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I think people are going to care a great deal about what's happening in yemen, no question. but they also are going to care a great deal about the cia views on the crown prince. >> in a new interview tonight, president trump told the washington post this lie about the crown prince's involvement in the khashoggi murder. quote, maybe he did, maybe he didn't. but he denies it and people around him deny it and the cia did not say affirmatively he did it either, by the way. i'm not saying that they're saying he didn't do it, but they didn't say it affirmatively. that is a lie. the cia did say affir...

Tomorrow's briefing comes as the senate is expected to vote as soon as this week on a resolution to cut off u.s. support for saudi arabia's war in yemen. in response to the khashoggi murder, the trump white house does not want that resolution to pass. gina haspel's absence has been frustrating even for some republican senators. >> it would be very good for the cia director to be there, too. i think people are going to care a great deal about what's happening in yemen, no question. but they also are going to care a great deal about the cia views on the crown prince. >> in a new interview tonigh...

Safely to future generations. [ cheers and applause ] >> one of the lessons that i learned from president bush and his senior team was how to run a professional transition. they were incredibly cooperative. they reached out to us affirmatively. welcomed us into the white house. >> it couldn't have gone more smoothly. and that is critical at a time like that where not only is the economy in freefall but you're still prosecuting two wars abroad. that made things so much easier for us. and, you know i remember when we first came in, the bush speech writing team left us a bag of cigars with a note...

Table and to set the table for governing. and some of that is going to mean investigations and inquiry -- >> i think they're in for dinner already. >> the other part is how do we govern, how do we vote on things people voted on, the health care, economy, roads and bridges where they don't damage their cars. and i think democrats are going to have to have a twofold strategy, and if it looks like they're just investigating everything, i think that's a really bad look for the party. and so i would urge them to think about the important investigations, and then to move on from that, to legislating...

The chairman of that committee? what is your first, second and third to-do item? >> we're going to have to prioritize. we're going to have to decide, okay, what are the most important issues to look at first. and, you know, certainly there is a consolation of issues around the russia investigation whereas you say our chairman was acting as essentially a trump lawyer on the intelligence committee that was doing the investigation. not only preventing us from bringing in witnesses that had relevant testimony and acquiring important documents but affirmatively going after the investigators, going ...