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We got hit with the distilled essence of everything that was going on out back. >> osama bin laden and 15 of the 9/11 hijackers were all suddenies. saudis. more isis soldiers come from saudi than from anywhere else in the middle east. for years america has been desperate for a new day in saudi arabia. >> welcome to the stage, ladies and gentlemen, his royal highness -- >> enter the 36-year-old crown prince mohammad bin salman. he is unlike any saudi ruler the world has seen before. mbs effective...

And if mohammad bin salman was somehow toppled, the most likely outcome is the return of more conservative traditional elements to saudi government. there are very few jeffersonian democrats out there in the kingdom. the fact remains that mbs has done more reform in saudi arabia in the past few years than took place in the previous several decades. saudi arabia today is a different country. and yet it is also true mbs punishes dissent, sometimes savagely. his pursuit of foreign policy at times i...

For is to have a good and distinguished relationship with iran. >> a fragile ceasefire halted the fighting in yemen. even more radical, after mbs called the jewish state a potential ally. mohammed bin salman is a young man in a hurry. he has thrown so many balls in the air, foreign policy, domestic reform, economic liberalization -- all within a framework of increasing authoritarianism. >> he is our best hope, the kinds of reforms of the government and the economy and the society that we want an...

>> the cia said it believed mbs was involved with the murder. >> mbs, the crown prince, is a wrecking ball. i think hes complicit in the murder of mr. khashoggi to the highest level possible. i think hes crazy. i think he is dangerous. >> trump appeared unconvinced. >> whether he did or whether he didnt, he denies it vehemently. >> i would really question somebodys judgment if they couldnt figure this out. >> it was an example of sometimes elements of the bureaucracy going rogue. >> ali shihabi ...

>> watching "black panther" were men and women sitting together. that is a dramatic change for this country. >> this man is extremely popular. >> here it is, ladies and gentlemen, here in front of the amc theater. >> weve just begun to actually fight the war of ideas. >> hi! >> women were finally allowed to drive. and some of the guardian laws that treated them like children were revealed. mbs stripped the dreaded religious beliefs of much of their power. he arrested some of the crazy clerics. i...

State of israel. saudi arabia is changing. but even as it does, there is something else going on. >> massive purge of princes, all arrested by a man who would be king. >> early in his reign mbs imprisoned hundreds of princes and wealthy businessmen at the riyadh ritz-carlton, of all places. >> we drive in under police escort -- >> it was called a crackdown on corruption. >> no one enters here now without official permission. >> what appeared to be cell phone video emerged showing a chaotic scene...

Police arrested the leaders of the right to drive movement. and again there are credible reports that some of the women were tortured. >> this is an authoritarian absolute monarchy. >> the truth about mbs was beginning to emerge and it was a complicated picture. >> you were young, 29 years old when you became deputy crown prince. had some very dark impulses, saddam-like impulses we now understand. >> u.s. officials usually weigh in when allies like saudi arabia go off course. >> they need us to ...

Policy is purely transactional. if our prime minister is rushing to saudi arabia the day after they have executed 81 people... it is tricky, though, you tweeted a couple of years ago before you became shadow foreign secretary, it is time for the international community to wake up and defend the liberal and social values we have fought so hard for. mbs, the crown prince, should be under investigation. but you might have to deal with him. look, i dont say it is not complex, but i do say reducing u...

US President Joe Biden will reportedly push for a normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and the Israeli regime during his upcoming tour of the Middle East.



Ties between Ankara and Riyadh took a turn for the worse after a Saudi hit squad killed and dismembered Khashoggi in 2018 at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Erdogan at the time blamed it on the "highest levels" of the Saudi government