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
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summits on a whole range of issues. this isn t just about u.s.-saudi relations, but arguably that leg of his visit here has been the most important and controversial. the president expected to announce $1 billion commitment, for example, to food security in the middle east and north africa. well, relations quite frankly around the region have been strained, but specifically u.s.-saudi relations, strained since the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi in 2018 and the alleged role the saudi crown prince had to play in that death. here with me now is steven carlin, middle east