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Foreignpolicy.com, thanks so much for joining us. very prumuch appreciate it. it looks like jared kushner side stepped that question when asked by jonathan swan about his relationship withon mbs and whye continues it despite the fact that mbs has been pinpointed as the man that ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. what do you make of his defense shall i say, even though it didnt really seem to be a defense, more of a non-answer? >> well, the trump administration is in a blit of tou...

Khashoggi. the chief -- his chief aid is still at large even though he was supposedly the person in the field who did all of this. this was that exchange. >> how many conversations have you had with mohammed bin salman about the murder of jamal khashoggi? >> again, the discussions i have with whether it is individual palestinians or with world leaders or with other people, i keep those discussions to myself. the people who need to know about them in our government that it is relate today the job...

Obviously, you should contact the fbi if youre contacted by the -- >> well, the mbs stuff, and essentially saying, well, we thought it was best to handle it in private and theres an ongoing investigation. and john swann of axios says, the senate voted unanimously so say hes behind it, and, well, well let the investigation play out. he on a number of fronts was really bad. >> on -- i just have to add that on russia, he couldnt even say, on second thought, i would have maybe picked up the phone an...

of locking up protesters who say they were tore toured and indiscriminately bombing civilians. >> i would recommend anybody to pick up, if they could at this point or go online to read the "sunday times" on front page, there was a fantastic article on mbz and mbs. lets look ahead to trumps uk visit today. what should we keep an eye out for as british prime minister theresa may makes her official committee end of the week. >> i think thats an important point to make. theresa may is planning on...

Interview about mbs, a lot of stuff in that interview that he is not normally asked as well as the much wanted middle east peace plan which is now so complicated by netanyahus value to make a government. all of this. how can he not say next time i would handle it differently? the fbi director testified that one of the lessons out of all of this is next time if you are a candidate or campaign adviser and you get an inquiry from russia or another foreign country, call the fbi. >> a couple of thing...

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Journalist, did change the representation government gets on capitol hill. and this white house is beholden to the saudis, theyre willing to take this step to sell some weapons. >> chris, youre absolutely right. unfortunately the starvation and famine in yemen didnt awaken the conscious of congress. but the khashoggi killing did. and you have rubio and lindsey graham saying theres no moral clarity. they have no stake of calling for american values if were continuing to arm the saudi regime. and ...

That said, if you do the things i would like you to do, then i will give you a pass to do whatever you want. the latest example is, there are reports now, not eight months after the american based journalist was brutally murdered at the direction of mbs. i dont think a previous president would do that, i think donald trump has set a new standard. he deals with foreign leaders about -- in a way that deals with his interests, not the national interests. to sit around joking about presidential cand...

Others, to think that mohammed bin salman sent his goons to murder a "washington post" journalist, and this white house is beholden to the saudis, theyre willing to take this step to sell some weapons. >> chris, youre absolutely right. unfortunately the starvation and famine in yemen didnt awaken the conscious of congress. but the khashoggi killing did. and you have rubio and lindsey graham saying theres no moral clarity. they have no stake of calling for american values if were continuing to ar...

Dont know anything about traveling. during the roughly six-hour meeting, sex tear tillerson said while he didnt question jared kushners motives, his lack of knowledge of history exposed him to being outmaneuvered and he didnt follow protocols that made it difficult to understand what he was doing with world leaders. last year "the washington post" reported that four countries discussed ways they could manipulate kushner. the presidents son in law a living roomed officials because he was using pr...