boycott saudi arabia altogether that might help increase pressure for reform as for netflix defending its decision actually in a written statement the company said we strongly support artistic freedom worldwide and only removed this episode in saudi arabia after be received a valid legal request and to comply with local law but they did have to remove to begin with. so much oil that reform in saudi arabia we know that the kingdom it s known for going after its critics yeah not the thickest skin perhaps from the leaders there and you know they look at the saudis don t like something they ll ban it they ll censor it right we know that as you mentioned overall the state of media freedom there it s not very good and we can show you that here with a report from reporters without borders they rank the country one hundred sixty ninth out of one hundred eighty nations in terms of press freedom it does not allow independent media i m actually surprised that fox is available there at all it uses
middle east says netflix s claim to supporter cystic freedom means nothing if it bows to demands of government officials who believe in no freedom for their citizens not artistic not political and not comedic even jamal khashoggi is former editor at the washington post speaking out here and she says when she wrote about the need for free expression in the arab world that freedom is not just about journalists it s about freedom for artists comedians cartoonists musicians activists and anyone who wants to express their views on society some though taking kind of a more nuanced view here one person saying look if they want to operate in a country they need to obey by its laws a better position for netflix would be to boycott saudi arabia altogether and that might help increase pressure for reform as for netflix it actually defended its decision in a written statement it said sue me we strongly support artistic freedom worldwide only remove this episode in saudi arabia after we received a
possibility of doj indicting the president ben when he leaves of. there is a very real prospect the justice department may indict him. that he may be the first president in quite some time to face the prospect of jail time. we have been discussing the issue of pardons that the president my offer from people. the bigger pardon question may come down to road as the next has to determine whether to pardon donald trump. i mean that is an incredible statement. yeah. well, first of all i wouldn t be surprised if donald trump pardon pardoned himself which he probably could do and get rid of the whole thing. i don t think doj ruling on this has been fully litigated. lawyers can help me on that. let assume that that holds. i think it does two things. it does increase pressure on
brunson s case sparked great deal of tension with u.s. and turkey with possibility of u.s. sanctions if he is not released. the fourth hearing for brownson who has lived in turkey for more than 20 years if there s not a deal he does face in theory up to 35 years in prison, heather. heather: we will keep an eye on the developing story. we appreciate it. u.s. treasury secretary will despite increase pressure over the fate of missing journalist, steve mnuchin attending investment conference that attracts techs from around, several pulling out, saudi arabia crown prince ordered operation to detain critic jamal, last seen entering the consulate in istanbul, turkey has audio and video recordings
for the district of columbia. durbin released emails from kavanaugh s time working in the bush administration, detailing on theination of william hanes to fill a vacancy. they allege kavanaugh knowingly misled senators in hanz nomination. he was involved in the administration s detention policy after the september 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. he preefbiately admitted to being involved in discussions leading to hanz nomination but did not handle the nomination itself. and shah hit back in a series of tweets calling them quote a complete total smear with no basis. republican senator is facing increase pressure. collins is facing a high dollar