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Deal though. there is talk about how much leverage the united states has over saudi arabia and theres been some fact checking on the amount of money they have spent on arms. it would be more difficult for them to suddenly drop their relationship with us and go to russia or china for any sort of new arms deal because of how much they have already bought from the u.s. theres a built of a fact check and a push back on how much oil we take from the saudis and whether or not were really dependent on ...

To sanctions? >> thats the million dollar question. the billion dollar question as the president likes to talk about it. he clearly was using today, financial terms, to explain why he wanted to give saudi arabia more or less the benefit of the doubt in this talking about how much money it means for the united states. youre right. when it comes to where the balance of power is with leverage, the united states has far more leverage over saudi arabia than they have over the united states. keeping i...

It is an odd relation someplace with rod rosenstein because it alliance going forward. seemed they had sort of made up. >> sara, the details we are they kept postponing, you know, learning about khashoggis the summit over mineral water apparent murder are gruesome, they were supposed to have at and i dont want to discuss the the white house. details. but if theres a direct link to the president ultimately said that he doesnt have the beef the crown prince, that has with rod rosenstein. enormous ...

Touch him or doesnt touch his associates or doesnt touch his relatives. he has faith in people and in were back with our conclusions that assist him, and correspondents and our analysts. john kirby, our jamie gangel, he has no faith in investigations and conclusions that hurt him in some way. so it is not a principle-basis you heard her exclusive report on which he decides what is to be favored and what is to be disparaged at all. we have seen it time and time from a source about the meeting a...

Stumbling block. they should have to answer for it. i know this, these arms transfers and arms sales need to be on the table. we shouldnt act as if thats going to go through every circumstance. >> thats what trump is saying though. hes saying one of the balancing interests is i dont want to blow the money and the deals. why would you want to sell weapons to somebody like this if he is behind it? >> look, i know this about president trump. he is the first president in the post cold war era who un...

Able prove it, and nobody will stay here, theres a curfew from 8:00 p.m. until dawn. let me leave you with a lighter note, a flying could you here in mexico beach. i would say its a drone on steroids, flies all the time, and cow stands for cells on wings, and its a cell tower without the tower, and its not just about making it so people can make phone calls, its essential for first responders and community leaders to coordinate the recovery as well as the beginnings of rebuilding in their neighb...

From the u.s. and this investigation needs to happen and happen now and it needs to be impartial. the saudis cant be investigating their own crime. >> i think we should also point out, john and alisyn, i would not be surprised at all if today and tomorrow the president completely changes his tune on this and takes a stronger stand. thats the curiosity to me about why the president speaks out this way without knowing anything -- everything. i have to believe based on my experience covering washin...

Operation, and they are still not coming forward with the story, and then you have a secretary of state saying theres promising they will do a full investigation, does anybody think its appropriate for saudi arabia to investigate itself on this rather than some kind of independent international body? all of this raises questions as to why. i thought it was interesting when senator coons talked about values versus u.s. interests, and will we allow, perhaps, leverage gained if they somehow get awa...

Knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his saudi arabian citizen. i have asked, and he firmly denied that. sounds to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. >> what is the thinking in turkey about where the u.s. is with this, clarissa, because as we know congress sounds different than the narrative of the president. >> i can tell you, alisyn, i dont think secretary of state pompeos brief visit here where he met with the foreign minister and the president has done muc...

Frustrating. with that being said, i think a lot of folks knew what we were getting with this president and we will continue to see so but i think sadly the reality is, with regard to these comments, whether we are talking about horse face or dogs or fat bigpi or slobs, but this is what the president would rather be talking about in regard to stormy daniels, and i think he would rather us talk about horse face instead of the fact he had an affair on his wife with her. >> thats an amazing thing. ...