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>> reporter: well, i guess its something of a reversal, jake, in the sense that hes finally conceding that there was a murder that took place, and that this coverup was hideous. but i would say the thing that was most striking about it was that it was not the murder of an innocent journalist with the "washington post," jamal khashoggi, that was the most horrifying thing or the most shocking thing or the most egregious thing. but the act of the coverup itself. i think for a lot of people who have...

In turn is endangering the larger saudi/u.s. relationship. its imperative to rescue the relationship from the clutches of jared kushner and mbs and realize there long-term interests. and saudi arabia has not always acted as brutally and recklessly as mbs acted. the trump administration still needs to put the pressure on to bring jamal khashoggis murderers to justice. i think -- i suspect mbs is deeply implicated in this horrible crime. but again, you can get rid of -- saudi arabia can get rid of...

Confederate flag flying and three of the gentlemen with nooses around their neck. most disgraceful thing i have ever seen. ainsley: after everything have you been through. if n. an accident and in a coma for a while. we hear these stories and saw what happened to brett kavanaugh and see smear campaigns happening. why cant people run on policy and on their platform? instead its lying and conniving, back stabbing. i guess thats politics. do you have the stomach for it? is it worth it all. >> i hav...

It is a terrorist act. >> absolutely. i mean there is -- im not making any excuses at all. >> right. >> the saudi arabias are trying to explain the real politics that goes into this. so this is, you know, there is no happy outcome from the tragic murder of mr. khashoggi. what is trying to be massaged between the saudis and the allies is a narrative that means that a degree of justice could be seen to be done that doesnt undermine the house of sau. that is the great strategic ultimate fear here a...

Youngest population in in the world most of these young people have never known their country at peace what sort of future does afghanistan hold for them its very complex and difficult indeed as you rightly eluded to afghanistan as one of the youngest population in the entire building more than sixty percent of it over the age of twenty five and many of those people are leaving actually thats an obviously domestic issue did to be had in picking up in germany in the short term future this is just...

Against charges that we were racially insensitive, that we played to the lowest common denominator. were we blind to that in our party? >> to some extent. i think sometimes we wanted to believe that everybody was in the party for the same reasons that we were. we didnt want to look too closely at some people standing next to us or pumping their fist or part of a rally and that we were, you know, sharing a ride with people that we didnt want to think too much about. so, i think some of it was a b...

And they cant be removed. but jared kushner, i cant think of a single thing hes done right and hes done a lot of things wrong in office. so its imperative to get an adult in charge of dealing with saudi arabia and lay down the law to them in a way that trump and kushner are very reluctant to do. >> bob, it is about interesting comparison that he makes between kushner and salman. salman is a different personality type, but this sort of insular family-run dynamic, and that seems to be the basis of...

30s with few qualifications for this job. basically, jared kushner made this bold gamble that he was going to place all his chips on saudi arabia, and not protest too much when theyre bombing yemen and killing children or not protest when theyre kidnapping the lebanese prime minister. in return, hes got all these grandiose hopes, for example, saudi support for a peace plan. its more than high time to revoke the blank check that the trump administration has given to saudi arabia. one of the probl...

Know what, im not on that side. i may have started out there. >> is he trying to say he basically does not think donald trump belongs in office and -- >> he is absolutely -- look, a lot of country feels wronged. he probably feels more wronged than anybody because he was loyal to this man for a long time. he feels violated. he feels the country has been violated. he wants to make a statement that beyond doing what he feels is right for him and his family, he wants to see this country in a differe...

So theres this bigger regional imperative for trump to hold onto the saudis as an important player, and of course theyre not an important player. every foreign policy move that saudi arabia has made under mohamed been salaman in the last two, two and a half years has not only been a failure but has been counter productive and hurt the saudis in various ways. you know, the saudis are a really bad partner to choose as the linchpin of your regional political strategy. and trump is a pretty low inte...