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
the police were summonedded lee years ago by a family member who said the high school dropout had lettenned to kill everyone. threatened to kill everyone. the officers seized 16 knives, a cager and a sword, and that s about it. how is that possible? they could have arrested them for the threat, they can have slapped his name on a no-gun purchase list. instead, he was able to to legally buy 5 guns, a glock pistol and without that failure those seven people in a parade on independence day would still be alived today. what s more, the mass shooter posted violent rhetoric and images online that apparently went undetected by the cops and social media companies. look, the police have a tough job. no law is going to stop is every crazed shooter, but combined with what smells like an unraveling police cover-up of the school massacre in you value uvalde uvalde, everyone s got to do a better job of spotting these potentially heinous killers. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz
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
take a listen. i continue to believe pat cipollone is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region, including support for terrorism, ballistic missile program that continues and the proliferation of weapons to terrorists proxies like hezbollah. diplomacy will not stop them. the only thing that will stop iran is knowing if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. the president and prime minister sign a new security pact where all of washington s national power, the president says, was promised to ensure that iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. meantime, president biden visits, of course, saudi arabia to try to convince the kingdom to pump more oil. just hofstee for these odds. alexandra. well, it s really interesting. such decisions on the saudi side are made by gauging global markets and deciding what s really strategically best for that nation
you tou court, send you to jail if you refuse to cater tore their every whim. there s a lot more behind this . you re a clinton lawyer named michael sussmann, you get accused credibly of lying to the fbi, a jury of clintons donors. they re going toth clear of all charges and you ll get away scot free if you re eric holder and obstruct justice and obstruct congress rather no charges, no jail time, no fine. we don t have equal justice or application on our laws. well,t with a lot more on this coming up later in the program, also tonight, this is a prettyf unbelievable story. a woman suinga a man he didn t show up for a date. she s suing him. g and while the courtet proceeding is going on , she gets in a huge fight with the judge. here s a preview. you brought my mother to your you are away. so you have some more to play. oh, yes. you have to play. you have not. you re going to love this entire tape. plus, new york republican i gubernatorial candidate lee zeldin will join