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Of them support the presidents policies and on balance, they love the president of the united states because donald trump has rolled back regulations and hes getting them better trade deals, the completion of the u.s.-mexico, canada trade deal represents 88% of north dakotas exports and hes gotten a much better deal. there are some farmers hurting, no question about it in the short-term, but theyre looking to the long-term and when she says shes been the chief bitcher about the policies i would ...

Wait, wait, wait. stop. before you get to trump and whatever. to answer the question. has to be dealt with how? pushing for another war? this one against the saudis? >> no. im not. >> tucker: okay. some think you are. >> we have a lot of leverage over saudi arabia, especially in their security in the middle east. we need to insist that this man is not installed permanently on the throne. he is the crown prince. >> tucker: oh! so we are going to -- this is like foreign policy by cable news. my fa...

Whatever. to answer the question. has to be dealt with how? pushing for another war? this one against the saudis? >> no. im not. >> tucker: okay. some think you are. >> we have a lot of leverage over saudi arabia, especially in their security in the middle east. we need to insist that this man is not installed permanently on the throne. he is the crown prince. >> tucker: oh! so we are going to -- this is like foreign policy by cable news. my favorite kind. what happens when the saudi kingdom, th...

While brawling is not credible. the kingdom and all involved in his brutal murder must be held accountable and if the trump administration will not take the lead, congress must. what can you do? what will you do if there is a direct connection and you dont think the white house has been tough enough? >> congress can impose individual sanctions on saudi arabia. i understand what the president is trying to do. it is important to do what we can to keep the saudis as an ally even if we dont trust th...

Where they should with some transparency about what happened fully cognizant that they could release this tape, if needed. its a bit of leverage to try to induce the saudis to show some transparency would be my best guess. arthel: daniel, you mentioned the crown prince. president trump according to garrett tenneys reporting earlier that the president is possibly going to speak to the crown prince this evening or tomorrow. i mean, if president trump says to him, what happened, how were you involv...

>> well, nobody knows. he came in a wheelchair minus one shoe, the doogie howser non-doctor, dr. sleuth in me tells me he haus gos gout, but really dont know. >> he has a -- its not clear when his on collaboration will wrap up. does that minimize the leverage he has? is it unusual to be sentenced before a witness completes the cooperation process? >> yes, ordinarily it would be put off, and it would be put off nine out of ten jurisdictions. it hasnt been put off here. all it would do is require ...

This. the arms deal is something he can point to as something he did, even though a lot of those agreements took place before he took office. hes selling it as a major success for him. i think you have to ask yourself about leverage. this is a guy who bragged about being really good at using leverage. weve seen him use leverage with canada and negotiating over dairy, milk prizes. we know he can use it. you have to ask why does he not seem to want to use any leverage when it comes to working with...

Circles say theres no easy solution given what the rest of the world seems to know is that saudi arabia, the crown prince, is behind this really awful killing. how to respond is extremely complicated. some members of congress calling for sanctions are pulling out of arms deals. that may not be a sufficient response, at least not enough to get saudi arabia to stop doing what its doing. i dont know if anybody will make saudi arabia come clean and say, yeah, it was us, we were behind all of this. a...

Cooperation will conclude. if hes still collaborating with special counsel, will this minimize the leverage he had over manafort? and how soon before they complete the process? >> its never clear how long a defendant needs to cooperate because that information is wholly within the realm of the federal government and prosecutors. they do not like to be rushed when questions a witness. it would only occur when they have completed their investigation and the witness has completely cooperated. in th...

Arabia. the saudis believe this is given the crown prince denybilt and i think the white house is looking for that, deniability. well probably hear the president say its their citizen, and theyre taking care of it and some people went rogue. >> bret: this guy, al katani, advisor to the royal court, fired. pretty close to mbs. its getting as close as can you get without saying he knew. >> this feels like a drip, drip, drip scenario. the word "fight" as air quotes around it. what did that mean exa...