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Thats going to be a lot more difficult if those tapes do come out. one final note. secretary mnuchin is still scheduled over at the treasury department to go to saudi arabia for this big investor conference. a spokesperson telling bloomberg news hes still planning to attend, but tomorrow they will revisit that. thats also tomorrow when mike pompeo comes back to washington. the president says he wants to hear from him. soi so i would look to tomorrow to see whether or not mnuchin does cancel his ...

>> i cant imagine there wont be, you but i think we need to find out what happened. >> ive been their biggest defender on the floor of the united states senate. this guy is a wrecking ball. he had this guy murdered in a consulate in turkey, and to expect me to ignore it, i feel used and abused. i was on the floor every time defending saudi arabia because theyre a good ally. the mbs figure to me is toxic. he can never be a leader on the world stage. theyre going to sanction the hell out of saudi ...

Mbs taking down a huge block of rooms that he never even stayed in. we know back in 2015 president trump boasted about how much he likes the saudis and their money, buying apartments of his in -- throughout the united states. so president trump clearly likes the saudis. but mike pompeo, we believe, is there to represent the american people. he met with the crown prince in saudi arabia yesterday, smiling ear to ear, whats actually going on in turkey? >> well, you know, its really important to rem...

Pompeo, its quite likely its going to be quite a different story than what the saudi crown prince and others have been telling secretary pompeo. and so what were probably going to hear is that they told him that they feel like this is a very serious issue and that there was a murder committed in this consulate. thats going to make it harder for the trump administration to accept whatever type of cover story the saudis come up with. >> how do you explain both mike pompeo and the president giving ...

Out of nowhere to justice kavanaugh, and suggesting that it is sort of the culture that we are in right now that you are guilty until proven innocent and it is an unfair burden on saudi arabia. he talked about how he had conversations with the mbs and the king and after conversations with the king that he thee yourized the idea of the rogue killers, and a concept that has not been to the best of our knowledge floated by any u.s. intelligence source, and perhaps not even directly allowed to by th...

That shining city on the hill for the rest of the globe to follow. this president doesnt do that. and he also is one who has really whetted himself to the saudis. right from the beginning of this administration. they decided to make saudi arabia their linchpin in the middle east to be a bullwark against iran, to be a key player in the possible middle east peace deal and fight extremeanism the region. lets remember, it was partially because of jared kushners very close relationship with mbs that ...

>> i dont want to talk about any of the facts. they didnt want to either. and that they want to have the opportunity to complete this investigation in a thorough way. >> ned, have you ever seen an american diplomat sort of used as a prop the way mbs used pompeo yesterday? and have you seen this so inv t inverted? im struck by the fact they didnt save all of the, you know, covering each others behind for the private meeting and speak as americas, you know, any sort of moral leadership that this c...

Multiple countries with operatives with a bonesaw, individuals connected to muhammad bin salman. it may be the saudis knew all along theyd be caught and knew all along as we have seen at least heretofore that the trump administration would be with them every step of the way. and what pompeos visit to riyadh underscored is that we havent seen any rupture and its unclear if we will. >> i spoke to a former intelligence official who said -- i asked him why would mbs have done this? and he said simpl...

That. he didnt quite say how that idea was formed. but hes the one who delivered it and certainly said it publicly. what were seeing is weve heard in the last couple of days really double down on these ties the u.s. has with saudi arabia and the idea hes in no rush doesnt want at all to break them. he said that in a cable interview he did saying that he does not want to separate the u.s. from saudi arabia. he has been very explicit about the economic impact he fears would be here in the united s...

Moment when khashoggi entered the saudi consulate in istanbul. when the brave journalist opened the door, he began a catastrophic process that has now put mbs own future in question. joining me now is the columnist who wrote that piece, david ignatius, a close colleague of jamal khashoggis. david, thank you for being with us here. how do you see this unfolding? >> well, i think were now into the decisive phase in which the united states needs to pressure saudi arabia to conduct a real investigat...