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Biden heads to Middle East for first official visit

President Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this week for his first official visit to the region since taking office. The White House confirms the president will hold talks with the Saudi king and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He will also meet with Palestinian officials in Israel's occupied West Bank. Zeke Miller, a CBS News political contributor and White House reporter for the Associated Press, joined CBS News' John Dickerson to discuss.

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Biden hails new gun legislation

President Biden marked the passage of the first new gun legislation in almost three decades, declaring that elected officials have "finally moved that mountain, a mountain of opposition, obstruction and indifference that stood in the way and stopped every effort of gun safety for 30 years in this nation." He told an audience of bipartisan lawmakers, families of gun violence victims and stakeholders gathered at the White House that the new law would save lives "today and tomorrow" and that "it matters." Nonetheless, Mr. Biden said, "It's not enough, and we all know that," and he vowed to fight for more gun control laws to help curb gun violence. Watch his remarks.

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