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arguments in the defamation damages trial, and how much he should pay. meanwhile trump continues to work behind the scenes and on social media to tank a deal on border security and foreign aid in the capitol. we will show you the latest post. we will play for you the handful of gop lawmakers standing up to the former president. also ahead, president biden hits the road following a surprisingly strong economic report. the data is so good, even a former trump adviser had to admit the p...

First, Special Counsel david weiss, much criticized for his handling of the Hunter Biden Case, now kind of slips in under the wire here before the time runs out accusing the president s Son Of Illegal Gun Procurement given that he was on drugs at the time. These charges could hold a hefty maximum jail time, a first time offender. The max would be 25 years in jail. Hunters lawyers claim the agreement that could have kept him out of prison, they say it should still stand and no doubt they will con...

With iran and why he needs a stable saudi arabia. but i think he misjudges the degree of anger in congress. >> yeah. >> saudis dont have many friends in congress. remember the jasta issue. >> yep. >> lindsey graham looked right in the camera and said this guys a murderer. he was speaking to donald trump. he was saying, mr. president, dont do it. >> right. david ignacius, thanks for coming on. sharing what you know about your former sadly we think former colleague. >> yep. up ahead, a couple of...

Brotherhood and raising questions about the work decades ago as a reporter who was covering a guy named osama bin laden. these efforts range from a fox news host. >> were just reporting the facts. you know? lisa, we dont have to fall down one way or the other but he was tied to the muslim brotherhood. i put it out there because it is in the constellation. >> some people are -- >> to this story in frontpage magazine calling khashoggi a mud limb brotherhood pal of osama bin laden. im joined by dav...

Now to a critical mystery, the disappearance of a prominent "washington post" writer who was a leading saudi dissident is raising suspicions that he may have been killed by a saudi hit squad. he went to the saudi consultant to get paperwork he needed to marry his turkish fiance. he never left the saudi outpost. they believe he was killed inside and his body disposed of. joining me now is ruth marcus, and david, tell us about his role and how he may have gotten on the wrong side of the very power...

Able to read the -- some excerpts from some of the pieces that jamal wrote for "the washington post." and if you read these pieces, which are available online, you will see two things. both his deep, deep love for his country and how restrained -- how he was simultaneously powerful, forceful and restrained in his criticism of the saudi regime when they did good things, when they showed modernization and tolerance he gave them due praise. and when they needed to be criticized he did not fear to c...

He? what are you doing to find out the truth? and as you say, finally, and last but not least, from the united states government, what are you doing? this is a writer for a u.s. paper. and this is intolerable. whether its u.s. citizen or a u.s. writer or anybody else. this is not the way we treat journalists in the world. this is -- if the worst is true, it is just horrible and not to be tolerated. >> turkey already -- the irony, of course, is that, david, turkey of all countries in the world ac...

For help and where is the state department? the u.s. has been notably silent not only on this but the dispute of the saudis and the canadians. they have an interest of selling u.s. weapons. had a close relationship with the saudi leadership. what is the u.s. government doing? >> theres been too much silence all around. our lead editorial this morning which we did in addition to davids very powerful column of khashoggi talks about time for answers. we need to have answers. i brought actually -- i...

Children from their moms and dads at the southern border. >> so last week they thought they had a great issue, and when i heard them talking about the children, first of all, they were using pictures taken in 2014 when barack obama was president. i wasnt president. and what i learned is one thing. our facilities are cleaner, better ke better kept, and better run. thats the one thing. i saw that. i said, hey, i like that. this is fine for us. the democrats want to protect illegaling coming into t...

Punish other countries with trade barrier, theyre going to respond in kind. and additionally and a very odd thing about that tweet was the president suggesting that harley-davidson wasnt going to pay tariffs. they are going to pay tariffs. thats how trade wars work. its a strange curious way of him trying to defend himself when the reality is this is the way trade wars operate. this was entirely predictable. >> all right. still ahead on "morning joe," were going to be taking a look at todays pri...