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Had to say about the man known as mbs. >> 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 use and abuse and i was on the floor defending saudi arabia, because they are a good ally, and there a difference of a good country and a toxic leader, and he cannot be a leader on the world stage. >> and he is calling him a murderer and there has to be a waut of this mess for the president to make, and there a face-saving way for the saud...

Thats difficult now for the trump administration is theyre about to impose their new sanctions on iran, and they want to get everybody in the gang against iran. saudi arabia is a critical partner. the american public thinks, well, gee, were getting rid of iran but were lining up with these guys who are murderers? its kind of a tricky thing. i think they have to figure out how to exonerate mbs so that they can go on and we can deal with him in our bilateral relations. >> you talk about the import...

>> theyre trying to buying a little bit of time. the decision has not been made 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...

Own president cannot be trusted. >> do you agree with that? let me just add to this, ronald reagans version of this was trust but verify. other presidents have had healthy skepticism, even with countries that we must have a positive and productive relationship with. i mean where do you put -- where do you grade donald trump in his dealings with saudi arabia in the hours and days since weve learned of jamal khashoggis death and disappearance? >> i think its consistent with his previous sort of at...

Crown prince, mbs, of any blame. nbc news reporting the saudis will claim khashoggi did die in the consulate in turkey but it was an interrogation attempt gone wrong. a short time ago, trump checked in with secretary of state mike pompeo in riyadh, tweeting "just spoke with the crown prince of saudi arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in their turkish consulate. he was with the secretary of state mike pompeo during the call and told me he has already started and will rapid...

Here in new york day 634 of the trump administration, and the president is trying to keep the focus on his administration hurricane michael recovery effort, while capitalizing on his successes last week, as the midweeks approach. yet international outrage over the disappearance of a saudi journalist for "the washington post" has become the latest crisis for this white house. jamal khashoggi also pronounced khashogg has been missing since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey, nearly t...

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 named the crown prince last year, there was a real media campaign to try to present him ...

About. among women, i believe among independents, more than 60% of independent women who usually determine the outcome of elections, they are the largest group i think of swing voters. 63% favor democrats. 62% favor democrats. what does this white house worry about, if anything, with the president turning harsher rhetoric on women, people that he, you know, his own constituents, than he does for dictators and authoritarian leaders like mbs? >> well, there is, by the way, concern in the white hou...

Bankers nonetheless? >> well, good for them. they deserve credit for that. but its not a substitute for the united states government taking a stand. and there are easy steps here. we should take absolutely. mnuchin should not be going to that conference. we should ground the relationship the way you would after a plane crash. we should suspend the arm sales. we should be asking very tough questions about what the saudis are doing in our arms in yemen. this whole relationship needs to be re-exami...

You are watching cnn. im brooke baldwin. weve got this breaking news, gruesome new details that confirm missing u.s.-based journalist jamal khashoggi is no longer alive. a turkish official tells cnn his body was cut into pieces after his death. this disturbing news comes after cnn news reported that the assad reese were prepar -- saudis were prepared to add miss that khashoggi was killed by accident. moments ago the president of the united states tweeted out he spoke with the crown prince of ara...