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She didnt appear. why didnt she appear? would she have done that on her own or consulted with the presidents team? certainly always seems thats a choice of the president and his team. and so we feel trump does not want her to share the details about why the cia strongly believes that the crown prince was very involved in this plot to murder an american resident. >> lets listen to what former cia director mike pompeo, now secretary of state pompeo said about gena haspel not attending the meeting....

Salman, was responsible despite the presidents assertions that "maybe he did, maybe he didnt." nbc news among others confirmed the cia concluded with high confidence that mbs, as hes known, ordered the assassination. well, today the entire u.s. senate was briefed on the investigation. notably absent was the head of the agency that made those findings. >> why wasnt the current cia director debriefing senators as well? >> i was asked to be here and here i am. >> i think it was a basic mistake on t...

Her attendance was requested. why didnt she appear? would she have done that on her own or consulted with the presidents team? certainly always seems thats a choice of the president and his team. and so we feel trump does not want her to share the details about why the cia strongly believes that the crown prince was very involved in this plot to murder an american resident. >> lets listen to what former cia director mike pompeo, now secretary of state pompeo said about gena haspel not attending ...

Senate was briefed on the investigation. notably absent was the head of the agency that made those findings. >> why wasnt the current cia director debriefing senators as well? >> i was asked to be here and here i am. >> i think it was a basic mistake on the part of the administration not to have the cia director brief us today. >> nobody was happy she wasnt there. >> not having gina haspel, the cia director, at this briefing is a cover-up. >> the most persuasive presence in this briefing was the...

>> so two cabinet secretaries there carefully kind of evading questions about the murder of khashoggi. there is international consensus that this man, mohammed bin salman, was responsible despite the presidents assertions that "maybe he did, maybe he didnt." nbc news among others confirmed the cia concluded with high confidence that mbs, as hes known, ordered the assassination. well, today the entire u.s. senate was briefed on the investigation. notably absent was the head of the agency that mad...

>> we were told that was a decision by the white house. >> why wasnt the current cia director here briefing senators as well? >> i was asked to be here and i am. [ inaudible question ] >> i was asked to be here and im here. >> can you explain to me why gina haspel wasnt there? >> no. >> did you raise any issues? >> yes, several times. i dont want to speculate, but we were not -- nobody was happy that she wasnt there. >> not having the cia director at this briefing is a coverup. its outrageous th...

Jamal khashoggi. the details come at a critical juncture as the senate is weighing whether to pass a resolution that would pull the united states out of any involvement in the saudi-led war in yemen. a number of senators, including republicans, are urging the pull-out in response to the cia assessment that the saudi crown prince ordered the hit on khashoggi, a vocal critic of his. but president trump sent his secretary of state and his defense chief to capitol hill today to convince senators to ...

Who have voted against it in the past, that resolution is likely to move forward. on multiple front right now the trump administration is dealing with senators in both parties who are very upset by what has transpired over the last couple of weeks with saudi arabia. >> as the white house deals with that, you have secretary pompeo who came out of that briefing and was asked why wasnt the cia chief in the room? >> reporter: why wasnt the current cia director here briefing senators as well? >> i wa...

Administration undermines that. it would encourage them. undermine the agreement for everyone to go to sweden and have this discussion. we hope they will be thoughtful and well have further information if they should so choose. >> reporter: why wasnt the current cia director briefing as well. ? >> i was asking to be here. here i am. >> normally you would be here briefing senators. why isnt the cio there? >> i was asked to be here and im here. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i have read ev...

The view of the administration and secretary mattis and myself is that passing a resolution at this point undermines that. it would encourage the iranians, it would undermine the fragile agreement for everyone to go to sweden and have this discussion. we hope that they will consider that, and how they proceed. we are happy to give them further information if they should so choose. >> reporter: why wasnt the current cia director with the senators as well? >> i was asked to be here, and here i am....