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this is america s newsroom. all right. today is the day. moments from now we ll be seeing president biden, he is set to depart for saudi arabia late yesterday the kingdom lifted its longstanding ban on israeli commercial flight towards normalization. bill: the real objective of the trip. convincing the world s largest exporter of oil is ramp up production and reestablish things with this administration. we watch a beautiful air force one head down the runway, complicating all of this, remarks from then candidate biden back in 2020. president biden: i would make it very clear we are not going to sell more weapons to them. we were going to make them pay the price and make them the pariah that they are. there is very little social redeeming value of the in the present government in saudi arabia. one of the president s first acts in the white house was releasing the c.i.a. report assessing the saudi prince ordered the killing of journalist khashoggi and also sanct ....
infections. and likely unconstitutional. a florida judge appointed by ron desantis says the governor s proposed congressional map is not fair because the judge says it boxes out black voters. but we begin this hour in europe with a dramatic example of how vladimir putin s war in ukraine is backfiring. today finland s leaders say they support ending decades of neutrality and joining nato. the nato chief promises a quick welcome if finland follows through and applies to join the alliance. the kremlin says finland joining nato would definitely pose a threat to russia s security. the president of finland says putin has one man to blame for this decision. well, if that would be the case that we join, my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. sweden could soon follow finland. new nato members would redraw the security map and expand along russia s border the alliance putin hoped to weaken with his assault on ukraine. we begin our coverage with h helsi ....
president biden continues to blame russia inflation continues to sore near a 40 year high. this is no laughing matter. every i do life is less affordable under joe biden. multi million dollars mansion burning to the ground as a fast moving wildfire rangetion the coast line. not looking good. every other house is on fire. he scores! it s a power play goal and the rangers lead. working for a living working working for a living living and working i m taking what they re giving because i m working for a living. brian: rays were 25 minutes away from starting vacation. they went game 6 tomorrow night. looking at frederick maryland everyone there is alive for the most part. steve: for the most part. brian: brian get a lot of history there. local breweries and a lot of wineries. a lot of drinking to be done there and a lot of partying with a wonderful landscape. steve: 1 minute after 6:00 a.m. and already talking about quitting time. ainsley: tom ....
whispers. some accusations about doping. some of it subtle, some not. for example, john leonard, a top u.s. coach, called the performance suspicious and not right. but ioc spokesman mark adams says the top five finishers of every event are tested to ensure clean wins. and ye was no different. suffice to say in this case, pure rumors, nothing at all of fact or substance, and i have heard no word at all from our drugs testing people. so i think people should really sit back and enjoy a great performance. wata, the world anti-doping agency and the ioc, they keep a close eye on drug use. athletes can be tested any time during the games, and their samples are sent to this lab. in east london, it s kept open 24 hours a day during the olympics. has a staff of 150 scientists. so with all the intense scrutiny, can you still game the system? victor conte says yes, and after all he did. he helped top athletes obtain steroids and went to prison for it. he says it s just as ea ....
u.s. coach, called the performance suspicious and, quote, not right. the ioc spokesman mark adam says the top five finishers of every event are tested to ensure clean wins. ye was no different. suffice to say in this case pure rumors, nothing at all of fact or substance and i have heard no word at all from our drugs testing people so i think people should really sit back and enjoy a great performance. the world antidoping agency and the ioc keep a very close eye on drug use. athletes can be tested any time during the games and their samples are sent to this lab. it s in east london. it s kept open 24 hours a day during the olympics. it has a staff of 150 scientists. so with all the intense scrutiny, can you still game the system? victor conti says yes. after all, he did. he helped top athletes obtain steroids and went to prison for it. he says it s just as easy today as it was ten years ago. he now advocates for a clean competition. welcome to the program. really ap ....