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The tweet comes hours after republican senator lindsey graham said this. >> 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. to expect me to ignore it, i feel used and abused. i was on the floor every time defending saudi arabia. theres a difference between a country and an individual. the mbs figure is to me toxic. he can never be a world leader on the world stage. saudi arabia, if youre lis...

The rumor report coming out. >> cnns sam kylie is live in riya riyadh. what more do we know this morning about the meeting that secretary pompeo had today? >> well, the secretary visited first with king salman, who is the elderly head of state here, who had already handed over most of the reins of power to his son, crown prince mohammed bin salman. that was a 15-minute meeting. he was attended also by the saudi foreign minister who went with him where he met mbs, mohammed bin salman, the real po...

Himself said severe punishment, those were his words on sunday. >> i would agree with that assessment, because everything were hearing, and i dont want to rush, and thats why all sanctions have to be on the table to determine what level would be appropriate, but it is clear. this individual went into the saudi consulate and did not come out alive. and if the recognition is that saudi arabia had something to do with this, which it appears to be, we need to hold them accountable and have our allie...

Operation gone wrong. theyre going overseas with people as part of that saudi party that included medical personnel, clearly, they anticipated not an interview but as you say, interrogation. that is physical duress of somebody in an overseas consulate. thats remarkable. thats not a rogue operation. thats planning beforehand, before you leave the saudi capital of riyadh, that youre going to push somebody around in an interview in a foreign country. the other thing it tells me, maybe more signific...

Consequential decision of his presidency. and now a demand for a strong response to the saudis. >> ive been their biggest defender on the floor of the senate. this guy is a wrecking ball. he had this guy murdered in a consulate in turkey. to expect me to ignore it, i feel used and abused. i defended saudi arabia because theyre a good ally. theres a difference between a country and individual. the mbs is toxic. >> this would blow apart the middle eastern part. the u.s. cant shrug its shoulder and...

Up next week, the future investment initiative being held in riyadh. steven mnuchin is supposed to go. if the saudis are going to come clean that they murdered and butchered a "washington post" columnist, to have government officials go there and grip and grin with the same regime that would do this to one of our colleagues here cant stand. we have to take a stand. i would call on him to not go, government officials, u.s. business officials to not go to this conference in solidarity with what is...

Trustworthy guy right now. >> we are dealing with two different countries who are not necessarily the most trustworthy, and a lot of the information may be from the turkish government. >> and another huge thing we have is its literally a cutthroat regime that we have. as much as -- obviously we have seen the evidence but mbs is holding power himself. if all fingers pointed at him, it is how would we ever know? >> im not sure we will ever 100% know anything. we make the best conclusion that we ha...

Saudi arabia goes back a long way. they have become a linchpin of our attempt to try to mitigate irans influence in the middle east, irans influence extends up to syria, it involves russia and turkey as well. so theres a lot going on here. somehow, the saudis probably are going to have to be sanctioned in some way. the question is what can we do and still preserve the relationship? >> harris: senator lindsey graham says background princes got to go. >> displaced the man who was going to be king....

He can never be a world leader on the stage. >> what does the president do? >> what i would do, i know what im going to do. im going to sanction the hell out of saudi arabia. >> the key part, the mbs figure is toxic. he can never be a world leader on the world stage. his father is 82 and not in great health. the prince runs the show. northeast his early 30s. lindsey graham is saying for a new relationship in the new chapter, mbs has to go. >> senator graham is a hawk. he defended what the presid...

>> which is angering key members of congress, not as much because what the saudis are accused of is beyond reprehensible. kidnapping, essentially, interrogating and killing and dismembering a journalist. hes a human being. whether good or bad, a human being. kidnapping, torturing, killing, dismembering and lying to the world is what theyre accused of. the president has not taken a firm stand. listen to lindsey graham who on most issues of late is with the president and has defended the president...