but those were contributions the coming weeks between the that were made when he was in the chief of staff for the attorney general. and they are causing some united states and civseveral ot scrutiny for that, and they are looking into that and whether that goes forward just shows allies. countries have come together to this renewed scrutiny on matt hold saudi arabia accountable whitaker now that he is leading for the murder of jamal khashoggi. we had denmark announce they are the justice department. >> that of course raises cutting off arms sales. questions about how well he was vetted. thanks very much. macron is looking at sanctions with me now, cnn political as well. it may very quickly turn into a commentator joe lock hart and case of warring assessments of what did or did not happen. cnn legal analyst. we will have the president of thanks for coming in on this the united states on one side siding with saudi arabia. thanksgiving holiday. we will draw on your wisdom and let you go home to your and then our other allies, the families. if i could start with you, ones that don't murder american alison. this trend of attacking residents and journalists on the other. >> the thing is the facts are on institutions by this president one side here. certainly not new. but expanding. i mean, within the last week, the evidence, the u.s. intelligence agencies that you adam schiff, democrat, admiral and i know are conservative in making assessments. but they were high confidence bill mcraven, john roberts, here, which leads you to believe that they had the goods to place republican appointee and chief justice of the supreme court. blame on the saudi crown prince. you add to that the president's >> yes. let me just be very clear.