviously very concerned. >>> americans rescued from russian occupied ukraine arrive back home. >> i was in hell it was terrifying. >> the operation from the most violent areas of the country as russian missiles continue to target civilian buildings. >>> the new suicide prevention hotline going live this weeke

with respect to the murder of khashoggi, 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. i was straightforward and direct in discussing it. i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we are and who i am. i will always stand for our values. that is a quick summary. tomorrow, with nine leaders from around the region, we will have more. we will discuss the multibillion-dollar commitment by the gcc to invest in the partnership for global infrastructure investment which i announced at the g7 last month to address infrastructure needs of low and middle income countries who don't have the wherewithal to borrow the funds to meet the needs of their people. after years of nailed efforts, we have finalized an agreement to connect iraq's electric grid to gcc grids through kuwait and saudi arabia, deepening iraq's integration into the region and reducing its dependence on iran. i was reminded by staff at the time of the meeting

khashoggi's fiance tweeted about it.ashoggi would tweet is the accountability you promised for my murder, the blood of mbs's next victim is on your hands. is it all about oil? all about making sure or making it appear to the american public that he is trying to get oil prices down? >> katy, president biden said in israel that this trip is about interests. in that sense, it's about oil, it's about our economy. i think the widow of jamal, what she said in her tweet, the question, what steps, what promises, if you will, what guarantees mbs will give to biden and to the west that this won't happen again. this is not just one incident in which my colleague was murdered. there are many incidents of american citizens, of others who have been held unjustly, who are not allowed to travel from the kingdom. a range of issues known well to the state department. i hope the president takes the time that essentially bargained for with mbs to get something significant in return. this has to be a two-way street. if we have a reset in the

it was a mock tweet that she said khashoggi would have posted today. hey, potus, is this the accountability you promised for the blood of my murder reporters asked president biden for his response to that. >> what do you say to mrs. khashoggi. >> i'm sorry she feels that way. i was straightforward back then. i was straightforward today. >> president biden has staunchly dw defended his trip. we'll have more from michael o'hanlon first kayla tausche. >> kelly, with the first bump to the crown prince, president biden closed the door on saudi's pariah era and re-engaged with its strategic partner as the u.s. is now calling the kingdom. mr. biden said he had no regrets for his choice of words on the campaign trail. >> i just answered your question, do i regret it i don't regret anything that i said what happened to khashoggi was outrageous >> "the washington post," jamal khashoggi's employer before his murder felt differently. the publisher saying the fist bump was worse than a handshake. it was shameful. it projected a level of intimacy and comfort that de

>> what was his response about khashoggi? pres. biden: he basically said he was not personally responsible for it. i indicated he was. he said he was not personal responsible for and he took action against those who were responsible. amy: president biden greeted mohammed bin salman with a fist bump and more. even after biden previously vowed to make saudi arabia pariah for the state-sponsored killing of washington post columnist, khashoggi. we will get an update. 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

approved the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. after biden, who as a candidate promised. the kingdom of saudi arabia happily shared this footage of their warm welcome. today the white house defends the trip. think of so many of our national interests in this region. you can not promote these interests by staying at home and talking on the phone. you need to go there and talk to the leaders khashogeh's bride tweeted that mohammed ben's next victim salman in your arms you are being criticized a lot for your fist salute with the crown prince. i give you the opportunity to respond to this criticism, but just as you can be sure that another incident, another murder, like jamal, khashoggi, will not happen again, the lord is with you. what a stupid question? how can i be sure of any of this, the president raised the issue of jamal khashoggi at the beginning of the meeting with his highness the crown prince and the crown prince replied that this was a painful episode for saudi arabia, the very idea that one country can call its values ​​to another country, as the crown prince cle

you go from shireen abu akleh to khashoggi. >> there is a pattern. i'm can citizens can be killed with impunity by regimes that the states wants to stay on good terms with. that is what is happening in israel and what will happen in saudi arabia. amy: rashid khalidi, edward said professor of modern arab studies at columa university. author of a number of books including "the hundred-years war on palestine." after israel, biden will go to saudi arabia, despite his campaign pledge to make saudi arabia a pariah for the state-sponsored killing of "the washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. we will go to sarah ah whitson with dawn. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "if i could go back in time" by dam and amal murkus. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. on friday, president biden will continue -- he will be making his first trip to the middle east of his administration as he goes to saudi arabia for talks with saudi officials and to attend a summit of gulf lies. he is the first u.s

prices remain sky high in the u.s., the president saying he brought up the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, and that he believes the prince was behind it how bin salman responded. >>> back home, the president's domestic agenda derailed again by joe manchin >>> also just in, the cause of death of ivana trump, donald trump's ex-wife, revealed >>> the january 6th committee briefed about text messages erased by the secret service. what the agency says happened >>> the autopsy report on jayland walker, the 25-year-old sustaining 46 gunshot wounds when police opened fire on him during a chase how walker's family is reacting >>> new surveillance the moment a russian missile struck a city in central ukraine at least 23 killed, including a 4-year-old girl the vi the video her mother posted just before the attack >>> the dramatic bodycam. the hero who saved five people trapped inside a burning home. >>> and a game of catch on the ultimate "field of dreams" "inspiring america." >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone president biden in a late-night press conference

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 face value. those responsible have been investigated and faced the law and paying the price for the crime committed and we -- the conversation moved on in terms of official discussion. in terms of the relationship and the energy security and the climate change and moving forward. the threat from iran in terms of terrorism and financing and the trade and investment relationship. between yemen. stability and peace in the region. g5, g6. exploration of outer space. >> did president biden accept the explanation for the murder of khashoggi? >> i believe so. yeah. i believe so. >> he didn't raise it anymore throughout the course -- >> what is there to raise, wolf? >> u.s. intelligence community concluded that the crown prince ordered effectively the killing of jamal khashoggi. >> i don't believe it was specified in those terms. it is an assessment. we kn

nick: did t president did the president bring up jamal khashoggi? mr.rought -- he mentioned the issue of jamal khashoggi, and he said that this is an issue that has generated a lot of interest and concern in the u.s. congress and among the american public, and that he understood, he knew what what saudi arabia's position was, and the crown prince indicated that saudi arabia, every civilized country would do. we investigated. we brought charges against those who committed this crime. the courts rendered their verdicts, and those individuals were punished. america did this after abu ghraib. nobody can say that george bush as president was rponsible or ordered abu ghraib. nick: president biden said tonight that the saudis, "share the urgency about lowering oil pres." will saudi arabia push for opec plus to increase oil production in the next few weeks? mr. al-jubeir: saudi arabia's policy has always been to make sure that there are adequate supplies of oil that go to the markets. nick: adequate is a different word than the president used. mr. al-jubeir: wh

concluded ordered the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. as a candidate, biden vowed to make saudi arabia pay the price and turn them into a global pariah. today, the saudis eager to release this picture of a warm greeting. the crown prince then hosting biden and regional leaders. >> president biden, is saudi arabia still a pariah? >> reporter: afterwards, biden telling reporters he did bring up khashoggi at the very top of the meeting. >> i was straightforward and direct in discussing it. i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent -- inconsistent with who we are and who i am. >> reporter: biden then asked how the crown prince responded. >> he basically said that he -- he was not personally responsible for it. i indicated i thought he was. >> reporter: khashoggi's employer, "the washington post," calling that fist bump shameful. saying it gave the crown prince the redemption he has been desperately seeking. >> you're coming under a lot of fi

jamal khashoggi was a friend of mine for many, many years. think is a grisly is absolutely up orange and unforgivable. however, the murder of one man nbs profound mistake in doing this should not overshadow the essential strategic importance of saudi arabia to the united states. israel makes mistakes per the united states makes mistakes. that minister fates for foreign affairs referred to the american prison and iraq were iraqis were tortured and abused. we all make mistakes. the issue is, the murder of one man going to kill our chances for getting more oil pumped in a relationship and. [inaudible] c-5 a bigger part i do if the thank you and say thank you very much judy miller we are up against the hard break. will be right back. thanks a lot judy see you again soon. thank you. agreed... my patients like these patches because they work for up to 12 hours, even on moderate pain. salonpas. it's good medicine (vo) introducing welcome unlimited from verizon. at our best price ever. just $30 per line. (fran) for real? (vo) for real, fran. $30 buck

he also knew jamal khashoggi. thanks for coming back. when we last spoke you defended the president's decision to go to saudi arabia, despite khashoggi's murder and his comments from the campaign. now there's no guarantee that will even be part of the discussion. should it be? should the president raise it? >> i think you can raise it in a number of different ways, as he said in his own statement, he's made it very clear where he stands on it. i personally would prefer that he raise it. i think it's important to make it clear not just to the saudis, but also to the rest of the world, to jamal khashoggi's fiance, to those who have been hurt in many other ways by saudi repression, by saudi human rights violations, that this is what we stand for. i think the president probably in his mind also has a job to do and that is to protect american interests, military interests, security interests, economic interests, at a time when much of our relationship with the middle east is in crisis. so we need the saudis, they know that. but we also have s

intelligence says mbs ordered the brutal killing of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. late tonight, president biden defending his decision to hold the meeting saying he rebuked mbs for khashoggi's murder at the start of their visit. >> i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights, is this consistent -- it is inconsistent with who we are and who i am. >> reporter: the crown prince's response? >> he basically said that he -- he was not personally responsible for it i indicated i thought he was. >> reporter: but this trip is coming under fierce criticism after mr. biden promised during the campaign to shun the saudi government over its human rights abuses and khashoggi's murder >> we were going to, in fact, make them pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are i don't regret anything that i said what happened to khashoggi was outrageous >> reporter: today the publisher of "the washington post" calling the fist bump shameful and khashoggi's fiance tweeting a photo of the l

with the crown prince. >> khashoggi was a u.s. citizen at the time he was murdered. >>> back at home, new details about a white house staffer who apparently avoided a call from former president trump regarding his or her testimony. we still have don't have a name. but sources say trump tried to contact someone peeking with the january 6 committee. those sources also telling cnn the staffer was in a position to corroborate part of the testimony of former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. cnn's jessica schneider joins me now. this was a notable moment in the hearing. kind of the closing shot to say, by the way, we have this other instance of potential witness tamp everying. what do we know about the witness and the call? >> it's interesting, this is the third one that the committee has referenced and they all revolve around cassidy hutchinson and her explosive testimony at the end of the june. this one in june involves a staffer who didn't have direct communication with trump. the staffer when the phone call came in they didn't t

but my position on khashoggi has been so clear. if anyone doesn't understand it in saudi arabia or anywhere else, then they haven't been around for awhile. >> reporter: the president and the white house are treading very carefully here. tonight, they are still negotiating the specifics of this meeting, trying to choreograph every little detail, including whether cameras will be allowed in and whether we will see president biden shake hands with the saudi crown prince. david? >> yeah, a lot of questions remain over this visit. mary bruce live in jerusalem tonight. mary, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, and to news in that disturbing case of a 10-year-old ohio girl who had been raped and who went to indiana to get an abortion after roe was overturned. no exceptions in ohio for rape. well tonight, the indiana doctor who performed that procedure is now under investigation. the indiana attorney general saying he is investigating the doctor's license and whether she failed to report the child was raped. detectives saying the chi

ukraine journalist jamal khashoggi. ukraine says journalistjamal khashoggi.f miles from the front line fighting russian forces. to sri lanka, where prime minister ranil wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president. ranil wickremesinghe has been sworn he replaces gotabaya rajapaksa, who fled to singapore. parliament is expected to elect a permanent successor next week, and the governing majority is expected to back mr wickremesinghe. but the protestors want him to step down too. our south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan reports. sri lankans woke up to the news they have a new leader. businesses and shops reopened after a sudden curfew was imposed on the city. the speaker of parliament said mr rajapaksa's resignation had been accepted after verification. this brings an end to the political domination of the rajapaksa dynasty. as per the constitution, prime minister ranil wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the acting president. soon after taking over, mr wickremesinghe addressed the nation and appealed to political parties to form an all—party interim g

the question is, are they actually discussing jamal khashoggi, the saudi journalist who was a columnist for the washington post, who was murdered a few years ago. the cia, u.s. intelligence committee concluded that mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, authorized, ordered, approved of the attack and the murder of jamal khashoggi as a result during the presidential campaign, then candidate biden, said that saudi arabia was a pariah state and we would treat them as such, but clearly on this visit here in jeddah, a meeting with the leadership including mohammed bin salman, they are not treating saudi arabia like a pariah state and for the saudi's, i think it's really significant that they are getting this kind of attention. this is what they want. the leader of the free world, the president of the united states, to come here and to be showing his respect to the saudi leadership. even covering the white house for a while. this is an important development. >> it's critical. and it underscores the reality of the moment. this was a relationship that the president had to see, p

he got what he has been wanting, even before khashoggi's murder. a public display of validation.ng me now is steven cook, he's a senior fellow for middle east and africa studies at the council on foreign relations. he recently wrote an op-ed for the l. a. times arguing why this is not the right time for biden to go to the middle east. steven, it's great to see you again, thank you so much for joining us. >> great to see you again. before we even get into why president biden is in saudi arabia, let me get your reaction to the optics of what we saw play out today, in particular the fist bump between joe biden and the crown prince. how will history remember this moment? >> look, i think everybody remembers during the campaign that the president said that he was going to render the crown prince a pariah, and said the saudi government had no redeeming value. so i think history is going to look back and remember how the president undercut his own very strong message about human rights. and the fist bump itself, whether it was a fist bump or handshake, it was going to be met with the sa

my position on khashoggi has been so clear.anyone doesn't understand it in saudi arabia or anywhere else they haven't been around for a while. >> and so the president is basically saying if somebody wants to know what he says about khashoggi's murder just google it. there will be a lot of questions that we have at the end of that meeting with the saudi crown prince but we're told not to expect a biden press conference on the ground in saudi arabia and we have no idea whether or not that meeting will open up for any kind of coverage at this point. >> harris: i don't know if this is being talked about where you are yet because it was just news a little while ago. admiral kirby who is a spokesperson within the white house now since being the spokesperson for the pentagon said that in his conversations the president does fully understand the khashoggi situation but just didn't telegraph it. i don't know if it means it will come up. from you just reported it doesn't sound like it. >> well, if he was going to bring it up and he wante

government assessment, naming mbs as he is commonly called responsible for khashoggi's death.ia's crown prince mohammed bin salman approved an operation in istanbul, turkey to capture or kill the journalist jamal khashoggi. that is why it is so shocking to see this today. the president of the united states fist pumping an individual the u.s. government has labeled a murder. here is how this murder landed back here at home, from the washington post publisher who wrote in part, quote, the fist pumping tween president biden and mohammed bin salman was worse than a handshake, it was shameful. it projected a level of intimacy and comfort that delivers the mbs the unwarranted redemption he has been desperately seeking. and a sort of impromptu damage control conference from saudi arabia, biden told reporters today that he rebuked mbs face to face. >> in respect to the murder of khashoggi, i made it clear -- what i think of it now. >> why was the crown prince's response to your comments about khashoggi? >> he basically said that he was not personally responsible for it. i indicated th

it ended with a reminder of the two country's tension. >> jamaal khashoggi, will you apologize?re were a series of announcements. opening saudi airspace to civilian aircraft to and from israel, removing peacekeepers from an island, which could help normalization. and a saudi commitment to extend the truce in human -- yemen. prison biden said the meeting went well but he also brought up the murder of jamaal khashoggi. >> he said he is not personally responsible for and i indicated he probably was. nick: he was greeted by a government official, a far cry from the over-the-top greeting for president trump in 2015. trump's legacy also played out this morning when president biden visited the palestinian president, there was a formal red carpet welcome but the president criticized president biden for not reversing trump's policies. >> reopening the u.s. consulate jerusalem, removing us from the terrorist list, and reopening the office in washington. nick: president biden pledged $100 million for palestinian hospitals in east jerusalem and $200 million for the you in agency that suppor

i'm joined by one of khashoggi's colleagues at the "washington post".tonight. we have seen the video of president biden fist bumping with the saudi crown prince. this is the first time i have seen the crown prince with multiple white house officials greeting him in this way. as we have noted, this is what the saudi government has chosen to release. i wonder what goes through your mind or your head when you see this? >> yeah. honestly, the last time i think i spoke with you i had just edited jamal's last posthumous call where he called for more free press in the arab world. and that was the last piece we worked on together before we died -- was murdered. you know, for me, for those who worked with jamal, for us at the "washington post", that fist bump was a gut punch. it was a gut punch for all of us who worked so hard to push for accountability in jamal's murder, for those of us who wanted to push for press freedom, who wanted to push for a new and different u.s.-saudi relationship that wasn't placed in blood. and that fist bump, frankly, as an american

he said president biden did bring up jamaal khashoggi but it was not in the same language.rtainly not as confrontational as president biden claimed. the two sides clearly are still disagreeing over human rights and the bottom line from the saudi perspective is yes, president biden did push mbs on this and mbs said it was not me and we've taken steps to tackle the people who mbs claims acted in a rogue fashion. the u.s. believes that mbs approved the murder. william: one of the main reasons president biden is in saudi arabia is to pressure the kingdom to ramp up oil production, a sensibly to bring wn gas prices elsewhere and in the u.s. have saudi officials said whether they will follow through on that? nick: i think u.s. officials would not use the word pressure, they would use the word discussion about energy security. but part of that, let's be honest, is hoping that saudi arabia opens the spigots so gas prices in the states can come down. president biden tonight said he believed saudi officials were on the same page as him mom but again, i asked -- page as him, but again

on jamal khashoggi's murder.hat you are looking for and are you optimistic that the president will move in this direction on this trip? >> thank you, yes, it is the most frustrating thing in the world to hear about khashoggi, khashoggi, khashoggi, and i have every sympathy for his family, so i don't want that to be taken out of context. but we also have nearly 3,000 dead americans who have been pursuing justice for 20 years. we now have fbi reports that say without a doubt the kingdom of saudi arabia was behind the 9/11 attacks. we want president biden to go there and honor his campaign promise. he's already done it, to a large extent, he's declassified the documents and i blame it on the mainstream media and blame it on the -- the lack of coverage that america and the world at large doesn't really know about these documents we have. we have a document that says omar el bayumi was working for saudi intelligence. he co-signed the leases for the hijackers, opened up bank accounts for them. so we want the president

is the brutal murder of khashoggi in your view now going to fade?rticularly for the family of khashoggi, they want accountability coming from saudi arabia. but does that moment, the fist bump, there kind of meeting and summit, does it now diminish the importance of saudi arabia claiming responsibility, being held accountable for the murder of khashoggi? >> right. i think people in the united states and perhaps elsewhere in the world and in europe for example underestimate the extent to which people in saudi arabia were outraged by the murder of jamal khashoggi. this is not something that is commonplace in saudi arabia. it is not part of saudi tradition. it is something that really took the country by storm. people were shocked by it and it had a very -- a very powerful impact on people inside of the country. so, you know, the trial that occurred happened at a quick rate. and saudi officials have always been quick to send messages of reassurance that nothing like this could ever happen again. and so it is a matter of time before a certain recovery fr

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president biden facing backlash from jamal khashoggi's fiancee and some democrats over his face-to-face with mbs. what's the white house saying? >> reporter: white house officials were very aware there would be fierce blow back to hold this meeting, make this trip. there was a calculation made that the short term blowback was a necessity for the long term effort in this region. there's been a lot of discussion about oil production. it was a topic of conversation here, no immediate numbers given by saudi officials, but some acknowledgement that oil production may be coming in the weeks or months ahead. today the president laid out key principles for the u.s. approach to the region. and in those remark, ryan, he really kind of captured the genesis of this entire trip saying this trip is about america's role in this region for the future. it's the future that really drove every alelement this. the future that if you're dealing with this region, a rapidly transitioning region in the past few years and a region where china and russia in particular have made inroads when the u.s. has turned i

prince's response to your comments about khashoggi? basically said that he was not personally responsible to it. i indicated that i thought that he was. he said he was not personally responsible for it and he took action against those who were responsible. >> he also shared that he had no regrets saying the kingdom should be made a pariah because of the brutal slaying of "the washington post" journalist while in turkey. >> i don't regret anything that i said. what happened to khashoggi was outrangeous. >> joining me now is a foreign policy analyst. i want to start with this fist bump thing. we were just talking about it before we came on. there was a sense that president biden didn't want a handshake photo with mbs but instead he did this which i'm not sure conveyed the message he wanted to convey. what do you make of it? >> well, joy, last month the crown prince went to turkey and he wasn't -- his press released a photograph of him boeing. he's been seeking legitimacy against a genocidal war in ukraine to grant him legitimacy and prot

and the saudis hit a snag four years ago, following the murder of kemal khashoggi -- of jamaal khashoggithe journalist was killed by a hit squad and the saudi consulate in istanbul in the fall of 2018. allegedly on the personal orders of saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman. many think this is plausible and human rights activists agree. >> saudi arabia has never been a rights respecting country, where you can speak freely, but we have seen a total shutdown for any public criticism or any hint you might disagree with the authorities. reporter: joe biden promised to hold the saudi leadership accountable for the murder of jamaal khashoggi. but high oil prices are re-forcing him to rethink the promise. the u.s. once saudi oil to replace russian supplies in the market. as an ally against iran. >> today i think is to correct the course this relationship and reenable this relationship again. to resto the historical strategic partnership between riyadh and washington. biden negotiating partner -- reporter: biden's negotiating partner is the crown prince. the de facto ruler of saudi a

my position on khashoggi has been so clear. if anyone doesn't understand it in saudi arabia or anywhere else they haven't been around for a while. >> so president biden is saying there anybody that doesn't know where he stands on the murder of an american journalist can just google it and the president will have some meetings today in israel, tomorrow in the west bank before jetting to saudi arabia. >> thank you very much. >> bill: back home here. stunning video from the southern border. look at this. our fox cameras rolling in broad daylight on wednesday afternoon. hundreds of migrants illegally crossing the rio grande into texas yesterday. many led by smugglers ahead of that pack and the line keeps on going. bill melugin picks up the story in la joya, texas today. hello, bill. >> good morning to you. we're once again back in the rio grande valley where as usual we're seeing large numbers of migrants crossing illegally this morning. i'll give you a look. here this is predominantly family units here crossing, 100 or so here now

khashoggi's employer, "the washington post," calling the fist bump shameful. >> you're coming under a of fire for your fist bump with the crown prince. >> reporter: khashoggi's fiancee tweeting that the blood of mbs' next victim is on your hands. >> i'm sorry she feels that way. i was straightforward back then. i was straightforward today. >> reporter: the president defended the trip arguing it was important for regional security and to try and lower gas prices back home. >> and i'm doing all i can to increase the supply for the united states of america, which i expect to happen. >> reporter: now, the president says americans will start to feel some of that relief at the pump in the coming weeks. the white house this morning is also touting other gains made here including an announcement by the saudis to open its airspace to israeli flights. the president calling that a big step towards normalizing relations, whit. >> all right, mary bruce, thank you. >>> joining us now is national security council spokesman john kirby who is traveling with the president on his middle east trip. john,

you knew khashoggi. i knew him as well back in washington. let's listen to my interview yesterday with the saudi minister of the state for foreign affairs, adel al. >>> jabber. listen to this. >> did the president raise jamal khashoggi by name. >> the crown prince explained to him this was a tragedy for saudi arabia and those who have been responsible have investigated it and faced law and are now paying the price for the crime that was committed. and the conversation then moved on in terms of the official discussions. >> is it your opinion he accepted it? >> i believe so. >> he didn't raise it any more? >> what is there to raise, wolf? a crime was committed. >> the u.s. intelligence committee as you know concluded that the crown prince ordered -- effectively ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi. >> i don't believe that was specified in those terms nurjs ber one. number two, it was an ass assessment. >> aaron, you and i have known adel al jabeir. what do you think of the way he was treated with the saudi arabia minister in those meetings? >

khashoggi. >> i'm sorry she feels that way. i was straightforward back then.traightforward today. this is a meeting not -- i didn't come here to meet with the crown prince i came here to meet with the gcc and nine nations to deal with the security and the needs of the free world, in particular the united states, and not leave a vacuum here, which was happening as it has in other parts of the world >> on gas prices if i may, you said that we'll see relief at some point in the not too distant future what is the message to americans who are looking for that relief now? when should they expect to see a real change in prices. >> there's been a real change. they have been coming down every single day to the best of my knowledge. >> when will we see the impact of this visit? >> i suspect not for another couple weeks and we'll see more when we see gas stations start to lower their price consistent with what they're paying for the oil. >> do you regret calling the saudis a pariah. >> i don't regret anything i said i just said i don't regret anything i said. what happen

what jamal khashoggi would tweet today.the accountable you promised for my murder. the blood of the next mbs victim is on your hands. what do you think? >> there's two different issues. one, should he have gone to saudi arabia, and the other, should he have done a fist bump. most of us understand that she's never going to be happy with what he's going to do in term of the policy and in terms of the fact the united states deals with them and now needs to do even more because of gas prices and those kinds of calculations. what he didn't need to do was the fist bump that made it look like a fun little meeting and we're just a couple bros. fist bumping each other. that is completely the wrong message. it is not i'm here to hold you accountable, i'm here to put your feet to the fire. it's kind of making light of it. then when he's asked about it, he laughed. i don't think that's the right message. >> handshake would have been far better. shake the hand, get it over with. >> just do it. it's not great either way. >> absolutely no

intelligence determined likely approved the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. while in israel president biden stopped short of saying that he would raise the killing with the crown prince though saying that he will as he always says he will raise human rights with the country. as a presidential, biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah for their atrocious human rights record. there is a lot at stake in this stop on his middle east tour. joining me now, wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins live in jeddah, saudi arabia. the president will be meeting with the crown prince shortly. he is leaving the plane and the meetings begin. this is the most complicated meeting of the entire trip. set the stage for everyone. >> it is the most complicated because the u.s. intelligence community concluded that mohammad bin salman the crown prince was directly involved in ordering for all practical purposes the murder of jamal khashoggi, the columnist writing for the "washington post" and he was brutally killed in turkey a few years ago. and the president himself, president biden him

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khashoggi? >> >> i'm sorry she feels that way.k then, i was straight a forward today. >> how can you be sure that another murder like jamal khashoggi -- >> god love you, what a silly question. how could i possibly be sure of any of that? howard: the president didn't like that question. the questions were from reuters, nbc and so forth. fist bump seen around the world, okay? last thing joe biden wanted was a picture of him shaking hands, he came up with this covid cover story except he shook hands with foreign leaders, and hen he together and shook hands with leaders in israel, so nobody was guying -- buying it. >> this was ridiculous. he shouldn't have ever tried to became the situation, and frankly, i think the fist bump looks worse. it looks sort of casual and unserious. i think one of the things that you have to deal with as president of the united states is difficult meetings with people who you have major issues with -- howard: right. >> -- you have serious problems with. but the problem, i think, here was that the president

with respect to the murder of khashoggi i waited at the top, making clear what i thought the time andtime and what i thought the time and what i think of it now. i was straightforward and direct in discussing it. i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on issue of human rights is is inconsistent with who we are i am. i will always stand up for values. i will always stand up for values. let's get some more from our middle east correspondent, anna foster in jeddah. there are many people who will see the striking image of the fist pump and believe the very fact that this meeting happened in those images have now been beamed around the world shows that though the us does not have human rights at the top of its agenda, if something like that was able to happen. what's interesting is never really know the exact detail of what happens in that working session as it has been described. we will never know the side wording thatjoe biden used or how forceful he was in that discussion. i'vejust come how forceful he was in that discussion.

when he was blpressed on whethe or not he will bring up khashoggi in in meeting with the crown prince he hedged a bit. he said he always brings up human rights but did not say specifically that he will bring up khashoggi. obviously that is a very sensitive subject in the saudi royal family given the united states has assessed that the crown prince authorized the murder of this reporter, it was really a butcher more than a murder, and so that is going to be a big point of question looming over this entire trip. when you talk to u.s. officials and the president's top advisers they know that. they are aware of that. and that will be a part and they knew that they were going to be asked questions about that, wolf. so of course he's making the argument that there is a broader point to his trip which is not just when it comes to oil production but also security overall and making sure there is not a vacuum of leadership in the region for places like china and russia to make inroads. that is going to be the argument you are hearing from the white house but it was notable that he did not spec