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To task. because you said the united states before donald trump was basically foreign policy consistent with its values. and the united states was an honest broker. well, the only difference between donald trump and his predecessors, he does not really pay any lip service to the norms that his predecessor did. but what donald trump has done, he made the situation at least much more dangerous than it is. and i know its very difficult for some of your viewers to believe so. moving the american emb...

Transformations of governing by shocks. final points, i have, far re fareed, i want to take you -- foreign policy skechbt with its values. and the united states was an hon nos broker. the only difference between donald trump and his predecessors, what donald trump has done, he has made the situation in the middle east much more dangerous than it is. and i know its very difficult for some of your viewers to believe so. moving the american embassy to jerusalem, he deepened palestinian decembspair,...

Blown out of proportion. howie: most of people, including myself, had not heard of jamal khashoggi. he was a saudi citizen living in virginia. he has now in death become a symbol of the way president trump is handling this and a symbol of the saudi authoritarian approach. every past administration it seems to me for decades has overlooked the saudis terrible human rights record. the mistreatment of women. most of of the 9/11 hijackers were saudis. is there a possibility in this case the media ar...

Hes -- extremely close ally. hes moved away from iran and in part to erase the obama legacy of the iran deal but thats his choice, and he tends to gravitate and have a more sympathetic approach to these strong men leaders than his pled czyzors and those -- predecessors and those around him. he didnt come out early and say, look, this is a shocking, horrifying situation, were going to get the facts and not make a judgment until weve had a full investigation. he didnt that dao that right off the -...

Modernize the countrys intelligence operations. the crown prince has said he knew nothing of khashoggis disappearance. nothing in tonights statement changes that claim. hes the powerful heir to the throne. shannon. >> shannon: all right, thank you very much. so where does the trump administration go from here? lets talk about it with tonights foreign policy panel. former cia station chief, and former national security advisor to vice president dick cheney. welcome to all of you. numerous previou...

Mohammed bin salmon ordered a committee to modernize the intelligence operations, crown prince that he knew nothing of jamal khashoggis disappearance in the thing tonight changes that claim. there was deep skepticism of his denials and now his leadership. >> thank you very much. where does the trump administration go from here. we talk about it of criticism saying numerous previous administrations have been too easy on the saudis, this is not something especially new. how the response? >> that i...

Came to me. >> again, to your knowledge, was the president or anyone at the white house involved in those discussions either with your predecessors or people you are working with now or yourself? >> sir, to my -- the direction we got came from the fbi. it was the fbi that directed gsa as to what its requirements would be. >> the white house took the same line, putting out a statement saying the whole reason this plan changed for the fbi building had nothing at all to do with the president trying...

Officials at the white house consult with any of these other agencies in decision-making process? >> sir, the fbi was the one who came to me. >> again, to your knowledge, was the president or anyone at the white house involved in those discussions? either with your predecessors or people you are working with now or yourself? >> sir, to my knowledge -- the direction that we got came from the fbi. it was the fbi that directed gsa as to what its requirements would be. >> the white house took the sa...

Something you didnt do but its tougher to take a bow for something you might regret. john kennedy -- could have blamed his military advisors, even his predecessors the bay of pigs fiasco. in the end, as president, it was his fiasco. >> victory has 100 fathers and defeat is an orphan. i wouldnt be surprised if information is -- in regard to the recent activities. >> neil: lesson learned. the trouble with pointing fingers at others is that some of those others feel tempted to point a finger at you...

United states and well have the 46th president. for arguments sake, say the 46th president is more traditional, more like donald trumps predecessors how will europeans and others react. how do things go back to the way you and i remember or to what extent does this cause enduring damage to the relationship? >> its going to have a long term impact. it doesnt mean a new president that does traditional foreign policy and engagement tries to lead isnt able to marshal the forces behind him or her whe...