prime minister yair lapid, the floor is yours. >> in march of 1965 on martin luther king's famous march from selma to montgomery, walking beside him was a jewish rabbi. he wrote in his diary today i felt my legs. in the state of israel our legs pray every single day, nothing in our lives is taken for granted. my father was a jewish child in the budapest ghetto hiding from of those who tried to kill him. the fact that i am standing here today didn't happen by itself. israel must be strong, free and safe, with a powerful army that can defend our citizens. joshua crossing the jordan river or doctor king crossing the alabama river the principle is the same. if you want your independence your hands must defend you and your legs must pray for you. we must march fearlessly towards the river. this past year with russia's unjustified invasion of ukraine, the irani nuclear threat becoming more dangerous with threats of terrorism worldwide, we are all reminded of something. in order to protect freedom, sometimes force must be used, nobody wants that, but neither can we shy away from it. people who

by the way we're showing our viewers of president biden meeting with yair lapid. this is an interim prime minister. there is a new israeli parliamentary election now scheduled for november 1. and that will be very, very significant. in addition to meeting with prime minister lapid, he will be meeting with the israeli president herzog and also the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu. so he has a very busy schedule. and as you know, the president will have a joint news conference which will have live coverage of here in jerusalem with yair lapid, there will be questions from israeli and american journalists at the news conference. we'll see what they have to say. but clearly there is a lot of issues on the agenda right now. and they will go into substantive detail in the course of their statements. >> there certainly is a lot on the table. we'll look forward to more of that coming up and to your coverage as well. wolf, thank you. >>> president biden meantime attacking former president donald trump's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal even before arr

there were phone calls between yair lapid and the president. we definitely maintained contact with them. i will say short of it not being in the cards right now, everything else is. >> thanks so much for joining us on this very, very busy day. >> thank you very much. >>> we will get the palestinian perspective on the situation room tomorrow . president biden is going to bethlehem. i will be joined by the head of the mission in washington until it was closed by the trump administration in 2018. that is tomorrow. >>> just ahead, is the january 6th select committee preparing to seek testimony from former president trump and former vice president mike pence? a new report is raising a lot of questions. >>> the the situation room from jerusalem continues livive discover theratears®. like no other dry-eye drop in the world. with the 5 vital electrolytes found in natural tears, theratears® is one-of-a-kinhydration at feels like silk. a drop like no other™. bubbles bubbles so many bubbles! as an expedia member you earn points on your travels, and that's

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biden's first stop is israel, where he's meeting acting prime minister yair lapid, and former leadermin netanyahu. he'll then head to the occupied west bank to meet palestinian authority president mahmoud abaas. biden is expected to face questions about the killing of al jazeera correspondent shireen abu akleh, who was a palestinian-american. the u.s. state department found that israeli gunfire likely killed the journalist, but couldn't definitively conclude the bullet's origin. a group of democratic senators has written an open letter saying the investigation doesn't live up to the administration's calls for an independent and credible inquiry. pres. biden: greater peace. greater stability. greater connection. it is critical for all the people of the region, which is why we will discuss my continued support, even though i know it is not in the near term, a two-state solution. that remains, in my view, the best way to ensure a future of equal measure of freedom, prosperity, and democracy for israelis and palestinians alike. reporter: stephanie decker has more. reporter: the last time

prime minister yair lapid, the floor is yours. p.m. lapid: thank you, mr. president, in march, 1965, on dr. martin luther king's famous march from selma to montgomery, walking beside him in the front row was a jewish rabbi. rabbi abraham joseph hershel. when he returned home that day, rabbi hershel wrote in his diary, today i felt my legs were praying. in the state of israel, mr. president, our legs pray every single day. nothing is in our lives is taken for granted. my father was a jewish child hiding from those who tried to kill him. the fact that i am standing here today did not happen by itself. we learned the lesson, mr. president. at all times israel must be strong, free and safe. with a powerful army that can defend our citizens. be it joshua crossing the river or dr. king crossing the alabama river, the principle is the ande strong, free and safe. with a powerful army the premise the same, if you want your independence, your hands must defend you and your legs must pray for you and march fearlessly. this past year with russia's unjustified invasion

biden met with the new israeli prime minister yair lapid.'s nuclear ambitions were a key topic, both agreed that iran must never have nuclear weapons. the white house now confirms that president biden will meet one-on-one with the saudi crown prince later today. some u.s. officials have told cnn that the president is likely to bring up the murder of jamal khashoggi, he was the journalist of course who was murdered after entering the saudi consulate in 2018. but when asked about it on thursday, mr. biden stopped short of promising to raise the issue during his trip. have a listen. >> my views on khashoggi have been absolutely positively clear. and i have never been quiet about talking about human rights. the question -- the reason i'm going to saudi arabia though is much broader, it is to promote u.s. interests, promote u.s. interests in a way that i think that we have an opportunity to r reassert what i think we've made a mistake of walking away from, our influence in the middle east. >> with his trip to the middle east, mr. biden embracing

right now president biden is in jerusalem meeting with israeli prime minister yair lapid.couple hours the two leaders will sign a joint declaration aimed at expanding the security relationship between the u.s. and israel encountering iran. wolf blitzer is live. we're expecting a news conference after the signing. what is expected to be in the security declaration? >> it will be a very strong statement of u.s. support for israel not only in terms of political support, humanitarian support, but also in terms of strategic support and working with israel in a whole host of areas. and they go into extensive

joe biden and israel's acting prime minister, yair lapid, signed a declaration billed as historic.e, but israel needed him to say it again. i made it absolutely clear we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. for israel, it starts with a conventional, not nuclear threat on the heavily fortified border with lebanon, three hours drive north from jerusalem. it's one of the most dangerous potential flashpoints in the middle east. i'll show you a couple of places over here. that's because it's a front line between the israelis and iran's strongest ally and client, hezbollah. if we'll stand over here like a couple more minutes, we will see people of hezbollah coming over here. both sides have worked hard to keep the border quiet since hezbollah fought israel to a standstill in a war in 2006. but when hezbollah appeared, they were in israel's sights. behind the watchers in lebanon, the israelis assumed hezbollah guns were also ready. it took one incident to spark a month of war in 2006. these men have the job of protecting israel's northern bord

president biden and israel's prime minister, yair lapid, have signed a declaration promising to stop . mr lapid said only a credible military threat would stop iran. at least 20 people have been killed in a russian southwest of the capital, kyiv.

earlier today, biden met with israeli prime minister yair lapid in jerusalem, where the pair discussed iran's nuclear program and the war in ukraine. the u.s. and israel are expected to announce a joint declaration building on past calls to take military action halt iran's nuclear program. biden has promised he won't agree to any deal that would restore the landmark 2015 iran nuclear agreement, which the united states unilaterally withdrew from in 2018, if it means removing iran's revolutionary guard corps from a list of foreign terrorist organizations. president biden was asked about that pledge in an interview with israeli tv. >> already committed to keeping the tears -- on the terrorist organization list? pres. biden: yes. >> and in the past you said you would do anything to ensure iran would not acquire nuclear weapons. doesn't that mean using force against iran? biden: if that was the last resort, yes. amy: after headlines, more on president biden's trip to israel, the occupied territories, and saudi arabia. the house of representatives is set to vote this week on a record-shatter

president biden and the israeli prime minister, yair lapid, have signed a joint declaration to stop iranng nuclear weapons. washington says it will use all the elements of us power to prevent it, but mr lapid said only a credible military threat would work. the american leader was injerusalem to meet israelis and palestinians, before moving on to saudi arabia. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome, and we will continue to work with israel to counter the threats from iran throughout the region, including support for terrorism, the ballistic missile programme that continues, and the proliferation of weapons to terrorists and proxies like his brother. behnam ben tale—blu is a senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies, a nonpartisan but hawkish think tank. behnam, you focus on iranian security and political issues. when it comes to the agreement between the us and israel, when it comes to how they deal with preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons, strong words from president biden, words that arguably we have heard similar thoug

that's the honorable joseph r biden junior, president of the six avenue america his excellency yair lapid the state of israel. ministers, collective members, religious leaders, excellencies, distinguished leaders and honored guests. mr. president you are the 16th consecutive american president with whom my family has had the privilege of engaging for over 80 years fdr was the first one. i am so delighted to host you here in the heart of jerusalem as i said yesterday mr. president, this is a visit amongst family and old friends. you have been >> your tireless advocacy of the enduring u.s.-israel partnership in word and in deed has truly stood the test of time. your journey of peace here in the middle east comes at the pivotal hour of a challenged world order. the pandemic, colliding with the tragedy unfolding in ukraine. while extremism displaces dialogue as our planet runs out of time. i believe a strong and vibrant u.s. israel partnership has seldom been more critical to our countries -- our countries in the middle east for diplomacy and decency. we are a diversified society, encompassin

that's the honorable joseph r biden junior, president of the six avenue america his excellency yair lapidhe state of >> excellencies, distinguished delegations, honored guests, mr. president, you are the 15th consecutive american president, with whom my family has had the privilege of engaging for over 80 years, fdr was the first one. i'm so delighted to host you here. in the heart of jerusalem. as i said yesterday mr. president this is a visit amongst family and old friends. friends. you have been a faithful lifelong friend of the state of israel and the jewish people. your tireless advocacy of enduring the u.s. israel partnership in word and indeed has truly withstood the test of time. your journey of peace, here in the middle east, comes at the pivotal hour of a challenge world order aftershocks of the pandemic are colliding with the tragedy in ukraine, while extremism replaces dialogue as our planet runs out of time. i believe that is strong and vibrant u.s./israel partnership hustled on big more critical to our countries, to the middle east and global stability and sustainability, pe

veteran politician yair lapid takes over today as interim prime minister.ent prime minister neftali bennett is stepping aside. lapid will face prime minister benjamin netanyahu in november. it will be israel's fifth election in just over three years. >>> up next, "the late late show" goes to washington. comedian james corden crashes the white house with a hilarious visit that included a meeting with the president. ded a meetin with the president. >>> here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ >>> sing the question -- ♪ could you give us an update on the office agreement ♪ ♪ no i can't ♪ >> president biden found himself a new staffer. okay, not really, but james corden did lend a hand at the white house during a segment last night on "the late late show." the comedian filled in as press secretary, served up lunches in the kitchen, and even stopped by the oval office to give president biden some tips on hairstyling. >>> uber is sharing the results o a new safety report, and millions of americans are getting a boost in their paychecks.

the president and prime minister yair lapid stood shoulder to shoulder and declared they would not allow become a nuclear power. but they disagree on how to prevent that from happening. cbs' ed o'keefe is traveling with the president. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. while the president once again kept much of his focus on iran, attention news shifting to his meeting with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman. the president on this trip hoping to find ways to drive down the price of oil by pushing saudi arabia and other producers to speed the production of oil. bin salomon is a controversial figure, blamed for ordering the killing of ging jamal khashoggi today president biden declined to say whether he would bring it up with saudi leaders. >> i always bring up human rights. i always bring up human rights. but my position on khashoggi has been so clear. if anyone doesn't understand it in saudi arabia or anywhere else, then they haven't been around for a while. >> reporter: critic, including many in the democratic party fault the president for making this trip

today meeting with israeli leaders to talk about security he landed in tel aviv, fist bumping with yair lapid but shaking hands with benjamin netanyahu. the president is hoping to strengthen ties with israel. what assurances is he giving them >> frances, good morning the president offering two main assurances he says he's committed to israel's ability to defend itself by itself, and he spent part of yesterday looking at this very advanced israeli missile defense system frances, it uses lasers to shoot down incoming rockets and missiles the president also telling an israeli television channel that he as a last resort is prepared to use force to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon take a listen. >> you, in the past, said you would to anything, you would ensure iran would not acquire nuclear weapons, does that also mean, sir, that you would use force against iran is that what that means? >> if that was the last resort, yes. >> reporter: now there are profound disagreements between the biden administration and israel about the way forward on iran the president would like to revive the 2015 ir

we're awaiting a joint news conference from president joe biden and the israeli prime minister yair lapidhe two are signing a new joint declaration in the meantime aimed at expanding the security relationship between the two nations while countering efforts by iran to destabilize the region. and this event comes as president biden faces crises not only abroad but also back in the united states as we all know inflation levels surging to 40-year highs, members of his own party have questioned his strategy and his leadership, and his approval numbers hitting new lows. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins, she's standing by, live at the news conference here in jerusalem. set the scene for us, kaitlan. >> reporter: yeah, wolf, we both watched that warm welcome yesterday as president biden arrived here in israel. today is much more about business and time to get down to brass tacks as he is having these meetings with world leaders including one that he just finished with the israeli prime minister that went on for quite some time. they joked they talked about ameri

yair lapid, have signed a declaration promising to stop iran from developing nuclear weapons.hington says the us is prepared to use all elements of its power to stop tehran. mr lapid said only a credible military threat would stop iran. at least 20 people have been killed in a russian missile strike in vinnytsia southwest of the capital, kyiv. ukrainian officials say the missiles fired from a submarine in the black sea hit a commercial building in the city centre. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. ethiopians have known much conflict in recent history but the war which broke out between the government and the people's liberation front, 2.5 years ago, has been particularly devastating. tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced. plus there are also ethnic conflicts and other parts of ethiopia such as in the west and the communities are restless. my guest is meaza ashenafi, the first woman to be appointed chiefjustice of the federal supreme court of ethiopia. now there is hope of making progress in the peace talks taking place but will t

his first trip to the middle east since taking office, he was met by new israeli prime minister, yair lapide palestinian president during his trip before heading to meet leaders of the gulf states for discussions about the global supply of oil. here was his message on arriving in tel aviv. every chance to return to this great country where the ancient roots of thejewish people date back to biblical times, is a blessing. because the connection between the israeli people and the american people is bone deep. it is bone deep. generation after generation, our connection grows. we invest in each other. we dream together. mr biden will become the first us president to fly directly to saudi arabia from israel. this is seen as a small, but significant sign of riyadh's growing acceptance of israel and comes after decades of boycott in solidarity with the palestinians. yolande knell gave us the latest from jersualem. joe biden has come to this region many times before but this is his first time as a us head of state and he was greeted as an old friend by israeli leaders when he arrived at the airport

his first trip to the middle east since taking office, he was met by new israeli prime minister, yair lapidill also meet the palestinian president during his trip, before heading to meet leaders of the gulf states, for discussions about the global supply of oil. here was his message on arriving in tel aviv. every chance to return to this great country, where the ancient roots of thejewish people date back to biblical times, is a blessing because the connection between the israeli people and the american people is bone—deep, it's bone—deep. generation after generation, that connection grows. we invest in each other. we dream together. mr biden will become the first us president to fly directly to saudi arabia from israel. this is seen as a small, but significant sign of riyadh's growing acceptance of israel and comes after decades of boycott in solidarity with the palestinians. yolande knell gave us the latest from jersualem. joe biden has come to this region many times before but this is his first time as us head of state. he was greeted as an old friend by israeli leaders as he arrived at

joe biden and israel's acting prime minister, yair lapid, signed a declaration billed as historic.ed him to say it again. i made it absolutely clear we will not, let me say it again, we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. for israel, it starts with a conventional, not nuclear threat on the heavily fortified border with lebanon, three hours drive north from jerusalem. it's one of the most dangerous potential flashpoints in the middle east. i'll show you a couple of places over here. that's because it's a front line between the israelis and iran's strongest ally and client, hezbollah. if we'll stand over here like a couple more minutes, we will see people of hezbollah coming over here. both sides have worked hard to keep the border quiet since hezbollah fought israel to a standstill in a war in 2006. but when hezbollah appeared, they were in israel's sights. behind the watchers in lebanon, the israelis assumed hezbollah guns were also ready. it took one incident to spark a month of war in 2006. these men have the job of protecting israel's northern border, but it's about

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integrate israel into the region, two weeks after naftali bennett handed the prime ministership to yair lapidready, israel, u.s., and arab militaries are working together on a regional air defense alliance, using israeli missile defense technology. the regional cooperation is a product of a common enemy, iran, and its advancing missile technology. it's also the outgrowth of the trump administration's efforts to normalize arab-israeli relations. what biden is not reversing, trump-era policy changes in israel, including the declaration that jewish settlements on the occupied west bank are n a violation of international law. and what it means for the region, i'm joined by shibley telhami, professor at the university of maryland, and senior fellow at the brookings institution. let's start in the kingdom. in all of his public comments about this trip, president biden has deemphasized the idea of the trip doing about oil or even being about meeting the crown prince, muhammad bin salman. how big of an issue is oil actually for this trip and that meeting with mbs? shibley: obviously the president wan

after that, prime minister yair lapid and then joe biden took the floor.oke rather about general declarative things known to this day. nothing new. he did not inform the revolution, as trump did not promise 5 years ago. here is what the president of the united states said we will discuss my continued support even with my understanding that this will not happen in the near term for a two- state solution. in my opinion. this remains the best way to ensure in the future an equal degree of freedom, prosperity and democracy for israelis and palestinians. some time after his arrival, joe biden went to jerusalem with a delegation. stopped at the hotel. waldorf. astoria , after which the american president left for the yad vashem memorial complex, where he met with holocaust survivors and participated in the mourning ceremony. rather, it is also an obligatory ritual part of official visits to israel, and in this case it also had a declarative character. since there are no serious breakthroughs in the political field in the area of ​​political negotiations. here, t

the centrist, yair lapid, has become israel's prime minister, replacing naftali bennett as part of atv chat show host helped to form a coalition of eight ideologically diverse parties and has taken over in a caretaker capacity until elections are held in november. the british politician chris pincher has resigned after complaints were made about his drunken behaviour at a private members club in london. in his resignation letter to the prime minister, he told the pm he "drank far too much" and "embarrassed myself and other people." the biden administration has condemned a supreme court ruling, which curbs the us government's power to limit carbon emissions from coal—fired power stations. all six members of the conservative majority in the supreme court backed the landmark ruling, which marks a victory for the coal industry. the united nations has expressed its disappointment. while it is not our role to provide legal commentary on judicial decisions of individual member states, just more generally, i can say that this is a setback in our fight against climate change, when we are alre

class, earth-to-earth, the main negotiations will begin tomorrow in jerusalem will be a meeting if yair lapids president ishak duke. however, these meetings will be small already everything is decided. not like this in advance no special documents will be signed, no declarations will be made on the strategic partnership of friendship. etc. the main purpose of the visit. maidan is still not jerusalem, negotiations will be held in jerusalem. he will spend the whole day here discovering israeli sports materials and the games that are held every 4 years, but uh, the trip will establish rather even tomorrow the day after tomorrow on friday east jerusalem and bethlehem where he will meet with the president. the tonal autonomy of mahmoud abbas and this meeting is already enough serious nervous irritation among representatives of the right and the right-wing political bloc of israel withdrew the states. uh, step by step, they are dismantling the actions that the donald trump administration did gradually. eh, restoring relations and ties with the romalo, but the most important trip to them is the jaba

there is a new prime minister in israel, yair lapid became prime minister last week. and in less than two weeks, president biden will be arriving here for meetings with both israeli and palestinian leaders. so interesting timing. and we'll of course be following any developments about the results of this investigation if they come today. >> interesting. thanks for your reporting on this, hadas gold live in jerusalem. >>> hezbollah claims launching for three unarmed drones between lebanon and israel. they were shot down near an oilfield that stands between the disputed maritime borderlines. both countries are in the midst of indirect negotiations about the area. hezbollah warned that it could attack an israeli ship near by. idf says it appears the drones didn't pose an imminent threat. the defense minister blames hezbollah for what he claims is preventing them from reaching an agreement on the borders 3. >>> in afghanistan a taliban-run conference has ended with calls for the world to recognize their government is legitimate. and also to remove sanctions put in place a

chaos and the caretaker prime minister only moved into office, that was israeli foreign minister yair lapiddent biden when he landed. as well as a new missile defense system which is based off of lasers called the iron beam and likely these will be asking the americans for funding for that as well. another issue that is top of mind during this trip is actually advancing a trump administration achievement, which is of course the normalization agreement between israeli and arab countries. for israel the main goal out of sort of advancement of these normalization agreements will be saudi arabia, which is where president biden is headed straight from tel aviv on friday. and while nobody's expecting some grand new normalization agreement to be signed doing this trip, there is an expectation that there will be small steps towards that ultimate goal was saudi arabia. there will likely be things like an announcement that flights to and from israel will be allowed to fly over saudi airspace which right now they are not able to do. these are things that seem small but they would have seemed as unthin

biden calling military action a last resort although it's something the prime minister yair lapid and republicans believe may be necessary. >> reporter: president biden insists his purpose in saudi arabia is to promote u.s. interests including urging the saudi's to increase oil production an effort to bring down gas prices in the u.s. >> so much to follow. thank you. >>> concerns are growing over the future of same-sex marriage after supreme court justice clarence thomas specifically listed same-sex marriage as the next possible target after voting to overturn roe versus wade. a pioneer for same-sex marriage rights is addressing that in sanford disco. jim obergefell was the lead plaintiff in the supreme court case that made same-sex marriage legal in 2015. last night he made a stop at mandy's in san francisco after obergefell testified in front of the house judiciary committee. >> what do they want for this country? do they want us to go back in time to be stuck in time back in 1787 when the constitution was written? that is not in the best interest of our nation. >> legal experts say

yair lapid foot gator bowl and twisted so much it took out a real-life poll according to the sheriff's a while, they got under control and off to an alligator farm, i guess that's a thing in florida. remember the oak fire we told you about in the last block? it waited and apocalyptic scene in california. sky is there turned almost angry, bellowing with more clouds with orange and red shining behind them. the person who took this from mariposa called it a real. some kids or adults nightmares just might be from this would. the idaho transportation department clearing thousands of so-called mormon crickets who earn their name for destroying more men crops in salt lake city back in the 1800. these bugs can make roads slick and they still destroy crops today. you don't see this everyday. japanese volcano erupting sunday. japan's meteorological agency called for the highest evacuation alert level. this is one of japan's most active volcanoes gecko thankfully, no reports of casualties of our. if you've got a viral video to share, hit us up on social media. ♪ ♪ many americans have used at home

yair lapid symbolically switched seats with his predecessor.wo later held a handover ceremony at the prime minister's office in jerusalem. ben bennett's stint was one of the shortest in israel's history. he said he is happy to hand the job over. >> translator: this is a very special role and it does not belong to one person. it belongs to all the people of israel help i am passing to you this holy baton and the responsibility for the state of israel and i wish that you will protect it and god will protect you. >> translator: we have a commitment to the past, we have a commitment to the future. we have brought the future with us. and we will do our best for good strong prosperous and democratic jewish state because that is the job and it is greater than any of us. thank you, my brother. >> mr. lapid will lead the country as a caretaker until elections on november 1 which will be the fifth time in less than four years that israelis are heading to the polls. >>> texas dealing with increasing human smuggling cases, with several attempts leaving sev

he and israeli yair lapid promise to stop nuclear program though they disagreed how. >> i continue toelieve diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome. >> words will not stop them, mr. diplomacy will not stop them. >> lapid said only the free world's willingness to use force will stop iran's nuclear program. president biden told an israeli television station to stop iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. the u.s. would use force. as a last resort. >> russian president vladimir putin is planning his own travel to the region. is he scheduled to meet this week with iranian president ibrahim ricey and erdogan. only second trip abroad since trip in february. both iran and russia under heavy sanctions from the west and trying to bypass those economic restrictions. bret? >> rich, thank you. let's bring in fox news senior political analyst brit hume. brit, good evening, i want to get your thoughts on this trip. you and i covered white house and presidents going abroad in the white house press corps. usually they went on those trips with some dlicialgs. there is a lot of effort to assess

and the prime minister yair lapid expressing sorrow but saying that the idf determined that there wasl continue their investigation and any decision to open a criminal investigation will be made only after they finish their operational examination without letting us know when they think that that will be wrapped up. >> hadas gold, thank you so much. >>> and ahead on "early start," after losing luhansk, ukrainian forces regroup to defend the neighboring donetsk region in eastern ukraine. >>> plus griner pleading to president biden in a letter. what she's saying. clinically proven to give strongest hold, plus seals out 5x more food particles. fear no food. new poligrip power hold and seal. (heartbeats) introducing icy hot pro. ice works fast... to freeze your pain and your doubt. heat makes it last. so yo'll never sit this one out. new ichot pro with 2 max-strenh pain relievers. this summer, dinosaurs are in our world pet dinosaur? i'll take care of you. ♪ ♪ [ growling ] [ screaming ] [ growling ] shh. nice and quiet. hey! look! it's your mom! hot dog? [ growling ] only at vanguard you'

. >> for acting israeli prime minister yair lapid, the visit is about looking beyond the palestinians. >> from jerusalem, president biden will fly to saudi arabia. he will carry with him a message of peace and hope from us. >> the saudi visit acknowledges middle east reality. these days the region's pomp and circumstance is often reserved for saudi crown prince muhammad bin salman. he's known as mbs. and the 36-year-old has been on a regional tour as the man who will be king. he's been trying to modernize the kingdom under his vision 2030, giving women more rights, and curbing religious extremists. but u.s. officials also believe he is also the source of the kingdom's crackdown on its critics. u.s. officials told pbs newshour he's believed to have personally blessed the 2018 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi inside saudi arabia's istanbul consulate. the following year, candidate biden promised punishment. >> we were going to in fact make them pay the price and make them in fact the pariah they are. human rights must be the center of our foreign policy. >> despite those words and wa

. >> reporter: yair lapid says that they express sorrow for shireen abu akleh's death and that the israeliy has been unable to determine who was responsible but that they have determined that there was no intention to harm her. the israeli military said that they will continue to investigate the incident and any decision about whether to launch a criminal investigation into what will happen will only come after that operational examination will be concluded. not specifying when they expect that to be wrapped up. >> hadas gold, thank you. >>> still to come, millions of americans suffer through a heatwave while others flee a quickly spreading wildfire. >> and i'm tracking this newest heat dome, i'll show you who is being impacted and how long it lasts. that is ahead on "cnn newsroom." now, there's skyrizi. ♪ things are getting clearer, i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare m my skin ♪ ♪ yeaeah, that's all me ♪ ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand ♪ ♪ nothing on my skin, that's my new plan ♪ ♪ nothing is everything ♪ achieve clearer with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. of thos

elections are coming again, the fourth in 2.5 years baidan is hosted by the interim prime minister yair, lapidmin, netanyahu, the former head of the cabinet, who intends to become the future italy, openly sympathized with trump. so, in a conversation of warmth, a meeting with the leadership of saudi arabia, or rather with the country's de facto ruler, crown prince mohammed ben salman, is not much more important. crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin salman is a self- motivated ambitious and charismatic representative of the new generation of the royal family, he was born in 1985 to the third wife of his father the current king of saudi arabia studied in his homeland and received a bachelor's degree in law career began in 2009 when he was appointed special adviser to his father then governor of eriyat province after his parents ascended the throne in 2015 . mohammed became minister of defense and chaired the economic and development council, the main body of economic planning. experts believe that it was he who made the decision to participate in the civil war and was the initiator of the b