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Journalists in this case because he is aligned with governments like that. i dont think -- hes not looking to hold governments accountable and to make sure theyre accountable to their people and to promote democracy and human rights around the world because thats not what he desires for his own rule here in the united states. >> wow. part of a rising tide of authoritarian leaders around the world. "washington post" publisher saying, jonathan, to the president that saudi arabia has basically demo...

Part of a rising tide of authoritarian leaders around the world. "washington post" publisher saying, jonathan, to the president that saudi arabia has basically demonstrated if you flash cash to the president of the united states you can get away with murder. i mean, these are strong words coming from the publisher of a newspaper. but one doesnt have to be particularly sophisticated to think the president has said it several times. hes talked about it is what it is. maybe he did it, maybe he didn...

Than the other presidents? democrat and republican. >> that is a fair criticism against all of our presidents. this was a serious provocation. the world is watching to see what america is going to do. what america needs to do is do -- two things. we have to send a message to the world that we wont tolerate this kind of behavior and there will be repercussions for it. at the same time, we have to preserve our alliance with saudi arabia because it is important. to punish them and make them say the...

>> that is a fair criticism against seller presidents. this was a serious provocation. the world is watching to see what america is going to do. what america needs to do is do things. we have to send a message to the world that we wont tolerate this kind of behavior and there will be repercussions for it. at the same time, we have to preserve our alliance with saudi arabia because it is important. to punish them and make them say they are sorry and make them do things they will never do this aga...

Pete, this is unusual. >> well, its unusual for several reasons. john roberts is a very restrained, cautious sort of person. his public statements are well thought out. so for him to respond directly to a statement by the president is unusual in itself. this was a response that the associated press saw it, and very quickly got this written statement from the chief justice. heres what he said. we do not have obama judges or trump judges. bush judges or clinton judges. what we have is an extraordi...

Thought processes. it was not off the cuff. it was a written statement. i cant wrap my head or on the fact that they thought it was okay. >> greg: i will go back to my defense, even though i said it was a lousy joke. for some types of humor, the humor is in the fact that its awful, that youre saying something so objectionable it cant be real. >> nicole: if it came from anyplace other than "snl" who makes a mockery of republicans every week, maybe i would see a little bit of humor in it as long a...

But there wasnt a ceremony, he didnt make a statement. he put out a written statement, but very unlike the way that we see presidents do it in the modern era, which is so closer, so much closer to the way that ronald reagan reacted to the challenger disaster in 1986 by giving that memorable speech from the oval office. >> bill clinton, i was covering him -- >> absolutely. >> when he went to give the teddy bear service, as it was known forever, after the oklahoma city bombing. these are moments w...

John kennedy was a naval man, but there wasnt a ceremony, he didnt make a statement. he put out a written statement, but very unlike the way that we see presidents do it in the modern era, which is so closer, so much closer to the way that ronald reagan reacted to the challenger disaster in 1986 by giving that memorable speech from the oval office. >> bill clinton, i was covering him -- >> absolutely. >> when he went to give the teddy bear service, as it was known forever, after the oklahoma cit...

>> bye-bye. well, today the dictatorship that calls itself the kingdom of saudi arabia insulted the world with its written explanation of how "the washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. here is the intelligence insulting written statement by the saudi dictatorship. a statement which in and of itself is an offense against decency and humanity. the statement says, the results of the preliminary investigations revealed that the discussions...

>> sounds good. have a good show. >> thank you, joy. >> bye-bye. well, today the dictatorship that calls itself the kingdom of saudi arabia insulted the world with its written explanation of how "the washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. here is the intelligence insulting written statement by the saudi dictatorship. a statement which in and of itself is an offense against decency and humanity. the statement says, the results of the pre...