york times," something new that saudi rulers are thinking about blaming a top intelligence official close to the crown prince as a way of deflecting blame from the crown prince themselves. their story keeps changing. for more on all this, we're joined by robert jordan, former ambassador to saudi arabia. ambassador, thank you for being with us. i just want to start with this breaking news. it's hard to see that if, in fact, there is audio or even video of what happened here inside the consulate, how the saudis are going to be able to somehow talk their way out of this. >> i don't see how they can possibly talk their way out of the fact that a murder occurred. and a horrific treatment of a decent human being has led to a terribly tragic event. the real question i think is going to be how high up the