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Refusing to accept at mbs ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi. some republicans broke with the president after the cia briefing. >> you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of mbs. >> there is zero question of what mbs did. there is still a question of what the united states does about it. howie: i get the president has to weigh the diplomatic and financial consequences. president trump named heather nauert the...

Been confirmed three times and when it comes to how this committee will look at 2016 were going to look at everything including the fisa warrant process. maria: so just to be clear you are going to be looking at everything and were expecting you to be the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. >> i hope so. i think thats the plan. well see next year. maria: let me move on and ask you a bit about the cia information of jamal khashoggis murder and we know what the cia has been saying and its ...

The operation is the right hand man. there is no doubt by any senator who received this briefing that the mbs was complicit in the murder of mr. jamal khashoggi. its not just this distance hes gone after. hes gone after others rendition , people have been captured in other countries, brought back to saudi arabia because there have been critics in these countries, he put the prime minister under house arrest and the most bizarre episode ive seen in 20 years. maria: but what are you going to do ab...

Paul: and that would be a statement of the senates concern that we believe that mbs played a role in this and that the united states should to what? what would be the sense of the senate that we do? >> yeah. so in that particular case, you know, weve already put fort the magnitsky act. senator menendez and i sent a letter to the president. basically now he has to determine within 120 days -- that was like 15 or 20 days ago, but he has to determine in 120 days whether the crown prince was respons...

You could get away with it so my concern is under this guys leadership, if we transfer weapons to saudi arabia, hell turnaround and give it to the russians and the chinese. theres a huge backlash growing at a bipartisan manner against our relationship with saudi arabia as long as mds is the face of it. its a trafficly important relationship but not at all cost maria: all right, well, well have to watch that because we know iran is a real bad actor in the neighborhood and the u.s. is counting on ...

I believe prince mohamed did know what was going on. >> i dont know see how there could be any doubt that mbs was directly involved. >> there is no way this murder happened without the consent and direction of mbs. >> i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mbs, ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happening, planned it in advance. >> theres not a smoking gun, theres a smoking saw. >> so u.s. senators responding to their briefing with the cia director,...

Going to understand democracy is not going to happen. >> they had some details about their relationship between the crown prince and jared kushner. in fact, they say that the two men were on a first name basis, calling each other jarred and o mohammad. what is going here? are kushner and the president simply indifferent to the domestic and international outrage, or is it because theres just so much interest between the two countries for what they want to accomplish together, specifically this ad...

Him at the time and do you see those as being a reason why he was so liked by so many people including jared kushner? >> i met with him in riyadh at midnight and hes a night owl. hes incredibly impressive figure. hes a big guy. hes dynamic. hes very progressive. he stands out from all the other saudis of his generation and certainly the olders. at the same time, hes very head strong. he doesnt know his own sort of power. one of the things about american diplomacy traditionally that worked is you...

The relationship with egypt -- with isreal. but its the relationship with saudi arabia. its not the relationship with mbs. hes one man. as powerful as he is, hes one man. the relationship is between countries, not between individuals. it shouldnt be. >> safe to say a relationship with one family in saudi arabia thats governing that country. nonetheless, andrew, let me get your thoughts on the role of congress. the senate introduced a resolution calling the saudi crown prince complicit in khashog...

Here. "the new york times" actually recently reported that jared kushner advised the saudi crown prince on how to deal with the khashoggi fallout. he has a very close relationship with mbs and had a relationship with him for two years or so leading up to all of this. how problematic is that? >> its very problematic and it is certainly a conflict of interest. hes become basically besties with the crown prince of saudi arabia and now hes advising him on how to get out of this murder of khashoggi. ...