toward saudi arabia really undermines any kind of action . d is seen by the study -- by the saudi regime as a winning point. as with other nations, saudi arabia continues to be led by and undeterred leader -- an undeterred leader. that could have an effect on the saudi peoples' rights and freedoms and this is a good time to act on it. >> terrific. thank you so much for those compelling remarks. you raise a lot of important details and issues, especially unconditionality. we will certainly return to that. i want to turn to you know. you co-authored a cfr report and a foreign affairs article this summer, arguing that washington should offer a strategic commitment to saudi arabia against iran, in return for saudi reciprocity on a number of issues, keeping oil prices low, ending the war in yemen, making peace with israel, improving its human rights record. i think it is obvious rihanna has not made progress on those issues -- riyahd has not made progress on those issues. what would you recommend moving forward? >> thanks very much to carnegie for

there was an understanding that saudi arabia would do its best to stop or you going to $200.00. 2 and in effect, they did that by incrementally increasing production over the summer. so the saudi understanding was that our job is to make sure, and it's also in saudi interest to make sure that the price of oil does not get into the ridiculous a ridiculous level that has multiple negative impacts on everybody, concerned producers and consumers. but that did not mean that saudi arabia cannot protect the price of its primary commodity, which it lives on and allow it to fall. and i think that's where the misunderstanding came in, because when you know, i'm co and the saudi oil authorities and opec started to see demand destruction, and the recession coming up and the need to reduce production to keep the price where it was really air. that is what they did and markets have proven them to be right. i mean, the price did not shoot up. in fact, it's dropped a little bit, but it stayed there on the $90.00. but so, you know, if you're a believer markets, and i think america. 2 taught us all to

we can compel them to leave saudi arabia as well. that will ground, effectively, the royal saudi air force come at least significant parts of it. we should appeal to british and french counterparts, britain and france are part of nato. they are in war supporting ukraine. they should be part of this effort as well. it will take a broad effort, i think those are terry to military steps are very good places to start. that does not mean we we give up our relationship with saudi arabia. it means we would demilitarized most of our relationship with saudi arabia. we can still look to saudi arabia for support on issues like ending the war in yemen. an urgent responsibility which unfortunately the cease-fire has not elapsed. thankfully full-scale war has not begun again. without a lot of encouragement, it could easily go in that direction. i think those areas of the united states should take action and the president should leave the action. after all -- lead that action. after all this is a public human relation of the president of the united

in the language of ultimatums, because saudi arabia has nowhere to go, because saudi arabia depends e now nominally friends, in fact they have sabers and knives on them, but you see, what is the problem. so, when andrei at the beginning of the program asked the question, what are we we can give what they will give the americans the question, in my opinion, is not entirely correct here, not a choice between us and an american, if the choice is between the americans and others, besides us there are others on whom saudi arabia relies, we here are rather a small plus in general piggy bank. this is primarily china with which the saudis partly trade yuan, at least they are going to do. it's china that made a huge economic deal with iran that all middle eastern countries are looking at. well, they're a repeater to us fit the projectile. well, some countries. at least, this is china, which, in principle, can also provide defense services in the future, but do it without any nonsense from the series, observe the rights of gays, observe absolutely, correctly, therefore, saudi that saudi is now

i now the saudi arabia the board, that legislation were that saudi arabia with them back. all right, i want to pull the now to the party. he's executive vice president at the quincy institute for responsible state craft. he's an authority on geo politics in the middle east, from iran to saudi arabia all the way the afghan is the intro to it's good to see you again. we have no confirmation from there. from by that he requested an increase in output. but what speaks for this all these, what speaks for them? not even if it had happened, what speaks for them? not wanting to give him what he requested? well, it's not just that they didn't care the president what he requested. it was very clear that at a minimum they requested been for no cost to be made for at least another couple of weeks. but reality is that matter in which this was don further fuels to suspicion, if not the confidence that this was gone specifically to harm biden, and to harm the democrats in the mid term elections. because at 1st the saudis were signaling that they made a little bit and then they said they

want to present to necessarily have a bad relationship with saudi arabia. what country, what we have to recognize however, is that we currently have a bad relationship with saudi. so this, whatever measure ends up being the case has to be something that read balance. ringback back on a much better putting, one in which to read is greater mutual respect and this, ours are not doing it on to mine. but also one in which the house is no longer should be protecting saudi arabia when saudi arabia is pursuing reckless and stabilize. busy policies in the middle east. yeah. and the warranty on the basis is one major point. the united states can end that war right away by cutting all of the technical assistance and spare parts to, to saudi air force. and they would no longer be able to conduct that work. this is something binary should have done long time ago. perhaps now he will end up doing it now, the fear and why it hasn't been that the salaries would be going to the russian side. if the was were to do so, but clearly we have seen that, you know, when the us doesn

with saudi arabia's actions being described as hostile to washington. meanwhile, the saudi minister of state says the u. s. itself is to blame for rising gas prices, which have nothing to do with crude oil supply. the idea of the told you to do this to harm the us or to be in any way politically involved this. absolutely not correct at all with due respect. the reason you have high prices in the united states is because you have a refining shortage that has been in existence for more than 20 years. you haven't built refineries in decades are to caleb mop. it has more details on re out as decision and the u. s reaction. well essentially we have opec announcing they will be reducing the oil output by $2000000.00 barrels per day. now that is rattling the circles of power in the united states. there is quite a bit of outrage. it's only been 2 days since the announcement already we're hearing the leaders of saudi arabia being described as back stabbers, putting a night in the back of the united states. here's what we've heard from unanswered questions about 911. the brutal murder of journal

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let's take a listen. >> saudi arabia is not an ally.es is a country in which there's a high degree of -- with saudi arabia we've seen on human rights, now oil production, cozying up, but would phone xi jingping and vladimir putin. and i think an ally is a country that has a strong base of domestic support. >> so can you see how this move by saudi arabia undercuts and sets back the relationship with the united states? >> yeah, so when it comes to energy security, saudi arabia has long been the voice of reason and moderation. we have long played a central role in stabilizing international energy markets. we did it for years as members of opec. more recently, we have done it as members of opec plus. our decisions on production levels are strictly determined by supply and demand, market fundamentals. political issues, political considerations do not take effect. they do not have a role. however, we have the long view of the stability and the health of the markets, so we do take into consideration the concerns of not just energy producers, b

s. republican law make as described. saudi arabia, reality move to reduce or output following the opec plus decision. other us officials, even calling for the president to cut off weapon supplies to the gulf kingdom. the saudis need us more for weapons than we need them. prison biden should make it clear that we will cut off weapons if upper class doesn't traverse the decision to make drastic cost and production in congress. we should also explore waste to rainy notebooks control over energy prices worldwide. the winehouse has long praised saudi arabia as a strategic partner, selling the country large amounts of weapons, despite joe by the ones pledging to make a pariah during his presidential campaign. from u. s. congress members, also calling for a rethink of the country's relationship with opec, plus members with saudi arabia's actions being described as hostile to washington. meanwhile, the saudi minister of state says the us itself is to blame for rising gas prices. the idea that we would do this to harm the us or to be in any way politically involved this. absolutely not correct

the royal back stabbers, that was some us lawmakers are now calling saudi arabia over reorders moved to reduce oil output following the opec plus decision, other us officials or even calling for the president to cut off weapons supplies to the goals, kingdom the saudis need us more for weapons than we need them, prison biden should make it clear that we will cut off weapons if public plus doesn't traverse the decision to make drastic costs and production in congress. we should also explore ways to raining up control over energy prices worldwide. the white house has long praise saudi arabia as a strategic partner, selling the country, large amounts of weapons just by joe biden, once pledging to make riata, a pariah during his presidential campaign. some u. s. congress members are also calling for a re think of the country's relationship with opec plus members with saudi arabia's actions being described as hostile to washington. meanwhile, the saudi minister of state says the u. s. itself is to blame for rising gas prices, which have nothing to do with crude oil supply. the idea of the

and apparently, the united states feels that it has rights over saudi arabia's oil. you'll recall economist magazine recently and you know, over the summer they tweeted out, meet mohammad been solomon, that's the count. brown, prince of south of saudi arabia, the millennial autocrat who controls our oil. now that tweet was deleted because it is not, they are oil, it is by right, the oil of the kingdom of saudi arabia, according to the constitution. but apparently, the united states feels it has some rights over it as do the british. now, at this point, what can the united states do, but rant and rave at the saudis for not doing what they want here. some of what we've heard, what saudi arabia did to help prudent continue to wage his despicable, vicious war against ukraine will long be remembered by americans. we are looking at all the legislative tools to best deal with this appalling and deeply cynical action. though the no peck bill is up for discussion, this is a bill that would allow the united states to sue opec countries take them to court, possibly have you as

ukraine fire 6 time mars rockets at the city of love by after years of close partnership with saudi arabia, us now hauls the saudi royal back stabbers following the opec plus decision to slash oil output. with your current president is currently retract his earlier call for preemptive starts on russia, planning he was misunderstood and was referring to sanctions a month out to the world. this is our t international. i'm rachel blevins, and these are the top stories this hour. we began with the latest from russia, don escrow public where the ukranian army has attacked this city of low lights. let's take a look at some footage now from the eye witness is a large fire iraq did. after 6 high merge rockets were launched by the ukranian army at the city, that's according to local officials so far there have been no reports of any casualties. my love for royal back stabbers. that's why some us lawmakers are now calling saudi arabia over reorders move to reduce oil output as part of the opec plus decision. some us officials are even calling for the president to cut off weapons supplies to the king

and saudi arabia.kind of the black hat of saudi arabia and this decision rather than talk about energy production in the u.s.? >> so the problem for democrats is that this looks political. this doesn't look like there's any grand geo strategic thinking in how we're handling our relationship with saudi arabia. looks like president biden went to saudi arabia over the sumner hopes that they would continue pumping oil to keep gas prices low. didn't work out. they snubbed him. it's not just gas prices. the relationship with saudi arabia a lot has to do with energy and a lot has to do with constraining iran and using the saudis as a bulwark in the region. the fact that the democratic party's base is talking about freezing arm sales and talking about ending our alliance with saudi arabia, it seems all about politics, all about gas prices without looking at the bigger issues also that are in play with the relationship. that makes us look very political from an administration and they need to think about big pi

that's what some us lawmakers are now calling saudi arabia. and so the reality needs to reduce oil production as part of the opec plus decision president joe biden has said he's disappointed about the news from us. congress members are also calling for a reexamination of the country's relations with the pet plus members and even wants to take measures to retaliate against saudi arabia. as we add actions are being described as hostile to washington, his ortiz kelly moore, pe with mall. well, essentially we have opec announce things they will be reducing the oil output by $2000000.00 barrels per day. now that is rattling the circles of power the united day. there is quite a bit of outrage on the 2 days since the announcement already. we're hearing the leaders of saudi arabia being described as back stabbers, putting a night in the back of the united states. here's what we've heard from unanswered questions about 911, the brutal murder of journalists, jamal cas shogi, and the exporting of extremism to dubious jailing of peaceful dissidence in con

the democrats are furious with saudi arabia. they're all this talk of calling the 70 year relationship between the usa and daddy radian question. here's some of what democratic party leaders have said in light of the saudi is refusing to play ball with the united states. recent consequences for what they've done with russia suspend all arm sales. is that something you'd consider? i'm not going to get into what i'd consider what i'm have in mind, but there will be, there will be consequences. i do see it as a deliberately hostile act. and what, why would we have troops defending a country that behaves this way towards us? for years, we have looked the other way as saudi arabia has shopped up, journalists has engaged in massive political repression. for one reason. we wanted to know that when the chips were down, when there was a global crisis, that the saudis would choose us instead of russia. well, they didn't, we, i'm democrats calling for a full halt on us weapons to saudi arabia. usa continues to supply value ravia with weapon

royal bank stabbers, that's how way us republican lawmaker has described saudi arabia re adds, move to reduce oil output, following the opec plus decision. other us officials, the even quoting for the president to cut off weapons supplies to the gulf kingdom . the saudis need us more for weapons than we need them. president biden should make it clear that we will cut off weapons if public plus doesn't traverse the decision to make drastic costs and production in congress. we should also explore ways to rain enough control over energy prices worldwide. the white house has long crazed saudi arabia. as a strategic partner setting the country large amounts of weapons, just want to buy them once plating to make a pariah during his presidential campaign. from us congressmen bizarre also calling for a rethink of the countries relationship with a pe class members with saudi arabia as actions being described as health style to washington. while the saudi minister of state says, the us itself is to blame for rising gas prices. the idea that so do you do would do this to harm the us or to be in a

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and saudi arabia, in the weeks and months to come. the process president vladimir putin signed into law, the annexation of 4 ukrainian regions. it comes just a week after referenda that the u. n. chief, condemned as illegal at the criminal control over those areas, has weakened with ukraine's military making gains and areas. russia now claims moscow's calling up 300000, was a troops to add to its forces in the war in the ukraine. well, if been widespread criticism of the draft and russia to people who should not have been called up, were enlisted food, he said the laws being changed as a result. even you see, the defense ministry has reported that a number of categories of our citizens do not need to be drafted as part of the mobilization effort. however, the relevant changes to the legal framework were not made in time. so the draft decrease submitted to the defense ministry and the government came out in a way that did not represent the viewpoint of the defense ministry itself. so we have had to make adjustments to this document acc

this is seen as almost a betrayal by saudi arabia and its role within opec. the decision has been decided that described as short sighted, but there's also been a voice from congress, which is not in session at the moment. however, senator chris murphy close to a close ally off president biden, saying that one of the reasons why the us maintain this relationship with saudi arabia despite allegations of human rights abuses, despite the ongoing war and yemen was because it would rely on saudi arabia as an ally, president biden went and visited saudi arabia in july to buttress the relationship between the 2 countries, which had been through a rocky period. but now you've got a us senator saying that all of this was political capital wasted. given the fact that saudi arabia now backing russia against the united states, at least that is how it is viewed. so certainly there's going to be an impact on the relations between the u. s. and saudi arabia, in the weeks and months to come, will be right, gender and has had a global oil market, stuffy consultancy group ener

in saudi arabia, opec plus, the alliance of oil producing nations led by saudi arabia and russia, announced a 2 million barrels per day cut in oil production yesterday. opec plus decision could lead to a potential spike in gas prices, just 33 days before the midterms. today, president joe biden had a one word reaction to opec plus's decision, disappointment. >> what is your reaction to the opec plus decision? >> disappointment. we are looking at alternatives that we may have. >> opec decision comes after the biden administration spent more than a week urging with producing countries to increase their oil output. ali she hobby, a study analyst, told the new york times that it is certainly not a hostile, anti biden act. it has nothing to do with biden, it is to keep the price in unacceptable band. and quote. okay. so how should we analyze this set of facts? the summer, saudi arabia paid former president donald trump to host a tournament at his golf courses, which is a move much criticized as so called sports washing, attempting to launder its reputation on human rights abuses with people who

saudi arabia needs america a lot more than america needs saudi arabia. >> they certainly depend on our military. you know, the u.s., for better or, worse has become an exporter of oil. we do not set the market price. you know, there are a low cost producers and the saudis do that. this is also a huge spike in oil prices that are really good for u.s. oil producers. but, last time i checked, there were more oil consumers in the u.s. than can producers. we have the ability to be self sufficient. we would have an even greater ability if we really double down on energy efficiency and conservation. on renewables, we have a long term strategy we can use. frankly, i have a hard time not seeing what opec has done as a direct response to what we have done in this congress to give people access to cleaner, and cheaper energy. because, nothing scares the oil company like a bunch of people with solar panels and electric vehicles. >> you are right about that. i want to have you back to have that specific conversation about the fact that it is actually the best weapon against anyone who does not see

saudi arabia's oil snub forces president biden to rethink our relationship with saudi arabia. this is a big deal. >> they're calling for a stopping of u.s. arm sales to saudi arabia. do you support that legislation? >> we're going to react to saudi arabia and doing consultation when we come back. we'll take action. >> martha: not sure what exactly that will mean. congressman michael mccaul tells us what he thinks needs happen now. john durham, when has been in this -- doing this investigation for years, is now questioning an fbi witness in the middle of the courtroom in this investigation. this witness alleges that the fbi offered a million dollars in october of 2016 -- think about that date -- saying to christopher steele, we need you to corroborate this information on the candidate trump. we'll give you a million dollars if you can nail this down. devin nunes responds. with yo. try. hope. fail. no one should suffer like that. i started cosentyx®. five years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before

they are able to respond to the challenges faced in particular by the saudi arabia and saudi arabia understandformed, and a new platform, new new formations for actions based on completely different principles, equal partnership and, uh, wants to participate in this as an author. already in the current composition of the total gdp, brix exceeds the indicators of the united states and even more so the european union for the last year, according to the world bank, almost 25 trillion dollars, which is more than a quarter of the global economy, and the share in world trade by the thirtieth year may exceed 37%. appeared even the idea of ​​creating a single accounting currency, the accession of new members, will accelerate the expansion of the influence of the group, only saudi arabia, turkey and egypt, can add almost $ 2 trillion to the bloc in gdp, according to experts. this would be a turning point, greatly increasing the economic potential of the brix and its role in the world, especially in the middle east. certainly one of the key players in the camp today, and fast developing countries we kno

a in saudi arabia. more washington. good. and now i think in the past few minutes, the u. s. is already saying they're going to have to release more from that strategic petroleum reserve. so it's a balancing act for developing world countries. but many roman j does. even in the washing belt, we're having to admit is a change times. and of course, looking towards it, even though not reporting on it, we soccer chang, i cooperation organization meeting led to learn what is going to be happening in brazil later this month. and the best selection of lula and the expansion of bricks . and of course, another big decision made today, the you agreed to impose a price cap on russian oil employ, say president payton has previously said that russia would not sell oil below market rate. so how could this price cat affects europe as well as the global markets? yeah, i mean, i think that's why the angry, angry questioning in vienna was received by the panel of permanent opec, lead loan opec plus members in v enter in the bus hour or so with the quizzically. and i kind of what are they talki

as a part of opec rush as a part of opec. saudi arabia is siding with russia. this is something that an accusation that rings very loudly within the united states, but it's not only coming from the bind in administration. there's also been some voices in congress, although congress is closed at the moment. but still some have been making their point clear in particular, chris murphy, a prose ally of president biden, a democratic senator has made very clear his belief that saudi arabia has stabbed the us in the back by taking the decision along with opec, saying that one of the reasons why the united states maintain the relationship, the saudi arabia, despite allegations of human rights abuse, despite that ongoing war in yemen, was because it relied on saudi arabia as an ally only in july. this year president biden visited, saudi arabia had a visit with all the country's leaders. now, some congressmen are saying that this is being stabbed in the bank by saudi arabia . that the u. s. relations with saudi arabia are going to be shot, the impacted by this decision

it is reevaluating its relationship with saudi arabia. re odd says the decision to cut production is based on market forces. right, more or less, let's go to mikhail crew to ken. he's an energy analyst and he joins us from oslo. macau, we've talked a lot about the oil markets in recent weeks. is this move? does it help russia? well, i don't think it helps arrest because arrest is going to lose a lot of it's for duction and exports in december. when the embargo on the rest of the oil supply comes into force in the united, in the european union. and anticipate in the development to the such countries as saudi arabia, which is the leader of an office lose, decided to decrease production in advance to have a bigger leverage over their market forces. you have, they have enough spare capacity during your late the prices on the market. they might be successful in this right now. the market does not experience and shortages of oil. in fact, the supply is larger than the demand about $1000000.00 barrels per day. and the decrees, i don't think it plays a very big girl immediately. it will plac