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Jamal khashoggi. mbs lost some of his key foreign investors. >> richard branson said he would freeze ties with the saudi kingdom -- >> mbs should be doing time! >> the world is angry at him. but at home -- [ cheers ] >> he continues to have real support. one more fact that may keep mbs in power is nationalism. >> people would have a sense of belonging to the state because they are saudis, not because they are wahhabis or because they have a particular way of understanding islam. >> before mbs, s...

>> since first light this morning -- >> during the yom kippur war, the saudis protested american aid to israel and then led an oil embargo against america. >> they will reduce oil production by 5% a month until the israelis withdraw from occupied territories. >> it plunged the united states into a recession. people had to wait for hours to fill their tanks and pay sky-high prices for gas. it was the first major crisis between the two countries. now, as we face another one, the crucial question -...

Countries. its totally irresponsible. i think you work in the intelligence agencies of the fbi, if youre a diplomat, ask why does erdogan or mbs, putin, kim jong-un, all know more about what the white house is saying than i do. we are blinded to the communications, but we have people with iphones just firing off messages. its completely irresponsible. this cannot be secured by sending through whatsapp, a facebook company, that came out yesterday -- maybe we left everyones passwords out on the in...

There are reports that jared kushner has been using this to give sensitive information to mbs in saudi arabia. and as you know, saudi arabia is bombing yemen and undertaking a lot of actions against dissidents. so there are large questions about what his relationship with mbs is and what information he has been giving the saudi regime. >> but you dont have any evidence that -- do you have any evidence that, a, those conversations have taken place or what the context is? >> well, there is public ...

But ive tried to keep in mind some larger factors when thinking about where the united states should go in its relationship with saudi arabia. the first is that washington does not have the power to choose who will rule saudi arabia. the kingdom is a strange country with three distinct features -- tribes, religion, and oil. all interacting in complex ways. the ruling family has been able to maintain power for so long because it has managed and manipulated this system effectively. and if mohammad...

Bombing yemen and undertaking a lot of actions against dissidents. so there are large questions about what his relationship with mbs is and what information he has been giving the saudi regime. >> but you dont have any evidence that -- do you have any evidence that, a, those conversations have taken place or what the context is? >> well, there is public reporting that he has used whats app to communicate with mbs. we dont know what the contact is. we do know also based on public reporting that t...

Have questionable motivations. and this story, this letter from cummings today, he said jared kushners lawyer abbe lowell told him kushner takes screen shots of conversations and sends them to e-mails to preserve them. why is jared kushners personal defense attorney saying that? this should be the white house counsels office. >> thats a great, great point. >> especially a couple of weeks after kushners attorney was out saying that jareds security clearance had gone through regular channels when ...

So my question is, does it? and stephanie, if this is the bar mitzvah, is it so low that were underground? >> then my last question is this. and this has gotten a lot of press that supposedly jared cancels white house logs. people are not allowed to know because of national security who comes in and out of the white house. heres where it doesnt make sense to me. if im jared and i want to have secret meetings with financiers, i wouldnt have them go to the white house. i would have them go to dinn...

Jared had the firing of james comey to try to save his own skin, because reports were just coming out that he had not mentioned his meetings with the russians during the transition or security clearance. he had a very impassioned meeting with trump, with bannon, a lot of other people in which he said you have to fire comey. he wasnt just supportive of the president, he was leading it and there was a reason he was leading it. i think hes far from solving middle east peace. he nearly pressed into ...

Wants qatars money. rex tillerson, i have no idea about this why because jared kushner completely appropriated all relationships with mbs. you know, this is -- qatar is where america has an airbase. thats our security. this is really, really dangerous. i think its horrifying. the last point, as we mentioned horrifying, is what ivanka said to gary cohn is the heart of the book. she denied that her father had ever said they were very fine people on both sides. given how these people -- how jared a...