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towards on the agenda will be joining our senior political correspondent next our life from riyadh. saudi arabia. that is the host city for all of this is right now 8. so he won in the morning of the saudi capital. one might assume the us and russian peaceful delegations will have a quick breakfast and get down to business with all the details live from moscow. and re add, kicking off next dollar right here on the the 1940 the world war one. that's the military conflict. gradually in gulf facility and the 59 independent states and 60 population, the officially it was the assassination of oxygen, france to the austro hungarian empire. i have both of them sub spots, but the other underlying reasons, the big let me just get bridge care for joy to check with the computers. i'm not sure to go outside the profession. you would have just given the control panel, i'm going to like mandatory history institute research, phillip david met at a center is known to his work on the causes that let them loan into a large scale. your wife's computer francesca, but it's on screen stuff. anyone turns all school co

the 18th of february, these peaceful ps kicking off theoretically to day in riyadh saudi arabia. but we know that ukraine is not invited to these tools. we also know that savanski is essentially courting them, illegitimate. so peculiar style and perhaps for him to take on this what, why do you think he's reacting in this way as well? um, as the some i always have noted on it when in the last days of hitler. uh, he too probably would have refused to accept a piece, a compromise deal, you know, until the very last moment he was fighting. so i think this is actually to be expected and quite normal. the question is, of course, once the united states decides to cut off the funds to ukraine and the supply of weapons, it would be over an amount of days because they won't have the salaries to, to, to pay the soldiers. they won't have the salaries to pay the government officials or to bride the officials. i don't know. apparently the levels of corruption that i've been uncovered are unbelievable. they. they found the evidence of foreign accounts belonging to some officials move in with mi

what will be said about these potential piece talks slates to start in 24 hours from now in riyadh, saudi arabia and a lot for off was oscar question from the press expectations for these peace talks and saudi arabia, lovegrove said that russia wants to listen to wants to offer a trump improved when they talked over the phone. recently they agreed to restore dialogue across the spectrum or ukraine. the settlement has been mentioned including various volatile regions. so i must go, we'll listen to the american counterparts and russia will respond. and one of the questions that laughter off was asked about the munich security conference, a just wrapped up this week live role. so that when it comes to europe and leaders, you know, everyone has to be responsible for that deeds. and when someone has for he is being doing atrocities, for example, supporting nazis and that nazi crimes. then these people must be held to account. they must be held responsible when it comes to the you wanting to 12 piece and ukraine. i mean look finally, right? but the opportunity is being the countless times already. it

we have these piece folds kicking off in riyadh saudi arabia. you know, the expectations of both sides will make offers and potentially make potential concessions. but i'm trying to understand what should russia give over to america? i mean, the roster is the most sanction country in the world. they've tried to destroy the ruble. they've seized, confiscated will stolen the 350000000000 euros or of russian money. they blew up the north stream pipeline. i'm trying to understand, what should russia give to the west and return to whatever the rest is going to give to russia? can you help me get my head around that? you know, i've, so it is a of a subscribe to what you just said, and i always read the rates also towards the russian colleagues adobe to kind it so it's now not the time of the time. i have deep respect the russian capacity to part and uh, and to, to restart. and that's the concept of, of friendship that plays a tremendous role interaction history and also contemporary international relations . but this is now the time uh to, to take a h

remindyoufthat there is a about start between meeting about to start between the and in riyadh in saudi the us and in riyadh in saudi arabiae. we had a lot of sunshine sunday and monday — just shy of nine hours of sunshine, actually, and some of us will continue to see some sunny spells for another day or two. but there's a change in the far north and, freezing rain as well. we'll start to see the snow accumulating, around i—5cm. starting to ease away. elsewhere, we'll have a touch of light frost. to the last couple of days. highs of 5—9 celsius. will start to show its hand — a south—westerly flow will drive in milder air across the country, it will take its time in arriving on wednesday. than of late, 6—12 celsius. the weather fronts start to really gather from the atlantic and push across us. quite a few isobars on the chart, the winds will start to strengthen, gale—force gusts rattling that rain through at quite a pace. maybe the odd rumble of thunder as well here and there on thursday. and east through the day. windy with it, but mild — 9—14 celsius the overall high. now, it looks likely that friday will be better day

these piece talks, you know, taken off in riyadh saudi arabia this morning, and how do you think the western mainstream and legacy media will address what happens and re add today? well, it depends on to which media we're talking about in general. uh, the criticism of the mainstream media directed towards from will continue. and they will push for more support for ukraine and speak about how evil russia is. of course we're all and you've only run is equal to china is evil rushes that you will. there's a consensus there. but i think ultimately what the, the rest of the media will have to reflect upon in future is that the fact that this is a major sign that the world has changed. again, as i said before, me, this i think is a victory for brakes. but more than just the brakes, it's a victory for the global south. the hedge him on the empire has been defeated. it was defeated in iraq. there was defeated an economists on, but here was the height of the battle of the empire. and the empire isn't retreat. i believe this is talked about iceland in canada and panama is to hide that retreat t

the board has been all reporting live from riyadh saudi arabia. thanks for bringing us those details. but now we're going to be joined live from cairo, from a gauze and journalist. so now come all to further discuss this all with us here on the program. thanks a lot for joining us on the program. first of all, i just want to ask you basically, you know, it looks like is where it was pretty quick to use this whole situation as a pretext to intensify. it's assault on the west bank, but now we've gotten a response from my boss is saying that this is actually israel's fault. they couldn't identify the body that they had to send because of the intensity of the as really air strikes in that area. what do you make of the whole situation to yeah, on to the best of all, isn't that a land doesn't have a different fix? that was great. it's a, it's the pricing in the was time get if he comes in my land jeanine duck kind nozzles on the other, a as a, as a but as the account are busy times and it was by the time decided at the beginning, is there a decided date

saudi arabia become sort of this hotbed of diplomatic talks? and is it clear what they might want? what is the government of riyadhom this new world stage? >> i think. >> saudi arabia wants no trouble in the neighborhood. i think they want a situation where they can de-risk these major conflicts. and what's interesting is we talk about saudi arabia and riyadh potentially being the new vienna when they have energy meetings here, but they really have emerged as the new switzerland as you as you pointed out, you know, secretary of state rubio is here, foreign minister lavrov from russia, having the first substantial us russia dialog since the russian invasion of ukraine. president sisi of egypt is in saudi arabia now as they come up with a collective response to the gaza crisis and the trump proposal to take gaza, the arab league has to come up with a counteroffer. they're discussing that now, and there's conversation about the fact that saudi arabia may play a role in crafting a solution to the iran crisis, trying to get a new deal between washington and tehran that would stave off a potential israeli strike on the

. >> cnn's matthew chance is in riyadh, saudi arabia. and, matthew, um, those comments, by the way, i mean, he does run the government. he's allowed to get an accounting for that money if he wants. um, i'm guessing that's not going to sit well with either leaders in ukraine or europe. >> no, i mean, look, i know a lot of people in. ukraine who are. >> well, i mean. >> they're freaking. >> out right. >> now about about what's going to come. >> next for their country. >> um. >> but this is. >> yet again, president trump. >> pressing ahead with his determination. >> to get a. >> peace deal for ukraine. >> um. apparently as as. >> soon as possible, despite the alarm, the growing alarm inside ukraine, and despite the consternation. >> frankly, of of america's. >> european allies who feel very much excluded. this of course, these. >> racist comments coming as u.s. and russian. >> officials here in riyadh. >> in saudi. >> arabia. >> you know. did the. >> you. >> know, what was unthinkable even a month. ago before trump was. >> inaugurated, basi

. >> laura: and living up to his promise, president trump sent his diplomatic team to riyadh, saudi arabiaith the russian delegation. >> today is the first step of a long, difficult journey but an important one. and president trump is commit dod bringing an end to this conflict. he wants it to be ending in a way that's fair. he wants it to end in a way that's that is sustainable and enduring. not one that leads to conflict in another two to three years. >> laura: ending the blood shed, the killing in a war long ago? is a certainly sounds reasonable, we know it's what americans want. part of the reason they voted for trump. from the cheerleaders of endless wars, the response was predictable. >> series of trump administration officials essentially trying to bully ukraine into giving up lots of ukrainians are nervous. between presidents trump and president putin. >> this is why we need eldrich colby in the pentagon. to bolster the american first maga agenda. understand there is some people in the senate who might be giving him a hard time. he is fantastic and totally on board with what trump

you see there marco rubio arriving in riyadh, saudi arabia. ce is telling cnn critical talks between the united states and russia over the war in ukraine will begin tuesday to find a path to peace in ukraine, with saudi officials playing a key mediation role. a ukrainian official says they will not be present at the talks, though the trump administration's russia ukraine envoy is expected to be in kyiv this week and says there will be talks there with ukraine. u.s. president donald trump has said the ukrainians will be part of the negotiations. well, millions across the eastern u.s. are still under flood warnings after a powerful storm swept through eastern united states this weekend. at least ten people, including one child, are dead, and officials say emergency responders have rescued dozens of people. water levels reached historic highs in kentucky, and the state's governor believes the death toll will rise as the severe weather event is expected to continue for several more days. thousands across the region are still without power, and offi

saudi arabia. new video of marco rubio meeting with the saudi crown prince and prime minister, mbs in riyadh, saudihis host said very good to have you today. we have a lot of things to talk about with bilateral in the region in a lot of areas. we'll be more than glad to work with you. president trump has a decision. i believe we can achieve positive things for saudi arabia and many countries around the world. so want to share that with you as that meeting gets underway. michael waltz there as well on the couch. 33 now past the hour. to this. >> president trump: when i left we had no middle east problem or no russia going into ukraine. putin never would have done it. i came back and we have the whole world is blowing up. so when we straighten it all out one of the first meetings i want is president xi of china, president putin of russia and say let's cut our military budget in half. we can do that. >> dana: president trump last week about wanting to eventually meet with xi and putin. it comes as he pushes peace talks with ukraine and russia. now new reaction from china. its foreign ministry saying c

joining us now from riyadh, saudi arabia, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons.mean when the russians are saying the american side has started to better understand their position? >> well, casey, the russians are welcoming what happened today. u.s. allies, many of them are worrying about what happened today. it was seismic, honestly, and in a way perhaps, that we didn't necessarily expect. so i think many people will have thought that these talks today would have been focused on what president trump promised during his election campaign to try to get a ceasefire in ukraine that is on the table. but what we really got, though, was a roadmap for how to put relations between america and russia back on track, including potential talk of cooperation over economics and geopolitics. economics. remember, the us has sanctioned russia, along with europe and other allies. so this was the trump administration unlocking that attempts to isolate russia and potentially transforming its relationship with that country. without the europeans there and involved in those negotiation

russian representatives led by sergey lavrov are in riyadh, saudi arabia, right now. they are speaking marco rubio and other high level american diplomats. it is critical to note, as we did in the exchange before this, that ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is not in attendance and has expressly said that he would not accept any outcome from these talks because his nation did not take part. in fact, zelenskyy postponing his scheduled trip to riyadh on wednesday. that said, the u.s. and russia are talking and the hope is that ukraine also comes to the table. as we highlighted last hour, any peace deal or end of the fighting could have an impact on stock markets, both here and in europe. many european markets have been rallying on this and of course, other things like hopes for lower borrowing costs, lower energy costs, whatever it may be. things to watch include crude oil, natural gas, both here and in europe. lng stocks here. iron ore. steel, coal and wheat. those are some of the commodities and energy sources to watch if and when any deal does occur. >> and as

about what we have learned from this very important first meeting that's been happening in riyadh, saudi arabia. joining us right now is the democratic senator from maryland, chris van hollen. he sits on the foreign relations committee. senator, thank you so much for being here. i mean, rubio making clear he's not going to he's not going to really tip his hand or negotiate in public. um, saying today was about beginning to establish lines of communication once again with russia and called it a first step in a long and difficult journey. what do you take from what we just heard from the secretary of state, your former colleague, coming out of this very high stakes meeting with his russian counterparts. >> well, kate, it's great. >> to be. >> with you. >> and i. >> think everybody. >> would like to see a negotiated. sustained peace to the war in ukraine. >> no one more. >> than the ukrainian people. >> i met with president. >> zelenskyy at the munich security. conference just this weekend. >> and his point was that. ukraine needs to be at the table. so the big missing party at that. meeting in ri

nbc's keir simmons is live in riyadh, saudi arabia.bc's courtney kube has new reporting from the pentagon, and ned price is a former senior state department and cia official. kira, first to you. what came out of this meeting today? and most importantly, what comes next? >> well, i think there. >> are two. important highlights from what happened today. one is that things are not going to move, perhaps as quickly as people had thought they might. there aren't there isn't going to be a meeting between president trump and president putin. it looks like in the coming weeks it's going to be a process. on the other hand, this is a seismic change. there were smiles between the u.s. and russian delegation that will have stunned the europeans, the russians even saying that they had agreement for the future to cooperate, for example, over economics, of course, despite the sanctions that the us has imposed on russia. and take a listen to a conversation that i had with kirill dmitriev. he is he has deep relations with the kremlin, with the saudi pa

. >> joining us now, nbc's keir simmons from riyadh, saudi arabia.ndrea kendall taylor, senior fellow at the center for new american security, former deputy national intelligence officer for russia at the national intelligence council and former cia analyst. so what do we know about the talks that were held today and what's next? >> well. >> we're just slicing and dicing. i suppose you could say, jose. what we're hearing from the americans, what we're. hearing from the russians. now, let's just focus on this. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, who, as you know, jose, is a man who's been in the role for 20 years. >> frankly. >> you can describe him as deeply cynical. he today described. >> this as. >> a very useful conversation and said, quote, i have reason to believe that the americans better understand our position. now, that suggests that russians are pretty pleased with what happened today. secretary of state. marco rubio saying breaking it down, saying that the agreement has been for high level delegations to talk about peace in ukraine,

plus, american and russian diplomats at a roundtable in riyadh, saudi arabia, today hammering out the future of a possible peace plan for ukraine. but notably, no ukrainian or european officials were in that room. good day. i'm ali vitali in washington. we are currently awaiting an update from officials on the investigation into that terrifying plane crash that happened yesterday in toronto. you're seeing the podium there as we wait, but this comes as shocking. new video shows the delta airlines flight as it made that hard landing. here you can see flames erupt as the jet hits the runway and the body of the plane then rolls over. incredibly, all 80 people on board, including four crew members, survived and were able to evacuate the upside down plane. 21 passengers were hospitalized. thankfully, none of them critically injured, and only two now remain under observation as of this morning. joining me now is nbc news senior correspondent tom costello and nbc news aviation analyst john cox. tom, first to you. what are we learning from this new video? and as we await, await this news confe

riyadh. >> saudi arabia. >> ukraine is not there.t. >> to the story. >> volodymyr zelenskyy and his. team are not there. they were not invited. they say they will not accept any outcome of this deal. he has postponed a. trip to riyadh scheduled for march 10th. that said, markets are a little bit optimistic. this is our cnbc.com headline today. marco rubio, steve witkoff and others from the us are meeting with russia, very entry level negotiations. but let's all hope for some kind of a peace. and the reason i'm here talking to you is not only we can do more about this in power lunch. what do we know that might. move on this kelly. okay, let's say there is a peace deal at some point. oil that moved 30% when the when russia invaded ukraine back in 2022. u.s. natural gas up 140% in three months. you eu natural gas up 300% in three months. so those things have now come down off those highs. but oil natural gas here i would add coal wheat maybe iron ore and steel. those are things. >> that could drop in price substantially. >> but now they

what do you make of what happened in riyadh, saudi arabia, today? >> well, i think what president. >> trump wanted. >> to do. >> is. >> simply establish diplomatic. channels with russia to. explore the. >> contours of talks. and of course, we'll have to. >> include president zelenskyy, as president trump himself has said, because it's a war between ukraine and russia. so i think this was a first step towards. having talks that will hopefully bring about a lasting truce, because we've got a real mess on our hands. i mean, joe biden tempted putin to invade russia or invade ukraine in the first place. he pussyfooted around for three years, and i think his ultimate strategy was to lose. but just wait until after the election. lose. this is a mess that we've all been handed. we've got to make the best of it here in america and in ukraine and in europe. i think that's what president trump is going to try to do. >> what do you mean? he tempted putin to invade. >> just a few weeks. it was just a few weeks after the disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan tha

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what is the significance of being in rear, saudi arabia -- riyadh, saudi arabia? between u.s. and russian leaders take place in europe. generally such as geneva. this meeting in saudi arabia cements the kingdom's role as a global node of political influence, and it says something about the administration's view of europe. riyadh has kept a good relations with russia and washington and east-west relations. this is now paying off. you are looking at a country, saudi arabia, that routinely sees meetings of caribbean leaders, central asian leaders, arab leaders. and have made themselves a global node of political influence. annmarie: when you heard the commentary coming out, what would you describe this meeting as? was it a pretense to get these two leaders in a room or a reset of bilateral relations? norman: i think it is both. the rhetoric coming from the meeting is important but not unexpected. if you are russia, you want to claim the meeting is a success, your relations with the u.s. are on an upturn, to cuts isolation on the international stage. if you are the uni

alex marquardt reporting live from riyadh in saudi arabia. thank you very much.coming up, we're standing by for that news conference in toronto. also coming up, a closer look at the type of plane involved in the crash over at the toronto airport. we'll talk with a former chair of the national transportation safety board. >> on site. >> it's the news. >> welcome back. >> but it's also kind of not the news. >> we don't fact check here. we don't care, man. >> why sell the information on this show so terrible? >> have i got news for you? saturday at nine on cnn. >> my eyes, they're dry, uncomfortable. looking for extra hydration. now there's blink neutral tears. it works differently than drops. blink neutral tears is a once daily supplement clinically proven to hydrate from within, helping your eyes produce more of their own tears to promote lasting, continuous relief. you'll feel day after day. try blink neutral tears a different way to support dry eyes. >> blink. >> hey, sam, what's going on? >> hey, joe. we're getting our new replacement windows installed. we went

it is happening in riyadh, in saudi arabia that is sending the message here that russia is playing aigger role. and volodymyr zelenskyy is a bystander at this point. of course, he likely will not be at the end of this, but there is no doubt the next step after these meetings tomorrow could be a summit between donald trump and vladimir putin, and that would be extraordinary. >> yeah, it's just remarkable how fast these things have turned and remarkable yet again. we saw it in the first term. you covered it very closely. mohammed bin salman and saudi arabia's role in centrality in all of this will certainly be something to 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 w

riyadh. in saudi arabia. >> joining us now, joel rubin, former deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama administration. joel, good to have you this morning. >> great to be with you, jim. >> so we have a u.s. president stating falsely that ukraine is to blame for its own invasion by russia and endorsement of russia's position here. is there anything that is holding trump back now from making a deal that is not just not in ukraine's interest, but also europe's interest? because europe, of course, greatly concerned about the russia threat? >> well, you know, jim, right now, uh, it looks like vladimir putin one donald trump zero. and maybe that could hold donald trump back to realize or for him to realize that he's getting nothing at the table. and this is the thing that's so troubling about what we just saw over the last day or so. uh, basically, vladimir putin's diplomatic isolation is over, and he gave up nothing to get that. so we got nothing in return. the united states. and there's a lot on the table here, not just the war in ukraine. there are issues related to n

fact that the us and the russians are meeting right now as we speak, but they're doing so in riyadh in saudi arabia. we'll talk about the meeting that rubio had with the crown prince there, but talk about the role that saudi arabia is making for itself right now, at this moment in the trump administration. >> so the saudis are. >> actually playing this. >> you know, quite brilliantly. >> 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

apparently, there will be discussions in riyadh involving saudi arabia as well. he said, we want to look at the best interest for the jordanian people. he did notably make the announcement that jordan would take 2000 kids. these are children in gaza that have cancer and other illnesses. trump there, describing it as a beautiful gesture. it's important to have the context here. the backdrop of these discussions is a fragile ceasefire. hamas is accusing israel of breaking their deal, and they've threatened to postpone the next hostage release set for next saturday. trump described that as hamas playing cute, saying they want to play tough guy, adding we'll see how tough they are essentially encouraging israel to expand their military operations in gaza, if that hostage release is delayed, saying at that point all bets are off. this coincides with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu moments ago issuing issuing his own warning, saying the cease fire will end if hamas doesn't return hostages on saturday. a lot to keep track of during this important meeting at th

yesterday secretary of state marco rubio was in riyadh, saudi arabia, and talking about the talks betweenhe united states and russia on the ukraine war. here's a portion. [videotape] mr. rubio: we're not going to negotiate the end to this. it has to happen over time. there are two things, there are only two leaders in the world that can make it happen and talk about it in a serious way, is president trump. he's the only one that can do it right now. the second thing, in order for the conflict to end, everyone involved in that conflict has to be ok with it. it has to be acceptable to them. but we have to understand it's been 3 1/2 years since there's been any sort of regularized contact between the united states and russia. and in some cases between any of the participants in this conflict and russia. so the goal of today's meeting was to follow up on the phone call the president had a week ago and begin to establish those lines of communication. the work remains. today is the first step of a long and difficult journey but an important one. and president trump is committed to bringing an e

saudi arabia. you see them now on your screen, already assembled in riyadh, the capital of saudi arabia.resident trump's inner circle, marco rubio, the secretary of state, his personal envoy, witkoff national security advisor. walts, the people that trump has tasked with dealing with gaza, people he's tasking now with trying to end this war in ukraine. and the fact that they are first meeting with the russian side, the fact that president trump has already spoken at length with president putin, that the fact that the ukrainians are not invited to this, these talks all gives ukrainian officials a great concern. the u.s. has said that ukraine will be included in negotiations, and later this week, another trump envoy, retired general keith kellogg, is coming to ukraine. but ukrainian officials that i've been speaking to worry that he and their estimation is something of a second tier envoy, and the fact that they are going second in all of this makes them feel that they are potentially being set up to be carved up between between president trump and president putin. >> richard engel, thank

. >> us and russia officials are gathered in riyadh, saudi arabia.ar. the highest profile talks since the invasion. the ukraine invasion itself. ukraine's prime minister volodymyr zelensky has criticized his exclusion from. >> the gathering. joining us now, victoria. >> coates, who served as. deputy national security advisor in the first trump administration. she is now vice president of the heritage foundation's davis institute for national security and foreign policy. victoria, do you think. that zelensky should assume that the united states. will have its interests in mind? or is it a genuine concern that, you know, the united states. talking to russia is like, hey, why am i not there? you know, you guys can. >> make deals that where i. don't know. >> if my interest is being represented. is that a true concern? do you think i might be worried? >> well, good. >> morning, joe. >> and yes. >> i. >> think. >> it's perfectly. >> natural that president zelensky. >> would be. >> deeply interested. >> in the substance of the talks. >> in riyadh. >> but at

him say was, egyptians were coming up with a proposal that would be discussed in riyadh with the crown prince of saudi arabiastanding is, the egyptians are trying to put together an alternative plan for the future governments of gaza, perhaps involving a technocratic and -- government, not involving a political faction, getting hamas out of the equation, which americans could find hard to swallow. i think arab countries are trying to cobble together an alternative to pushback at the white house and say, this is the future of gaza. it talks to the fact there is a strategic vacuum over a future plan for the governments of gaza. sumi: thank you for your reporting. let's get analysis on all this with my guest, a senior fellow at the washington institute, former director of the task force on palestine. picking up on what we were discussing, jordan's king, a different expectation of what he wants to see happen than what trump is saying. what does jordan want to see? guest: in the most immediate sense, the king walked into this meeting with one objection, not to have a confrontation with trump, and he succeeded. he

riyadh. and the ever growing presence of. of saudi arabia as a power player. >> yeah, jose you're right. loo, riyadh, saudi. it is first of all, mohammed bin salman was the first leader that donald trump called when he took took the 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

wolf. >> alex marquardt reporting from riyadh in ukraine for in saudi arabia, for us. thank you very, very much. joining us now, the former deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman, and cnn contributor jill dougherty, former cnn moscow bureau chief. wendy, let me start with you. what's your reaction, first of all, to president trump today falsely claiming that ukraine, ukraine started this war with russia. >> well. >> wolf, i think you. >> jeff, alex. >> said it it was outrageous. >> uh. >> it is actually. >> so far and i. think jill, who. >> knows moscow. >> and putin quite well. >> um, all. >> this administration has done so far is given carrots to russia. >> and today. the president. >> put sticks on president zelenskyy and. >> ukraine. >> when in fact, as you all. have said quite accurately, it was. vladimir putin. >> who. >> horrifically, illegally invaded a sovereign territory and set. >> off this horror show. >> as you know, wolf, on january 10th, i led a delegation from the united states to meet with the russians as a last ditch effort, even knowing from intell

rubio will be going to saudi arabia, to riyadh. he is also expected to go to the united arab emirates, where he's going to try to sell this. impossible idea of the united states owning gaza and how that would take place. i think what's also extremely notable in his schedule is what's not there. it doesn't seem that he's going to be meeting with any palestinian leadership according to his schedule today. we'll see if that changes. and yes, of course, he's heading to the uae and to saudi arabia, but he is not speaking to the mediators behind the cease fire agreement, which are egypt and qatar. so that schedule really begins to reveal to you a way in which president trump's administration appears to be turning its back on these talks, just a few hours after. i am sure diplomats will point to that exchange that took place yesterday saying, look, talks, work, diplomacy works. but that's not what president trump seems to be aiming for here with the secretary of state's visit. >> mhm. >> yeah. it's really important point that you make. i

thanks for that to move with you as we get developments the in riyadh hash them are about reporting the from saudi arabia. all right, we're going to panel augusta discussed this unprecedented meet to give arab leaders onset with me here. is that and then i today who is a political i listen international relations specialist for my chip should assistant for a minister who's saying harvey will join us from cairo a. but 1st let's go to abilities. augusta and, and re i'd, he's a senior fellow and direct service at chet. c, upset, research foundation, middle east. welcome to all of you gentlemen, said i've lucy's festival. how it pulls into amazement is this is narrow blood relations and diplomacy and, and how confident are you that there will be a workable plan coming out of it? well, firstly, thank you very much for having me. it is a critical juncture in our history. i think there is no doubt about that. i think right now uh, you know that it is clear that there was a sense of urgency that eric states are really stepping up and, and making sure that their plans are being presented to be very fair. they're

riyadh. >> yesterday between the united states, saudi arabia and russia, at which ukraine wasn't even invited to participate in. and zelensky. later said he was not going to be going to riyadh. >> for. >> at least the. >> next month. >> it just. seems as though, senator. i just don't know. >> what congress's role could be on this. >> well, i. >> mean. >> you you have. >> the power of the purse. and certainly. there was broad support for providing assistance and help for ukraine. and i think that zelensky understands that that may not be forthcoming, given the president's willingness to basically ignore appropriations. and so the question now becomes what is europe do? and i think the wake. up call came last week at the munich conference. >> we'll see if europe. >> is willing to stand with zelensky and western democracy. and i think trump cannot negotiate this alone without if europe stands up, he can't negotiate it alone without europe and without ukraine. >> carlos. i mean, no doubt congress has the power of the purse. but in this case, how do you see this? >> well, jose. >> i agree with sen

riyadh. they were not in saudi arabia when there was direct negotiations were held between russian officials and american officials earlier this week. but the ukraine, according to trump, will be part of the process in the form of this dual track negotiation. so you have american advisers, american diplomats speaking to russia while you have general kellogg and his team speaking to ukraine. but there's a catch to that as well. general keith kellogg has a huge question mark over him. he wasn't invited to the talks in riyadh. so there's a serious question for president zelenskyy. is he even speaking to the right person? is president trump even on side, or is this personal rivalry just going to essentially take him away? >> that is the question. and it's also a question as to what role keith kellogg has in this administration, given that he himself was not at those talks in riyadh as well. salma abdelaziz, thanks so much. straight ahead on cnn this morning. we are one month into donald trump's second term in the white house, just one month, and we have brand new cnn polling showing just how ame

saudi arabia where the will meet with the us delegation on tuesday. the team is expected to discuss the ways of potentially resolving the conflict out easy, good piece. can office in riyadh right now and sent us this report. of course, here in saudi arabia with russia as foreign ministers. surgical avar off on vladimir board is on where you struck off, have just landed there, set to fold high level negotiations for the 1st time in many years with the united states. so there delegation is headed by us sector of state, marco rubio, obviously a lot is on the agenda. reporting to give you a call. one of the things that they're going to be focusing on is normalizing relations for both of us. but the issue of restoring normal relations is on the agenda. now the question is about agreeing on how to start negotiations for now in this context, if we're talking about bilateral negotiations, frankly, the face with which events are unfolding is quite astonishing. less than a week ago. the president vladimir board and donald trump spoke on the phone. and now we're already here looking at preparations for them to meet, possibly also here in saudi arabia, but let's not get ahead of our

saudi arabia. what you see right now is saudi arabia's foreign minister. escort escorting the us secretary of state. >> into those talks. >> and of course. >> riyadh here really. >> emerging as a. dealmaker and a mediator, really reflecting the work that saudi arabia has done in the. >> last few to become. a key ally. >> to. both russia and the united states. 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

. >> reporter: now the committee is partnering with the riyadh-based foundation to host the first-ever esports olympics in saudi arabiaceo of ewcf says the goal is to set up the tournament like the olympics. >> in esports, nation-based competitions and national pride hasn't been a primary source of entertainment. and the olympics are a unique position to bring that to the industry. >> reporter: this isn't the first time the olympics has taken a stab at esports. in 2023, the ioc hosted an esports week in singapore, but fans on social media were not impressed, since popular games like call of duty, counter strike, league of legends weren't included. >> they have zero idea what esports are. >> reporter: the ioc hasn't released the games for the 2027 event yet. and for those of us sticking to the traditional definition of a sport, avila has a different definition. >> esports requires a lot of high-level skill and training, just like real sport does. it demands discipline, teamwork, peak performance under pressure. so how can you argue with that? >> our thanks to dana for that report. >>> coming up on "today", a philly spe

saudi arabia for as fast for and visit since taking power. 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

riyadh. uh, there are reports that be american delegation is gathering and saudi arabia right now. 6 trips tay, tamaqua rebate is leading the delegation, accompanied by trumps national security advisor, michael wools, as well as special envoys. steve, we'd called from the russian side, we are expecting for him minutes to survey liberals as well as patients. foreign policy advise that you really should called for an intelligence at set as direct as they're getting the risk and, and head of the russian direct investment fund career demetrius to be involved as well. and re out the policies will reportedly prof. pad, big round, full potential, very much and dissipated talks between fledging the patient and donald trump on resolving the conflict in ukraine and these talks may take place at the very end of february. all these developments launch late initiative she initiated by the by the new trump administration, the oldest development, giving us a lot of hope pain brochure for the imminent stance of peace talks. but it all depends no, totally on the crumbling and the white house, the ukraine shoul

saudi crown prince in riyadh. this is the head of a meeting between the u.s. and russian officials in saudi arabiadiscuss ending the war in ukraine we know the ukrainian leaders are notably expected to be absent from the negotiating table as members of the trump administration are seeking to strike a deal involving the country's vast natural resources in exchange for continued aid that's where we go with fox business edward morton who traveled to ukraine to get the exclusive scoop on the deal and i'm pleased to say he joins me live from the home base of the white house. ukrainian president zelenskyy refusing to sign a partnership with united states. today in the united arab emirates zelenskyy signed a trade deal with the uae and without. $69 million to the gdp of uae $875 million to ukraine's economy over the next five years the uae helps broker trade deals for soldiers on both sides this is president trump set secretary of state marco rubio with the national security advisor michael waltz and special envoy to saudi arabia laying the groundwork for the trump putin meeting. listen. >> the united st

saudi arabia come into all of this? obviously, this meeting is being held in riyadh. we are told by a senior saudi official that they plan to have some sort of mediation role. i would note, of course, that they have been crucial. the saudis in the negotiations and talks in the middle east as well. and that conversation around ending the war between israel and hamas. but we also know that they were crucial. and wyckoff told me this himself, that they were crucial in helping secure the release of american prisoner marc fogel, who was held in russia. 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 neg