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Nic robertson in turkey and sam kiley in riyadh. thank you both. let's talk more about this with steven erlinger live from brussels, belgium. the u.s. president initially seemed to accept the saudi explanation as credible. now according to the washington post he has expressed some skepticism though still defending that nation as a vital u.s. ally. threading the needle here, can the president have it both ways moving forward? >> well, trump likes that, and it is important. saudi arabia is important. his whole policy depends on saudi arabia and his reputation of his son-in-law jared depends a ...

Ford's, and she said she saw brett kavanaugh drunk but never belligerent. this was a roommate of ramirez's. she saw him drink while there but not belligerent. brett kavanaugh on his part said, i was never belligerent as a drunk. is that threading the needle, howard? >> well, first of all, given the amount of belligerence that kavanaugh showed to the committee, i would be shocked if he wasn't belligerent when he's drunk. that's why you have to have an fbi investigation and put people like that under oath. >> susan, threading the needle too much? >> perhaps. when we start getting into the psycho...

Moong t manage the day-to-day insanity they are dealing with and then say nothing is wrong. i would not want to be threading that needle. it's clear that the problem is people are trying to figure out how to both -- this keeps being corroborated. how do you say it's not true with your fingers behind your back being like get me out of here. >> never fails at all in this administration. thank you very much. next up, michael cohen spoke with robertmueller's team for hours and nothing was off the table. r hours and nothing was off the table. and i'm still going for my best even though i live wit...

Mimi walters. john harwood, you be been out there covering this race. what have you found on the ground as to how mimi walters is threading the needle when it comes to president trump and is this democrat the right potential person to take back the district for democrats? >> well, katey porter clearly is in this race. it's very close in the polling. dave has it as a toss up. mimi walters is trying to stick with president trump but not too closely. she doesn't fully embrace him in what he does, but he doesn't trash him either. and katie porter is somebody who was a former protége of elizabeth ...

Investigation? >> well, you know, i'm sure that's been the argument within the white house that somehow that could be the result. but my sense is that it could produce nothing but more trouble for the president of the united states. he's been threading very close to obstruction of justice, calling the special counsel a witch-hunt. he's dismissed people that were involved in this investigation. he has rudy giuliani who has made clear in "the new york times" today that the whole purpose of their effort is to undermine the credibility of the special prosecutor. and if he were now to take steps to...