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Crown prince. we are getting close to solving a very big problem. i prefer we dont use as retribution canceling $110 billion worth of work with 600,000 jobs. >> that is significant because foreign relations dont rank high on any polls of midterm voters the economy ranks at the top, number one or 2 with healthcare as the thing people care most about but the president accepted the saudi story so far is not shared by his best friends on capitol hill. lindsey graham tweeted to say im skeptical of th...

Understatement -. reporter: they may have best surmise level of trust that a lot of lawmakers are putting into this latest inflation when he said he trusted them as much as he trusted destination sushi. the members of both parties are now demanding the us take some kind of action against saudi arabia. republican senator bob corker said in part -- story they had told about jamal khashoggi disappearance changes with each passing day. we should not assume the latest story hold water. they can under...

A few days ago he came out firmly against mohammad bin salman. he says to say im skeptical is an understatement. this may smoothed over some of the cracks as to whether it has a lasting effect in the u.s., we dont know. we get breaking news constantly and i speak to the saudi sources. this is the story we expected. the sense is interrogation gone wrong and sanctioned by someone high level but not the royal family. that is what we are getting and we have to see how it is playing out. is there las...

It. a few days ago he came out against salman. he says to say im skeptical is an understatement. we dont know if this is a lasting issue in the u.s. we get breaking news constantly and i speak to the saudi sources. this is the story we expected. the intense is interrogation gone wrong and sanctioned by someone high level but not the royal family. that is what we are getting and we have to see how it is playing out. is will lasting damage done? we have to wait to see. where is the body? who sanct...

Understatement. first we were told that mr. khashoggi supposedly left the consulate and there was blanket denial of any saudi involvement. now a fight breaks out and hes killed in the conflict all without knowledge of crown prince? it is hard to find this latest explanation as credible. today on fox news, democratic senator ben cardin cautioned that while the u.s. has to respond, saudi arabia remains one of the u.s.s most important allies in the middle east. >> what happened with the saudi leade...

Dozen, and if he was fighting in the consulate, he was fighting for his life with people sent to capture or kill him. senator lindsey graham was one of the most outspoken. to say that im skeptical about the narrative about mr. khashoggi is understatement. first were told he left the consulate and denial of blanket involvement. and now a fight breaks out and hes killed in the conflict without knowledge of the crown prince. its hard to find this explanation as credible. at one point, the person wh...

Journalist and "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi during his trip to arizona. saudi officials now changing their story, changing he was killed after a fist fight at his consulate in istanbul, turkey. they announced that they strangled khashoggi and that 18 men have been arrested. they remain adamant that crown prince mohammed bin salman had no role in his death. senator lindsey graham tweeted last night "to say that i am skeptical of the new saudi narrative about mr. khashoggi is an und...

Narrative about mr. khashoggi is an understatement. good for him. evan mcmullin, a former cia operative and eugene scott, a political reporter for "the washington post." you know, it seems to me i said earlier, its rolling disclosure. theyre telling us what we already know. he is dead. thats all they told us we can believe. all this stuff about a fistfight 15 to one, they have to explain where his body is, and if they did chop it is like the word is they did, they have to explain that. why would...

We have to look to that as part of the reason were seeing this stance from the administration. >> and you bring up senators. tweets from senator lindsey graham and bob corker, critical of saudi arabia in this relationship. one there from senator graham. to say im skeptical about mr. khashoggi is an understatement. gabby, how be a pivot point are we at in terms of this relationship? >> i dont understand why our president would have any empathy to any journalist and because this becomes his financ...

Maybe its rogue killers as we put it. and then lo and behold yesterday thats exactly the kind of explanation they came up with after, by the way, denying this for a long time. there are a lot of people who are not at all persuaded by the saudi story. one of them is senator lindsey graham whos been very pro-trump for a long time, but not on this. he said to say i am skeptical of the new narrative about mr. khashoggi is an understatement. and i think that trump would like to stay close to saudi ar...