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Jamal khashoggi. the details come at a critical juncture as the senate is weighing whether to pass a resolution that would pull the united states out of any involvement in the saudi-led war in yemen. a number of senators, including republicans, are urging the pull-out in response to the cia assessment that the saudi crown prince ordered the hit on khashoggi, a vocal critic of his. but president trump sent his secretary of state and his defense chief to capitol hill today to convince senators to side with the saudi royal family. the saudis are critical in keeping iran's interest in the region i...

Assessment that mbs was involved. what does this say to you? why do you think the white house is dismissing its own intelligence? >> i think you have to ask the white house about that. i can tell you that i have spoken to someone who has seen video that has been on the internet of what's purported to be the dismemberment of mr. khashoggi, and his reaction was if the american public could see that video, they would be outraged and they would force a different response from this white house. so i think -- >> is this a credible source who you're referencing? >> he is a credible source. i can't te...

On the cia assessment? >> i'm basing my conclusion on the reports that i have seen about the intelligence on the murder. >> okay. ambassador bolton answered some questions yesterday from the white house press corps precisely on this. he was asked if he had listened to the audio of khashoggi's murder and this was his respo e response. >> no, i haven't listened to it. i guess i should ask you why do you think i should? what do you think i'll learn from it? >> reporter: you're the national security adviser. you might have access to this intelligence. >> how many in this room speak arabic? >> repo...

Self-confidence to stand before the media and do something like this if you are in fact respo e responsible. what that does is when, again n the similar cases can, the individual is deflecting the investigation away from them, and in other words saying things like i have no idea what happened. i ha i have no idea where they are. so, but their confidence level is that they could sppersuade t public and law enforcement that they are not the person that the's responsible. >> and our local affiliate is saying that shannan watts is the one buried in a deep grave and the two girls were found inside ...

Particularly now after the. president's press secretary says he stands by his claim that tweet that president obama ordered trump tower to be wiretapped prior to the election. a bomb shell statement triggering an explosive respo e response. >> hold on, i'm making a point. >> after the committee president trump wanted to investigate his accusation of spying found there's nothing there. becaused on the information available to us, we see no indications that trump tower was the subject of surveillance by any element of the united states government either before or after election day 2016. no surv...