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Come up with, steph. >> listen, im no intelligence expert, but in terms of seriousness, for those who are trying to understand what happened to this man, it was stunning to watch mike pompeo sit there, meeting with the crown prince, sort of smiling, expression, basically in the identical photo we have seen, you and i over last ten years watching investment manager after investment manager get a big fat check from mbs. did pompeo give any indication he knows anymore? we, the united states, know a...

At stake. remember, he is just 33 years old, but his father is quite elderly. he could easily become king soon. we are starting to hear noises from concern corners about demanding the king to replace his son as crown prince. most notably, from senator lindsey graham of south carolina who said very bluntly, calling on the king to replace mbs as crown prince. he called him toxic. we are told by the source that this was a very blunt message. its unclear how it landed with the crown prince. >> it al...

For about three minutes to reporters and didnt even take three questions from reporters there to talk about what happened when he went to saudi arabia and turkey where he was supposed to be briefed on all of this, and white house officials have been waiting on his return for him to brief president trump before they could make a decision going forward. thats what we have heard for days. what we heard from pompeo was essentially no decision has been made and he advised president trump to give the ...

Collins who has been at the white house there. so something of a balancing act there, i suppose, saying -- making clear that the white house takes this seriously, but still providing an opening to the saudis to come to their own conclusion. >> he seems to be giving himself cover because we know pompeo has been pretty criticized over the last 24, 48 hours since he went to riyadh and met with the crown prince and the king and was seen smiling in the photos. he said there that he told them that the...

Told mbs his very future as king is at stake. remember, he is just 33 years old, but his father is quite elderly. he could easily become king soon. we are starting to hear noises from certain corners about demanding the king to replace his son as crown prince. most notably, from senator lindsey graham of south carolina who said very bluntly, calling on the king to replace mbs as crown prince. he called him toxic. we are told by the source that this was a very blunt message. its unclear how it la...

Incumbent senator ted cruz still leading the pole. president trump tweeted that orourke is a flake well ted cruz is strong on crime in the second amendment. you are smiling, chris, why? you used to work for ted cruz. >> i am but im also honest. theres a reason he tried to attack ted cruz personally last night. hes the most unpopular statewide figure in texas running for office. its turning into suicide-murder mission because hes cannibalizing their race to still have a chance. because of the amo...

I assume hell be asking to get that audio recording into u.s. possession. >> it was during, ann, to see pompeo with the crown prince, smiling, they dont say the name jamal khashoggi. >> very much business as usual for the short period of time that cameras saw mike pompeo with the king and the kings son the crown prince in riyadh, that there was never any mention of khashoggi or the reason for this emergency visit during those brief public remarks. and, you know, we wrote about it that they essen...

He knew there is going to be camera in the room. that sends an exact message at a time where the world should be condemning this and isolating saudis and having them pay some price. one of our most important leaders is there shaking hands and smiling. it sends a wrong message in my view. the united states is helping the saudis covering up a murder. >> congressman dent. i want to play this. this is senate erlor lindsey gr malk making a point that nothing happened in saudi arabia that he did not k...

There is going to be severe punishment if it is the saudis who are responsible for this guys death. but then we saw pompeo go there, and hes smiling in had pictures with mbs. we see photos of his spokesperson smiling, posing while shes in turkey. those are raising a lot of questions about what exactly it was theyre doing there. and he cant even answer the simple question of whether or not this reporter is dead or alive. he is asked, is he dead or is he alive and he said, well we didnt talk about...

Mike pompeo, shaking hands and smiling with king salman and the crown prince in riyadh. what do you make of that? >> its the exact opposite of what you expect an administration to do in a case like this. they sent pompeo over there for a photo op, putting him on the same stage here with the king and the crown prince, instead of a no pictures vision where he gets to the bottom of what happened. he was used for saudi propaganda in these pictures, whether he knew that was going to happen or not. i ...