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the secret service said it was a mistake not a cover-up, keep text from january six were deleted, the agency said it reset the phones and didn t backup the data. the biden agenda shrinks from bold to bare-bones. senator manchin says no to new climate initiatives and says no to higher taxes on the wealthy. it s another family feud as democrats failed to deliver on promises and worry that voters will punish them for high inflation. we begin with the consequential day for president biden. he s meeting with mohammed bin salman at the royal palace in jeddah, moments ago, mbs greeting the president with a fist bump. the president says the saudi s are critical players. biden himself remember label the kingdom of prior after the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi and the president ordered the public release of intelligence assessment that said the crown prince orchestrated the killing because of 10 it s reporting on human rights issues. now they acknowledge the difficulty ....
it s true, one picture is worth 1000 words. in this case it s probably worth $1 million. the saudi s got what they wanted and so did mohammed bin salman. endorsement of the president of the united states. i think there is a sense of victory and elation, you saw how quickly they released these photos. the question i would ask you, john, because i don t think there s an answer, will joe biden get what he needs? out of oil, ukraine, russian, human rights, not to put too fine a point on it before years after jamal khashoggi s murder and dismemberment, there s no accountability , and it strikes me not only do we have ongoing saudi repression, but mohammed bin salman got away with murder, so the question is reciprocity, john. will the saudi s begin to change as a consequence of our engagement? values may not be that important in the scheme of things , joe biden decided that they were. and imposes somewhat political credibility for him in fact, if there s no satisfaction on this ....