MTP NOW July 15 – Biden meets with MBS; Manchin deals another setback; New report from DHS

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🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Pres. Joe Biden met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman amid pressure to quell high gas prices as inflation soars. Carol Lee, David Ignatius and Amb. Dennis Ross discuss the outcome of the meeting. Plus: The president’s remaining domestic agenda is all but dead after Sen. Joe Manchin pulls support for the latest climate and economic package. Ali Vitali reports from Capitol Hill and John Bresnahan discusses the potential impact heading into the midterms. Pete Williams has the latest on deleted texts by the Secret Service regarding January 6th and Shaq Brewster delves into Wisconsin Democrats’ fight to take on Ron Johnson. Eugene Robinson, Rick Tyler and Kayla Taushe join the panel to talk the potential domestic political implications of the president's Middle East trip. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker. We do begin with breaking news on the world stage.
0:17.1	Just moments ago, President Biden delivering remarks from Saudi Arabia after his
0:21.6	controversial meeting with the Saudi crown prince, Muhammad bin Salman, the alleged mastermind
0:27.0	behind the murder of journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
0:31.5	He told reporters he raised the killing of Khashoggi with the Saudi crown prince and also
0:37.0	told him he believes he was responsible.
0:40.0	The president saying he was straightforward and direct with MBS. He then took a few questions from
0:45.0	reporters. We're going to get to all of it in just a moment. President Biden was reluctant to
0:50.2	make this visit, perhaps out of concern of images like this one, this fist bumping with MBS when he arrived. After vowing to make this visit, perhaps out of concern of images like this one. This fist bumping with MBS
0:56.1	when he arrived after vowing to make Saudi Arabia pariah state, Washington Post publisher
1:01.2	Fred Ryan called it, quote, worse than a handshake and quote, shameful. But the White House
1:06.8	finds itself in a bind due to Saudi's key role in global energy markets as inflation soars.
1:12.6	When President Biden and the Saudi delegation appeared on camera earlier today, reporters in the
1:17.0	room could not hear the remarks made by either the president or the crown prince due to restrictions
1:22.2	placed by the palace. My NBC news colleague Peter Alexander still tried his best to ask MBS about Jamal Khashoggi.
1:29.6	Take a listen.
1:32.1	Jamal Khashoggi, will you apologize to his family, sir?
1:34.9	Thank you, thank you, President Biden.
1:38.6	Yes, Senator Breyer.
1:40.5	Thank you, Guy.
1:42.0	According to new reporting from NBC News, today's meetings were a culmination of months of lobbying and persuading by officials in the administration to get the president on board.
1:54.6	One official describing it to NBC News as a, quote, herculean effort.
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