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>> meanwhile, the saudis are still playing for time, announcing it will take them another month to put together a report on exactly what they claim happened. and guess who is heading up the committee charged with putting together that report? thats right. crown prince mohammed bin salman. yes, the very same crown prince who u.s. officials have told cnn had to have known about the operation that ended in khashoggis death. fox guarding the henhouse, anybody? but president trump seems to think the ...

>> i will answer precisely. >> reporter: for several years row the coalition spokesman for the saudi led war in yemen. he had huge exposure and became a local celebrity in saudi arabia. his fame, coupled to his robust defense of saudi interests, earned him the attention of architect of that war, mohammad bin salman, known as mbs. a general in the air defense are corps, he got a second start and according to a source, sought close ties to salman during his rapid rise to crown prince. it paid off,...

Specific evidence. paul: of course, the turks have their own incentives here. theres something of a rival of saudi arabia for influence in the middle east, its hard to know who to trust here, isnt cincinnati. >> i think thats exactly right. there are so many other agendas going on here, the turks and their allies in the region, the qatarys despise the saudis, would be eager to humiliate. keep the pressure on the united states to keep pushing the saudis as well. paul: the people who have been arr...

U.s. intelligence delivered a hit list, enemys list to the crown prince, the m.b.s. in saudi arabia and that the prince then may have acted on that. and one of the people he took action against is mr. khashoggi. >> just to be clear, we do not have that reporting. >> tucker: that is a sitting member of congress who said that. these are not serious people. they know nothing. they will say anything. they are buffoons. spare us the lectures, please. we have more on the news from saudi arabia in a fe...

Hook? >> well, i think thats always the danger and thats the delicate line the united states walks. weve got to stand up for our values, on the other hand, we have got important business to get done in the international community, you do that with the leaders that are in place in these countries, so long as mbs is there, weve got to be able to do business with him in the interest and in the security of the united states of america. weve seen this in russia, we continue to have summits with vladi...

Without mbss approval of tasks? >> no, i think as analytical matter for anybody who followed the saudiss closely and particularly mohammed bin salaman its hard with the potential ramifications its clearly had not happening without any kind of expressed order from mohammed bin salaman, president trump calling good first step, what do you think we should do? >> well, i think its good step, for 2 and a half weeks the saudis have said that this man left the consulate of own free will and now finally...

Crown prince, the m.b.s. in saudi arabia and that the prince then may have acted on that. and one of the people he took action against is mr. khashoggi. >> just to be clear, we do not have that reporting. >> tucker: that is a sitting member of congress who said that. these are not serious people. they know nothing. they will say anything. they are buffoons. spare us the lectures, please. we have more on the news from saudi arabia in a few minutes. but first another fox news alert. mexican author...

Protected from the united states and working for media outlet, the washington post. we have to be clear in rhetoric and clear that this can never happen again or will in fact, jeopardize the u.s.-saudi strategic partnership and there are sanction that is we need to put into place, the global act sanctions that targeted against specific saudi perpetrators of this action and then i think weve got to consider real pressure on the saudis finally, dont indulge mohammed bin salaman, hes creating more ...

Saudi arabia is an important country for the united states with regard to iran and oil markets and donald trump does not have the option, of not talking to mbs. with the graham might but the secretary of state does not. to deal with an unpleasant, and acceptable situation in a way that preserves american interests in the region. >> there is the complexity. that is what everybody is dealing with, meeting officials in the us and turkish officials so several questions, the president, part of the re...

Rally, as were still under -- as were still understanding what has -- what exactly happened in the consulate. and is cheering on the montana representative that body slammed a reporter, and he is joking with the crowd and saying, you know, hes a guy that you dont want to wrestle with, and hes a tough cookie, and celebrating violence against the press. so the idea that this administration is going to care about what happened and how he has said constantly that he was a u.s. resident, not a u.s. c...