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Account? >> theres no immediate arms deals between the united states and saudiing that are currently being planned. so there is no specific arms deal at this particular moment. we do participate with the saudis in regarding to their yemen campaign. i suggest we may want to look at modifying our relationship with regard to the military relationship. we also looked at sbeerg into a peaceful agreement on nuclear energy. theres several aspects we need to evaluate. senator ben cardin, i appreciate yo...

They wont admit that. mohammed bin salman is not particularly popular through that the islamic world and hes vying for influence with erdogan, the president of turkey. >> its fascinating. mohammed bin salman came to the 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 ...

>> many have celebrated his rise to power. to them hes a vision flare, looking to transform saudi arabia and improve like. women are now allowed to drive and attend sporting events. mbs has also focused on the economy, trying to atracked new businesses in order to make saudi arabia less dependent on oil. in march he held a highly publicized listening tour in the u.s., where he met with president trump and also business leaders like bill gates, richard branson and apples tim cook. as crown prince...

Heard so far, saudi arabia must, and he used that word, must, must give access to the chief prosecutor and turkish investigative experts, into the consulate, and saying right now, the saudis arent doing that. and that they must do it. so this is becoming very, very tense right now. ana? >> john, we know mbs phoned jared kushner at the white house, after all of this happened, to try to make his case. the presidents son-in-law of course, jared kushner, has a very close relationship with the crown ...

Prince muhammad bin salman, only 33 years old, now heir to the throne. he was known for his ambition and for having his eye on the throne, but his cousin was next in line. in june last year his cousin was reportedly summoned to a palace and told to surrender his position. late last year mbs had a widespread crackdown, wounding up and arresting officials, and even saudi royals. some were held against their will at the ritz carlton as they negotiated built onin payments to the government. when ask...

Government. when asked about it on cnns "60 minutes," the prince denied it was a power grab. >> translator: if i have the power and the king has the power to take action against influential people then you are already fundamentally strong. these are naive accusations. >> many have already celebrated his rise to power. women are now allowed to drive and attend sporting events. mbs has also focused on the economy, trying to attract new businesses in order to make saudi arabia less dependent on oil...

Stloe will be less and less trust of saudi arabia moving below. an estimated billion of money fled the country. mbs appeared as a change and now too much for his own good. in the region that is a result of his actions is riskier than ever. cnn, abu dhabi. well, speaking of unfolding economic crisis, times more than tough for turkey. for analysis on all that were seeing and hearing. a key point man for the state department who understandess the turkish file as well as anyone.

You have to look at the context of mohammed bin salmans other actions inside the kingdom. while he has been portraying himself as a reformer, he has been engaged in a brutal crackdown on political dissidents. >> no question. >> he says hes willing to let women drive and yet he just locked up probably the preeminent saudi advocate for womens rights and, as you know, theres already open source reporting that they were conducting a campaign to try to take jamal khashoggi into custody. so we have pl...

>> we dont know enough because at the end of the day we dont have all the tax returns, et cetera. but we know this. when trump was asked why he doesnt want to take a tougher stance against saudi arabia on the jamal khashoggi case, he started talking about the fact that they are spending so many billions of dollars in the u.s. economy. he large exaggerated that amount. but he also said this is not about saudi arabia actually being an important security partner. this is not about a geopolitical re...

Decades date back to at least the 1990s. and the saudi printsz bougce br hotel and yacht from trufmp. and then there is jared kushne., joining me now is our anchor, and also reporter from the tl atlantic. thank you all for being here. jared kushners relationship with mbs, it sort of pinged on the radar when he visited saudi arabia in november of qatar was off. and then all this talk of seeking up to $100 million to pay off his building. how deep are the financial ties?