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We should have censured him based on our valued. we should have demanded that he end this stupid blockade of qatar, release these women driving activists and keep going down the path of moderating saudi islam. lets member, mbs had a huge upside. he did things that none of his predecessors were doing in terms of really taking on the moderation of islam, letting women drive, opening the country to western cinema and culture and on the economics taking away subsidies. he had a big downside because ...

Unnerved. >> that impact is not being felt just in geopolitics in europe and asia but a region youve written about a great deal throughout your entire career and thats the middle east. what is the long term impact of the president, his son-in-law and his secretary of state giving a free pass to a saudi crown prince who tortured and butchered, murdered and buried a "washington post" columnist? >> so the way the trump people have set this up is that we have two options. one was to give him a free ...

I dont know the answer but i think its far more complicated especially believing they did this. >> its a very complicated situation but it can be handled and solved. if you have saudi officials going into a saudi consulate, it makes mbs responsible, thats just what we know. our united states united states principled values will not allow us to give them a pass and we shouldnt. i think the president made a good first step on heat sink should individuals, i think we need to continue to have hearts...

He is a wrong that mbs, that we can ignore what he did. it would sunday cut the relationship. neil: it sounds like he will not do that, the president. >> the congress will, well stop the sales of saudi arabia equipment until something changes until the people who are accountable for killing this man are actually held accountable. neil: there is a divide between the lindsey graham republicans, and others, getting away from the support of the sawed ris-- saudis in the ongoing war in yemen. where d...

Them. >> number one, theyre going to sell oil or starve. >> and weapons, im worried this guy is crazy enough to kill a journalist in turkey, why would you give him weapons he may give to the russians or chinese. as long as mbs is around, im not dealing with those relationships. neil: you wouldnt do anything. >> no, they need us a thousand times more than we need them. they would be speaking farsi in a week. neil: did you tell the president? >> hes the president. hes got to think about it differe...

I dont know the answer but i think its far more complicated especially believing they did this. >> its a very complicated situation but it can be handled and solved. if you have saudi officials going into a saudi consulate, it makes mbs responsible, thats just what we know. our united states united states principled values will not allow us to give them a pass and we shouldnt. i think the president made a good first step on heat sink should individuals, i think we need to continue to have hearts...

Needs to go to mbs in saudi arabia and say, that was stupid, dont ever do it again. our strategic relationship is too important to both of us, we must preserve it, but by the same token, this can never happen again. and that said, weve got a thousand dead americans at the hands of iranians because of ieds in afghanistan and iraq. where is the anger there and umbrage there and you hear nothing out of congress. thats why the american people are upset about it its hypocrisy getting mad over one thi...

Journalist jamal khashoggi. my colleague, van jones, asked him about that in october. >> what kind of advice have you given mbs in this whole situation? >> just to be transparent. to be fully transparent. the world is watching. this is a very, very serious accusation and a very serious situation and to make sure youre transparent and to -- and to take this very seriously. >> so we do not know, we dont know why kushner is so close with the crown prince, but some democrats want to look into it. do...

Theres nothing normal about him. >> neil: you wouldnt deal with him on anything. >> no. they need us a thousand times more than they need them. failed dell like they will speaking farsi -- >> hes the president. the congress took bush on with detainee -- obama didnt want to do anything against the iranian regime but we went ahead and the sanction iran. every now and then, congress goes its own way. i like the president. hes right about the strategic relationship being important. i think hes wrong...

Back to saudi arabia to abuse them. he knew about it. couldnt happen without his knowledge. im not going to forgive it. if we dont we are opening up pandoras box. >> neil: when the president doesnt move on this and he has stood by the saudi prince, then you here yesterday that the sallies want to curtail oil production regardless -- >> there is a glut in the market. >> neil: thats a heck to a thank you to the president who is trying to stand by him. >> they have to or theyll starve. theyre going...