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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

he's accompanied by the foreign minister, a settle shabani. sharaya is expected to meet the crown prince mohammed been so mind and discuss strengthening relations between the 2 countries. he was named serious transitional president on wednesday. and turkey as minister of foreign affairs. i can't be done is on his 1st official visit the guitar this year. he's met with guitars, foreign minister, and prime minister mohammed been of the rockman build, been jesse miles dani. they reiterated support for serious sovereignty instability and emphasize the importance of fully implementing the ceasefire. dealing gaza, america's biggest trading partners are heading back after the trump administration, imposed stiff power of some goods from canada, mexico and china. canada, as prime minister says he has no option but to retaliate. i am announcing canada will be responding to the us trade action with 25 percent tariffs against a $155000000000.00 worth of american goods. this will include immediate terrace on $30000000000.00 worth of goods as of tuesday, followed by further tariffs on a $125000000000.00 worth o

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partners and 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 op

sergei lavrov. on "restoring the entire complex of and the format of these talks. meeting crown prince mohammed salman earlier 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

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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

he's met the saudi crown prince mohammed bin cell mom in riyadh, where they discussed several issues including strengthening relations, increasing economic cooperation on the lifting of western sanctions on was president jose around marino has reiterated the sovereignty over the panama canal is not up for discussion. his comments came often amazing with us next year states monica rubio, president marino says that sunday's biological was highly respectful on codio. but he's stress the canal is operated by panama will stay that way to a lesson american as the sea and even has moved from panama city. i'm outside the presidential palace here in panama city, where they meeting between us secretary of state, marco rubio and president jose available lino has ended. the president came out with a very up beat expression, very different to the one that we were seeing when the meeting was taking place. and it's saying that the, basically, the danger was over, that the us president would keep insisting on taking over the panama canal, he emphasized that it's some ports in the canals that are ope

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he suggested it would also take place in saudi arabia, and indicated that saudi crown prince mohammedalman could 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 in

radio is part of is the middle east towards america's top. diplomat is expected to meet the crown prince mohammed been psalm on in the day of on sunday. rubio, how talks with his why the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, he fully endorsed, as well as will goals and gaza, saying, come off, must be eradicated, review and nothing. now who also discussed the president donald trump plans for the us to take over this trip. the proposal includes the fordable displacement of palestinians and has been widely condemned. that's bringing home the son who's she's joining us from jordan's capital, i'm on. because that is where the government and the palestinian sr. she has bend, which is 0 from revolting in israel and the occupied west back from the the israeli government must be pushing boy doctor this visit by marco rubio. is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu while speaking last night he actually spoke several times on sunday. he said that both president trump and himself are creating a new vision for the middle east. but what, what's absent from that vision? what was absent from any of his dialogue

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crown. prince mohammed been so man in riyadh, they discussed several issues including sprinting relations, increasing economic corporation, and lifting western sanctions on syria. some of in job and reports now from damascus. c, as in from president and the for the minister are and having bought from their 1st trip abroad, which is decided if you have a significant shift in the ties that discontinue has how does that sound good? yes. previously decided regime aligned itself with iran and russia, and now things seem to be changing. it is a significant visit because as the salad before mr. was here, he told reporters that that would be the idea is going to help syria move away from functions and going to convince powers like the european union and the united states has been. so in addition to all the funding and health and biological ties that need strengthening, i'm the sure i is also expected to be talking to solve the idea about how to restructure this country is willing to help the target if you can provide as well. because it has positioned itself as a leader of the cmu block here in the out of gu

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and particularly the crown prince mohammed been solomon and his team. we are moving quickly, which means they moved very quickly to, to be such grace gracious hosts and, and we certainly are all appreciative actually as well. that's a decision for the king them to make. but i can tell you that the teen them saudi arabia is playing an indispensable role and making today possible, not just hosting us, but bringing the parties together to have these conversations. i think it's something we're very grateful for something we're very grateful for the partnership that we have with them on a host of issues. and this being one of them were we, we thank them for doing it and um, and we hope that they will, i think they've offered. and i believe that they will continue to be helpful in any way they can of the next the next model i track the 1st, the 1st the next step is working through our respective teams at the diplomatic side, just to ensure that our diplomatic missions can function there has been a series of reciprocal actions taken over the last 10 years that

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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

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 the

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.

>> the saudis are definitely playing this very well for themselves because the crown prince, i mean, crown prince mohammed bin salman, you know, is saying no to trump on a lot of things. he's saying no on palestinians being forced out of gaza. he's saying no on pumping more oil. and so here's something he can say yes on and be part of a solution. so so there's a lot going on with that. but i think that the main thing about this is that this idea of just having trump and putin alone negotiating in saudi arabia is just a terrible idea, and they really need to turn this into proximity negotiations, just like with hamas and israel and qatar, where they're there, but not in the same room, that would be the right thing to do. >> so you think it's not fair or it can't be fair for ukraine if they don't have a presence, at least in the same building or country. >> it can't be fair. but it's also just this whole idea that as as ambassador bolton said, one of putin's main things is that he just wants this to be a negotiation between between the two great men and the pawn on the table is ukraine. this whole idea of s

secretary of state marco rubio met today with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. hat 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

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

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

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

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

take place in 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

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

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 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

crown prince. 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 th

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 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

just minutes 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

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

but but in particular, we have to thank crown prince mohammed bin salman for hosting these historic talks and talks that went very, very well. steve was there, steve witkoff was there, and michael was there, michael waltz and others, and they really went, well, it's a big it's a big step. we've got to get that war over with. you have to see the people that are dying. i look at the pictures of the satellite pictures of the field. it's a level field and it looks like a modern day version of gettysburg. and you know what that means? it is just carnage. it's horrible. and you know, it's not american soldiers. it's not even soldiers from the middle east in the case of ukraine, russia. but it's people. it's young people from russia and ukraine mostly, that are just being decimated. it's flat fields and a bullet goes, and a bullet only stops when it hits somebody. and the level of people being killed in that battle, soldiers, young soldiers, in some cases old soldiers, because they're running out of people, they're running out of soldiers. one case, but think of it, a modestly successful comedia

america's own ally, mohammed bin salman, a crown prince in saudi arabia, has said he believes it's genocide you had the head of the cia and the head of national intelligence under biden saying that we were already facing a generational increase in radical islamic extremism, including directly against the united states. so, i mean, if you ask me, does trump saying we're going to take gaza, does that make it at the margins even worse? sure. but that's really not the point here, right? i mean, the point is that u.s. policy in the region is directly antithetical to what the vast majority of the world's muslims believe should be happening, and that will lead to more extremism. >> what do the world's muslims want to happen with gaza, and how does that meet with reality here? >> well, they want a few things. first, they clearly wanted a cease fire. and i think the fact that trump was able to get a cease fire, and it's not clear to me that if harris had won, that she would have been able to get one so quickly is a plus. may not hold together, though. katie, as i'm sure you know. so that's an open q

i'm told that mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, was talking yesterday to king abdullah in jordan, offering him assurance that that donald trump is not going to roll us into supporting this proposal. by midday, the reaction was so strong that you could see trump through the white house spokesman backing away from some details of the plan. this had been announced as a takeover. we're going to take gaza, we're going to take it with troops. but by midday, no, no boots on the ground. the reality is. that this is a this is a crazy proposal. the idea that the united states. >> would. >> take over property in the most explosive, war prone part of the world, and that a president who said i'm going to end middle east wars would be championing it. it's just it makes your head spin. it's likely that this isn't going anywhere. but is it the opening bid, the opening bid to what? the truth is a solution for gaza. the president's right. gaza looks like a demolition zone. i've seen it with my own eyes. every building. >> you see. >> in every direction has been destroyed. what's going to

the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin bin salman, being prepared to being prepared to do that deal if.leaders than i think is widely assumed. >> so the. >> question is, how are they going to find those areas of agreement? and when they have this appearance together. >> we'll be watching. michael crowley, john brennan, david jolly, thank you all for spending time with us today. quick break for us. we'll be right back. >> i wish my tv provider let me choose what i pay for. >> sling lets. >> you do that. i wish my tv provider let me choose what i pay for and let me pause. my subscription. >> when i want. let you do that? >> yeah, i wish. >> my tv provider let. me choose what i. >> pay for and let me pause. >> my subscription when. >> i want and have hundreds of free channels. >> sling let you. >> do that too. >> name it craig here pays too much for business wireless. so he sublet half his real estate office... to a pet shop. there's a smarter way to save. comcast business mobile. you could save up to an incredible 70% on your wireless bill. so you don't have to compromise. powering smarte

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 live to regret that vote. back to you. thank you very much, scott. now to a follow up. in a late night vote, santa rosa sch