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Good evening, im jake tapper in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, breaking news, president trump telling the associated press that blaming saudi arabia for the apparent murder of "washington post" contributor jamal khashoggi is another case of being, quote, guilty until proven innocent and, quote, i dont like that. president trump then goes on to compare the situation to allegations against his supreme court justice. "we just went through that with justice kavanaugh and he was innocent all t...

Jamal khashoggi. he said he jest spoke with the crown prince. he said he has rapidly started and will complete a full and complete investigation into this matter, answers will be forthcoming. jeff, hearing from this president and the denials from the saudis, it seems to me that the president believes them. >> reporter: no question. it seems that the question once again is certainly saying answers will be coming shortly, but he is taking the crown prince at his word. brooke, i think the timing of...

Its clear the kingdom is not going to pin this on mbs. its clear the senate does think he has culpability here. so what we need is some sort of investigation. i know the journalists family has called for it as well. we do have the iranian sanctions which come on board in just three weeks. we have areas of cooperation as it relates with counterterrorism with saudi, the oil markets. you could go on and on. when we have allies that violate human rights and they do so egregiously, how do we respond ...

This relationship may be changing and rather quickly. >> john, thank you very much. morgan, first to you. you lived in saudi arabia for a year and a half. we were just talking at a commercial break, you were saying mbs, 33, hes seen as this rock star, especially among young people, young saudis. to hear president trump spoke with him and believes his denial, does it seem to you that trumps role is emerging as a saudi publicist? >> you know, theres so many facets when youre dealing with these lea...

>> i was wondering if you would know, jake. >> yeah, we had uhf when i was growing up. i want to ask you one last question, senator. this morning on fox, lindsey graham had some harsh words about mbs, the crown prince of saudi arabia. take a listen. >> he had this guy murdered in a consulate in turkey and to expect me to go it, this guys got to go. saudi arabia, if youre listening, there are a lot of good people you can choose but mbs has tainted your country and tainted himself. >> do you agree...

Saudi arabia. any suggestion that i have is just more fake news. but thats not true. just ask president trump, who bragged about his business dealings with the saudis during the campaign. >> they buy all sorts of my stuff, all kinds of toys from trump. they pay me millions and hundreds of millions. >> reporter: the presidents latest comments on the khashoggi case sound as though hes prepared to accept the denials from the saudi government that its operatives murdered the journalist. >> it sounde...

Cnn correspondent sam kiley standing by for us in riyadh. sam. >> reporter: the first indication we got of the new line from the saudis came from donald trump. once again perhaps blurting confidences shared with him, in this case, a phone call with si king salman. we are expecting to hear that this was a rendition that mr. khashoggi was lured into the embassy with the issue of getting him back to saudi arabia by the saudi intelligence. this is the important part of what the expected narrative wi...

Executive, mbs, should go. i think thats going to be extremely difficult for them to swallow. and that may have, indeed, a delay. were getting some signals there was going to be a statement and now theres been a delay as perhaps theyre refashioning what they are going to say about this incident, brooke. >> refashioning, huh? sam and clarissa, thank you so much. this heartbreaking shift is coming from the family of jamal khashoggi for the first time. they acknowledge that the father of four is de...

Upping their criticism of the saudi crowned prince. >> this guy is a wrecking ball. he had this guy murdered in a son slat in turkey this guy has got to go. saudi arabia if you are listening, there are a lot of good people you could choose. mbs has tainted your country and tainted himself. >> the saudis are threatening to strike back should the united states hit the kingdom with sanctions. that includes the possibility of raising oil prices. something that would obviously affect the global econo...

Russia. or in this case mbs or the king. or the crowned prince. if this proves true, that they directed ordered a kidnapping and murder. of a journalist in american resident. someone a critic of the saudi royal family at times. then that would be the latest in a disturbing line of incidents where it maybe that our own president statements his calling the press the enemy of the people made the suggestion to the saudis they could do something like this and get away with it. heres an opportunity fo...