to this bill or they want to create a new one and it's a bipartisan move you got both lindsey graham republican bob indent is a democrat who want to co-sponsor a bill that first of all names the crown prince as the guilty party in the murder of jamal khashoggi secondly stressing that all aid all economic assistance and all arms sales will be cut off to saudi arabia and the crown prince steps down this is a creeping towards regime change it would also mean so this is discussion that's going to be happening on a totally informal basis over the course of the day it may become more formal towards the end of the week when the senate reconvenes post this federal holiday kemal thank you mike hammer in washington d.c. . british prime minister tourism has been defending her brags that plans at her weekly session of prime minister's questions just a day after the u.k. government suffered consecutive defeats on parliamentary votes for the first time in decades it has now been forced to publish the legal advice it received on the deal in fall after being found in contempt of parliament m.p.'s out a vote on the

your own senate colleagues, republicans, lindsey graham, bob corker, after the briefing said they had no doubt it was ordered by the crown prince. if that does become irrefutable, what do you think the united states should do vis-a-vis the person of the crown prince, and the fact it's an important alliance at the same time? >> well, listen. the alliance is one thing. the conduct of mbs is something else. we can send all kinds of signals that we want to remain friends with the country of saudi a arabia while we condemn this prince. i was a courtroom prosecutor. give me this file. let me get in the courtroom. i'll convict this guy. the evidence -- circumstantial evidence is a cornerstone of criminal law and when you have the rule of law, which obviously they don't in saudi arabia or he would never think he could get away with something like this on the world stage. so it's very dangerous that he was willing to do this. think about what that means for the consequences of other decisions he might make if he gets away with this without us ever full-throated saying we will not accept an all

here are republican senators lindsey graham and bob who's chairman of the senate foreign lations committee. >> i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, m.b.s., ordered the killin monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happeng, planned it in advance. if he was in front of a jury, he would be convicted in 30 minutes, guilty. >there's not a smoking gun. there's a smoking saw. lyyou have to be willflind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and nized by people under the command of m.b.s., and that he was intracently invol the demise of mr. khashoggi. >> woodruff: our foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin is here to walk us through the latest some rally strong language from these senators, nick, but what does it mean? how significant is it. >> i think we should pause for a second and examine the words. these ar unprecedented. this is unprecedented bipartisan criticism against saudi arabia. these are senators who have defended saudi arabihe past despite human rights abuses in the past, senators who dehave nded saudi arabia even after 9/11, nine saudis

couple of months. >>> republican senators outraged after a classified briefing from cia director gina haspel about the murder of jamal khashoggi. bob corker of tennessee and lindsey graham of south carolina leading the charge against saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. they want him held accountable in the killing of the "washington post" journalist. >> i have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mbs, ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happening, planned it in advance. if he was in front of a jury, he would be convicted in 30 minutes. >> there's not a smoking gun, there's a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of mbs, and that he was integrally involved in the demise of mr. jamal khashoggi. >> senator graham went on to say he can no longer do business with saudi arabia if the crazy crown prince is still running the country. let's go live to abu dhabi and bring in sam kiley. good morning. any international reaction here? >> reporter: there has been bhe, whether direct three this it's difficult to say, but the turks announ

been very strong particularly from two senators who we heard from one was bob corker the other republican senator lindsey graham who spoke at length about what he believes is the situation of some of what he said he called mohammed bin solomon the saudi curb prince a wrecking ball complicit in the murder of jamal khashoggi to the highest level possible and he made the point that yes saudi arabia is a strategic ally and the relationship is worth saving but not at all costs he was complimentary of the cia saying they had risen to the occasion but also making the point that everything the cia has learned and has now been passed on to these senators has also been passed on to the white house and he said you would have to be willful i think was his phrase to actually say that or to believe. you would have to willfully believe that he wasn't murdered by the saudi crown prince he said secretary state. secretary defense james madison just been following the president being good soldiers and he said there is not a smoking gun there is in fact a smoking sore or reference to the idea that jamal khashoggi the body was dism

republican on the house intelligence committee. you heard a lot of outrageousness, in particular, lindsey graham and bob corker.y lindsey graham saying if secretary mattis and secretary pompeo who girlfriend the initial briefing on the jamal khashoggi murder which the white house is trying to minimize. he said if they were democrats, he would say he was in the pocket of saudi arabia. because he respects them, he will assume they are being good soldiers. >> we have must more information provided to the senators. sitting on the house intel committee -- >> he made it clear this was open source information. it's not like more came to light in the matter of a few days. >> i think that's a possibility. he doesn't know what others were provided. i can tell you -- >> that's key if he was not provided it by the defense secretary. >> here could be because there was nor information learned. last week the information we were provided by the agency was not definitive. i know the senator doesn't believe this, but if someone said secretary mattis or pompeo were dishonest, they just don't know the individuals. >> here does kno

republican bob corker said if the crown prince were put on trial, a jury would find him guilty in about 30 minutes. fellow republican lindsey graham said this: >> there's not a smoking gun. there's a smoking saw. you have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people in-- under the command of m.b.s. >> glor: graham said he will not support any arms sales to the saudis as long as the crown prince remains in charge. in florida tonight, multiomilln- connected money manager jeffrey epstein struck a last-minute deal today to settle a civil suit that would have exposed details of extensive allegations of sexual abuse against him. some of his accusers were ready to testify. jericka duncan is in west palm beach. >> reporter: after today's last- minute deal, jeffrey epstein's victims may never be heard in court. brad edwards is the attorney who represents several of the women. do you think epstein will face any criminal charges? could he face criminal charges at all? >> he could. do i think he will? probably not. i mean, that's-- that's just the reality of who he is, versus who the v

republicans. mitch mcconnell delivers the strongest statement as we heard him deliver against donald trump in the past two years. lindsey graham also being -- we could go down the list. jeff flake, bob other republicans shocked by the syria decision. shocked by the afghanistan decision. and shocked that james mattis was allowed to resign. >> jim mattis wept right up to the line of saying that this president is aiding and abetting our enemieenemies, which is remarkable. in that mitch mcconnell statement, that really is the one that i want to focus on. mitch mcconnell repeated the points that jim mattis made in that letter and went on to say that he was distressed about this and that he hoped and insisted that the nominate somebody to be defense secretary in mattis's mold. that's a clear statement to the president that you better pick a grown up or good luck getting them through this united states senate. and why is this so important? mitch mcconnell has defended this president at every available turn. when you ask him about a trump decision or a tweet or something that seems outside the norm, he will typically say, i'm sorry, i don't have anything to say about that. or he'll say, wel

lindsey graham, guys like bob corker, saying that mbs, if there was a jury, would be convicted of murder in 30 minutes. i want to bring my panel back. what do you make of this split between republicansd the white house? right? mike pompeo and jim maltess carrying the president's water on oh, many sides, who knows. then you have republicans who listened to the brief saying no way. >> i'm glad that lindsey graham went to whatever -- had been deposited and repositioned it back into his body because that's the lindsey graham -- >> it's more than just words. this new resolution is action. >> right. it's important that someone say this loud and clear to the saudis. because you remember, last week or the week before that shameful statement directed by president trump, saying basically it's okay if you go murdering "washington post" columnists so long as you are purchasing american equipment and for all we know, perhaps also motel rooms in the trump hotel in washington. mike pompeo thinks he's practicing the argument that we're going to need the saudies. they can be friends with the russians. an understanding it's the united states that has this. we're their pat trorn. we can dictate terms

lindsey graham, john cornyn, occasionally bob corker, really coming hard after this president. vice president mike pence went to capitol hill today and he got an earful, i'm told, inside that senate republican lunch. people were saying it was the wrong decision, it was simply, you know, people were not, you know, briefed on this. so, john, the sense was the president, the commander in chief, clearly making the call essentially on his own, against the advice of his advisers and no prep about it. it wasn't until six hours later the administration had a conference call trying to explain all of this and, john, many answers were -- many questions, rather, were left unanswered. >> then after that was this video that the president put out that's very different. very, very different than how he has explained this in the past, very different than he normally makes proclamations. why did the white house do it this way? >> reporter: there's no question this is something that we've seen president trump do really increasingly over the last few months. he films a video on the south lawn of the white house. of course, no questions can be asked. but it is not what a president normally does in terms of maki

lindsey graham and trent lott here at the bpce to act the medicare prescription drug and improvement and modernization act. senator wyden introduced the healthy americans act with republican senator lamar alexander and bob bennett. and as i think you all know, the affordable care act was quite bipartisan for a while until it was not. and senators wyden and bennett work together and were instrumental in getting anguish that moved forward for the final act that allowed states to get flexibility in administrating -- administering the law. senator wyden has also been bold, some might even say notorious in taking risks with moving healthcare policy forward with the constructive instigation of our dear friend alice in the audience, he joined with chairman paul ryan to develop a cost constraint strategy for medicare known as premium support. a good fight that is not over. senator wyden always strive to make healthcare work better for families. the chronic care act is another accomplishment in a journey that we know is not over. we are eager to support you in that journey and it is my honor to award you this bipartisanship, leadership in healthcare award. [ applause ] >> photo opportunity. >> jason, thank you s

lindsey graham and trent lott, fellow cigarette bpc do not the medical prescription drug and improvement and modernization act. senator wyden introduced the healthy americans act with republican senator lamar alexander at the late senator bob bennett. as i think you all know, the affordable care act was quite visible while until it wasn't, and senators wyden and bennett worked together close it were an smell into the language that move forward for the final act to let states with flexibly and diminishing flow which is one of the main aspects of success and hope going forward. senator wyden has also been bold. some might say a little bit notorious in taking risks to move healthcare policy forward. with the constructive instigation of or different alice rivlin in the audience, senator wyden joined with then house budget committee chairman paul bryant to develop a cost constraint strategy for medicare known as premium support, a good fight that is not over. senator wyden has always tried to make healthcare work better for families. think the card act as just another accomplishment in a journey between of the jury jury is not over. we are eager to continue to support you in that journey, and it is my honor on behalf of the fou

senators, five democrats, five republicans including richard b*ur, mike warner, chairs of the intel committee. bob corker from tennessee, bob menendez from new jersey, lindsey grahamnd chuck schumer in the room as well. jack reed and patrick leahy. we'll see whether or not these senators have some commentary to share with the media when they emerge. we're keeping an eye on that camera spot to see whether or not the answers are satisfactory or not. a week ago in a vote of 2-1 to remove the money for saudi arabia that goes to pay for the war in yemen. they voted the take the money away. we'll see if that still stands today. all that movement on right now inside that hearing room. >> sandra: meanwhile yesterday a big day for markets. they kicked off the week on a high note after a truce in the u.s./china trade war. today it's not the case with the dow down just over 200 points on a tuesday morning. president trump and chinese president xi agreeing to a 90 day delay in new tariffs at the g-20 summit. they failed to sign an actual trade deal. larry kudlow reacted earlier today. >> vice premier told a group of us, we had some meetings, that they were ready to move immed

that talked to the cia, senator durbin, bob corker, republican coming out, saying there's no question in my mind the crown prince ordered this killing. lindsey grahamlby. i can go down the list of democrats and republicans who heard the intelligence from gina haspel and her team and said conclusively he ordered this. yet the president of the united states and the secretary of state continue to ignore that. >> they continue to ignore what they receive from the intelligence community. the direct quote you heard from secretary pompeo, direct evidence isn't yet available. dci, haspel came in with a select group of senators, you sat there with two briefers, direct evidence isn't available. true or false statement? >> we seldom in the course of a criminal trial have direct evidence, a videotape of the actual killing, for example, in a murder trial. but we assemble evidence that's available and much of that evidence becomes convincing to a jury as this was convincing to those of us that gathered. if this is what the secretary of state is using as standard of proof before the crown prince can be held accountable, he is asking for not only a smoking gun but