on november's mid term elections with chairman of the democratic senatorial campaign committee, chris van hollen. and we'll take a look at who is ahead in the battle for control of the house with our cbs news battleground tracker. plus, we'll talk to nebraska republican senator ben sasse about his new book. all that have and plenty of political analysis all ahead on "face the nation." good morning and welcome to "face the nation." president trump sat down on thursday with lesley stahl for an interview that will air tonight. with u.n. ambassador nikki haley announcing her departure, stall asked if the president has any more changes in store for his admini t leave? >> i don't know. he hasn't told me that. i have a very good relationship with him. it could be that he is, i think he's sort of a democrat if you want to know the truth. general mattis is a good guy, we're getting along very well. at some point, everybody leaves. everybody. people leave. that's washington. >> dickerson: for more that have interview tune in tonight to "60 minutes" in their conversation president trump told less se

maryland senator chris van hollen added that amendment after dr. david dao was dragged from a united express flight last year.nats and as seats on planes continue to shrink, congress says its had enough: the faa will now be required to set minimum seat sizes, both in width and distance between rows.sen. chris van hollen/ (d) maryland:"the focus is on passenger safety, trying to make sure the seats are big enough and the spacing is adequate enough to allow people to exit their seats, get off the plane in the case of emergencies."passengers at reagan national not sure seat size should be up to the government.nats"free market. if known for having smaller seats, then i'd probably fly a different airline."also inside the massive 1200 page bill, a ban on in-flight cell phone voice calls and e-cigarettes pregnant passengers can board first. and after a dog died in a united airlines overhead bin, animals are now banned from the bins.sen. chris van hollen/ (d) maryland:"this is not a perfect bill by any means, but is certainly a positive step forward in con

not very much under wraps, because chris van cleve got an exclusive look. >> i've requested the ride. >> reporter: barbara adams just used her phone to summon the self-driving future. we are riding with her to the drugstore. for the past year, she's been part of waymo's secretive early rider program, made up of 400 households in arizona. >> i usually use it for date night on saturday night. my favorite thing is going to the mall. >> reporter: hundreds of autonomous driving waymo vans operate daily within a roughly 100 square mile area. they typically have a safety driver up front who can take control. screens inside show the riders what the waymo see around it. cameras, sensors and radar allows the on-board computers to see 3 football fields in ever direction, all technology google developed itself. kidra is waymo's chief officer. >> over 6 billion miles in simulation to get to the answer, yes, we firmly believe self-driving technology can help make the roads safer. >> reporter: samantha jackson and her daughter are waymo riders. kylie uses the service almost daily to get to school an

chris van cleave is following this. >> reporter: as bodies, pieces of the plane and items like this wallet are being collected from the surface of the java sea, investigators' focus on finding lion air's black boxes. the voice and data recorders may hold key clues as to why the brand-new 737 max with 189 people crashed minutes into its flight. no americans were on board. indonesian officials say they do not believe anyone could have survived. lion air 610 took off from jakarta's airport at 6:20 a.m. it climbed then dropped roughly 500 feet later. the pilot requested permission to turn back to the airport where the plane plummeted downward at 400 miles an hour. on sunday the same aircraft experienced a similar drop in altitude after taking off from bali, and was flagged for maintenance, which lion air said was completed. >> clearly the incident that occurred prior to this flight is very important because it may have suggested that whatever maintenance was done was not adequate. >> reporter: the max is the newest version of the 737. boeing has delivered 219 so far, 45 to u.s. airlines. more

with us now chris van hollen, a democrat, a member of the appropriations committee. thank you for coming in. >> good to be here. >> do you trust what the saudis will come up with in terms of their investigation? >> not at all. zero, after all, the studies sa -- saudis said they knew nothing about what happened. they said mr. khashoggi left the consulate when they knew full well what happened to him. so to say okay, you do an investigation when they've already proven themselves to be untrustworthy on this issue makes no sense. we should be listen to our own intelligence agencies and as you know from public reporting our agencies are increasingly confident the crown prince is culpable here. >> mohammed bin salman. are you hearing anything different than that? i know you have access to sensitive information. >> i know senator corker, the chair of the foreign relations committee, asked for a briefing. he said the other day that they, the administration, was not cooperating and not providing it so it appears you have an administration that wants to shut down our own intel

midterm election preview this afternoon, speakers include former house speaker newt gingrich and chris vanollen who chairs the democratic senatorial campaign committee at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. more live coverage coming your way at 7:00 eastern. mcmaster debating democrat gene smith. the republican recumbent john and democrat gary. with 12 days till the election, make c-span your choice for campaign 2018. >> sense -- sunday on c-span's q&a, author and residents of john hopkins university school of the vast international studies, talks about his biography of president george w. bush. >> i do not really worry about my legacy p i'm still studying theodore roosevelt. or harry truman. be an objective history done for a long time. >> it is not too soon to judge on some at -- some aspects of his legacy. it is not too soon to judge on the war on iraq. why? because it did not accomplish what he thought it would it cost 4000 plus american lives, it cost $2 trillion. book and i don't think this judgment will change, it was one of the biggest strategic blunders in american history. >> sunday nig

i'm pleased to be joined by chris van hollen, chairman of the democratic senatorial campaign. thank you so much for being here. you can send your questions for senator van hollen by using the hashtag #post live. i want to start with the current climate of aggression right now. we have these 10 bond packages that are being investigated that were sent to democratic leaders throughout the country, or critics of president trump. one news organization -- president trump is blaming the media for creating the anger in society. in the last two weeks for election day, where is the limit for political discourse in that climate? >> what i hope and what we're seeing in a lot of states where candidates are actually campaigning is voters are focused on the issues. and so i'm hoping that through all this clamor we're able to talk about the issues. but it is, of course, a very serious moment in the country when you have people essentially getting death threats and having these pipe bombs mailed. the president had a fleeting moment of unity at the white house yesterday before he then went on t

. >>> up next, former house speaker newt gingrich and maryland senator chris van holland are part of a preview of the midterm elections. this event hosted by "the washington post." >>> good afternoon, everyone. it's my pleasure to welcome you to "the washington post." i'm fred ryan, publisher and ceo. i want to thank you for joining us on this countdown to the 2018 midterm elections. just 12 days to go and one thing that republicans and democrats, we know, can agree on is that the stakes are high. november 6th could see a change in control of congress. what happens on election day will set the national agenda for the next two years and likely beyond. today we have a terrific lineup of speakers who will analyze the 2018 contests and help mock sen -- make sense of the future implications. they're explore the issues motivating voters across the country. we'll hear from former house speaker newt gingrich. we'll also be joined by maryland senator chris van holland who was chairman of the democratic senatorial campaign committee. we'll tap on the vast expertise of washington post reporters

maryland senator chris van hollen added that amendment after dr.avid dao was dragged from a united express flight last year.nats and as seats on planes continue to shrink, congress says its had enough: the faa will now be required to set minimum seat sizes, both in width and distance between rows.sen. chris van hollen/ (d) maryland:"the focus is on passenger safety, trying to make sure the seats are big enough and the spacing is adequate enough to allow people to exit their seats, get off the plane in the case of emergencies."passengers at reagan national not sure seat size should be up to the government.nats"free market. if an airline is known for having smaller seats, then i'd probably fly a different airline."also inside the massive 1200 page bill, a ban on in-flight cell phone voice calls and e-cigarettespregnant passengers can board first. and after a dog died in a united airlines overhead bin, animals are now banned from the bins.sen. chris van hollen/ (d) maryland:"this is not a perfect bill by any means, but is certainly a positive step for

chris van cleave got an exclusive look inside the minivan in chandler, arizona. >> i requested the ride. >> reporter: arbor adams used her phone to summon to self driving future. we are riding with her to the drugstore and what will soon be the nations first autonomous right hailing taxi service rate for the past year she has been part of the secretive early rider program made up of more than 400 households of in chandler, arizona. >> i use it for date night on saturday night. [laughter] my favorite thing is going to the mall. >> reporter: hundreds of autonomous driving vans operate daily within a roughly 100 square mile area. for now they typically have a safety driver upfront who can take control. screens inside show the riders with the car seats around it. cameras, sensors, radar and laser based radar allows the onboard computers to see three football fields in every direction. all technology google developed itself in close regards. >> it is actually taking this 10 million miles , over 6 billion miles and simulation to get to the answer. we firmly believe that self driving technolog

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a brief time ago i spoke to democratic senator chris van hollen from capitol hill and asked him about the president's remarks. avn. van hollen: we cannot business as usual until we find out what happened here. it appears the saudis overstated -- orchestrated the murder of an individual who resides in the is ad states is -- and "washington post" columnist, and if that is true we will have to evaluate ovell relations with saudi arabia. the trump administration has cozied up to the saudi regime from the beginning, despite continued crackdowns on human rights. this would be an extreme example of that, obviously.ld jane: how shmerica hold saudi arabia accountable if the flegations prove to be true? sen. van hollen: tst thing we should do is make sure we do not go forward with the pending request, precision-guided munitions that the saudis want to use in their war against yemen. many of us are already been very concerned about the fact that the administtion is so closely tied to saudi arabia in that war. senator menendez ithe senior democrat on the foreign relations committee and already ha

chris van holland told face the nation the president needs to take climate change more seriously. >> the trump administration and a lot of republicans who want to put their head in the sand, they don't want to hear the information. >> i have one beer -- >> the president also defended the way he spoke about christine blasey ford who accused supreme court justice brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. >> i had not made that speech, we would not have won. >> and he refused to pledge not to end special counsel robert mueller's investigation of the election. >> there was no collusion at any time. >> you don't want to pledge. >> why should i pledge? i don't have to pledge to you. if i want to pledge i'll pledge. >> but jeff flake told us this week he believes the senate will defend the probe. >> it is active in a bipartisan fashion to make sure we move forward, that bob mueller concludes his investigation on his timing, nor the -- not ours. >> to date, 32 people have been charged or pled guilty. >> anne-marie also pressed the president on nato and his support of nato effort to prevent world wa

also we will be joined by chris van hollen chairman of the democratic senatorial campaign talking about the democratic efforts to regain control of the senate we will also tap on the vast expertise of "washington post" reporters all over the country covering this ect election and hear from the analyst and activist who are playing the paying the closest attention to the shares contest but i would like to start by thanking our supporting sponsor we are delighted to have you here and extend a warm welcome to those in attendance. also are presenting sponsor fromil bank and trust and also to the chairman to come up and say a few words. [applause] . >> thank you. good afternoon. it is a pleasure to be here with you in our nations capital. washington d.c. is the d epicenter of our national discourse and hosting some of the most memorable and important debates in history. we think "the washington post" program today promises to be a lively and memorable discussionio of the 2018 midterm elections which is shaping up to be one of the most consequential of years. both chambers of congress are in p

disappearance happened and the administration needs to demand this release this was democratic senator chris van hollen again we don't know what's going on it's been a week since the man disappeared. and we'll be watching closely how this particular incident affects the relations between saudi arabia and washington are there trying to thank you for staying across that rather complicated story for us. moscow has spoke out against dutch allegations that russian spies tried to hack the international chemical weapons watchdog with foreign minister sergei lavrov saying the claims were designed to attract maximum attention. issue there was nothing secret about the a prove is it to the hague by the russian specialists accused of spying by the netherlands they weren't hiding the russians that were expelled from the netherlands when given any explanations they were detained and asked to leave it's an example of megaphone diplomacy speaking to the media this monday the russian foreign affairs minister sygate lover of shira he has views over the allegations about the russian attack on the international che

the washington post is hosting a mid election preview, speakers are newt gingrich and chris van hollen. that is live at 4 p.m. eastern. more live debate coverage today, at 7 p.m. henry mcmaster debating james smith in the south carolina race. and garyohn barrasso tron. make c-span your primary source for campaign 2018. time we at about this like to take stock of political ads. what makes an ad good and bad # we are joined by two veteran andultant, todd harris, steve macomb --mr. mcmahon: cmahon what happens this year, there are so many ads that are out there, it is difficult for a media consultant to make the impression they want. and and that is memorable and funny, and adware a candidate is self-deprecating, something that makes people remember the. >> something that can tell a story, which is often hard to do in 30 seconds. not just a story, you have to tell a story that advances your .essage and your narrative if you are able to tell a good story in a way that is memorable and deliver a message that moves the ball for you you have a good ad. host: can you talk about what this strat

inside of the building itself, and the senate room, this is senator chris van hollen of maryland, a democratfloor addressing the floor and the build—up to the confirmation, or maybe not, but it is utterly devoted of whether thejudge maybe not, but it is utterly devoted of whether the judge kavanaugh will ta ke of whether the judge kavanaugh will take his place at the highest legal seatin take his place at the highest legal seat in the land. a reminder, the backdrop of this, he is still facing a series of allegations of sexual assault. we are bringing you live coverage of that final vote expected around 9:30pm local washington time. but already, rest outside of the capitol hill building. —— arrest outside. stay with us here on bbc news. ray galton, one half of the galton and simpson comedy writing duo has died at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia. together they created iconic sitcoms including hancock's half hour and steptoe & son. david sillito takes a look back at his life. i thought you came here to give us some of your blood. that is just a smear. it may be a smear to you but it

it featured former house speaker newt gingrich, and chris van hollen who chairs thedemic senatorrer senatorial campaign committee. >> good afternoon everyone. welcome it's my pleasure to welcome you to the washington post, i'm fred ryan, publisher and ceo. thank for joining us to this count don to the midterm elections. 12 days to go, and one thing that republicans and democrats we know can agree on is that the stakes are high. november 6 could see a change in control of congress and what happens on election day will set the national agenda for the next two years and likely beyond. today we have a terrific lineup of speakers who will analyze the 2018 contests and help make sense of their future implications. so break down the numbers and explore the issues motivating voters across the country. we'll hear from former house speaker newt beginning receive who is the architect of the republican take over of the house of representatives. as you may recall the republicans gained a stunning 54 seats and took control of the chamber from the democrats in 40 years. we'll also be joined with chis van hol

chris van cleave has the latest. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows the 14 friends as they set off on the ill-fated rafting trip down a swollen river. moments later the rafts capsized killing four american men and their guide. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: this witness says he saw three overturned rafts, adding survivors said when they entered the water everything was normal. but a flash flood came from behind them. sunday, police raided the company operating the river rafting tour. police seized computers and files from the business. authorities are investigating whether it had the proper license. heavy rains and flooding have battered parts of central america, including costa rica over the past month. there was a flood alert in effect in the area of saturday's accident, prompting some tour operators to stay off the water. >> should we have gone out that day? no, we shouldn't have. >> reporter: jeff went rafrting on the same river last month when all three carrying his group overturned tossing him into the rapids. >> if i had been knocked out, it probably would ha

planned to murder in the saudi's own consulate was orchestrated by road killers defies reality says chris van hollen orders must have come from the top the u.s. must not be complicit in an effort to cover up this heinous crime skepticism also expressed by a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power she says the notion that mohammed bin solomon one of the most controlling leaders in the middle east didn't know his government was sending fifteen goons to turkey to abduct a saudi critic is absurd. and there's increasing criticism of the saudi crown prince by senior members of congress democrat senator chris murphy who serves on the foreign relations committee had this to say in a washington post opinion piece as the new crown prince sing gauges in increasingly reckless behavior more and more of us are wondering whether our allies actions are in our own best interests the lists are for erratic actions from mohamed bin solomon is long the jailing of royal family members the detention of the lebanese prime minister a nonsensical feud with cutter the growing internal repression of political

posted by chris van hollen, who chairs the democratic senatorial campaign committee, coming up at 4:00 eastern on c-span. also this afternoon, president trump will mark the 35th anniversary of the bombing, two hundred 41 u.s. service members and 58 french soldiers were killed in 1983 by suicide but -- bombers. the president expected to discuss policy during the white house commemoration. more live debate coverage this evening as well, first at 7:00 p.m. eastern. mcmaster debates democrat james smith in the south carolina governor's race. then at 9:00, the wyoming u.s. senate debate between the public and senator -- and democrat -- with 12 days until the election, make c-span your primary source for camp in 2018. campaign 2018. >> new york times best-selling author joni is our guest. her live call-in program on sunday, november 4, at noon eastern. "a sparkrecent book is of light. her other books include -- 20 more novels. she has written five issues of the woman -- wonder woman comic for d.c. comic spirit alive sunday, november 4, from noon until 3:00 p.m. eastern and be sure to watch n

capitol hill by republicans but especially by democrats who have been critical of the president chris van hollen is the senior democrat in the u.s. house of representatives and he tweeted president trump suggestion that to show g.'s elaborately planned murder in the saudi's own consulate was orchestrated by rogue killers defies reality orders must have come from the top the u.s. must not be complicit in an effort to cover up its heinous crime and samantha powers is the former us ambassador to the united nations she also tweeted similarly saying the notion that mohammad been summoned one of the most controlling leaders in the middle east didn't know that his government was sending fifteen goons to turkey to abduct a saudi critic is absurd that's the response we're seeing here in washington but it's not just from democrats so there will be a lot of pressure exerted on president trump president trump has a loan business relationship and a close relationship with king solomon so he has so far seems to be allowing the saudis to go along with this explanation but that a lot of people here simpl

throughout the election i've talked to chris van holan on the senate. he walks through every day and is chairman and every time something comes up in the news or the latest trump scandal he always says i think it's a pocketbook collection. i think that's true. the pocketbook is an issue and that's why republicans are counting on the economy. record unemployment. 3.7. they're really pushing that. and along with the tax bill. they've had a tough time selling this bill. host: if republicans stay in control of congress both the house and senate do they have a healthcare agenda? guest: at this point you have, say they do hold on to the chamber both of them. you have the senate likely will pick up a couple seats. somewhere around 53, maybe 54. and the house will be very slim but the last time around john mccain and he is unfortunately not here anymore. but that was the one impediment and that road block will be gone though a much more narrow majority that in the house could make things more difficult. host: back tour calls david is holding on in dennison, tex

chris van hollen, (d) maryland: "our intelligence agencies are increasingly confident that the crown prince himself culpable here" (jrs) that was kim hutcherson reporting. the saudi government has denied the crown prince's involvement. and they have not said where khashoggi's body is located. (j.r.) if you are headed to or from solano county tonight or tomorrow night plan for backups like you see here. there is a repavement project going on and crews have section of the interstate down to one lane at times in both the westbound and eastbound directions. this is all happening just east of the carquinez bridge and is part of a major state project. this is what it looked like late friday night. there were major delays coming into the east bay. the same work will continue through the weekend. the project is expected to take at least a couple months. (justine) it's a record breaking mega billions! we went to the bay area store where one lucky winner matched 5 out of the 6 lotto numbers! (jrs) an early warning system is in effect for bart, pg&e and local hospitals. the next step is an ambe

. >> maryland democrat, chris van holland complained bitterly about the process. >> the decision to plow right through will undermine and haunt the integrity of the supreme court for decades to come. >> 31 days out from the midterm election and the supreme court bite seems to have ignored it both sides. >> when you hear these democrats talking about plowing through with the nomination they look at harry reid who opened the door to 51 votes, simple majority to get the nominations through. the president to put it front and center in 2016. when you hear them say get out and vote is going to be a big issue. >> we've seen the protesters both for and against the kavanaugh nomination. the republican leaders said they were worried about how they would get the base fired out to get there and support candidates. they say the supreme court fight has done that. democrats feel it is fired up their side as well. we will see if the turnout is better than the standard midterm election. >> the president is about to hold a big campaign rally shortly after kavanaugh sworn in. the president is expressing hi

. >>> up next, former house speaker newt gingrich and maryland senator chris van holland are part of a preview of the midterm elections. this event hosted by "the washington post."

it featured former house speaker newt gingrich, and chris van hollen who chairs thedemic senatorrer senatorialnoon everyone. welcome it's my pleasure to welcome you to the washington post, i'm fred ryan, publisher and ceo. thank for joining us to this count don to the midterm elections. 12 days to go, and one thing that republicans and democrats we know can agree on is that the stakes are high. noer

. >> reporter: that's the reaction of democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland to the sidelining director of epa's office of protection. >> here's somebody who has been the champion for children at the epa, who all of a sudden without any notice is put on administrative leave. >> reporter: she's a top expert whose job is to advise the epa on how its regulations might affect children. us be she says in the current administration -- >> our message is no longer welcome. >> reporter: over three weeks ago officials put her on paid leave, she says, without exmr. nation. >> it's about balancing me because i know how to protect children and i have a track record of doing it for 35 years. >> reporter: epa later said there were serious reports made against her by staff regarding her ability to effectively lead. but this former epa regional administrator doesn't buy it. >> she was widely respected as competent leader within the environmental protection agency. >> reporter: judith angst says she worked closely us with the doctor during the obama administration. >> she's just a tremendous exp

posted by chris van hollen, who chairs the democratic senatorial campaign committee, coming up at 4:00 eastern on c-span. also this afternoon, president trump will mark the 35th anniversary of the bombing, two hundred 41 u.s. service members and 58 french soldiers were killed in 1983 by suicide but -- bombers. the president expected to discuss policy during the white house commemoration. more live debate coverage this evening as well, first at 7:00 p.m. eastern. mcmaster debates democrat james smith in the south carolina governor's race. then at 9:00, the wyoming u.s. senate debate between the public and

i talked with chris van holland, the democrat from maryland. i said what is this mid-term about?e said pocketbook issues. i turned the question around to his republican counterpart. cory gardner from california. he said i hope it is about pocketbook issues. we have high wages, low unemployment. let me read you some quotes from gardner. he said "if some tycoon on wall street had a bad day, they don't get a rat's ass." if jeff bezos loses money, they don't lose sleep. there's concern about the interest rates. i spoke with joe manchin from west virginia. he echos the president talking about the interest rates. i put the question to richard shelby, the republican senator from alabama. former chair of the banking committee. he said the fed is always going to be concerned about inflation. maybe they see something out there. as you say, neil, as we go to the mid-terms, a couple days ago we talked about brett kavanaugh. then the hurricane. now the market decline. it's october. there's a term in politics called october surprise. it's october and full of surprises, neil. >> neil: well-said

out front now, chris van holland of maryland. what's your reaction to ambassador bolton, no effect on the election? >> well, jake, ambassador bolton doesn't know what he's talking about. our intelligence agencies unanimously confirmed a couple things. the russians interfered in our election, they interfered for hillary clinton and they could not evaluate what kind of impact it ultimately had on our election. for john bolton to speculate it was minimal, first of all is dead wrong, and second he should not be in moscow downplaying the significance and seriousness with which we take russian interference in our elections. especially when we're just about two weeks out, right now from 2018 midterms. >> when it happened, and ambassador bolton was a pundit on fox. and not a member of the administration, when it happened, he said it was essentially an act of war by russia on the united states. he seems to be downplaying it. >> it was a total violation of our sovereignty, it undermines our democracy, and if ambassador bolton were serious

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the president was acting like a public relations agent for the saudi regime, and maryland senator chris van hollen said the president's claim, quote, defied reality. will this turn into a political mess just three weeks before the midterms? former director of communications for hillary, along with former special assistant the president trump mark lauder. welcome to you both. >> good evening. kennedy: so, mark be, i will start with you. obviously, this is the kind of foreign relations fiasco the president doesn't need three weeks before the midterms. is he responding appropriately? >> i think he's waiting to hear what the investigation shows. i mean, at this point he had a 20-minute conversation this morning with the king who denied it. we need to see more information. he's been very clear. he said it on "60 minutes" and again today, as the evidence comes out, we will have -- hold saudi arabia accountable, there will be senate consequences -- significant consequences if they are behind this, and he dispatched secretary of state mike pompeo to saudi arabia and possibly to turkey to get to the

planned to murder in the saudi's own consulate was orchestrated by road killers defies reality says chris van hollen orders must have come from the top the u.s. must not be complicit in an effort to cover up this heinous crime skepticism also expressed by a former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. samantha power she says the notion that mohammed bin solomon one of the most controlling leaders in the middle east didn't know his government was sending fifteen goons to turkey to abduct a saudi critic is absurd and there's increasing criticism of the saudi crown prince by senior members of congress democrat senator chris murphy who serves on the foreign relations committee had this to say in a washington post opinion piece as the new crown prince in gauges in increasingly reckless behavior more and more of us are wondering whether our allies actions are in our own best interests to listen for erratic actions from mohamad been solomon is long the jailing of royal family members the detention of the lebanese prime minister a nonsensical feud with cutter the growing internal repression of political speech

of rogue killers this morning as the ones responsible for khashoggi's death and disappearance is chris van hollen. president trump's suggestion that khashoggi's elaborately planned murder in the saudi's own consulate was orchestrated by rogue killers defies reality. orders must have come from the top. the u.s. must not be complicit in efforts to cover up this crime. he joins me from capitol hill. former cia directors, former ambassadors have said over and over again that if this operation is as the turkish government describes it, it absolutely would have been done with the knowledge of mbs and officials at the top of the saudi government. >> well, nicolle, it's shameful that the president of the united states would allow himself to be used as the mouthpiece for the saudi regime's cover-up story here. look, here's what we know. we know this repressed reports that u.s. intelligence agencies knew that the saudi government, not rogue elements, the saudi government, was trying to lure khashoggi to saudi arabia. when he went to the consulate for personal reasons, they told him the day to come b

s disappearance the democratic senator from maryland chris van hollen tweeted president trump suggestion that could show g.'s elaborately planned murder in the saudi's own concealer was orchestrated by rogue killers defies reality orders must have come from the top the us must not be complicit in an effort to cover up this here in this crime. and remind you again about what stunts and the power of the former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. had to say under the obama administration she tweeted the notion that mohammed bin sunland one of the most controlling leaders in the middle east didn't know that his government was sending fifteen goons to turkey to duct a saudi critic is absurd. stacey served as a u.s. state department official during the obama administration joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program so is that sort of a diplomatic nightmare for the white house surely that sort of pin so much on the close relationship between riyadh because as we've seen from those politicians saying the u.s. cannot be seen surely in this particular case to be complicit in

this that is not going over well on capitol hill particularly with the president's office mission chris van hollen is a congressman a senior congressman from the state of maryland and a democrat and he tweets president trump suggestion that because show us elaborately planned murder in the saudi's own consulate was orchestrated by rogue killers defines reality orders must have come from the top you're right the u.s. must not be complicit in an effort to cover up this heinous crime and he's just one of many people on capitol hill. twenty two senators of both parties signed a letter asking the trumpet ministration to investigate this and to look into who was responsible and possible sanctions the u.s. could levy president trump has been very very clear that he doesn't want one of those sanctions to be an arms deal that he values at one hundred ten billion dollars other people value it at considerably less but this puts trump in a difficult position he's had business ties with saudi arabia before becoming president and he is perhaps the closest president with the saudi regime since the united

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van. >> chris, a couple things here.ll, you notice all the republicans tonight keep talking about the southern border, the southern border. the majority of people who are here unlawfully did not come through the southern border. they flew in on airplanes and overstayed their visas. if all they were concerned about was literally just people being here unlawfully, the conversation would be different. this isn't about unlawful immigration. it's about who these people are and where they are coming from and that is unfortunate. we are talking about now, by the way, putting 5,000 troops -- we're going to have more troops on our border to stop this little caravan than i think we have in iraq. we've got -- atemit's a massive overreaction, and it's not chartered to the problem of undocumented people. it's undocumented people of a certain color from a certain part of the world. and that's what i think is very disturbing, and we can't get away from this bigger picture now. in brazil, they just elected somebody who is an enemy of de