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Piney woods. he was the ring leader of a crew, related to billy by blood or marriage. >> a strange cast of characters. some might depict them as the heehaw gang. >> a lot of drugs, and a lot of meth. they hand it out to each other. >> the meeting with investigators, billy earl was a man on a mission. he wanted to cut a deal and fast. >> 49 years old. i got grandkids, i want to be free. i want out this weekend. >> billy told the cops hugh knew things about the shooting they did not. including the...

Crown prince mohammad said he had nothing to do with the murder of the american journalist. >> did you order the killing of jamal khashoggi? >> translator: absolutely not. this was a heinous crime. but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia. especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. >> reporter: now, if this were an obscure saudi dissident stabbed to death in a back alley in irab, perhaps this might be believable. but the crown prince has ...

This murder. in a country like saudi arabia, you cannot send a hit team in saudi government claims to the saudi consulate and murder a man who has had intimate ties to the saudi royal family going back to the 1980s without the knowledge of the head of state, and rather than the "60 minutes" interview, i would refer our viewers to the pbs front line special on crown prince mohammed bin salman. its two hours long, but it gives viewers a much better idea of the role of the crown prince in saudi ara...

Saudi prosecutor has accused of running this operation. its not like some distant employee down the chain. this was a very close aide. >> martin, this is a meticulous piece of reporting. you and i have talked about these issues and the final product is extraordinary. >> thank you. >> i want to ask you, a year after the death of my colleague, jamal khashoggi, how would you add up the facts that we do know? you have the pro forma denial that was cited by the crown prince and then all of your repor...

That he was implicated in this, that he not only acquiesced and knew about it, but i believe he directed it. its bad that he gets the reception hes getting. >> theres no way a hit team goes into the saudi consolute in another country without high-level approval or the highest level of approval and brings a bone saw to what they initially allege was going to be an interview. its -- i would have thought somebody in the white house at the very least would have asked, you know, a couple of people to...

Khashoggi standing no less center stage with the president of the united states. >> its a -- its disturbing and distressing that mbs, mohammed bin salman, is kind of getting a pass here for the murder of khashoggi, the journalist. and theres no doubt in my mind that he was implicated in this, that he not only nknew about it but i believe he directed it. its bad that he gets the reception hes getting. >> theres no way a hit team goes into the saudi consolute in another country without high-level ...

Hs shot down mh-17. the real target was putins presidential plane. even floating the idea it was stuffed with corpses before it took off. some of these stories were picked up by state media. russia protested the investigation, was biased against them, and tried to hack it. now three russians have been charged with murder all with kremlin ties. is likewise, after the murder of jamal khashoggi, saudi arabia played dumb. first they tried the outright lie with mbs telling reporters, my understanding...

Of jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate on the 2nd of october. now saudi arabia on the beginning of january began a trial of 11 individuals, five of whom the prosecution has asked for the death penalty. but we dont know who those individuals are. we know that the hit team that was sent to saudi arabia had 15 members. now, the cia has said it has it believes with high confidence that the individual who actually issued the order to murder jamal khashoggi is probably the crown prince mohammed bin...

The death sentence of five of them, but we dont know exactly who those 11 people are. we do know that there were 15 members of the saudi hit team that went to istanbul on the 2nd of october and subsequently murdered and dismembered "the washington post" columnist. apparently among those are people who, as you mentioned, are closely affiliated with the saudi crown prince, and the cia itself said that there is a high probability that mohammed bin salman was the one who issued the order to kill jam...

Authorization. in this case, crowned prince mohammad bin salman. so the fact that mohammad bin salman was in touch with the guy who was criminontrolling this operation and that several members of his security team were involved, they were part of the hit team, tells you enough, in addition to the way things work in saudi arabia and other such countries, that this is something that the crowned prince would have known about. and the other bit of this, ana, that i think is important is that the cro...