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Saudi arabia matters to us. that its important for u.s. security, were important for their security. mbs is just a terrible problem for this administration. theyre trying to maintain relations with the country while making clear that they have severe reservations about him as a leader. its likely that he may be king of saudi arabia for many, many years to come. so you have to think carefully how do we deal with that? how do we make clear -- >> how do the saudis get beyond this? >> so the obvious...

High-level military training for operatives who went on to carry out the grisly killing of a journalist shows how intensely intertwined the u.s. has become even as its agents committed horrific human rights abuses. a member of the intelligence committee and a "new york times" washington investigative correspondent, tell us more about what they thought they were training them to do because i think the governing style of mbs were pretty clear, no? >> the contract, nicolle, goes back some years to ...

Years, things changed. mohammed bin salomon takes power and he turns this group or parts of this group into much more of an element to crush dissent to go after his enemies. thats why this starts around 2017 and this is the time when those people who went through the training, some of the people who went through the training, ended up being part of these missions including the one to kill khashoggi. so its sort of a tale of what happens when you allow this training without much oversight and som...

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American, it was embarrassing. the media covering that symposium was waiting for a punchline. it turned out the joke was on us. it felt like rock bottom, right? things then sunk lower. remember this? >> he would like to have another meeting. he wrote me beautiful letters, and theyre great letters. we fell in love. >> he fell in love with rocket man, but americas standing in the eyes of the world fell. there were white house invites to mbs of saudi arabia, who had a hit squad murder a journalist ...

Innocent? if he says great things about me, ill say great things about him. some people think its russia. i have president putin, he just said its not russia. i dont see any reason why it would be. >> i have seen on my watch, i can tell you this, as an american, it was embarrassing. the media covering that symposium was waiting for a punchline. it turned out the joke was on us. it felt like rock bottom, right? things then sunk lower. remember this? >> he would like to have another meeting. he wr...

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