CNN's Natasha Bertrand reports that US officials were in Venezuela over the weekend for talks on allowing a nation under sanctions for suppressing democracy to sell its oil on international markets in order to ease rising prices. A possible new international nuclear deal with Iran -- to replace the one trashed by then-President Donald Trump -- could have a similar effect. And Biden may travel to Saudi Arabia, a critical leader in oil production, this year after keeping Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at arm's length after the kingdom was accused of murdering and dismembering Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.