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the president has been meeting this morning with key allies in the east, including the president of egypt and the prime minister of iraq before posing for the traditional family photo at the summit in jeddah. one of the most controversial meetings was president biden s sit-down with saudi s crown prince, mohammad bin salman. our colleague wolf blitzer is traveling with the president and joins us from saudi arabia. wolf, members of the biden administration have been stressing that these meetings are really about trying to reset that relationship between the middle east and the united states, right? they certainly do. they believe this is a moment that the u.s. can reset the overall u.s. relationship with countries in the middle east, and they re working to do that right now. president biden, right now, kristin, is laying out his mini strategy, on this, his last day o a trip to the region. he s talking about everything from security to economics and human rights. but ....
Over. it was the most politically fraught trip. it certainly was. we ll see how the fallout was. kaitlan, don t go too far. stay with us. i want to continue the conversation. joining us the former middle east peace negotiator, and a senior fellow over at the carnegie in washington. aaron, thanks so much for joining us. president biden s agenda to bring so-called stability to the global energy markets, how important are his meetings with the arab leaders, the ggc as it s called today? it s important. in the last two months the biden administration have take an step back. jake sullivan and others have said they don t want russia to fill the volume or any volume the united states is with drawing to meet a rising threat ....
Saudi arabia. you knew khashoggi. i knew him as well back in washington. let s listen to my interview yesterday with the saudi minister of the state for foreign affairs, adel al. jabber. listen to this. did the president raise jamal khashoggi by name. the crown prince explained to him this was a tragedy for saudi arabia and those who have been responsible have investigated it and faced law and are now paying the price for the crime that was committed. and the conversation then moved on in terms of the official discussions. is it your opinion he accepted it? i believe so. he didn t raise it any more? what is there to raise, wolf? a crime was committed. ....