the murder of journalist jamal khasoggi.he decision comes despite a report that the cia believes the crown prince did order the killing. president trump said today, he is tended by the saudis. here's why. >> i'll not tell the country that spending hundreds of billions of dollars, keep oil prices down so that they're not going to a hundred dollars a barrel. i'm not going to destroy the world's economy and i'm not going to destroy the economy for our country by being foolish with saudi arabia. >> decision is being denounced by members of both parties on capitol hill. even by some of his closest allies. lindsey graham said, i fully realized that the deal with bad actors on the international stage, however when we lose our moral voice, we lose our strongest asset. rand paul said, this statement is saudi arabia first and not america first. in that statement president trump said the congress is free to go in a different direction if it so chooses. tonight, he said that he believes there will be strong bipartisan support for seriou

president putin and the saudi crown prince — suspected of ordering the murder of the journalist jamal khasoggiheir seats. donald trump appeared to snub the russian president, though, over russia's seizure of three ukrainian ships last week. and new details have emerged about his commercial interests in russia during the presidential campaign. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel is at the 620. all sorts of strains appear to be emerging at this summit, and notjust confined to president trump. yes. at these occasions, what you haveis yes. at these occasions, what you have is the formal agenda, where people go through the business of the day but realistically, this is an opportunity for world leaders to kind of discuss issues of common interest. it's speed dating for the ruling class, if you like. but theresa may isn't saying donald trump over his comments on brexit and donald trump isn't seeing vladimir putin over the issue of the ukraine and not many people, it seems, want to see mohammed bin salman, the saudi leader, over what happened to jamal khashoggi. it's all a little bit tense. it's not t

president putin and the saudi crown prince, who's suspected of ordering the murder ofjournalist jamal khasoggitheir seats. but donald trump appeared to snub the russian president over russia's seizure of ukrainian ships last week. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel is at the g20 and sent this report. it's not the most catchy acronym but the usmca, or the united states mexico canada agreement, shows that donald the disruptor. .. this has been a battle. ..can also be donald the builder. the usmca is the largest, most significant, modern and balanced trade agreement in history. all of our countries will benefit greatly. it is probably the largest trade deal ever made also. but his protectionist "america first" instincts are causing deep unease, and though they were all smiles, listen to the words of the canadian prime minister... make no mistake, we will stand up for our workers and fight for their families and their communities. and, donald, it's allthe more reason why we need to keep working to remove the tariffs on steel and aluminium between our countries. the key meeting of this g20 will ta

and the murder of journalist jamal khasoggi in october. multiple outlets have reported the c.i.a.ieves saudi crown prince muhamman salman ordered the assassination. but c.i.a. director gina haspel was not at today's briefing, somethinriating both parties.>> t's outrageous that the senate can be stonewalled from hearing from the c.i.a. director. >> i cannot recall a briefing on such a sensitive measure where we have been denied access to the intelligence agencies of the liited states. >> desjardins: repn senator lindsey graham, often an ally of the president's, has broken with him on muhammad bin salman, or m.b.s., and says he will withhold his vote on other issues to try to get answers. >> i'm talking about any key vote, anything that you need met for to getf town, i ain't doing it until we hear from the c.i.a. >> desjardins: secretary of state mike pompeo, who helped lead t briefing did not answer why the c.i.a. director was absent. >> i was asked to be here and here i am. >> desjardins: it is a critical moment-- saudi issues have forged an unusl alliance between some senate repu

princes in the riyadh ritzca ton, and he's accused of involvement in the murder of journalist jamal khasoggi has also led the war in yemen, that's caused the world'i worst hurian crisis. ant m.b.s. has his father the king's support, d controls the defense ministry and economic, foreign, and domestic es. that means finding an alternative is purposely difficult. and what the saudi founder hoped would be rule by consensus, has lately, been the impulse oone man. fand to discuss this mome saudi arabia, and the u.s., i'm joined by mamoun fandy, the director of the london global strategy institute, a think tank and consultingrganization. he's the author of "saudi arabia and the politics of dissent." and robin wrights a distinguished scholar at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, and a contributing writer to the "new yorker" magazine. s thanmuch to you both for being here. mamoun fandy, if i could start with you there's been a lot of talk about nbs and south had something to do with jamal khashoggi's murder. is there pressure for mbs to step down or will he survive? >> i think the

trudeau says his intelligent agencies have heard recordings of the illing of saudi journalist jamal khasoggieaking in paris today, prime minister trudeau became the first western leader to acknowledge tapes after the turkish government announced it had provided them world powers including the united states, the saudi arabia. the trump administration reportedly is trying new tactics limit intellectual property by china. according to the "wall street u.s. will use export controls, documents, and other measures. launched ogram was with a crackdown on a chinese oficonductor company accused tealing from micron technologies. charles network is seeking bipartisan in the government. a spokesman for the network says major campaign for both arties to jointly discuss divisive issues. the conservative network dropped ens of millions of dollars on advertising to help republicans running in last week's midterm elections. global news 24 hours a day on ir and at tictoc on twitter followed by more than 2,700 overalists and analysts in 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. p.m. in new york, 7:0