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I think people are going to care a great deal about whats happening in yemen, no question. but they also are going to care a great deal about the cia views on the crown prince. >> in a new interview tonight, president trump told the washington post this lie about the crown princes involvement in the khashoggi murder. quote, maybe he did, maybe he didnt. but he denies it and people around him deny it and the cia did not say affirmatively he did it either, by the way. im not saying that theyre say...

Tomorrows briefing comes as the senate is expected to vote as soon as this week on a resolution to cut off u.s. support for saudi arabias war in yemen. in response to the khashoggi murder, the trump white house does not want that resolution to pass. gina haspels absence has been frustrating even for some republican senators. >> it would be very good for the cia director to be there, too. i think people are going to care a great deal about whats happening in yemen, no question. but they also are ...

Safely to future generations. [ cheers and applause ] >> one of the lessons that i learned from president bush and his senior team was how to run a professional transition. they were incredibly cooperative. they reached out to us affirmatively. welcomed us into the white house. >> it couldnt have gone more smoothly. and that is critical at a time like that where not only is the economy in freefall but youre still prosecuting two wars abroad. that made things so much easier for us. and, you know ...

Table and to set the table for governing. and some of that is going to mean investigations and inquiry -- >> i think theyre in for dinner already. >> the other part is how do we govern, how do we vote on things people voted on, the health care, economy, roads and bridges where they dont damage their cars. and i think democrats are going to have to have a twofold strategy, and if it looks like theyre just investigating everything, i think thats a really bad look for the party. and so i would urge...

The chairman of that committee? what is your first, second and third to-do item? >> were going to have to prioritize. were going to have to decide, okay, what are the most important issues to look at first. and, you know, certainly there is a consolation of issues around the russia investigation whereas you say our chairman was acting as essentially a trump lawyer on the intelligence committee that was doing the investigation. not only preventing us from bringing in witnesses that had relevant t...

Have an answer. but she pushed back against paul we need a wave of honest decent ryan, the speaker of the house people who not ma t matter the saying they do have scholars who say that it could happen, but not a time of when it could happen, but this is aimed at the will hold the president accountable and the colleagues accountable to do right by the days of the midterms of getting american people f. our society continues to deteriorate, and the politics continue to out to base. >> and linda cha...

Voters that are most enthusiastic, they are moved by what they can vote affirmatively for in terms of an agenda that will change their lives. >> what does it tell you there is this weird pre-spin, that he is of the working assumption theyre going to lose seat if not the whole house? >> this is what hes best at is the pre-spin to make everybody else respond to him and respond to the message. so its actually what hes -- he is a showman, right? hes actually gamed it out a little bit, like how can i...

Is a conflict of interests, and that there is a clear opportunity for self-dealing and brian kemp is using it to his advantage, and he is being brazen in the abuse of power as secretary of state. >> this is all as you point out before 2013 in the supreme court decision in the voting rights act, states like texas had to the affirmatively prove that they were not discriminating and suppressing the vote. >> and georgia. >> and so, sebrina with north dakota this heidi heitkamp won in a razor thin ma...

The new exact match law put on the books, and look, this is much more stringent than other stateses have to be sure. it is not uncommon for the secretary of state to be presiding over the election they are running, and we have seen the democratic secretaries of state in those roles, but there is also the question of whether the voter purges are following the law in terms of the cleanup of the voter lists that is mandated by law from election to election. >> and another piece of this is that unde...

Is there any doubt, josh, when you put all these pieces together in the mind of u.s. intelligence that mr. khashoggi was, in fact, murdered? >> nobody wants to come out and say that affirmatively at this point because they dont have a body to show and they dont want to rule out hope that he could be still alive. he has a fiancee who is obviously very worried about him. but we have heard no indications at this point from u.s. officials, from turkish officials that they think that he is alive and ...