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That, that biden shouldnt have done this, that, you know, it was compromising american human rights. what do you say to those people? >> look, at the end of the day, nations act upon their interest, values remain important and critical and im sure human rights remain very, very important aspect to any nation that respects itself. at the end of the day, there is a much much bigger story that is out there and saudi arabia is an important player and to be fair, the saudi government at the moment is...

The security agencies and the intelligence agencies, all know very well that it is absolutely in the u.s. interest to cooperate with saudi arabia across the region to counter violent extremism, to fight terrorism, and to protect american interests which are happen to be also our region of interest. >> lets talk about jamal khashoggi will get for a moment because i just knew that it was brought up within the meeting with president biden and the crown prince. according to both saudi and american o...

Logical extension. you know, is that real-ism? is what biden did a realist foreign policy saying, look, i dont like saudi arabia, i believe theyre a pariah state, i dont believe mbs is a good faith actor, i believe he committed or ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi, but this is the world i have to operate on me? >> i can understand that sentiment. i dont think it is realistic for us to give credibility to mbs as the president has promised to make him a pariah. we have to be willing to take st...

US Senior Advisor for Energy Security Amos Hochstein says OPEC nations can expand oil production and will do so following the Jeddah Summit, although information from Saudi Arabia says otherwise.

Coming weeks. but you have not heard them say we are ready. >> i will ask my director josh, to throughout the tweet that you put. its relative to jamal khashoggi, and the discussion between the president and mbs on that. they have pushed back. when i say, they i mean the saudis, to some degree. where does the truth lie in this? >> well, i guess, in some ways, it depends on who you ask. the president says specifically, he embraced it. and u.s. intelligence of course says, that the crown prince wa...

Quite active even before mbs and particularly toward iraq after the american intervention. the saudis sort of treated iraq as if it was an iranian client state. they were not very welcoming and friendly. has that changed under mbs? >> i think iraq has changed and has been projecting itself and its values to our entire neighborhood. this is not about a zero sum game. iran is our nachblt we have vital relationships vepgss. we do not want to go back to the days of saddam husain where we fight with ...

From jamal khashoggis wife who said after this visit, the blood of mbs next victim is on your hands. what do you say to mrs. khashoggi? >> >> im sorry she feels that way. i was straight toward back then, i was straight a forward today. >> how can you be sure that another murder like jamal khashoggi -- >> god love you, what a silly question. how could i possibly be sure of any of that? howard: the president didnt like that question. the questions were from reuters, nbc and so forth. fist bump see...

Writer and columnist Robin Wright said Biden made little progress in resetting relations with the Palestinians.

Essen essentially being in reign for so many years. >> saudi arabias foreign policy had been quite active even before mbs and particularly toward iraq after the american intervention, the saudis sort of treated iraq as if it was an iranian client state. they were not very welcoming and friendly. has that changed under mshbs? >> i think iraq changed and been projecting itself and its values to our entire neighborhood. this is not about a zero sum game. iran is our neighbor. we have vital national...

>> i promise well get to that. one more question about the efforts that the administration is making on oil. the president just returned from saudi arabia. he just met with crown prince mohammad bin salman. i want you to look at this image. i know youve seen it. the world has seen it, the first bump. the reaction has been swift because this is a man who ordered the brutal murder of a journalist, and then his body was dismembered with a bone saw. jamal khashoggis fiancee said if he were alive tod...