if crown prince mohammed bin salman is m, crown prince mohammed bin salman is in, the american relationsld be bigger than crown prince mohammed bin salman. it is crucial for the americans and the saudis. it will be that after the crown prince. it is difficult for me to understand why it is such a deadlock on the personality of crown prince mohammed bin salman. to keep was making all the running on this murder even though its president has jailed so many journalists. murder even though its president has jailed so manyjournalists. is there more to keep can do? —— turkey. jailed so manyjournalists. is there more to keep can do? —— turkeym did all it could. they handle this carefully because they did not want the problem to turn into bilateral problems with the saudis. the us are an important power regarding the sales, of arms, the economy. in spite of this, america is taking this issue very casually and that is why turkey was careful as well. the american senators coming into the scene and talking about the culprit is so important for turkey to contribute to an investigation. thank you very

that mohammed bin salman was responsible for the killing of the saudi journalist.gton post died inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october. senator lindsey graham, a leading critic of the crown prince said the briefing confirmed his view that mohammed bin salman was culpable. there is not a smoking gun, there is a smoking sort. you have to be wilfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organised by people under the command of mohammed bin salman and that he was intricately involved in the demise of mr khashoggi. the saudis have charged 11 people but denied the crown prince was involved. the us secretary of state insists there is no direct evidence to connect mohammed bin salman to the death of mr khashoggi. donald trump says the cia's findings are not conclusive and he has refused to condemn the saudi crown prince. the administration is looking increasingly isolated in its view.|j have zero question in my mind that the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, ordered the killing, monitored the killing, knew exactly what was happenin

the irony that mohammed bin salman doesn't have an opposition. he doesn't have the tall ban as i have in afghanistan. most of the people, most of the intellectuals -- most of the people in jail are supportive of reform. if they were out of jail, they would be supporting him. there is no need to be arresting anything. >> and there you are in the scene. that was in 2018. there has been a thought that actually the crown prince didn't like any kind of dissent and did have sort of a, as i described it as what david ignatius reported. >> well, two things. first of all, i have a great respect for david ignatius, but his article is full of inaccuracies and i told him that yesterday. we can go into that if you like. but beyond that, what people don't understand is that the crown prince and the king have undertaken in the last two years the most drenching reform process or change process that the kingdom has gone through in the last 50 years. again, people don't want to appreciate that change is very risky and change brings out a lot of resistance. so is t

mohammed bin salman and macron one on one, putin and mbs one on one. we don't have any reports that president trump used that forum for that purpose, but he may well have. >> all right. fareed zakaria, thank you so much. always good to see you. of course, don't miss cnn's special report with fareed tonight. presidents under fire, the history of impeachment. fareed investigating es impeach and what could happen when the u.s. really needs to use it. that's starting at 9:00 eastern time. >>> straight ahead, president george h.w. bush meant a lot to so many people, but to some, he was just dad. next we'll talk to his son neil bush about his late father and what his legacy means for him and for our country. and former fbi director james comey agrees to testify to the house judiciary but under a few conditions. what are those conditions? and what could this mean for the russia investigation? >>> please stand and join in a moment of silent reflection in memory of president bush and his remarkable service to our country. >> that moment of silence before today'

and since mohammed bin salman showed up on the world stage. everyone the scene that played out had he first saw vladimir putin, the high five, the smiles. when you saw this, karen, what did you make of it? >> i mean, i think i tweeted, you know, again for me sometimes i try to laugh to keep from crying. it just sends a message of, look, bros before murdered journos. the idea that that was the only image of warmth that came from mohammed bin salman, it puts him squarely in the club of global thugs, to be honest. at the end of the day, it's chilling. it's chilling. these are regimes that get away with trying to silence journalists with brutality. it's a chilling message that all of a sudden they're happy to be in the club with one another. i can't major that jamal would have ever thought -- he wrote last year that mohammed bin salman actually in fact is acting like putin. he compared him to putin at the same time last year. so to see this play out is chilling for me on so many levels. >> karen attiah with "the washington post," thank you so much

so there was never a public accusation against mohammed bin salman it was said by anonymous officials and the media it was always deniable, and president erdogan has gone to great lengths to shield mohammed bin salman, and it doesn't really withstand scrutiny. he is may be a two-day ruler, but i don't know anyone who is serious about saudi politics that doesn't recognize that the king retains ultimate authority. major national decisions are not being made against the wishes of the king, that's not just where we are here. and he is not a vegetable who can't be consulted the way some other particular leaders may be. that is not the situation. otherwise, he would have been a grand tour of asia which he was recently able to pull off. outsourcing day-to-day administration to someone else is not seen as relinquishing authority. so, when erdogan writes in the washington post that i am actually sure that king nbc mac had nothing to do with this, hint, hint, hint, this doesn't constitute an active policy. therefore, we do not have to break relations with saudi arabia tells you exactly the kind

there are reports that kushner and mohammed bin salman continued to speak. jared has followed protocols and guidelines with mbs and all of the foreign officials with whom he interacts. >>> i can't breathe. those are the final words of jamal khashoggi. the audio recording of the death seen by a scecnn source also includes the dismembered body. we have nick r robertson with m. nic, these details get more disturbi disturbing. >> reporter: he talk into the consulate and istanbul and recognizes somebody and asked what they are doing there. the officials have called him a close aide to crown prince mohammed bin salman. he replies to him, you're going home. your coming home. khashoggi says you couldnan't d that. i have people waiting outside. immediately without further discussion, there are sounds of a number of people jumping on khashoggi restraining him. he can be clearly heard multiple times saying i can't breathe. i can't breathe. then you hear screams and you hear him gasping. then details noises as it identifies as a saw and cutting. somebody identified on t

what is surprising is not that vladimir putin would give a high five to mohammed bin salman. it's that donald trump has effectively given a high five to mohammed bin salman and the saudi regime despite the murder of a journalist, despite conducting a brutal war in yemen in which 12 million people are on the verge of famine. that's the surprise. the surprise is the united states government has become the pr agency for the saudi regime and for the saudi regime as it has done things that are most decidedly not in america's best interests, not even clear that they're in saudi arabia's best interests. so to me i get why putin is high-fiving. i don't get why trump is high-fiving. let's talk more about the president at the g20 because there's now this 90-day truce between the united states and china on these -- this trade war. but isn't this another example of this administration creating a problem and then taking credit for solving a problem they created in the first place? >> you know, sometimes they do this. this this one i do have to give -- i would say that donald trump is right

all of this coming on the day when "the wall street journal" citing a report that mohammed bin salmanas in contact with a key royal adviser who is part of the plot as well linked to khashoggi before and after the moment khashoggi is said to have died. >> thank you, nina. >>> the u.s. led coalition said an air strike in syria killed a senior isis commander linked to the death of an american citizen. sunday's attack targeted abu alumarayn. he was involved in the killing of former army a yy ranger pet c kassig. >>> coming up, another nfl star caught on video abusing a woman. now former chiefs running back kareem hunt says he's sorry. >> i'm asking for forgiveness and i definitely believe i didn't deserve forgiveness. >> will another nfl team give kareem hunt a chance? place, the xfinity xfi gateway. and it's strengthened by xfi pods, which plug in to extend the wifi even farther, past anything that stands in its way. ...well almost anything. leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. ♪ on -- ♪ >>> jews around the world celebrating the

russian president putin had a meeting today, with the visiting crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman, who has sort of been ostracized to a certain degree, but not by the russians. >> no, and it seems as though the u.s. has put in sort of a diplomatic time-out, mohammed bin salman, the saudi crown prince, but at the same time, wolf, the white house did put out that statement, from the president -- >> look at the picture. >> there is the picture right there. of president putin, mohammed bin salman shaking hands there. that picture is obviously not as start ling as the high five video that just emerged, may be the lasting image of this summit, it almost turned this into an autocrat summit when you saw the image of the two high fiving each other shortly before this conclusion, the assessment from the cia, that the saudi crown prince had a hand, was involved in the murder of the "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi. there you see president trump in the background, studiously avoiding both of those leaders because that's what the united states decided to do at this summit. but wolf

south carolina republican lindsey graham says he has high confidence that mohammed bin salman knew ine those comments shortly after being briefed on the matter by the cia director, gina haspel. saudi arabia is a strategic ally and the relationship is worth saving. but not at all costs. it does more damage to our standing in the world and our national security by ignoring the crown prince than by dealing with him. earlier i spoke to bbc state department correspondent barbara plett usher about how the white house and cia view mr khashoggi's murder differently. it is interesting because the senators are acting quite differently to the white house —— reacting. the senators have emphasised the undetermined nature of this. there is no direct reporting, there is no smoking gun, they have said. the senators have taken away from this that he could not have been anyone else but mohammed bin salman. and number of them were saying that you would have to be blind not to see that it was he who issued the order and we question the judgement of anybody else who can not connect the dots and see that t

other than the head of the cia that there is a direct and causal link between crown prince mohammed bin salman and the murder allegedly of jamal khashoggi. now this doesn't come as a massive surprise given the amount of leaking, but particularly that the turks have done -- but it does, does it not, make things difficult indeed for donald trump and his continued support for mbs, and more broadly for the saudi government's campaign in yemen where right now most of the belligerence in that war are beginning to gather in stockholm, sweden, for talks that may take some time. of course, the united nations warning that some 14 million people could be threatened with starvation there. so if there is a silver lining to the murder of jamal khashoggi, it may well derive from waning support for saudi arabia and saudi arabia recognizing that this war in yemen has become toxic. >> all right. sam kiley live for us, past 1:00 p.m. in abu dhabi. thank you. >>> at home, former mayor of new york city michael bloomberg has a message for democrats -- now that you've won the house, do something. bloomberg spent mor

referring to mohammed bin salman. of course, if intercepted, which this conversation was, offers a key clue why mohammed bin salman may well have taken khashoggi's actions with such hostility and it comes on the day when "the wall street journal" reporting that the classified cia reports that mohammed bin salman had been in communication with the key saudi aide before and after the death of jamal khashoggi two months ago in istanbul. >> fascinating. nina dos santos, thank you. >>> we will talk sports ahead. an epic collapse by the pittsburgh steelers. the l.a. chargers with the stunning win with no time on the clock. lindsay czarniak recaps it for us in the "bleacher report" next. missed out on this. don't worry, the biggest deal is happening right now at t-mobile. when you buy one of the latest sumsung phones you get a free 50" samsung 4k tv. seriously, no! [announcer]seriously! t-mobile is giving you a free 50" tv. you gotta be kidding me. this deal won't last long. so get your free samsung tv at t-mobile store toda

since khashoggi's killing, we report that he's continued these messaging conversations with mohammed bin salman advice he's given is unclear, but it is our understanding that he has been advising him to settle some of his problems in the region, within the kingdom, avoiding mistakes, that clearly the killing of khashoggi was more than a mistake, but he's trying -- he sees mbs as someone who is the future and i think an important ally of the united states. >> the reported one on one conversations and text messages between kushner and the crown prince were an apparent disregard of white house protocols that require a member of the national security staff to be included in any communications with foreign officials. the white house did not respond to cnn's request for comment, but a spokesperson told the new york times this, jared has always meticulously followed protocols and guidelines regarding the relationship with mohammed bin salman and all of the other foreign officials with whom he interacts, end quote. >>> the saudis have offered varying and sometimes contradictory accounts of khashoggi's

your reporting is jared kushner was even advising mohamed bin salman with how to deal with the fallout of the allegations he ordered the killing. >> yeah, that's right, andrea. in the period of time after khashoggi was killed on october 2nd, we learned there were repeated conversations between jared kushner and mohamed bin salman or mbs as he's commonly known. in some of the conversations, kushner was actually offering him some advice about how to get through this storm of controversy and scrutiny that came after the killing of khashoggi. so it's a long pattern that really dates back to even the months before the administration, before the president came into office, but it has continued up until the present time and that's, i think, what made it particularly interesting for us. >> part of your reporting is also, mark, that jared kushner was involved in the very early stages of the white house, even during transition with this connection with mohamed bin salman, and mbs as he's known was leapfrogging to become crown prince. >> what was interesting is how coordinated and methodical, the

former diplomat who works for the crown prince mohammed bin salman.are you doing here. that official says you are coming back. khashoggi says i can't do that. there are people waiting for me outside. immediately he is jumped upon by a group of people. he can be heard saying i can't breathe. which completely exposes what saudi officials said which was khashoggi's accidental and unfortunate killing. somehow he was choked to death. clearly heard saying i can't breathe. never given an opportunity to speak at all. what becomes more chilling is what happens next. he is heard screaming and heard gasping as at the same time noises are recorded like saw and cutting. what we hear is from another identified person in the room which is the saudi forensic expert who says to the other people in the room if you don't like what you're hearing, put your earplugs in or listen to music like me. the transcript indicates that the former diplomat, one working for the crown prince, makes a phone call. several phone calls, it is believed, to somebody turkish officials identi

bob corker of tennessee and lindsey graham of south carolina want crown prince mohammed bin salman held accountable for his part 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, poland 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 kmantd of mbs -- command of mbs and that he was intrickily involved in the demise of there m khashoggi. >> he said he can no longer do business with saudi arabia if the crazy crown prince is still running the country. now more from sam kiley. >> reporter: one of the striking things is how out of step it would seem that the head of the cia, the director of the cia is with the head of the u.s. armed for forces, and, indeed, america's top diplomat. that's been exploited perhaps. perhaps reinforced. we don't know exa

cnn has obtained hundreds of text messages khashoggi sent before his death, criticizing mohammed bin salman, mbs, calling him, quote, a beast, and saying, quote, something needs to be done, end quote. even discussing the possibility of an electronic army of fellow critics. these messages are coming to light as "the washington post" and "wall street journal" report on messages the crown prince sent in the hours leading up to and after khashoggi's murder to a senior aide who allegedly oversaw the assassination. cnn's nina dos santos joins us now from london. nina, tell us more about your exclusive reporting. >> reporter: thanks so much, frederica. well, in the two months since jamal khashoggi tragically passed away after walking into that consulate in istanbul, the question everybody's had is, what exactly prompted him to become a target? was it his public pronouncements in his "washington post" columns that, yes, were critical of mohammed bin salman, the crown prince, or was it something more organized and more sinister, potentially? this sheds light on that question. these are words you won

he was a critic of these aspiring authoritarians, and in the case of mohammed bin salman, an actuallyitarian living out his authoritarian dreams. but it's significant that khashoggi was a critic of president trump as well, and i don't think we should ignore that. >> in you're experience working on the house intelligence committee, this whole issue of smoking gun, this whole issue of standard of proof, how often would the cia come in and present to you what people would call a so-called smoking gun? >> you know, when secretary mattis said that he's actually using the completely wrong standard. this is not about beyond a reasonable doubt and a court of law. you don't need a smoking gun. the question is is the state of saudi arabia responsible for these actions? whether it's mbs or someone else, did they do this? did they as a nation do this, are they condoning this, and the answer is very clearly yes, which is why we're talking about punishing the nation, not the individual. so this standard of proof they're talking about is inappropriate to a foreign policy conversation, and that's exa

we passed another resolution that we think mohammed bin salman is complicit in the murder.d our outrage and we need to move on. to some extent that will happen in the grander scheme of things because the united states and saudi arabia need each other very much. however horrendous the murder was i don't think it will break the fundamental relationship but i think it continues momentum with the congress having a bit of a showdown with president trump forcing a change in saudi policy on the war in yemen in particular. we see some unrealistic ideas out there, indefinite cease fire, things like that. this may signal the congress will stay engaged trying to gradually wind down that war. if that is the collective effect of the different resolution, i think it could be a good thing. melissa: michael, thank you, interesting insite. >> my pleasure, thank you. melissa: next, back to pittsburgh where connell taking a look how the steel is actually made. ♪ >> what you're seeing the start of casting process. we have 250-ton ladle it solidifies into a slab. connell: when we come right bac

mohamed bin salman. goal, to have a bill on the floor as soon as monday. >>> leaders and dignitaries from around the world gathered today to remember the life and legacy of president george h.w. bush. his eldest son and namesake delivering an emotional eulogy. >> last friday, when i was told he had minutes to live, i called him. the guy answered the phone and said, i think he can hear you, but he hadn't said anything for most of the day. i said, dad, i love you, and you've been a wonderful father. and the last words he would ever say on earth were, i love you too. to us, he was close to perfect. but not totally perfect. his short game was lousy. he wasn't exactly fred astair on the dance floor. the man couldn't stomach vegetables. especially broccoli. and by the way, he passed these genetic defects along to us. in his inaugural address, the 41st president of the united states said this. we cannot hope only to leave our children a bigger car, a bigger bank account. we must hope to give them a sense of wha

overshadows the saudi crown prince's diplomatic engagements with some opposition groups denouncing mohamed bin salman's visit to mark time. i'm joining us cope with the sport see on tape while they keep his w.b.c. heavyweight title after his fight with tyson piri ends in a draw will have all the reaction coming up in the next hour or. so the french government is considering imposing a state of emergency following a third weekend of nationwide protests over rising fuel prices it was on saturday the demonstrators wearing their yellow vests turned the french capital pretty much into a battleground with torched buildings were vandalized more than four hundred people arrested and at least one hundred thirty others injured there now at the point of actually demanding the resignation of president emmanuel macron who's having to race back from the g. twenty summit in argentina to hold an emergency meeting with his cabinet the anger over him across policies is also spilled into french overseas territories particularly the indian ocean island of re-union demonstrators there are angry with a lack of jobs and a ri

and they came out even more fired up, even more convinced that the crown prince, mohamed bin salman,behind this. will it mean anything? will they do anything about it or are they just going to blow off steam in front of the cameras? >> i mean, we've seen this road map before, right? you just replace mbs with vladimir putin, and we have seen the exact same script from the white house, since the day he won the election. repeatedly, the cia, other intelligence agencies, have said the same thing about the russia interference of 2016 as they're saying now about mbs, mohamed bin salman's role of the murder of khashoggi, and that is that there is a clear link, they're seeing this evidence. and what have we seen as a result from the senate. yes, we have seen some sanctions imposed against russia. we have seen some proposals to do that. obviously, we have more relationships with saudi arabia which can be leveraged here. but the real question is, what is the holding to account of the president himself? and i've seen no indications there is anything. >> the senate, the house, the congress is a

president trump said he would not hold crown prince mohammed bin salman accountable.here would be costs for his action. the president said that he wasn't going to immediate with vladmir putin because of ukraine. our allies met with putin and told him there would be costs for his actions. this was a great propaganda weekend for vladmir putin. he blamed the cancellation of his bilateral meeting on president trump not on his misbehavior but on domestic political issues in the united states. that helps sow divisions. while president putin looked strong, president trump had hallowed victories. this china deal is a repeat of what we saw in 2017 when they agreed to spend 100 days doing a deep dive on trade issues and it really came up empty. >> thank so much. >>> more than 1400 sex crime investigations in cases find startling facts. hundreds of rape kits have been destroyed. critical dna evidence just trashed. details on what we discovered, ahead. i'm ken jacobus and i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and la

officials believe mohammed bin salman at the least knew about the plot to kill khashoggi, who had beentical of the saudi regime. >>> plans to house a statue of a confederate soldier in a new $5 million building on the outskirts of the campus of north carolina sparked a noisy demonstration. the controversial bronze statue known as "silent sam" was torn down by protesters in august. yesterday angry demonstrators chanted "no shrine for sam" as they confronted police. we have more from new york, good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning. the school's chancellor said they got about 5,000 comments from the public about that monument, and they read all of them. in the end, a committe with 20 possible locations for the statue including back where it was in august, but they said that location was too dangerous. they settled on somewhere else. students ring y " they're protesting the plan to house the confederate statue in a new secured $5.3 million facility. >> when you allot $5 million to a rosenstein to the confederacy states of america that are giving students a cultural center or invest

they didn't say that mohammed bin salman had nothing to do with it. no smoking gun. but in the meeting, they clearly left the xwrimpression that the did not have evidence from the intelligence services that proved that he did it. again, this is a elite unit that he formed that has been at his direction and open reporting tells us that he was talking to them all throughout the day. i think they were very careful in the words that they chose because they knew what the president said only a few days before. maybe he did it and maybe he didn't. i give them a little bit of credit in being careful about it. >> senator murphy, david ignatius, how do we hold mohammed bin salman accountable for this terrible crime against my colleague pe washington post and try to maintain our relationship with saudi arabia? >> there are lines that your allies cross that are frankly too far. and i think we have to send a message to mohammed bin salman that about he was engaged in activity around the region contrary to national security interests, we will not move with him. i t

when jared kushner texted mohammed bin salman, for example, a saudi official has more information than also big footed the policy process i hope was under way after khashoggi's murder and signaled to mbs and other members that his strategy is probably the best way to get their desired outcome by working with kushner, who lacks experience and obviously judgment. they don't have to deal with the experienced professionals who might be weighing other options, and i really want to know what other foreign leaders has jared kushner been in touch with. it's so beneficial to these foreign leaders to engage directly with kushner. >> let's talk about the new satellite images revealing north korea is expanding a key missile base. and yet the person who's supposed to coordinate these policies, the national security said last week a second summit with kim would be productive, even though they're still not denuclearizing. >> i don't think a second summit between the united states and north korea matters anymore because kim jong-un has moved on. we are no longer his vip guests. when president trump me

mohammed bin salalman was involved with e in n the jamal khashoggi saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey, october 2 -- thee significance of this? >> it is quite extraoaordinary that the president continues to cling to mohammed bin salman instead ofoioing wt otherers in the republicican party are doing of saying -- singling him out as a problem. wewe are saying it i is the ente saudi regime, not mbs himself, that is the problem. we are makaking tremendous gains in congress to send that message. there will be a new vote in both the house and senate to stop u.s. support for the saudi warar in yemen. there also was a unanimous voice votete in the senate to condemn mom m invents, foror being respsponsiblble for ththe murdef khashogg thisis is a historic turnrn inse the cocongress where it has tremendous -- traditionally been in favor of sauaudi arabia. we have to use this moment and go further, push for a a cut off inin weapons sales to saudi araa , and really use this as a time to realign the united states away from its very destructiveve relationship with saudi arabia and d to have a a more nuanced relationship in the middle east, including one where we are not on the vergege of f trying to me the iran economy collapse a

the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, has been meeting world leaders on the sidelines of the g20 the crown prince to hold the murderers ofjamal khashoggi to account, while russia's vladmir putin gave the saudi leader a much warmer welcome. french president emmanuel macron warned him he was "worried" and called for international investigators to get involved. today the focus will be on the meeting between donald trump and chinese president xijinping. tim willcox is in buenos aires. what is the bigger picture at the 620 this what is the bigger picture at the g20 this weekend? what are they meant to be talking about? well, they are meant to be talking about quite easy things. the environment, jobs, the future ofjob creation around the world. but the whole event has been overshadowed by the escalating tensions between russia and ukraine, also president putin is year—round president trump cancelled that bilateral with president putin because of that. there is also the matter of the crown prince, as you say, over the killing ofjamal khashoggi. and i think the trade war between china an

is the current thinking in ankara, your boss, that the buck stops with the crown prince mohammed bin salman any names. we want to make sure the investigation is farah and the reason note curragh. it will be in the interest of saudi arabia to reveal everything and whoever was behind this... i only asked that question because at the end of november, just a couple of weeks ago, the saudi foreign minister said on the record that turkish authorities told saudi officials that they were not directing accusing crown prince mohammed bin salman of responsibility. turkish authorities and the president have said it is not their intention to damage or harm the state of saudi arabia or the royal family in any way. they just want a thorough investigation of this murder and they believe will be in the best interests of saudi arabia to co—operate, which they have not done so co—operate, which they have not done so far. you hinted there may be more information to come out. like has turkey not made a formal request to the united nations for an independent third—party international investigation?” believe this

bin salman ordered the murder. the bulk of the evidence suggests he was very intimately involved in the murder. i think it's important to sanction the individuals, including mohammedered his murder. it should also cause us to rethink the relationship with saudi arabia. we believed them when they told us they weren't intentionally hitting water treatment facilities and schools and cholera medical hospitals. in fact, they were hitting those targets intentionally. they were lying to us about that just like they were lying to us about khashoggi. so i think that we need to re-evaluate the whole relationship, which is really what this resolution points us towards. >> let me keep the focus on the region but shift gears. there's new reporting out from "the daily beast" that talks about robert mueller's phase 2, the middle east connection if you will. in court filings set to drop in early 20189, prosecutors will begin to unveil middle eastern's countries attempt to influence american politics saying that various witnesses have been questioned about their conversations with individuals from the uae from saudi arabia, from israel. is your committee also interested in some of

yesterday he said after that presentation a jury would convict mohammed bin salman within 30 minutes. but today he corrected that and said actually within 20 minutes a jury would convict mohammed bin salman if they knew the evidence the cia had. still, the trump administration pushing back saying they have not seen that direct link. corker today saying no one with a straight face seeing the evidence can reach that same conclusion. we'll see what republicans and democrats decide to do as soon as next week, pushing back on saudi arabia and the white house. >> pretty stunning, manu. you say 20 minutes and yet here we are, the president of the united states days and days, weeks and weeks still standing behind the crown prince. thanks, manu. and out front now the democratic senator. you just heard your colleague saying it's difficult to tow the saudi line with a straight face. why are they covering for the crown prince? >> i think it comes down to this. the president wants to maintain our arms sales to saudi arabia, and the secretary of state and the secretary of defense are making the cal

saudi officials deny the crown prince mohammed bin salman had anything to do with it. u.s.ficials say they're certain that there's almost no way that it could have happened without his knowledge and republicans confirmed that yesterday after a briefing from the cia director. south carolina's senator lindsey graham said there's a smoking saw linking mbs to the killing and chopping up of jamal khaishoggi and the tennessee senator outgoing bob corker said a jury would have found him guilty in a matter of 30 minutes. tray yingst reporting live from the middle east newsroom. >> turkey's top prosecutor issued arrest warrants late tuesday for a formal rural advisinger and the former deputy chief of intelligence to mohammed bin salman. the two individuals are not being detained, but they have been removed by their positions when it comes to the saudi government. these warrants come as turkey is requesting that saudi arabia hand over 18 total suspects including two men to face the trial for the murder of jamal khaishoggi. as this turkish investigation continues, there's a probe happ

corker who i talked to said it's beyond doubt that crown prince mohammed bin salman was responsible forhat. he said this was a murder trial he would be convicted in 30 minutes. beyond that, it's unclear where the senate will go in terms of a tangible response. in terms of a punishment. the trump administration has made clear it doesn't want to cut off arms sales. president trump's version of nationalism in america first means to disregards moral concerns and that sort of thing and go with what he believes is in country's economic interest. >> thanks to both you have. much appreciated. >>> up next, the investigation into election fraud in north carolina intensifies and may lead to a do over. before the break let's take one more look at that train carrying the casket of george h.w. bush, train 4141 named in his honor. paint inside the colors of the air force one and route to his final resting place in college station, texas. we have seen texas lining the route to pay their respects. we'll be right back. let's get started. show of hands. who wants customizable options chains? ones that mak

both the white house and riyadh deny that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman is behind khashoggi'sling. but lawmakers are not buying it. >> that's right. we're hearing another senate republican breaking ranks with the trump administration and slamming saudi arabia. it's marco rubio appearing to push back -- appearing to back, rather, the c.i.a.'s take of who is responsible for khashoggi's death at the consulate in istanbul. here's what he told cnn's state of the union. listen. >> we don't need, you know, direct evidence that he ordered the code red on this thing. the bottom line is that there is no way that 17 people close to him got on a charter plane, flew to a third country, went into a consulate, killed and chopped up a man, and flew back and he didn't know about it, much less order it. >> key u.s. senators were briefed by the c.i.a. on their assessment of khashoggi's killing. they were horrified and said so publicly, and now a source has given cnn a briefing on a transcript of an audio recording of khashoggi's final moments, and we do warn you, it is disturbing. >> it is. and

south carolina republican lindsey graham says he has high confidence that mohammed bin salman knew inangerous. he made those comments shortly after being briefed on the matter by the cia director, gina haspel. saudi arabia is a strategic ally and the relationship is worth saving. but not at all costs. it will do more damage to our standing in the world and our national security by ignoring the crown prince and by dealing with him. —— banned by dealing with him. —— banned by dealing with him. —— banned by dealing with him. —— than. earlier i spoke to bbc state department correspondent barbara plett usher about how the white house and cia view mr khashoggi's murder differently. the white house has emphasised the nature of this. the senators are taken away from the evidence that it could not be anybody else apart from the crown prince. and number of them we re the crown prince. and number of them were saying that you would have to be blind not to see that it was he who issued the order and we question thejudgement of who issued the order and we question the judgement of anybody else who

crown prince has left mauritania after a short visit and is now on his way to algeria earlier mohamed bin salman surprise and spock's demonstrations mean to his alleged involvement in the matter of. a donald trump has agreed to delay increasing trade tires on chinese imports at least for the next ninety days the u.s. and chinese presidents met of the g twenty summit on saturday and said they'll use the time to try to resolve their differences the u.s. was planning to boost its on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods from next year china has agreed to buy what's described as a very substantial amount of american farm energy and industrial goods china correspondent adrian brown has more reaction from beijing. well the governments of both china and the united states are putting a positive spin on the outcome of these talks but this is not a deal it is a truce a temporary cease fire because the white house is still warning that if after the ninety day period there is still no agreement between china and the united states on their many trade issues then the united states will impose tar

diary won't be as full as normal the saudi foreign ministry quickly tweeting oh pictures of mohammed bin salman talking to other world leaders keen to show he's not been isolated or ignored the french president had a brief exchange at one point complaining in english that the crown prince doesn't listen to him i will listen of course he replies. his team says he raised the war in yemen and the murder of jamal khashoggi and he urged international experts to be part of the investigation into the journalist murder then there was the traditional picture of the leaders the so-called family four to the crown prince looked awkward as he took up a stance on the far right of the picture next to him with a head of state but the president of an international development bank he shook hands on the far left the turkish president that was not done by accident the still picture the closest the two men have come since the journalist murder donald trump has been talking with other sodium but away from the cameras an exchange with the current prince a friendly meeting said the saudis are quick greeting insisted

there's the crown prince, mohammed bin salman. and there's also president vladimir putin there. they sure look happy, don't they? just chumming it up, shaking hands, how you doing, buddy? why not? the president of the united states, the leader of the free world, the only man who could stand in their way is weak, weak, weak. appears to be afraid to cross them. weak. afraid to cross two brutal and repressive leaders who oppose everything this country stands for. the crown prince of saudi arabia is the man behind the vicious murder of "washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi in the saudi consulate in istanbul. our own cia has assessed that with high confidence, but our president, well, he refuses to accept that and he sides with the saudis again and again and again. >> i spoke with the crown prince yesterday, and he strongly said that he had nothing to do with this. he's got many people now that say he had no knowledge. he told me that he had nothing to do with it. saudi arabia, if we broke with them, i think your oil prices would go through the roof. we have a very strong ally

the killing by the cia director, gina haspel, top gop senators say they're convinced prince mohamed bin salman ordered the gruesome killing, which happened inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey, two months ago. i'll discuss that and more with senator dick durbin, who was among those senators briefed today on the khashoggi murder. and our correspondents and analysts and specialists, they are also standing by. >>> and we're going to get to all of that in just a few moments. first, other breaking news right now involving the long-time trump adviser and associate, roger stone. our senior congressional correspondent, manu raju, is joining us from capitol hill. manu, update our viewers on the very latest. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. roger stone, one of the president's closest associates, someone who has come under enormous scrutiny in recent weeks and months by special counsel robert mueller's team, who has been looking into his contacts that may have occurred in 2016 with wikileaks. now a separate effort by the democrats on capitol hill to learn more about those contacts that may have

it would simply condemn the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, for his role in the murder of jamal khashoggi situation under which you would support that bill? >> i think that bill probably has a lot of good things in it and i could very well support it. but the main thing right now is that the united states has got to end its participation in the war in yemen, instead of supporting more and more bombs falling on to that horrific situation. what we have got to do is bring the warring parties together, stop the war, and start working with the united nations on humanitarian help for a very -- a country which is suffering terribly. >> now, you know, as you said, you may well, at some point, support senator corker's bill. he, of course, has been on your side when it comes specifically to the person who has been in charge of this war from the beginning, the crown prince of saudi arabia, mbs, he is in charge of this. he is also, of course, according to the cia, the one who directed the horrible dismemberment and murder of jamal khashoggi. here's senator corker. >> there's no question that this cro

a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a resolution blaming saudi drown prince mohammed bin salmanjamal khashoggi, despite the president's unwillingness to hold mbs accountable. we're keeping them honest on that and will hear from senator bernie sanders next. all right, that's my girl! that's it! get him, wooh yes! mom! my game is over. (whistle blows) parents aren't perfect. but then they make us kraft mac & cheese shapes and everything is good again. we were talking about the model t. now here we are talking about winning the most jd power iqs and appeal awards. talking about driver-assist technology talking about cars that talk and listen. talking about the highest customer loyalty in the country. but that's enough talking. seriously. that was a lot of talking. back to building hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees achieve their dreams. >>> there's breaking news tonight in the story the w

bin salman ordered it. >> they heard the details from the secretary of defense. in the't good enough leaders of the u.s. senate. gina haskell, they are all the same. it was mohammedin salman say republican and democratic senators alike. some say he might have been. it is too important to put at risk is something that secretary of state mike pompeo agrees with. the white house insists that it won't happen. punishing saudi arabia may come as early as next week. military support is for the saudi involvement. it's something very rare indeed. not just in yemen but as a punishment for the killing of jamal khashoggi. as there has been a new twist in the trunk russia investigation. robert mueller says the former national security advisor michael flynn should not be sent to prison for lying to the fbi. flynn gave assistance in the meddling. the trump administration has repeatedly called that probe a witchhunt. substantial assistance. 19 entities, firsthand information, and help collecting the dots. as they investigate investigateg with u.s. elections. the government lawyers said the will be to plead guilty forthcoming. and flynn was a national security advisor for just 24

without naming mohammed in salman that it was something that lay on the doorstep of the saudi royal court in private they've said a lot stronger things of that suggesting it was mohamed bin salman the saudi crown prince and they've been releasing evidence and excerpts from this audio recording from within the saudi consulate all the way along which is kept this investigation alive so this now is very encouraging for them i think they were dismayed by the stand of president trump and the people around him when he said maybe he did maybe he didn't referring to mohammed bin salman they want outside help to put pressure on the saudis because they've come as far as they can with this investigation they are relying on the saudis for corporation and information which they're not getting they've complained about this quite often now in public president has complained about it the foreign minister has complained about it they've asked the saudis to give them information because the saudis are holding eleven people they've charged him with offenses relating to this murder five facing the death penalty but they're still not pertinent and very important questions the turks want them