toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. we re also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelenskyy says, quote, we will chase them to the border. major news out of ukraine. we ll get to that in a moment. boy, it really is something. and you look at the poll numbers. first of all, fascinating it is joe biden s poll numbers that go up, willie, as democrats seem to be doing far better in the midterm elections than expected. the same group of people, donald trump, lindsey graham, those type of people, who challenged the 2020 election, or with lindsey, went back and forth, back and forth, th
reporter: but the president is laughing off questions about what exactly he gains by being so cozy. coming under a lot of fire for your fist bump with the crown prince. [laughter] are i want to give you a chance to respond to that, but also how can you be sure another murder or like that won t happen again in. ■ç god love you, what a silly question. i just made it clear if anything like that occurs again, he ll get that response and much more. reporter: president biden said the big takeaway from his meeting with the crown prince and others here in jeddah was a commitment between the u.s. and saudi arabia to clean energy in the future. he did also say that the saudis agreed to increase oil production here, but the prices back here at home might not go down for several weeks. back to you. will: hey, peter, i d love to ask you■ç this, it was clearly coordinated. that had to have been something that was discussed ahead of time to see that entire reception line. d
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