but let s begin in saudi arabia where the president is set to land. nic robertson is joining us there from jeddah. so they are waiting obviously highly an takes pay thing this arrival. what is the sense there ahead of this meeting, one that clearly the saudis wanted not only to have but to have images for the world to see, really legitimizing the regime? reporter: yeah, there is a real sense here that this is a moment for the saudis to have to get through because they know the focus and international attention that will be on president biden casting them as a pariah for the murder of jamal khashoggi. they recognize that. but they really feel that this is a moment to sort of punch through that situation. they are very keen to have face-to-face with president biden. they believe the very fact that president biden is coming here kind of resets the relationship so that they can get to the things that they want to get to which are all the sort of economic development investmen
Ver verse controversially his son. he will try to reset the relationship with the kingdom less than two years after vowing to make saudi arabia a pariah for its human rights abuses. while the president is away, in the u.s. the democrats economic package that had been in gosh negotiations for months multiple forms up ended again by joe manchin. the democrat says that he will not support any delay moot provisions or consider raising taxes on the wealthy or corporations, it is a massive blow to the administration as they set to meet international climate commitments the u.s. has already made. not sure how they meet those now. new overnight, cnn first report, january 6 committee is getting new information that corroborates former white house aide cassidy hutchinson s account of what happened between former president trump and his secret service agents after the january 6 rally when he wanted to go untop to the capitol.