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Concerned and the high levels of inflation, 40-year highs right now just announced yesterday. were you surprised? >> reporter: yeah, just two questions of course one of the most immediate two pressing issues that he was asked about was this meeting that is happening tomorrow with mbs and also what is happening with iran, given you see from what they were talking about here where lapid was pressing president biden on iran, how he thinks it should be handled, saying he doesnt think that just words...

End period at which something should or could be agreed to with iran. but then were seeing jane, iran is now -- and this is a report -- willing to supply russia with armed drones so they can use that in ukraine. next month, theyre going to be holding iran military exercises with among other venezuela in venezuela. is it too little, too late right now, jane? >> reporter: well, this -- pivot by biden had been panned by some because of the optic of meeting with mbs in saudi arabia and frankly think...

Be seen. i think in retrospect, we would probably decide we should have been more vigorous and aggressive in giving iran sophisticated weapons, mid range missiles, all of the kind of heavy artillery were giving them now. the ukrainians have been just stalwart and heroic in what theyre doing. they are a model to the rest of the world. but i think doing more earlier would probably have been a better strategy. and yet were pretty much doing as much as we can. this circles back to where we started. ...

Morning biden did not commit to raising the murder of jamal khashoggi. he did say he would bring up -- he would bring up human rights in general, but he also needs saudi arabia for oil, right? with the oil prices rising. in your view is this a hat in hand visit to saudi arabia for the u.s. president? >> look, jim, as soon as air force one sets down in jetta, the saudis have won, even the fist bump , some question whether theyll actually embrace, biden and mbs, mohammed bin salman, the crown prin...

Get up to wage war against russia in order to save "democracy." and im going to talk to a bunch of autocratic dictators and ask them for oil and asked them for help. >> carley: the families of 9/11 victims are also following the president very closely as a thing to hold the saudi royal family accountable when you meet with them tomorrow. >> todd: lieutenant colonel john does today. oh, no, which you as always. what exactly does president biden need to do to honor the memories of those like a bro...

Going from israel to saudi arabia. >> reporter: yeah, that really says as much about the changing landscape here in the middle east as it does about anything else. the first u.s. president to travel from israel to saudi arabia. the israelis looking to develop stronger relations with the saudis as part of the sort of growing partnerships theyve begun to develop with arab states here. including formal relationships, relations with the uae and united arab emirates and morocco and bahrain as well. b...

Confirmations? >> everything is always changing with this committee. we also do know that he was not asked directly about those specific comments from cassidy hutchinson. >> can you tell me why he wasnt asked specifically about that? that seems weird to me. >> sure. our understanding from the reporting is that he indicated or his lawyers indicated to the committee before he went in that he didnt recall that conversation and would not confirm it. so they sort of knew that that wouldnt happen. so ...

President Joe Biden wasn’t supposed to shake hands with foreign leaders during his trip to the Middle East this week, a precaution against catching Covid-19 that would also help avoid a politically awkward greeting with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman.

But when it comes to world leaders generally, particularly the saudis, given what happened with crown prince mohammed bin salman, mbs as he has known, and the killing of a journalist, i think it is important to remind folks that this is the first time that president biden is meeting were speaking with mbs since there was that intelligence report that said that he, himself had approved the operation that killed jamal khashoggi. so that is the backdrop we are dealing with here and when you talk to...

Bank, president biden plans to travel to saudi arabia. joining me from jerusalem is correspondent carol lee. how is it going so far and why is he going to saudi arabia and meeting with mbs after he called that country a pariah and hes gotten quite a bit of criticism for going to meet with the head of state? >> reporter: well, its a great question, katy. what the white house says is that the president is trying to reset relations with saudi arabia, a very important strategic ally in the region an...