visit to kyiv kyiv stands strong. steve stands crowd. it stands tall. most important, it stands free. reporter: biden reiterating unyielding u.s. support in the durability essential to ukraine s fight. there will continue to be hard and bitter days. victories and tragedies. but ukraine is steeled for the months ahead. maintaining the support. the democracy of the world has to deliver for the people. reporter: and the critical nature, the commitment that s will echo far beyond the year to come. the world in my view is at an inflection point. the decisions we make over the next five years or so will determine and shape our lives for decades to come. reporter: president biden s adviser said this was a speech he wanted to give.
accords an operational alliance. i ll leave it there because unfortunately the technology is playing havoc with us. but you are making some extremely valid and cogent points and we ll continue to take a deep dive what the biden administration is achieving on this trip as we anticipate the u.s. president s arrival here in saudi arabia. for the time being, circumstance thank you very much indeed. well, we expect the u.s. president later this evening, he will be meeting with king salman here. and then a meeting with the crown prince and his other advisers tomorrow. christina, we ll see the u.s. president get together with the key leaders in this region. gcc, that is the leaders of the gulf corporation council, plus egypt, jordan and iraq.
so while it is unlikely biden will be received like trump was, the stakes couldn t be higher for a u.s. president whose domestic agenda hinges on the success he finds abroad. joining me now here in jeddah is nic robertson. we reported in that piece that energy obviously a key driver for joe biden, not just domestically but globally at this point. if he s come to saudi to get the sa saudis, uae and others to start pumping more, he will be sorely disappointed. he certainly won t get a public statement saying that is what we re doing but i think the quiet message behind the scenes is that opec+ is and has been increasing its output and that
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[ playing of u.s. national anthem ] you are watching president joe biden there meeting with mahmoud abbas as part of his trip through the middle east following a trip to a hospital in the east of jerusalem this morning. the pair are due to meet and discuss various issues in the