the united states and president putin of russia, the president and saudi crown prince, mbs, mohammad bin salman. there will undoubtedly be people who want to know what was discussed that warranted a tighter-than-normal control over these conversations. are you comfortable with the declassification of more of the president's conversations with world leaders? >> i think at this point it is entirely justified. we know of at least one instance where he was using his presidential authority as leverage over another nation in order to get a personal benefit. and if that was happening in other context, then i think it is definitely something of concern. with putin specifically, i think that is important because what trump was doing with ukraine, including trying to send his personal attorney, rudy giuliani, to find evidence that it was ukraine who interfered in our 2016 election, not russia, was something that benefited russia. we need to see if there were any conversations about what trump was going with regard to ukraine that might be related. >> based on our conversations with national security efxp

>> crown prince mohammad bin salman ( translated ): absolutely not. this was a heinous crime. but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. >> o'donnell: what does that mean that you take responsibility? >> bin salman ( translated ): when a crime is committed against a saudi citizen by officials, working for the saudi government, as a leader i must take responsibility. this was a mistake. and i must take all actions to avoid such a thing in the future. >> o'donnell: on october 2, 2018 jamal khashoggi entered the saudi consulate in istanbul and never left. turkish investigators allege a saudi hit team was waiting for him. they report he was killed almost immediately and that his body was dismembered. to this day his remains have not been found. saudi public prosecutors have charged 11 men, including the deputy intelligence chief major general ahmed asiri. saud al-qahtani, once the prince's powerful right-hand man, has been implicated but not formally charged. the world wants the ans

for talksksududi arabia with mohammad bin salman.usation is coming from saudi arabia, saying iran was involvlved in this s attack. what kind ofof reaction has thte beenen to that? attack happened anurday, iran has h heard incredible aunt t of accusatitions, finger-poinintin. that has a lot of iranians worried, wondndering are we goig to get bombed, are we going to go to war with saudii arabia? at least for now, that is not the case. when you hear accusations, like ththe ones comining from saudi arabia today, it gets people worried. when you have building tension, it is important to d dissect the words being used. when you look at the accusation coming from saudi arabia, itt does not seem to suggegest saudi iran launchedying the attack. they clearly said iran is the sponsor of this a attack. that is the keyword, sponsosorship. prepapared tois not direrectly say iran lalaunched e attack. for many who do not want war, it suggests they y are not prepared to retaliate. their response thrououghout the week, they deny they had responsibilit

overly deferential to mohammad bin salman, awaiting orders. >> he's outsourcing the decision. at least in that tweet. of course, that's one of the problems with tweeting in an area this serious is there is opportunity for misunderstanding. this is a case where all the discussions should be very, very, very careful. number four, i think, john, let's take a deep breath. there's not an emergency here. this isn't an imminent threat to the homeland. there's time to consider the facts. and then to consult with our allies, the european allies, yes, consult with saudi arabia, uae, oman, the other gulf countries. israel. and also talk to experts. last week as you mentioned, i was in saudi arabia. our ambassador there who used to be the centcom commander is one of the smartest guys i've run across in a long time. that's somebody that should be in the highest counsels of this decision-making. i think that's really important. and finally, the thing about the summit, i was thinking about a summit yesterday. a summit is the top of a mountain, but underneath it is a whole mountain of prepara

reena, the saudis said crown prince mohammad bin salman received a phone call from president trump saying attacks like this could have a negative impact on the economy in the u.s. and around the world. >> ninan: roxana saberi in london. the already-devastated bahamas is feeling the impact tonight of tropical storm humberto. the storm is creating new worries for the more than 2,000 people living in shelters, and those trying to rebuild their homes in the wake of hurricane dorian. at least 50 people are dead and 1300 are still reported missing. humberto is expected to become a hurricane within the next 24 hours. the storm has been strengthening all day. here with the latest and where the storm is head, meteorologist jeff berardelli. jeff, what is the latest. >> reena this storm is getting better organized and strengthening. the good news is it is beginning to move away from the bahamas. but we think it will likely be a hurricane fairly soon. you can see on the satellite lots of big thunderstorms blowing around the center. it's going to be lifting north ever so slowly the next 24-48 hours as

speaking to "60 minutes," mohammad bin salman says he responsibility for it as a leader. mr. khashoggi was left at the best last seen at the saudi consulate in istanbul a year ago. here is mbs' response when confronted. crown prince bin salman: absolutely not. this was a heinous crime. st i take full responsibility as the leader indi arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government. laura: secret recordings of the planning and execution of jamal khashoggi were made by the turks and shared with intelligence agencies. two of the very few people would o have heard those tapes hav spoken to the bbc's "panorama" program. reporter: in october last year, jamal khashoggi walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul. he was hoping to collect divorcv papers in order to marry his turkish fiancÉe. he was never seen again. we only know that jamal khashoggi was murdered and the brutal way in which it was done because the saudconsulate wa bugged by turkish intelligence. the planning and the execution were all recorded. you can hear them laughing. it i

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammad bin salman has denied ordering the killing of jamal khashoggi lastr. despite this, the ruler says he takes responsibility for the murder. according to a a u u.n. investigator, hisis criminall reresponbilityty has been n pron beyond a doubt. saudi asians killed khashoggigi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul one year ago. sudan's prime minister has visited paris for talks with emmanuel macron. he leads a transition government after the ouster of longtime leader omar al-bashir. the crowd called on the u.s. to remove the studio from its l lit of countries that sponsor terrorism and to lift sanctions against khartoum. states have been badly hit. the monsoon rains brought down trees, powerlines and roots. forecasters expect the w weather to ease off this week. to the u.s., where for the first time, more than half of americans say they approve of congress opening and impeachment inquiry into does not -- donald trump. that's according to the latest polls. the president is stepping up his attacks as public concern grows over the whistleblower allegations

trump with george mason professor and martin smith will join us to talk about a documentary on mohammad bin salman, titled "the crown prince of saudi arabia." watch at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. a,"uncer: sunday on "q and this is smith's own dance institutions peter leopold on the history and managing the u.s. economy. >> the supreme court eventually ruled a tomato is a vegetable and not a fruit because of a tariff. sort of an odd story. any botanist will tell you a fact, is a fruit, but in the 1883 tariff put a tariff on vegetables and not fruits. of vegetables in new york pointed out that the tomatoes brought in from the caribbean were fruit and he did not have to pay a tariff. the battle went on for quite some time. eventually, the supreme court ruled that tomatoes were actually of vegetable. -- a vegetable. it is an interesting ruling that had repercussions beyond tomatoes themselves. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 "&a."in his first public route >> -- >> the center for strategic and international studies hosted this event. it's about 50 minutes. [applause] much, john.

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammad bin salman has denied ordering the murder of the journalist, jamalas a "heinous crime" committed by people working for his government. other stories around the bbc newsroom. houthi rebels in yemen have freed almost 300 prisoners as part of a un peace initiative. that's from bbc arabic. a day of mourning is taking place in france for the former president jacques chirac who died last week at the age of 86. world leaders joined almost 2000 people for a service in paris. over the weekend thousands of people queued to file past his coffin that has been lying in state. now, let's turn to china, because police there have arrested a fugitive. i apologise, we will come to that story in a moment, but as you can see, we will talk about my colleague, the bbc presenter munchetty. because a complaint against the bbc presenter naga munchetty that was partially upheld and caused a furore has now been reversed by the director general. naga had been talking with co—presenter dan walker about comments made by donald trump. the president had suggested four democratic po

have just returned from saudi arabia, where we conducted a rare interview with crown prince mohammad bin salmancan see that interview this sunday on the 52nd season premiere of "60 minutes." and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm norah o'donnell in new york. thank you so much for watching. we'll see you right back here tomorrow night with all the news. good night. ptioned by sponsored by cbs media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org the juul record. they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. >>> right now, at seven. >>> two major criminal investigations surrounding suspicious fires. and man from out of state arrested in santa clara county. >> went into town on thursday, said the fires on friday and saturday and had town plans to return. >>> the search tonight for the suspect

it is said that mohammad bin salman will be protected. often i blacked up, says buy into this ipo. i can't recall how often i blacked up, sastustin trudeau. judo has become this barometer of perfect pc opinions. —— justin trudeau. he is the ultimate liberal. and then he does something like this. i can't recall. i mean, what an absolutely bizarre statement to make. it definitely implies that he has done it quite a few times and is worried that there are more skeletons in the closet. he was 29, it was 2001. the excuse doesn't work that everyone was doing it. it was 2001. i can't help but think this is going to fatally damage him. 2001. i can't help but think this is going to fatally damage himm 2001. i can't help but think this is going to fatally damage him. is all depends on what his conservative opponents alike was not if they have an even worse reputation in this area of equality, especially race. he won't be that damaged. but he is a liberal and there are elections looming. he is a piece of political wokeness. i saw him at an event, a

we know the president is still standing with mohammad bin salman.hat is his standing for the rest of the world? >> his standing with the rest of the world depends in europe and in america, he's not a vehicle visitor. he's in india as we speak, i believe. he has gone to a number of asian countries. he went to a summit meeting down in buenos aires. he is trying very hard to get this to go past him. it's not been successful. he's not giving very convincing answers, nor has his closest aide that is alleged to have run this operation and there's a lot of evidence that he had, is not on trial. and they're not saying where he is. it's very hard to see how he reconnects with the rest of the world. >> "the washington post" opinion section is remembering the columnist jamal khashoggi with a collection of op-eds in an anniversary of his death on october 2nd. this wednesday's print edition of the newspaper will feature a special expanded opinion section in an op-ed entitled why the world won't forget the horror of khashoggi's murder. "the washington post" ceo a

heather: president mohammad bin salman hopes for peace and the war could caught collapse.luded that the prince ordered killings and jamal khashoggi, his body never been found. back at home, is texas now considered a swing state, well nancy pelosi seems to think so. >> texas is -- is our hope for the future. when texas goes blue and people have to pay attention to everything that happens here, the views of people here, that's going to be very, very hopeful for our nation. heather: but will the lone star state actually turn blue in 2020, here with some insight former political director republican in texas ash wright, ash, thank you so much for joining us this morning, we appreciate it. >> good morning, thanks for having me. heather: what do you think of what nancy pelosi has to say there? >> well, look, the demographics are definitely changing in the state of texas but she's premature that 2020 is going to be the change over so they often point to some facts of beto o'rourke's race or 2016 cycle where democrats won roughly 55% -- let me back up, 58% of all texas votes came f

you have mohammad bin salman saying they are not looking for a military war with iran, taking a littlef geopolitical risk off the table. in the u.s., the other highlight is on the impeachment drama, intensifying over the weekend. nancy pelosi warning president trump not to make anything worse. rep. pelosi: honor your oath of office to the constitution of the united states. speak the truth, and let us work together to have this be a unifying experience, not of dividing one for our country. don't make this any worse than it already is. alix: the president took to twitter, writing, "these radical lefts are lying and cheating like never before in our country's history in order to destabilize the u.s. in its upcoming 2020 election. they and the fake news media are dangerous and bad." still with me is paul richards of medley global advisors. that wasn't one of many, many tweets. when would you be nervous? i would be nervous if we were to see a smoking gun, or something else come out. the market is only 0.5% since this came out this week. pelosie is despite nancy being dragged into this proce

i've just returned from saudi arabia where we conducted a rare interview with crown prince mohammad bin salman on the 52nd season premiere of "60 minutes." i'm norah o'donnell in new york. thank you so much for watching. we'll see you right back here tomorrow night with all the news. good night. ♪ >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." >> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm errol barnett. it was like a scene out of a reality tv show playing out at the united nations. president trump holding a photo up with the president of ukraine as he fends off charges he strung up crane to dig up charges on biden. a phone call at the center of all of this where president trump asked him to, quote, do us a favor and work withba. weijia jiang begins our coverage. >> no push, no pressure, no nothing. it's all a hoax, folks. it's all a big hoax. >> reporter: president trump basked in his belief that the summary of his phone call with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky proves he did nothing wrong. earlier zelensky backed that up. >> i think you read everything. i'm sorry, but i don't want to be involved to d

about all of these other interactions that have seemed somewhat dubious, whether it is with mohammad bin salman of saudi arabia, or any number of leaders, from kim jong-un to other adversaries that he has praised, and wonder what is underneath all of this. host: there are internal transcripts or notes from us all of those calls were meeting, if not all of them. as a former national security advisor, i'm assuming you have always advocated the importance of the president or other foreign leaders being able to have a modicum of privacy in their conversations, so they are not to be made fully public so that there can be room for actual conversations. how do you balance those two for thes, the precedent need for presidents for leaders to have internal deliberations that are not entirely shared with the public, versus what you are talking about here. are you advocating for the transcripts or notes of president trump's calls with mbs, with putin, with cc to all cash with sisi, to all be released to congressional investigators? susan: obviously, in normal times, there is utility in the communications b

they included russian president vladimir putin and mohammad bin salman.national diplomatic editor nic robertson has details from london. >> reporter: with these details that president trump had calls can king salman and his father will cause some tensions in the relationship between saudi arabia and president trump. of course it's been a strong and very close relationship. these calls we now understand of which there was no transcript kept and only previous calls or calls with other leaders where there would be a number of white house officials listening in on that call, the only other official secretary of state mike pompeo and national security adviser john bolton were in on those calls. saudi officials do have concerns about president trump. and they are specifically focused more around iran. but also the very fact that president trump does tend to change his mind. very likely from the saudis. we will hear them say this is a matter, internal matter for the united states. we don't know the contents of those calls. it could look positive for the crown pr

the crown prince mohammad bin salman said he's looking into it. and it will be brought up at the u.n. general assembly this week. we're in a holding pattern, but part of that holding pattern is to may saudi arabia's key facilities more secure. we saw the united states and president trump send more troops here earlier in the summer when tensions ratcheted up in the persian gulf around the straits of hormuz. this is another step, but it's not a posture in any way that's going to unplug all of the defense issues here because it's a broader issue than putting in a few missile defense systems, it appears at this stage at least. the saudis on their part haven't commented on the u.s. troop deployment here, however, we do know we had expressed -- the crown prince's brother had expressed concerns on a visit to washington in the past month, had expressed concerns to u.s. officials there that they were worried that the united states could trigger potentially conflict in its region by its posture. so this seems to be a balanced measure at this time but is not

the administration has taken remarkable steps to conceal a call with saudi crowned prince mohammad bin salman and russian president putin. and another conversation that prompted enturnal concerns, that infamous 2017 meeting with russian officials in the oval office, the washington post is reporting the president said he is not concerned about moscow's interference in the 2016 election. as lawmakers spearheading the election committee expect to issue more subpoenas in the coming days. the president's allies are concerned that he doesn't understand the gravity of what's to come. what is clear, is that the president is on the attack. tweeting more than 100 times since friday. claiming that he deserves to might this whistle blower, he's trying to paint the citizen as a spy, and threatening big consequences. the president is also accusing chairman schiff of treason in one tweet. and then there was this one. quoting a pundit from fox news, championing the notion that impeachment would lead to a civil war like fracture in this country. that's where we are today. kaitlan collins is at the white house

from blood and imprudent as well, between them and president trump, and saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salmanast years that we've been through, the president well understood that it was illegal to seek a foreign assistance in a campaign. immediately after miller testified, that is exactly what he was back at doing again. >> schiff said he maybe subpoenaing rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, who has made several media appearances in the past few days. it's a possibility that the house democrats, if republicans and if members of the white house do not cooperate with documents including secretary of state pompeo, they could use that as a separate article of impeachment for not complying with congress. i could actually be one of articles, harris. >> harris: david, thank you very much. meanwhile, the white house and so far been successful with its strategy of subpoenas and claim executive privilege. will it work this time? i want to bring in andy mccarthy, former u.s. attorney anna fox news contributor. bret baier and i were talking about this earlier, and the list of people who hav

and i think we're in a situation right now where mohammad bin salman has the team in place he thinkss to get this ipo off the ground >> when you say questions about the commitment to the ipo, do you mean questions to saudi arabia's commitment to opec's promises to cut production and therefore the commitment to the ipo? >> no, i think, actually, he did a masterful job as oil minister, steering saudi arabia and the rest of the opec producers through the price downturn he was very vigorous in saying saudi arabia would do whatever it takes i am more talking about in terms of support for the ipo of saudi aramco i think that the move that we saw with his removal first as chairman of saudi aramco and now with the new minister in place, i think it's a team that is seen by the leadership as more supportive of the ipo process. i mean, they want this in a very fast timeline. there are reports that they are looking to ipo locally in 2020 with an international listing in 2021 so getting the conditions right for that, i think, will be the challenge of the new energy team >> helima, what's it mean

it's interesting to note that when general mccaffrey was leading troops in 1991 the in gulf, mohammad bin salman, crown prince of saudi arabia was 6 years old. he did not experience the scud barrage on his own country. this is the first real test of his leadership effectively running the country, and i agree with general mccaffrey, this is a significant blow to saudi oil output. it is basically an act of war against the saudis but it is not an act of war against the united states. i think we have to be clear we respond militarily when our interests -- we have a clear exit plan and strategy. we have none of those conditions here. i do not think this situation warrants a united states kinetic military response. >> general is this the foreign policy crisis we have been fortunate enough to avoid these 970 days, and what does it do inside you to hear the president say our military would be reimbursed for our actions conceivably on behalf of the kingdom. >> well, the language of course is entirely inappropriate from a senior political leader like the president of the united states. it just is unheard

way to saudi arabia, where he will meet with friend of the administration and crown prince mohammad bin salman to discuss responses to iran earlier on this network, former cia director john brennan laid out the administration's dilemma. >> i know donald trump does not want to get into war with iran unless he wants to repair damage, reinstitute the iran nuclear agreement, he does not have a lot of good options he can not leave this unaddressed. >> you'll recall the departure of john bolton that means trump is walking into this crisis without a permanent national security adviser, today sensing that, he named five candidates for the post although the white house says there are other names under consideration aside from the five he mentioned, as trump tries to navigate a a way to dial back the trade war with china. this gets interesting. told he said quote, i think there will be a deal maybe soon, before the election or after the election, and if it's after the election, it will be a deal like you've never seen. it will be the greatest deal ever he added that he believes beijing is going to win r

say something especially president trump who's made such a point to be close to crown prince mohammad bin salmanver is behind the attack, it has turned a regional tension into global pain by simple way of a drone attack affecting the world oil supply. >> well, listening to the emotion in your statement, i actually agree with sort of the inkred laosness. it's hard to believe this was a drone attack. my colleagues and information sources in the oil industry and in governments are telling me they are convinced these were cruise missiles. 15 or more may be 17, maybe a couple more against the oil production facility. so this was a really sophisticate ad tack which make it's difficult to believe houthi rebels could've carried it out. >> and now the fingerpointing ensues. iran's president slammed the u.s. the u.s. pointed the finger back at iran without evidence keeping in mind that the rebels have claimed responsibility and the houthis one of the many different groups backed by iran that work as proxies. how big of a game changer do you see this within that region? >> i think it could be a real game c

people familiar with the matter, the president's call with the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammad bin salman, records of those calls were also limited with the transcript of that call never circulated to people who normally would have had access to that call transcript. and then there was also at least one phone conversation between president trump and president vladimir putin of russia, access to records of that call were also restricted. now, it is not clear if the records of those calls were placed into the same highly classified system that werecord placed in and we don't know if it was done for the same reason. but of course just more evidence that there was concern in this white house about either controversial calls or highly sensitive calls and restricting access to them in this white house. >> jeremy, we've also learned today that it was mitch mcconnell who urged president trump to release this transcript of that call with the ukraine president. why did mcconnell want this made public especially given it's been so seldom that he has challenged this president? >> reporter: there were

according to a letter obtained by nbc news, officials traveling with crown prince mohammad bin salman stayed at the trump international for five days following a white house visit in march 2018. it was a letter by the general manager saying the saudis have helped us with our bottom line. >> and how is that not a conflict? >> but just because you might see the trump name on a building doesn't mean donald trump owns it. >> so every single one of these had the trump name on it -- >> almost every one, almost every one. yeah he didn't build them. >> for a while the trump name was a decent part of his business. today, not so much. they're taking his name down from these buildings one by one because the people inside the buildings, the condo boards, are petitioning and saying -- >> they don't want his name on it. >> we don't want his name. >> was this a trump building? >> not anymore. >> not anymore? thank god for that? there you go. >> that's what he said, that's not what you said. >> donald trump's brand is suffering in liberal manhattan, but also beyond. the president's most current finan

solomon islaziz bin an older brother to mid home it been salmon -- mohammad bin salman.minister does not expect -- >> i'm not expecting changes. of thesonality they know prince, he is very decisive. he has a strong personality when it comes to the markets. >> plans to drop the china extradition bill have failed to stop protests in hong kong. tens of thousands marched to the u.s. consulate to appeal for help from president trump. the city was hit by small pockets of violence with protesters vandalizing subway stations and starting fires. arrivals have dropped nearly 40% from the same period last year. a typhoon is made landfall near tokyo, causing widespread destruction -- obstruction for commuters. 900,000 homes saw power cut. it is the seasons 15th typhoon. global news, 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. manus: thank you. welcome to "daybreak europe," by the way. energyup, we saw the industry live from the world energy congress in abu dhabi. we have the u.s. deput

sensitive conversations the president had with vladimir putin for example, the saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salman. what are you learning about that? >> part of this is why this particular call was put into the code word classified system which is a completely separate communication system to lock down some of the most sensitive conversations of the president. the white house moved to move some of these more sensitive conversations because they were concerned about leaks. they were concerned because there had been leaks. there had been other conversations that the president had with australian foreign leaders, with mexican foreign leaders that had been leaked to the press. it seems based on what we're hearing that these conversations were put into this separate system not necessarily because there was something classified in them or something relating to national security but because they were concerned about embarrassing leaks, about the president in some cases saying things that were more politically embarrassing to him than they were dangerous or detrimental to national security. >> john dean,

mohammad bin salman saying the price of oil would go unimaginably high if the country went to war. he urged the world to take firm action to deter iran, adding he prefers no military oppression tehran.n -- pressure on >> the region represents 30% of the world energy supplies, 20% of will trade passages. about 4% of the world's gdp. imagine all these three things stop. this means the total collapse of the global economy. >> in austria, sebastian kurtz is on track to return as chancellor. -- theple's party leading candidate for coalition partner tripling their share of the vote. negotiating a deal might be tough. global news 20 hours a day -- powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. anna: thanks very much. back in manchester at the conservative party conference, our attention in goebel markets is on trade tensions between the u.s. and china -- a global markets is on trade tensions between the u.s. and china. a treasury official said washington has no plans for growth at this point to take such a step. china vowed to continue op

just as he's consistently sided with saudi arabia's crowned prince, mohammad bin salman, which ordered the murder and dismemberment of jamal khashoggi at an embassy. >> they deny it. we'll know an answer. >> the answer appears to be that murdering and sawing up an american resident is okay and so is imprisoning and all but killing otto warmbier and so is annexing crimea as vladimir putin did. the question tonight, was the president's approach to the taliban part of that same kind of pattern, or was he preparing to embrace an adversary, and pursue some big headline as in the case of north korea or as a way to get out of america's longest war without any real peace agreement left behind. if that pattern holds, perhaps, or as the president himself likes to say, we'll see what happens. let's get some perspective now from strategic analyst and author, retired army lieutenant colonel, ralph peters. colonel peters, do you think it was appropriate for the president to invite the taliban, who obviously are the people who gave safe haven to camp david, especially, you know, the week of running i

meanwhile, secretary of state mike pompeo flew to saudi arabia to meet with saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman. he told reporters he sees the attack as an "act war." back in the u.s., president trump tweeted that he plans toub antially increase sanctions" on iran. ti also announced that chief hostage neor robert o'brien will become his national security adviser-- the fourth in three years. o'brien replaces longtime washington hawk john bolton, who was fired last week. and despite the escalating tensions, trump, appearing with o'brien in california today, still sounded cautious about using military force. >> how did going into the middle east go, how did going into iraq go? we have disagreements on that. it's easy to start. >> alcindor: to unpack where we gorom here i'm joined by robert malley. he was a top middle east advisor to president oba president of the international crisis group. and danielle pletka, she's senior vice president of foreign and defee policy at the american enterprise institute and a professor at georgetown university's sool of foreign service. thanks so much to both of yo

mohammad bin salman has said war between his country and iran would lead to, quote, a total collapseglobal economy. he told cbs a peaceful solution would be better, but he added that in the case of further escalation, oil prices would jump to what he calls unimaginably high numbers. >> the region represents 30% of the world energy supplies, about 20% of global trade passages. about 4% of the world gdp. imagine these three things stop. this means the total collapse of the global economy. talkinge have been about this throughout the morning. my cohost has stopped by for a chat. a fascinating interview. it covers many different things. what do you think you took away from it in terms of the rhetoric? it seems almost like a de-escalation moment. >> maybe. it is important to remember it is rare for the saudi crown prince to give an interview. any upper echelons of the royal family very rarely come on tv. that has become a tradition until the saudi crown prince broke that. now he comes on tv once or twice a year. is the is pointing to fed -- is the need to take action before the issues che

mohammad bin salman has told cbs 60 minutes he did not order the murder of the washington postjournalistor it" as a leader in saudi arabia. the columnist was last seen at the saudi consulate, in istanbul, on october 2nd last year, where he was collecting documentation before his wedding. his body was dismembered and has never been found. the cia has since concluded "with high confidence" that the crown prince did order mr khashoggi's murder. not the leader, but a leader. the un rapporteur, agnes callamard, who investigated the murder has called for the crown prince and other senior saudi officials to be investigated — and has dismissed the ongoing trial of 11 suspects in saudi arabia as a sham. here was his response. the cia has concluded, with medium to high confidence, that you personally targeted khashoggi and you probably ordered his death. translation: i hope this information to be brought forward. if there is any such information that charges me, i hope it is brought forward publicly. what kind of threat is a newspaper columnist, to the kingdom of saudi arabia, that he would deserv

. >> i think the question really is will crowned prince mohammad bin salman respond he's the hawkish crowned prince. the question is, if you're saudi arabia, you've had an escalating series of attacks on your infrastructure, the shiba field was attacked last month. are you going fob willing to just sit back and continue to let these attacks happen and if you're president trump, if your officials are saying the attacks came from iran and not from yemen, ways the u.s. going to do about this >> iham, what is your take on the president's administration the broader members of the administration's response, why they continue to point to iran and why the president hasn't done so himself? >> i think there's a clear rift here i think many members of the administration see iran as behind this and the president knows how to redraw lines. i don't think he wants to get complicated in a war scenario or any military operation that leads to serious casualties. if we do get an escalation with iran, it's a potential for additional strikes on oil assets so you're talking oil north of 90 and i'm not sur

returned from a visit to saudi arabia, where i understand you confronted the crowned prince, mohammad bin saloma salm salman, on the murder of "the washington post" journal jamal khashoggi. we're showing you a picture of you and your colleagues meeting with the saudi leader. what can you tell us about that session. how did he react? >> well, i can tell you it was a very direct session. todd young, senator young from indiana and i were there. it was a substantiative meeting, well over an hour. he reacted, you know, we didn't know how he was going to react. we knew we were going to confront him about this issue. he wasn't surprised. he reacted in a way that he understands, wilf, that he's got a problem. he understands that he's got a problem with the american people. and that this matter has to be dealt with in a straightforward and transparent way. they've started a trial process for a group of people that were allegedly involved in this murder, but they've left out al kahtani, one of the top aides who's not in the trial, who we believe we should be. and then, of course, the -- he's the head of state. whethe

and certainly not mohammad bin salman. yet trump is acting as though article 1 simply doesn't exhibition as though he could usurp the power from the legislative branch and trade it to whomever pleases, as if betraying the constitution is optional. this should not be a partisan issue. no matter if you're struggling to pay rent or your name is plastered in gold on the front of a building on fifth avenue, no one can overrule the constitution. trump doesn't get to mire us in yet another middle east conflict just because he has a bizarre tendency to bow down and kiss up to the world's coolest tyrants. whether you ask a constitutional scholar or a high school student taking u.s. history classes, they'll it will you the same thing -- that on matters of military force, american presidents do not get to colludes to take orders from -- choose to take orders from foreign adversaries. they table their directions from congress, full stop. and i'm here today to say that we have not authorized him to ensnare us in another endless, sensel