America s newsroom. The controversy igniting on monday with congresswoman omar questioning antony blinken. Then she tweeted this. We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the u. S. , hamas, israel, and the taliban. That drew a strong review from nancy pelosi and party leadership. She has since taken us back but she says it s too little, too late. Dana: first let s get to jackie with the story live on the hill. Let s begin there. Good morning. The fact that this comment was not just made in that interaction and was also repeated with the tweet was a concern that is lingering with a few of the democratic colleagues of congresswoman omar. The equivalency between the u. S. And israel and terrorist groups like hamas and the taliban that falls equivalency a review from 12 jewish lawmakers who asks for clarification as well as as well as house speaker nancy pelosi, the democratic leadership team who addressed her comments. Congresswoman omar initially pushed back on that letter from h
Approach to the region s two oil rich adversaries saudi arabia and iran more pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. My guest is the influential boss of saudi arabia s al arabiya english news channel, mohammed alyahya. Have the saudis forfeited america s unstinting support? mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. Would you accept that life has become much more difficult for saudi arabia under the presidency in washington ofjoe biden than it was under donald trump? ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states and saudi arabia has never reached 100%. The disagreements that we saw under the obama administration are very similar with the disagreements we re seeing today, that notjust saudi arabia, but other regional actors have with the biden administration. Namely, it is, you know, appeasing the iranian regime, returni
Now on bbc news. Hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. Month by month, us president joe biden is shifting away from trump era foreign policy positions. But how dramatic will the pivot be? in the middle east, there are signs of a changed approach to the region s two oil rich adversaries, saudi arabia and iran. More pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. My guest is the influential boss of saudi arabia s al arabiya english news channel, mohammed alyahya. Have the saudis forfeited america s unstinting support? mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. Would you accept that life has become much more difficult for saudi arabia under the presidency in washington ofjoe biden than it was under donald trump? ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states and saudi arabia has never reached 100%. The disagreements that w
More news at the top of the hour. That is it from me. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. Month by month, us president joe biden is shifting away from trump era foreign policy positions. But how dramatic will the pivot be? in the middle east, there are signs of a changed approach to the region s two oil rich adversaries, saudi arabia and iran more pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. My guest is the influential boss of saudi arabia s al arabiya english news channel, mohammed alyahya. Have the saudis forfeited america s unstinting support? mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. Would you accept that life has become much more difficult for saudi arabia under the presidency in washington ofjoe biden than it was under donald trump? ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states and saudi
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. month by month, us president joe biden is shifting away from trump era foreign policy positions. but how dramatic will the pivot be? in the middle east, there are signs of a changed approach to the region s two oil rich adversaries, saudi arabia and iran. more pressure on the saudis, more engagement with tehran. my guest is the influential boss of saudi arabia s al arabiya english news channel, mohammed alyahya. have the saudis forfeited america s unstinting support? mohammed alyahya in dubai, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. would you accept that life has become much more difficult for saudi arabia under the presidency in washington ofjoe biden than it was under donald trump? ithink, you know, us saudi relations have always had their ups and downs and, you know, disagreement between the united states and saudi arabia has never reached 100%. the disagreeme