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Think of janes assessment there, that the president has deep, personal interests and governmental interests in not blowing up this alliance with the crown prince of saudi arabia? >> i think janes assessment is spot on. i served with her on committee and said shes an expert on the subject matter of these matters. its transactional. its not based on shared values but its also a strategic relationship. this whole idea of a so-call ed peri na tchto was on thin ice a might be done from what i can see...

Defender of this president said come on, you cannot believe this man. >> if you know anything about saudi arabia and anything about mbs, the fact that he didnt know about it is impossible for me to believe. they are an important ally, but when it comes to the crown pince, he is irrational, unhinged, and i think he has done a lot of damage to the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia and i have no intention of working with him ever again. >> so if the president tries to stick to...

It is a two-way street. its a tough decision because we dont want to just wash our hands with the alliance but i think the president could have been much more careful and nuanced in his rhetoric in talking about what happened, what mbs did and the fact that the u.s. isnt happy with it. if the president isnt careful and take some of this upon himse himself, what is going to happen potentially is a bigger backlash in congress. for a president that wants to maintain his alliance because what it mea...

All right? will anybody really know? >> reporter: part of what the cia examined was the infamous audio recording from inside the consulate when khashoggi was murdered and dismembered. a recording the president says he doesnt want to listen to. >> its a suffering tape. its a terrible tape. ive been fully briefed on it. there is no reason for me to hear it. in fact, i said to the people, should i. they said you really shouldnt. there is no reason. i know everything that went on in the tape. >> rep...

Of play out this idea of plausibility deniability. we know from the past that this president is not shy about disputing the conclusions of his intelligence community. if they conclude something he doesnt agree with, he will say he doesnt agree. we heard about this horrible recording that the turkish intelligence services have shared widely with the united states services and the president said in that interview over the weekend that he didnt want to listen to it. what probably is not on that tap...

>> can i speak, please? >> hi, jane. >> youre back. >> im back. here i am. congress could pass an authorization to use military force disallowing the use of u.s. force in yemen. weve cut off refueling of saudi planes. were not in the fight. were just supporting the fight in yemen, but i think if we were out of the fight totally, saudi arabia would have to be out of the fight and worst human rights catastrophe going on in the world this minute would at least be at a truce and then the humanitaria...

Been fully briefed on it. theres no reason to hear it. i said should i, they said you shouldnt. chris: what happened? >> it was violent and vicious and terrible. chris: a month ago you said you had spoken with saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman and told you directly he had no knowledge of this. >> thats right. still does. chris: some of the people closest to him, closest advisers were part of this, did mbs lied to you, sir? >> i dont know, who can really know. i can say this he has many peopl...

It wasnt a big deal. they have made it sound like i had meetings for many, many hours. i got the questions. i responded. we wrote them out. i read them once. i read them a second time. we made some changes. thats very simple. >> the white house is also expecting a report by tomorrow on the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. according to some media outlets the cia has determined crown prince ordered khashoggis killing. president trump says mbs as he is known denied it to him several tim...

>> its a suffering tape, ive been fully briefed on it. theres no reason to hear it. i said should i, they said you shouldnt. chris: what happened? >> it was violent and vicious and terrible. chris: a month ago you said you had spoken with saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman and told you directly he had no knowledge of this. >> thats right. still does. chris: some of the people closest to him, closest advisers were part of this, did mbs lied to you, sir? >> i dont know, who can really know. i c...

"washington post" reports that the cia officials have concluded. mbs did order his murder. benjamin hall reporting from london. >> reporter: five times president trump has spoken to mohammed bin salman. he said he knew nothing about his murder. tomorrows report from the cia could be ground breaking there more serious decisions to be made. but the question one will be looking is was mohammed bin salman was involved? its been over a month since secretary pompeo visited look for answers. the "washi...