saudi arabia is changing., there is something else going on. >> massive purge of princes, all arrested by a man who would be king. >> early in his reign mbs imprisoned hundreds of princes and wealthy businessmen at the riyadh ritz-carlton, of all places. >> we drive in under police escort -- >> it was called a crackdown on corruption. >> no one enters here now without official permission. >> what appeared to be cell phone video emerged showing a chaotic scene in one of the world's fanciest hotels. >> and it was a shakedown power play of all his potential rivals. >> i think it was really about control. >> there were reports of torture and one death which the government denied. meanwhile, even as mbs gave women the right to drive, saudi police arrested the leaders of the right to drive movement. and again there are credible reports that some of the women were tortured. >> this is an authoritarian absolute monarchy. >> the truth about mbs was beginning to emerge and it was a complicated picture. >> you were young

saudi arabia is changing.es, there is something else going on. >> massive purge of princes all arrested by a man who would be king. >> early in his reign, mbs imprisoned hundreds of princes and wealthy business men and the ritz carlton of all places. >> we drive in under police escort. >> it was called a crackdown on corruption. >> no one enters here now without official permission. >> what appeared to be cell phone video emerged showing a chaotic scene in one of the world's fanciest hotels. the. >> it was a shake down power play of all his potential rivals. i think it was about control. >> there were reports of torture and one death, which the government denied. meanwhile, even as mbs eventually gave women the right to drive, saudis arrested the leaders of the right to drive movement. again, there are credible reports that some of the women were tortured. >> this is an authoritarian absolute monarchy. >> the truth about mbs was beginning to emerge, and it was a complicated picture. >> you had a young, 29 year

regards saudi arabia, and that's what the saudis wanted.have seen of the fist bump, the walking in, these were from saudi sources, not u.s. media. it was the saudi media that got access to these moments which was significant. the saudis wanted these pictures to be out there. the saudi foreign minister released a lot of still pictures of the meeting that was going on because it seemed to elevate the saudis and so no matter what emerges and what the president says, i think the saudis will emerge from all of this, they will see themselves as having achieved what they wanted, respectability, they got that from the president of the united states. >> all right. phil, wolf, stay with us. i want to bring in now, jason rizian, the global opinions writer for the "washington post," and diplomatic editor nic robertson, josh rogan, cnn political analyst, and "washington post" columnist, good to have you as well. let me start with you, josh. you are a "washington post" columnist, alisyn just read the statement from the publisher and ceo, and i read on tw

you've got the saudi crown prince, the defective leader there, of saudi arabia. in both of these men are responsible and behind, you know, attacks on innocent civilians, one being in ukraine. the other being in yemen. are there not accountable really, to any one of their, not democratically elected, at least the crown prince is not. and yet the united states chooses to stand with saudi arabia and now has turned vladimir putin into a pariah. how do you explain that? look at it 1st. i think we should be clear, the couldn't not fairly liked it either. you know, they both are autocrats unaccountable to their people. each of them able to pursue a war, you know, put in ukraine on and b as in yemen with horrible consequences. my fear is that president biden is missing the forest for the trees here. he's too focused on, you know, maintaining a military coalition against russia. to do that. he needs to keep inflation down. therefore, he needs saudi arabia to pump or well, but what he's missing in that is that, you know, the ukraine conflict is perhaps more importantly, i'

s. president joe biden has arrived in saudi arabia on a controversial visit. he was greeted by the saudi crown prince mamma been the sa month a man he has accused of serious human rights abuses. biden is attending an arab summit and seeking saudi help to bring down oil prices. you watching the w news live from berlin? that's it from me and the new steam, but stay for us to stay with us rather. for news asia with melissa chaff and those always all websites for mornings i've got office in berlin. thanks for ah, we got some hot tips for your bucket list. ah romantic corner chat. hot spot for food and some great cultural memorials to mood. d. w. travel off we go every day counts for us and for our planet.

he now, prior to his visit to saudi arabia, the u. s. the security adviser said that they were aiming for they to be no vacuum in the middle east for russia and china to take over. at the same time, of course, a lot of the concern of biden's visit has been creating an axis against iran, and particularly palestinian leaders and the palestinians street were aware of this with a criticism that prior to going to saudi arabia biden wasn't, is role. and in the palestinian areas for 3 days that he found only 3 to visit the palestinian city of bessie and meet with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. so a lot of the focus of the visit here in israel, prior to going to saudi arabia 40 american president, was consolidating this axis against the man. and no doubt he's going to focus on this during his trip in saudi arabia as well. policy a r t to we sent him live. now the current krakowski retired us for through tenant colonel town and welcome to our international. now this trip is a bit of a tight rope for joe biden, is in a way, has to sort o

in the 1970 s, the saudis contributed to the u. s. economy tumbling into recession with oil embargoes. but in later decades, the saudis were seen as a dependable partner in providing oil and as an ally in an unfriendly region. then came september 11th. most of the hijackers of the plains that flew into the world trade center and the pentagon, were saudis many with high reaching connections. but washington played it down. this friendly attitude continued when mohammed been sal, mom took over. he cultivated ties with president trump's family, and trump refused to condemn him for the casualty. murder, even joe biden prefers to speak to m. b. s. his father, king salmon, who officially rules the country. but the king has been ill and has rarely been seen in public in recent years. all that oil and the enormous psalms, the kingdom has to invest world wide, keep saudi arabia relevant. and that means dealing directly with whoever's in charge. earlier i spoke to mona hefley from d w. arabic and asked her what caused the change in biden's appro

so he went to saudi arabia. and the question is he, while he's there signaling his ongoing profound concern about the saudi crown princess, abysmal human rights record. and so far he is utterly failed. you know, the fist pomp was supposed to be short of a handshake. but you know, that's not enough. that's not a statement of human rights principles. i'm. he then met with the crown prince alone and came out and recounted what had happened. and it was a really a poor performance to be honest with you. i'm here, he said, are we discussed human rights and political reform, which are in a meaningless faith. the saudi people have no idea what specific abuses biden talked about. they had an exchange about jamal to show the murder. no biden said, you mohammed ben, simon ordered it, and b, i said, no, i didn't, they said, well, we disagree. move on basically. and, and then, you know, buying had this almost incoherent statement where he said, you know, dealing with saudi critics abroad is a violation of human rights. he co

not really about going to saudi arabia. this is actually going to meet the g, c, c states, d, c, c plus this is about somehow is real. and you know, trying to make peace with israel and arab nations, i think that left a bitter taste in the side of the ruling elite mouse. and i, and i think you know, that is precisely why this falling at the elite level, i will take some time now. don't get clearly a little while. ok declared the white house new though would be a political cost to this meeting. but what was the alternative? well, they could have, for example, made an arrangement with venezuela to bring venezuela oil back on. or if they had been acting no more quickly last year to really starting to go, she ation with the wrong one. could imagine bringing iranian oil on, you know, and the other is to recognize the amount of oil they are likely to get over the time frame. they're likely to get from saudi arabia. the emeralds. it's not clear to me is going to have a major impact on oil prices. the problem for the president is t

so he went to saudi arabia. and the question is, is he, while he's there signaling his ongoing profound concern about the saudi crown princess? abysmal, human rights record. and so far he is utterly failed. you know, the fist pomp was supposed to be short of a handshake. but you know, that's not enough. that's not a statement of human rights principles. i'm. he then met with the crown prince alone and came out and recounted what had happened. and it was a really a poor performance to be honest with you on your, he said, are we discussed human rights and political reform, which are, you know, i'm reading was statements. the saudi, people have no idea what specific abuses, bye and talked about. they had an exchange about the jamal kashodi murder, you know, biden said, you mohammed ben, salmon ordered it, and b, i said, no, i didn't. they said, well, we disagree move on basically. and, and then, you know, buying had this almost incoherent statement where he said, you know, dealing with saudi critics abroad is a vio

saudi will also be another.audi use to view israel as a country that they wished to not have a real partnership. saudi arabia is aspiring under its current leadership to change its economy from being a purely fossil fuel economy to being fueled by innovation. an economy fueled by green energy. they have an ambitious renewable energy target in this decade and the coming decade. like any country in the middle east, they have a profound water need. they have a deep concern about the security crisis that is effecting many of their neighbors particularly, russia's invasion of ukraine. like everyone, they have been dealing with the pandemic. israel brings a lot to the table in terms of technology, innovation, and in terms of developing its own sectors in each of these fields. they have made it clear that they are looking for opportunities to build that relationship. they could do both. a security partnership, something under the table that is not out in the open. small mangers -- small measures like today. particularl

flights to fly over saudi air space. doesn't seem like a big deal, but it is a big deal when you think about the relationship between israel and saudi arabia. it would have been unthinkable a few years ago and this is very much being seen as those small steps toward what the israelis hope will one day be normalized relations with saudi arabia same as they have with the uae and bahrain. >> cnn's hadas gold is in jerusalem. thank you for that. >>> barack ravid from axios is joining me live from tel aviv. and i want to pick up where hadas left off. the white house praising saudi arabia's decision to open air space to all carriers. and as we've been reporting, this decision paving the way, the white house hopes, for a more integrated stable and secure middle east region which they say is vital for the security and prosperity of the united states. this has been in the works of course for months. and on a trip that is frankly lacking in big wins for the white house, this is certainly one of them. what is the significance to yo

she's still in saudi. she can't leave the country. her parents can't leave the country, and her sister spoke very eloquently to this point. that anything less than calling muhammad bin salman out will fail. she said this is the only way that the united states can seek and expect to have any kind of pressure, and she said it can have pressure. president biden's pressure has worked before. but the united states needs to keep it going and keep leaning on mbs. and in that respect, these opposition activists, both would assess therefore that biden has gone the distance in this first meeting. a lot more to go, but making very clear on the murder of jamal khashoggi. on the other achievements, these are been things we have been hearing from the saudis. they no longer want to be seen as a gas spigot for the week, but privately they have said look at what opec plus has been doing. there have been increases in the past few months and there will be increases to come. this is a type of diplomacy the white house was talking about best done behind c

so much hyped meeting with saudi crown. prince. mom had been summoned capes off with a fist bump, but the u. s. presidents has likely not achieved the main goal of his middle east trip and nuts to get more saudi oil to east palm paint for american voters. saudi arabia is in no rush to open his tops for the us, and oil prices actually rose by 2 percent this friday. that's as high petro prices and soaring, inflation offered the hurting the presidents ratings back home. however, after the meeting with the saudi crown, prince biden has said, the trip won't immediately impact gas prices in the us. you the impact of this visit. i suspect you won't see that for another a cowboys. america needs a saudi oil. this is in light of the ukraine, russia conference, not only do they want oil from saudi arabia, but at the same time they want to buy that oil at a cheaper price. now on his arrival, joe biden's welcome was install contrast to the welcome of the previous american president, donald trump, when he visited saudi back in 2017. if i hadn't

s. president arrives of the saudi arabian city of jetta to attend the summit of arab leaders in saudi visit is the most controversial stop on the president's trip . and ronnie over crimson, g is sworn in as sri lanka as interim leader after days of political turmoil. but protestors joy over the resignation of president, got a by are roger parks that could be shortly. and russia target southern ukraine. several missiles strike 2 universities in mich alive. the port city has come under heavy fire in recent debt. and the court sentences, a former german soldier to 5 and a half years in prison for plotting a fall rights, tara ah, i'm gabelle as well come to the program. you as president joe biden has arrived in saudi arabia on a highly anticipated but controversial visit. biden. is due to attend a summit of arab leaders, but his visit will be a delicate dance. he has condemned saudi arabia's de facto leader, crown prince mohammed ben solomon for human rights abuses. but now biden needs the saudis help to bring down oil prices. we'll go live to saudi arabia shortly. but 1st we have this re

correspondent nick schifrin speaks with a top saudi diplomat about the u.s./saudi relationship. mr.l-jubeir: human rights is an issue that american presidents attach great importance to, even though sometimes they don't live up to those ideals, which makes america human like the rest of the world. geoff: all that and the day's headlines on tonight's "pbs news weekend." ♪ >> major funding for "pbs news weekend" has been provided by -- >> for 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. we offer a variety of no contract plans, and our u.s.-based customer service team can find one that fits you. to learn more, visit consumercellular.tv. ♪ >> and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- ♪ and friends of the "newshour." ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. geoff: good evening. it is great to be with you. we begin tonight in saudi arabia, where president biden todawrapped up his firs

and that same is true for saudi arabia.f narrative about human rights, conditionalities but , when it comes to actually delivering on it, there is a continuation of the status quo. that is very, very puzzling for for both sides of the divide in the middle east. iran doesn't know what to expect. the saudis don't know what to expect. uae don't know what to expect . israel doesn't know what to expect. that sort of creates this ambiguity and a state of leaderless chaos in the region, which other people have been willing to failed, other nations have been willing to fill. iran was able to act on as as they see fit. uae is acting as they see fit. russia and china are moving in where the americans have , withdrawn. the problem is what does america actually want? natasya: well, i am interested in how the u.s. politics actually relates to the region and how regional leaders are viewing the u.s., because i see biden's approval rating at home is just 33%, and a majority of democratic voters are saying that he should not be on the ball

saudi arabia. there is no q and a scheduled about the mbs sit-down. just a quick opportunity to take some photos and video. that's it. president biden's strategy seems to be to kill them with kindness and praising saudi leaders profusely for allowing flights to land here to take off from israel for the first time ever. he said in a statement as we mark this important moment saudi arabia's decision with help build momentum toward's israel's further integration into the region including with saudi arabia. i will do all i can through direct diplomacy and leader to leader engagement to keep advancing this groundbreaking process. aboard air force one today the national security advisor told reporters president biden plans to raise issues of human rights with the saudis but the president strongly suggested yesterday in israel he is not going to specifically mention the murder of "washington post" jamal khashoggi, which u.s. intel officials have concluded was ordered by mbs. that's even though the preside

saudi arabia will invest in new u.s.y to develop and secure reliable 5g and 6 g networks here and in the future in developing countries to coordinate with a partnership for global infrastructure and investment that i put together at the g7. this new technology solution for 5g called open ran will out compete other platforms including china. saudi arabia will partner on a far reaching clean energy initiative focused on green hydrogen, solar, carbon capture, nuclear and other projects to accelerate the world's clean energy transition and to help the u.s. clean energy industry set global standards. fifth, we had a good discussion on ensuring global energy security and adequate oil supplies to support global economic growth. that will begin shortly. and i am doing all i can to increase the supply for the united states of america which i expect to happen. the saudi shared that urgency and based on our discussions today i expect we will see further steps in the coming weeks. finally human rights and the need for reform. as alw

and saudi leaders. president biden revealing a short time ago he did confront the saudi crown prince about the murder of jamal khashoggi. senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is here with us in jeddah. >> no question. look. president biden landed here in jeddah with a series of objectives but white house officials were aware. eyes would be on the first meeting between the president and the crown prince and didn't have to wait to find out what it would look like. >> reporter: with a fist bump, a pariah no more. a recalibration defined. president biden's highly anticipated and sharply criticized first interaction with saudi crown prince salman. >> i said for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent. >> reporter: followed behind closed doors by a direct statement by biden to salman on the murder of khashoggi. >> i raised it making it clear what i thought at the time and what i think of it now and exactly -- i was straightforward and direct in discussing it.

again, president biden quite confident about what saudi officials are saying, but saudi officials arere. william: there has also been a lot of talk as you've been reporting on this trip, about the relations regionally with israel. are the saudis on board with that move? nick: it is such an interesting question because we see egypt, jordan, bahrain, uae, the countries that have normalized relationships politically with israel beginning to share military and intelligence. what that allows them to do is to talk about a kind of regional air defense architecture against iran, iranian missiles and drones. saudi officials are not quite there yet. i asked about that, he said we need to see progress in israel and see peace between the israelis and palestinians before saudi arabia can truly normalize with israel. that includes behind-the-scenes military intelligence cooperation that u.s. officials tell me is simply not happening, in part because it, they say, king salman is still alive and mbs is not quite in charge yet. as long as king someone is alive, the people i speak to inside the u.s. go

and saudi arabia is concerned, saudi arabia agreeing to do what the u.s. to see develop more oil right now to reduce the cost of gasoline in the united states and to fully establish diplomatic relations with israel? >> i think the president will make those cases in private and there will be an effort to do that, however, the saudis don't have a lot of room to expand their production given the limited supply levels that they can go to. but the most -- more important piece and you mentioned t wolf, earlier, or david mentioned it, is the fact that opec is an important player here and saudi of course is a critical player in opec. this is a long-range strategy for the president to get -- to get them to help with opec decisions about supply in the future and what role russia plays with opec as one of the plus countries. >> how significant is it, ambassador, that the saudis apparently have agreed, i think it's pretty significant, to allow israeli planes to fly over saudi air space if flights are going from israel to india or to the far east, they can now fly over

and that's to get more saudi oil to ease pump pain for american voters. saudi arabia is clearly in no rush to open his tops for the united states, and our price is actually rose by 2 percent this friday. that's as high petro prices in storing, inflation are further hurting the president's ratings back home. however, after the meeting with the saudi crown, prince biden has said that the trip wont immediately impact gas prices in the us. she the impact of this visit. i suspect you won't see that for another. a couple of america needs a saudi oil. this is in light of the ukraine, russia conference, not only do they want oil from saudi arabia, but at the same time they want to buy that oil at a cheaper price. now on his arrival, joe biden's, welcome was his foul contrast to the welcome of the previous american president, donald trump, when he visited saudi back in 2017. what if i hadn't got was a 1st pump from the crown prince before being ushered into a room for meeting with the saudi king salmon at a press conference afterwards. biden said that the 2 had disgust saudi defensive needs an

after israel, biden will go to saudi arabia, despite his campaign pledge to make saudi arabia a pariah for the state-sponsored killing of "the washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. we will go to sarah ah whitson with dawn. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "if i could go back in time" by dam and amal murkus. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. on friday, president biden will continue -- he will be making his first trip to the middle east of his administration as he goes to saudi arabia for talks with saudi officials and to attend a summit of gulf lies. he is the first u.s. president to fly directly from israel to the saudi port city ojeddah and pected ask bin salman to pump more oil. the trip comes despite biden's pledge during e debate in 2019 to make saudi arabia a pariah for the state-sponsored killing of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. >> president trump has not published senior saudi leaders. would you? >> yes. a set at the time khashoggi was murdered and dismembered and i believe in the orde

that saudi arabia will increase oil production. but those announcements could potentially come in the coming weeks ahead. and that has been the driving factor why you see the president go from those comments on the campaign trail to now air force one is here in saudi arabia and he is about to get off the plane and meet tonight with the crown prince. >> wolf, i do wonder, why -- i understand when jake sullivan says don't expect it because obviously they say it is not coming very soon, but why make this trip if you are not going to have an announcement on oil production? because so much of this as you know from years is hammered out ahead of time. >> yeah, the national security adviser jake sullivan just repeated what they have been saying now the past couple days. the purpose is to recalibrate and reassess the u.s./saudi relationship right now given what has changed in the region the past couple years. and that is why he is here. he is not only going to be meeting with the saudi leadership, but there is a meeting of the gcc, the gul

s. president arrives in saudi arabia and offers no handshake. instead, a fist bumped to the man he wants to make a pariah. also coming up a week after a political revolution erupt in sri lanka, parliament begins choosing a replacement for as did president via russia packs. plus ukraine accuses russia using a captured nuclear plant to store weapons and shell targets. that's after russian missiles stroke more ukrainian cities, cruise it make alive, sifted through the rubble while the people of anita mourned. the death of a 4 year old girl. ah, i'm pablo foley, as welcome to the program. u. s. president joe biden says he's confronted saudi arabia's crime prince over the murder of dissident journalist jamal crush. oak g biden is in the kingdom on a highly anticipated board, but controversial visit when he arrived. he bumped fists with muhammad been sal, man, the crime prince and de facto leader biden had refused to speak to him after official g was killed in a saudi consulate in 2018. u. s. intelligence says the crime prince approved the killing a f

, but now biden needs the saudis help to bring down oil prices. we'll cross again live to saudi arabia shortly. but 1st we have this report. this with us diplomacy in saudi arabia not long ago, former president donald trump performing a sword dance. trump and his administration embraced the country and his crown prince mohammed bin selma, known as and b. yes. that was despite the country's widespread human rights abuses and the murder of dissident journalist jamal cas shoji at the saudi consulate in istanbul. multiple investigations said the order to kill her, so she must have come from the top. from been salmon himself. many world leaders condemned m b s. austin in the morning. that puts president joe biden in a tough spot when he was a candidate, he called for saudi arabia to be treated as a per ryan nation. but by needs to address oil prices, which have spite largely due to russia's war in ukraine. biden also needs the saudi's help against us adversary, iran, which is wrapping up its nuclear program. washington is pushing the saudis to cooperat

officials, including the saudi king and the saudi crown, prince mohammed, ben, salmon, and another issue on the agenda of course, will be the formation of an axis against iran. we certainly saw that earlier when biden was here in israel and the palestinian territories. a lot of that discussion did revolve around iran. i must mention that there was a lot of anger on the palestinian street where i was most for friday, palestinians. they are pointing out that my biden was in israel and palestine full 3 days. he. he spent 3 hours in the palestinian city of bessy, him listening to the concerns of the palestinian so disappointment and anger following biden from israel and the palestinian territories. and it will be interesting to see what comes out if anything, from his trip and from his meetings to saudi arabia. yeah, that's a big question, isn't that what will come out of it if anything are to correspond policy or thank you for that mean? well, the by the administration is facing accusations of double standards elsewhere in the middle east. a human rights activists has slammed whitehouse pla

the 2018 killing of the saudi journalist jamal kashodi. now the americans have always made out that they are the bastion of human rights, that they are the policeman of the world if you like. and it was this with this in mind that joe biden had these harsh mot remarks to make about saudi arabia not such a long time ago. and i would make it very clear, we were not going to sell more weapons to them. we were going to make them pay the price, in fact, make them a pariah, that they are. there is very little social, redeeming value in the present government of saudi arabia, wilson, making them a pariah. we now see joe biden reaching out to the saudis in an offer of partnership and friendship. he says he seems to have turned a blind eye to the heavy criticism that washington has laid on the saudi government in the past, over what it has caught it. indiscriminate activities, shootings in yemen, the americans voice criticize the saudi role in their conflict, and at the same time they've turned a blind al, to saudi's catastrophic record of human ri

and saudi arabia, relations between the 2 countries have long been at an all time low. ever since saudi arabia had saudi journalist antecedent jamal co shogi murdered. now the turn around, let me state clearly. united states is going to remain active, engage partner in the middle east. but rather than concrete results, the u. s. president was only given a vague promise by saudi arabia to increase oil production in the future. significantly more harmonious, at least outwardly, was the tripartite meeting of russia, iran and turkey in tehran. it's main focus was syria, where all 3 countries are engaged in war. also discussed on the sidelines a possible iranian drone delivery to russia and how to handle sanctions for president put in the meeting, was above all a message to you as president biden and the west. russia is also engaged in this region potent or biden, who has the upper hand and the middle east. tyson, what would you say to that question in the face of the u. s. chaotic departure from afghanistan in the face of what is often perceived as us indifference in the face of the fightin

joe biden is heading to saudi arabia to attend a summit of arab leaders. biden will hold talks with saudi crown prince. muhammad could summon it a highly anticipated meeting as a presidential candidate. he had but vowed to treat the saudis as a pariah for their human rights record. it's the next stop on his middle east trip after visiting israel and the palestinian territories. he stressed his support for a 2 state solution for is well on the palestinians, but added that the ground is not right to restart peace homeless. that ground is listening to award a job right now to say earlier the past, the palestinian people are hurting. now, you feel you can just feeling your grief and frustration in united states. we can feel but we've never give up on the work piece. you know, there must be a political, arises with the power steering people can actually see, or at least feel. we carroll, our hopelessness to seal away the future that show many of worked toward for so long. so even if the ground is not right at this moment, to restart negotiations, united states in my administration will not giv

relations between the two countries have long been at an all time low ever since saudi arabia had saudi journalist and dissident jamal khashoggi murdered. now the turnaround clearly that the united low ever since saudi arabia had saudi journalist and dissident states is going to remain an active engaged partner in the middle east rather than concrete results, that us president was only given a vague promise by saudi arabia to increase oil production in the future, significantly more harmonious at least outwardly was the tripartite meeting of russia, iran and turkey. and its main focus was syria, where all three countries are engaged in war. also discussed on the sidelines possible. iranian drone delivery to russia and how to handle sanctions for president. putin meeting was, above all, a message to us president biden and the west. russia is also engaged in this region. putin who has the upper hand in the middle east. tyson. what would you say to that question? in the face of the us chaotic departure from afghanistan? in the face of what is often perceived as us indifference in the face

to saudi arabia.a major breakthrough as well. nic robertson will continue our coverage for what's going on. that does it for me in this hour from jeddah. swreel a lot more coverage. there's a lot going on. in the meantime, let's head to tlarn for other top stories, kim? >> thanks so much, wolf. >>> a war behind the front lines that's turning food into a weapon. wheat fields are on fire, raising concerns millions could gogo hungry around the c countr. stay with us. ... and move toward relief after ththe first dose... with injections every two months. stelara® may increase your risk of infectitions, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, sores, new skin growths, have had cancer, or if you need a vaccine. pres, a rare, potentially fatal brain condition, may be possible. some serious allergic reactions and lung inflammation can occur. feel unstoppable. ask your doctor how lasting remission can start with stelara®. jansse

a couple of america needs saudi oil. this is in light of the ukraine, russia conference, not only do they want oil from saudi arabia, but at the same time they want to buy that oil at a cheaper price. now on his arrival, joe biden's welcome was installed, contrast to the welcome of the previous american president, donald trump, when he visited saudi back in 2017. if i hadn't got was a 1st pump from the crown prince. before being ushered into a room for meeting with the saudi king solomon at a press conference afterwards, biden said that the 2 had disgust saudi defensive needs and wants to the normalization of ties. with his role, a journalist asked the american president whether or not saudi was still a poor i, a state to which the president chose not to answer, but there was a lot of laughter from the saudis prison. this of course, refers back to commented, died, and made when he was on the campaign trail. i with thank you. thank you. thank you. now the americans voice seen themselves as the policeman of the world as th

normalization of relations between saudi arabia and israel.s going to fly there. >> the president making that trip between israel and saudi arabia, the first to go that direction. part of his effort to bring israel and saudi arabia together as israel has built relationships, formal relationships with others like the united area emirates, bahrain and morocco. remember 2019 as a candidate, a windy one here, as president biden said i would treat the saudi kingdom as the pariah that they are for their human rights abuses. he said his goal in visiting was not to rupture relationships but rebuild them, especially with energy security, the relationship with israel and saudi, trying to advance a truce between saudi arabia and yemen and ultimately beyond that to sort of restore the broader alliance, to push back against iran's strength in this region. there's been a lot of criticism. one analyst described the campaign rhetoric meeting the reality of a trip like this. adam schiff only a month ago saying that he wouldn't go, he wouldn't shake hands with

s. president arrived in saudi arabia, offered nor handshake. instead, a fist box to the prince, he wants bout to make a pariah. also coming up. russian missiles, ryan, down on the ukrainian city of michel live in the central video vanessia rush and asked dr. killed more than 20. as rescuers search for the missing and europe swelter as temperatures across the continent thought is some as hate waves have already caused devastating wildfires in france, portugal and spain. many other regions of facing the 3 to 5 to 2 extreme. ah, i'm jared raid. welcome to the shore. hewitt president, joe biden says he's confronted saudi arabia's crown prince over the murder of dissident journalist. come jamal cars shoji biden is in the kingdom on a highly anticipated but controversial visit. when he arrived, he bumps iss with mohammed been salmon. the crown prince into fact alida, up until now biden had refused to speak to him over the murder of over the murder of journalists, jamarcus shoji in 2018. u. s. intelligence is the crown prince approved the killing of h

, ah, backing in the saudi support. when it comes to the current surgeon oil prices and the problems supplies around the world. it's obviously hugely important, but it says one piece of the puzzle. i mean, as i mentioned before, there is a hope that, of course, the saudis will come to the party and it will be able to ease fuel prices at the barrel. but at the, at the pomp rather, but it's remains to be seen whether or not that's going to come fast enough. a really what saudi arabia can do to actually make, make that difference of that for many pundits saying that it won't come soon enough that the price at the price of reduction at the, at the palm have you, well it, it is a very important part of his visit to saudi arabia as he's of course, a possible future defense alliance for the region. and you mentioned it being a piece of the puzzle. i mean, it's a complicated, huge puzzle. considering the fact that aides say president biden will bring up human rights concerns while in saudi arabia. yes, said that has been a huge

s. president joe biden. hell talks with saudi crown. prince mom had been sell man, a man you once promised to make a prior over the murder of us based john list? jamal kush oak g casual. geez fiance reacted to the meeting with the tweet. seeing the blood of the princess next victim is on biden's hands. the u. s. president has countered the criticism. thank you for being here. respect to the murder of cr shogi. i rated at the top of the meeting, making it clear what i thought of at the time. and when i think of it now, he basically said that he, he, he was not personally responsible for it. i finally came in, i was, he said he was not personally responsible for it and he took action against those who were responsible, human rights groups waddy, that this is far from enough. now, saudi arabia has never been a rights respecting country if there were been a country where you could speak freely. but what we've seen in the past 5 years is a total shut down of the space for any public criticism or any hint that you might disagree with the auth

big breaking news here, the saudi crown prince basically just said that saudi arabia is about tappedot have any -- kingdom will not have any further production if capacity. >> reporter: so 13 million barrels is going to be the max, he says. they're already at about 12 million barrels as the max capacity, so sounds a lot different than what the president said last night about his meeting with the saudis. he made it sound like he were going to help a lot. >> we had a good discussion on insuring global energy security and adequate oil supplies to support global economic growth. that will begin shortly. and i'm doing all i can to increase the supply for the united states of america, which i expect to happen. the saudis share that urgency, and based on our discussions today, i expect we'll see further steps in the coming weeks. >> reporter: so this is potentially a new headache for a president who spent yesterday catching heat for first bumping the same leaders he called pariahs while he was a candidate. that was offensive enough to the publisher of "the washington post" who employed the

greeted by the saudi crown prince. the president held a brief news conference, where he was asked about the crown prince's alleged involvement in the 2018 murder of jamaal khashoggi. pres. biden: i know it is late, but thank you for being here. i had a good series of meetings, just finished more than two hours of meetings with saudi leadership here in jeddah, meeting with the king for about a half-hour, working session with the crown prince, energy minister, sports minister, all the way down the line and got the chance to talk to basically the entire saudi government. thanks to many months of quiet diplomacy by staff, we have accomplished significant business today. the saudis will open their airspace to all civilian care -- carriers. that is a big deal. they deal. not only symbolically, but substantively, it is a big deal. it means saudi airspace is open to flights to and from israel, the first tangible step in what i hope will be broader normalization of relations. second, we concluded a historic deal to transform a

we don't need saudi arabia, because we don't need middle eastern oil. and saudi oil.ve green energy and that's it, yes, but the middle east is so say, e deeds of long-forgotten days. why yes, and purely political sphere. saudi arabia has plenty of reasons for strategic mistrust of the united states how many times in the union? yes, you put it in a simple way, they threw saudi arabia, at least take it in the case of regime change. bashar, al- assad, into which saudi arabia fit in with the american supply, but the united states did not provide, so to speak, yes, and as a result, saudi arabia is left, including, with a broken trough, and now the possibility of returning syria is being discussed under the assad regime to the arab league. and saudi arabia, among other things, is discussing this, and the united arab emirates does support it, right? or when there is a signal, uh, which sees the saudi turns out, arabia talks to her when they are needed, here and now, but as soon as they are no longer needed. everything, but the agenda. it changes immediately, they are told, s

saudi arabia. that is an opinion column in the "wall street journal" put it this way. the saudis know that they host a humbled joe biden who spoke one way as a candidate but now is desperate for the king to open the oil spigot that the president has worked towards shutting down. jacqui heinrich traveling with the president? saudi arabia. hi, jacqui. >> the president of the united states on camera fist bumping with the man that u.s. intelligence believes ordered the death of a u.s. journalist, a grisly murder. u.s. journalists were allowed into the meeting and evidently upset the saudis by asking whether they would apologize for ordering that man's death according to u.s. intelligence. peter alexander that shouted that question said the saudi aide grabbed his arm tightly after he asked. the crown prince appeared to smirk. another reporter shouted a question asking if saudi arabia is still a pariah. no awed i believe answers from biden or the saudis to either questions. the saudis didn't allow boom m

at the end of the day, saudi arabia is - the day, saudi arabia is important for the us.versa. what did the saudis get out of this? it is a critical relationship a couple of reasons. there are threats stemming from iran. but also issues that are not talked about as much. protecting the maritime areas for commercial shipment, protecting is obviously critically important. this decision to go to saudi arabia was fundamentally about making sure there is not a vacuum that china and russia can fill and on the other hand with saudi still reliant on us weapons sales and hardware capabilities, 80% of saudi weapons and missiles come from the us. so if we talk about turning to china, the end of the day, the us is a security partner and that means there is going to have to be a relationship that is symbiotic. one comment the president made of the back of this meeting was that saudi arabia will open its airspace for aircraft flying to and from israel. what does that mean in practice. in and from israel. what does that mean in practice.— mean in practice. in practical terms what _ mean