but he is taking a different path when it comes to the saudis. have a look. when joe biden arrives in saudi arabia on friday, don t expect to see scenes like this. it was then president donald trump s first foreign trip back in 2017 underscoring the importance he placed on america s relationship with the kingdom. it is a great honor to have the crown prince. reporter: but his successor chose to signal a different proposal. i would make it very clear we were not going to in fact sell more weapons to them. were in fact going to make them pay the price and make them in fact the pariah that they are. reporter: since taking office, biden has avoided directly engaging with the kingdom s de facto ruler mohammad bin salman, also known as mbs, over human rights violations. mbss that denied that he ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi
we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm and said sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge towards bobby engel and mr. renato told the story to me, he motioned towards hisclavicles. and was mr. engel in the room when mr. orinato tell you this story? he was. did mr. engel correct or disagree with any part of the story? he did not. did mr. engel or mr. orinato ever after that tell you what mr. engel had said was untrue.
hospitals, refugees and internet upgrades. mr. biden reiterating his support for a two state solution to the israeli/palestinian conflict, yet no apparent plans for reviving the middle east peace process. meanwhile the white house confirms that president biden will meet one-on-one with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman when he is here in jeddah. thursday in injuries, mr. biden and yair lapid agreed that iran should never be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. let s bring in cnn s hadas gold live this hour in jerusalem. as you and i speak, president biden speaking at a hospital in east jerusalem. let s just talk about what he has achieved on this, the first leg of his trip in israel. reporter: first leg of the trip was focused on the
really important times for this region on what is the u.s. president s first middle east trip. for the time being, let s head back to you in london for our other stories. thanks very much, becky. we know you ll be tracking all of that for us here on cnn. now to the investigation into the january 6 insurrection. a source tells cnn that washington police officer has confirmed details about the heated exchange between former u.s. president donald trump and a secret service agent when he was told he could not go to the u.s. capitol after his calorie. according to the source the officer who was in the moteorcae has spoken to the january 6 committee. we first heard about it from cassidy hutchinson who spoke under oath about what she was told. the president said something to the effect of i m the fing president, take me up to the capitol now. to which bobby responded, sir,
hours to come. and we ll be tracking that right here on cnn as the president continues his trip, three day trip, through the middle east. we ll be right back.