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President erdogan of turkey, frankly, has been stronger in advocating for answers and for justice for khashoggi, a "washington post" journalist, and the virginia resident than our own president. what this says is just that he's basically willing, trump is basically willing to help in the saudis basically getting away with murder. they have admitted that it was saudi officials that carried out this heinous crime, but from the beginning, anyone who's familiar with saudi arabia, if jamal were here himself, it is nearly impossible that an operation of this magnitude, of this level of planning coul...

>> absolutely. that's the way he views things. i lived in abu dhabi for seven years. there's a certain mindset that they're always going into relations with the united states with and they also understood that presidents of the united states were not easily buyable. you could not bribe or coerce a president of the united states into supporting you because of human rights, the record and dignity of the office of the president of the united states. when donald trump took power, all of that went out the window. tchs someone they could now see as a person play on their term, which is money being p...

Only involves those 17 individuals. some of them have already been indicted. is there an attempt to seek the internationalization of this investigation at the united nations? would that bring about justice for khashoggi? >> you know, again, interestingly in this case, turkey's foreign minister has indicated that they would like the united nations to open up an international investigation and i think from the beginning "the washington post" has said that we would like to also see an international and impartial investigation. obviously saudi arabia, counting on saudi arabia to investigate itself...

If he wanted to, he has a lot of leverage. so, first of all, you know, the global magnitsky act gives a lot of, you know, capacity for sanctions in this area. but the fundamental leverage that he has is not legal. it's diplomatic. the saudis are very dependent on their relationship with the united states. and the president, they require a great degree of cooperation. they buy their arms from the united states. and so a president that wanted to turn up the consequences here has a lot of options available to him. the fundamental problem is not a lack of legal options or diplomatic options. the f...

Well, the president promised new answers by tuesday after his administration receives a full report. joining me now is karen, khashoggi's colleague at the "washington post." and their global opinions editor. great to have you with us. first, let me get your take and weigh in, if you can, on the president's response thus far, especially now that we've confirmed that the cia has this assessment that, in fact, mbs as he is known in saudi arabia, knows of this killing and tried to keep his distance from that assessment. >> since the beginning of this whole tragic saga we've seen trump basically ac...