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Forward until mbs has been dealt with. >> and senator graham did travel to turkey on a commercial airline because of the government shutdown. yeah, its coming. its coming for a lot of people. more than 100 million people are under some type of winter weather alert from the midwest to the northeast. all happening this weekend. >> you expect snow, but its the ice that is expected with this that can be really damaging. heavy rains, severe weather could slam the south in the meantime. cnns meteoro...

Abuses and the rights of women in saudi arabia. this, of course, something that mbs is getting some credit for in the west. what have you learned? >> reporter: well, first of all, its a mixed role. as you can see, i had the opportunity to drive around with a woman driving and shes very proud of that. she was very active in wanting this reform. she enjoys it. shes the mother of two, shes a teacher and very active on social media. so she sees it as a plus and is not concerned as many others like a...

About two foreign policy questions on your plate as a top figure in senate intelligence. first of all, the reporting by david ig nation today has been confirmed by others here at nbc. the crown prince in saudi arabia, contrary to the sanctions that the u.s. has imposed on one of the the key players involved in the killing of jamal khashoggi, is, in fact, a immediamedia adviser still wo hard not only on crackdown but advising the crown prince. so hes been apparently flying around the gulf dealing...

Including where he goes off against mbs. but anotherish s isis isis isis is him talking about how saudi arabia is home and hes pretty much doubting whether saudi arabia be in charge of these really religious sites. that probably contributed to this but we dont have more details necessarily on exactly what in that episode saudi arabia officials were not happy with. there was another episode released where he goes even harder related to the khashoggi killings and that netflix confirmed that episod...

Netflix is under fire today after the idea signatures to pull -- after the decision to pull an episode of "patriot act." take a watch. >> i am genuinely rooting for change in saudi arabia. i am rooting for the people of saudi arabia. there are people in saudi arabia fighting for true reform but mbs is not one of them. and to those who continue to work with him, just know with every deal you close, you are simply helping entrench an absolute monarch under the guise of progress because ultimately ...

Instead of those who try to stoke fear. we cannot have an ally who murders in cold blood. >> there is no direct evidence linking him to the murder. >> you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated under the command of mbs. president putin is extremely strong in his denial. >> not only did russia meddle in our elections, theyre doing it around the world. >> president trump will always put security of america first. >> announcer: this is "new day" with...

Most influence, whose influence is on the line. >> as david says, were seeing john bolton become much more of a key voice. pompeo is still seen favorable by the president. but hes faded a little bit from the background. in terms -- when we talk about the middle east jared kushners voice still looms very loudly. hes been the point person on this peace plan thats supposed to come out in the next few months, whether or not it has any life to it well see. kushner is the one who helped broker this ti...

Justice reform. he still wields a lot of influence in the white house. why he didnt want that chief of staff job that went to mick mulvaney. right now he has a more free flowing role. >> why is pompeos influence on the wane? >> i dont want to overstate that, but there is a blockage for a moment on north korea. thats very much in pompeos brief case. pompeo after the death of jamal khashoggi went to saudi arabia and im told privately, although there were paragraphs of smiles and, you know, affable...

Paling around with saudi arabia and the increasing doubt in the region. also basically leaving your european allies when we left the jcpoa holding the bag on iran there. we have been empowering iran stature in the region by our own chaos that we have been bringing to not just syria but the jcpoa. how we have been dealing with the saudis and the broad region. this is a multi-facetted tilt towards irans interests which we have created on our own. >> what does the president sort of steadfast dedica...

The record of human rights that we have been trying to bring there over the last seven, six decades where we try to get them to become more modern, attune to human rights. even though mbs came up and was supposed to be the salvation, the younger generation of saudi arabia. he has proven he will use power politics in force against anyone. if he will kill a journalist of the washington post by luring him to an embassy and cutting him up then he will do what he pleases. so as long as the united sta...