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Concerned about what he saw and what people wanted him to do on january 6th, it seems person be reasonable for him to come in and talk about it. >> thank you for your time and expertise. i want to get to more breaking news right now, this happened moments ago, the president began this meeting with mohammed bin salman, ahead of this meeting, the president wouldnt say whether he planned to bring up the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. wolf, lets start here. what do you think these two leade...

Sense of what the agreement has been or what commitments have been made by saudi officials here. to wolfs point, going into the meeting, you have to keep in mind, there were months of meetings, mostly in riyadh with top u.s. officials laying the ground work for this day, laying the ground work for these bilateral meetings, and there will likely be according to officials i have been speaking to agreements on what wolf was just talking about, trying to move saudi closer in terms of its relationshi...

>> you see the two delegations seated across the table, the united states delegation on the left, and on the right side, king solomon is a part of this meeting. crown prince mohammed bin salman is the de facto ruler of saudi arabia because king solomon is quite frail. as you watch this remarkable video radiator, wolf, again, you know, king solomon is the ruler but the crown prince is the de facto ruler. and you see him leaving conversations, the president of the united states hoping number 1 tha...

It will look like once they get to tomorrow and how those other meetings that wolf was talking about. it is notable to take a moment, step back and think about what president biden said on the campaign trail and now to see him descend the stairs of air force one on his way in the beast now to go to a meeting with the saudi crown prince. >> and wolf, what do you expect -- >> and that was secretary of state antony blinken in the limo as well. go ahead, kate. >> i was going to say, as he heads in t...

Course, one of the biggest questions surrounding this trip has been whether or not he is going to bring up the brutal murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi when he does make his trip to saudi arabia tomorrow after he wraps up his first stop here in israel during this four-day swing you through the middle east. the president was asked about that and he said that his views on the killing of khashoggi had been clear. obviously, wolf, those are references to comments he made on the campaign trail...

Crown prince he hedged a bit. he said he always brings up human rights but did not say specifically that he will bring up khashoggi. obviously that is a very sensitive subject in the saudi royal family given the united states has assessed that the crown prince authorized the murder of this reporter, it was really a butcher more than a murder, and so that is going to be a big point of question looming over this entire trip. when you talk to u.s. officials and the presidents top advisers they know...

They had been preparing reporters coming out with talking points, basically giving their side of things before they came out. they were worse i think than what the white house expected when they actually came out saying that 9.1% inflation rate from year to year. so of course that is still going to be something that he is dealing with. it is going to be top of mind when theyre talking about oil production because they want to bring town gas prices. that obviously is a huge topic, wolf, but one m...

Making clear they have a different view of what what will work when it comes to countering iran. >> and from iran, kaitlan, im sure you agree, i want to the go back to new york in just a moment, but this threat from iran is hovering over all of these talks not only between u.s. and israel. but potential talks later that the president is going to be heading to saudi arabia, for example, with the saudis as well. because they are deeply concerned as well. >> absolutely. and you can see why. and the...

Brianna right now, they have other important news that were watching as well. >> thank you so much, wolf. that was so interesting. as kaitlan and wolf just pointed out, one subject that was not asked about at this news conference was the u.s. economy. u.s. inflation hitting a 40-year high in june. rising 9.1% year to year. president biden has said yesterday he said the rise is unacceptably high. joining me now is heather boucher, a member of the white house council of economic advisers. thank ...

There was a very notable statement that stood out when he said he does believe jerusalem is the capital of israel, wolf. >> thats an important point as well. hadas gold is with us as well. you are our jerusalem correspondent and have been doing a lot of reporting on potentially trying to revive some sort of israeli-palestinian peace talks which have been for all practical purposes dead in recent years. we did hear the president say that the united states supports whats called a two-state solutio...