the nature is that "mohammed bin salman is a great man. mohammed bin salman is a hero.ective in screditing you?s >> it effective in terms of discrediting, but it is effective in terms of timidation. ♪ >> smith: the saudis may have even infiltrated twitter. ♪ in 2015 western intelligence officials learned that the saudis had developed ties with a according to threerces who spoke to "the new york times," they "persuaded him to peeruade into several user accounts." twitter alerteal-faqih that he may have been among those targeted. >> we found out that there was an inv itigation intthis saudi individual aually being a mole of sorts inside twitter for the royal court. >> so being someone twitter, this employee could algedly access priva details of accounts. >> smith: and that could be valuable in terms of identifying a network of activists, let's say? >> absolutely. i think to a large extent they sort ot thow w the activists are. but what are they saying? what are they planning? what-what's ing to happen next? ♪ >> smith: the suspected mole was inside twitter for around two

(speaking arabic): >> smith: what kind of a man is mohammed bin salman? ith: in march 2017 mohammed binalman agreed to meet with me in his office a riyadh's irqah palace. i wanted to talk to him about political reforms. mostly about his economic plans and the new s. president, donald trump. interview.r an on-camera he saihe wasn't quite ready. the next day, i was surprised to receive a text. (phone dgs) (horn honks) ♪ meanwhile, jamal khashoggi continued to be sought after as a commentator. after america's 2016 election,16 he video conferenced in to a u.s. think tank from the middle east. >> thank you, thank u fornk y inviting me. i'm sure saudi arabian officials were caut off-guard by the election of mr. trump... >> smith: hicomments weren't especially negative, just cautionary. >> if we had difficulties with somebody like mr. obama, i'm sure we will have more difficulties with-with mr. ump. >> he waadvising gulf governments, including saudi arabia, t put all their eggs in trump's basket. >> more chaos we have in the reon, the more... relations.her to div

was: do you know if there any internal fallout or embarrassment over that, mohammed bin salman mohammedman particularly for -- particularly for mohammed bin salman? guest: not that i have seen, but it is an opaque place. it is not something i have seen. there seems to be turmoil now, because of the murder of a bodyguard, a major general close to the king. people are asking a lot of questions about what went on, but i am not sure if that has a relationship whatsoever to what happened at aramco. the fallout will be that the ipo that he has announced and it is necessary in order to fund the whole vision 2030 plan, an ipo will bring in cash to saudi arabia and they can then spend that on their plans. i think that this attack would give some banks, and investors, some pause. on then the aramco ipo, front page of the financial times, "dangling a $75 billion a year payout." let's go to phone calls. we will hear from marie in massachusetts. go ahead. caller: yes, my question is -- can you hear me? host: yes. caller: what is the relationship today between saudi arabia and israel? the reason for

this man — the new saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman — was a target of jamal‘s criticism. was hailed by many in the west as a reformer. very nice people. president trump praised him on high—profile trips to washington. it's an honour to have the crown prince of saudi arabia with us. our relationship is probably the strongest it's ever been. we understand each other. at home, however, mbs was soon cracking down on anyone who opposed him. human rights activists and journalists. all highlighted by jamal khashoggi in the post. "i am raising my voice. i can speak when so many cannot." this was not the image of his leadership that the crown prince wanted to project. i think that particularly aggravated him and he kept asking his aides to do something about this jamal problem. the saudis were presented with just the opportunity in istanbul. whenjamal was told he had to get his proof of divorce, he and hatice went to the saudi consulate straight away. they were surprised to see him, and offered him tea and coffee. he was really pleased, he told me there was nothing to be afraid of

the first is that to me, mohammed bin salman recognized is possibility as head of state.e also implicitly and by implication recognized that the killing of jamal khashoggi wasaa state killing. something that so far the authorities have systematically refused and criticized me for findining that the statate of si arabia was responsible for the killing. the e second reaction is less positive. it is that in his comments, the crown prince takes great pain creating a distance between himself over there on top and the crimes down there at the bottom. he is creating a sense of distance. he is arguing look, the state is big, i cannot be held accountable for everything g tht is being done within the state. that is one of the messages he is trying to communicate. it is a typical pr message that head of compmpanies will putut forward whenever their companies are in trouble. >> are you satisfied with the international community's reactions to your findings? >> now, i am not satisfied. so far with the way the executives, the government of many countries around the world have responded

a decade a sign the 2 countries are getting closer is meeting king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin salman in riyadh saudi oil facilities came under drone attacks last month for which the us blamed russia's ally iran. there have been large protests over the sentencing of 9 separatist leaders who've been sent to prison for their role in the region's failed bid for independence rail services to the airport were briefly suspended due to the demonstrations the supreme court to live in sentences between 9 and 13 years in prison in fact the former catalonian vice president. got 13 years for the crime of sedition his son you go in barcelona with more. of your reaction have been expected really there was an angry outpouring. of the sentencing was announced where people decided to congregate in certain points of the city center of barcelona if you look behind me here they've cut off 2 of the main arteries in the city center one of the roads a that you see is actually one of the ones that leads to the airport now they met in the city center thousands of. tokar the train or went by. towards the airpo

maybe a sign the 2 countries are getting closer he's meeting king salmon also the crown prince mohammed bin salman in riyadh saudi oil facilities or remember came under drone attacks last month which the u.s. blamed russia's ally iran for. will have a closer look now at russia's relations with saudi arabia 2 of the top or oil producers in opec they've worked together to reduce supplies so that prices stay relatively high but they've been on opposing sides on a number of issues notably syria and iran the 2 nations have also discussed cooperating on missile defense which is controversial for the united states because saudi arabia can only relies on u.s. made systems which washington recently agreed to strengthen britain's queen elizabeth has outlined her government's agenda during the official state opening of parliament boris johnson's cabinet has always stressed the importance of leaving the e.u. by the deadline of october 31 but it's a minority government so it's unlikely parliament will pass any of the proposals mentioned in the queen's speech his challenger reporting from london. the costumes t

investigation found what it called credible evidence linking saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman to the killing but a year later none of the masterminds has been brought to justice for the murder and western partners seem to have forgiven saudi arabia. a c.c.t.v. camera captured the last images of journalist jamal khashoggi he was walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul where he would be brutally murdered what happened inside this building shocked the world. body is believed to have been dismembered and disposed of his remains have never been found. she was an outspoken critic of the saudi leadership since 2017 he had lived in self-imposed exile in the u.s. i was a columnist for the washington post. after he was murdered saudi arabia initially hampered turkish efforts to investigate but eventually riyadh admitted she had died in the consulate the state television spoke of an argument that had more going out with shock she being killed in the ensuing brawl. but the consulate building had been bugged by turkish intelligence that meant ankara had audiobook orderings of exactly wha

and in saudi arabia where he's due to meet the king and crown prince mohammed bin salman as we mentioned before it's been 12 years since a lot of movement in this last year and billions of dollars in deals are expected to be signed off during this state visit. and there will be talk about economic cooperation that's at the fall of the state visit but there's also the situation in syria and iran that should be on the cards for discussion and the wider middle east of course it's a return visit after a visit to moscow in 2017 contacts with several billions of dollars are expect to be signed off in areas including agriculture railways and petro chemicals. an all out but agreement is also an important point of discussion as both countries they've been cooperating on trying to curb global oil output since 2016 and the 2 leaders they're expected to discuss the attack on saudi arabia's main oil refinery president putin has told our great journalist before the visit that such actions are not except to will and that those behind it should be found you can see those pictures there. the escort of th

saying there is clear evidence of a state ordered murder and we have heard the crown prince mohammed bin salman saying he accepts political responsibility even though he said he did not order this killing so what should happen to him what do you think should happen to him. the prize number in the news for the crown prince to say house responsibility everyone knows that the saudi arabian authorities are responsible it was 15 of the . crown prince's closest advisers who came on the saudi arabian jets who carried out the murder in the saudi arabian consulate so this is clear to everyone what isn't clear is the most basic details that are needed for the family and frankly for everyone who searching for justice where their mouth to soltys remains what was the chain of command who ordered the killing did the crown prince ordered the killing himself these things one year later assad lee we're no closer to finding things out than we were a year ago and 2 why are we no closer to finding those things out has there been a lack of international pressure to get those details. well 1st and foremost the saudi

terror and is open to the idea of dialogue with saudi arabia it follows the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman saying he would prefer a peaceful resolution with iran in settling regional security disputes as opposed to military conflict our correspondent said bank has more from. well the speaker of the house has said that he welcomed reports that crown prince albert crown prince muhammad bill some man favors dialogue he said that security and political issues in the region can be resolved through dialogue but also that news will be welcome by some in iran also be seen as a victory because they will see that iran's military strategy is working that iran is seen as a strong military power and countries that may not necessarily be friends of iran favor dialogue over military conflict he also said that iran will speak to the hootches now this is very important because iran has been accused of being behind the attacks against oil facilities in saudi arabia that the rebels came responsibility to and he said that iran will speak to the hutus and encourage them to accept any cease fire until the saudi

decade a sign the 2 countries are getting closer putin is made to solomon also the crown prince mohammed bin salman in riyadh saudi oil facilities came under drone attacks last month for which the us blamed russia's ally iran iran denied any involvement the thoughts now of nicholai who is an associate professor at the gulf studies center here at the university and says the timing of this visit is significant. there are basically 3 priorities the 1st one is to ensure the signing off as much economic contracts as possible in the nuclear patro chemicals that are in the oil and gas petrochemical fildes. secondly to achieve the understanding on the system to continue the corporation within the opec bloss between saudi arabia and russia and possibly even the further decrease in the production old food and finally to reach the common understanding of the key issue of the regional security more invested quite a lot of efforts in trying to make the litany of change in this relation to bring them at the level of let's say what it sees as a strategic partnership and now we believe that the time is really impo

international criminal court's chief prosecutor to investigate the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin salman for what they allege is the kidnapping, torture, and killing of jamal khashoggi in addition to other crimes against humanity. of course, he has denied his role, but there have been calls to further investigate the crown prince. but any move like this, christine, is going to require real international action, and over the past year we have seen outcry, outrage from the international community, but little action. >> all right. joe monaca rad she with that. >>> a watchdog urging a meeting on capitol hill. what must he tell about state department documents. that's next. i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 65 and take medications. what's my price? you can get coverage fo

government 1st made claims about fate but quickly had to change their story after our reporting mohammed bin salman has wasted billions of dollars of saudi money portraying himself as a reformer because it's now possible that he gave the order to kill which is deeply troubling after a number of weeks of changing their narrative and a constant stream of new information saudi arabia finally admitted that specialty had indeed been murdered inside its consulate but the blame was placed on what saudi officials described as rogue elements the crown prince has denied this a compass is not aware of this a year run and it seems that the saudi government is adopting a different media strategy with crown prince mohammed bin son mantra's ing to speak on u.s. television in an apparent bid to take charge of the media narrative that this was a heinous crime like this but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia especially since it was committed by individuals working for the saudi government if jamal khashoggi was killed because of his journalism it shows how threatened the saudi regime is by an ind

wanted to underline that they are friends and i agree with them the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin salman has said in the last few days that while he didn't order the killing he says as the leader as a leader in saudi arabia he said i take full responsibility what does full responsibility mean to you what does. full justice in the end mean to you john we took a piece of it this statement came at a very specific time i believe it's a statement that needs to be judged along with all the events from the very beginning if i were to comment on that one sentence today it is quite weird that he says he takes responsibility for the incident in general but he doesn't accept his direct responsibility i guess by taking responsibility in general he's trying to avoid his personal part in this this is a contradiction in this case we need to ask him if he's taking responsibility what are the details the details that the whole world is curious about why was just killed why was he killed in such an yway where is his body who gave the order for his team to come to turkey if the responsibility is on him the

jared kushner is whatsapping mohammed bin salman and cooking up whatever idiotic thing he's cooking up president trump is claiming he's ending wars in the middle east while sending service members to the area. how would you think about right sizing the u.s. relationship with saudi arabia, especially understanding the tensions between the saudis and iran? >> that's the reason why he's having to -- not have to, but why he's sending 15,000 troops is because if he hadn't made the decision, trump, if he hadn't made the decision he made on the iran deal, he wouldn't be sending 15,000 troops to saudi arabia. and does anybody remember, you know -- well, let me just -- let's say -- how do i say it this way? we don't have a great history of having u.s. troops in saudi arabia, i think is a way to think about this. and so it's as if -- look, i think if i had to define the trump doctrine for you, you would be take really bad situations and make them as bad as you possibly can. that's what he's doing. and tit's why we have to get hi out. on saudi arabia, we shouldn't be sending those 15,000 troops a

as we know the cia concluded it was the crown prince mohammed bin salman who ordered the killing of khashoggidi arabia has continually denied. and we saw that from him himself in the interview with "60 minutes" but for the first time taking responsibility as the leader of the country. on this one-year anniversary, we're hearing renewed calls there should be a further investigation into the role of the crown prince. as you mentioned, too, washington lawyers in a petition that was obtained by cnn, these two lawyers drafted a petition on behalf of the national interest foundation that is nonprofit in washington that is critical of u.s. policy in the region calling on the international criminal courts chief prosecutor to investigate the crown prince of saudi arabia for his role here and also for other crimes against humanity. but as we have seen over the past year, despite the outrage, outcry we have seen, there's been little in terms of action to achieve justice. alisyn, john? >> all right. thank you very much for that update. >>> so mike pompeo is set to speak overseas. there's the scene gettin

this president has not been concerned with corruption in saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman or in turkeyident putin. he doesn't speak out against corruption. it's very clear and if you look at the lead "new york times" story in the sunday edition, it's just chapter and verse for the last nine months president trump and rudy giuliani have been interested in one thing, go after the bidens. do us a favor, said president trump to president zelensky, go after the bidens. that's not the american national interest. and if the president is singularly putting forward his own political interests for 2020, ahead of our national interest, what's more important than containing russian power in eastern europe, then the president has abused the power of his office and rudy giuliani is his agent, this agent who is roaming throughout american foreign policy on that one question. it wasn't about corruption in ukraine, it was about going after the bidens. >> also, correct me if i'm wrong, secretary pompeo has sworn is an oath to the constitution. rudy giuliani, i don't know when the last time he put his ha

but we've heard similar rhetoric from him after the killing of khashoggi against mohammed bin salman and that has all shifted as well. >> and this is the hard of the faustian bargain that lindsey graham made, that he would kiss up to the president so that he could have the president's ear, so that he could be influential, so that he could keep the president from making dangerously wrong decisions. and here we are right now, basically it's all faustian and it's no bargain, because lindsey graham has abased himself to the president but when push came to shove and our allies, the kurds, were being betrayed, he wasn't in the room, he didn't get a call, a text message. so he's out there sort of flailing. unfortunately for lindsey graham, i think heal double down on the bargain and continue to carry water for the president who, according to lindsey graham, is lying and damaged our place in the world. >> susan, you've been spending a lot of time on the hill. does nancy pelosi really thing she can get this done in the fairly limited time frame if she doesn't get these witnesses? >> you know,

course we all remember lindsey graham and several others saying we'll never do business with mohammed bin salmansaudi arabia again after the khashoggi killing and that lasted until the president embraced mbs at the g20 and now he's back on the world stage. eugene, what is the threat now to the president? because "the washington post"'s poll today shows a real spike in support for not only the impeachment inquiry but even for those within a year and a half of another election, a year plus, not even a year and a half, even removal from office if washingtrranted. >> there is a real concern that the white house should have regarding how americans as a whole and people in his party feel about his relationship with ukraine, his involvement in that situation, and some other factors and individuals in the white house as well. he is not behaving in a way that someone who did not do something concerning would behave. and i think that is raising alarms for many voters including those who have been a little supportive of him. now, we do know that republicans who are in his space are largely behind him. that

meaning saudi arabia, let's remember crown prince mohammed bin salman consolidated power by roundingp his political enemies, sticking them in the ritz-carlton and getting them to plead guilty to corruption charges. it's the same thing they've done in russia for years, the time vladimir putin prosecuted a prominent oligarch for corruption, but what was really going on the oligarch was funding parties opposing putin. but what he's clearly doing is using corruption as a cover to destroy his political opponents, and that is one of the most tried and true plays in the strong man play book. i thought today we'd talk to someone who literally watched this happen this week. quote, investigation now means resistance at one extreme and digging up dirt on another such a disparity doesn't bode well for words such as trial, testimony or trug. and two days after trump was elected she published this piece in the way institutions can be hollowed out from the inside. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> i think i've been reading you over the last few weeks with sort of special care and at

great friends with all the regional leaders that includes netanyahu in israel that includes mohammed bin salmanarabia. you remember the high five putin and mbs exchanged last year. and it includes erdogan. erdogan is strategically perhaps the most windfall there. because turkey is a member of nato and it is russia's longstanding aim to weaken and break up nato and turkey's continued membership with nato is very much in doubt. it should be added that turkey is buying russian anti-missile systems, which put it at odds. which compromise its nato supply of military systems and again put a huge question mark over turkey's nato membership. all of which is music to russia's ears. >> that's why a lot of people were wondering why the united states would do anything that would benefit turkey, especially after they bought those weapons as a nato member from russia. ed luce, we leave it there. >>> big questions about why traders made billions of dollars in profits at the same time as major announcements from the trump administration. just a coincidence? or is there something strange going on? >>> another l

respond and president trump has rehabilitated the image of mohammed bin salman over the past year andunish him at all for what our reporting shows he basically ordered this grizzly murder of a washington post columnist. we're expecting that the trump administration to be heavily represented at the davos in the desert event later this month showing and in pretty stark imagery how much the trump administration has welcomed the saudis right back into the global stage so we'll watch as we talk about the president's discussions with foreign leaders and his discussions and relations with the saudi government is something heavily in focus in the weeks ahead. those are transcripts the public should see. >> those phone calls. but i suspect we won't. julie. >> well, this past week we saw president trump sign a proclamation that would bar immigrants who couldn't pay for their own health care from staying in this country. this came just a few days after i reported with my colleague mike sheer about the president's more extreme ideas for preventing immigrants from coming across the southern border

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or >> woodruff: later tonight on pbs, in the documentary film, crown prince mohammed bin salman addresses the first time his urnali ast moment, we will hearm "frontli" porter martin smith. but first, a clip from the film. in this scene, smith has tracked bin salman down at a race track, to ask him about khashoggi. >> it was reported that on the ty of the murder, he made a nll. he said ffect, "tell your boss the deed was done." >> thebe phone numthat was being called in riyadh was theh crown prince's office. it doesn't get much better than that. if you call the white house situation room, i comtohe te involved. >> last december i talked to prce mohammed at the ractrack. he spoke about his role in the khashoggi murder for the first time. er cama wa ot said, "it happened under my watch. i get all the responsibility, because it happened under my watch. i really take it very seriously. i don't want to telln' you no, i didn't do it or i did do it or whatever. that's just words. i asked how it could hathen t him knobngo atut. i "accidents happen. can you imagine, we have 20 millioavpeople. s gog

. >> yes, president xi, vladimir putin, mohammed bin salman, and president erdogan. he forgot kim jong-un, the north korean leader he says he -- they fell in love. remember he said that? the president of the united states says he gets along with all of them, one brutal autocrat after another. kind of makes you wonder why, doesn't it? the president pretty defensive tonight with the impeachment investigation going ahead at a dizzying pace. >> well, we've been in syria for a long time, and it was supposed to be a very short hit, a hit on isis. but it didn't work out that way. they never left. i spoke with president erdogan of turkey, and i said, got to treat them good. you've got to take care of isis. >> so the president upsetting his own allies right when he needs them most, right when he's got his back against the wall. the majority leader mitch mcconnell urging the president to backtrack saying this, and i quote here. a precipitous withdrawal of u.s. forces from syria would only benefit russia, iran, and the assad regime. and if that's not strong enough, there is thi

. >> corrupt press, could this explain trump's refusal to condemn saudi prince mohammed bin salman thetchering of "the washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi a year ago today. and secretary of state mike pompeo have led the killer back to global respectability, sharing the pot light with him. look at them there. and as we've learned donald trump doesn't honor the accepted rules of man kind such as you're not supposed to shoot the messenger. it's not the only rule of basic human behavior he's refused to uphold. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us tonight. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on "all in." >> i think the president knows the argument that can be made against him and he's scared. >> democrats wield their power to hold the president accountable. >> we're not fooling around here. >> and the president absolutely melts down. >> he couldn't carry his blank strap. >> tonight donald trump's sound and fury defense. >> ask the president of finland to question please. >> and why that will not save him from the impeachment inquiry. >> the question,

trump benefitting from patents from the chinese who got the president's son-in-law texting with mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia and his sons go around the world pretending that their father is the president of the united states has no impact on the international business dealings and we don't know whether trump's financial interest in turkey contributed to the decision to betray american allies and values and they want to talk about conflicts of interest. it is radically different standard and we cannot allow this president to change the subject. especially with unfounded allegations. >> your 2020 opponent beto o'rourke said at the cnn forum on lgbtq rights on thursday night that he thinks religious institutions that do not hire or provide services are lgbtq people such as a charity or colleges even churches, they should lose their tax exempt status. do you agree with that? >> i agree that anti-discrimination law ought to be applied to all institutions but the idea you are going to strip churches of their tax exempt status if they haven't found their way toward blessing same-s

in the speech, president bolsonaro praised saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman and donald trump, while blasting french p psident emamanuel macr, who crititicizeded bolsonaro's support for the illegal ranchers and miners behind many of the fires sweeping the amazon. colombia's government says it's deploying the military to the south-western province of cauca after five indigenous people were murdered on their reservation. six others were wounded in tuesday's attack after heavily armed assailants opened fire with guns and grenades on a convoy of people responsible for security in the semi-autonomous nasa tacueyo indigenous reserve. among the dead was community leader cristina bautista. colombian president ivan duque traveled to the region on wednesday, blaming dissidents in the farc rebel group who oppose a peace deal. but police have made no arrests and no suspects have been named in the murders. twitter says it will stop accepting all political advertisements worldwide beginning in november. ceo jack dorsey announced the change in a seriries of tweets wednesday, w writing -- "w"while i

say to themselves, "well, what exactly is he doing on these phone calls what does he say to mohammed bin salmans he say to vladimir putin what does he say to other folks about how they can help him win 2020 >> seth: right >> that got people to really to understand that the stakes were very, very clear and present and firm >> seth: and i think -- and one thing we can all take away is, he's never had a phone call in his life where it hasn't been about what can you do for me [ laughter ] >> exactly >> seth: he's never picked up the phone and said -- started with, "how are you?" >> right, yes. >> seth: you know that yeah >> or -- or about u.s. policy. >> seth: yeah. >> i mean, that's part of at's so striking about those call notes. there's nothing in the call notes about u.s. policy towards ukraine. >> seth: right >> the ukrainian side has all sorts of policy objections we need more money and we need more javelins. please send us those arms. we're psyched to buy some more oil from you >> seth: yeah. >> donald trump's, like "yeah, yeah, yeah here's what i need from you. >> seth: right, yeah >> as do

sign the 2 countries are getting closer he's meeting king solomon has many of the crown prince mohammed bin salman and riyadh saudi oil facilities of course came under drone attacks last month for which the us blamed russia's ally iran so a closer look now at russia.

included the post's owner jeff bezos and khashoggi's turkish fiancee.tu saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman said this week he takes responsibility for the killing, but did not order it. trump denied that r talkedent ofedhings like digging a moat to "top border crossings. new york times" reported that last march, he suggested ar elied border wall, a moat with alligators, and evenig shootingnts in the legs.s. today, he said "i may be tough tough."ity, but not that and opera star placido domingo resigned today as general opera, amid accusations of sexual harassment. he had alreadyoleft the metran opera in new york. domingo saidoday he will focus on trying to clear his name. still to come on the newshour: former republican senator jeff flake on how the party can save its soul. democratic candidates say they can reduce gun violence. thhow china is electrifyin auto industry.d eelchair tennis players blaze a trail for disabled athletes. >> woodruff: so far congressional republicans have been united in their stance against the impeachment inquiry, jewe turn to former senato flake of arizona. he's i

meanwhile, saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman said he takes full respoility-- but he denied he ordered killing. back in this country: california became the first state to let college athletes hire agents and make money from endorsements-- starting in 2023.. governor gavin newsom signed the measure into law today. but, the n.c.a.a., overseeing llege sports, has warned the law would give california schools an unfair recruiting advantage. it says they may be barred from competition. republican congressman chris collins of new york resigned today, ahead of pleading guilty in an insider trading case. federal court records said collins will enter the plea morrow. he is accused of tipping confidential information about a bio-pharmaceutical company to his son and then lying to the f.b.i. texas congressman mac thornberry is now t 19th house republican to announce he is leaving office. he said today he will not seek reelection in 2020. thornberry was first elected in 1994. he is the ranking member on the house armed services committee.c on wall street, stocks closed the dow jones industrial aver

washington largely boycotted this big conference, investment conference the saudi royal family, mohammed bin salmannsors. it's even bigger this year because you have the saudi aramco ipo going on. last year they boycotted it. from what we understand now on the one-year anniversary of the murder of khashoggi, wall street is now sending its heavy hitters, a-listers. here's who we know are going at least so far. we don't have an entire list. larry fink of blackrock is planning to attend. dina powell of goldman is planning to attend. the world bank is planning to attend. eric cantor is planning to attend. investment banking chiefs at both morgan stanley and jpmorgan are planning to attend. we do understand the trump white house is sending at least one top representative -- liz: a year ago they backed out of the davos of the desert. >> we should point out fox business was going to go and we backed out as well. liz: we're not going this year. >> not that i know of. no one's sending me. that's for sure. so what changed in a year? we will have a full write-up on foxbusiness.com. saudi arabia is now doing a

sign the 2 countries are getting closer he's meeting king solomon has many of the crown prince mohammed bin salman and riyadh saudi oil facilities of course came under drone attacks last month for which the us blamed russia's ally iran so close a look now at russia's relations with saudi arabia 2 of the top oil producers and opec of course that work together to reduce supplies to world markets to keep prices relatively high but the been on opposing sides on a number of issues especially syria and iran the 2 nations have discussed cooperating on missile defense which is a controversial issue for the united states of course saudi arabia currently relies on u.s. made systems which washington recently agreed to strengthen the thoughts of nicholai a question of who is an associate professor at the gulf study center of how to university he told us the timing of this visit is significant. there are basically 3 priorities the 1st one is to ensure the signing off as much economic contracts as possible in the nuclear petrochemical that are in the oil and gas petrochemical fildes. secondly to achieve the und

it's a critical part of mohamed bin salman's vision 2030 people think it's going to work out.iggest ipo in history. you have a lot of major international banks including citi, jpm, morgan stanley working on it. >> walter, what do you think, there was a big part of the public that actually applauded a lot of these executives last year. >> you wrote about it. >> i wrote about it. >> no, and people considered them to be states men when there was a view that somehow those in washington were not. >> yes >> was this just show and pr spin >> is it again this year that you're not going and everybody else is and you'll go next year? give it one more year to simmer? >> by the way, it's a genuine question i don't know the answer. >> are you going next year >> i don't know. >> will you ever go back >> that's a good question. >> it was a good question because as he said, nations, it happens to companies, they don't have permanent enemies they don't have permanent friends. they just have permanent interests. after a while you put something in the penalty box but you have to say, okay, i'm g

trump is really sort of taking a page from the playbook of vladimir putin or xi jinping or mohammed bin salmanhad they came to power claimed they wanted to launch an anticorruption drive. but even though there was corruption in these countries, was an effort to knock out political opponents. what's appalling about this is donald trump isn't acting like the president of the united states, he's acting like a tin pot dictator who keeps claiming he has the absolute right to do stuff that he does not have the absolutely right to do. >> michael steele. >> kristen, michael steele here for you. mike barnicle raised a point earlier in the hour that i think is very important and should not be lost in any of this conversation. that is, how the president is coming at this and how it's being perceived and received not just by republicans on the hill, but by the american people at large. in your reporting and in your conversations, do you get the sense that there is a certain level of confidence or even cockiness with respect to the president's approach to this that he thinks that he's reinforced by the pub

>> the saudis from the very top we do believe, mohammed bin salm salman, the crown prince tried to silencec who was angering them. they'd been angry at jamal khashoggi for more than a year. they'd talked about ways to silence him. it finally came down to silencing him by killing him. we think he was choked and then his body was dismembered brutally. a year later we're still talking about him. if they thought they were going to silence this voice, silence this criticism of the kingdom, the opposite has happened. that's the powerful thing about the section fred has pulled together. you hear voices from all over the middle east expressing the same ideas about a more open society that our colleague jamal expressed in his columns. if they wanted to silence him, it didn't happen. >> clearly the saudis were hoping that this general statement about accepting responsibility would somehow allow them to turn the corner. as you made clear, it will not. what now, though, a year later turning to policy should the united states do? mbs is going to quite likely be the effective leader of saudi arabia for

top advisor to saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmond despite the smiles the crown prince was coming under growing pressure as western allies asked questions in salman denied all involvement in the killing claiming wrote elements instead riyadh what 11 people on trial for the murder but a un inquiry later found what it called credible evidence linking the crown prince to the killing a u.n. official behind that report told t w riyadh's claim that it was a rogue operation doesn't hold water. if it was conducted and done by state official. it pretty lined upon state and state resources that came in to. a private check with diplomatic clearance. the murder global condemnation the u.s. and many european nations slap sanctions on some saudi officials but washington was reluctant to take things further than in danger weapons sales to riyadh $450000000000.00 worth of things ordered from a very rich country saudi arabia. 600000 jobs maybe more of them. really very hurtful to this country of which we're not going to use now one year on from jamal khashoggi is death it's almost as if nothing happened relations between saudi arabia and its western allies have l