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younger than 21, but it would be a potentially significant new development. also, on that list, you can see school safety measures, and investments in mental health. the u.s. is on pace to see its worst year ever for mass shootings. there have been at least 247 mass shootings through june 5th of this year, that's according to the gun violence archive, including at least 13 since friday alone. also this week, the events surrounding the january 6th insurrection will take center stage. we have new cnn reporting that thursday's primetime hearing will include live testimony from two peo...

Rights, i wouldn't want anything to do with him. >> he is talking about the killing of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. how do you feel, would you support president biden meeting with mohammed bin salman? >> john, i've been working through this, reflecting on this, i will support president biden in his outreach to mbs and to the saudi kingdom. but let's be clear. what has changed since president biden, as candidate biden said that mbs and should be a pariah is russia's brutal invasion of ukraine. the unity of the west, something president biden has done a terrific job on, pulling ...

And i'm not stepping back from criticizing mbs and the saudis for the ways in which they have oppressed their people internally. john, frankly, part of why this was so upsetting, angering, disappointing to many of us here in the senate, when mbs was ultimately tide by our intelligence community to having directed this killing, was that mbs is a reformer. and initially when he took leadership in the saudi kingdom, he made significant progress. that's partly why it was such a bitter disappointment to see him begin to do things like the war in yemen, like this murder of khashoggi that went back t...

That has a significant amount of quickly, readily deliverable oil and gas that can help address this. this is the sort of compromise that makes politics painful, john. and i don't think president biden, i'm not speaking for him, this is just an observation, i don't think he's stepping back from criticizing saudi arabia's human rights record or criticizing mbs for the direction of the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi, but i think he's recognizing the reality that the other countries that could also quickly produce more oil for the world market are countries that are even worse and have long bee...

Because he's going into business with murderers. mbs, who as we know from all kinds of sources and authorities killed and dismembered jamal khashoggi back in 2018, and mbs, this is his money. this is saudi government and mbs particularly, their fund, that is bankrolling this money. it is not just about oh, we buy gas, you know, the president's going to go to saudi arabia, this is about these golfers basically sports washing, whitewashing, helping mbs and the saudis reclaim whatever image they think they can get, a pr campaign, so it is not just about watching a tournament or as i said buy gas,...