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After saudi officials have shifted their story several times. first, saying he left the consulate unharmed and only now acknowledging that khashoggi was killed and claiming it was the result of an accident. skepticism of law makers on capitol hill. this action from the saudis is just an effort to buy time for its embattled leaders and republican senator, lindsey graham is reject thing saudi response. "to say that i am skeptical about the new narrative about mr. cushowing ea is an understatement....

Buff i think its a very important first step and happened sooner than people thought it would happen. >> reporter: that was the president speaking yesterday in arizona. and the presidents acceptance of the saudis latest statement has been raising eyebrows because it comes after saudi leaders first insisted that jamal khashoggi had left the consulate unharmed. then denying that saudi officials knew anything about khashoggis fate. and finally now, saudi leaders are acknowledging that khashoggis de...

Moments in his presidency so far. >> april, i can see you want to get in. let me start by asking this question. senator lindsey graham tweeted this. to say i am skeptical of the new saudi narrative about mr. khashoggi is an understatement. so who do you think the president is going to side with? will he side with republican lawmakers like graham or the saudis? >> the president is going to side with his own interests. don, right now were watching this president and those who are supporting him su...

Callous. >> alice, senator lindsey graham tweeteded tonight, he said, "to say that i am skeptical of the new saudi narrative about mr. khashoggis death is an understatement." but the presidents not on the same page, right? >> no. and he hasnt been. lindsey grahams been very forceful in his frustration with this from the very beginning in saying we need to get to the bottom of this and we need to do that very quickly. i wish he could pull the president and sxwrard kushner off to the side and shar...

Livous side the saudi consulate where khashoggi was killed. do the facts we already know support the saudi explanation? >> reporter: no the saudi explanation at this point does look full of holes and thats an understatement. if you look down the points, for instance, it just so happened on the 2nd of october, the day when jamal khashoggi walked inside this saudi consulate behind me, in istanbul, 15 saudis came to istanbul on two chartered jets, on a day when the consulate told some of its local ...

You should just advocate for what is obviously the right thing to do here. i think its one of the worst moments in his presidency so far. >> april, i can see you want to get in. let me start by asking this question. senator lindsey graham tweeted this. to say i am skeptical of the new saudi narrative about mr. khashoggi is an understatement. so who do you think the president is going to side with? will he side with republican lawmakers like graham or the saudis? >> the president is going to side...

Course, totally unacceptable. >> well, trump is out of step, even with his own intelligence officials on this. and even one of his staunchest foreign policy supporters, senator lindsey graham, said hes not buying the saudis explanation. he tweeted, to say that i am skeptical is an understatement. so trump has options on a broad spectrum if he wanted to use them. what do you think would be the appropriate sort of balanced response? >> so, i think there are kind of three things he should do. first...

Saudi and state media say that he died in a fist fight in the saudi consulate in istanbul. 18 saudis have been detained in the case, five high ranking saudis have been removed from their position. there has been no word yet on what happened to khashoggis body. president trump was asked by a reporter if he found the saudi explanation credible. the u.s. president replied i do, i do. but some in congress arent buying it. lindsey graham tweeted to say im skeptical about the narrative is an underst...

Intelligence xwlup group as a w. but it does look to people that follow the wheels of power if you will that assiri was just a loyalist and like one of the others who have been removed. it is very unlikely to have done anything that he would have believed would have been outside the bounds of what prince salman wanted. that is how the country has been run. so i think that his removal is going to raise a lot of questions. >> a lot of questions for sure coming from this explanation. nic robertson,...

Punishment off the table, worth billions of dollars. >> i prefer we dont use as retribution canceling $110 billion worth of work which means 600,000 jobs. i know it sounds easy and a lot of people said lets not sell them $110 billion or take it a step further, lets not sell them $450 billion which is the largest in the history of our country. >> whether or not he believes the saudi version of how jamal khashoggi died, he finds it to be credible. but tonight even the presidents own allies on capi...