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President trump seemed earnest in wanting to get to the bottom of it. do you think this white house is sincere in that? >> well, i think irrespective of the white houses motives, the vibrancy of american journalism and american civil society and the extent to which our international behavior is grounded in our values is forcing the president that direction. i thought it was actually really funny that president trump yesterday tried to say that, well, both jared kushner and the crown prince are y...

Being cleared of all wrong doing of this issue. i think well see them blame some rogue saudis that went off on their own. weve seen records that they may be looking to pinpoint this on one of their intelligence chiefs. so thats what i think that were going to see its pinned on, an individual or a few people that did some wrong doing on their own so they with move forward with mbs eventually moving into power. >> neil: real quickly, were told the saudis have been lacking at expanding oil shipment...

These harsh dictator tight leaders? >> the president is doing what he did in the brett kavanaugh case, can we have presumption of innocence, wait until the facts -- there hasnt been an investigation, the only information on this case has come from unreliable sources. lets find out what happened and then figure out what to do. tracey: what are your thoughts on the crown prince? a 33-year-old guy who gets positive media coverage and a giant dark side where he is putting critics in prison, possibly...

Any or all of those things argue against this new botched abduction and amateur cover-up story. whatever the truth, though, and we dont know at this hour, president trump appears to be ready to cut the saudis plenty of slack, ready to go all in with it. speaking with the associated press today, the president compared the situation to allegations of sexual assault leveled against supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. he said, and im quoting, "here we go again with, you know, youre guilty until p...

Could that hurt the democrats, those comments? >> yeah, tone deaf to put it mildly. monica lewinsky was a young adult but there was a power im balance between the president, a sitting president of the united states and intern for secretary clinton to sort of gloss over that is either wishful or willful or something but its clearly not being straight with the interviewer or with her audience, and then finally, look, shes entitled to say he shouldnt have resigned. its someone shes aligned with pol...

Its someone shes aligned with politically and her husband but that doesnt change the facts of what happened and doesnt change the facts many democrats are looking back saying yeah, we cut bill clinton a little bit too much slack or way too much slack in terms of those issues. thats the reality. >> i want to play you the rest of clintons response to the line of questioning. here it is. >> she was an adult but let me ask you this, where is the investigation of the current incoi incumbent which he ...

He is a danger to this country an to your democracy and im going to fight every day. im going to fight every day. >> i will say its interesting because people will watch these segments and say, well, how independent were they really at the beginning? anthony we had on tv. >> a year ago. >> a year ago and he not just wanted to cut the president some slack, but thought the president was out there doing the job for him, and he has changed completely. >> he has changed. again, some of these people w...

Riyadh. analysts say trumps unwaivering support for the saudi royal family and other repressive regimes is hurting america. >> once we abandon the moral frame and become a country of interests rather than just a country of values, i think we have already seen it, a dimunition of the respect, the credibility and, i would argue, in the end power. >> reporter: regarding the khashoggi incident, a trump biographer takes it further. >> donald trump has been going around for years calling the press the...

Unfortunately they have pensions that are underfunded. that means we, the taxpayers, they pensions benefit guarantee corporation will need to pick up the slack on that one. i leave you with perhaps the stock. sears was a member of the dow. neil, perhaps you remember, less than 20 years ago. in 1999, they were still a member of the dow. amazon, 77% up in the last year. sears, the loss will be 100% when we are done. >> neil: its amazing when you think about iconic names in the past year, like sear...

Invidia making graphics cards used by millions of americans and slack. a lot of money all over the country. >> cant believe youre still talking. this is so much. >> huge. even many commercial and consumer goods companies that make items you buy every day like general electric, honeywell, billions of dollars in partnerships with saudi arabia. >> yep. so that starts to explain some of the hesitancy in taking a strong position on something that should be so obvious to take a strong position on. joi...