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>> thats exactly right, anderson. donald trump has basically given every tyrant on the planet a license to kill. just on sunday in the "60 minutes" interview, he was asked about what vladimir putin does, which includes trying to kill dissidents in great britain, and donald trump basically said its not in our country so he doesnt care. this basically gives a license to the worst elements in the world. i think its contrary to american interests. and i would cite to you the example of ronald reagan...

Tomorrow night at the embassy. i guess its hard to get rsvps when everybody that shows up doesnt always leave alive. thats a bit problem at ibatic. i want to remain hopeful that this is not one to be a swift desert justice. that its one where we have more mutual cooperation on intelligence and move beyond a relationship based on strategic interests to one of shared values. but this is a problem. and this transition is a difficult one. but i dont think we can give up on saudi arabia. i think we h...

Between secretary of state mike pompeo and crown prince mohammed bin salman or mbs yesterday. pompeo back in the u.s. about to land at joint base andrews, the photo op was all smiles but behind closed doors, our jamie gangal reports it was anything but, according to a source. pompeo said, by the source, to be direct and blunt and demanding the saudis get the investigation done and quickly and that every fact must get out. this, of course, after the saudi government for days now adamant that it h...

Correspondent jamie gangel is getting new information, new familiar but also for the future of the mueller investigation reporting tonight on what happened during that meeting because that, in a way, is on between secretary pompeo and the the ballot here. i think rosenstein recognizes saudi crown prince, mohammad bin that. >> it is a really sensitive salman. jamie is joining us on the phone moment right now. right now. laura cooks, he also says this, jamie, that meeting at least at the beginning...

Leave alive. thats a bit problematic but, look, i want to remain hopeful that the future for saudi arabia isnt destined to be one of this type of swift desert justice. that its one where we can have more mutual cooperation on intelligence and that we can move beyond a relationship based on strategic interests to one of shared values but this is a problem and this transition is a difficult one but i dont think we can give up on saudi arabia but i think weve got to hole them accountable if there w...

Secretary panetta, always good to see you. you heard jamies reporting, a source familiar with the meeting saying that pompeo told mbs in no uncertain terms he has to own the situation, have to get the investigation done quickly and if they dont do it, the u.s. will have to deal with this. i guess my first question for you is, do you buy that behind the scenes, pompeo conveyed this to the saudis? >> well, i think that secretary pompeo probably did present a very firm message to the saudis. you kn...

They were also seen together in houston back in april, touring homes that were flooded after hurricane harvey. is that something secretary pompeo asked the crown prince about when he was prompting him to conduct his investigation? cnn special correspondent jamie gangal just breaking this news for us. jamie, what more are you learning about what secretary pompeo told the crown prince? >> reporter: well, jake, as you just said, the smiles ended at the end of that photo op, and im told that secreta...

Is that whats happening here? is the world just being too hard on mbs and king solomon? >> it seems to me that president trump has done a classic trumpian thing of inserting himself right into the middle of a story that many in his own party would wish he wasnt. he seems to be acting more like a lawyer for the saudis, more like a pr agent for the saudis than he does the president of the most powerful country in the world. my question is, number one, whats happened to american intelligence capabi...

Mike pompeo was able to alleviate any of the concerns turkish officials had or to alleviate their sense of growing impatience, a sense they are starting to get a bit fed up, that they want answers and they want them imminently. very hard to believe or hard to understand how it is that the u.s. administration has been so credulous of the saudi narrative up until this point with very little skepticism injected there, poppy. >> the question becomes is this about getting to the bottom of this or is ...

They are going to get away with it. >> the question is, heidi, what happens on the hill? weve heard rand paul and some others who usually are obsequious to donald trump and cow tail to him, lindsey graham of late, being very critical of the saudis. are there enough republicans to cross the president when you have saudi leaders who are murdering washington post journalists? >> you would think that this would be the red line. we thought the red line may have been the tariffs. but in this case, yes...