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Jimmy petronis, joining us. thank you very much. >> thank you. at least five of the hurricane deaths have happened in virginia. four of them from drowning and more than 400,000 people in the state right now are without power tonight. lets get some more of the democratic senator, mark warner of virginia joining us, happens to be vice chairman of the senate intelligence committee. senator, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me, wolf. and obviously, these are heartbreaking ...

>> including children. we have seen the video. >> absolutely. >> jamal khashoggi was a resident of your state, virginia. on a warm beer, the college student who died a day or two after he was freed from north korea, came back basically in a coma. he also was a resident of virginia, a student at the university of virginia. what do you think when you hear president trump sort of brush aside criticisms of his arms deal with the saudis and at the same time, he praised kim jong-un. he said he was in ...

To tell anybody else in the world how to conduct their affairs, and again, im not connecting the dots here. but i am saying the incidents of violence, against journalists, the incidents of individuals who are authoritarian leaders in terms of their power is increasing around the world. i think we need an american foreign policy that leads not only militarily and economically, but also continues to lead morally and continues to speak out for human rights all across the world. >> i know youve got ...

Take a fairly dim view of journalists. this is not the way our country is based, and frankly, as we have said all along, a presidents words have power and meaning that extend way beyond our shores. >> let me press you on that, senator. you suggesting that when president trump speaks of american journalists, as the enemy of the american people, he is sending a message to someone like the saudi crown prince to go ahead and deal with their own critics in the press corps? >> wolf, im not connecting ...

Face consequences. >> we may have to pass measures in congress to exact a price. i think sanctions should be applied on the magnitsky act, if the evidence supports what we believe took place inside that embassy. >> of course, the magnitsky act was drawn up for russia. this would be the first time it would be applied to a country other than russia. but, wolf, the presidents claim about $110 billion in u.s. arms sales with saudi arabia is, in fact, misleading. that was included in a memorandum of ...

Making sound judgments. but the president knows and those people around him who are supposedly so strong and speaking truth to power, they let him hold this today with this guy who is not at his best. and in this moment, when these people are still walking through the ruins of their lives in the south, thats when he does it? i dont get it. >> listen, theyre walking through the ruins of their lives and a lot of people who are walking through the ruins of the vestiges of jim crow and slavery in th...

This is our president. he has to be the fliest, the fliest planes, i love this guy right here. let me give this guy a hug. [laughing] ly on have this guy right here. >> dana: the sitdown setting off cnns don lemon. >> what did you think, don? >> wolf, listen, i dont -- i have no animosity for can te west. what i saw -- kanye west. what i saw was a minstrel show, him in front of all of the white people embarrassing himself and embarrassing americans, but mostly african-americans. it was so hard t...

Governments everywhere ought to be protecting all peoples rights, but particularly the rights of journalists to express their views needs to be continued. >> its a very worrisome development, indeed. senator, the president says he doesnt want this incident to scuttle a potential arms deal that hes brokered with the saudis. should the united states be in the business of selling weapons, at least right now, to saudi arabia, given the allegation that we have now heard from the turkish government? >...

Based on the evidence that you have seen, is there any doubt in your mind? >> well, wolf, i want to let the turkish officials, if they have evidence -- ive seen some of those public reports. i think the world would need to see. i think there needs to be in a sense almost an international transparent investigation. im not going to be able to comment about what i may have seen in a classified setting. but this is an extraordinarily serious crime, if this proves to be the case. and unfortunately, a...

That these turkish sources are so publicly indicating they may have audio and video indications of what happened in the consulate. usually intelligence services dont like to share, particularly things that would identify sources and methods. but this is such a potentially heinous crime, i hope the turks would if they had that evidence. and i would also point out that turkish government within the last 24 hours actually released an american pastor who had been held i think inappropriately for alm...