internationally understand this abroad he will do what he can to smooth over hard feeling withs the saudis and encourage them to loosen the spigot when it comes to oil production at the same time. domestically, though, there s a heavy price to be paid. the price of criticism from both the political left and the right that what he s doing is essentially shuffling over to the saudis hat in hand while tamping down domestic oil production here at home. not exactly a real picnic when you consider he s been critical as rich pointed out as saudis human rights records. quote from the start my aim was to reorient but not rupture relations with a country that s been strategic partner for 80 years. today saudi arabia has help today restore unity among the six counties of the gulf cooperation council. has fully supported the truce in yemen and now working with my experts to help stabilize oil markets with other opec producers, end quote. understandably on capitol hill, you guessed it, go
ended well, charles? what happens? yeah, good thing for that eric. airport officials here in atlanta tell us fortunately all of the passengers on board that spirit airlines flight from tampa to atlanta are okay following a fire that broke out during the landing process this morning. eric, it was quite the sight to see. take a look at the video taken by a witness who was there as this all unfolded. you can see dark heavy smoke and bright orange flames shooting from the underbelly of spirit airlines flight 383, shortly after it landed at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport. according to spirit airlines, a brake got a little too hot as the flight from tampa to atlanta was landing around 9:30 this morning, and that s what s believed to have ignited the flames. as you can imagine, it was quite a scary situation for those folks on board, many of whom were confused and on edge as flight attendants tried to keep them calm. [inaudible]. please remain seated right now
that and more on the rise in violent crime many in several major cities. and ongoing concerns about the security of supreme court justices after an activist group offers money to anyone who reports the locations of the six conservative members of the nation s highest court. more on these stories lout the hour. but first, to president biden defending his upcoming visit to saudi arabia in a new op-ed ahead of his trip to that nation and others in the middle east this week. kevin corke live at the white house with that. reporter: jon, good afternoon. frankly, no two ways about it, the president s upcoming trip to the saudi kingdom comes with fairly heavy risk on both the domestic and international fronts. from the international perspective, he ll to obviously tie to smooth other hard feel feelings with the saudis, all while maybe encouraging them to open the spigot when it comes to oil production. but there s heavy cost and heavy risk here domestically because the president is
south texas tonight as state authorities empowered by the governor said migrants flocking illegally into the country back to the body by the busload in what critics say is itself a little. plus, new viral video capturing just about the homelessness problem is in san francisco, showing schoolchildren get enough off a bus going to a field trip. forced to walk by a large group of homeless people living in unsanitary filth. we begin tonight with biden. white house correspondent is that your tonight ip driven, kevin. good evening, shannon. if a vote of confidence is, say, the best christmas present you ve ever received, then the opposite of that would be a vote of no confidence. sort of a lump of coal. if that is the case for president biden, while the stocking is absolutely chock-full of cool, but a strong majority of democrats looking for somebody, anybody else to lead the party s charge in 2024. it was a headline most foul, the kind that no politician wants to see, let alon
poll. his age is the top reason. opinion page publishing this. joe biden is too old to be president again. the white house circling the wagons. we aren t going to pay attention to polls. not what we ll do here. we ll focus on is delivering for the american people. bill: the trend lines for the president heading in the wrong direction. approval rating on a downward slide since last year. the biggest concern among americans inflation. it continues to rise crushing americans every time they head out for groceries or gasoline. dana: former trump advisor kellyanne conway standing by. first mark meredith live at the white house. good morning to you. the white house says it is not focused on polling, interest groups and lawmakers running for reelection sure are. as you talked about the recent polling shows the president is facing political head winds here. he insists the country is in better shape than when he took office. the new york times says it its latest survey 64% o