the dramatic bodycam. the hero who saved five people trapped inside a burning home. and a game of catch on the ultimate field of dreams inspiring america. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone president biden in a late-night press conference from saudi arabia defending his visit to a country he once labeled a pariah state. the president arriving in jeddah where he came face to face and fist to fist in a heavily scrutinized greeting with crown prince muhammad bin salman mr. biden telling reporters he raised the murder of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi at the top of their meeting the president saying he pushed back on the crown prince s claim of innocence the president walking a political and diplomatic tightrope hoping to hold saudis rulers to account for human rights abuses while securing more saudi oil to further bring down gas prices here at home peter alexander is there and was able to question the president. reporter
no response there from the crown prince. he sat back in his chair. some people say he smirked at the question. the question was eliminated from the broadcast in saudi arabia. that is an opinion column in the wall street journal put it this way. the saudis know that they host a humbled joe biden who spoke one way as a candidate but now is desperate for the king to open the oil spigot that the president has worked towards shutting down. jacqui heinrich traveling with the president? saudi arabia. hi, jacqui. the president of the united states on camera fist bumping with the man that u.s. intelligence believes ordered the death of a u.s. journalist, a grisly murder. u.s. journalists were allowed into the meeting and evidently upset the saudis by asking whether they would apologize for ordering that man s death according to u.s. intelligence. peter alexander that shouted that question said the saudi aide grabbed his arm tightly after he asked. the crown prince appeared to sm
over its human rights record as gas prices remain sky high in the u.s., the president saying he brought up the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi, and that he believes the prince was behind it how bin salman responded. back home, the president s domestic agenda derailed again by joe manchin also just in, the cause of death of ivana trump, donald trump s ex-wife, revealed the january 6th committee briefed about text messages erased by the secret service. what the agency says happened the autopsy report on jayland walker, the 25-year-old sustaining 46 gunshot wounds when police opened fire on him during a chase how walker s family is reacting new surveillance the moment a russian missile struck a city in central ukraine at least 23 killed, including a 4-year-old girl the vi the video her mother posted just before the attack
whether they would apologize for ordering that man s death according to u.s. intelligence. peter alexander that shouted that question said the saudi aide grabbed his arm tightly after he asked. the crown prince appeared to smirk. another reporter shouted a question asking if saudi arabia is still a pariah. no awed i believe answers from biden or the saudis to either questions. the saudis didn t allow boom microphones in the palace. for our viewers that might not be familiar, it s a very strong microphone on a long pole that allows the sound technician to pick up audio of what s being said far away from the camera, which is operated by another person. the camera has a small microphone on it. while we could hear reporters shouting questions, there was no boom mic allowing us to hear what biden said or how bin salman responded that is a departure from other meetings.