distinction, actually goes to the heart of the difference between the u.s. and and israel on this. israel s fear is that by the time iran actually got to a nuclear weapon it would be too late to stop it so they have been conducting sabotage operations, assassination toss slow the enrichment of uranium. president biden has said and said again today a diplomatic solution is the best way to get this done. that s why he s trying to restart the 2015 agreement. the problem is he s been trying that for 18 months now and the iranians aren t playing and it s not clear at this point whether there s really any hope left that they would get into that agreement. very significant moment right now, the concern that the u.s. and israel and some of the other states in the region, the saudis, the united arab emirates have as far as iran is concerned hovering over these talks. very important. kaitlan collins is our chief white house correspondent. you were there in the room. what was your thought?
would you be able to afford to stay? no. no. no indeed. not at all. i probably will have to move in with my kids or whatever. so what can you say to these people this morning? ell, certainly as the president said yesterday in his statement that, you know, inflation is unacceptably high and this is a problem facing americans all across the country, the president understands that. it is why he has focused so much of his attention doing everything in his power to reduce the high costs facing families, but let s be clear, some of the most significant steps that we could do right now are actually things that he needs to partner with capitol hill on. there are steps that congress could take to reduce some of the big ticket costs facing families and that legislation has been length wishing over there. so the president takes this seriously, it s one of the reasons he has focused so much on all the different steps he has taken to reduce energy prices facing americans, allowing more oil t
are in very dangerous territories territory. we have a history professor who is telling us right now that the gop is becoming more and more associated with extremists and that s specifically what they were talking about that was interesting and notable, the suggestion that there s bleedover between the oath keepers and they talked about i think they brought up idaho it s merger they are merging. let s not pretend. i think people, even the former president, i think even people who are in charge of what we of what the american press puts out, they want to believe that we are living in 1987, this sort of reagan-esque republican. that s not where we are right now. if we continue to allow that we are going to go off of a cliff and i m not sure that we can return. people you know, president biden did an interview and said
crown prince he hedged a bit. he said he always brings up human rights but did not say specifically that he will bring up khashoggi. obviously that is a very sensitive subject in the saudi royal family given the united states has assessed that the crown prince authorized the murder of this reporter, it was really a butcher more than a murder, and so that is going to be a big point of question looming over this entire trip. when you talk to u.s. officials and the president s top advisers they know that. they are aware of that. and that will be a part and they knew that they were going to be asked questions about that, wolf. so of course he s making the argument that there is a broader point to his trip which is not just when it comes to oil production but also security overall and making sure there is not a vacuum of leadership in the region for places like china and russia to make inroads. that is going to be the argument you are hearing from the white house but it was notable that he
concerned and the high levels of inflation, 40-year highs right now just announced yesterday. were you surprised? reporter: yeah, just two questions of course one of the most immediate two pressing issues that he was asked about was this meeting that is happening tomorrow with mbs and also what is happening with iran, given you see from what they were talking about here where lapid was pressing president biden on iran, how he thinks it should be handled, saying he doesn t think that just words will do the trick, that they want to see, and instead president biden saying he believes diplomacy is the best pursuit there. so those were two very important topics obviously but so is the economy and of course president biden is i can making this four-day trip with oil and security on his mind but also an eye on what s happening back at home with the economy because as soon as those numbers on inflation came out yesterday the president issued a statement saying that he believes they were unac