244,000 people seeking unemployment insurance last week. as americans struggle with the rising costs of everyday goods. new details about former president trump allegedly trying to call a witness involved in the january 6th committee s investigation. we begin this morning with what appears to be a stark difference between the president of the united states and israel over how to deal with iran. during a joint news conference with israeli s prime minister in jerusalem, president biden defended his efforts to restart an international agreement aimed at preventing iran from building a nuclear weapon. this is a vital security to both israel and the united states. and i would add for the rest of the world as well. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome. and we ll continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. but the israeli leader said diplomacy will not work and that the international community
to the region and quite frankly the whole world. the israeli leader also talked about the president s visit to the saudi kingdom. giving him a message to pass on to the leaders he will be meeting there in his trip. mr. president, you will meet with the leaders of saudi arabia, qatar, kuwait and oman and iraq. i would like you to pass them all a message from us. our hands are outstretched for peace. with that talk more about this nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander and jane harmon and president emeritus of the wilson center and author of insanity defense while why the failure makes us less safe. so peter, what more do we know about what president biden s expected to do and talk about when he is in saudi arabia? it s quite an accomplishment, a president of the united states going from israel to saudi arabia. reporter: yeah, that really says as much about the changing landscape here in the middle east as it does about anything else. the first u.s
Good morning 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. hymn jose diaz-balart. we have a busy day for president biden as he continues the visit to the middle east. right now president biden is about to receive the israeli presidential medal of honor. the country s highest civilian award. this meeting comes after he heldmeetings with israel s prime minister talking about several topics including iran and ending the israeli and palestinian conflict. the president was also asked about the visit to saudi arabia later this week. when i see the saudi leadership tomorrow, i ll be carrying a direct message. message of peace and extraordinary opportunities that a more stable and integrated region could bring