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Frankly if we went by in standard, we wouldn't have anybody as an ally. maybe the world should be held accountable. the world is a vicious place. >> a measured response about the killing of jamal khashoggi. he's dismissed the cia assessment that the crown prince ordered his killing. what your take of his position so far? >> it's disturbing. the president has made clear to the world that he doesn't care about human lights. i think that's bad for the world and the united states. secondly he looks weak when he makes these statements. the saudis need us to deter iran. ed saudis need us to buy th...

That influence behind the scenes. we have a very weak ambassador. we have a president who has shown no interest whatsoever in iraq. he talks only about ending the war and leaving, not about success and we have an administration that is linked and tied to a rigid withdrawal schedule, arbitrarily chosen by obama a year and a half ago, thinking we would have a stable government now. but in the absence of it, we have a drawon -- drawdown. for whatever reason we have had little influence. iranians have had influence on the shaping of the government,ed saudis the turks. each riding its own horse. ea...

That influence behind the scenes. we have a very weak ambassador. we have a president who has shown no interest whatsoever in iraq. he talks only about ending the war and leaving, not about success and we have an administration that is linked and tied to a rigid withdrawal schedule, arbitrarily chosen by obama a year and a half ago, thinking we would have a stable government now. but in the absence of it, we have a drawon -- drawdown. for whatever reason we have had little influence. iranians have had influence on the shaping of the government,ed saudis the turks. each riding its own horse. ea...