immunity for mohammed bin salman in our lawsuit against him. nd i would hate to see the biden administration allow mohammed bin salman to export his authoritarianism to infect our judicial system. so far they haven't made a request for immunity and hope they stick to that. my organization is not stopping with one lawsuit. we are very actively working to change america's broken foreign policy in the middle east and going after the clients of these governments. of the american lobbiests who continue to do dirty work for the abusive foreign governments in trying to influence our government policy. >> well, good luck with that. i have to shout out to which ever producer on the team tonight came up with the real slim shady banner. for this story for jared and mohammed bin salman. as i listen to that, ek plain the story. thauk for your time and analysis. appreciate it. >>> the real slim shady. love t. meet the man who inspired the hash tag thank you zac. my interview with the new york latest viral hero. w york latest viral hero. trelegy for copd. ♪ bi

clearly, mohammed bin salman, was been accused by u.s.horities of personally masterminding this murder according to the u.s. intelligence agencies, the context of this happening during russia's were in ukraine. >> well, i don't know if it really pertains to russia's war in ukraine. as i said, the turkish government aid official statements last year talking about possibly ending the trial or moving the trial, although nothing happened. i believe this has been a process that has been underway since that time with the turkish government trying to find the quietest way to move that trial possibly the ukraine conflict is a massive global destruction, so there is less attention in terms of abandonment of the trump in turkey than there might have otherwise the. the really important development was president erdogan's travel to the uae to secure further investment. he was supposed to visit riyadh in february at the same time. that did not happen. late last year, the uae injected massive amounts of cash into turkey's failing economy and committed

with the country and its leaders, king salman and his son, crown prince and de-facto ruler, mohammed bin salmanump: we really have a great friendship, a great relationship. geoff: just two months into office, trump welcomed mohammed bin salman, then the deputy crown prce, to the white house for an oval office meeting and formal lunch. it is believed to be the first time kushner and the saudi royal often referred to his -- often referred to by his initials, mbs, met in person. but they would not be apart for long. eight weeks later, the president then-president trump traveled to riyadh, the first stop on his first foreign trip. mr. trump: my meetings with king salman, the crown prince, and the deputy crown prince, have been filled with great warmth, good will, and tremendous cooperation. geoff: in the coming months, mbs rose from deputy crown prince to crown prince, the second-highest leader of the country. mr. trump: crown prince, thank you for being here. geoff: now the heir apparent, he returned to washington in march 2018, where he dined with kushner and met with trump, who boasted about a $

to a cover-up of the assassination plot, whose alleged masterminds, including crown prince mohammed bin salman have not faced justice. last month, british prime minister boris johnson traveled to the kingdom and met with mohammed bin salman, asking saudi arabia to pump more oil after russia's invasion of ukraine led to soaring gas prices. scientists around the world have launched a new civil disobedience campaign demanding a climate revolution. in spain, they joined protesters with extinction rebellion who poured fake blood on the spanish parliament in madrid wednesday, demanding real government action on the climate. this is a climate scientist with the spanish national research council. >> climate change is here and causing deaths of tens of millions of people. we don't know what other language we have to express ourselves. this is the reason for this rebellion, carried out by scientists and 25 countries all over the world. client signs is not being converted to action. amy: a growing number of journalists and prominent democrats have tested positive for coronavirus after a saturday night di

that could be a very big reason why mohammed bin salman might want to pay jared kushner $2 billion and should be asked. >> yes, i think they absolutely should. i was surprised to hear this about jared kushner. this is a guy, one of the things you talked about was the blockade of qatar. kushner owed a balloon payment on 66 new york and didn't have a way of paying it and suddenly qatar, asked to give him the money, demanded him to give the money get blockaded and after he does this secret trip to saudi arabia, nobody knew he was going, all of this happens to qatar and magic, he gets the money. there is a lot of stuff that appearance wise looks shady and dirty. your thoughts? >> because -- >> ut oh, i think tim has frozen. i'll stay with you, vicki, while they fix his connection. there is a lot about the way jared kushner operates particularly when he's operating with friends in saudi arabia and the way that he treated -- the way they treated qatar that seems incredibly dirty. >> absolutely. in fact, you mentioned, joy, mbs used to describe jared kushner as being in his pocket when the qa

jared kushner basically handed the saudis this information thereby giving mohammed bin salman the opportunityhis man has not been heard of since 2020. so basically jared kushner gave information that was supposed to belong the americans to the saudis, thereby giving mohammed bin salman his job as the crown prince of saudi arabia. >> now, look, this is a huge thing that you're reporting, and i just want to say nbc news does not have this reporting. you're saying that you broke it last night in your sub stack news letter. have you heard any response by jared kushner or someone representing him upon making these claims? >> nope. i have not. and when i reported kushner, inc., you know, there was a rumor. it was much more vague than what i'm reporting now, and at that time, a spokesperson for jared kushner said, you know, that this rumor that he had given intelligence to the saudis was not true. but the intelligence community pushed back, democrats in congress did ask for an investigation into this. as you know, alex, he was not given top secret security clearance by the cia, and this, i am told b

vladimir putin spoke today by phone with the crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman, mal sauderation in various areas, including in trade and economics, and moscow and riyadh are determined to develop mutually beneficial ties between the president and the crown prince positively assessed the joint work in the a5+ format aimed at ensuring the stability of the world oil market, some international topics were also discussed. including the situation around ukraine and the settlement, as reported in the kremlin, vladimir putin congratulated the leadership and people of saudi arabia on the muslim holy month of ramadan. it is known that the conversation took place on the initiative of riyadh. and today, the president signed a law that introduces punishment for publicly identifying the actions of the ussr and nazi germany in world war ii, and also for denying the decisive role of the soviet people in the defeat, the nazis and the humanitarian mission of moscow in the liberation of european countries, the document was published on the official portal of legal information for citizens,

vladimir putin today i spoke by phone with crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin salman al saud andration in various areas, including trade and economics, and moscow and riyadh are determined to develop mutually beneficial ties between the president and the crown prince positively assessed joint work in the opec plus format, aimed at ensuring the stability of the world oil market. he spoke about some international topics, including the situation around ukraine and the settlement, as reported in the kremlin, vladimir putin congratulated the leadership and people of saudi arabia with the muslim holy months of ramadan know that the conversation took place on the initiative of riyadh. a competition for young musicians has started in sirius, a constellation of participants from all over russia who have undergone intensive training during specialized shifts will compete in three nominations for piano, orchestral string instruments and orchestral wind and percussion organizing committee. the competition is headed by the chairman of the council of the federal territory. sirius elena shmelev

uh, mohammed bin salman yelled at us national security adviser sallion a.i. e.audi arabia refused the visit of the minister of defense to the united states, floyd. austin in reyyan, really such an extraordinary step. and vladimir alekseevich do you think this is something opportunistic connected with personal hostility? between biden and ben salman with a case, hasho, hashog, yes, where, uh, there was a lot of pressure on saudi arabia and ben salman personally, or are we dealing with a structural, but a change in saudi foreign policy diversification and irreversible changes in us-saudi relations. uh, briefly, on the second issue, we are dealing with a structural change in the system of international relations. as for the first part of the questions, you need to understand that you do not need to run off the hereditary one. and this is what americans can not understand, the concept of respect for honor and dignity today, unfortunately, is not in vogue in the west, but in the east there is a fundamental concept. uh, respect is the fundamental concept of the sun, t

and after all of that professional assessment mohammed bin salman, the murderous dictator of saudi arabia simply overruled the investment professionals in saudi arabia, and handed jared kushner two billion dollars to play with anywhere integration or wants to. this is two billion dollars in blood money that jared kushner earned with his unflinching public support for the murder of saudi dictator, even after we knew that not only was jamal khashoggi murdered, but his body was cut up in pieces by the murderers. they did it all on tape. an audiotape of the gang of saudi murders in action was revealed by the turkish government a month after the murder in istanbul. you'll never hear any republican who insists that hunter biden should be investigated, ever insist that donald trump's son-in-law and donald trump's daughter should be investigated for taking two billion dollars from saudi arabia. you will never hear a republican who complains about how much we have to pay for gasoline, ever complain about jared kushner getting two billion dollars in oil profit money from saudi arabia. a few months

correspondent: two months into office, he welcomed mohammed bin salman to an oval office meeting andlunch it is believed to be the first time fisher and the saudi royal met in person. but they wouldn't be a part for lo. eight weeks later, president trump traveled to saudi arabia capital city, the first stop on his first foreign trip. >> my meetings with king salman, the crown prince and the deputy crown prince have been filled with great warmth, goodwill, and tremendous cooperation. correspondent: mbs rose from deputy crown prince to crown prince, the second-highest leader of the country. now the heir apparent, he returns to washington in 2018 where he dined with kushner and met with trump who boasted about a $12.5 billion arms sale. >> the relationship is as good as it correspondent: has ever been. that relationship was tested seven month later when a journalist was kidnapped, murdered, and dismembered by a group of saudi agents suspected of followingrders from the crown prince. trump was reluctant to lay blame on mbs for the killing. >> i want to see the facts first. saudi arabia h

"the wall street journal" is reporting saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman personally helped force yemeni president abed rabbo mansour hadi to resign earlier this month, handing over power to a new presidential council. one saudi official told "the journal" the former yemeni president is now effectively under house arrest in riyadh and his communications have been restricted. houthi rebels have refused to recognize the new presidential council. over the past six years, the u.n. estimates the u.s.-backed saudi war in yemen has killed nearly 400,000 people, many from hunger. at least 35 migrants are presumed dead after a small wooden boat capsized off the coast of libya. according to the international organization for migration, at least 476 migrants have died attempting to reach europe in -- across the central mediterranean since january. the iom said -- "the continued loss of life in the mediterranean must not be normalized, human lives are the cost of inaction." here in the united states, border authorities arrested about 210,000 migrants trying to cross the u.s.-mexican border du

the times reporting the following, quote, the full board, led by crown prince mohammed bin salman, saudians de facto ruler and beneficiary of jared kushner's support when he worked as white house adviser, overruled the panel. for more, let us get in one of the reporters on that very story, kim kelly, she covers money influence and policy for the new york times and is a cnbc contributor. >> this is quite a story. jared kushner has only ever worked for his parents and for his father in law. he has never managed money for anyone, how unusual is it for the saudi government to give someone with no background in investing two billion bucks tibet manage. but >> i think it is pretty unusual i think about soft bank group which started the vision fund and did not have direct experience in this area even though there are a multinational conglomerate. it is very unusual. as you will see from our story staff and from the documents that we looked at, there were a lot of reservations expressed at the senior official a level in this public investment fund which manages 620 billion dollars for saudi arab

biden's national security advisor jake sullivan reportedly anger and outraged saudi prince mohammed bin salmanthe 2008 killing of kashoggi the journalist in a meeting. we're hearing this, the white house, you know how the white house tapped the strategic oil reserves. now they're sending that oil overseas? phil flynn has the story in chicago. good to see you, phil. >> good being here, liz. this is crazy. you couldn't write a script worse than this. you talk about saudi arabia. traditionally a u.s. ally. many times has risen to the occasion to pump more oil to help us out of a jam. now the relationships are at an all-time low. the biden administration's foreign policy with saudi arabia has been like a bull in a china cabinet. they came in not wanting the to engage the defacto leader, who is crown prince bin salman. and because of that, the relations have deteriorated to the point where we have to depend on our strategic petroleum reserves to make up for oil that has been lost by saudi arabia's reluctance to raise production. that is hitting america in a big way. today we got data from the energ

well, we know the kingdom's disregard for free speech, the saudi crown mince mohammed bin salman personally approved of the murder of jamal khashoggi. my color choices, pearl white, midnight silver, deep blue, solid black and red. i think it's time for tesla to add the founder's color which is clearly purple. i want to know what you think. go to my website at smerconish.com. vote on my survey question, do you want elon musk to take over twitter. joining meal kara swisher, she's written this column in the "times," elon musk knows exactly what he's doing. kara, what exactly is he doing? >> he's buying twitter. that's what he wants to do and that's what will he is doing. i know some people think is it's a plunk and dunk scheme. he can do that with cryptocurrency on any tuesday. but he's a big fan of twitter. he thinks it's going the wrong direction. he's correct it's been mismanaged for a long time. that it's stock has been exactly where it was during the ipo and that he has some better ideas. i think the free speech stuff gets pulled by the right and left in a way that's not what this is abou

private equity firm scored a $2 billion investment from a fund headed by saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmanu know that guy who ordered the murder of a journalist from "the washington post"? jared is in charge of investing his money now. all four members of the fund's screening committee voted against jared's firm, citing "inexperience," an excessive management fees, and the fact that they found their operation to be unsatisfactory in all aspects. but jared got the money anyway, which amounts to 25 million a year in fees, because the prince was like, "guys. when i had that journalist chopped up, who was the only dummy to stand by me? jared. two billion is the least i can do!" and they did it. jared kushner is like anna delvey if someone had actually sent her that wire transfer. next season on "inventing ivanka." never trust a guy named jared. that's that. meanwhile, i had a whole thing with marjorie taylor greene and the temple of dumb this weekend. you know, you may have heard the congressmonster was not happy about a comment i made about her on the show. she even called the cops on me. me

he became decent friends, in a way, with mohammed bin salman.ed office and made an impression. and the fact that the crown prince felt that it was worth it to go beyond what his advisors had said. i find that fascinating that, first of all, it's such an easy thing for people who have served in government to start a patch funds and expect people to just give the money. the number of people who have started up hedge funds when they left the trump administration are large. the new york times reported that a billion dollars was given to stephen you can, former treasury secretary, but new can has experience with investing. he knows what he's doing. mick mulvaney, maybe not so much. he is but darted a hedge fund after leaving. and he ran omb. poorly, but he ran it. so i think that would make more sense than kushner was no relevant experience. though, i agree that it is probably either payback for service done during the trump administration, or it's an investment in case trump those returned to power. because if he does, there's no way jerry kushner i

reporting that jared kushner secured a $2 billion investment from a fund led by saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmanite house adviser to his father-in-law, and with whom kushner had dealt with on behalf of the u.s. government as recently as january, 2021. the "times" is reporting that the saudi crown prince overruled his own panel that screens and vets his investments to decide if they're good ones or not. and there are concerns about a business deal with kushner including, quote, this is the saudis' words, the quote inexperience of the firm's management and public relations risk from kushner's prior role. this is the saudis. it's like a how bad is he kind of story. more from the "times" reporting, quote, ethics experts say that such a deal creates the appearance of potential payback for kushner's actions in the white house, or of a bid for future favor if trump seeks and wins another presidential term in 2024. kate kelly is the journalist, one of the reporter' byline on the story, and she is our guest. it's amazing. i'm going to start on page 7 which is -- this is the most remarkable kind of -- as