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Line, and got the chance to talk to basically the entire saudi government, and thanks to many months of quiet diplomacy by the staff, we have accomplished some significant business today. first, as you saw this morning, the saudis will open their airspace to all civilian carriers. that is a big deal. a big deal. not only symbolically, but substantively, it's a big deal. it means saudi airspace is now open to flights to and from israel. this is the first tangible step on the path of what i hope will eventually be a broader normalization of relations. second, we concluded a historic deal to tran...

Absolutely predictable. of course in this country, in 2022, sadly we would be talking about a mass shooting at a fourth of july parade. and so, sergeant, as you look at this, and how this is playing out every single week, the excuses we hear across the board, do you see anything really breaking through? do you see that we are at a point in this country where people actually want to have a substantive conversation about what needs to change? >> no. i mean, sadly, 20 years after sandy hook, why does it take 20 years after babies are shot and killed for someone to have this conversation and do so...

Between tuesday and wednesday. if you can just -- i mean, if you can just say wednesday, it would be a huge difference. so, they all decided, you know what? wednesday is too late. and that's what's so striking about this. thursday's -- >> i know! >> thursday is too late. we've got to do it tuesday. i mean, this -- i'm on the edge of my seat. >> i know. and there's been no leaks about the identity of the witness. and, before today, there were no leaks that there was gonna be some -- it's not like we heard rumblings over the weekend, you know? or even this morning that there was going to be some...

Down it will be their first time to talk. substantively, but also their first time to get to know each other. they have some commonalities, so certainly they'll want to talk about those. but president biden is someone who really puts a premium on these interpersonal relationships and this is a relationship that he will really emphasize going forward, even once he leaves south korea tomorrow, paula. >> yeah, and kevin, as you were speaking, we saw the president there burning incense there. again, as you pointed out, that joint military alliance nearly 30,000 u.s. troops in and around south kore...

Committee so-called gang of eight, and she gets what the president gets in briefings every day. >> having somebody with an intel background and an appropriations background puts her in a sweet spot. republicans were also invited also, they were otherwise committed so this could have been a bipartisan delegation and it was not for lack of trying. >> ambassador, let's talk about the fact that the first lady is planning a trip to the region this week. first lady travels generally -- they are viewed less critically of the importance substantively, and this is dr. jill biden, and she chooses her mo...