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Die n dynamic. turkey gone as far as an ally in this country what happened with saudi arabia does put the united states a catch 22 if wooe were to reject what mbs has done, the question is probably being asked what do you lose >> well, you lose a potentially innovative effort to take a new look at the middle east and we fashion the alliances and the connections between america and countries in the middle east we were clearly tilting towards the sunni nations against the shiites in iran. there ar...

New congress do? and do you believe they will take substantial measures either to punish mbs or to recalibrate the saudi/u.s. relationship? >> absolutely what i would hope is for a very fundamental recalibration of not only the u.s. saudi relationship. right now were looking at the u.s./mohammad bin salman relationship. we have an administration that has put basically all of its foreign policy eggs in the middle east into mbss basket. and so the hope with the incoming house is that, you know, wh...

But when it comes to the crown prince, he is irrational, hes 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. >> all right, well the president seems hesitant to name mbs, which is what he is affectionately known, using mohammed bin salman, there, for viewers, but i noticed he was not on the sanctions list. is that a mistake? >> well, i want to see what the cia says but im work...

Theres no question what they presented. the cia agrees with turkey as assessment and mbs is responsible for this and hes been following the crown prince of saudi arabia that donald trump is unwilling to continuously, not just there, but continuously over the course of the past several weeks and months say that anyone at any position in saudi arabia is responsible for making the determination that this act should take place and then seeing it forward is just sort of a remarkable indictment of pre...

Saying that the tape doesnt necessarily directly implicate the crown prince. can we expect congress to step in here and try to either get to the bottom of this from their end, try to punish saudi arabia, maybe even specifically the crown prince if the president will not? >> i think we can. i think that weve seen that from a bipartisan point of view on capitol hill and members of congress, at least some of them, have some information about this, because both the house and senate intelligence comm...

Been a destructive force in the mid east. he embargoed qua tar without telling anybody and yemen war has gotten completely not under control, and put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest and this guy is a wrecking ball when it comes to the relationship with the middle east and the united states and i hate to say that because i had a lot of hope for him to be the reformer that saudi arabia needs but that ship has sailed as far as lindsey graham is concerned. >> why do you think the pr...

Kind of leadership that they call for. >> whats at stake here? i want to get to that point. ill put up a tweet from senator bob corker who sipts as chair of the senate committee on foreign relations. he says everything points to the crown prince of saudi arabia, mbs ordering "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggis killing. the trump administration should make a credible determinesation of spotlight. there is an awful lot at stake here. what do you see happening in the days and weeks to com...

Us that the cia has made a determination and mbs is behind it and his son-in-law has a -- >> and contradicted his former deputy. >> and the conclusion is not final, of course, right, but this administration has had a history, in the past, of when controversial things come up, you sort of back burner it, back burner it, back burner it, and i wonder if that is something that may end up happening here. >> thats what it feels like. we will pause here. when we come back, ohio looks more and more repu...

And hes very knowledgeable and been studying this very closely and well be having a very full report over the next two days, probably monday or tuesday. >> do they know if mbs is behind it? >> they havent assessed it. its a premature report. >> the paper has been out front from the beginning by necessity in part. i want to get your reaction on what the president said there. he talked to the cia director on the plane as he made his way to california, but he hasnt gotten the full assessment and we...

About this administration. here we have another clear example. >> youve got him on tape. youve got the murder on tape. youve got people on tape saying it was done for the boss, mbs. there couldnt be a clearer picture thats coming out here, and its just like the russian investigation. because it involves him either personally or has some personal stake in it, he just has to lie or make up facts. >> he identifies with these strong men. i truly believe in many, many ways he sees himself in many of ...