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Relationship, formalized between saudi arabia and israel, it did not. there is nothing of significance other than mostly maintaining the views of the trump administration in israel and reinforcing a relationship that should remain bipartisan. you go to saudi arabia, and a minor increase in capacity, when you said the trip wasnt about increasing capacity. carley: kind of was. very unclear. yes. pete: that is the bar they were held to. yes were talking about a fist bump with a guy you said was sup...

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, ...

Iran, russia or china. >> reporter: and they started to fear it was already being filled and that is really whey you saw u.s. officials drive the presidents message on this trip of why they were deciding to come because they obviously were pressed of the political costs of coming and meeting with the saudi crowned prince president biden so widely criticized on the campaign trail and vowed to make a pariah and going from that promise in 2019 to seeing the two of them stand next to each other toda...

And not in a positive way. >> the u.s. government said drug seizures are up by 25% and the month of june. cocaine seizures up 60%. meth up 14% heroin conventional decrease in the month of may, arthel. >> the irony want you to take something for the headaches it gives you. matt finn thank you, erica. eric: arthel, president biden heading back to washington after wrapping up his trip to the middle east as commander-in-chief and president of the united states. the visits off a storm of criticism af...

Who were forced to give up their babies for adoption, to receive a formal apology. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has told the de facto ruler of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman, that he holds him personally responsible for the murder of thejournalist, jamal khashoggi. his comments came during a vist tojedda, the latest stop on his tour of the region. the american leaderfist bumped with mohammed bin salman ahead of the talks. it comes years after he promised to make saudi a...

Apply today. ♪ its produced what may be a lasting image for the president. upon arrival, crown prince mohammed bin salman greeted the president. both exchanged a fist bump. in a moment, we will speak to one of khashoggis colleagues at the "washington post". after the greeting, both sides appeared before the assembled press. this was the scene. >> jamal khashoggi, do you apologize to his family. >> president biden, is saudi arabia still a pariah? president biden? >> so that didnt last long. p...

Enormous. >> absolutely. hes working to restore his image on the world stage following the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. when we spoke with officials before going to the trip, what did president biden seek to gain with someone he once vowed was a pariah. they talked about security, they talked about oil, and a lot of the issues the leaders are discussing today in addition to the iran. you ask what do the saudis get. its rehabilitation for mbs, the meeting with president biden and the phot...

Handshake produced an even more favorable result. i dont see to me why a fist bump is a downgrading from a handshake, if anything, it appears to be a more intimate and friendly gesture. so they got that first of all. their leader visually is not a pariah to the united states, hes a fist bumping buddy. he got that number one. number two, i think bringing the u.s. back into the idea of this long term partnership that the united states has had with saudi arabia is very significant. you hear a lot i...

Hes not the first american president to look like a hypocrite when it comes to the gap between american values and interest in the middle east but this is a big one. he said he would make saudi arabia a pariah because of its actions in murdering "the washington post" columnist, instead here he was meeting with him. the fist bump, if their effort was to avoid a handshake, they didnt do any favor, the gesture spoke pretty eloquently to the political choice that joe biden made. remember, a lot of i...

Supplied by the west also use a different calibre of ammunition, like these german self—propelled guns. do you have enough ammunition for this kind? yes. can you tell me how many rounds you have for each of weapons? two, when he rounds for the russians. claiming they are not directly involved in this conflict, but in truth, now an essential part of ukraines or machine. johnathan beale, bbc news, east ukraine. the us president, joe biden, said he raised the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi d...