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Khashoggi. >> harris: senator lindsey graham says he doesnt want to do business with the saudis anymore because he firmly believes that, thats on the republican side of the aisle. on the democrat side of the aisle, are you saying a similar thing, and can we not make it about politics, is that possibl possible? >> lets just leave the politics aside, where i was going is that we do have a situation where we need to be very clear to saudi arabia that this incident is totally unacceptable. what acti...

Behind it. >> they havent assessed anything. its very early. >> contrary to the presidents comments the washington post reports that trump has already been shown evidence that the crown princes alleged involvement in the killing but hes remained skeptical. >> a month ago, you said you had spoken with saudi crown prince and he had told you directly that he had no knowledge of this. >> thats right. thats right. and still does that. >> we know some of the people closest to him, question, did mbs li...

Re-election bid or not. >> also, great point, also, enemy of the press. we have seen other tyrants across the globe echoing what donald trump is saying when he talks about the enemy of the press and you cant help but think this was seen as a greenlight by the leader of saud arabia, mbs, thinking he would get a free pass especially after donald trump attacked the washington post repeatedly and its owner. i want to talk about the nature of this race, its clarifying the two sides sort of they did, ...

Saudis are saying were rogue actors. its very important for trump to be able to say this is terrible. it shouldnt have happened but that it didnt come from the top. >> it doesnt seem like hes got a leg to stand on when it comes to that. the cluded that mbs was behind the killing. turkey has been saying mbs was behind the killing and the president refuses to listen to the tape that could show him that mbs is behind the killing. >> its really disconcerting about the presidents relationship with hi...

Lied to you? its almost as if it doesnt bother trump. youd think another president might say, of course, if he lied to me i would take that very seriously and the presidents response here is, well, maybe well never know. almost, like, okay, so he lied, thats part of the deal, thats what happens. his reaction to this whole affair, a resident of the united states, when the saudis have changed their stories so many times and have given no ground to believe them on this. why we would believe mbs sin...

Expecting to see in this report and the dilemma this poses for the administration. >> we dont know how much evidence they will make public but based on the presidents own kmebt -- comments, they will make some assertion of what happened. the cia has boxed the president by allowing some of this to come out. information has made its way into the press suggesting the cia does think crown prince mbs ordered this. as the president, secretary of state, bolton and others try to cast a bit of doubt on t...

Against the kind of behavior that was involved here and murdering somebody dismembering them in their own embassy. to not take a strong position. sends a clear message to the world that the united states is not going to action when a country behaves na that manner. >> i want to play what the president said on fox news sunday about the crown prince, mbs, assuring him he didnt do it. >> he told me that he had nothing to do with it. he told me that i would say maybe five times. at different points....

So theres lots of opportunities for change at all levels. >> has pelosi promised there will be a presh man caucus or some unts for youpger people to move up? >> yes, about younger members or newer mbs and about having a very diverse group represent nd the caucus. >> how do you think you and the others many with military backgrounds, so many women, how will that change the way the house operates? is. >> well, i think its already kind of changing the way that things are working. you know, we have ...

Every major news organization that was reporting on this, cia assessment, they are trying to say theres no final conclusion. i dont know what final conclusion means. they are trying to split hairs there in a way. we are confident in this reporting that as far as all the information that the cia has gathered at this point and they have briefed both the house and senate intelligence committees on this, all signs point to crown prince mbs ordering this assassinati assassination. >> thats what the s...

Crown prince ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi. president trump is not convinced by his own cia. he says he does not hear the recording that documents khashoggis murder. >> we have the tape. i dont want the hear the tape. its a suffering tape. its a terrible tape. s >> joining me is josh letterman and the vice president for the national security program at thir third way. the cia concludesed that mbs was behind the killing. walk us through how we got that reporting and what it shows. >> thi...