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Because i think the average person in that circumstance would be compelled to live. did trump do something? no, but i think i would at least understand -- >> neil: you are famous for saying i have a different definition of high crimes. you parted with the president on this, more on the saudi arabia situation that his response has been poor. at effort in the senate to say that weve got to stop our support of the saudis. tens of thousands of gotten killed. the president still waiting to get more p...

Participating in a war that has created a yammin. >> t symbolic. its a message to the saudis. its a message to donald trump that the support for american involvement in this war is ending. so it basically provides a window. theres a window until the house comes back and the house is sure to enact something similar to get this war settled. and mbs, i think, understands that. so id watch very closely diplomacy over the next six, eight weeks, because everybody now knows the american support is endi...

>> i want to ask you as a columnist from "the washington post," the death of your colleague played, also, a very big role in the vote on yemen yesterday. he know your publisher, fred ryan, has announced -- the post is running full page ads, of course, condemning this murder and theyre going to keep it in the front of everybodys mind over -- well, as fred ryan says, until justice is served. do the saudis -- are they beginning to understand that this may be a breach that cannot be repaired with mb...

This development is the report from politico that to become chief of staff, you need the approval of ivanka and jared according to several former and current white house officials. when asked about the search yesterday, the president didnt name my names. >> were interviewing people now for chief of staff, yes. five people. really good ones. tric terrific people. mostly well known. >> so you see there five people, we still dont have my namany n. >> lets go with this kushner story line for a secon...

His answer to your question. the united states needs to be clear about its values and expectations. it is not our job to pick the crown prince let alone the king of saudi arabia or any other country. thats not appropriate. it would be resented, if theres one way you want to guarantee that mbs will be in power long term just let saudis watch us try to muscle the choice of who is going to rule them. i do think that we can say clearly, a condition of american support for your country, whoever runs ...

Foul murder. >> i hate the cover-up. and i will tell you this. the crown prince hates it more than i do. i spoke with the crown prince yesterday, and he strongly said that he had nothing to do with this. it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. >> senator, why do you think president trump is standing personally with mohammed bin salman? >> well, its hard to say, exactly, but i think for a start, president trump is, in my view, not a great fan of democracy. he likes author...

Humanitarian help for a very -- a country which is suffering terribly. >> now, you know, as you said, you may well, at some point, support senator corkers bill. he, of course, has been on your side when it comes specifically to the person who has been in charge of this war from the beginning, the crown prince of saudi arabia, mbs, he is in charge of this. he is also, of course, according to the cia, the one who directed the horrible dismemberment and murder of jamal khashoggi. heres senator cork...

Been leaked that were phone calls back and forth that people are drawing the most likely conclusion. i dont believe that anybody has heard a message that said he ordered it. but knowing what we know, its hard to imagine that he would say go take care of this, dont tell me about the details. that is what congress is reacting so strongly to. that you cant just sweep it under the rug, even if its saudi arabia. in fact, saudi arabia is so reliant on the united states for security that i think in man...

Sends a message to the saudis that we cant be in business with you if you are going to lie to us, as they did over the several weeks after the khashoggi murder. >> secretary of state mike pompeo for you and then ask you a question about it. >> we have already held accountable a large number of people who were responsible for the heinous murder of jamal khashoggi, that we will continue to investigate and take the facts where they led. >> the secretary of state saying theyre going to continue to i...

Our allies, why they are acting in ways directly counter productive to the interests of the american people and to our own national security interests. >> so why is the presidents son-in-law in charge of all this? because he thinks he has a buddy in mbs, he thinks hes going to get a pro-israeli deal, not just a deal but a deal netanyahu is going to like. how can there be such a deal? >> when you look at the things this administration is doing there are things moving farther and farther away from...