But then i said, you have to pay for that the secret service defends the deletion of texts from january 6th. The explanation and the committees response we are obviously very concerned. Americans rescued from russian occupied ukraine arrive back home. I was in hell it was terrifying. The operation from the most violent areas of the country as Russian Missiles continue to target civilian buildings. The new Suicide Prevention hotline going live this weekend. San franciscos mayor on her plan to beat back crime. And the hero neighbor who saved kids from a burning home live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. Good evening. President biden says he confronted saudi arabias crown prince to his face about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi during his contentious and highly controversial trip to the kingdom. I raised it at the top of the meeting, making clear what i thought of it at the time and what i think of it now what was the crown princes response to your comments about khashoggi . He basically said that he he was not personally responsible for it i indicated i thought he was what happened to khashoggi was outrageous their meeting began with a fist bump, as seen in this photo from the saudi government. Before he was president , candidate joe biden vowed to make saudi arabia a pariah on the world stage. The cia concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman himself sent a hit squad to turkey in 2018 to silence Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who was a fierce critic of the saudi monarchy the assassins lured khashoggi to the saudi consulate in istanbul, murdered him and chopped his body up with a bone saw. According to u. S. Officials, his remains have never been found. Nbcs Peter Alexander tried to ask mbs about khashoggi but did not get a response Jamal Khashoggi, do you apologize to his family, sir thank you, guys. President biden, is saudi arabia still a pariah . President biden . Peter alexander says mbs appeared to smirk at his question before Saudi Security grabbed peters arm and quickly escorted reporters out of the room during the meeting, khashoggis fiancee put out a scathing message. It was mock tweet that she says khashoggi would have posted today. It read, hey potus, is this th accountability you promised for my murder . The blood of mbss next victim is on your hands. President bidens response to that what do you say to ms. Khashoggi . Im sorry she feels that way. I was straight forward back then i was straight forward today President Biden has staunchly defended his trip to saudi arabia in the face of all the criticism. We have Michael Ohanlon but first, cnbcs Senior Correspondent kayla tausche. Kayla . Reporter kelly, with the fist bump to the crown prince, President Biden closed the door on saudis pariah era and reengaged with it as its Strategic Partner as mr. Biden is now calling it the kingdom. He has no regrets for his choice of words on the campaign trail. I dont regret anything that i said what happened to khashoggi was outrageous the Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggis employer before his murder, felt differently publisher fred ryan in a statement saying the fist bump was worse than a handshake it was shameful. It projected a level of intimacy and comfort that delivers to mbs the unwarranted redemption he has desperately been seeking biden had mixed feelings about the trip, fraught with reputational risks with questionable payoffs no the u. S. National security adviser telling reporters today, there would be no bilatera announcement on energy in jeddah, saying any further action taken to ensure there is sufficient energy to protect the health of the Global Economy will be done in a context of opec plus. That forum of Oil Producing nations next meets on august 3rd. But it remains unclear how willing any of them are to turn their spigots to full capacity kelly . Kayla, before the president went to saudi arabia, he also met with palestinian leaders what can you tell us about that visit . Reporter well, the president spent the end of his time in israel visiting a palestinian hospital and meeting with mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority. Mr. Biden again voiced support for a twostate solution and while he said its not time for peace talks, he said stability across the middle east would serve the region well. Israel is improving relations with its neighbors throughout the region we can harness that same momentum to reinvigorate the Peace Process between the Palestinian People and the israelis reporter the inside the room in bethlehem, where the two leaders spoke, a empty chair in the front row carried a picture of slain journalist Shireen Abu Aqla killed by a gunshot wound. Biden demanded a full and transparent accounting her death. On the ground bidens visit was met with protests and said it was simply a formality the al jazeera security chief said biden spent 45 minutes in bethlehem, as opposed to 45 hours in israel. Thank you Michael Ohanlon now, senior fellow with the brookings institution. Thanks what did the president accomplish with the saudi trip, and was it worth it . Its a great answer i dont know what result comes out of this. I put this in the context of a lot of other debatable president ial visits. Donald trump met with kim jongun three times. President biden himself met with Vladimir Putin last spring about this time in europe to discuss issues that obviously didnt result in any progress in the relationship but people didnt criticize him sow much for trying to meet with putin, because they realize you have to try. In this case i probably would have advised against the trip because it does seem a little premature when youre not clear if youre going to get any benefit and you are essentially rehabilitating a guy who has blood on his hands sure. And some of the the u. S. Saudi relationship requires attention you cant just ignore it indefinitely but you do have to ask what are we getting from this visit that justifies essentially taking the saudis into a rehabilitated status and im not clear what that is yet. Absolutely. We asked tilly mccroft, the ng energy expart ert about this, a she said maybe in august theyll get the deliverable oil. The president s team kind of hinted that today. I suppose we can suspend judgments for a couple of weeks at least what about on the iran front he mentioned he would use force as a last report, and that he is not willing to wait forever fo iran to rejoin the nuclear deal. What is the fallout there . Does it do anything to motive iran i dont think so. Because the United States is in a place with no good options so are we going to get tired of iran, you know, delaying and preempt their Nuclear Infrastructure i dont think so it is one thing if iran decides to blatantly break out and just before our eyes Start BuildingNuclear Weapons above ground where we can hit them with a few missiles but its probably not going to be like that and so i cant really object to the president saying that all options are on the table but its not that credible and given that the United States oscillates between trying to support this deal and then not support the deal as we change parties in the white house, i think iran is left with a little bit of a lack of incentive to comply so i think were choosing this is truly a case where youre choosing among bad options. And if we can somehow muddle through and keep postponing an Iranian Nuclear weapon, a little bit, a few years at a time, that may be the best we can do. I dont see a great deal on the horizon under any circumstances. Even as we remain desperate for those barrels of oil that maybe they could contribute. Difficult times. Michael thanks tonight we appreciate it Michael Ohanlon. As the president deals with the fallout from his controversial visit to saudi arabia, he is also facing a major problem here at home last night the democratic senator of West Virginia, joe manchin, delivered a devastating blow to the president s domestic agenda senator manchin told Party Leaders that is he will not currently support a new proposal for Climate Change spending or tax hikes on businesses and wealthy americans. Instead he is open to capping drug prescription prices for seniors and extending subsidies under the Affordable Care act that will otherwise expire today when asked about the collapse of his agenda, the president said he is not giving up i am not going away i use every power i have as president to continue to fulfill my pledge to move toward dealing with global warming. Thank you. Mr. President , is joe manchin negotiating in good faith . I didnt negotiate with joe manchin. I have no idea nbcs capitol hill correspondent ali vitali now ali, what is senator manchins reasoning . Kelly, for manchin, this is all about inflation, that spike in those Inflation Numbers earlier this week were what we called alarming. And thats exactly what he said to Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. The two men have been huddled, discussing this package for months since its winter demise but now, what manchin is saying, its not prudent to be doing spending to the tune of a trillion dollars thats why he is saying no to key climate and provisions in this package that has democrats very concerned. Pulling up on the screen here, one tweet from senator ed markey who said in part the rage keeps me from tears. Resolve keeps me from despair. We will not allow a future of climate disaster manchin, though, trying to leave the door open for some potential action in the future but nevertheless, with Inflation Numbers where they are, hes just not able to get on board with the kind of package democrats thought they were going to get here, kelly yeah. On another hot topic today, the house took a step toward trying to write abortion into law reporter yeah, at least trying to codify it at the federal level. Not the first time that weve seen House Democrats take these steps. First moving to pass the Womens Health protection act, which would codify the former protects protections of roe v. Wade, allowing women to access abortion care. And also trying to move on protections that would allow women to travel over state lines and not be criminalized for that something that some advocates are looking ahead to as a potential next frontier in this battle of course, all of these provision, even though they passed the house, face a brick wall in the senate they just do not have the votes to pass it but for House Speaker nancy pelosi and democrats, they say this is a way to get republicans and democrats alike on the record as they try to make an this an issue in november. Brick walls everywhere. Ali, thanks. Our ali vitali now the Police Response to the Uvalde School shooting was shocking and disgusting. That from the republican governor of texas, greg abbott, at a News Conference in houston yesterday. He said the Surveillance Video from the robb elementary ooh shooting shows the exact opposite of what officials told him happened its clear that what was shown on the video was the exact opposite of the information that i was given on the day that i went out and explained what happened during the event. And so the information that was provided to me before telling the public about what happened, none of the information that was in that video was shared with me on that day. The governors remarks come days after the Austin American statesman newspaper and local station kvue published the first full 82minute Surveillance Video from the shooting. It shows cops waiting in the hallway for more than an hour as the shooter remained in the classroom. He killed 19 children and two teachers a special Texas House Committee expected to release a preliminary report on sunday the panel scheduled to share its finding privately with uvalde leaders and the victims families before releasing that report to the public investigating crimes of war. The pledge by dozens of countries as more civilian targets in ukraine are hit by Russian Missiles and a rescue Mission Completed after months held hostage in russian occupied ukraine, missing americans arrive home and share their story. Plus prices might be higher, but its not slowing down some shoppers the retail numbers out today giving the state of the economy a little boost announcer the facts. The truth. The news with shepard smith, back in 60 seconds Russian Forces continuing to hammer civilian targets in ukraine. Ukrainian Officials Say russian air strikes injured at least four people in the city of mykolaiv today, about 80 miles east of the port city of odesa Officials Say at least ten missiles hit two universities, a hotel and a mall ukraines president called the attacks cynical and brutal today officials released the Surveillance Video from another strike in central ukraine. It shows people falling to the ground and running for cover moments before a Russian Missile strike ukrainian officials report the attack yesterday killed at least 23 people, including three children it comes as the u. S. And more than 40 countries signed a declaration yesterday. They agreed to Work Together to investigate suspected russian war crimes in ukraine. A state Department Spokesman says the agency is aware of unconfirmed reports a third american captured in ukraine the americans family and friends say Russian Forces arrested him last month in the Southern City of kherson they say theyre in daily contact with the state department about the situation he is reportedly in the same jail with two other captured americans. Their families say theyre veterans who volunteered to join the fight against russia in ukraine. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told nbc news last month that ukraines Intelligence Service is actively working to free them the news comes as three other americans are back home after Russian Troops held them hostage in ukraine its part of a rescue operation by the nonprofit organizatio project dynamo Valerie Castro was at jfk for their return. Reporter back on u. S. Soil, arriving with the man who rescued him. Feels good to be back i get to see my mom. Reporter he spent weeks held by Russian Forces in ukraine, accused of espionage he says was tortured they tied me up they beat me for three days. They kept me in a closet they did mock executions on me. Reporter project dynamo, a nonprofit made up of former and current military liberated him in may the cofounder also returning to the u. S. Today for the First Time Since before the war began. We couldnt be happier to bring americans back home from captivity, from an incredibly o oppressive regime. Reporter getting him out initially began with negotiations but that soon failed. I was planning conditions for a unilateral operation which is a fancy way of saying go get him, go take him without their help and thats exactly what we did. I would be dead if it wasnt for bryan. He saved my life there is rumors i was supposed to be executed two days after he got me out. Reporter another man rescued, john spoor. A Nuclear Physicist was living in mariupol with his wife when the russians attacked. The russians were bombing maricopa where i lived on the 23rd my house was about six miles from the front line. Reporter project dynamo brought him home to the u. S. Last month, after he spent weeks hiding and surviving i had to be somebody else, and i had to be able to get through the checkpoints as somebody else. After we got to poland, bryan find out that they were still looking for me, the russians still wanted me and were in poland trying to find me reporter after a few weeks to regroup, stern says hell go back to rescue others still in need of help i have a very hard time leaving people behind. Its against my grain. So were going to try. Were going to try and try and try. And at the very least give the russians a run for their money, at the very least. Reporter another american, terry gately, is a Christian Missionary from texas. He also arrived here at jfk today. He says he was held by russian Intelligence Services for more than a week and says he was also tortured project dy