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Security and the needs of the free world and in particular the united states. and not leave a vacuum here, which was happening as it has in other parts of the world. >> reporter: and, fred, the president has gotten positive reviews from officials in the region ive spoken to in the wake of his remarks. a lot of criticism back home. that is not going away any time soon but white house officials make clear this was about the future, not necessarily dwelling on the past. fred. >> thank you so much. ...

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To the presidential compound. it is expected to these talks could be difficult, because under president trump the palestinian authority broke ties with the us, saying its middle east peace plan was biased towards israel. the biden administration has been trying to rebuild relations, reversing aid cuts and committing $100 million to support palestinian hospitals. the president has also restated his backing for the creation of a palestinian state, the long—running conflict with israel. but he sa...

Yesterday, that statement with the prime minister, and president biden, reiterating americas long—standing support for israel. lets look at the handshake. lets see if there are any comments. unlucky for us, we cant hear anything. but certainly a warm greeting. no doubt they will go for those official talks. they are going to hold a news conference later, so we will bring that to you as well, to hear more about what they have to say. russias invasion of ukraine has sent the price of wheat soari...

>> reporter: transportation secretary pete woulbuttigieg te cnn he is seeing improvements but still expects airlines to do better. >> look, we are counting on airlines to deliver for passengers and to be able to service the tickets that they sell. >> now you know where not to fly. >> after 6:00 a.m. >> exactly. >> pete, thanks very much for the reporting. tonight president biden set to arrive in saudi arabia for that highly anticipated meeting with saudi leaders. how will the initial greeting ...

He walked up to mohammad bin salman. but this is all happening here in jeddah right now in saudi arabia. and these talks will continue through much of today and then tomorrow as well the president will continue not only meeting with the saudis but with other members of the gcc, the gulf corporation council, they have all gathered here in jeddah for substantive meetings and the president and u.s. officials have high hopes that they can what they call recalibrate the u.s./saudi relationship and al...

State. that fist bump will get a lot of attention. >> they are being ambiguous about what the president give the fist bump or shake hands, or have a personal greeting on the fact that the crown prince, theres no schedule that he supposed to meet biden when he arrived at the palace, and as he pulled of you saw the crown prince come out to meet him and that is a handy way to have that first interaction, check the box and move forward whether or not anybody thinks checking the box is a good thing r...

And turn them into a global pariah. today, the saudis eager to release this picture of a warm greeting. the crown prince then hosting biden and regional leaders. >> president biden, is saudi arabia still a pariah? >> reporter: afterwards, biden telling reporters he did bring up khashoggi at the very top of the meeting. >> i was straightforward and direct in discussing it. i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human righ...

Remarks from the president after his two-hour meeting with the saudi king, crown prince, other officials there. nic robertson, to you, the white house spent weeks trying to contextualize the role of mbs in this meeting. would he be there, would he be part of it, what would be the interaction, is there any indication from the greeting, from the set up, from the list of topics that this meeting is any different than it would have been before the murder of jamal khashoggi, that that had any influen...

He is coming face-to-face with him because he has sought to reassert himself on the world stage ever since the killing of jamal khashoggi, hes just started making trips out of the country. so that is also a part of this. you dont see the royal family -- or the crown prince or the king greeting president biden. that is not atypical. but they will be meeting with them shortly. it is the first stop on the trip here. so a lot has changed. and one thing i think when it comes to what people say when t...