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Will have lost his moral compass and greatly heightened my grief. your reaction to that, and how much that should influence u.s. policy toward saudi arabia moving forward? >> she makes a persuasive case, but i think its got to be taken into context. when jamal khashoggi was killed, i was one of the harshest critics of mbs. my record on this is quite clear. i have called him individually a pariah in the past. i was on a show with "the washington post" with atisha as well. i have expressed my cond...

Past comments. the world has changed. hes not a candidate. hes the president of the united states. we have gone through the pandemic. we have seen russia, another major oil producer, invade a sovereign country, thus sending global oil prices around the world up. the united states is energy independent. oil is more of a fungible commodity, so when oil prices go up, the united states cant isolate itself without being impacted by this. and there are foreign policy implications out of this trip. the...

Trump cozying up to the saudis. take a listen. >> after the cold blooded murder of a journalist, giving the crown prince of saudi arabia the benefit of the doubt. look, look at the example this sets around the world. forget what it does here. think of around the world. people wonder what has become of us. >> what has become of this, president biden is about to kiss the ring of mbs, who was responsible for the murder of jamal khashoggi, according to our own intelligence. does that question not st...

Work with senators sinema and manchin to try to continue to push the agenda, but when you have united opposition from the other party, this is what you get. and i think thats what americans are so frustrated with, is congressional gridlock when its their lives that are being affected by it. and theres a plan, theres a bill, and we just urge congress to act. >> president biden says battling inflation is his top priority, but the white house says his upcoming trip to saudi arabia is not going to b...

But there are so many opportunities that we have right now. look at the abraham accords where the united arab emirates and others have joined in recognizing israel. the saudis, i think, are on the verge of this. diplomacy is the only way were going to get over the finish line. this is something thats very much in the secure interest of israel and also in the interest of the united states. >> you know, of course, a lot of the controversy about this trip is about the president when he was a candid...

Right, because you have joe biden as private citizen, as a candidate, on record saying saudi arabia was a pariah, that the way donald trump handled saudi arabia didnt reflect u.s. values. and now in the wake of the administration releasing a report saying mbs was central to the killing of washington post columnist reporter jamal khashoggi that the administration is planning a trip for joe biden to go over to saudi arabia and potentially sit down with mbs. we dont have details yet and john kirby ...

Constitutional expert. he is a constitutional professor. he taught constitutional law. so, i was also asking about not just in terms of whether they have the facts and whether they have the goods to indict the former president, but whether they should -- its never been done in the history of this country. the argument that clearly he and others are making, well, theres never been an insurrection on the u.s. capitol in order to basically steal the election from a sitting president either. all of ...

Saudi arabia hasnt paid for the death of jamal khashoggi, washington post columnist. here is what kirby told you, pam. >> what price has mbs paid specifically? >> both can be true. you can pursue values and national security interests at the same time, and president biden has done that. and there has been accountability measures put in place -- >> but for mbs specifically. >> sanctions on the saudi royal guard as well as other bans put in place on travel for people -- for regimes who continue to...

Country in the world. we should be producing more. weve put ourselves in a hole. its clearly a pocketbook issue for people. its a national security issue that we now have to be dependent on our enemies in many cases to get our fuel and our energy. >> yes. during the campaign season, president biden called saudi arabia, mbs, the pariah, suggesting that president trump was too chummy with him, and of course now hes going over there with hat hand. its somewhat embarrassing, but also hypocritical. >...

That the crown prince was behind the gruesome murder of the saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi in 2018, for instance. but, mbs, as the crown prince is known, is changing things right across the middle east. i asked a reporter from the bbc�*s arabic service for details. after the jamal khashoggi, if you may call it, earthquake or storm, joe biden was clearly pointing fingers to the saudi crown prince that he was responsible and there was a complete shift of attitude from the times of donald trum...