and do we agree with mohammed bin salman, do we think that mohammed bin salman is a monster who's murdered jamal kashoggi and locked up innocent people or maybe only semi guilty people without trial, who imprisons civil society activists and civil libertarians and others, or is he someone who's a modernizer who we can work with. this is the other side of the argument. he's made some missteps, but he someone that we can deal with. or do you look at it more broadly that this is a relationship that goes beyond simply the leadership? do we just simply say, yes, mohammed bin salman is a problem, but the nature of the relationship is more important than just the nature of the leader and we can work around that in some way. those are questions, i think that are going to be answered. my guess is they're going to be part of the presidential campaign over the next year. and i think that the answer is going to come out at the end of that campaign. >> i think tom had something. >> i want to add something as briefly as i can. both of my colleagues here on the panel have made the point that sau

embracing mohammed bin salman, two weeks ago called out by a u.n.r not only not cooperating with the investigation but being largely responsible for the death of khashoggi. >> that's right. and president trump said something in japan along the lines that nobody has proven that mohammed bin salman or his government has been behind the killing. >> no one but the cia. >> but the cia has proven it. he is reveling in these dictators and somewhat jealous about the absolute control they have in these countries, talking about kim jong-un, wishing that his citizens in america would stand at attention the way north koreans do when they see their dear leader. >> the other thing that was so deeply offensive, david, was on the -- actually, on the actual anniversary of the killings of the capital gazette in annapolis, maryland, he was joking with vladimir putin about fake news and said you don't have it in your country and putin is saying yes, i do. 25 journalists have been killed in the last year in russia. >> i found joking with the dictator of modern russia, l

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saying to mohammed bin salman you're doing a spectacular job.tion of the one of the things he's done and killed and dismembered a colleague at the "washington post." jamal khashoggi. this is not business as usual. at the same time trump is praising these dictators. he's kicking our allies in the shins. remember right before coming to osaka he was complaining about the european union. calling it an enemy of the united states. complaining about the u.s. japan mutual security treaty. saying it's not fair. he complains about allies. he kisses up to the enemy. that a president who doesn't have a moral compass. >> you hate to engage in the what aboutism. can you imagine if this happened? talk about previous presidents. listen to what fox news was talking about president obama. after he said he was open just receptive to the idea of meeting with somebody like this. let's hear their take after trump did it. >> would you as president meet with the leaders of the country like north korea? >> obama extraordinarily said i'd meet with him. >> i will meet not

year he hit puberty. ( laughter ) swan also asked jared about his better half, saudi prince mohammed bin salmanwith that murder he did. >> how many conversations have you had with mohammed bin salman about the murder of jamal khashoggi? >> yeah, again, the discussions i have, with whether it's, you know, individual palestinians or with world leaders or with other people, i keep those discussions to myself. >> stephen: ( as kushner ) "i keep those discussions to myself because have you seen what he does to people who cross him? my doctor says i'm allergic to bone saw." ( laughter ) so jared didn't have a ton of answers, but when he was asked what trump's legacy would be, he was ready. >> what do you think donald trump will be known for in 50 or 100 years' time? >> i think the first thing is, is, is changing the type of people who are in washington. what this president did is he represented an outsider who came in, brought in a ton of people who never would've been in washington before, who were not "qualified" by conventional standards. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> stephen: fun fact, "not qualif

president trump and mohammed bin salman. and all kinds of other reports responsible for the death of jamal khashoggi. these are pictures that the president was all too willing to be seen in over the last week or so. what's the lasting impact, do you think, of this? >> well, i don't know what the lasting impact would be. i do think it's -- it doesn't reflect well, this deference joking with putin about not meddling in our election process, giving prominence to the likes of mohammed bin salman on the heels of the khashoggi murder which in my view clearly mbs is implicated. and so this is so counter to -- and then of course honoring kim jong-un who is one of the most brutal despots in the world. there's been a lot of activity of the internet just recalling otto warmbier which i think is completely appropriate. someone was probably tortured to death by the north krooeoreans. so i think it's not good in the context of advancing and defending the values this country has long stood for. >> james clapper, thank you for being with us

he is saying to crown prince mohammed bin salman you're doing a spectacular job with no mention of onet mbs has done is to have killed and dismembered one of our colleagues at "the washington post," jamal khashoggi. so this is not business as usual. at the same time trump is praising these dictators, he is kicking our allies in the shins. remember, right before coming to osaka, he was complaining about the european union, calling it an enemy of the u.s. he was complaining about the u.s./japan mutual security treaty, saying it's not fair. he always complains about our allies. he does not get along with our friends but kisses up to our enemies. this is a president who doesn't have a moral compass. >> phillip, you hate to engage in the whataboutism. listen to what fox news was talking about when they were talking about president obama after he was saying that he was over, just receptive to the idea of meeting with somebody like this. let's hear their take on it after trump actually did it. >> would you as president meet with the leaders of a country like north korea? obama extraordinarily

mbs, mohammed bin salman, how much is he like the main character in your book?e both young crown princes of saudi arabia. but my character is very,er v different from mohammed bin salman, i want to say that. he's a much more redeemable characr. he's educated at oxford. he speaks the king's english. he's a muchifferent character. but clearly, as i say in the foreword of the novel, they share similarities and the story you'll read is inspired by events surrounding khashoggi's murder. >> wha does daniel silva read when he's not writing? >> he has to do and tremes amount of research for each of his books. and you know, if you might have guessed, i'm somewhat of a rdish character, not as cool as you are. i spend all day either writing a book or reading a book. that's the bestcr way to desibe it. >> no beach reads. no mindless thumb turning? >> i have aouple of beach read authors that i really like, but i do so much heavy lifting for each novel that i really spend a lot of time reading pretty serious stuff.an i am a commercial writer. but in many respects, i'm a liter

last month she released her report that found credible evidence linking the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman to the murder and an attempted to cover up more from the barker in london. head of a major conference here in london on press freedom jamal khashoggi is name has featured very highly indeed attending this discussion with those who knew him very closely indeed including his fiance and these former editor of the washington post not to mention the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions agnes kalama she presented her findings in june and concluded that his murder was a state act and that there was credible evidence linking senior figures within the saudi leadership including the crown prince himself well earlier agnes cullum are told me that because it was an international killing it should be dealt with in an international way and the more pressure should be put on all members of the un to the security council including the saudi kingdom's closest western ally the united states to find out exactly what happened to jamal khashoggi i am alarmed by the fact that the 5 observers f

result of a handshake in osaka after a meeting with vladimir putin and the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman not necessarily a decision made at a ministerial level in vienna members like iran had said that undermines opec's decisionmaking ability moving forward i asked whether russia has too much influence when it comes to the decisionmaking efforts of the group, he rejected that saying this is very much a collective effort and of course when you have leaders like the president of russia and the leader of saudi arabia meeting at the g20, then of course given their positions when it comes to their role as oil producers, it's only natural that the topic of oil would come up in their conversation and a deal like this would be discussed. he very much agrees with the opec secretary-general in saying that opec's formal process of making decisions, a collaborative approach to oil price management is still intact back over to you >> dan, thank you for that detail there our next guest says we moved to a why not moment in sustainable investing as portfolios a s are appearing more resilient during down

manager who rubbed elbows with famous people like bill clinton, waddy allen and crown prince mohammed bin salman as well as superstar attorney alan derrishowitz who admits to getting a massage at epstein's mansion but he says it wasn't from an underaged girl but an old, old russian. and brace yourselves for this detail. >> i kept my underwear on during the massage. >> stephen: now-- (laughter) some have doubtedded the truth of dershowitz's story but in a late show exclusive we have tracked down the woman who massages alan dershowitz, come on out, shirley. shirley, everybody. (applause) thank you very much. please, right down there. nothing to be afraid of. we're all your friends. shirley, thank you for being here. and i'm only asking to verify his story. how old are you. >> i'm 27. >> stephen: you're 27 years old. why do you look so old? >> i saw allen dershowitz in his underwear. >> stephen: shirley, everybody. alan dershowitz's masseuse, thank you very much, shirley. jon, how about a little travel music. (applause) heartbreaking. of course those weren't epstein's only buddies. into, circle of

as it is now i think this current round of negotiations started in osaka between putin and mohammed bin salmanand then moved here for the ministers to act upon a larger context, which is the charter you just mentioned that charter establishes the sort of framework for a lot of oil producers to get together and respond to slal oihale oil what does that mean? if demand does not take care of the growth in shale oil, these producers will have to adjust and share the pain it need not be proportionate because saudi arabia has been taking a big part of it, that might continue, still they will be in a framework where formal membership, not opec, opec plus some people call it, we call it the vienna alliance, but it's a larger group >> there's 24 countries now, opec is 14 plus 10, it's all about the russia influence do you believe this will be enough to keep prices stable if we go to 13 million, 14 million barrels a day and global demand tapers off, that's not a good equation for price stability. >> i think that's exactly what they're looking at when russia, which is the second largest producer in saudi

time i could be spending with my dear friends mohammed bin salman, kim jong-un, and k.f.c." ( cheersnd applause ) ( piano riff ) ( laughter ) then trump fanned the flames of the crowd's... would you believe "economic anxiety?" >> i have a suggestion for the hate-filled extremists who are constantly trying to tear our country down. >> stephen: (as trump) "come to my rally, you'll fit right in!" ( laughter ) ( applause ) ( piano riff ) then he went on about the congresswomen: >> they never have anything good to say. that's why i say, hey, if they don't like it, let them leave. let them leave. if they don't love it, they can leave it. >> stephen: so he said these women should leave the country. let's see if the crowd is able to pick up on that subtle messaging, when he starts talking about minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar. >> and she looks down with contempt on the hardworking americans, saying that ignorance is pervasive in many parts of this country. ( booing ) ( send her back chants ) and obviously and importantly, omar has a history of launching vicious anti-semitic screeds. ( sen

see if mohamed bin salman will let me into the country.ut the world understand the threat. we need a grass roots movement globally led by the young people and think we are fighting for the future of the planet. this is an existential crisis. we have to act how we never have acted before. saying to oil companies all over the world, stop it. we cannot allow you to destroy the planet. >> i want to ask you about another international effort to has been something. you and i have talked about it over the years. i was struck by new polling that shows that even iraq and afghanistan veterans do not believe that the iraq and afghanistan wars were worth fighting. there were not big differences between those what fought the wars. you have told me about your work on this in the past about wants to get american troops out of the conflicts. why is it so entractable? why are presidents as desperate as president obama and president trump both unable to achieve the stated goal of getting troops home from afghanistan? >> that's a good question and before i a

i like the way the president played off mohammed bin salman against erdogan.ad him front and center the a g20. people didn't like that. but it's a power move. a way to marginalize a geopolitical foe. turkey is not supposed to be a geopolitical foe, they're supposed to be a ally. what erdogan is doing in northern syria and iran and erdogan buying s-400s from russia. this is good strategy to show u.s. favor and disfavor with one president, the president. >> one minute left. to these countries, turkey, to your point, unresolved issues. for the most part people are waiting, watching for this charmed offensive to really work s, do you agree with that? >> let's look at all of this from iran's perspective. from the supreme leader perspective. president with trump smiling. the president with xi smiling. the president with erdogan smiling. the president with mbs smiling. iran feels pretty isolated based on u.s. president charm offensive. that is part of this chol thing. china, russia, will always be a pawn in this game. president is smart to engage iran's backers in th

the same for saudi crowned prince mohammed bin salman that is said to ordered killing of jamal khashoggihe said nobody pointed a finger at him for the killing. the cia has and a u.n. investigation has and the president just got started tweeting i'll be leaving japan for south korea with president moon and if kim saw this, i would meet with him at the border. call me, maybe. kim did. the president became the first to set foot in north korea in office and boy, did it play up as a big moment for himself. take a look. >> i actually stepped in with chairman kim. i stepped into north korea and they say -- [ cheers ] >> and they say that's a very historic moment and i think it is a historic moment and a very good moment and he asked me would you like to do that? i said it would be my honor and we did and we went over the line, and turned around and everybody was so happy, and many people i noticed from korea were literally in tears crying, crying because this is a big thing. it's a big thing. >> not only a big thing but even bigger because it achieves he says what his predecessor couldn't, whic

also while at the g20 summit, trump met with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, praising him as a reformer and telling him "you have done a really spectacular job." trump refused to answer questions from reporters about bin salman's role in the death of jamal khashoggi last october but said the prince was very unhappy about the killing. the united nations u.s. intelligence officials and u.s. lawmakers have all found credible evidence that the crown prince was directly implicated in ordering jamal khashoggi's murder. in sudan, at least 10 people were killed after tens of thousands took to the streets sunday, the first mass demonstration since the deadly crackdown on a peaceful protest camp by security forces in early june, which killed at least 128 people. ramadan, ie 29th of felt my blood boiling in my veins. so i have to come out tonight. i had to march. i had to march for everyone killed. add a march for the martyrs that died, march for the girls that were raped. i had to march to achieve something, anything. amy: i amid an internet and press blackout, reports emerged of polic

house's failure to meet the legal requirement to report to you guys about whether they think mohammed bin salmanthe ongoing humanitarian toll from the war in yemen. are you supportive of that legislation to have a review of the u.s.' relationship at this point with saudi arabia? >> i am supportive of that. i told chairman rich yesterday i'm going to cosponsor that legislation. we need to reevaluate our long-term relationship with saudi arabia, that we have a strategic interest in terms of working closely with them, but they are in complete violation and specifically the crown prince, of our american values. and that is the issue. we've had a relationship with them over 70 years. we're going to need to have a relationship with them in the future. we need to see how that relationship works in the terms of the way they behave, in terms of their neighbors as well as for our own citizens. >> right, and we'll all remember john mccain's words. our interests are our values and our values are our interests as a nation. ted cruz, republican senator ted cruz blasted the administration this week on arms sal

during the obama administration they refused to agree to the gold standard, and saudi prince mohammed bin salman, if iran develops a nuclear bomb we will follow as soon as possible. there is a huge sawedly interest in the ability to break out of the system. and tom barrack and michael flynn working over and inside the seams to try to advance this cause. do we know if barrack has any financial interests in this or is being paid by anyone or there is any investment angle to it as he is working on behalf of the foreign interests while connected to the president. >> that's part of what the eastern district of new york is looking into now. as we know from some of the fantastic reporting from "the new york times" and other outlets on this, we know that barrack has been questioned about some of this work-related to the saudi nuclear project. we don't have a clear understanding yet what kind of compensation, if any barrack received to help push forward this plan. but that's definitely a big line of inquiry in brooklyn right now. >> he also, barrack stepped down if i'm not mistaken from colony capital i

report last month which said saudi arabia was behind the killing and that this man, crown prince mohammed bin salman on herfindings. the us has a vested interest in uncovering the truth around the killing ofjournali5t kha5hoggi. he was working for the washington po5t, he was a legal resident of the us and demanding that the fbi and tend to make undertake of the us and demanding that the fbi undertake an investigation into the killing of mr kha5hoggi. the pressure is being stepped up on saudi arabia. a delegation from reporters without borders met with top saudi officials in riyadh this year, to urge them to free 30 journalists who are currently being detained there. they listened to us. they did not agree with many of our points but they did listen to us. we gave it some time because one possibility to discu55 was possibly pardon5 during the ramadan period. that didn't happen so we chose not to speak out in the now to speak out in the international attention on saudi arabia, the international scrutiny and criticism is not going to go away unless there is a clear signal of political will to start to

have pointed to trump's coziness with the de facto ruler of the kingdom, saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmanreport directly linking him to khashoggi's killing, trump had this to say about him just last month. >> the crown prince of saudi arabia, a friend of mine, a man whoa has really done things in the last five years. i just want to thank you on behalf of a lot of people and i want to congratulate you. you've done really a spectacular job. >> all right. i'm joined by ayman mohideen, co-host of "morning joe" first look. good to be on you -- my co-host. >> 12-hour days. >> so we're just hearing now the votes have all failed. >> yeah. >> so it seeps as if mbs, despite all that has gone on, despite your investigation, finding out so many of these dissidents, these activists gone missing. people within the royal family gone missing. the brutal killing of jamal khashoggi at the embassy in turkey. mbs, the kingdom of saudi arabia not being held responsible for their actions. >> if you ask u.s. officials and we have posed questions to them, they will say those responsible for the killings, at leas

manus: one argument is mohammed bin salman has been preempting this meeting and it disemboweled the veryence of opec. mohammad: this is a bigger question and a more structural question over medium to long-term. every time we have met in vienna over the last 2.5 years, there are a lot of obituaries written about opec. but i think the market, certainly we have seen this year, it requires opec to continue these cuts and remains steadfast in their approach. mohammad: oil -- manus: oil hit a five-week high this morning. we got this release that china and the u.s. are talking again. conversations are happening on global trade. what does that do to the price bandwidth? what is the upper level on this deal? where does that take the markets? mohammad: i think there could be a risk relief rally for the next few weeks. i think in the near term, the market is wondering what is going to happen with demand. we started off the year with projections of demand anywhere -- 1.3 millionon barrels to 1.4 million barrels a day. very near term, the market is concerned. manus: how quickly could that turn? and e

last month she released her report that found credible evidence linking the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman to both the murder and an attempted coverup knave barkha with more from london. ahead of a major conference here in london on press freedom jamal khashoggi name has featured very highly indeed attending this discussion with those who knew him very closely indeed including his fiance and these former editor of the washington post not to mention the un special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions agnes kalama she presented her findings in june and concluded that his murder was a state act and that there was credible evidence linking senior figures within the saudi leadership including the crown prince himself well earlier agnes cullum are told me that because it was an international killing it should be dealt with in an international way and the more pressure should be put on all members of the un to the security council including the saudi kingdom's closest western ally the united states to find out exactly what happened to jamal khashoggi i am alarmed by the fact that the 5 observer

president say that most of us might not like the actions of people like putin or president xi or mohammed bin salmanjong-un but the reality is the u.s. needs to work with them and in the case of saudi arabia, saudi arabia is a key check on iran. what do you have to say to that? >> yeah, look, well it is clear that we have to engage with people and we can't have a utopian forum of geopolitics but with that being said, what we're doing right now is we are rewarding bad behavior. khashoggi is killed and -- and in response we have further arm sales to saudi arabia and support them even more in the efforts in yemen when it is a clearly a geopolitical race against iran. you look at russia, the president of the united states sits down with vladimir putin and jokes about him interfering in future elections. at one point or another this president has got to understand that vladimir putin is laughing at him, not with him. we cannot reward attacks on the homeland and that is exactly what russia did in 2016. so we can walk this fine line, this is what this country is all about, but it takes a mature foreign pol

with mohammed bin salman when you were asked about the case of jamal khashoggi you did not respond tot question in front of the -- >> i don't know anybody -- >> are you afraid of offending him on that subject? >> no, not at all. i don't really care about offending people. i sort of thought you'd know that. >> that is more of president trump at the g20. note that the first sound were they discuss fake news is the russian media and the american press was not in the room at that time. they were brought in moments later after that exchange, but let's talk about the substance of the exchange when they're joking about fake news, given president putin's reputation with the media. >> we have gone with collusion, to collusion isn't a crime to collusion i welcome it. i think the sum and substance of that exchange and the other comments recently is a greenlight -- it's a green light to russia and other countries to interfere in the 2020 election. >> what was it like being in the room, jonathan lemire, as you trailed along with the president of the united states and listened time and again to him

. >> with your coziness with some dictators and autocrats at these summits, with mohammed bin salmann you were asked about the case of jamal khashoggi, you did not respond to that question in front of the -- >> i don't know that anybody asked me -- >> were you afraid of offending him on that subject. >> not at all. i don't really care about offending people. i sort of thought you would know that. david: mild response from the president at that time. howard kurtz, media buzz host. howie, great to see you. so what was fair, what was not fair about what acosta was doing. >> first of all amazing part of that exchange the president trump said, i understand your knew book very well, send me a copy i will sign it. the whole book is anti-trump screed. a bit of diplomacy. i don't think question was out of bounds, echoeses liberal talking points of president. in stretch after few days i did praise the saudi crown prince. he did joke around with vladmir putin. he was joking, some people took offense about fake news and that sort of thing and about, you know, russia hacking the election. he was

resident and journalist who was brutally murdered by mohammed b mohammad bin salman. a double standard. nicki minaj, she was performing at pride. in april, five men in saudi arabia were killed because they were gay. so i guess the money, you know, makes it worth it for her. >> i mean, what was your reaction when you heard she even had been invited to per norm in saudi arabia? as you point out, she hardly wears any clothes. she's -- >> saudi arabia has an ultra right wing conservative government which has an absolute monarchy which crushes all dissent, forces women to wear and segregate, but has no problem nicki minaj being scantily clad twerking her butt to "anaconda" on stage and bin salman says i'm a progressive reformer, shakes hands with president trump and laugh it up at the g20 summit. meanwhile, he's leading a humanitarian disaster of a war in yemen, ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi, of course, like i said, toii want to say this again, ten women's rights activists have been detained. tortured. trumped up charges of treason. this is the hypocritical -- at t

and a few days after that, we learned that the cia had concluded that mohamed bin salman had certainly up any longer. it would have seemed really out of place. so i threw it all in the trash can, was in the fetal position for about 24 hours because i do have very tight deadlines. i don't have two and a half months to throw away in my writing year. and i just locked the door, put my head down and started writing. and obviously, as i say in the foreword, many elements of the book are inspired by the khashoggi hurtamurder and i did dedicate it to 54 journalists who were killed last year in the line of duty. he was one of 54. >> so the backdrop and inspiration for this, where do we find gabriel? >> we find gabriel facing one of the most difficult moral dilemmas that he's ever faced. the book begins with the kidnapping of a daughter of a man named kaled bin mohammad, the crown prince of saudi arabia. when she disappears and he receives a very chilling ransom note, he makes a rare, good decision. he turns to gabriel for help. what follows is sort of a "game of thrones" battle for control of