as mbs sparking intense criticism due to the conclusion that bin salman personally ordered the 2018 murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. biden said he confronted the ruler about the killing and the crown prince denied any personal responsibility. the president told he sold bin salman, he, quote, thought he was involved. phil mattingly joins us live now from saudi arabia. president biden facing backlash from jamal khashoggi s fiancee and some democrats over his face-to-face with mbs. what s the white house saying? reporter: white house officials were very aware there would be fierce blow back to hold this meeting, make this trip. there was a calculation made that the short term blowback was a necessity for the long term effort in this region. there s been a lot of discussion about oil production. it was a topic of conversation here, no immediate numbers given by saudi officials, but some acknowledgement that oil production may be coming in the weeks or months ahead. today t
Noah Lyles won the 200 meters on Friday at the world track championships for a sprint double, but Sha'Carri Richardson finished third in the women's race.
A country spends millions, sometimes billions, to deliver a major international sports event to the world. This month in Budapest, the spotlight will shine on Hungary, a country led by a prime minister with authoritarian leanings and a shaky human-rights record. At a cost of nearly $700 million, the sparkling National Athletics Center, on the left bank of the Danube River, will host more than 2,000 athletes from over 200 countries in the biggest international sports event this side of the Olympics.
you asked him to describe the top five words that describe you, white would not have been in the top five. if you asked my mother the same question in those years, she would have said i am a christian. i am interested in psychology. you know, she would have come up with all the fact that she was black would have been low on the list. i come from a family that exists because we didn t foreground those issues, so it s always a tricky question for me. i sort of feel the same way. i don t spend a lot of time thinking about what my own identity is because it s so it s such a mess, it s like canada and england and jamaica. i was at the track and field world championships and didn t know who to cheer for. just when i thought i had you figured out. but you were and are a very good runner, and you won 1500 meter