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Whos it look like? it looks like khashoggi, right? its not khashoggi. you know what it is? its a human piece of proof of premeditation. what does our president say about this? not too much. hes too busy demonizing that caravan. what do you do with saudi arabia when it looks like theyre trying to get away with murder? how much do we need saudi arabia, because that is really what its about, right? a special guest tonight who has insight that nobody else has. former secretary of defense, ash carter...

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Else with their arm sales. now, again, i support the arm sales, and i hope some way can be found through this. but in diplomacy and in state craft, particularly in defense state craft, you dont take all or nothing. you look at what your situation is. and i, if i were advising the president, and i hope and trust that this is some of the advice hes getting, is youre in a strong position here. and by the way, weve needed to kind of reset this anyway for quite a while. i was very disappointed, chris...

Know -- but what we did learn, he acknowledged that he is still in communication with mbs, he is advising mbs, that he is advising the president, though he didnt confirm any of the reporting out there. i thought it was just important to just let the man talk, just to hear how his mind works, whats in his heart, how does he deal with this massive portfolio that hes got that includes criminal justice reform, trade, the middle east, you know, sometimes he gets called the secretary of everything. i ...

And what actions we think we should take. >> what kind of advice do you think youd give mbs in this situation? >> just to be transparent. to be fully transparent. the world is watching. this is very, very serious accusation and a very serious situation and to make sure youre transparent, and to take this very seriously. >> how do you respond to that? how do you respond to that counsel? >> well see. i know the secretary of state had some good meetings over there, and well see. >> for more perspec...

Quite a while. i was very disappointed, chris, in their contributions to the counter-isis campaign. i asked again and again, including mohammed bin salman, with whom i worked and tried to work extremely closely, particularly in his early days as he was learning his job, and i said, you know, first of all, okay, you dont want to get in iraq, well talk about that later. but in syria, fighting isis, hows about getting in on the ground with us? well, they were not willing to do that. and in honesty,...

Of american strategy under the trump administration towards iran, kind of middle east peace, partly because of his close relationship with jared kushner. what good options are there now, especially if it becomes clear or at least clearer in the minds of the international community that salman ordered this killing? does he have to step down? what are the u.s.s options? >> well, the u.s. has that decision to make about whether it wants to continue to have a really close relationship with saudi ara...

Controversy and his advice to the saudi crown prince. take a listen. >> do you trust the saudis to sort this out? >> like i said, were getting facts in from multiple places. once those facts come in, the secretary of state will work with our national security team to help us determine what we want to believe and what we think is credible and what we think is not credible. >> even trump says there was deception and lies. i mean, do you see anything that seems deceptive? >> i see things that are d...

So what could happen ultimately in the long-term isnt clear, but i would say not only pay attention to the trump white house, but also to republicans in congress. >> as we watch this speech, were also hearing that the president of turkey wants to hold all of the officials that were involved in this accountable. he had some questions about the remains of the body of jamal kashoggi and wanting to know where those remains are. what role, if any, can congress play on the nature of the relationship b...

In the oval with my colleagues saying the president captured the imagination of the world seems to tell its not about the loss of human life at the consulate, its about its a shame this got out of hand. >> i think katies analysis is exactly right and i thought since i read that interview that hes more upset that the bad press m.b.s. got than the gal act of dismembering a journalist. >> thats right, his relationship with the united states and saudi arabia, in the ap interview as well, he was givi...