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That country has issued a carefully worded statement, the saudi prosecutor. it says that, quote, the discussions which occurred between mr. khashoggi and the persons who met him while he was present at the kingdom's consulate in istanbul led to a quarrel and fighting by hand with the citizen jamal khashoggi whiched throw his death. this comes after mounting evidence emerged over the last several weeks to implicate saudi arabia in khashoggi's disappearance. now 18 saudis are reportedly being held as suspects in the death. joining me right now is nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel, ...

Business and some other business, but he is not a government official. we have don't have anything to do with him. >> after you heard that he had been indicted, did you pick up the phone and call him? >> like i have nothing better to do. i've got so many things to do and so many problems. >> he's your friend. he had just been indicted. >> translator: didn't you whatever i said? he is not a friend of mine. >> malcolm, let me ask you about something that impressed as a political person. i'm amazed that the sophistication of the bad guys here, the russians. they know everything that irritates thi...

Online advertising they were doing through the social media websites. i think this is a really significant criminal complaint that's been unsealed today that we're looking at on screen. and i think it's something that really deserves our attention to know that they're still doing this, and they're still trielg get nour heads in this country. >> malcolm, as tom just mentioned, the criminal complaint states that the russian influence operation which was indict today was financed by a wealthy russian oligarch, a restaurant tycoon named prigisyn who was indicted alongside other russians last febru...

Was considered solid red, 95% white, rural pennsylvania, a district that trump won by 20-something points. the republicans are worried about losing that. that's the political climate we're living in as we consider a possible shutdown. >> eli, thank you, ben and nan are sticking with us. up next, russia investigation closes in on president trump's inner circle. but with both bannon and lewandowski refusing to answer questions, do committees need to get tougher? saturday marks one year since president trump's inauguration. with approval ratings hovering around 40%. he's in danger of having the...

He's empowered by the president. what he was saying is look, when we get down to these specifics of policy, we know that there are certain specifics that are different, if you will, from political rhetoric. and we will accommodate those. but nonetheless, the issue remains that we've got to get these issues hammered out by tomorrow. in terms of what's going to be included in a continuing resolution and what's not. >> yes, and the uncertainty of that complicated by this lack of an agreement, eli, on dreamers. i want to just play what speaker paul ryan had to say. >> we've been very clear, we wan...