the president s visit comes as his administration is facing mounting pressure following this, you know, 41-year inflation high that we re seeing and a huge surge in gas prices. the nation s national average for gas, $5.02 a gallon now. all of this as a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month. also this morning, the white house is now confirming that the president will be traveling to the middle east, specifically to israel and saudi arabia, in july. we re also learning his visit will include a meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. remember, president biden had previously called the kingdom a pariah for its role in the killing of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. that was before he became president. we ll have much more on that in a moment. plus, the january 6th committee is postponing now a hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. a member of the committee saying this was due to technical issues. we ll be live on capitol hill with
We are coming to you live from sin dalla island, the very windy island in saudi arabia on the red sea where it is 1 00 thursday morning tonight exclusive indepth interview with one of the most powerful people in the world. Saudi arabias de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman relation with the kingdom. Iran nuclear ambitions, negotiations with israel. Saudi oil policy. The murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and the crown princes message to families of victims of the 9 11 attacks. This is the first time he has done an interview completely in english. Usually on Special Report roadshows. This is the time we bring you other headlines in the u. S. And Around The World. But tonight, there are so many headlines coming out of this interview. We do not want to delay. Here is his Royal Highness, the crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman. Bret this is the island of sin dalla, the first project in neom, your version 2030 it is beautiful. A lot of people h
the president s visit comes as his administration is facing mounting pressure following this, you know, 41-year inflation high that we re seeing and a huge surge in gas prices. the nation s national average for gas, $5.02 a gallon now. all of this as a key inflation measure slowed slightly last month. also this morning, the white house is now confirming that the president will be traveling to the middle east, specifically to israel and saudi arabia, in july. we re also learning his visit will include a meeting with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. remember, president biden had previously called the kingdom a pariah for its role in the killing of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. that was before he became president. we ll have much more on that in a moment. plus, the january 6th committee is postponing now a hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. a member of the committee saying this was due to technical issues. we ll be live on capitol hill with much more
on people middle and lower incomes. he s going to try to draw that contrast with republicans. increasingly in the midterm election year, that s going to be how he handles adverse economic sentiment right now, which is very profound because of that inflation, those gas prices you mentioned, poppy. john, on this meeting, this meeting the president is expected to have with crown prince mohammed bin salman next month in saudi arabia, we heard from the coordinator for strategic communications, john kirby. he confirmed that that meeting is going to happen. he talked about the about president biden meeting with king salman s leadership team. seems they re trying to play down the meeting with mbs. no question they re trying to play it down. as president, you ve got to confront some difficult choices. this is one of those difficult choices. the president is concerned about inflation, concerned about gas