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These are americas friends? >> they are not our allies. >> the crown prince is a wrecking ball. >> that prince, mohammad bin salman. >> he is dangerous. >> accused of involvement in the murder -- >> outrage. >> -- of a "washington post" journalist. >> khashoggis body was dismembered -- >> actually brought a bone saw into the consulate -- >> chopped up into small pieces -- >> but that crown prince, mbs, is changing saudi arabia. >> a new era, new age. >> this man is extremely popular. >> in one...

Now he is poised to succeed his ailing father and rule the kingdom for half a century if his health and the monarchy hold out. >> this is somebody with a great deal of ambition and who has the complete support and faith of his father. >> when mbs rocketed to power, he began to shake things up almost right away. the old saudi system seemed ancient. with senior royals running ministries like earls and dukes. mbs put an end to that, replacing princes with people loyal to him and amassing power pers...

Jared kushners whatsapp directly with mohammad bin salman. and jared kushner had no clue about the internal dynamics of saudi arabia, let alone how to manage such a young man. it was flat-out crazy stupid. >> i think it was one of the most incredible two-day meetings that ive ever seen, that anybodys ever seen. >> when mbs came to america, he was greeted like a celebrity. >> we really have a great friendship, crown prince, thank you very much. thank you for being here. >> mohammad bin salman had...

For years america has been desperate for a new day in saudi arabia. >> welcome to the stage, ladies and gentlemen, his royal highness -- >> enter 33-year-old crown prince mohammad bin salman. he is unlike any saudi ruler the world has seen before. mbs effectively took over from his father, king salman, two years ago. suddenly everything in saudi arabia seemed to change. >> right away he looks like a breath of fresh air. and hes forceful. ♪ >> remember music was evil? ♪ but mariah carey perfo...

Government denied. meanwhile, even as mbs gave women the right to drive, saudi police arrested the leaders of the right to drive movement. and again there are credible reports that some of the women were tortured. >> its a new level of aggression. its a new level of brutality that has been unprecedented. >> this is an authoritarian absolute monarchy. >> there was one world leader who loved the princes style. donald trump. a president with no previous foreign policy experience saw saudi arabia as...

Death was the result of a fistfight gone bad has been deemed laughable. >> finally the saudi government settled on one word, rogue. it was a rogue operation. >> the saudi foreign minister told fox news that this was a rogue operation. >> rogue elements may have been involved. >> theyre going to say he was killed by rogue operatives. >> this rogue killers explanation, this is absurd. >> sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers, who knows. >> the cia said it believed mbs was in...

Their power. he arrested some of the crazy clerics. al a-rifi, the wife-beating advice giver, was among them. saudi arabia is changing. but even as it does, there is something else going on. >> massive purge of princes, all arrested by a man who would be king. >> mbs imprisoned hundreds of princes and wealthy businessmen at the riyadh ritz-carlton, of all places. >> we drive in under police escort -- >> it was called a crackdown on corruption. >> no one enters here now without official permissio...

The king of saudi arabia is 83 years old. it might sometimes seem that the saudi king is always quite old. >> everybody who governed that country was aged and uncharismatic. >> you see, succession in the kingdom has followed a venerable pattern. by some estimates, the modern founder of the kingdom had 45 sons. when the one died, the next-oldest brother took his place. but nearly two years ago, king salman shook up this established ritual. after an interim choice, he installed as crown prince his...

During 2016 campaign. this one also involving donald trump jr. other participants for that august 3rd, 2016 meeting including a israeli social media essentiallyist, republican donor with controversial ties to the middle east and emissary who led the saudi arabia and united arab emirates. last year the "new york times" reported that george nader said that included saudi arabias crown prince mbs they were eager to help donald trump win the election. the paper reported another participant was erik ...

And there are reports shared kushner has been sharing this information in the presidents daily brief with mbs in saudi arabia, giving information on dissidents. we need to make sure, one, why he has that clearance and who ordered these decisions? >> do you think it would be illegal if he was actually doing that? >> who knows. i dont want to speculate but certainly its compromising sensitive information and we want to know what information he was handing over. the president, look, has the absolut...