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Person directly responsible, as being complicit in this murder, which would have e nonormous consequences for an administration that has not been willing to hold saudi arabia accountable in part because of the transactional view of this relationship that the administration has with mbs. >> so rick, do you think having heard that from andrew that this administration, and in particular this senate, want to hold trumps feet to the fire on the issue of saudi arabia? its likely that any resolution is...

Peace, which is trying to come up with a deal between the isreallies and the palestinians. from what president trump has said over and over again, i think he has a fundamental misunderstanding of the balance of the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia. he seems to think that the saudis have all the leverage in the relationship because they buy american weapons and because they have a big say in the price of oil around the world. the fact is that actually in the relationship mo...

You know, either on the mbs khashoggi killing front or the yemen front? is there enough support and desire to take this relationship on and do something about this particular problem? >> well, from what im hearing, there is going to be enough support for a resolution that will be voted on as soon as tomorrow in the senate that would essentially cut off u.s. support for the saudi led coalition in yemen, which is of course fighting against iran backed hu backed h backed rebels. republicans are goi...

Command of mbs, and that he was intricately involved in the demise of mr. khashoggi. open source reports show that he had been focusing on mr. khashoggi for a very long time. it is zero chance, zero, that this happened in such an organized fashion without the crown prince. >> a smoking saw, of course, is a reference to the bone saw that was said to be used to dismember jamal khashoggi. and heres what graham said today when asked whether he thinks the resolution will change the administrations ap...

The united states. whatever business as usual scenario, the president and the white house may be operating under, that scenario is over for a bipartisan group of senators who introduced a resolution blaming the crown prince for "the abhorrent and killing of journalist jamal khashoggi." this is what senator graham said. >> theres not a smoking gun, theres a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the comman...

Too. >> no need to listen to the audio of a man being slaughtered and dismembered. no direct link. no smoking gun. after the senators were briefed by cia director gina haspel, they had a much different understanding of the situation. >> theres not a smoking gun, theres a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of mbs and that he was intricately involved in the demise of mr. khashoggi. open-sour...

That the president, himself, through trump intenterprises, m have financial dealings in saudi arabia. a anderson, i agree with what the other senators have said. what graham and the other senator -- corker -- >> corker -- >> -- have said. heres the more important point. what mbs did, what the saudis did to jamal khashoggi is unspeakable and an absolute disgrace. i will tell you what is even worse which we dont talk about, what the saudi-led intervention in yemen has done to 28 million people in ...

Fondness for authoritarian-type leaders around the world, whether its putin in russia or mohammed bin salman in saudi arabia, or other authoritarian leaders. second of all, it is possible that the president, himself, through trump enterprises, may have financial dealings in saudi arabia. anderson, i agree with what the other senators have said. what graham and the other senator -- corker -- >> corker. >> -- have said. heres the more important point. what mbs did, what the saudis did to jamal kha...

If they were speaking korean, i wouldnt learn any more from it, either. >> the interpreter would be able to tell you whats going on. >> then i can read a transcript, too. >> no need to listen to the audio of a man being slaughtered and dismembered. no direct link. no smoking gun. after the senators were briefed by cia director gina haspel, they had a much different understanding of the situation. >> theres not a smoking gun, theres a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the...

Briefing with gina haspel. i want to play what they had to say. >> you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized of people under the command of mbs and he was involved in the demise of khashoggi. >> if he was in front of a jury he would be convicted in 30 minutes. >> you said you believe the administration gave mbs a pass here. where do you stand today? >> i saw bob corker yesterday afternoon, and i disagreed with his comments, i think it w...