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
heated exchange between trump and his secret service detail over trump s insistence and their refusal that he go to capitol hill after that rally. and so the world first heard those details from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson during her testimony before the january 6 committee last month. let s remind you of this part. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. men gel 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 when mtold me, he pointed toward his clavicles. what is the committee hearing from this officer because that was the big question afterward when the secret service refuted
by officials. with tape. yeah. washington post reports this. national archives transmitted over 700 pages of documents to the january 6 committee last month that included records concerns the events of january 6, 2021, including those that were torn up and reconstructed. trump s habit of tearing up papers has been known for years, but the post reports that the documents now in the hands of the january 6 committee show that quote, the former president s shredding practices continued well into the latter stages of his presidency. this is despite the fact that the law requires every piece of paper. every memo, every note, every e-mail be preserve. the post adds this on the potential legal consequences for the ex-president on this front, quote, steven gillers, a new york university law professor and scholar said documents torn up by trump are clearly the