good morning and welcome to your new day. i m kristin fisher. good morning, kristen. i m boris sanchez. why one committee says their explanation doesn t make any sense. president biden is meeting with key leaders in saudi arabia saudi arabia. what he s hoping to achieve. and then the criticism over the meeting with the crown prince yesterday. truckers are struggling with diesel prices. their concerns as costs continue to climb, coming up. this may be my favorite of the day. the deep space discovery, the heartbeat sounds that have astronomers all aflutter. aflutter. i know. do you see what i did there? good morning and welcome to your new day. it is july 16th. you know, boris, it may be a saturday in the summer, but it s a busy saturday in the summer with the president s trip overseas and all these new revelations about the jan 67 committee. there is a lot going on. we re going to take you there. first there s concern over the text going add ups sent
the future hub of peaceful tourism and economic development. and as we continue to work closely with many of you to counter the threats posed in the region by i rarng we re also pursuing diplomacy to return constraints on i rachb s knew claur program. the united states is committed to ensuring iran never gets another nuclear when. fourth. thes will look at it wherever possible, while respecting these countries sovereignty an independent choice. these are the underlying themes of our meeting today. how many years have we been trying to connect iraq s electricity to the ggc grids? i remember being briefed on it
we re also integrating air defenses and early warning systems too inchur we don t receive air raid threats the. fourth, they ll not just work in one area. we ll work to reduce tensions and conflicts everywhere possible. this approach is already reaping dividends. as i mentioned, working in yemen, working close were, we. we ve welcomed the leadership of iraq s economy to bring people from the region together for talks in baghdad. thanks to months of quiet persistent diplomacy, we helped revise an agreement to rule peace keepers and transform an era that once sparked wars into
destabilizing activities here in the middle east, we ve also seen critical changes. for the first time since 911, an american president is visiting this region without american troops being engaged in combat and a combat in the region. we ll always honor the bravery and selflessness of the and sacrifices of the americans who served, including my son, major beau biden, who was stationed in iraq for a year. and we ll never forget the memory of the 57,000 troops who served in iraq, afghanistan, and elsewhere over the last two decades. but today i m proud to say the area of land wars in the region, wars involving huge numbers of american forces is now underway. but we maintain the capacity around determination to protest the terrorist threat wherever we
f p metlet me conclude in one sentence. the united states is looking at building a possible active few turf in the rhyme including all of you. the united states is not going anywhere. this is a table full of. problem solvers. ing that you again for inviting me, and thank you for our partnership with the united states. god protect our troops. thank you. the big picture from president biden, speaking hear in jeddah, saudi arabia, at the opening session of the ssg. other gulf states, arab states in the gulf as well as three members not of the ggc also participating, egypt, jordan, and iraq.