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Mediterranean. we abandoned our allies who found alongside of us including the kurds, and syrian arab forces. we caused great consternation inside israels security establishment among our critical allies in the region. we freaked out jordan, even the gulf partners in egypt. weve done so many things with this announcement which, of course, secretary mattis resigned over because that was the ultimate straw that broke his back. >> right. >> weve done so many things those actionless speak much loude...

Theres practically no chance whatsoever that crown prince bin salman had anything to do with it. if there are enough links to the saudi security establishment, but it is not too incriminating for the crown prince bin salman, what they want is for the status quo in the relationship. they want a slap on the wrist, they want some harsh rhetorical words from this white house, and to then go back to them, status quo, hat in hand, in many ways dictating our foreign policy in the middle east. >> they h...

>> not at all. he was an american resident. he is a writer, columnist for "the washington post," an american newspaper. we should stand up for human rights everywhere in the world, and certainly sup a murder is unacceptable if indeed the murder happened. but there is plenty of connection to america for america to take the lead in demanding a thorough investigation. not an investigation by the saudis. we should deploy our assets, our fbi assets to find out what happened. >> do you find it credibl...

The u.s. response? >> not at all. he was an american resident. he is a writer, columnist for "the washington post," an american newspaper. we should stand up for human rights everywhere in the world, and certainly sup a murder is unacceptable if indeed the murder happened. but there is plenty of connection to america for america to take the lead in demanding a thorough investigation. not an investigation by the saudis. we should be involved in this. we should deploy our assets, our fbi assets to...

Pompeo thanking king salman for his commitment to supporting a thorough investigation. well, thats a big question. how much of a commitment do the saudis really have to a thorough investigation. it does now seem like their defense will be, and its aided, if you like, by president trump, that this was somehow rogue killers. but frankly, we know that the 15 people who came on two private jets into istanbul were members of the saudi security establishment including one state forensic official. so h...

Almost acting like a spokesman for king salman, talking about rogue killers. thats a line that the saudi media has been propagating to try to muddy the waters here. its quite clear from the turkish side that the 15 men who got off those two saudi registered jets were connected with the saudi security establishment, one of them was a forensic expert. they werent tourists and as far as we know they werent rogue elements. as one u.s. official said, anything that happens would have happened in that ...

Commander in chief. thats not how we work here. theres more than one branch. >> so who is, jeffrey, jeffrey, to you, who is putin and also our allies, who are they supposed to listen to? the president of the united states or leader mcconnell? >> i think that the russian leadership perspective there is this recognition that this is a large body in washington, d.c., that is set against russian meddling and is very serious. there have been some additional sanctions that have been thrown in place. t...

Called him putins poodle. and a spanish newspaper had the headline "trump caves in." its not a good look for a president who is really trying to project strength by threatening and attacking his own nato allies in brussels, only to be humiliated in helsinki. now, as president trump was preparing for his meeting with president putin, grermanys foreign minister tried to brace the country by saying we can no longer rely on the white house after the fallout from this trip. that certainly seems to be...

A very strong and committed commander in chief does it appear that israel is using the u.s. withdrawal from the deal to spur on hatred in iran towards israel is that what youre saying. while you are you mean that this could be kind of an attempt to provoke a rogue a new military action. i cannot judge that i think there might be also some domestic considerations for prime minister netanyahu because hes under pressure domestically and this might provide a good opportunity but i dont think the isr...

A link here i think so yes there is lets not forget there have been israeli strikes on syrian territory before they have been also targeted strikes against iranian offices of the revolutionary guard so this is not the first time this happens but i think the main thing the government of israel present prime minister netanyahu wants to use the momentum he feels a lot of tailwind at the moment from decision and he wants to present himself as a very strong and committed commander in chief does it ap...