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crown prince mohammed bin salman also warning israel against military strikes against iran. so it is very clear that saudi arabia, as vision and crown prince mohammed bin salman's vision is for a more is for more stability in the middle east. and he doesn't believe that attacking iran is a way forward. so having iran involved in those negotiations, having saudi arabia involved with those potential negotiations with iran, has plausibility because it has recent history and it has diplomatic movement on it already. >> nic robertson, thank you so much for your analysis. let's talk more about this with cnn global affairs analyst kim dozier. and as you heard there from nick, i mean, this you know, this news conference did send a clear signal of this full cooperation that we're going to see between the u.s. and israel. we also heard the israeli prime minister say that they discussed this bold vision, as they called it. trump's bold vision for gaza's future. what does that mean, then, moving forward? i mean, this this bold vision. i assume they're talking about is trump's plan to rel

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saudi arabia, to thank our hosts for bringing this together , particularly the crown prince mohammed bin salman and his team. we are moving quickly which means they moved very quickly to be such gracious hosts, and we are certainly all appreciative. >> [inaudible] >> that's a decision for the kingdom to make. i can tell you the kingdom of saudi arabia is playing a indispensable role in making this happen, not just hosting us but bring the parties together to have these conversations. i think it is something we are very grateful for, grateful for the partnership that we have with them on a host of issues, this being one of them. we thank them for doing it and we hope, i think they have offered, and i believe they will continue to be helpful in any way they can. >> [inaudible] what is the next step now? >> the next step is multi track. the first next step is working through our respective teams at the diplomatic side just to ensure our diplomatic missions can function. there's been a series of reciprocal actions taken over the last 10 years that have really diminished our ability to operate in mo

lavrov. on "restoring the entire complex of and the format of these talks. meeting crown prince mohammed bin salmanlier here to a broader conversation. delegation, very different. and europe needed to immediately boost its own defences. his comments were supported by the danish prime minister, the whole continent. our correspondent rajini vaidynathan is in paris well, this meeting in paris was hastily arranged but europe does not have a seat at the table. british prime minister, polish prime minister and also mark rutte from nato, for example, security is at a turning point. "yes, it's about ukraine," she said, we didn't hearfrom mr macron. european leaders to carry on the conversation. things are going next. now on tuesday, of course, will be that key meeting national to urity college at national to bbc college at national to bbc news. e at national to bbc news. sot national to bbc news. so injust a few as we been a few hours, as we have been hearing, of state hearing,—secretary of state rubio will hearing,—secretary ef state rubio will talking lamar other with sergei lavrov among other russian de

french president emmanuel macron says he spoke with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman on sunday, explaining that europe should be at the center of fostering peace in ukraine. matthew karnitschnig is the editor in chief at euractiv and he joins us now from berlin. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> so top trump aides are set to meet with russian officials in saudi arabia tuesday. without europe at the table and without ukraine, although u.s. envoy general kellogg says the negotiations will take place in kyiv this week. but how is a peace deal possible if the u.s. and the eu are not working together on this? and where does it leave the transatlantic alliance? >> well, the reality is that a peace deal probably is possible because the u.s. has all of the leverage here, and the u.s. is really the interlocutor that russia wants to speak to. putin wants to speak directly to donald trump, as it were. it's really not in europe's interest, though, because they're the ones who are going to have to deal with the aftermath of this deal. and trump and his advisers have already made

president trump has repeatedly praised saudi prince mohammed bin salman for hosting peace talks in saudi arabia earlier this week. peace talks ukraine was not invited to. this morning, president trump is meeting with the crown prince. representativesrom the saudi wealth fund. that fund owns liv golf, the competitor to the pga. president trump has said in the past he'd like to see two the finalize their merger. golf digest reports tiger woods is among the guests at the white house. former senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will not run for reelection as senator from kentucky, and spoke earlier this morning from the senate floor about his retirement and what he's done for his home state. so efforts like these have spanned the length of my senate career, and i've been humbled each and every opportunity to help kentucky punch above its weight. and the senate will move on to a vote on trump's pick to lead the fbi. kash patel, known as both a federal prosecutor and a january 6th apologist. his confirmation is expected to pass, though democrats warn their republican colleagues they wiwill l

i we have been invited - by mohammed bin salman to discussions in riyadh.hink the point is how do. we make this work in a way that is good for everybody. there is not only these conversations about the future of gaza, there is also this looming deadline in the cease—fire negotiations between hamas and israel. joining us tonight on the panel — joel rubin — who was a senior state department official in the obama administration and former republican congressmanjake laturner. good evening. when he came here to washington last week benjamin netanyahu was happy to hear the plan for gaza that donald trump set out. and since then the israeli's have appeared to be following donald trump's messaging on the conflict. tonight the prime minister echoed the same threat donald trump had issued on monday from the oval office. unless all hostages are released by lunchtime saturday then the ceasefire will be over and war will resume. translation: in light- of hamas's announcement to violate the agreement and not release our hostages, last night i ordered the military to gath

is there a follow up interview with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman in the works? we are working that could be interesting. braxton jackson asks: what or who influenced you most to pursue a career in news? you know, i think it was an internship i had in atlanta that really got me going but as far as in news brit hume my mentor and friend and tim russert. i was always a big fan of his interviewing style and got to know him before his passing. mark milligan wants to know what is president trump like behind the scenes? anything interesting or unique? well, yeah, he just likes to talk. he likes to talk off the record, share his thoughts about everything under the sun. so, much of what you see on the interview you continue to hear off the record in different ways. finally tonight, a record 127.7 million people watched sunday's super bowl on fox sports and thanks to those that tuned in early for our exclusive interview with president donald trump. tomorrow on "special report," the house subcommittee overseeing doge holds its first congressional hearing. remember, if you

huge win for saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman as well. just a few years ago, he was considered a pariah for his role in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. sitting with the secretary of state, mbs, as he's known, is a statesman. hosting the peace talks. and what is zelensky? well, he's not there, he told the kyiv post. he thinks president trump wants a quick win, no matter the cost to ukraine, that a cease fire, he says that's not a win. the ceasefire in israel and gaza continues to hold. hamas released more hostages over the weekend. visiting u.s. senator lindsey graham warned israel and maybe his own u.s. government. they have got to have a better plan for palestinians in the arab world. israel's won the war on the ground, but they've lost it on television. you go anywhere in the arab world, and all they see is morning, noon and night. attacks on the palestinian people. my promise to the people of israel and to this region is not to give up. i am very optimistic. we will break through. and let me tell you why. there's no other sol

reaction, i mean, it seems as if a nuclear bomb literally has gone off in the middle east from mohammed bin salman in, in saudi to the king of jordan to the foreign minister of egypt, the president of egypt, by the way, making his way to washington on thursday, to iran, to islamic militants, to hamas, to islamic jihad. all of them denounce the president's plans to take over gaza. and what obviously, prime minister benjamin netanyahu supports. you remember, leading up to october 7th, there was a possibility of normalization of relations between saudi arabia and israel, which would have been unprecedented and unprecedented moment geopolitically. instead, now it seems this, in fact, this move, if in fact, the president decides to make it, will unite the arab gulf states and possibly with iran as well. and then it comes down to the people that are really being affected here. right. the far right wing of the israeli government, certainly weighing in here and supporting what prime minister bibi netanyahu is doing in the united states, along with president trump as well. but when you speak to civilians h

and of course, that comes after crown prince mohammed bin salman was serious president putin is about ending russia's war in ukraine, which is on the cusp of that third anniversary just days from now. it also comes just days after president trump had that key call with putin. but here's what president trump had to say about all this. >> we're trying to get a peace with russia, ukraine, and we're working very hard on it. it's a war that should have never started. >> do you expect zelenskyy to be involved in these conversations? what will his role be? >> i do. he will be involved. yes. >> secretary rubio also said that depending on the progress of these talks, ukraine may have to get involved and ultimately europe may have to get involved as well. now for his part, president trump told reporters hours ago on the tarmac here in west palm beach that he could be meeting soon with president putin, also in saudi arabia. so clearly, paula, all of this moving quite quickly. we'll be watching those talks quite closely on tuesday. >> betsy kline, thank you. and there's growing concern among ukra

he suggested it would also take place in saudi arabia, and indicated that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman be involved in those discussions. of course, the crown prince has been a key interlocutor between the u.s., russia and saudi arabia and ukraine. one party that won't be at the negotiating table, according to special envoy for ukraine and russia general keith kellogg, is the europeans. but kellogg did indicate that ukraine will be at the negotiating table. of course, when and in what capacity remains unclear at this time. kellogg also indicated sunday that russia is going to have to make concessions. take a look. >> to me, there's going to have to be things like territorial. >> concessions as well. okay. some of it. >> is. >> realistic for to expect where you'd want to go. >> to. >> but it's. >> territorial. it's some territorial. >> it could be the engagement of refusing to use force. renouncement of the use of force into the future from a political side. he's not going to downsize his military forces. hopefully get rid of. we're going to try to do is basically force him into actions.

and of course, that comes after crown prince mohammed bin salman was

saudi arabia and suggested that that discussion could be supplemented by saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who has been a key interlocutor between these parties. now we are seeing president trump dramatically reshape u.s. foreign policy, particularly when it comes to russia's war in ukraine, and asked whether he believed russia was responsible for that war. here's what he told reporters in the oval office. just yesterday. >> the blame for the war. >> ukraine or russia? >> well, i think this i think that there were a lot, a lot of people to blame. all i can say is, very simply, if i were president, that war would never have happened. and you know what else wouldn't have happened? the middle east wouldn't be all blown up in october. seventh wouldn't have happened either. those two areas, you wouldn't have inflation. you wouldn't have october 7th, you wouldn't have russia and ukraine fighting. none of those things would have happened if i were president. >> now, all of this comes after those searing comments from ukraine. president zelenskyy, who is really questioning the role of the u.s. in

team was greeted by saudi arabian leader on, bin salman --mohammed bin salman.s a sure look at their meeting. >> [indiscernible] sec. rubio: [indiscernible] >> michael waltz, national security advisor -- [indiscernible] >> c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> charter is proud to be recognize as one of the best internet providers, and we are just getting started, building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. >> charter communications supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row see to democracy. --front-row seat to democracy. >> veterans, their spouses, and advocates with the groups disabled american veterans and the wounded warrior project testified on the v.a.'s community care program before the senate veterans affairs committee. they discussed veteran suicide, mental health care, and access to timely medical care.

we give great thanks to crown prince mohammed bin salman for hosting and sat down for the first time in years, uh, with the russians, uh, and talked about a path forward with peace on top of that. and one of the things that led to that was the tremendous confidence building measure that we had with the release of marc fogel. uh, i'll remind everyone, the last time that we had an american release, uh, from the russians, uh, either we gave up a deadly spy, pressured our allies to give up, uh, a lethal killer, or we released under the biden administration, the world's most notorious arms dealer, viktor bout, who, by the way, had one of his main clients for arms. the cartels in in mexico and central america. we gave up none of that. this was released as a confidence building measure, working with our great middle east envoy, steve witkoff, and our secretary of state, uh, as a first step towards opening these talks and then, uh, moving forward towards peace. on top of that, we've secured just in a month the return of a dozen 12 american hostages from russia, from bulgaria, from venezuela,

he also indicated that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman could be part of those discussions. of course, the crown prince has been a key interlocutor between the u.s. and russia. now, one party that won't be at the negotiating table, according to special envoy to russia and ukraine general keith kellogg, is the europeans. kellogg did say, however, that the ukrainians, of course, would have a seat at the negotiating table, though it's unclear at what stage the ukrainians will be brought into this process. i also want to note new comments from kellogg, who said that russia will have to make concessions during these talks. he said that that could take place in the territorial matters, as well as possibly the renunciation of the use of force. now, of course, all of this comes after those searing comments from ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy earlier today, saying that the role of the u.s. in the russia, in ukraine and the world is unclear to him. we are also seeing president trump dramatically reshape relations with president putin. paula. >> betsy kline, thank you. and as th

he's also indicated that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman could be part of those discussions. of course, the crown prince has been a key interlocutor between the u.s. and russia. now, one party that won't be at the negotiating table, according to special envoy to russia and ukraine general keith kellogg, is the europeans. kellogg did say, however, that the ukrainians would have a seat at the negotiating negotiating table. and he also suggested that russia could have to make some concessions. take a look. >> to me, there's going to have to be things like territorial concessions as well. okay. some of it is realistic to expect where you'd want to go to, but it's territorial. it's some territorial. it could be engagement of refusing to use force or announcement of the use of force into the future. from a political side. he's not going to downsize his military forces, hopefully get rid of. we're going to try to do is basically force him into actions. what you want to do is force him to actions maybe he's uncomfortable with. >> we are seeing president trump dramatically reshape u.s

and also we have the mohammed bin salman al saud, also. so all friends of russia. >> on the street. much praise for president trump sometimes may be a bit too much. what do you think about donald trump? >> i think maybe. small stalin. >> do you think small stalin? why? >> why? but character. >> donald trump. >> of course i like donald trump. this man says he's a positive president. he will change america and make it great again. moscow's leaders optimistic, saying they believe the trump administration understands their view of the ukraine war. where russian troops continue to make modest gains. this russian defense ministry video purporting to show drone units hitting ukrainian positions in russia's kursk region. russian leader vladimir putin visiting a drone factory, also praising trump, saying a face to face meeting is in the works. >> no. >> we're not in a position where it's enough to meet each other, have tea or coffee and chat about the future, he says. we need to make our teams prepare issues that are crucial for both russia and the u.s., including the ukraine conflict. but n

mohammed bin salman and saudi arabia's role in centrality in all of this will certainly be somethingo watch in the days and weeks ahead. jeff zeleny for us. west palm beach, thanks so much. i want to turn to our politics lead now. today, four top deputies to new york city mayor eric adams resigned. this after the outgoing u.s. attorney for manhattan accused the mayor of agreeing to cooperate with president trump's immigration plans if the justice department threw out his corruption case. this follows the mass resignation of top prosecutors in new york and d.c. last week. adams has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denies any quid pro quo. i want to go to cnn's kara scannell. carol, what more do we know about these resignations or expected resignations? and how is adams handling all this? >> well, phil, i mean, this is the first. political fallout. for adams since that decision was made by the justice department to file this motion to dismiss the criminal charges against him. and as you said, that resulted in the resignations of seven. federal prosecutors. now, we're seeing the im

i have very good relations with his royal highness, saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. we agreed that i will have an official visit on march 10th. we expect the u.s. delegation in kyiv. >> we're joined now by william taylor, a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. ambassador, thanks so much for being with us. i want to get your reaction to one of the key initial agreements, the u.s. and russia, agreeing to reestablish their respective diplomatic missions. do you read that as a concession by either side? >> of course i don't. that's not a concession that i worry about. it's fine to have conversations between officials in the two governments. we haven't had that up until now. it's true. so this is a change. but if they're serious, if they've gotten if the trump administration has gotten president putin to the table, willing to have serious negotiations, and we don't know that he's ready to have serious negotiations, but he's but he's at least at the table, which is going to be the hard thing. and the trump administration has gotten them there. then having embassies in both c

and today they met briefly with crown prince mohammed bin salman at the royal palace in riyadh. ahead of tomorrow's talks, it's important to point out, though, who is not at the table? who isn't there as ukraine, the country that was invaded by russia, hasn't been invited. europeans are also being excluded from these talks, prompting them to hold an emergency summit today in paris. we're going to have more on that meeting a bit later. let's begin with cnn's alex marquardt in saudi arabia. alex, please set the scene for us. what are you hearing ahead of these talks? >> maurice, we have not seen a meeting like this between the russians and the americans for three years now, since this war in ukraine began. so it is going to be remarkable to watch. there's been a fair bit of criticism of the trump administration, essentially, for bringing the russians in from the cold after they have been shunned by the west, by europe, by the united states for the past few years. the defense from the trump administration is that in order to get to a peace deal, you can't only talk to your friends,

and he also indicated that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman could be part of those discussions.n prince has been a key interlocutor between the u.s. and saudi arabia and russia. now, one party that won't be at the negotiating table, according to u.s. special envoy for russia and ukraine general keith kellogg, is the europeans. kellogg did say, however, that the ukrainians would have a seat at that negotiating table, though he declined to say when exactly that might take place. now, kellogg also indicated sunday at the munich security conference that russia is going to have to make concessions. take a look. >> to me, there's going to have to be things like territorial concessions as well. okay. some of it is realistic to expect where you'd want to go to, but it's territorial. it's some territorial. it could be the engagement of refusing to use force. renouncement of the use of force into the future from a political side. he's not going to downsize his military forces. hopefully get rid of. we're going to try to do is basically force him into actions in what you want to do is forc

and really, a moment for mohammed bin salman, the crown prince. to come out of the cold when it comes to diplomatic relations with the us. so what can be achieved. >> here, though? >> that is the. >> ultimate. >> question, because. >> what we. >> also know is that ukrainian and european officials were not invited into the room and not invited to take part in this conversation. so perhaps this is the trump administration working to get to the bottom of some finite details, trying to determine and establish exactly what the russians need to consider this a win on their side, and then also laying the groundwork for a potential trump-putin summit that would open the door for broader negotiations with kyiv and with european officials as well. the challenge, though, is finding a way forward, a way forward that would end the war without handing total victory to moscow or without weakening ukraine. and as i said last hour, that way forward looks very unclear at this point. >> dan, thank you for such a comprehensive overview. >> really appreciate. >> your

but mohammed bin salman is calling for a pathway to a palestinian state.thing that prime minister netanyahu is going to have a very hard time to sell to his allies. so there is daylight. the question is really what kind of leverage president trump can put over netanyahu? remember, netanyahu cannot run to a republican conference, a congress like he did in the past when he disagreed with biden. trump has the leverage. the real question is, will he use it to push netanyahu ultimately for this grand normalization deal? >> marc polymeropoulos, thank you. coming up on chris jansing reports, new dnc vice chair david hogg joins me. how the party will craft its new platform and sell it to voters. >> you know, it's smart, enjoying a fresh gourmet meal at home that. >> you didn't have. >> to cook. upgrade your plate with factor. chef crafted with factor. chef crafted dietitian approved. ready in leo! [whistling] ever since we introduced him to the farmer's dog, it's changed his quality of life. leo's number 2's are really getting better. better poo, better you! that'

of a nuclear bomb dropped on the middle east, if you think of and hear of the reactions from mohammed bin salman and saudi to the king of jordan, to the egyptian foreign minister, to iran, to the palestinian authority, islamic militants, including islamic jihad and hamas, they all agree that gazans should be able to remain in gaza, and that they should be able to have the ability to rebuild after this year and a half long war. in fact, it is uniting, it seems, the middle east around this very issue. if you remember, in the lead up to 20 to october 7th, i should say there was a possible normalization of relations between saudi arabia and israel that may very well fall by the wayside at this point, considering the steps that are being made by both president trump and prime minister bibi netanyahu, who, by the way, seems to also be extending this war into the west bank with some recent explosions that we've seen in a city called jenin, 100 residential buildings exploding, 30,000 palestinian residents evacuated from there as well. we have a super brave team of journalists on the ground in gaza who s

secretary of state marco rubio met today with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman.what do we know what's going on over there? >> and mike waltz national security advisor steve witkoff, the middle east envoy, they were also there with the crown prince, and they had dinner afterwards. they spoke about regional issues, middle east, middle east issues, we're told, by the state department. but of course, wolf, the main event is tomorrow when the americans have this remarkable meeting with russian officials. the first meeting of its kind in more than three years since this war in ukraine began. the saudis will be there as well, in a mediating capacity. but it's going to be those three americans i mentioned across the table from the foreign minister, sergey lavrov, and yuri ushakov, who is a presidential aide. but this is as much about who is at the table as who is not. wolf, the ukrainians, most notably, are not. we heard from president zelenskyy earlier today saying quite angrily, frustrated that he hadn't been told about this meeting, saying that nothing will be decided

president and also we have the mohammed bin salman al saud. >> also. >> so all friends of. >> russia on. >> the street. much praise for president trump. sometimes, maybe a bit too much. >> what do. >> you think about donald trump? >> i think maybe. >> small stalin. >> you think. small stalin? why? >> why? but character. >> donald trump. >> of course i like donald trump. this man says he's a positive president. he will change america and make it great again. moscow's leaders optimistic, saying they believe the trump administration understands their view of the ukraine war. where russian troops continue to make modest gains. this russian defense ministry video purporting to show drone units hitting ukrainian positions in russia's kursk region. russian leader vladimir putin visiting a drone factory, also praising trump, saying a face to face meeting is in the works. >> no. >> we're not in a position where it's enough to meet each other, have tea or coffee and chat about the future, he says. we need to make our teams prepare issues that are crucial for both russia and the u.s., including

but also, as you point out, mohammed bin salman has been very clear he is not going. >> to. >> let normalization. go forward. with israel. >> until there is some pathway to a palestinian state. so i. think that this will increasingly be on the agenda inside of israel. but i think what what bibi netanyahu is saying is just not right now. >> i haven't finished. >> with what's going on in hamas, and we're not even sure if we're going to get to phase two. >> in the. >> ceasefire negotiations and. the hostages. so more to come before we get to this big settling question. >> there's also. >> iran and the. >> president. earlier in the day, about an hour before netanyahu arrived. >> at the. >> white house, i was watching. >> closely while he signed the executive order for maximum pressure, again leveling sanctions. >> against iran. >> but he said it in a very different way. >> he said. >> i'm unhappy about. doing this. he said. >> this. >> several times. >> i really don't like doing this. and he was signaling that he wants some sort of talk with iran. and when asked. >> specifically would. >> you meet w

he said that a lot of the saudis, particularly crown prince mohammed bin salman, was very crucial and instrumental in those discussions. but john, who will not be there, that is the ukrainians. and of course, that is causing a lot of consternation, both in kyiv but also throughout europe, which are really worried about not having a seat at the table during these talks, we heard secretary of state marco rubio try to address this and kind of tamp down those concerns yesterday. take a listen to how he put it. >> if it's real negotiations and we're not there yet. but if that were to happen, ukraine will have to be involved because they're the ones that were invaded and the europeans will have to be involved because they have sanctions on putin and russia as well. and they've contributed to this effort. we're just not there yet. >> now, john, he's framing this as kind of a first step in these negotiations that ukraine will have a seat at the table. but again, this is something that's really causing a lot of alarm among the united states allies across europe. and of course, with ukraine its

. >> secretary of state marco rubio is now in saudi arabia, meeting with crown prince mohammed bin salman at the royal palace ahead of talks with russia aimed at ending the war in ukraine. and in paris, key european leaders who were not invited to the negotiations in saudi arabia are holding an emergency summit to discuss their own strategy. there are concerns that president trump is making too many concessions to vladimir putin and pushing forward without their input, or ukraine's. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says this is simply not acceptable. >> so i will never accept any decisions between the united states and russia about ukraine. never. and our people never. >> alex marquardt is already in riyadh. alex, what are you hearing from your sources about what to expect there? >> well. >> this meeting between the u.s. and the russians is expected to get underway tomorrow. and, dana, it is going to be an extraordinary moment. we haven't seen a meeting like this between the two sides since this war in russia and ukraine rather began. there has been contact between intelligence off

mohammed bin salman is someone who president trump is looking to, to try to make a potentially. >> historic peace deal. >> between saudi arabia and israel. saudi is saying that is not going. >> to go ahead. if there is this displacement. >> of the palestinians. and then. >> critically. >> you have. egypt and jordan. >> these are two long standing u.s. >> allies in the region. they are. >> countries whose stability. >> is considered. >> a national. >> security priority. >> of the. >> united states. >> just to. >> highlight that. >> president trump cut. >> off foreign aid to basically everywhere. >> except israel and. >> to egypt. and the reason. >> he. >> kept the. >> funds flowing. >> to egypt is it is a country of 100 million people. if it is destabilized, that potentially sends shockwaves across the middle east. and yet, in the same breath, the president is talking about moving some. 2 million palestinians there potentially. >> so you have. >> heard flat rejections. >> from the leaders of those countries. >> in the past. the question is, will president. trump try to. use leverage, force e

and he called mbs mohammed bin salman, the leader of saudi arabia, a wonderful guy.a murderous thug. he praised qatar. women have no rights. individuals have no rights. these are places without democracies. and the president of the united states, the leader of the world's beacon democracy. on paper anyway, is praising autocrats and sounding like an autocrat and dismissing democracy and people's right to self-determination on land the world says is theirs. >> in response to that. >> i think it's hard to say that there's a lot of self-determination in gaza. and with hamas at the helm there, i think that that's just categorically false, especially if you're a woman. take it away. >> hamas. hamas does not belong in gaza. two things can be true at once. i agree with the prime minister and the president. you can't have a terrorist group running land. however, however, however, does that mean all those palestinian. but but do all the palestinian people then forever lose their right to self-determination on their land because they have a terrorist problem? fix the terrorist

ago, we received this new video of secretary of state marco rubio meeting with crown prince mohammed bin salman at the royal palace in riyadh. but it's noteworthy who is not at the table during this trip. that would be ukraine, the country that was illegally invaded by russia three years ago. ukraine's president questions how much can be achieved without his country represented. >> ukraine will not participate. ukraine knew nothing about them. ukraine perceives any negotiations about ukraine without ukraine as those with no results. we cannot recognize anything or any agreements about us without us. >> also new this morning, a sobering reality check. russia's foreign minister implies that the kremlin is not willing to make concessions to broker a peace deal. there is a lot to unfold. so let's bring in our panel. i want to go to you first. former cnn moscow bureau chief jill dougherty, for your perspective. so with a single phone call last week, president trump effectively ended the international isolation of vladimir putin. does the russian president entered these talks stronger and more embold

they're far more concerned about their domestic agendas, like mohammed bin salman and saudi arabia. 2030 project, which is lagging pretty badly. and any regional conflagration is going to detract from this pretty significantly when it comes to netanyahu and when it comes to israel and saudi arabia in particular, brokering this mega deal between saudi arabia and israel is at the very forefront of us middle east policy. it was under biden, it is under trump. and i would argue that this deal is equally counterproductive for the united states. this would result in dramatic new commitments in the middle east at a time when the region doesn't really represent a theater of, you know, strategic importance, you know, considerable strategic importance for the united states, with $36 trillion in debt, running $2 trillion a year, deficits, more commitments to the middle east right at this current moment is not what the united states should be moving towards. >> let me ask you really quickly. and we have about 30s left, but what are you going to be watching for when the when the two leaders meet

and he called mbs mohammed bin salman, the leader of saudi arabia, a wonderful guy. he's a murderous thug. he praised qatar. women have no rights. individuals have no rights. these are places without democracies. and the president of the united states, the leader of the world's beacon democracy. on paper, anyway, is praising autocrats and sounding like an autocrat and dismissing democracy and people's right to self-determination on land the world says is theirs. >> aaron, a response to that? >> i think it's hard to say that >> however, however, does that mean all those palestinian? >> but, but, but to all the pelosi and people then forever lose their right to self-determination on their land because terrorist the terrorist problem. >> well, it's fixing the terrorist problem. and it's beginning as a world to try and rebuild gaza. that's also part of this. and really, that i think, is the biggest crux of this for donald trump. it's the rebuilding process. he's also been talking about the united states not pretty much being the sole person who the sole country who is ou

. >> obviously, mohammed bin salman has. >> a very good relationship with. >> the with donald trump, with the us administration. >> they consider. >> themselves. >> you know, almost, you know, peacemakers. >> and so they're positioning themselves. >> on the. >> international stage. >> and, you know, you know, quite smartly. and of course this all goes, you know, to the to the idea of saudi is totally rehabilitated. now after they murdered. >> washington post. >> reporter khashoggi. >> years ago. >> which. >> caused all sorts. >> of problems for. >> the crown prince. that's long in the rear. >> view. mirror now. >> maybe long in the rear view mirror from a foreign policy perspective, but certainly important that you and i remember that and mark it here. marc polymeropoulos, thank you, as always for joining us. and ahead of this morning's talks on ukraine, as we just mentioned, secretary of state marco rubio met with saudi arabia's crown prince yesterday to discuss the future of gaza. national security adviser mike mike waltz and middle east envoy steve witkoff also took part in that m

we're being invited by mohammed bin salman to discussions in riyadh. i think the point is, is how do we make this work in a way that is good for everybody? and obviously we have to look at the best interests of of the united states, of the people in the region, especially to my people of jordan. and we're going to have some interesting discussions today. i think one of the things that we can do right away is take 2000 children that are either cancer, children or in very ill state to jordan as quickly as possible and then wait for, i think, the egyptians to present their plan on how we can work with the president to work on the gaza challenges. >> so i want to tell. >> you that. >> excuse me. wait. just please. i didn't know that. what you just said. 2000 children with cancer or other problems. and, uh. that's really a beautiful gesture. that's really good. and we appreciate it. and we'll be working on the rest with, uh, with egypt, i think you're going to see some great progress. i think with jordan, you're going to see some great progress, three of us

and he also indicated that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman could be part of those discussions. he's been a key interlocutor for these talks. but all of this comes amid searing new comments from ukraine. president zelenskyy, who has really questioned the future of the u.s. role in ukraine and in europe. and we are seeing president trump dramatically reshape the u.s. foreign policy, particularly as it relates to russia and ukraine, and attempt to rebuild those relations with putin. paula. >> betsy klein, thank you. now let's turn to moscow. fred, of course, russia's foreign minister says he spoke with the u.s. secretary of state, marco rubio, earlier today. what more have you heard about that conversation? hi, paula. yeah, the state department. >> has now confirmed that as well. >> that the two spoke earlier today. >> and it really is quite interesting to compare the way that the state department frames all this and the way the russians frame all of it. according to the readout from the state department, they say that marco rubio reiterated president trump's desire to end the con

it is first of all, mohammed bin salman was the first leader that donald trump called when he took took oval office a few weeks ago. he's going to riyadh, obviously, because that is what he views as the center of his universe and where he wants to really build a deep relationship. but i think, again, the optics of having us, the united states, negotiating with russia in riyadh in a formal official setting. now, remember, this is at the secretary of state and foreign minister level. this is not the same as some phone calls here and there with president zelensky to kind of talk, just like he spoke with putin. these are actual, real, hard official negotiations convened by the saudis. and, you know, we europe has reason to be suspicious. there's a long history in europe of what happens when countries invade other countries, divide them up, and then there's nobody to provide security. we've seen this in the 30s. it led to world war two. that's why there is a nato to avoid these kinds of dynamics. and now it looks like we're laying the groundwork again to create insecurity in europe, which is

we're being invited by mohammed bin salman to discussions in riyadh. the point is, is how do we make this work in a way that is good for everybody? and obviously we have to look at the best interests of the united states, of the people in the region, especially to my people of jordan. and we're going to have some interesting discussions today. i think one of the things that we can do right away is take 2000 children that are either cancer children or in very ill state to jordan as quickly as possible and then wait for, i think, the egyptians to present their plan on how we can work with the president to work on the gaza challenges. >> how how are middle east leaders responding to this, the ones that donald trump is calling out, saying that they're going to be the ones that are going to take the palestinians? >> yeah. >> i mean, it's interesting because you saw today a few interesting dynamics happen. on one hand, the king specifically said that, you know, we're going to talk about all of this. and he tried to kind of make this offering of, we will take

we're being invited by mohammed bin salman to a discussions in riyadh. work in a way that is good for everybody? and obviously we have to look at the best interests of the united states, of the people in the region, especially to my people of jordan. and we're going to have some interesting discussions today. i think one of the things that we can do right away is take 2000 children that are either cancer children or in very ill state to jordan as quickly as possible and then wait for, i think, the egyptians to present their plan on how we can work with the president to work on the gaza challenges. >> so i want to tell. >> you that. >> excuse me. wait. just please. i didn't know that. what you just said. 2000 children with cancer or other problems. and that's really a beautiful gesture. that's really good. and we appreciate it. and we'll be working on the rest with with egypt, i think you're going to see some great progress. i think with jordan you're going to see some great progress, three of us and we'll have some others helping, and we're going to have