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Written by senators. sent to the secretary of state, mike pompeo asking him to elaborate, to explain how these weapons were able to fall into the hands of american enemies, given that they were handed to america s allies. i want to read to you from the letter. it says we remain concerned that the previous certification snoit congress did not accurately reflect known facts on the ground. hours later, a bipartisan group of senators including trump ally lindsey graham also citing the investigation. they said there needs to be an end to the impugnity around the actions of saudi arabia again saying this was off the back of cnn reporting. this will be very difficult for secretary pompeo to hear right ....
Publisher of the national enquirer. do have a relationship. ami was looking for money from the saudis, and there have been these suggestions that they may have been in leak even with the white house to go after jeff bezos, the publisher of the washington post. and if you want to take it one step further, it would be over the coverage of jamal khashoggi. that s putting a lot of things together and right now there s a lot of smoke still, but there s certainly now if be investigating because there are some different data points out there. they were supposed to provide a report today, the white house, on who was responsible for the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi. they didn t do that today even though it was under the law. yes. the white house did not meet the deadline that was imposed by congress, and i think that s only going to add to the frustration on capitol hill where lawmakers in both parties do not believe the response from the president has been sufficient. throughout th ....
Lengths not to implicate the crown prince muhammad bin salman. the president gave creedence to earlier claims. now he s essentially forcing the hand of lawmakers in congress who are weighing potential sanctions against those responsible for the execution of khashoggi and also willing to revisit u.s. arm sales to saudi arabia. and the more the white house ignores or doesn t give enough significance to members on capitol hill, the more likely they are to get a veto-proof ma zbloort it s interesting because the prosecutors of new york are now reviewing the emails released by jeff bezos and wondering questioning whether they violate the immunity agreement that the national enquire ....
Had these conversations with trump. one thing is every move they make is going to eventually be scrutinized. congress is going to go over this with a fine-toothed comb. maybe matt witd kerr hitaker is be out the door soon, but those representing him have a long-te long-term, he wouldn t make it if it wasn t true. they have an audience of one. we re talking about the president of the united states, who watches a lot of tv. how do you think he viewed what happened today? i m sure there were a lot of attaboys going on as he was sitting in front of his television, which there s little question he wassing down or he had it on his teuvo and he ll be watching it tonight into tomorrow, he meaning the president. sure, i think there was an audience of one element to whittaker s testimony, but it s ....
Now. the february 9th deadline for him to certify to congress is compliant. not just with the international humanitarian law regarding civilians but also, with the saudi led coalition s legal obligations, regarding the arms deals. we reached out to secretary pompeo for comment. the state department didn t get back to us. but even as we re reporting this, we re hearing of another saudi-led coalition air strike. they say it is to hit the houthi militia. it is clear the timing isn t helpful for the secretary of state. and the humanitarian crisis that you reported on, and you were there in yemen under very dangerous circumstances. the crisis continues. so many people, especially young kids. they re being starved to death right now and we ll stay on top of this story together with you. thank you for your excellent, ....