because you are. >>> the king of saudi arabia is 86 years old. the saudi king is always quite old. >> everybody who governed that country was uncharismatic. >> you see, succession in the kingdom has followed a pattern. the modern man of the kingdom had 45 son. when one died, the next oldest brother took his place. but five years ago, king salman shook up this established ritual. after an interim choice, he installed his crowned prince, his then 31-year-old son. >> saudi arabia has a new heir to the throne. >> a royal shakeup in the house. >> mbs was an obscure young royal known to almost no one outside saudi arabia. now, he is poised to succeed his ailing father and rule the kingdom for half a century if his health and the monarchy hold out. >> this is somebody with a great deal of ambition and who has the complete support and faith of his father. >> when mbs rocketed to power, he began to shake things up almost right away. the old saudi system seemed ancient with senior royals running like dukes. mbs put an end to that, replacing princes with pe

there's only one other force as powerful as oil in saudi arabia. religion. e the most extreme form of islam in the world. >> article 1 says the sayings of the prophet are the constitution of this country. >> sharia is the only law. women are rendered virtually invisible. black ghosts. >> domination. men have dominated women. there's this sense that any mixing between men and women is fraught with the potential for evil to happen. >> historically women had the status of children. by law their husbands or fathers were their guardians. some clerics give men a free hand to beat women. mohammad al arifyi counsels young men on the right way to hit their wives. "lightly with the hand," he says, "and not in the face." if the beating did not keep a wife in line, men could download a government app used for wife tracking. among other functions it could accepted out a text alert if a wife headed for the airport or the border. >> testosterone is a dangerous drug. it's this view of women as both children and as chaotic sexual beings. >> the app is called absher, arabic fo

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 of the fighting in syria. does anybody really believe biden's promises to remain as he says, an engaged partner? well, i think that, you know, these relation

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 kashodi 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. hootin 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

and saudi arabia, among other things, is discussing this, and the united arab emirates does support itre 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, so to speak, you are no longer needed. and in general, let's talk about human rights. mohammed bin salman. e outcast. uh, killer guy and so on. as he said many times. uh, talking talking, biden, we'll continue talking about american politics in a few moments. i won't give them their real name . do you remember rudolf and my friend. he and i worked together during the war in the center knows that we were friends. you will smile in another place, colonel. i will call you rudolf abel, and then they will understand that you have been arrested if you are a citizen of the ussr information on atomic weapons you are facing the death penalty silence. you can think what you want, but we must save you in prison, you will be killed my beloved nothing will work for them. they won't bre

both countries consider tehran and arch foe saudi arabia with its huge oil reserves, has made itself impossible to ignore for decades. it's used its power over energy markets to both hurt and help us in the 1900 seventy'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, you know, 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, keeps saudi arabia irrele

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

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

to make saudi arabia a "pariah."lso talk of oil, and whether saudi arabia would produce more, possibly easing gas prices. last night, correspondent nick schifrin sat down with adel al-jubeir, the saudi minister of state for foreign affairs. nick: do you believe that these meetings mean that president biden has decided not to make saudi arabia a pariah? mr. al-jubeir: i believe that that quote was during the campaign, and the campaign is what i call the funny season. lots of things happen, but things, people have a different perspective they're in office and have access to intelligence and information. and they look at the vastness of the relationship, so it's a critically important relationship and it's important that we have a continue the tradition of personal contact between the leadership of our two countries. nick: one of the points of contention that president biden has pointed out is human rights. and tonight he specifically said that he brought up jamal khashoggi's death to the crown prince. the president sai

powering possibilities. >>> we're back with the live coverage from saudi arabia. trip that is controversial talks today with the saudi crown prince. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is reporting today. you know the area well. what did you make of what we saw today? >> oftentimes these meetings in saudi arabia with the leadership can be somewhat chaotic and so carefully staged and it was exactly conveyed to the region and the world that the saudis wanted to convey that mbs sort of redeemed himself with president biden, that is the relationship is back on and the vacuum that president biden has been speaking about from a saudi perspective they can begin to have a conversation, an open, direct conversation with the united states and where they stand together going forward. >> step back and look at the trip by president biden. big picture right now. what do you think are the key takeaways? >> you have seen today two key things. president biden put them at the top of the list in terms of israel's relationship with saudi arabia. the overflights allowed t

in jeddah, a meeting with the leadership including mohammed bin salman, they are not treating saudi arabia like a pariah state and for the saudi's, i think it's really significant that they are getting this kind of attention. this is what they want. the leader of the free world, the president of the united states, to come here and to be showing his respect to the saudi leadership. even covering the white house for a while. this is an important development. >> it's critical. and it underscores the reality of the moment. this was a relationship that the president had to see, president trump's proximity was unparalleled to some degree but biden came into office and pledge, taking a very different approach, including the president which he was vice president to, as we've seen over the course of the last 6 to 7 months, the invasion of ukraine has led to skyrocketing prices, saudi arabia happens to be a, a long-term ally of the united states for the biggest player in the global oil markets. when you talk to officials, one thing they have made clear, it's a recalibration, trying to ensure that th

s. president joe biden walks a tight rope insensitive talks in the middle east bivens and saudi arabia for summit on security. and oil is also match with the saudi crown prince asking him for support. also coming up europe welters, as temperatures across the continent. the summer heat has already caused devastating wildfire in france, portugal, greece and spain. and ukraine accuses russia of using a captured nuclear power plant to store weapons and shell targets. nitro and other cities come under fire. ah, i'm monica jones. good, happy with us. you as president joe biden has joined a summit and saudi arabia biden met saudi arabia's crown prince. muhammad been summoned, raising the issue on the murder of dissident journalist, jamal castro, ve the to have had frosty ties since bite and bow to make the kingdom a pariah over the killing hole. re earliest, dw washington correspondent carolina shamore. y biden. changed his mind to engage with the crown prince. what president biden himself said that this trip to the middle east is mainly about promoting us interests, especially in economic te

that puts president joe biden in a tough spot when he was a candidate, he called for saudi arabia to be treated as a pariah nation. but by needs to address oil prices, which have spiked largely due to russia's war in ukraine by an also needs the saudis help against us adversary. iran, which is ramping up its nuclear program. washington is pushing the saudis to cooperate with israel, despite the history of mistrust. and conflict against iran, both countries considered hereon and arch foe saudi arabia with its huge oil reserves, has made itself impossible to ignore for decades. it's used its power over energy markets to both hurt and help us. 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 cont

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

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

earlier he said he confronted saudi arabia's crime prince over the murder of dissident journalist shamile shop. g biden bumped fists with mohammed bin salman after long refusing to speak to him after hedgehog gee, was killed in a saudi consulate in 2018 of this ma'am, that has set off a storm of criticism. u. 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

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 cou

that was about the visuals, which had been, simon, was, it is saudi arabia, not a pariah anymore. well, i think the saudis definitely got more out more out of this than the americans. the issue is here is that the president was led by interest over values. this was very much a case of re alcholay seek and the u. s. just had to let it, it's interest to proceed what it believed. whether it's a come down like you just mentioned, i don't think so. i mean both sides were clean. what keen to kind of measure the optics of this way in advance and the, the meetings were very much administered beforehand. the cameras that were of that were out the speakers, et cetera. the president has been keen to say that this was mostly a visit to see the gcc with the regional countries and not a bilateral with the saudis. bill is ease the saudi arabia's foreign minister say foreign affairs allow joe by said that the killing of jamal shelby was a terrible mistake. but it's time the cuckoo 2 countries have moved on. is it time to move on? yes i, i absolutely think it is time to move on. and quite frankly,

s. president flies from israel to saudi arabia to attend the summit of arab leaders. of the saudi visit is the most controversial stop on the president's trip . and we're neil. we cream with synergy is sworn in as sher lancoste interim leader off the days of political turmoil of protesters. joya with the resignation of president, couldn't, by our roger boxer, could be short lived. russia targets southern ukraine. several missiles strike 2 universities in mich alive. the port city has come under heavy bombardment in recent days. plus a court sentences, a german soldier to 5 and a half years in prison for plotting a fall rides. tara tar ah, i'm gabelle. furs welcome to the program. you as president joe biden has just landed in saudi arabia on a highly anticipated bus controversial visit. watching live footage here from a jetta biden is preparing to attend a summit of arab leaders, but his visit will be a delicate dance. he has condemned saudi arabia's de facto leader conference bahamas been summon for human rights abuses, but now biden needs the saudis help to bring down

with a romp looking to go, saudi arabia and refusing them with oil connection, does the u.s. just look as bleak as spike does at home? plus, and new rules about human biology is we learn this week about english testimony in congress. and it is chocolates on the first the hispanic culture to hispanics. welcome to the baltic turtle at large can of time but all the summer with michael sisley richard fowler sarah westwood. but first, i waited the highlighted precarious condition of the economy and providing political future. 9.1 and five consumer prices rose by 9.1% but when the department reported this week with is another 40 plus year five. now, it is through the rest of the welcome decline in oil and other prices the last few weeks with inflation numbers. but that worrisome signs are core inflation strip energy prices are coding every day workers, the numbers are especially sickening. when you gave little over 5% real wages with self-important place in decades. and it gets worse. the mystical inflation makes it more likely for the photo resort will increase the pace of the int

joe biden has just wrapped up a 4 day tore of, and at least it started in israel and ended in saudi arabia. biden laid out his strategy for the middle east and a room full of regional leaders. he promised the u. s. would not walk away from the region at the same event at saudi crown. prince mohammed been sal man stressed the importance of cooperation with the us. he also said adopting unrealistic policies on energy will lead to inflation. when our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more on what message the u. s. president has sent with his talk was almost a message to not just the golf leaders, but to russia and china that sir, look at, we're not going anywhere. in fact, that's exactly what he said is kind of a signal look if you're trying to encroach, we are not going anywhere. we're going to stay right where we are. but also think about it a, it's also a signal and may be a sign of the winning influence of the united states as well. i mean, there was a time when the united states didn't have to say that it was just known. and so that is also as signal that say in the united

then i heard out kimberly help hit al jazeera saudi arabia and the u. s. have a long standing strategic partnership. it dates back to 1945. when the u. s. agreed to provide security to saudi rulers in exchange for access to oil reserves. in 1973 in the israel palestine war. re add imposed an oil embargo on countries backing israel, including the u. s. in the ninety's, during the gulf war against saddam hussein, sonia ravia served as a base for hundreds of thousands of american troops. but the 911 attacks were set back in relations. 15 of the 19 hijackers were sound it's. and then 4 years ago, the u. s. sanction the kingdom in response to the murder of journalist jamal kashodi. ah, let's bring in our guests in riyadh we have abdul aziz al garcia and he's a research fellow a project set pat, focusing on saudi foreign policy in washington d. c. doug bondo is a senior fellow at the cato institute on in london side, bel bashi is a managing partner at hardcastle advisory, a political consulting firm. welcome. so you all are jealous ease. i'll start with you 1st i

then saudi arabia has leverage on that issue. and thirdly, is the question that will supply in the context of russia's invasion of ukraine, you know, a conflict which is likely to be protracted. so if your opponents have leverage, not your pounds, if your dental office or leverage like the saudis in this realist, you don't go in to antagonize them biting. in other words is playing on the defensive. not because he's clueless, but simply because american power is not exactly very powerful in the current context, original politics. well, one of the things that bite has really come under fire for at home in the u. s. is this next stop on his trip in saudi arabia college you're sitting in the us now to very tricky time for biden. how are us versus viewing this whole trip? was it's interesting because actually the old show even though usually the public is public opinion, is pretty disengaged from foreign policy. and they, but they generally like presidents to, to sort of lead on foreign policy matters. the deposed, currently that i've

for normalization of ties between israel and saudi arabia? r. amb. shapiro: the saudi's have made pretty clear -- the saudis have made clear what the trajectory of this is. the decision today, hosting israeli business leaders, they have made clear that they see israel -- they don't see israel as an enemy at all. in many ways, they see israel as a partner and an opportunity. saudi arabia is going to have a transition, it is not a democratic transition and there are lots of issues that will remain points of controversy or tension. but they can be a partner to the united states and they seek a partnership with israel into areas -- in two areas. one is threats from iran and its proxies, and there have been saudi and israeli joint military exercises, >> knowing that israel will be one of the anchors of that regional coalition. saudi will also be another. saudi 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 ec

saudi arabia has become frances. first, customer for weapons in arms and it's, it's an economical situation. so standards don't have units and indication where whatever, what, whatever, it's all about the business and they say, and the only reason why there has been such an important i would say attention brought by a manual maximum to this meeting is because france needs energy. france wants to continue to so petrol and if there is a deal that can be brokered in the following days, weeks following this, that this meeting on energy or on, on, on weapons then within the mental macros. happy. and he couldn't care this, which political opponent is tortured, killed there for. if you can build a church, if you are attacked or criticized or more killed because every political opinion, you couldn't care this. what he wants is to continue exporting to saudi arabia and make a buck out of out of this and, and try to get some, some alternatives to importing energy because they did what can, europe is in a very bad situation loo

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

nick: today's focus was on saudi arabia and the man who will be king. n have more rights, there is more entertainment and they are curbing extremis. the u.s. also believe he is the source of a crackdown on critics and believe he approved the murder of jamaal khashoggi. >> you believe saudi arabia can be a partner to the u.s.? >> is not possible to have such a partner. nick: i spoke to this activist last week. >> i see him not as a reformer but a deformede -- deformer who killed jamaal khashoggi. nick: his father is a prominent muslim scholar who called for change in the saudi government. he has been held in solitary confinement and faces the death penalty. >> my father was one of the main and prominent names that actually theorized about democracy in islam. this is the kind of islam mbs does not want although he claims he is modernizing. nick: another saudi detained, a preacher who criticized king salman for giving his son too much power. he has been detained since 2016. his son spent years campaigning for his release and was jailed two weeks ago. he rec

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

from israel to saudi arabia. of course, earlier today saudi arabia announced they will be opening up flights. commercial flights. they will let commercial flights fly over their airspace. irspace. >> as we see the president being welcomed and being received in saudi arabia, officials and the secretary of state behind him. i want to bring in democratic congresswoman of texas who is with us this morning. i thank you for being with us. i'm curious as to your thoughts as we see the president arriving to saudi arabia, an important trip for the president. one that we were saying keir simmons is not devoid of controversy. >> hi, good morning, jose. how are you? >> very well. the president is in this middle east trip. as we saw, he spent days in israel and now getting to saudi arabia. i was just thinking, congresswoman, the president says he is going to saudi arabia to meet with other middle eastern leaders as well as the king and the crown prince , but a lot of this has to do with domestic politics as well. i mean, gas

he began to negotiate with iran , uh, began to speak in saudi arabia saudi arabia, which before thatden officially announced that he does not support the operation in yemen, he, accordingly, demanded to withdraw the united arab emirates from there informally higher, but practically controls the desks. because of this, respectively. alma began to fail, by the way, the physical mohammed bin salman he is mohammed but you call him whatever you want. i call it that because , well, it's wrong in society not to call quality after shifts. after the change, respectively , the inheritance system. everyone will now have one dmitry and i will forget mohammed they remember me like that, i didn’t interrupt you, remember, i i think i'm listening, i'm surprised i finally said, now it's not fundamentally the name of the three letters. here the meaning is the following meaning is that he did not defeat you during all this time is not grounded. and this was a big problem for him, respectively, during the last year of the year before last, when our oil was negative paper precisely thanks to the guardian

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 viol

he said the trip to saudi arabia because of those human rights concerns when it comes to saudi arabia. of course, joe biden had referred to saudi arabia and saudi crown prince. muhammad, been summoned as a pariah. this is obviously a 180 turn on that statement at now going to try and, and i wouldn't say cozy out, but, you know, try and smooth over some of the tensions and sorry, excuse me. i'm trying to do it. yeah. sorry. is that what we're looking at? let me, jerry hang on a you a sorry been joe biden. having landed in israel, the beginning of a 4 days of talks with israelis, palestinians, and saudis, his trip to saudi arabia, being a 1st for an american president. what i'd like to know rebecca, is if you can fill us in on how this is all being looked at back at home for abide . how do americans view this tree? it can, can you fill us in there? i'm not very popular back at home. i've been around a recent poll by the washington post suggested around 25 percent only, only 25 percent of people in the us actually really support this trip. so it's not being seen as a very popular move. b

because of course, saudi arabia does not recognize israel. earlier on friday, the saudi government announced that was opening, it's a space to israeli pain. so that is a 1st, the american president ahead of his visit did say that its purpose was to reset relationships between america and saudi arabia. but as you correctly mentioned, it wasn't so long ago that he referred to saudi arabia as a provider estate falling. 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 ou

but also whether or not there's going to be movement toward a relationship between israel and saudi arabiahe saudis will become part of the movement for diplomatic relations with israel and whether or not there's going to be some meeting between saudi and israeli diplomat or business men or something else i do think this is something president biden should push. >> one of the main reasons the saudis have been so angry at joe biden, of course donald trump went overboard favoring the saudis, but this was the moment on the campaign in 2019. the state department says the saudi government is responsible for executing non-violent offenders and torture. >> khashoggi was murdered and dismembered i believe at the order of the crown prince. we will make them pay the price and make them in fact the pariah that they are. there's very little social redeeming value in the president government in saudi arabia. >> director brennan. your former colleague, ben rhodes wrote that the president should not be making this trip. >> well, if i was still in government i would not have supported the trip to saudi ar

s. president flies from israel to saudi arabia to attend this summit of arab leaders. but the saudi visit is the most controversial stop on the president's trip. and ronnie albert kramer, cindy is sworn in as free lunches, interim leader, after days of political term, all but protests is joy over the resignation of president. good, a bye. are russia park? so could be short lived plus russia, target, southern ukraine. several missiles strike 2 universities in mich alive. the port city has come under heavy bombardment and recent debts. add a court sentence as a german soldier to 5 and a half years in prison for plotting a far right taro attack. ah! i've got others welcome to the program. 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 stresse

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

then saudi arabia.e want from this visit, and what is he seeking from saudi arabia i think this is a trip that you could say he didn't want to trip that you could say he didn't want tu . ~ trip that you could say he didn't want t. . ~ , trip that you could say he didn't wantt , ., ,., want to make. it is controversial because mohammed's _ want to make. it is controversial because mohammed's record . want to make. it is controversial because mohammed's record oni want to make. it is controversial - because mohammed's record on human rights. biden has billed this as right5. biden has billed this as about regional 5ecurity, about fo5tering greater ties between israel and arab countries. building possibly extending the human cea5e—fire —— yemen. it is ultimately about getting more oil from saudi arabia. he's unlikely to leave with any concrete on that front. but some people are viewing this as a reward for 0pec committing to increase production injune. but in reality, i think the scope for both saudi arabia