votes. and republicans and democrats told me this, an arms sale coming up today doesn't go through, that's why the timing is fortuitous that congress is out of session. >> and the president views this as a sign of strength that he can have these personal relationships, be different from other presidents. if you look at the cover of "the week" magazine this is being talked about in the congress and around the world, see no evil. and mr. khashoggi's picture is in the orb there. in the president's first trip to saudi arabia there was the orb with the smiling crown prince. i come back to the question, we've seen this in other relationships, there's a way to chastise a friend, hold them accountable and maintain the relationship when it comes to dealing with iran. that's how you maintain the relationship. donald trump isn't the first president to do this. the united states has overlooked an awful lot of stuff that saudi arabia has done for the last 20 years. he's not the first to do this but that is how you do it. the way you get the arms deal agreed to is you talk tough about the disappearance of a