Page 238 - Mbs News Today

Clip of lindsey graham. michael rubio has also come out against this. there is growing consensus in both housings of the congress that what the saudis have done is crossed a red line, that the -- mbs is going to have to play a price. the relationship with saudi arabia is going to pay a price. it is going to be a long time recovering i think because both parties are so outraged by what has happened. >> all right, congressman, to davids point, i want to play what marco rubio said. >> this is going...

Republican, republican senator lindsey graham had to say less than an hour ago on fox news. >> we deal with bad people all the time but this is in our face. i feel personally offended. they had nothing but contempt for us. why would you put a guy like me and the president in this box after all the president has done? this guys got to go. theres a lot of good people you can choose but mbs has tainted your country and tainted himself. >> are you listening, lindsey graham, what you gonna do about i...

They used the word stab. this is the regime that sent a death squad, basically, to -- with forensic expert with a bone saw and now is claiming that they know nothing about this murder, that it was a rogue. now we have a rogue prince who is committing atrocity the last two years. >> it seems to me everyone is waking up to a reality now about bin salman and the saudis, which has been true for a very long time, even predating muhammad bin salman. >> yeah, well, but prince muhammad, mbs as he was na...

They may be responsible or culpable for khashoggis death. >> i have great confidence in my former colleagues at the cia and the rest of the intelligence community to uncover what actually happened here. and although donald trump and others in the administration may try to cover it up, it will be up to the congressional committees to demand briefings from cia and others about what we know and what mbs role was in that. i dont think, in fact, mbs is going to get o ut of this predicament. in many r...

Possible explanation of what happens despite the facts and the reality. so this idea of rogue killers have one that probably was bandied about. i dont believe for a moment the fact this took place in a mission in turkey and there were plane loads of saudis who went there. mbs, the crown prince, has a stranglehold over the saudi governments security and intelligence apparatus. i find it so farfetcheded that anything like this could happen without his intimate knowledge and approval beforehand. >>...

So. this isnt about foreign policy. this isnt about human rights. this is about trump organization money. >> well, joe, the outlines of this story are pretty simple and theyre very familiar. its a line you just outlined and its similar to his reaction to putin. this story also has to do with the $110 billion arms sales to saudi arabia. clearly more of a priority to the president of the united states than the national integrity of the united states foreign policy. mike pompeo is in saudi arabia t...

Of the treasury secretary. he remains on the agenda for this conference later in the week. the white house may end up pulling him depending how this meeting with secretary of state pompeo has in riyadh over the next couple of days. >> whats the -- what is pompeo there to do as far as you can understand? >> as far as we know, chris, hes been sent by the president, by trump, to try to get to the bottom of this and find out whats going on, what happened in that consulate in istanbul. but im not sur...

Trump watches is "fox & friends." the saudis are very aware of the fact graham is making these comments. does that mean the white house will shift its position on saudi any time soon? i doubt it. these relationships are just too close. the fact that the president has been a vocal defender to the extent that he can of mohammed bin salman over the last week or so is really telling. that said, grahams criticism is an important moment. the strongest indicator, if any, that things may be changing in ...

Who do not challenge him are treated better thann the men in the white house. saw that with ivanka trump, saw that with hope hicks, saw it last week when nickki haley stepped down from her job, no one got the treatment when they stepped down from the job. saw that with dina powell who would have been welcomed back with open arms. women who challenge him are debased, degraded and treated subhuman. theyre compared to animals all the time. its just -- this is the language that comes s out offe whit...

>> its like you looked at our rundown, because were talking about that in about 20 minutes, john. >> no, i didnt look at your rundown, but the point is they need us to buy their oil, they need our spare parts for their military. they need us more than we need them. theres a lot of leverage there. >> when i talk to sources at the white house, they say this is a diplomatic led effort. some in the republican party are saying, whatever, this relationship with mbs should be in the back seat at this m...