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well, it's 10:00 a.m. here in jeddah, and u.s. president joe biden will soon begin the second and final day of what is his controversial trip to saudi arabia. on friday the two nations entered into a number of far-reaching agreements on a wide range of issues including on energy and on food security. but it's the image of the president fist-bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, or mbs as he's known, that has been grabbing the attention. the saudi government also released this video of the u.s. delegation greeting saudi officials with fist bumps. u.s. journalists weren't pre...

the president has been meeting this morning with key allies in the east, including the president of egypt and the prime minister of iraq before posing for the traditional family photo at the summit in jeddah. >> one of the most controversial meetings was president biden's sit-down with saudi's crown prince, mohammad bin salman. our colleague wolf blitzer is traveling with the president and joins us from saudi arabia. wolf, members of the biden administration have been stressing that these meetings are really about trying to reset that relationship between the middle east and the unit...

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>> the united states is not going anywhere. it's come mmitted to that regio >> the president spoke in the plus three summit, saudi arabia, kuwait,egypt, i iraq, jordan, the plus three there. >> near the top of the agenda for biden, the issue of energy production, also security in the region, the war in yemen countering iran and overall of this, also the murder of a washington post journalist. >> reporter: jamal khashoggi clearly very much high on the agenda for the president of the united states. he's trying, though, to turn the page on u.s. relations with saudi arabia right now, whi...

as mbs sparking intense criticism due to the conclusion that bin salman personally ordered the 2018 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. biden said he confronted the ruler about the killing and the crown prince denied any personal responsibility. the president told he sold bin salman, he, quote, thought he was involved. phil mattingly joins us live now from saudi arabia. president biden facing backlash from jamal khashoggi's fiancee and some democrats over his face-to-face with mbs. what's the white house saying? >> reporter: white house officials were very aware there would be fier...