them is coming to the region any as a plan to promote what heat or things meso, which is the middle east alliance, which at the middle east strategic alliance, led by israel in a world that is now burning around against the u. s. and israel itself because of all the atrocities it's committing in palestine. and it's attempt to steal our war resources, other water from jordan oil from syria and oil and gas from them and on. it's not working. or it's their own benefit right now. and we, the people have nothing else to lose and we will stand by this and we will not allow them to keep on stealing our lifeline. yes, here, but more way it's all for it's all for democracy. remember that, don't forget, it's all about democracy. but that's what, that's it, and that's why i think i, that's one of the signing by a believe and that we have democracy. so you're here in the shambles country, a lebanon, more than the u. s. will ever have on its slanting, you know, arthur, you know, it's a, for a issue that we've already brought up here. but one of the big don gave us a good the timeline about how things have cha

is coming to the region any as a plan to promote what heat or things mess so which is the middle east alliance, which at the middle east strategic alliance led by israel in a world that is now turning around against the u. s. and israel itself because of all the atrocities it's committing in palestine. and it's attempt to steal our war resources, other water from jordan oil from syria and oil and gas from them and on. it's not working. or it's their own app benefit right now. and we, the people have nothing else to lose and we will stand by this and we will not allow them to hear. but one of the bigger, you know, don, gave us a good dial, the timeline about how things have changed power relation wise. but it's in the media is one of the most disgraceful institutions that we have right now. um, oh, the programmer you're on right now was completely deleted from you tube. okay. um no reason given an i don't know why. i don't know what rules. okay. their rules based order, but it's, this is the, it's the sphere of media that they're so terrified of because they talk about misinformation. but reall

they're looking to smooth towards a smooth, a pos, a potential security alliance in the region, a middle east security alliance, if you will. it was already mentioned on the president donald trump, but there was no real head way. now the saudis and he has rallies, have been working at behind closed doors. sort of in the shadow is on something on, you know, close a tie for some time and a thought or hope that the district by president vine will bring that out into the open in terms of any real big changes. big announcements. people are saying that that that's just not expected on this trip. it's a tricky time for the visit, of course ahead of israeli elections in november and long overdue of palestinian elections, which have been cancelled for some time. so both parties, both sides are in a difficult position when it comes to, let's say, talking about a peace agreement. so there's going to be nothing much on the agenda there. a full service is about strengthening time between the u. s. and israel, i know you heard the president bud and speaking there, and yeah, i love had talking about the str

i began by asking rebecca how the nuclear threat from iran is shaping alliances in the middle east. bend the threat of iran as it is widely perceived across the region here is shaping alliances here in the region profoundly. i mean, you know, it's a little bit like the old adage, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. so we're seeing alliances or potential alliances that a few years ago seemed impossible. now, they are looking probably just a few years ago under the trump administration. we saw the ab hm accords. that was the normalization of time between israel and 3 of its arab neighbors. that was seen as a huge step in progress. and now we're looking at a potential defense lines. of course, that's not official yet, but that is being spoken about here on this tour of on president biden's who are of israel. and so we're talking about a defense, a mindful directly in relation to that iranian threat that received iranian from here in the region. so it is really couldn't be shaping this region any more, michelle, do you have something to say there? yeah, well it's interesting that joe biden i

so i think the, what we're seeing now is the binder is coming to the middle east to encourage the alliance between is rather than the gulf countries including saudi arabia and that from the american point of view, he's saying we are, we are leading. but we want you to do as much as possible. i mean, given what you're saying there about the u. s. a strategy when it comes to iran in recent days, it does feel to me at least that biden's language is, is a bit more stronger. i mean, for example, he recently said force is an off the table when it comes to ron. i mean, how do you read into that? i don't see any change at all. as you recall it stated there was no commitment. it's not binding on by the american administrations going back to the 90 ninety's of always said that iraq should not be allowed to go there and they weren't allowed . so there's no difference there. i think that we need to take a step back and look at the broader context and include the meetings that's happening between india is around the united arab emirates and the united states. and so call hi to you to and that demonstra

of the crisis that exists in the middle east, there is a permanent war in syria, a confrontation with israel, a war in yemen, the formation of a military-political alliancethe in the middle east against iran, i don't think that's how the iranians took and transferred or sold their latest drones to russia, that is, in fact, the entire arsenal arsenal is like that because there are, of course, drones that bend, fall, shake, and there are, well, more or less modern ones. they are not like that, in fact, there are not so many of them, so i don’t think that this story can be somehow serious, well, it can end with the transfer of these drones, well, at least i will show you what it looks like now, uh, and for everything else, yes, the iranians, well, 100 of them are uh, russian allies with one e-e of one environment that they also do not trust the russians and there are reasons for this, and even i am not talking about a historical parallel, but even the relations between them during the syrian campaign there are also quite a lot of misunderstandings. well, what is the fact itself worth? that the russians actively cooperate with the arletians, and the israelis

reporter: but the administration now saying the trip's purpose is to stabilize the middle east, strengthen the u.s./saudi alliance and discuss ways the kingdom can help the u.s. outcompete adversaries like russia and china. many hoping the presidential visit to the world's top oil exporter will help bring down soaring gas prices at home. >> the united states understands that saudi arabia continues to be an incredibly important player in the global energy market. i think they would like to see more oil coming out of opec. >> reporter: and the meeting coming amid an historic announcement from the saudi government officially opening its airspace to all israeli air carriers marking a new era of civilian travel between the two countries. and we're now learning who will not be at that meeting between president biden and the crown prince, and that's saudi king salman. the white house revealing overnight a meeting between biden and the saudi king will take place separately. >> jay, thank you. >>> now to the other major story we're following. the death of ivana trump, the first wife of the former president was found in he

middle east. he spent his final day in saudi arabia laying out his strategy for building alliances in the middle east, including a pledge for a billion dollars in food aid to the region. >> the united states is going to remain an active, engaged partner in the middle east. as the world grows more competitive and the challenges we face more complex, it is only becoming clear to me how closely interwoven america's interests are with the successes in the middle east. we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia, or iran. >> but the president's controversial meeting with the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman continues to grab headlines. biden was criticized for this moment, that fist bump, when he greeted the crown prince, who is accused of being behind the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. cnn's phil mattingly is in jeddah for the president's trip. so how is the white house assessing what was accomplished? >> reporter: fred, i think when you look at that picture, kind of the indelible image of this trip that will live on for history, today was as big a reason as any wh

middle east. the president met with air acleaders an laid out his strategy for building alliances in the middle east. >> let me state clearly. that the united states is going to remain an active and engaged partner in the middle east. at the world grows more competitive and the challenges we face more complex, it is only becoming clear to me that how close the interwoven successes are in the middle east. we will not walk away and leave a vacuum filled by china, russia or iran. >> but he's being sharply criticized for this moment, this controversial meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman and that fist bump. biden is under fire for that moment when he greets the crown prince who is accused of being behind the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. phil mattingly is in jeddah for the president's trip. so what does the white house believe biden accomplished, particularly on this last day while in the middle east? >> reporter: fred, this was a day of rapid fire, one-on-one meetings between the president and top leaders in the region. and his most sustained effort to lay out his theory of

here to fill that vacuum which may appear in the middle east, they need some kind of regional alliance east context, and cooperation between arabs and israel is needed to recreate, but cooperation between arabs and israel is impossible. here, on the required scale, without at least some compromise on the ballistic issue. that's why biden goes, he e -comes to palestine. he meets with palestinians. he resumes assistance. that is, it shows that the peace process is ongoing. and it gives formally. e possibility the same saudi arabia to say that yes, israel is a completely handshake partner. we can cooperate with him, but there is another very important meeting in the region, next week in tehran. there is a so-called stalinist format putin and erdogan are going to the president of iran and syria clearly in the spotlight. we asked now less began to hear it is clear that the world 's attention. it means that it has gone a little bit to other places, but nevertheless, firstly, what is happening there. secondly, does it work, does this work? rather unique interaction that took place in the tria

if what we see coming out of this meeting between the president and the region is a closer alliance on middle easturity, where the united states and saudi are going to be jointly pushing, that is a plus. if they work jointly with israel, that is still a figure plus. given the president's itinerary, that is more than likely what is going to happen guy: what you're saying is that this is not bad. -- not about oil. >> this is very much not about oil, for a couple of reasons. opec makes the decisions overall. opec is already at the saudi's behest increasing pumping slightly, something that was seen as a welcome mat for biden and it back at the russians a bit the benefit on oil, of the united states and the president get, this is already happened. in terms of political crossfire immediately, the president takes a double hit. he takes a human rights hit from progressives and at the same time, that middle america, middle-class takes a hit on oil prices because aligned will be biden came up with nothing, which isn't strictly true, but that is actually what will come away from it. this is much more about m

. >> the administration saying the trip's purpose is to stabilize the middle east, strengthen the u.s.-saudi allianceersaries like russia and china. many hoping the presidential visit to the world's top oil exporter will bring down soaring gas prices at home. >> the united states understands saudi arabia continues to be an important player in the global energy market. they would like to see more oil coming in of opec. >> president biden meeting with a palestinian leader before leaving for saudi arabia. and overnight, a historic announcement from the saudi government, officially opening airspace to all israel the air carriers, marking a new era of civilian travel between the countries. president biden will fly from tel aviv, israel to saudi arabia. he will be the first american president to travel that route. reggie: the average price of a gallon of regular gas in california is now below $6 for the first time since may. according to aaa, the price is $5.95. a week ago, it was $6.14. the lowest is in solano county, the highest is in the napa area. jobina: we are hearing from actress constance wu. she i

by them is coming to the middle east to encourage the alliance between is rather than the gulf countries, including saudi arabia and that from the american point of view, he's saying we are back, we are leading. but we want you to do as much as possible. inflation in the u. s. has reached a 40 year high latest figures, so consumer price is sword by 9 point one percent compared to last year with the cost of fuel housing and food or rising faster than the average income. my kind of reports from washington dc, all major indices were sharply down in early trading on wall street as the market. i just did the monthly report hope supper reduction in the inflation rate dashed as prices continue to rise. groceries are up by 12.2 percent over the year. rents by 5.8 percent. car prices have been by 11.4 percent. and in the largest increase, the cost of ed trouble has risen by 34 percent. all these, it could be to, to americans spending more as they emerged from the pandemic, shut down. i'm so limit food. i never seen this back. i've been noticed in the household products had really shut up to the c

. >>> president biden returning from his controversial trip to the middle east where energy and security alliances may have been overshadowed by the murder of "the washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. >> 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 think of now. >> the u.s. has made its own mistakes. >>> with covid cases and hospitalizations on the rise, los angeles likely reinstating indoor masking. >> with these very high rates unless we start seeing a slow down in spread, a slow down in what's happening in our hospitals in two weeks we will do a universal indoor masking here. >>> londoners being urged not to travel as a heat wave engulfs europe. other cities now seeing all-time records as blistering temperatures bake the continent. >>> i'm laura coates. pamela brown has the day off, and you are here in the cnn newsroom. >>> tonight two new developments that could directly impact the january 6th select committee investigation. and this just days before what could be the final public hearing this coming

. >>> on his second day in the middle east, president biden reaffirmed america's alliance with israelkraine against russia's invasion. this news conference also today with the israeli prime minister further showed the contrast on a specific element. >> president biden is pushing diplomacy to keep iran from getting nuclear weapons, but israel's leader says words alone will not work. he says iran will only respond to military force. cnn's kaitlan collins is in jerusalem for us. so, kaitlan, president biden also talked about the next leg of his trip to saudi arabia. do we know if he plans to confront the crown prince about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. >> reporter: not based on anything that president biden himself said, because he was asked about this specifically. it wouldn't be that much of a surprise if this was a position that he would take, given, of course, the strong language that he used on the campaign trail about how he felt about jamal khashoggi's murder, saying it was a flatout maurder and sayin that he vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah because of what happened

. >> the administration announcing the trip's purpose is to stabilize the middle east, strengthen the u.s.-saudi alliance and discuss ways the kingdom can help the u.s. outcompete adversaries like russia and china. many helping the presidential visit to the world's top oil exporter will help bring down soaring gas prices at home. >> united states understands that saudi arabia is and continues to be an incredibly important player in the global energy market. i think they would like to see more oil coming out of opec. >> president biden meeting with palestinian leader before leaving for saudi arabia. and overnight, a historic announcement from the saudi government, officially opening its airspace to hall israeli air carriers, marking a new era of civilian travel between the two countries. president biden also fly today from tel aviv, israel to saudi arabia. he will be the first american president to travel that route. reggie: the average price for a gallon of regular gas in california is now below six dollars. yay. for the first time since may. the price is five dollars and five cents. a week ago, that ave

while the international alliance in the middle east falls to pieces.utin is about to meet with iran. joe leads the middle east, good luck appear >> laura: is this a staffing problem? i may not tell him where he is supposed to go or does he forget? it is a long trip and maybe he is just a little tired. he can only work a few hours a day. >> let's hope so hope so. >> laura: back home, kamala was taking care of the major issues facing the country and it is tonight harris rerun rerun. >> tonight we are expanding education. you need to go where you need to get to go to go to work and go home. >> laura: and go. >> this could turn out to be one of the great american drinking games, games where people drink in america every time she repeats something, the drinking games could happen in america. i'm looking forward to that. we should start that here. >> laura: she is struggling there. let's look for tb's highest honors that were just announced, what did they tell us? speak of the most-watched scripted drama on television, "yellowstone" got no nominations at all

middle east? >> so, the abraham accords creates an alliance and relationship with israel and many of the neighbors is critical. and i want to point out my was on the commercial flight from israel over to saudia and that took place september 1 of 2020. this is not new, in fact the saudis have ended over the plate is a big deal and a small step but a small step forward is much more important than a large step backward in all of this occurred in terms of the abram accords by jared kushner and obviously working for president trump back in august 2020. the first time the senior member of the united states used abram accords was two days after the afghanistan debacle and president biden just yesterday in jerusalem the first time and publicly raising them, that is fantastic. the reason why, it is not a democratic policy, an american policy. when our error allies were together and we as americans are safer, more secure and willing to be more prosperous. >> carley: right now showing live images of president biden speaking in jerusalem pledging to give $100 million towards palestinian hospital and will meet

. >>> president biden returning from his controversial trip to the middle east where energy and security alliancesington post journalist jamal khashoggi. >> 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. >> they pointed

so as we see biden firming up his alliances in the middle east, putin doing the same.reach, proving again it certainly believes to the world that it cannot be isolated. >> clair, thank you. i just want to turn now to get the lawyers from larry from the african continent. he is in nairobi. larry, this grain desperately needed by africa if the content were to avoid a famine, a food crisis. what are you learning? we heard ivan speak earlier about a possible plan b. what are you learning about that for exports? >> reporter: i've been talking to samantha power the administrator of the u.s. agency for international development and she's been here in kenya and in somalia, some of the countries that are worst affected by a drought that's been four consecutive failed of somalia, the pandemic has played into this. we're seeing some of the worst drought here on record and she's also announced a $1.3 billion extra humanitarian and development assistance to help these countries to feed people to stave off mass starvation and death. 86% of the world food program appeal right now is

middle east. meeting with arab leaders and laying out his strategy for building alliances there. >> let me state clearlys is going to remain an active, engaged partner in the middle east. as world growing more competitive, and the challenges we face more complex, it is only becoming clearer to me that how close america's interest are with the successes of the middle east. we will not walk away and leave a voacuum too be filled by chin, russia or iran. >> the president is facing harsh criticism for his meeting with mohammed bin salman who is believed to be behind jamal kht bump when they greeted each other. cnn's phil mattingly is in jeddah for the president's trip. all right, so phil, how is the trip being seen for biden, when the white house perspective. >> reporter: fred, when you talk to white house officials, they make clear that today was a very critical moment. the president using those remarks to really lay out a multi-step new strategic framework for the region. a very design ammic region, a reng that has changed since biden was vice president and once that has been very concerned over the cours

, my bashar, as says the leaders are addressing security challenges and threats of new alliances in the middle east. they're trying to find accommodation. each one of those powers have some needs and some demands. they also have something to offer. clearly turkey would like to help russia on the questions of ukraine and the question of exporting go green. iran would like to help russia break out of its isolation. same thing with terms of russia. iran. i think both iran and russia trying to find out competition with their kid might its own security and the whole issue with r y, p g. and i think all 3 of them have issues with the united states and the new in emerging axis. as of last week, out of jetta. so really on, you know, i think it's just almost, you know, fortunate time for, for these 3 leaders to be meeting in order to address both the security challenging they're facing. as well as the new emerging axis between the saudi area, between the saudi arabia, israel and the united states. there are a number of bilateral relations and unilateral needs of each one of those 3 powers . but they certain

and the original security alliance at the arab summit with more on how biden's middle east tour dash us hopes for a grand return to the region. here's our t's pulse layer. findings for day, middle east purpose over. but the question of what's actually achieved is still up in the air. his bid for more and cheap oil has been blown out of the water. i will see the impact of this visit. i suspect you won't see that for another a couple of weeks. we, i'd say as a come a feast, it's oil production, bianca, $13000000.00 barrels a day and off to shunning the kingdom over the 2018 killing of saudi jernace, jamal cash hockey. all eyes were on what might in which state to the conference i in thank you. thank you. thank you. that's exactly what bite enabled saudi arabia while on his campaign trail back in 2019. but now biting his tongue. he came asking for a favor while still trying to save his own face. correct? calling out of saudi's prior, i don't hear anything i said, but you don't have to bump a to why do you? mm. mm. find a makita from the gulf compilation council. invite him to place it i

here in the middle east, we have an eternity now and it is growing and gaining power and creating an alliance that believes in peace that believes our children deserve the opportunity to have a better life. here from jerusalem, the eternal capital of the state of israel. your visit to saudi arabia is important for israel and for the entire region for our security and for the future and prosperity of the middle east. we send with you including the palestinians, a message of peace. israel wants peace and believes in peace. we will never an inch of security but to any country, any nation that wants peace, we say shalom. welcome. mr. president, you will meet with the leaders of saudi arabia, qatar, and iraq. i would like to pass them all a message from us. our hand is outstretched for peace. we are ready to share our technology and experience for our people to meet and learn one another, for our scientists to collaborate and our businesses to cooperate. the book of psalms says all of this, chapter 29 reads -- [the lord will give strength to strength to his people and if we are strong, if we are d

middle east we have an alternative now. it is growing and gaining power, we are creating an alliance of moderate countries that believe in peace, that believe our children deserve the opportunity to live a better life, from here, from jerusalem, the eternal capital of the state of israel, to travel to saudi arabia, visit saudi arabia's importance for israel and the entire region, for security and the future and prosperity of the middle east. we send with you to all the nations of the region including the palestinians the message of peace. israel wants peace and believes in peace. we will never yield an inch of our security, we are obligated to be cautious at every step, but to any country, any nation that wants peace, welcome. mister president, you will meet with the leaders of saudi arabia, qatar, kuwait, oman and iraq. i would like you to pass them all a message from us. our hand is outstretched for peace. we are ready to share our technology and experience, ready for our people to meet and learn about one another, ready for our scientists to collaborate and our businesses to cooperate. the book of psalms says all of this in

partners, strengthening our alliances, and building coalitions, solving problems in this region of the world. the united states is clear eyed about the challenges in the middle east and where we have the greatest capacity to drive positive outcomes. our objective -- our focus -- so we can target our resources, rebuild trust and deliver real results. we will operate in the context of the middle east as it is today. the gcc is a prime example of that. reestablished the economic and diplomatic ties. increasingly the world has seen the middle east through the lens of opening and opportunity. let me state clearly that the united states is going to remain an active and engaged partner in the middle east. as the world grows more competitive and the challenges more complex, it is becoming clear to me that -- with the successes of the middle east. we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by china, russia, or iran. we will seek to build on this moment with active, principled american leadership. our new framework for the middle east has five key principles. i would like to briefly share them with you today. first, the united states will support and strengthen

middle east, we have an alternative. now it is growing and gaining power. we are creating an alliance of moderate countries that believe in peace, that believe that our children deserve the opportunity to live a better life. from here from jerusalem, the eternal capital of the state of israel. you will travel to saudi arabia. your visit to saudi arabia is important for israel and for the entire region. for a secure, at the end, for the future and prospective prosperity of the middle east. we send with you to all the nations of the region, including of course, the palestinians, a message of peace. israel wants peace and believes in peace. we will never yield an inch of our security. we are obligated to be cautious at every step, but to any country, any nation that wants peace and normalization with us, we say our sullen, shallow welcome mr. present, you will meet with the leaders of saudi arabia, katara, quaid, oman, and iraq. i would like you to pass them all a message from us. our hand is outstretched for peace. we are ready to share our technology and experience ready for our people

middle east? i would say it feel achieving any major go actually on. he aimed at penetrating the alliance and to form and into mid eastern need to he didn't do it. he wanted to have a drastic decrease in the oil prices. it did not happen. and by increasing the production drastically, what happened in the shop treated by a very small mall and that did not have an impact on the on the prices of oil. so what i'm saying is that the delivery of united states is not as high as they had, and they are leaving a big gap. and this gap is already being filled by the shuttle visits by the russian president and his foreign minister to the region. and the middle east. so what i'm saying is that the, both, both powers are trying frantically to win the endorsement of the lead this in the middle east and africa. but i believe in the short and long run that russia is going to have more leverage in this even done again. a similar point to you, washington doesn't want russian africa, but what does the united states itself want out of the continent? i mean, the us wants what it's always wanted out of africa w

leadership to rethink, and possibly expand the negotiations of the original air defense alliance another middle east writes bloomberg against the backdrop of sanctions moscow, which increased deliveries to rigaon of already oil-bearing diesel fuel and other petroleum products in june, the volume reached 155,000 barrels to court. it is almost impossible to determine what happened to the russian fuel after it was unloaded, as all western experts note during interruptions. that is, it could well, bypassing the sanctions , go to the west. it's likely somewhere soon ukrainian grain may also be sent in istanbul today there will be a meeting of the russian delegation of ukraine and turkey with un representatives on the issue of grain exports moscow kiev in two steps quote reaching an agreement said the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine at the sky, but we, of course, do not believe him, because he is lying, as he writes , 22% of the agricultural land of ukraine is already under the control of russia and he does not like it. bsu continue to set fire to the wheat fields of the kherson region, with the he

middle east. it is the leader of the sunni arab world. we've had an alliance king syud on a boat in the 1940s so he's representing our interests. yes, he's going to bring up human rights. this is absolutely something that he's prepared to do and i'm sure that mbs is prepared to hear. i've been in those rooms when presidents of the united states and secretaries of state talked to authoritarian figures about human rights and say this violates all of the ideas that we stand for as americans and violates any premise of our alliance. that will happen. but at the same time, there will be hopefully negotiations about how much oil saudi arabia would release and also about saudi relations with israel, which is a promising area that we've seen just developing in the last few days. >> rick stengel, always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> up next, gangs, violence, kidnappings. all plaguing haiti right now. we'll talk to a journalist who's been tracking it all about why it is happening and is it going to continue? it is happening and is i

blocs of the entente and a triple alliance takes place, which with 1914 to 1918 will be hostilities not only a in the european theater of operations. well, in the middle east other regions of the world because of what, and the great war will go down in history as the first world war and it will become one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history. the significance and results of the first world war were hushed up for more than a century. in the soviet period, we actually hushed up everything connected with the first world war and the heroes of the first world war, for example, in brusilovo from the opposition, and the bolsheviks who believed that this was an imperialist war. it does not meet the interests of the country. and therefore actually immediately coming to power. they concluded a separate agreement in brest-litovsk with germany, thereby, to put an end to. in this war , at the same time, it must be understood that a civil war began in the country. it was simply objectively difficult for them, but to fight for power within the country and continue this war, and besides, at that time no one understood when this war would end, no one could imagine t

an increasing role in the middle east through the sale of technology, particularly huawei's five g technology and the decision by saudi arabia to exceed to the open ran alliance. and finally the issue of this yemen weapons draw down the standstill in yemen starts to open up the possibility for closer security uh relationship between the united states and saudi arabia because that is a big sticking point for congress there's one element tyson didn't stress there susanna but many people say it's the element that this visit was all about namely oil. in the beginning of this war there was a lot of talk in the west about shared values and the need to fight for western values have geopolitics and resources now eclipsed values. i mean eclipse i values and the need to fight for western values have would say that that would go far beyond what what's what's happening and before that. i mean there have been 70 something years of very close relations between saudi arabia and and and and the u. s. and the west is very much about oil which was extremely much about more oil but also about regional influence. it was also about controlling iran. it was also about business. i

middle east, in particular saudi arabia and uae. nermeen: explain what exactly is this eminent defense alliance that the new u.s.negotiating or discussing with saudi arabia as well as with the uae? >> well, i wish i could tell you more other than we know this defense agreement is probably -- if the israeli prime minister said the agreement has been signed and being implement it and has already been [indiscernible] to shield off the tax. the defense agreement as far as we know at minimum includes unified air defenses, unified intelligence sharing, unified and to aerial threats. what it obligates the united states to do, what exactly the commitments are that president biden is making to the autocracy and apartheid government to the middle east, we don't know because he has not told us. i believe the reason the biden administration is keeping this secret from the america people is the same reason he penned the op-ed in the washington post. it is shameful. he knows it is shameful. if it was something to be proud about, they would have been posting to the rafters. he knows it is a conciliatory, humiliating capitulati