joining us now for this, nbc chief white house correspondent kristin welker, pete williams, to confirm the breaking news, phil rucker, and jonathan lemire, host of way too early and author of the big lie, election chaos, the state of american politics after 2020. well-timed, jonathan. kristin welker, the president went straight back to work and seemed happy to be back. he seemed energized. sort of a victory lap for paxlovid and getting the shots and boosters. reporter: it was a victory lap that we witnessed in the rose garden. there s no doubt about that. stage craft was at work as well. president biden emerging from the residence where he has been in isolation for the past five days. then walking out to the rose garden, making his remarks and
over not only the greeting and meeting with mbs, but the fist bump. also saudi had really had all the stage craft here. they were the ones set up when the fist bump took place. they had so much control over this, handing out photos of biden and the saudi crown prince walking into this meeting. i think that played a role in the last-minute remarks you saw from president biden given it s 11:00 at night here, when he decided to come out and give a summary of what happened in that meeting. and jake, he started with a list of whauft he thought they accomplished. he said he believed it was extensive and they got a lot of ground covered. of course, the main questions were about jamal khashoggi and whether or not his death, his murder was raised during that meeting. and at the end of his remarks, the president said that was one of the first things he raised in this meeting. he said later on that the saudi crown prince denied personal responsibility in that, of course, u.s. intelligence
been following them prior. and then a police officer who was injured by them on that day. clearly what we know about the indictment yesterday about the proud boys is that they played a role in the weeks leading up to january 6th. so i think the case is being made that this just didn t start that day, number one. number two, we know that a former news executive is helping them put it together. so there s an element of stage craft to this, as there is to all congressional hearings. what they re trying to do is put this in a digestible manner for the american people. to amanda s point, you know, it s a long-running matter that extended far before the day of. i think they just need to focus the public s attention on it. elliott, amanda, thank you both. appreciate it. he s calling on congress to do something. a man s mother died in buffalo and he wants to make sure those
and then a police officer who was injured by them on that day. clearly what we know about the indictment yesterday about the proud boys is that they played a role in the weeks leading up to january 6th. so i think the case is being made that this just didn t start that day, number one. number two, we know that a former news executive is helping them put it together. so there s an element of stage craft to this, as there is to all congressional hearings. what they re trying to do is put this in a digestible manner for the american public. and along with amanda s point, you know, this you know, it s a long-running matter that and ended far before the day of, and i think they just need to focus the public s attention on it. elliott, amanda, thank you both. appreciate it. so he s calling on congress to do something. garnell whitfield, jr. s mother died in buffalo and he wants to