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Arabia and he has some choices to make going forward whether he sticks with his son-in-law and the bet that jared kushner has made on the crown prince and bs or whether he starts pull away from that bet which he could do. >> and, nick, let me read to you where a lot of democrats are coming down in the congress from a new letter from ten, 11 senators that say they want documents pertaining to investments, payments and other financial transfers from the kingdom of saudi arabia. on the one hand it ...

Policy. what would he be saying right now? how humiliated would he be at what this administration is doing? >> he would be staggered. its one thing when the most powerful country in the world has no leverage over its adversaries. we talked about how the russians and chinese continue to benefit from the america moral impotence. but saudi arabia was supposed to be our ally, this despite the fact that the number 15 keeps coming between american presidents and their so-called friends. first it was t...

>> so if u.s. intelligent officials walk into the oval office and says mr. president mr. khashoggi was murdered and ordered from the top, the crown prince, what should the president of the united states do? >> he should make it year the nature of the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia has to change and, indeed, the united states has to lead an international coalition. clearly, get the u.n. to condemn this behavior and start changing the balance of power. right now leverage s...

States. but then we need to think about other things involved in the relationship. we need to think about the use of the foreign assistance act, the arms export control act, war powers act, all of which have provisions which create a leverage regarding a foreign nation and our relationship with them and our supply of arms and intelligence and our supply of support in other forms. >> so if the president doesnt take what you and your colleagues in congress consider to be appropriate action, is the...

It does say we will restrict your travel to the united states. but then we need to think about other things involved in the relationship. we need to think about the use of the foreign assistance act, the arms export control act, war powers act, all of which have provisions which create a leverage regarding a foreign nation and our relationship with them and our supply of arms and intelligence and our supply of support in other forms. >> so if the president doesnt take what you and your colleague...

Over us. saudi arabia, they cant even beat the houthi rebels in yemen. they completely depend on us for their security. we have the leverage, and were not using it. >> much more to talk about. everyone stick around. were going to continue this conversation on the other side here. "the washington post" publishing jamal khashoggis final column tonight where he stresses the need for a free press in the middle east. (honking) when your craving strikes, you need your wing nut. ( ♪ ) no one can tota...

Three countries. it would be a way of saving mbs from what i think is his -- i think most people think its responsibility approving this. its very hard to imagine this happened without his approval. turkey, it would be a way of defusing the dispute between turkey and saudi arabia. it would be a way of the u.s. keeping its bet on mbs, and so there is some risk that the three of these will agree on some weak and unconvincing explanation from mbs blaming it on somebody else. the truth is that u.s. ...

Seizure of the entire print run of a newspaper, al masry al youm did not enrage or provoke a reaction from colleagues. these actions no longer carry the consequence of a backlash from the international community. instead these actions may trigger condemnation quickly followed by silence. a five-year prison sentence pales in comparison to what were hearing about khashoggi and the seizure of a newspaper triggering condemnation. >> ive known jamal 15 years, and i could hear his voice in that. this ...

Also when it comes to the dealmaker. this president wag elected as a -- this president was elected as a deal maker. josh rogin yesterday pointed out this gives us a stronger hand. he is misunderstanding the leverage. the saudis are entirely dependent on our military and our marms. is he misunderstanding the relationship? >> it reminds me of the "60 minutes" interview where president trump was asked about the arms deal. he said i dont want to mess up the arms deal. this could hurt lockheed. as if...

Supposed comments contrary to the saudi establishment. the egyptian governments seizure of the entire print run of a newspaper, al massry al uniform did not enrage or provoke a reaction from colleagues. these actions no longer carry the consequence of a backlash from the international community. instead these actions may trigger condemnation quickly followed by silence. five-year prison sentence pales in comparison to what were hearing about khashoggi and the seizure of a newspaper triggering co...