i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. we begin with major news just in, president biden will officially be making a controversial trip to saudi arabia. what was really an open secret is now being confirmed by the white house. the middle east trip next month will include visits to israel as well as the west bank. the controversy surrounds what biden said as a candidate, he vowed it punish the kingdom and make the saudi crown prince a pariah for the assassination of journalist jamal khashoggi. arlette saenz live at the white house with this official announcement, arlette. what are they saying? reporter: well, john, those comments from president biden appear to be in the rear view mirror as he is now preparing to travel to saudi arabia next month. the white house saying this will be part of a broader trip to the middle east, spanning from july 13th to july 16th, starting with those stops in israel and the palestinian west bank. the president will then travel on t
You say it as if its a bad thing, hallie jack sson. Msnbc headquarters here in new york. A day after the midterms, still a number of races to decide, enough results for both parties to take a victory lap. President trump will take his this hour, the president scheduled to appear in the eastern room of the white house for a News Conference roughly 30 minutes from now. Today hes already touted himself as the magic man for last nights senate wins. Never mind losing the house, though. President trump also had a message for the Incoming Democratic majority in the house. Investigate me . We investigate you. We also heard from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell just a few moments ago. The Democrats In The House will have to decide just how much president ial harassment they think is good strategy. Today is more than about democrats and republicans, its about restoring the constitutions checks and balances to the trump
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this is blood money. this is not like once the nfl was a challenge to the afl and maybe fans would say maybe we ll go over there. that isn t the case. this is saudi blood money. we know all we need to know about the royal family and what they have done. it is not just khashoggi. it is not just the ongoing oppression of women and gays, they re directly or indirectly tied, according to u.s. and british intelligence to the 9/11 event. it is one thing that you just had dick durbin on. it is one thing for the president, dick durbin may have advised him not to meet with them, it is one thing to meet as presidents have with russian leaders over the years or nixon goes to china, that s not a stamp of approval, and they re not being paid by them. this is an entirely different thing. why does it look so attractive to some of these players, not all, we should be clear, right, tiger woods said no. but why rory mcilroy said no, a lot
it is hard to overstate the hold that this president has over republicans in congress. russia was the greatest threat to this president until the president cozied up to president putin. they were the pro trade party until the president started launching trade wars with china and u.s. allies. the deficit has ballooned under his watchful you re not hearing much from those fiscal conservatives in protest on why that s happened during his administration. i think he was willing to use the bully pulpit at his disposal and build the case. not just to republicans in congress. he would be able to do it. what he doesn t want is the blowback. could it in some ways be a nixon goes to china moment for him. on most issues, republicans are hand cuffed to him. this is one issue where he is hand cuffed to his base and the nra. when you hear him, like he s
have raised. he is saying the trade war with china is working. that we re winning. when the cost of that is being borne by the u.s. consumer and the agriculture industry. he s insisting he is not walking back his support for background checks. and the list goes on and on. and i think it really speaks to a very real concern on the part of the president when it comes to his own re-election and how it might be impacted by recent events of the whether it is the mass shootings in el paso and dayton or whether it is an economic downturn. i want to say, the tirade against the president of denmark, he said you are talking to the united states. well not just to me. to the united states. guess what, when he hits back, he is not just talking to her. he is talking to the people of denmark.