now the cia believes that saudi arabia's powerful crown prince mohammed bin solomon personally ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi well that's according to a report in the washington post newspaper the saudi government has denied been salmond's involvement in the journalist death the west has vowed that those found responsible will be held accountable he has consistently denied having any involvement but now mohamed bin solomon is firmly in the spotlight of blame the washington post says the cia has concluded saudi arabia's de facto ruler is directly tied to the killing of jamal and is briefing the u.s. government about his involvement calling him volatile and arrogant. a critic of the saudi government and columnist for the washington post was killed at the saudi consulate in istanbul will not tell you the second when he went back to pick up documents he needed for his marriage to a turkish woman. the crown prince has so far evaded direct accusations and vowed to bring the killers to justice. jim yesterday first of all the crime was really painful tool saudis believe it i

money isn't the only reason why the us is proceeding cautiously truck needs crown prince mohammed bin solomon to contain iranian influence especially in yemen and to support an israeli palestinian peace deal what's more saudi arabia still provides the us nearly ten percent of its annual oil imports. defense secretary jim mattis recently said u.s. saudi ties are strong but he also pushed the saudis to run a clean probe into the murder another reason observers say for a tough response saudi arabia's poor treatment of journalists. self-imposed exile in washington was highlighted in the latest u.s. report on human rights some in congress say the u.s. should suspend talks on shared nuclear power operations with riyadh as a punishment washington has already counseled me says for twenty one saudi officials and promises other punishments are coming that's got to be our work are we have to develop our own data set in which we have reliable evidence in order to base such a judgment to find someone is having violated u.s. laws the saudis seem to be biding their time from this podium ladies and gentleman

has more from washington in recent days a number of members of congress have demanded that mohammed bin solomon be held accountable either by way of tweets or in the case of senator bob corker during a debate about yemen in the senate i asked for a more briefing with madness pompei o n g i asked for the come in a sense we get back to share with us what is happening with saudi arabia on both fronts both yemen and what is happening as it relates to the journalist who was assassinated in my opinion at the direction of the crown prince of saudi arabia us now the washington post reports the cia has concluded that the saudi crown prince ordered the assassination of journalist jamal khashoggi the sit says according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity the report says in reaching his conclusions the cia examined multiple sources of intelligence including a phone call that the crown prince's brother and ambassador to the u.s. had with the journalist before his murder khalid bin solomon was quick to deny the allegation saying on twitter i never talk to him by phone a

twenty is the presence there of the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon in light of the murder of channel journalist mark shows you so how alan how has he been received. well there were all the normal diplomatic niceties when he arrived at the g twenty president machree of argentina welcome to him as you would expect him to do he then moved into the main meeting hall there he had a few exchanges with the likes of president mccrone of france who told them that he wanted international experts to be involved in the investigation of the murder of jamal khashoggi there was a very brief exchange caught on tape and at one point president mccrone says to him in english you don't listen to me and mohammed bin some of said i will listen what that was about we're not entirely sure but it certainly informative that the two when quite to ease with one another we know that a number of people had planned to have meetings with mohammed bin selman print president machree being one of them but he canceled that and donald trump says that there are no plans nothing in his shed jewel to meet with the

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east the embargo or without telling anybody this war in yemen has gotten completely out of control he put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trump's long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this ministration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered this who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in congre

to deliver his annual address to the council following a nationwide tour with crown prince mohammed bin solomon the speech due to set out the kingdom's internal and foreign policies. we are waiting for king solomon to to start speaking. and. we'll take that speech live i'm being told all about al-jazeera. some time for the king to arrive at the shura council and to begin his speech. we're told that that speech may begin sometime soon. this is saudi television coverage that we were watching. so working someone about to deliver his annual address to the shura council. and this speech is due to set out the kingdom's internal and foreign policies but of course comes amid all the controversy following the murder of the journalist jamal should she be the saudi journalist should she in the saudi arabian consulate in istanbul. go with me and i in the studio want to couple on who is going to tell us a little bit more about what we can expect here. the shura council first of all let's explain to our viewers around the world what what is the shura council it's an advisory council in fact it's not elected

me the washington post newspaper is reporting that the cia has concluded saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered the killing of journalist. in istanbul last month u.s. vice president mike pence is vowing repercussions for anyone involved in his killing riyadh has repeatedly said the prince was not involved in his death because she disappeared after entering the saudi consulate to take marriage documents his body has not been found. and for more we're joined now by istanbul correspondent u.t.r. han you said all along that the saudi government must be responsible is there a sense of vindication there in turkey now. well one word of caution here and that's what the washington post also writes in their report the cia has not officially confirmed this report they have been speaking to officials on the condition of anon nimitz he who have been discussing this intelligence information with the washington post a journalist but this is the cia officials i have given is the most definite so far linking saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon to the murder of the jamal for the turkish government fo

too soon to be blaming mohamed been someone clearly him don't trump very keen not to blame mohamed bin solomon because there is still no direct evidence just the circumstantial evidence and the you know the educated analysis of cia analysts that that does give the administration that out to prevent saying ok moment been solomon did it now we have to act against him so why is donald trump so keen not to have to blame the crown prince and what does all this say about his president's relationship with the intelligence services. right i mean donald trump again talking about what a spectacular allies saudi arabia is sue the united states on his way to california to see the devastation of the wildfire has been very clear he says look almost sales he says you know the putting pressure on iran these are all very important goals the administration of saudi arabia and indeed mohamed bin solomon he's very close to george bush not only from son in law and senior advisor is key to the u.s. is plans for that for the middle east the the deal of the sentry between the palestinians and israel and so on so they

supporting the cia has concluded the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi last week last month that is the wall street journal says congressional leaders have been informed about these developments on thursday washington post says the cia examined multiple sources of intelligence they include a phone call that the prince's brother caliban solomon who was also the saudi ambassador to the u.s. had with khashoggi guaranteeing his safety if he came to the saudi consulate in istanbul however collins on one has denied that conversation took. lacey tweeted as we told the washington post the last contact i had with mr pachachi was via text on october twenty sixth two thousand and seventeen i never talked to him by phone and certainly never suggested he go to turkey for any reason i asked the u.s. government to release any information regarding this claim they're going live to enter cements and stop on just a few minutes first let's go to mike hanna and washington d.c. so this this demand from the conferences brother that the u.s. release whatever other in

media reported that the cia believes saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon the country's de facto ruler ordered a shock she's killing. so as i said the president saying that he's going to talk to his. secretary of state while aboard air force one on the way to california let's bring in of zeros roslyn jordan who is live for us in washington d.c. . what's your reading of this rose i mean surely the cia would have briefed the president on their conclusions wouldn't they. well they probably have not done so yet let's keep in mind that the public reporting of the cia's conclusions came on friday evening here in the united states and so typically the cia does a daily intelligence briefing with the president usually in the mornings and because the president is on his way to california to look at the wildfires he's going to be in the air for about five hours and so that is plenty of time for his intelligence prefers to walk him through not just what's happening around the world in general but give him more information about what they have concluded in this report that has now been

concentrate his investigation into the death on one very important thing did the crown prince mohammed bin solomon kill jamal khashoggi and if so what sanctions are going to be exercised so the committee asking the president to narrow it down there is a legal obligation on the president to do what the committee asked in this particular case though he has one hundred twenty days which would be from october the tenth to do so but lots of moves by congress likely in the week ahead michaela with the latest there on u.s. reaction to this case mike thank you what about reaction from the country where the murder actually took place well there has been no official reaction out of turkey to trump's use they statement for example but many politicians are angry the deputy chairman of the ruling ak party called the trump statement comical and has accused the u.s. of turning a blind eye to murder tony berkeley has more now from istanbul. president donald trump's statement of support for saudi arabia was perhaps no great shock in turkey but there was derision. yesterday statement is just comical the cia would k

journalist america's us media is reporting that the cia believes saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered killing in the saudi consulate in istanbul the second the findings contradict the saudi government claims that its de facto leader was not involved in the saudi embassy in washington rejects the accusations made by the u.s. intelligence service president donald trump has now been briefed on the situation by the cia and his secretary of state but is yet to comment on it well speaking before he'd been briefed trumpet stressed the importance of u.s. saudi relations. we also have a great ally saudi arabia and they give us a lot to give us a lot of lot of economic development they are there but they should be exact you were there to. get on with development and i also say that you know president i think a lot of the scenery well it's in more now from mike hanna from washington in recent days a number of members of congress have demanded that muhammad have been silent be held accountable either by way of tweets or in the case of senator bob corker during a debate about yemen in the

media is reporting that the cia believes saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered killing in the saudi consulate in istanbul on top of the second of the findings contradict the saudi government claims that it's a de facto leader was not involved the saudi embassy in washington rejects the accusation made by the u.s. intelligence service president on the trump has now been briefed on the situation by the cia and the state department says the u.s. government has not yet reached a final conclusion speaking before he'd been briefed trump stressed the importance of u.s. saudi relations. we also have a great ally in saudi arabia they give us a lot of jobs that give us a lot of business a lot of economic development they are they have been truly spectacular allies jobs to get on the development and i also take that you know i'm president i have to take a lot of things if you consider race. so let's go live to share were tons in washington d.c. says that she had just to sum up for us where we're at with this only going situation . well we have this leak from the cia on the basis o

department official said a cia report had called it quote blindingly obvious that crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered a murder. well she had tons is live for us in washington d.c. so she have in many ways an astonishing statement from president tom what did he have to say. it's just a statement of complete honesty maybe he did maybe he didn't donald trump says referring to saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon and his role in the killing and the ordering of the killing of jamal khashoggi but it's very clear from the statements and from the briefing from mike compare the secretary of state shortly off of the statement was released that as far as this is an assertion is concerned american geo strategic strategic. priorities come first certainly over and any any human rights issues any and there's always a constant undertone here on might compare a secular state statement the jewels even american that this is all about putting america first and putting america first means ensuring the weapons sales ensuring the oil supply ensuring a united front against iran in fact the first paragraph of the

twenty summit in argentina later this week prince mohammed bin solomon has been trying to rebuild his image after the murder of jamal khashoggi last month turkey says it's shared audiobook orderings of the murder with several countries including the u.s. al-jazeera is can really help it trumps national security adviser whether he'd heard them so let me take the question of the tape first no i haven't listened to it and i guess i should ask you why do you think i should what do you think i learned from curious eyes or to have access to that intelligence to have me in this room speak arabic. the senator but what do you want me to listen to or what am i going to learn from mean if they were speaking korean i wouldn't learn any more from it either or would be able to tell you well that i should read a transcript so you don't think it's important you know something i'm just trying to make the point that everybody who says one should listen to the tape unless you speak arabic what are you going to get from it. meanwhile prince bomb had been salman has arrived in tunisia for meetings with th

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east embargoed guider without telling anybody of this war and humans got completely out of control they put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trump's long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this ministration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. . has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for a much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered this who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in

you are not welcome that is the message to crown prince mohammed bin solomon from kota stares into news u.s. capital they gathered in the center of the city with banners and tie cards the non-single visits of the saudi royal amman they believe to be a war criminal and an enemy of democracy with the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi still fresh in people's minds and the war in yemen couldn't people almost on a daily basis hundreds of chinese even say they felt the need to demonstrate against bin some. we are against mohammed bin so monza visit to revolutionary tennessee to free tunisia to democratic tennessean he has deprived his people of democracy he is a manager on the nose is not he's a butcher he kills his people he spits right the palestinian calls and he kills human rights he simply some women activists and religious scholars he's not welcome . many people in tunisia feel the purpose of this visit is to help legitimize the crown prince after he appeared to be isolated by parts of the international community after official g.'s murder images like this arguably stronger than the

president admits mohammed bin solomon may have known about the plan to murder john this jamal khashoggi the cia says the crown prince actually ordered it but trump's contradicted his intelligence agency saying that's not a definitive determination and in any case he says it would be foolish to take action against riyadh that would threaten lucrative weapons deals he says and push up the price of oil very simple said it's america fast but it might not be that simple all eyes are now on the u.s. congress to see what it will do and will join our guests in just a moment after this report from she ever tansey and washington. i here by the way you. are the white house thanksgiving tradition of the president pardoning a turkey took on a grim significance this year a short time earlier donald trump and made it clear he was giving the saudi crown prince a pass in the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in an eight paragraph statement filled with the rhetorical flourishes the exclamation marks and slogans characteristic of the president's tweets don't trump made his argument king solomon

crown prince mohammed bin solomon meanwhile is accused of ordering the murder of dissident saudi journalists in istanbul saudi arabia says the crown prince had no role in it the cia says he did and u.s. president donald trump disagrees with his own intelligence agency from tonight talking with the man known as m.b.'s. and that is what they have that he was was. there at the traditional family photo the crown prince cut something of an isolated figure nobody wanted to shake his hand when it came to the clicking of cameras in sound than was on the edge of the frame france's emanuel macron was later said to have given him some firm words you can probably expect a few more by the end of the summit. max what do you make of the saudi prince is appearance today i mean he did meet with three major presidents today. yes and it's over he's going to meet with theresa may the u.k. prime minister later on in the evening on friday there are two sides to the story as always on the one side you have the murder of khashoggi just explain terrible cruel and the crown prince might be involved in that some even

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east the embargo or without telling anybody of this war in yemen has got completely out of control he put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trumps long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this administration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. . has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for a much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered the who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in co

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east the embargo or without telling anybody this war in yemen has gotten completely out of control he put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trumps long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this administration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered this who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in congr

the white house press secretary says it's unlikely president trump will meet with mohamed bin solomon during the upcoming g. twenty meeting in argentina as he will be too busy when in that same briefing from snatch and security advisor john bolton said he is not going to learn anything by listening to the audio recordings of her shell she's killing so let me take the question of the tape first no i haven't listened to it and i guess i should ask you why do you think i should what do you think i learned from. my. family in this room speak arabic then. what you want me to listen to what am i going to learn from i mean if they were speaking korean i wouldn't learn any more from it either tell you what they think i should read a transcript so you don't think it's important. i'm just trying to make the point that everybody who says why don't you listen to the tape unless you speak arabic what are you going to get from a well that has hundreds of people have protested the arrival of the saudi crown prince in tunisia as he looks to rebuild his image and international outrage of shock she's m

true that there are elements in the in the foreign policy establishment that would rather dump mohamed bin solomon and rose and see a new new leadership emerge and saudi arabia still no change in the substance no change in the dictatorship the monarchy there but did they they think that mohamed bin solomon is just too reckless so that's going on there is a kind of a strategic battle over but the deed the core question about the nature of saudi arabia the dictatorship there of their foreign policy moves the the outrageous attacks the bombing of one of the poorest countries in the world yemen just continues so it seems like it's a debate over over over tactics not over the fundamentals and president trump as as your as caleb was pointing out he starts and ends with america first and i would just suggest this is not in the interest of the american people this kind of policy of just making the u.s. into primarily a weapons and arms dealer is really against our interests lockheed martin and raytheon and boeing like this but for the rest of us it's it's a disaster. you mentioned the phrase that we're he

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east embargoed without telling anybody this war on humans got completely out of control he put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trump's long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this administration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. . has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for a much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered this who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in congress to

argentina next week when both the turkish president mr erdogan and the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon or both attend if they meet there it will be the first time they face it so that is a mystery because audrey was murdered and that would be the first tentative step towards repairing the diplomatic fallout of this terrible crime has caused tony berkeley al-jazeera istanbul. u.k. prime minister says breaks in negotiations have reached a critical moment person has now agreed a draft deal on its future relationship with the e.u. and may says she'll do everything possible to deliver it scheduled to vote on the agreement on sunday moved back reports from westminster in central london mr speaker i would like to update the house on our negotiations to leave the european union a crucial step forward in britain's brics a journey we haven't agreed text between the u.k. and the european commission the negotiations are now at a critical moment and all our efforts must be focused on working with our european partners to bring this process to a final conclusion in the interests of all our people. a

because again the president's conclusions and the conclusion of his intelligence that in fact mohammed bin solomon ordered the killing of the russians see in the fact that the president says we may never know the facts radically different assessments if you will to say the least and president is certainly going to have to answer to how he reached this conclusion given the fact that he's been briefed by his cia director gene the hassle who went to turkey spoke with turkish officials how he could reach such a different conclusion than that of his own intelligence community ok kimberly thanks for now stick around i will be coming back to you later on what i want to do just now is to take us through some of this excuse me this statement which i say is come we would think from the mouth of president donald trump on standing with saudi arabia he starts by saying the world is a very dangerous place and highlights iran the highlights yemen he highlights syria he's hawks about iran openly and with great force saying things like death to america and death to israel this is the way he is qualifying his curre

you are not welcome that is the message to crown prince mohammed bin solomon from hotel stairs in tunisia as capital they gathered in the center of the city with banners and tie cards denouncing the visits of the saudi royal amoun they believe to be a war criminal and an enemy of democracy with the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi still fresh in people's minds and the war in yemen couldn't people almost on a daily basis hundreds of chinese even say they felt the need to demonstrate against bin some. yet we're against mohammed bin so monza visit to referee sherry tennessee to free tennessee at a democratic tennessee and he has deprived his people of democracy he's a natural no just that he's a butcher he kills his people he spits right the palestinian calls and he kills human rights he simply some women activists and religious scholars he's not welcome . many people in tunisia feel the purpose of this visit is to help legitimize the crown prince after he appeared to be isolated by parts of the international community after official g.'s murder images like this arguably stronger than th

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east embargoed guider without telling anybody of this war and humans got completely out of control they put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trump's long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this administration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. . has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for much tougher punishment we need to punish to order their screws in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in c

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east embargoed guider without telling anybody of this war and then he's got completely out of control he put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trump's long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this administration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered this who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in c

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east embargoed guider without telling anybody of this war and humans got completely out of control they put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trump's long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this administration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered this who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in co

president donald trump has appeared to side with saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon over the murder of jon and. despite a cia report concluding that the crown prince ordered the killing trump says the u.s. intends to remain a steadfast partner of saudi arabia see how tansey has more from washington d.c. . i hear aboard were you a who are the white house thanksgiving tradition of the president holding a turkey to go to groom significance this year a short time earlier donald trump made it clear he was giving the saudi crown prince a pass for the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi and an eight paragraph statement filled with the rhetorical flourishes the exclamation marks on slogans characteristic of the president's tweets made his argument king solomon. and crown prince mohammed bin salman vigorously denying any knowledge of the planning and execution of the murder of mr our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information but it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic events maybe he did and maybe he didn't our relationship i

the cia has concluded that saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul last month the report by the washington post could complicate president donald trump's efforts to preserve u.s. ties with its close ally. thousands of rallied in the slovak capital brought to slava to condemn police questioning of people who organize recent anti-government protests slovaks have repeatedly demo.

is reporting new details of a telephone call that took place between the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon and national security adviser john bolton as well as white house aide of course president donald trump's son in law in the call a senior official reporting to the post that mohammed bin solomon called shows a dangerous islamist this call taking place of course just days after disappearance the prince went on to urge the united states preserve u.s. saudi relations and accuse me of being a member of the muslim brotherhood in a public statement her family has denied that allegation as well as characterizations of. being dangerous they call these accusations in accurate as well as ridiculous now saudi arabia according to a senior official has denied that mohamed bin someone made any of those claims in the telephone call instead publicly they have called the murder of. terrible mistake and a tragedy it appears these public statements essentially saudi arabia's attempt at to face damage control for its part the united states is already responding to the reports of the grisly details of murd

capitol hill now in terms of the pressure by lindsey graham he certainly has not only called mohammed bin solomon unstable and unreliable but he also doesn't see the situation being fixed as long as the crown prince is still in charge and as a result he has gone further saying that he sees mohammed bin solomon's leadership as a quote disaster and very difficult to do business. say bangladesh to begin trading some of the hundreds of thousands of rain to muslims forced out of manama but many refugees are refusing to return fearing for their safety nations as bangladesh not to send people back under the current circumstances jhoom reports from coke's is bizarre. this is the week when for many trauma became terror will hinder refugees who escaped so much violence were shocked to learn they might be repatriated to me and more recently learned the woman a little i would do i wouldn't doubt it i've been crying because of how sad i am that we might be sent back our relatives were killed in myanmar we were all persecuted there so much we came here to bangladesh to find peace this is a peaceful country but

this the cia has said that there is probably a high likelihood that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon was behind the murder. that who really knows to quote the president adam schiff is also telling a sympathetic columnist at the washington post that it's also important to find out whether the u.s. has made any promises to saudi arabia as it's trying to deal with other foreign policy issues the question of the yemeni civil war for example as well as the question of iran's ambitions to have a nuclear weapons program but first and foremost given that there is spend so much public attention placed on the murder of jamal khashoggi adam schiff the. california congressman says that the american public and indeed the international community need definitive answers as quickly as he can muster the hearings to hold them are tobar second that's when he was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul and since then many different accounts of what exactly happened to the journalist have emerged tony brutally explains. it was meant to be a new beginning for jamal khashoggi a new wife a new ho

republican senator lindsey graham has described saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon as unstable and unreliable he says he and other senators are discussing sanctions against saudi arabia in the wake of a journalist killing a vote on a resolution to cut off all assistance to riyadh for the war in yemen could also happen in weeks can be hawk it has more from washington. senator lindsey graham has always taken a strident tone when it comes to the death. and the fact that he believes there is more to the story then is being let on by saudi arabia with these comments now going much further and given a lot of weight considering that lindsey graham is a senior republican and very influential foreign policy hot he frequently advises the president as recently as last week we did spot him going into the white house even though that meeting was not on the official white house schedule now in terms of action and response to the death of jim by this administration it appears to in the eyes of many on capitol hill be dragging its heels it has rescinded the visas of almost two dozen saudi nati

media reporting the cia has concluded saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered the killing of to market the washington post reporting the saudi ambassador to the us told me he would be say to go to the consulate but the ambassador denies that conversation took place mike hanna has more from washington d.c. than the past twenty four hours a number of politicians have stated bluntly that they believe that the crown prince mohammed bin sol man is responsible and should be held accountable for the murder of jamal khashoggi so certainly this is going to be more ammunition to those politicians to bring pressure to bear on president trump to take some more tangible action not just against individuals that have been identified by the saudi authorities but also possibly against the crown prince himself the united nations special envoy for yemen martin griffith says the war in parties will attend the upcoming peace talks in sweden meanwhile the fighting in yemen continues the rebels say civilians schools and hospitals in the port city for data were hit in the latest airstrikes by the sa

during the g twenty summit in argentina he's also ruled out meeting the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon saying that there is not enough time white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports from one of solders in a year filled with memorable foreign trips u.s. president donald trump's first visit to south. to attend the meeting of g. twenty leaders in argentina is bound to make headlines. he cancelled his last trip to south america april the u.s. was preparing to strike syria this time embroiled in trade disputes with europe canada and china. a border fight with mexico and a climate policy that is muddled at best troubled just like the previous g. twenty be surrounded by leaders who have serious disagreements with him. he has several meetings planned but his dinner with chinese president xi jinping will be closely watched. we can have trade that's meant for stupid people trump has railed against what he calls unfair trade practices by the chinese and has slapped import tariffs on hundreds of billions of goods he's threatened to significantly increase those tariffs next year his me was

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east embargoed or without telling anybody this war in humans got completely out of control he put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trump's long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this ministration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. . has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered this who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in congress to

economic growth but on capitol hill the idea that mohamed bin solomon is a friend of the u.s. is dying i'm going to do whatever i can to place blame where i believe it lies i'm a put it at the feet of the crown prince who has been a destructive force in the middle east embargoed guider without telling anybody of this war and humans got completely out of control they put the prime minister of lebanon under house arrest is clearly this guy's a wrecking ball some in congress say trump's long running hatred of the intelligence community is keeping him from doing the right thing the president needs to listen to what our intelligence committee has to say what our best professionals assessment is and it's vitally important that this ministration not allow itself to become part of any saudi coverup and while the u.s. has imposed sanctions on seventeen saudi officials others in congress are pushing for much tougher punishment we need to punish who ordered this who's in charge and really the only thing they understand over there is strength already there are two efforts underway in cong

capitol hill now in terms of the pressure by lindsey graham he certainly has not only called mohammed bin solomon unstable and unreliable but he also doesn't see the situation being fixed as long as the crown prince is still in charge and as a result he has gone further saying that he sees mohamed bin solomon's leadership as a quote disaster and very difficult to do business. in yemen who see rebels say they've killed at least twenty five sounded and mirage he backed pro-government forces on the eastern outskirts of data. he's released this video showing the moment multiple booby traps exploded as the forces entered the compound other videos of miniature operations were broadcast during a news conference in san are by a spokesman for the who see forces. the man who first seized power in a military coup and then refashion himself as an adjustment leader appears set to rule fiji for another four years by mr frank bainimarama and his fiji first party headed for a convincing election win on thursday as votes continue to be tallied. as more. once an army commander now running to keep his position as p

cia says that in fact that the murder of an officer was ordered by the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomonif you look at the seven paragraph statement one of the points that the president makes is that we may never know the facts about the killing of you but in fact the cia his own intelligence agency says something very different in fact we had the state department official anonymous going public here in the united states today in fact saying that there is no dispute about who is behind this killing so back contradicts the statement of the president the other important thing to note in all of this again that relationship that strategic relationship the president goes on to say why he believes that is so important terms of the financial economic impact in terms of jobs and revenue he talks about the fact. but he says that there was a four hundred fifty billion dollar investment by saudi arabia that will help create jobs one hundred ten billion in military equipment but we have a report out from the center for international policy that in fact says something quite different that the preside

statements as calls doubt on the findings of his own intelligence agency that crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered his killing rolls than joe biden has been following developments in washington d.c. . it should come as no surprise that democrats say that they're going to investigate the way that the trumpet ministration has been conducting its business once they come to power in the house in early january but when it comes to the murder of jamal khashoggi the incoming chair of the house intelligence committee adam schiff of california says that it's very important to understand just what the u.s. intelligence community knows about his murder what it still can't verify or answer and what the trump white house has been doing in response to credible evidence schiff says that it is too early to say exactly what legal steps or what policy steps members of the u.s. house can take about the murder in terms of holding people accountable because they don't have all the facts he is hoping that he can not only just call in leaders of the u.s. intelligence community but also members of president trump

mohammed bin solomon and what response to the killing to the. to the killing of should be how long can the president continue to invoke ignore voices like those we just heard there from lindsey graham rand paul people from within his own party. yeah it's pretty astonishing but what we're seeing here is essentially a battle between two co-equal branches of government in the united states and ultimately it is the u.s. congress that wields more power particularly in the u.s. senate when it comes to this it can act independently of the white house and it appears that's what it's doing pressing forward as roslyn jordan reported there with two different legislative efforts we know that one particularly in the senate will be taken up likely next week and this would be an effort to limit the united states is not only contribution when it comes to the saudi led conflict in yemen in terms of refueling which has we should point out been put on pause but also in terms of future weapons cells particularly for offensives because there has been grave concern i

time it is looking specifically the request is then to the role that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon played in jim on his show she's killing this could result in sanctions we've seen this before there was a triggering of this act back on october tenth that resulted in the treasury department issuing sanctions against seventeen saudi nationals we should point out though that none of them included members of the royal family and that is what is the sort of focus now of the u.s. congress so there's that effort underway there are also two pieces of legislation in the senate that are moving forward as early as next week to limit potentially the u.s. is role in terms of refueling support which is on pas but permanently halting that for the saudi led coalition in yemen and also potentially blocking arms sales to saudi arabia for the use of offensive purposes so this is all taking place at the senate level and then there is the house in january the ranking member of the house intelligence committee adam schiff saying he will do a quote deep dive into the role of the saudi crown prince with r

republican senator lindsey graham has described as crown prince mohammed bin solomon as unstable and unreliable he says he and other senators are discussing sanctions against riyadh in the wake of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi is killing a vote on a resolution to cut off all assistance to riyadh for the war in yemen could also happen in weeks the senate has asked the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o the defense secretary jim mattis and the cia director to know how spoke to give a briefing this month about yemen and her show g.'s death the u.s. vice president mike pence has told me that the violence against rangoon muslims is quote without excuse pens met son suchi on the sidelines of the s.c.n. summit in singapore which is attending on behalf of the u.s. president donald trump he also set me in mass arrests of two reuters journalists was quote deeply troubling. you are right up to speed with all our top stories the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream. in thirty minutes. a congress divided between democrats and republicans. what does it mean for america and the

and analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia there's still no direct evidence confirming mohamed bin solomon ordered the hit and that's all the leeway the president needs to avoid reaching the same definitive conclusion congressional leaders have been briefed by the cia some members of congress are demanding action me senator richard blumenthal tweeted this trump must accept for once his intelligence experts in controversial conclusion crown prince m.b.'s is culpable for casualties monstrous murder this brazen killing must have consequences sanctions prosecution removal of m.p.'s and others not continued cover up enabled by trump and the president is not willing to take those decisions the congress of the united states when it comes back. and reconvenes in washington will take decisions at south. and the president might not like those decisions so he'd better get out in front of this oncoming train according to reports even the cia accepts that mohamed bin solomon's position is secure but they're also justin's but the u.s. may attempt to use evidence of the crown prince's culpability and to