individual could corroborate parts of hutchinson s testimony. this is both historic visit and deeply personal one. they will both commit to never allowing iran to ever get nuclear weapons. inflation soaring to 9.1%. i get paid tomorrow and already my whole paycheck is spoken for. europe is once again facing a dangerous heatwave. these heatwaves are staying for quite some time. it is thursday, july 14th, 11:00 a.m. in jetta and in israel where job is expected to meet this hour with the israeli prime minister yair lapid. u.s. officials say mr. biden will stress the state to state relationship with israel and not focus on the importance of any one person deal. the leaders are also expected to sign a statement vowing to never let iran obtain a nuclear weapon. the more controversial leg of mr. biden s trip comes saturday when he will meet here with saudi leaders in jetta. the u.s. president had promised to make the kingdom is pariah for its role in the murder of the
terms before, but it would suggest that the gap between the u.s. and israel vis-a-vis iran and its nuclear program is narrowing. what is the position with regard the palestinians? i mean, the president will be meeting with mahmoud abbas, the head of the p.a., but given there is no clear indication that the israeli/palestinian is on the table for joe biden, he said that, how do the panh palestinians feel about this trip? reporter: look, i think that people generally accept the reality that there isn t much process processspect of the peace proce being revived. the biden administration has supported the two state solution and one of the discussions that he and lapid will discuss today is trying to keep alive the
welcome back. i m becky anderson in jetta in saudi arabia where we are following joe biden s first visit to the middle east since he became u.s. president. right now he is just about to begin a meeting with the new israeli prime minister yair lapid in jerusalem. tomorrow he travels to bethlehem in the west bank for talks with the palestinian authority president zelenskyy mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will beelenskyy mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will benskyy mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will bey mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will be mahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will bemahmoud abbas. from there, he flies here to jetta where on saturday he will be meeting with saudi leaders and other leaders from the re region. there are no plans for mr. biden to meet with the family of slain journali
prospect of that two state solution. and indeed in that interview president biden talked about how by helping integrate israel further into the region, as a result building on those abraham accords, that at some point down the road that could help in leading to some kind of solution, some kind of two state solution between israel and the palestinians. but i don t think that anyone is under any illusions what is going to be possible as a result of this trip. not least of course because we ve got a new prime minister in israel, we ve got new elections more elections coming up in november, and it is very hard to even hold out the hope of further discussions let alone successful discussions if you don t even know who is going to be sitting at the table or what views they will hold. elliott gotkine in jerusalem for the first part of this middle east trip by the u.s. president. elliott, thank you. mr. biden will meet with mahmoud
that the state department put out this report last week, this sort of very carefully worded rather inconclusive report before the president came here, they were hoping that would be enough to take this issue off the table. the secretary of state has invited shireen s family to washington to have a meeting in washington. but i think that they are very keen to avoid having any sort of meeting while the president is here the next day or so. president biden insists that his trip to the middle east is in america s national interests. gregg, how. well, that is a good question. i think the white house has been unclear at times over the past few weeks about how this is in mer america s national interests. i think the first leg of this trip, the virgin islands it to really and occupied west bank, everyone here knows that that is a side show, not much substance to it. there is a brief meeting with mahmoud abbas tomorrow, but the