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Accountable to it. >> i was not swift to come to a conclusion that a impeachment ir query was justified. in particular what we learned about ukraine and now china, i dont see any alternative but to follow the inquiry and the facts where they go and make a judgment. what we learned yesterday when the president today on the south lawn and said to the chinese government that he wants them to give him dirt on joe biden, which, by the way to my knowledge doesnt exist, it was even more extraordinary t...

Essentially daring people to hold him accountable to it. >> i was not swift to come to a conclusion that a impeachment inquiry was justified. i have various reservations. but as more information has come to light, in particular with what we learned about ukraine and now china, i dont see any alternative but to follow the inquiry and the facts where they go and make a judgment. what we learned yesterday when the president stood on the south lawn and said to the chinese government that he wants th...

Iraqi political and diplomatic space and you know there is the jockeying for competition and for greater influence is likely to continue for some time there was real showing good saudi arabia that the oil facilities there could be so easily targeted and destroyed so you know after the shock then comes the realization and that being that saudi arabia cannot defend itself as well as was assumed is there an added responsibility for the united states. well it is if the united states chooses to make ...

Undermining the security relationship, but the ambassador of israel to the united states clearly misrepresented what the israeli government was going to do, which, of course, the majority leader was quite upset about. >> navid, do you agree. are there no clean hands on either side? >> i agree. unfortunately israel was put in an impossible situation. they could either ignore the president of the united states, or piss off congress. they chose the latter. theres not a good answer. what it means me...

Might break with the president and their partys leader. take a listen. >> im as offended as everyone else by the behavior of the saudis in the khashoggi case. on the other hand, i think fracturing the relationship we have with the saudis, one of our best allies against our iranian enemies, is important. regardless of which path it takes, i for myself am going to support the sale and, therefore, i will be voting against the resolution of disapproval. or sustaining the veto when it comes about. >>...

And we havent. but we dont need the special relationship anymore. >> except britain does need a trade deal or trade partners. theres been an interesting meeting this morning between business leaders on both sides, and there are some economic issues that need to be talked about like what kind of financial market integration or rules will be in place if brexit goes ahead. what would that mean for the city of london. what about, say, future trade deals. this really matters. and of course, theres al...

That if britain uses huawei 5g elements as part of its 5g network, then that could compromise britains security relationship and intelligence-sharing with the united states and others in the five-is partnership. so that will be a message. iran, as well. the secretary of state mike pompeo just last week in germany with angela merkel, very strong message on iran there. >> seeking sanctions. wanting the uk to back sanctions against iran? >> exactly. and wanting, you know, a closer alignment with th...

What were seeing here and hearing here, as keir suggested, british officials here constantly talking about how important this relationship is. government officials talking about it. were seeing it play out. we talk about the pomp, the pageantry. how its not substantive. but at the same time, it is important, that symbolism. what theyre really worried about right now is being dissed by the united states at the time theyre severing their relationship with the european union. theyre essentially wea...

Interest. >> dana: lets bring in to raking next. he has some information for us. >> from what we understand, the israelis are going to be continuing their security relationship with the trump administration and the united states. elections were just announced in the israel and this is a delicate position for the president to be in as he travels to the middle east and hes trying to appease a number of parties here, working with the israelis, and a key ally of the united states but also staying cl...

Way. >> rebecca it seems that this cant be a binary choice. it is not the saudis are the iranians. if something does something bad, even if they are our friends, but we need to do something saying that this has to be scarcely dealt with? a systematic murder of journalist, that is pretty serious. >> the president actually is being prudent here. it is not a binary choice. we have sanctions, 17 saudis. they have identified is responsible for his death. the president has decided that we have to look...