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Rights. what do you say to those people? >> look. at the end of the day, nations act upon their issues. i think human rights remain a very important aspect to any nation. at the end of the day, theres a much, much bigger story that is out there, and saudi arabia is an important player, and to be fair, the saudi government at the moment is engaged in a significant program of modernization that needs to be watched closely and needs to be associated for its implications. >> talk about that. you thi...

Jeita, saudi arabia, where he met with several arab heads of state. well theres not much talk of american efforts to increase oil up, it responds to russias war in ukraine, biden also focused on china and vowed to limit its expanding influence in asia. >> the united states is going to remain an active and engaged partner in the middle east. as the world grows more competitive and the challenges we face are more complex, its only becoming clear to me that how closely the interests are with the su...

It looks sort of casual and unserious. i think one of the things that you have to deal with as president of the united states is difficult meetings with people who you have major issues with -- howard: right. >> -- you have serious problems with. but the problem, i think, here was that the president set up an impossible situation for himself from the get go on campaign trail, in the debates saying that he wanted to make saudi arabia a pariah. we cant afford to do that from a policy perspective, ...

0 primetime. and focusing on donald trumps quote, supreme dereliction of duty during the capitol attack during which he chose not to act. it comes as the former president is reportedly flirting, announcing another bid for the white house. this morning? a member of the committee, congresswoman elaine doria says that that will not change their investigation. >> no one is above the law. whether he is the president, a former president, or potential future presidential candidate, we are going to purs...

Detente with israel after mbs called the jewish state a potential ally. mohammed bin salman is a young man in a hurry. he has thrown so many balls in the air, foreign policy, domestic reform, economic liberalization. >> he is the best hope for the kind of reforms of the government and the economy and the society that we want and most saudis want. but at the same time he is the greatest impediment right now between washington and riyadh. >> as another energy creisis batters america and president ...

9/11 hijackers were all saudis. more isis soldiers came from saudi than anywhere else in the middle east. for years, america has been desperate for a new day in saudi arabia. >> coming to the stage, ladies and gentlemen, his royal. >> enter, the crown prince. hes unlike any saudi ruler the world has seen before. mbs as hes called effectively took over from his father five years ago. almost immediately, everything in saudi arabia seemed to change. >> right away, he looks like a breath of fresh ai...

US President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia will not produce a deal to make the Saudis pump more crude.

Policy had been quiet, even docile. projected against an arch enemy, iran. >> you call the new hitler of the middle east. >> absolutely. >> when saudi arabia went to war against iran backed rebels in ye yemen, the conflict spiralled into a humanitarian catastrophe. >> outside of kabul internal airport, chaos reigns. >> as americas commitment to the region began to change, mbs was rewriting the kingdoms foreign policy. >> translator: all that we ask for is to have a good and distinguished relatio...

I think, again, what we were looking for was more of a strong, you know, consequences and accountability. for all we know he could have said that murder was bad. and mbs could have said, yeah, it was, i wasnt responsible, and then moved on to the next topic. obviously, i think what jamal would have wanted to see out of this meeting, what jamal would have wanted to hear biden say is to speak up for many of the prisoners that are still imprisoned. fighting for jamal wasnt just about him. it was ab...

Indicating that that it is iran in the cross hairs here. i think, you know, for the presidents take away from this, if he gets the oil that he thinks hell get and if the saudi response is as positive as the early indications seem to be, then this is a trajectory to do more in the region, which will be vital for not only u.s. national security interests but for those of partners and allies in europe and of course, gas prices being key part of that picture. >> certainly true. kaitlin has a questio...