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See-no-evil indulgence of saudi arabia. allow me to quote. i have to wonder if mohammed, mbs, would not have ordered the hit job -- and it is utterly implausible that khashoggi was accosted without the crown princes go ahead unless he had confidence that the trump administration would let him get away with it. as usual, you go right to the nub of so many conversation biz this. >> again, why, why would mbs think the trump administration would object? he has waged a brutal war in yemen in which ...

Did. senator is a good friend of mine. and so its been a tough time knowing now more about what happened, how horrific it was, how awful it was. and, again, i knew this was going to come. you knew that, that part of the excuse making was going to be, well, he was a bad guy anyhow, so he deserved it. and we will hear more of it, you know. it wont be said out loud prominently, by it will be whispered. it will be in the right wing radio shows. >> lets be on the whisper. were seeing it picked up. th...

Confused by his own poorly crafted foreign policy which has really -- partly cloudy about putting all the eggs of the basket, all the eggs in the saudis and gotten so little for it. we have so invested without really any return on our indulgence of the saudis, that now we are deathly afraid that mbs goes under or if our relationships are strained, we wont have any allies in our fight against iran. because, of course, we have offended our european allies so we dont have them any more. i think its...

Buttering them up and saying they are his friends. he says theyve been really good to him. so perhaps as benign, although foolish as that, another explanation could clearly be that he has financial ties there, and this is the problem with a president who has retained his business holdings, who still owns hotels in which the saudis drop a quarter of a million dollars at a time in his hotels. hes bragged in the past about his relationship with the saudis. we know his son-in-law jared kushner is ve...

Her and have her write about the charity program in the same story. and you rarely have a smoking gun as good as that but this is a big part of why people give. it is the modern papal indulgence. sin over here, cost millions their jobs and homes and winners take all, a gala, a robin hood, some little shelter or some little program and you feel -- you tell people you made the world a better place and we in the media and we in the society, we fall for it. often enough that they just keep taking al...

Know, is a precedent of the supreme court, so entitled the respect as a matter of stare decisis. as you know and i would just reiterate, if someone wants to challenge that decision, they -- one of the things that anyone can raise about any case is that its based on a mistaken premise or mistaken factual premises, and thats the kind of things courts are open to hearing. >> my time has expired. i thank the chairman for the indulgence of the extra minute. >> a couple things. first, i would note -- ...

If someone wants to challenge that decision, they -- one of the things anyone can raise about any case based on mistaken premise or premises, and that is the kind of things courts are open to hearing. >> my time is expired, thanks for the indulgence of the extra minute. >> dana: well take a quick one-minute break. sheldon whitehouse just finished questioning of brett kavanaugh and well keep it here to follow the confirmation hearings for judge brett kavanaugh. you can continue to follow the acti...

No different, this reminds me of espn naming caitlyn jenner the most courageous person in america, because she had a sex change operation. i think that this is cut from that same cloth and how we doint that a label espn, pse and out of touch with middle america, i think this play with colin kaepernick is going to backfire on nike. >> tucker: what youre saying, youre describing something a little bit more sophisticated than just a reflexive cowtowing two pc sensibility. what youre saying is this ...

Backfire in their face. no different, this reminds me of espn naming caitlyn jenner the most courageous person in america, because she had a sex change operation. i think that this is cut from that same cloth and how we doing that a label espn, pse and out of touch with middle america, i think this play with colin kaepernick is going to backfire on nike. >> tucker: what youre saying, youre describing something a little bit more sophisticated than just a reflexive cow town to pt sensibility. what...

Behind the scenes how many people had to appeal to him to say something kind about john mccain. >> right. well, look, this is just a self-imposed controversy, a self-imposed mistake once again born out of the presidents insecurity, his self indulgence with regard to his temper and it shows you how he went out of his way to ignore his top aides, who said, you know, you cant do this. you have to do the right thing here because its not about him. its about the presidency. the office of the presiden...