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But the president reflects what i think a lot of the foreign policy of the united states is orientated towards, which is a saudi arabia that is, despite all of its bad actions, a partner in the region. >> let me ask you this, dani. you said saudi arabia is too big to fail. is mbs too big to fail, though? >> i keep hearing this from people. you know, lindsey graham said this. he said, you know, as long as mbs is in charge of saudi arabia, theyre dead to us. i wish that that were even a possibilit...

Gets off planes, standing guard. presumably, if this guy, this same guy was present in the saudi consulate in istanbul when jamal khashoggi disappeared inside that consulate, then that would provide a direct link between the ruler of saudi arabia, the crown prince, mbs, and the disappearance or the killing of mr. khashoggi. it would be a heck of a coincidence if this guy who travels with him and is always seen with him also happened to be in that consulate, and mbs had no idea, really? it would ...

Deposited $100 million in the state departments account to help with the fight in syria. so what you have is the saudis essentially giving money to america saying, hey, heres some money to keep you quite while we come up with our answer. >> no such thing as a free lunch. the administrations limp response to the disappearance of khashoggi led to criticism of the presidents son-in-law, jared kushner, whos been in charge of the middle easts deal. kushner being into the narrative that the crown prin...

>> some of the criticisms youve made are similar to the criticisms jamal khashoggi has made. he wasnt the harshest critic of saudi arabia. >> i read the columns. on the one hand, mbs is doing some good stuff. on the other hand i wish hed be a true progressive. part of the problem of autocrats is they are very thin skinned. in his case you have the case of absolute power corrupting absolutely. >> one can wonder why donald trump is sympathetic to him, jennifer ruben. its very strange. we have all ...

Saudi arabia and countries the crown prince has visited. so "the times" tonight says theyre able to place a number of the suspects identified by turkey in the disappearance of measure khashoggi as being in the same place as mohammed bin salman, being in the same place as the crown prince, mbs, on several occasions. and this is the guy who is going to haunt your dreams a little bit tonight, this guyton left side of the picture here, this one guy who is identified by turkey as a member of this 15-...

Collect additional information, and what the saudis and mbs right now are doing in trying to cover up the story. >> mike, when the president goes out and stands there and says i take the saudis at their word, theyre denying it, hes doing that knowing all of what director brennan has told us, what intelligence is sharing with him. >> we dont know whats in the presidential daily brief but i think the director is absolutely right. let me ask you this, given everything that we know thats on the publ...

On the one hand, mbs is doing some good stuff. on the other hand i wish hed be a true progressive. part of the problem of autocrats is they are very thin skinned. in his case you have the case of absolute power corrupting absolutely. >> one can wonder why donald trump is sympathetic to him, jennifer ruben. its very strange. we have all sorts of people, republicans, democrats being critical of the fact that the white house seems to be floating theories that the saudis would like to put out there ...

Mohammad bin salman, got this guy, our correspondent, jamal khashoggi, murdered, has become viral in the arab world. its everywhere. everybody is talking about the statement that was made by a senator whos known to be very close to donald trump. that shows you the impact that american words can have. and im just -- you know, were all waiting to see what secretary of state pompeo will say when he gets back about the status of this investigation and what the u.s. position is. >> are you surprised ...

I think the question is going to be who ultimately is the president going to decide he trusts? jared kushner, his son-in-law, does have a pretty strong relationship with mbs and theyve put a lot of chips on that and so far dont seem to be walking away he. >> david ignatius, let me ask you, given what we know right now, today, we have a clearly premeditated homicide that occurred in turkey. we have the secretary of state and the president trump of the united states basically engaging in back slap...

Eggs in the saudi regime basket for all sorts of thingthings, a they cannot stand the idea that the person they embraced ordered a hit on a "washington post" columnist overseas. if the president is not going to do his job, and if he is going to undermine our credibility overseas by being complicit in a cover-up, then the united states congress has to act. >> and i want to play for you what former cia chief john brennan who had been stationed in riyadh said this morning. >> we cant turn to a blin...