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Crown prince, known as mbs, knew nothing about any of this. but according to "the new york times," the cia is convinced mbs is culpable in mr. khashoggis death. the nsa on the other hand reportedly collected communications of saudi officials discussing a plan to lure mr. khashoggi back to saudi arabia and detain him. "the times" says those nsa intercepts does not reveal whether mbs directly ordered the killing of mr. khashoggi. and then there is whats happening in congress. were learning the tru...

Methods of this crown prince prince have become unsound and in his view he needs to be taken out of management. he said his father the king only has several lucid hours everyday and its a hell of a mess. do you concur? >> absolutely. this was also not normal saudi behavior. if you go back ten years ago, the saudis arent normally fighters. they bribe people, they lie, they form alliances, theyre totally under the umbrella protection of the united states so i think mbs, the crown prince, has taken...

The press here? i dont think so. >> is he offended, and is he moving on khashoggi because of the brutality of the alleged murder, or does he think that mbs is just getting too much bad press? >> im not sure. i just think that the white house found itself finally in a place yesterday where there was an overwhelming about of media attention, overwhelming about of intelligence that was pointing in one direction, and they realized they had to start to head in that way or it would continue to be a bi...

Saudi spending on lobbying in the united states, $10 million in 2016, jumped to $27 million in 2017. according to foreign influence transparency initiative, in 2017 saudi lobbyists contacted more than 200 members of congress including literally every senator. so the saudis are spreading a lot of money around in washington. >> absolutely. i think its worth looking at the presidents family, specifically jared. there was a report that mbs, the crown prince, was meeting regularly with jared and saw ...

What happens next. saudi arabia claims that the crown prince, known as mbs, knew nothing about any of this. but according to "the new york times," the cia is convinced mbs is culpable in mr. khashoggis death. the nsa on the other hand reportedly collected smoo eed communications of saudi officials discussing a plan to lure mr. khashoggi back to saudi arabia and detain him. "the times" say it does not reveal whether mbs directly ordered the killing of mr. khashoggi. and then there is whats happen...

Doing. whats worse to me is that the president is using the word credible. its always been about money. its always been about the relationship between the house of saud and now the house of trump, as some have called it. this is about jared kushner, and mbs. mbs was not the reformer, the modernist we thought he was. some of us were under no guise that he was that. but, look, i liked him in the beginning. hes no better than a murderous thug. when you take somebody who has been inside, an insider ...

Abduct a guy or if you want to kill a guy and then do away with his body. but that 15 men is just an incredible -- an incredible signal of premeditation. >> okay, youre the spook. you know how this is done. they got surveillance cameras on the place. it was probably bugged by the turks. this guy, khashoggis girlfriend, fiancee standing outside, they didnt hide the fact that he was killed. they didnt hide it. he disappeared inside that building. >> but with these kinds of regimes comes some hubri...

Pessimism about republicans in congress and trump. of course youre right that they have folded again and again. but the one area where they have occasionally said this is too far is foreign policy and somebody like lindsey graham feels more strongly, i think, about foreign policy than anything else. and what trump seems to be doing here is breaking with our own intelligence agencies in his assessment, as you reported earlier, our own intelligence folks think that mbs was involved. they cant see ...

Straight. >> the thing is, what a lot of people fear, malcolm, the next step will be then youve got these guys who can then say they did it. then what happens? >> well, im going to make a couple predictions about whats going to happen here. advice to the government of saudi arabia, o.j. simpson is available as a consultant for them to find out who exactly did this. whos going to help them with the killer? whats going to happen here is this, because ive worked there my entire career, one, the you...

Of this crown prince have become unsound and in his view he needs to be taken out of management. he said his father the king only has several lucid hours everyday and its a hell of a mess. do you concur? >> absolutely. this was also not normal saudi behavior. if you go back ten years ago, the saudis arent nom lnormally fighters. they bribe people, they lie, they form alliances, theyre totally under the umbrella protection of the united states so i think mbs, the crown prince, has taken up a new ...