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He told me that he had nothing to do with it. he told me that maybe five times at different points. >> what if hes lying? >> do you just live with it because you need him? >> well, will anybody really know? >> yes, your intelligence community. that was donald trump being asked by chris wallace last sunday about the intel around the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi. we know the cia did offer an assessment that mbs absolutely ordered his murder. >> yeah. first of all, on decorum, vladimir putin an...

Call him, is responsible for this, and trump says ive spoken with mbs, and i kind of believe him that hes not responsible for this. thats a complete polar opposite than what your own government is saying, so why is it so out of step? is there some reason that saudi arabia and mbs has some leverage over trump? that financial leverage could be quite serious. >> look, to your point that we dont know about it, is there any guarantee that a congressional investigation would get access to trumps finan...

President bush would have. and in this case, he is inclined to believe a putin in helsinki or to believe mbs in these phone calls. and in this one, particularly with saudi arabia, its just a very blatantly transactional operation where he says in this statement that came out earlier this week saying, maybe he did have something to do with this murder. maybe he didnt. thats not going to change the relationship. we value saudi arabia. ive invested too much in this. its been two years. we believe w...

Or not, and i think he was involved, it still is so at odds with our values and such a horrendous act i dont think they should get away scot-free on that. you say you believe that mohammed bin salman was involved. would the cia ever make public an assessment like this if they werent pretty darn sure? >> well, i dont think it was -- let me say a few words about that. i used to put these things together. i doubt they made it publicly available. i think someone in the administration chose to do t...

Days ago, i havent spoken with you since he released a statement siding with the saudis, maybe he did, maybe he didnt referring to mbs, of the whole thing, what was most unsettling to you when you first read it? >> i mean, beyond the fact as far as a statement goes, it was written as if it was penned by a middle schooler, not the president of the united states. it just -- beyond smearing jamal as some sort of enemy of the state of saudi arabia, which he wasnt, i think what was most disturbing ab...

Into the united states. >> reporter: even bringing up the border wall. >> took old, broken wall, and we wrapped it with barbed wire, plus. >> reporter: but he didnt stop there. speaking to reporters after hanging up, trump brushed off the cias assessment that the saudi crown prince ordered the assassination of jamal khashoggi. >> they have feelings certain ways. >> reporter: giving weight to mbs denials. >> whether he did or whether he didnt, he denies it vehemently. >> reporter: the president e...

Government committees and oversight panels can tackle sort of new emerging issues like this one, it seems like a no brainer this would be the course schiff would want to take. >> we know -- easy for me to talk. i had a lot of turkey yesterday, margaret. misrepresenting the cias conclusion to protect mbs. they want to look at trumps financial ties to saudi arabia. i say financial ties because as you cover this president, that is mighty close to what he has referred to as the red line, has it not?...

All the particulars of this just in general the sort of parallel structure of having a business and licensing empire and family members kind of some in the business side, some in the white house side, that is not something that president obama or president bush before him have had to contend with. look, already setting all of this aside, we know that in january when the democrats took over the house that there would be a lot more of a stepped-up look at both the aspects of the mueller probe and ...

That the crown prince did order the killing of jamal khashoggi, saying they merely had feelings on the matter, not that they concluded that the crown prince had ordered it. thats just not the case. actually, the cia doesnt offer conclusions. they instead offer intelligence assessments, and based on our sources, the cia has assessed it was mbs who ordered the killing. but from what we have seen from president trump so far, he has signaled hes not going to hold the saudi crown prince responsible. ...

Their own mind about mbs. in no uncertain terms, president trump said the economy, national security and jobs come first. for him, the matter should be moved on. saudi arabia keen to move on from this. earlier, we saw crown prince bill salman in the middle east. its a sign that he has support of the king and remain the de facto leader there. he will round off his trip at the g-20 summit in argentina where he will meet president trump and president erdogan of turkey. there were angry words from t...