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The fact theres regional dynamics that are very complicated. we certainly have an important alliance with the saudis. lets not forget who benefits if we have a fracture of our rbis. the turks are ready to step in, qataris. if we believe the saudis did this, huge problem. we obviously have to do something about it. lets not forget there are other players in the region with interests as well. lets not be quick to run to judgment unless we have complete and thorough evidence that this happened. >> ...

Meeting out justice to members of the royal family. there have been princes in the past who have been held to account for transgressions of the law, including executions. its going to be up to king salman, if he has the mental capacity and political strength -- >> you said if. you dont think the king has mental capacity right now? >> well, he is aging, and there are indications that he has failed a bit. whether or not now hes able to muster the strength and the capacity to find out what happened...

Could take down both governments. >> and it was the news organization that you work for that did do this story, that hints at the fact that jared kushner was very open, that he, like his father-in-law, had very loose lips when in the presence of foreign leaders who he probably should not have been chatting too, right, and that he may have given information to the saudis that was helpful to them in terms of speaking to them out of turn. what do we have to back that up? >> the reporting from my co...

They didnt think it would break this way internationally, or they dont care about international cover of it and theyre going to handle spin at home. how do you make sense of that? >> truly thats an important question, how could they have been so clueless as to think they could get away with this? for years the saudis have on retainer former cia officials, former state department officials, a whole coatary of washington lobbyist and officials to advise them what they could get away with and what ...

Take jamal khashoggi into custody. so we have plenty of context around his actions that suggest that this would not be completely out of character for him. >> are you worried about trumps connections? his son-in-laws connections with mbs and whether or not thats playing any factor in the calculation of urgency? chris, can you hear me? all right, i lost the senator there, but its a good question and well get his answer and give it to him because, again, you know, were not used to seeing the presi...

United states, met with business leaders. hes certainly trying to project a new image for saudi arabia, sell a new story for saudi arabia. if in fact the saudis did what the allegations are that they murdered this man in their own consulate in istanbul, its kind of putting a lie to this image that saudi arabias has been trying to project. >> i think. so remember mohammed bin salman detained the lebanese prime minister, hariri, which is just unheard of. and an insult to lebanon. hes burned throug...

Vinci portrayed of jesus cries. as far as my personal spending, im a rich person. >> while he does appear to power hungry, initiating the involvement in yemen and standoff with qatar, hes become an ally, once serving as a go-between. >> crown prince, thank for you being here. >> an ally it seems, but questions remain about how much muhammad bin salman can be trusted. as we proare recorded, its reported that a khashoggi may have reported his own death on his appear watch. joining me is bob behr...

The turks dont trust the saudis. they would have had a lot of surveillance on that consulate. the cummings and goings as well inside and possibly video. the turks are very advanced in this. like i said, they dont want to admit it, they dont want to admit it. >> why do you think the turks are engaging with a joint investigation with a saudi delegation that arrived in istanbul today. do you think its politics? >> i think its politics. the turks hate mohammed bin salman for what hes doing in yemen ...

Khashoggi has been critical of the ruscreegime and the crown p. we want a take a closer look tonight at mohamed bin salaman. long considered the favorite son of the saudi king he was known for his ambition and for having his eye on the throne. but his cousin was next in line so in june last year his cousin was reportedly summoned to a palace and told to surrender his position as the crown prince. late last year mbs initiated a widespread crack down on what he called corruption in his country rou...

France recently. the new yorker reports he recently bought a yacht, a chateau in paris andalist year hes said to have paid $450 million for a leonardo da vinci portrait of jesus christ. >> translator: im a rich person, not a poor person. im not gandy or man della. >> and whil e he does appear at times to be power hungry hes become an ally to the trump administration. an ally it seems, but questions still remain about how much mohammed bin salaman can be be trusted. as we reported the progovernme...