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And allies in the past. >> no, hes not going to dump mohammed bin salman and hes not the only person who will be trying to protect the crown prince. so will donald trumps son-in-law jared kushner who is of course this administrations point man as contact for the monarchy. donald trump and the white house went against the cia report when it was put out in the media this past weekend. the conclusions which the cia has drawn not only be from hits own indell jensen, intelligence from other states li...

This murder, he is issuing this without even getting their full assessment. your outhoughts on that? >> the public should understand the intelligence community doesnt mack poli make policy b inform it. they bring their best analysts to baear to help inform our leaders. we dont even care what you say, were going to formulate our own conclusion is going to be perceived as a slap in the face. if you think of all the hosts of hard problem sets that they work on on a daily basis, they see a pattern t...

Very tedious process for him to just even answer the written questions. and he probably very privately is very worried about it. >> looking ahead now to this coming tuesday, the president says that he will receive a full report from the cia, an assessment on the investigation of the murdered journalist jamal khashoggi. weve seen these saudi stories shift several times. mr. trump, though, still seems unwilling to reach any conclusions. does this further push his hand, force his hand, especially w...

Mueller has to submit his report to whitaker before it goes any place else that congress or the courts or any place else. what are you prepared to do if whitaker buries muellers final report? >> i can tell you this. ive heard from my colleagues in the senate and the house. everyone has said were going to protect the mueller investigation. its time for congress to take action. theres bipartisan legislation thats been recommended by the senate judiciary committee. its been sitting on the docket no...

He keeps citing denials and in that interview when he said will we ever really know? that tells you everything you need to know if even if the report said he ordered this, it doesnt seem as if president trump will take it seriously and thats not new. he has been signalling that for weeks now. i dont think anything is going to change. for president trump to say that, it seems he is going to accept that. >> the russia situation, the intelligence community had a high assessment that russia did meda...

Of play out this idea of plausibility deniability. we know from the past that this president is not shy about disputing the conclusions of his intelligence community. if they conclude something he doesnt agree with, he will say he doesnt agree. we heard about this horrible recording that the turkish intelligence services have shared widely with the united states services and the president said in that interview over the weekend that he didnt want to listen to it. what probably is not on that tap...

Greatest political crisis since coming into office has mainly arisen at moments when he is at odds with the national security establishment, whether its the military intelligence services or both. the fact that you have already had him sort of sewing doubt about the cias conclusions with regard to saudi arabia, without quite going as far as you suggested, you know, he implicitedly might have, where he said i dont care i want to have a good relationship is saudi arabia, it seemed to put him and t...

Were talking about an american system and where it goes from here. >> you know, earlier in the show, scott, we talked about the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. looking ahead this coming tuesday, the president says he will receive a full report from the cia assessment of that investigation. we have seen the saudi narrative, the response, the story shift several times. the president still seems unwilling to change his conclusion to basically leave the door open, saying that its premature to ...

Reached that conclusion, nor has president trump heard the infamous tape supposedly of the murder. >> we have the tape. i dont want to hear the tape. no reason for me to hear the tape. >> why dont you want to hear it, sir? >> because its a suffering tape. its a terrible tape. i have been fully briefed on it. theres no reason for me to hear it. >> reporter: all releasing a statement they werent going to jump to conclusions. they wanted to hear what intelligence agencies had to say. >> dana: what ...

Recognize that its that kind of valor and courage that is important in order to protect the security of this country. >> want to ask you about the presidents responses also about khashoggi because he is accepting the saudi explanation, which many believe is a cover up and he is going against the cia assessment, which i reported, nbc has reported, other news organizations, "the washington post," "new york times," "wall street journal," was briefed to the senate and house intelligence committees l...