uae. this is an incredibly busy day for the u.s. president on what is his first tour of the middle eastern gulf since he became u.s. president. the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi in 2018 has cast a pall. president biden hoping this trip will help move the two countries forward while still making clear he holds mohammed bin salman responsible for that killing. here s what he said after meeting with the crown prince on friday. i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we and who i am. some will find it difficult to square the president s rhetoric with him greeting the crown prince with a fist bump. it was mr. biden who labeled saudi arabia a pariah just a few years ago. the president says he doesn t regret the remark, but both men close to ignore reporters questions as their meeting started on friday. jamal khashoggi, will you apologize to his family, sir? t
uae. this is an incredibly busy day for the u.s. president on what is his first tour of the middle eastern gulf since he became u.s. president. the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi in 2018 has cast a pall. president biden hoping this trip will help move the two countries forward while still making clear he holds mohammed bin salman responsible for that killing. here s what he said after meeting with the crown prince on friday. i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we and who i am. some will find it difficult to square the president s rhetoric with him greeting the
this. i think it s there. let s see what happens in a few weeks. rather than coming out and doing a reverse of what mohammed bin salman did to him, which was put him in a very embarrassing position, biden has stuck to his diplomatic tenants. the saudis on the other hand saying look, there are commitments under opec plus, and these going to be followed through. this is not just a meeting between the u.s. and saudi, although arguably that leg, yesterday afternoon, was pretty much the most important part, i think the white house would admit, and so would the saudis. this was a wider meeting of regional leaders. the uae and iraq and egypt who the u.s. president will have bilateral meetings within the next hour or so. is it clear how this region is
we will introduce a bill tomorrow to prohibit that. it s a 1986 provision, never been used, and it does under an emergency. what s the emergency? a bunch of mothers and children trying to cross the border legally, seeking asylum? is that an emergency? i don t think so. i know republicans don t agree either with this idea of going forward with a national emergency declaration. let me pivot because you re on the house armed services committee, as we mentioned. on friday, the white house missed the deadline to report to congress whether they hold saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman responsible for the murder of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. what does congress do about this? well, there s several things we will be doing. there s legislation introduced that would set up a different relationship with saudi arabia. certainly the arms sales to saudi arabia require congressional approval and authority. so all of those things are in play. we will take action.
and they keep settling so we don t hear them in open court. this morning, some lawmakers are mow demanding an investigation and we ll get into that. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, december 6th. welcome. along with joe, willie and me, we have john heilman and jackie alemanie is with us this morning. good to have you all on board. let s dig right into it. a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a legislation holding the crown prince mohammed bin salman responsible for a number of transgressions, including the murder of jamal khashoggi. this group of senators urges the white house to hold him accountable. in addition, the resolution