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>> but let's begin in saudi arabia where the president is set to land. nic robertson is joining us there from jeddah. so they are waiting obviously highly an takes pay thing this arrival. what is the sense there ahead of this meeting, one that clearly the saudis wanted not only to have but to have images for the world to see, really legitimizing the regime? >> reporter: yeah, there is a real sense here that this is a moment for the saudis to have to get through because they know the focus and international attention that will be on president biden casting them as a pariah for the mur...

yet now, especially in europe and the western world, it feels as though the disease has passed us, even though it actually hasn't. it's as though we couldn't take all the restrictions it brought any more. life has opened up and only a minority of people are wearing masks now. in china, by contrast, the epidemic still dominates everything. i talked to fergus walsh, the bbc�*s medical editor, about the world's experience of this modern day plague. covid is going to be with us for years and years to come. and there was a lot of talk right at the beginning about herd immunity — the i...

that's the focus of tonight's "the angle." cutting losses. the goal we send is unobtainable or that the cost of achieving it is too high. instinctively we feel like ending something prematurely may be as a sign of weakness and then quitting is for losers. but especially in politics, the opposites often true. joe biden's president, there are sadly many areas where america needs to cut their losses. we need to cut our losses in ukraine. if you hadn't noticed, the ukrainians aren't winning. our own nation is hurting and we've allocated more than $53 billion and counting and humanitarian...

washington tonight , cutting losses. >> that's the focus of tonight's angle. now it's natural that we as humans often have a hard time letting go , admitting to ourselves that the path we're on is a dead end, that the goal we set is unattainable or that the cost of achieving are just too high. instinctively we feel like ending something prematurely. maybe it's a sign of weakness that quitting for losers but especially in politics the opposite is often true with joe biden as president, there are sadly many areas where america needs to cut her losses first we need to cut our losses in ...

are paying diesel. the president wants to suspend that through september. he needs congressional approval to get it done, however. members of both parties are a bit skeptical. >> dana: jason chaffetz echoed concerns of republicans who say it won't address the real issue. >> it's a pure gimmick and does not solve the problem at all. it really doesn't. we have a supply problem and the president has no plan other than to go to the saudis, cut some gas tax, tap into the strategic petroleum reserve, all of which are bad ideas. produce the energy at home and they can solve the problem. ...