but let s begin in saudi arabia where the president is set to land. nic robertson is joining us there from jeddah. so they are waiting obviously highly an takes pay thing this arrival. what is the sense there ahead of this meeting, one that clearly the saudis wanted not only to have but to have images for the world to see, really legitimizing the regime? reporter: yeah, there is a real sense here that this is a moment for the saudis to have to get through because they know the focus and international attention that will be on president biden casting them as a pariah for the murder of jamal khashoggi. they recognize that. but they really feel that this is a moment to sort of punch through that situation. they are very keen to have face-to-face with president biden. they believe the very fact that president biden is coming here kind of resets the relationship so that they can get to the things that they want to get to which are all the sort of economic development investmen
refused to answer questions more than 500 times. so now from here, the new york attorney general s office saying that this is a temporary delay, that it will be rescheduled shortly. and they said that they offer their condolences to the trump family. you refuse enough time, makes you request whether the testimony matters. thanks so much. as president biden works to smooth relations overseas, his legislative agenda here at home took another major, major political blow. that s right. from senator joe manchin of west virginia, effectively shutting down an economic package democrats have worked on for months citing inflation as one of the reason that he is won t support the climate measure or the tax provisions in this package. let s bring in our economics and policy commentator and also our political xhen tart tore. let s get a fact check from you on the economics of it all. so inflation wasn t everything, but it has been a big driver of joe manchin saying no over the past many mont