former diplomat and intelligence officer who is a member of the inner circle of the crown prince muhammad bin salmanalls the superior and says quote tell your boss. along the lines of the deed is done. at no point is muhammad bin salman mentioned by name. officials believe your boss is in reference to the crown prince. several u.s. officials last month told cnn they believe an operation like in involving the members of the inner circle of muhammad bin salman, mbs, would not happen without his knowledge. the crown prince denied anything about the operation. they blamed it on rogue elements. "the new york times" when it comes to the report received a statement from the saudi government again repeating the denial. they also say the saudis heard the audio and did not hear that part. there is a possibility there are different recordings that turks have shared different parts with different agencies and governments. this adds pressure here on the saudi saudis, the united states and other western allies to get to the bottom of this and to provide explanations of what really happened. >> jomana karadsheh in

with saudi arabia, but this is very specifically about re—evaluating the relationship with muhammad bin salmance of saudi arabia, also appears to have ordered not only this murder but also ordered the disappearance of many critics, and the war in yemen, and so this is what this is about, in many ways, it is bigger than that jamal. it has pretty chilling implications. the president has proof that a us residentjournalist was killed and yet agrees to stand by the country that murdered him because it's apparently 0k as long as that country buys american arms and stands against iran. absolutely, it is morbidly ironic that saudi arabia is asking to get away with murder so they can buy killing machines and weaponry so that they can kill more people in yemen. i hope that america is better than this, and i think congress has an opportunity now to take a very strong stand and counter trump, and set things on a correct course when it comes to the us—saudi arabia relationship, and act as a very strong check again specifically muhammad bin salman, who is that de facto ruler right now of saudi arabia, and p

comes to the us saudi arabia relationship and act as a very strong check again specifically muhammad bin salmancto muhammad bin salman, who is that de facto ruler right now of saudi arabia, and put in a very strong check and impose consequences for this behaviour. again, this is not just about jamal, this this behaviour. again, this is not just aboutjamal, this is this behaviour. again, this is not just about jamal, this is about the kidnapping of the prime minister of lebanon, this is about ushering in humanitarian crisis, this is about breaking up diplomatic relations with canada over tweets, this is about checking a recklessness that will only plunge the middle east into more instability comments i think that distinction needs to be made. this is not against the people of saudi arabia, in fact this is standing with the people who dare to have an opinion about the direction of their country and that is what jamal was, it is all he wanted to do. hejust jamal was, it is all he wanted to do. he just wanted to jamal was, it is all he wanted to do. hejust wanted to be jamal was, it is all he wante

in the meantime, secretary of state mike pompeo is saying that crown prince muhammad bin salman will hold all those accountable. let's go to istanbul where kauc jomana karadsheh is standing by. jomana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. it has been more than 40 days since the daisappearance and killing of jamal khashoggi. you mentioned the phone call with secretary of state mike pompeo and the saudi crown prince is what so many are demanding. friends and colleagues are wondering when they will see real accountability. before that, there are so many questions to be answered that turkey has been seeking the answers to and they believe that saudi arabia has the answers. mainly the two key questions is where is the body if there is a body left of jamal khashoggi or his remains and who ordered the killing. they put the questions to the saudis and so far they say there is lack of cooperation from the saudi authorities. you see turkey trying to bring in the strategy from the past few weeks of the drip feed of information and leaks trying to put pressure on the international comm

rebecca riches welcome to the program the cia believes saudi arabia's powerful crown prince muhammad bin salman ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi that's according to a report in the washington post citing sources familiar with the matter the u.s. has vowed accountability for those found responsible but u.s. president donald trump says he has not yet been briefed on the cia findings. he has consistently denied having any involvement but now mohammed bin salomon 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. 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 on october the second when he went there to pick up documents he needed for his marriage to a turkish woman. the crown prince of so far evaded direct accusations and vowed to bring the killers to justice. first of all the crime was really painful to all saudis believe it is

. >> reporter: i want to bring you more clarity now on this muhammad bin salman/donald trump meeting at you heard the president being asked by reporters what he discussed during his meeting with muhammad bin salman. reporters were asking that based on a saudi media report that suggested that the president actually met with muhammad bin salman even though there's been this controversy over the killing of jamal khashoggi that the president has said that he finds deeply unpleasant. the president said, we didn't have a discussion, we didn't have a discussion. we might in conversations with those reporters, but white house official tells noibds hallie jackson that the two leaders exchanged pleasantries at the leader's session as he did with nearly every leader in attendance. white house official confirming that president trump did exchange pleasantries with muhammad bin salman, the saudi crown prince, but we have not seen that yet on camera and, of course, the president suggesting that he didn't have a discussion with him. the white house clearly wanting to minimize the interaction between

analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia but there's still no direct evidence confirming muhammad bin salman ordered the hits and that may be 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 itself and the president might not like those decisions so he better get out in front of this oncoming train according to reports even the cia accepts that muhammad bin sounds position is secure but there are suggestions that the u.s. may attempt to use evidence of a. crown prince's culpability in to sh

its trump and muhammad bin salman versus all of our other allies that didn't assassinate an american president issued that statement what was it a week ago, that really absconded the muhammad bin salman of any blame for khashoggi's killing. he not only green lit more saudi miss behavior, he dealt a big blow to multi-lateralism. we did not work in concert with saudi arabia. we went it alone like we did on iran or the paris climate accord or other issues. that's going to put a strain on a lot of our relationships including our intelligence sharing ones. we know that our intelligence partnerships have been under pressure because the president's own disclosures of sensitive information and intelligence leaks and now if you're a foreign intelligence partner you know that president trump really through the cia's assessment under the bus. he probably read it and basically said he didn't care what it had to say. so if you're a foreign intel partner the benefit of sharing intelligence with the united states has really been dimini diminished. >> thank you very much. >>> back in just a moment st

taerintelligence officials believe that is a reference to muhammad bin salman.t few weeks, several officials told cnn they believe an operation like this involving the inner circle could not take place without the direct knowledge of the crown prince. saudis repeatedly said mbs has denied knowledge of this. they blame this on rogue elements. they repeat this denial to "the new york times." they say they heard the recordings and did not hear the part reported by "the new york times." it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. turkey could have shared different information with different agencies. this increases pressure on the saudis and united states officials believe it is as close as it gets to a smoking gun. not necessarily irrefutable evidence, but definitely increases the pressure to get to the bottom of this. one question turkey has been seeking the answer to is who ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi. >> congress is back in session today. perhaps some action. jomana, thank you. >>> the family of the chicago security guard killed by police as he tried to detain

belsaudi crown prince muhammad bin salman ordered the assassination. but c.i.a.ector gina haspel was not at today's briefing, something infuriating both parties. >> it's outrageous that the senate can be stonewalled fromin hefrom the c.i.a. director. >> i cannot recall a briefing on such a sensitive measure where we have been denied access to the intelligence agencies of the united states. >> desjardins: republican senator lindsey graham, often an ally of the president's, has broken with him on muhammad bin salman, or m.b.s., and says he will withhold his vote on other issues to try to get answers. >> i'm talking about any key vote, anything that you need me r to get out of town, i ain't doing it until we hear from the c.i.a. >> desjardins: secretary o p diate mikeompeo, who helped lead the briefinnot answer why the c.i.a. director was absent. >> i was asked to be aere and here >> desjardins: it is a critical moment-- saudi issues have forged an unusual allian between some senate republicans like mike lee of utah and independent bernie sanders. they co-authored a

analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia but there's still no direct evidence confirming muhammad bin salman ordered the hit and that may be 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 itself and the president might not like those decisions so he better get out in front of this oncoming train according to reports even the cia accepts that mohamed bin salmond's position is secure but there are suggestions that the u.s. may attempt to use a. evidence of the crown prince's culpability and

reporter: questioning the cia's conclusion reported by nbc news, that the saudi crown prince muhammad bin salman the murder of washington post writer jamal khashoggi. >> they have nothing definitive. and the fact is, maybe he did, maybe he didn't. >> reporter: saying to him it's all about keeping oil prices down, arms deals, and countering iran. >> trump is saying the other thinget from saudi arabia are more important than establishing the culpability for the murder of khashoggi. president claims $450 billion in saudi deals, they've promised only $14.5 billion, and the secretary of state, asked about khashoggi's death affecting saudi relations said -- >> it's mean, nast world out there. they're an important partner of ours. >> reporter: mike pompeo also ignoring the cia he once led. tonight, democrats calling it a stain on our democracy, and vowing to block arms sales to the saudis. and this wning sunday from republican lindsey graham. >> when it comes to e crown prince, he's verrational, unhinged and i o intention of working with him ever again. t ight, khashoggi's employer, "the washington pos

analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia but there's still no direct evidence confirming muhammad bin salman ordered the hits and that may be 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 except for once his intelligence experts incontrovertibly conclusion crown prince m.b.'s is culpable for khashoggi is monstrous murder this brazen killing must have consequences sanctions prosecution removal of m.p.'s and others not continued coverup 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 itself and the president might not like those decisions so he better get out in front of this oncoming train according to reports even the cia accepts that muhammad bin salmond's position is secure but there are suggestions that the u.s. may attempt to use evidence of a. crown prince as culpability and

analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia but there's still no direct evidence confirming muhammad bin salman ordered the hits and that maybe 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 except 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 itself 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 sounds position is secure but there are suggestions that the u.s. may attempt to use a. evidence of the crown prince's culpability and

analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia but there's still no direct evidence confirming muhammad bin salman ordered the hits and that may be 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 monstrous murder this brazen killing must have consequences sanctions prosecution removal of m.p.'s and others not continued coverup 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 itself and the president might not like those decisions so he better get out in front of this oncoming train according to reports even the cia accepts that muhammad bin sounds position is secure but there are suggestions that the u.s. may attempt to use evidence of a. crown prince's culpability in to show g.'s murd

act in the united states asking them to deliver their findings on whether or not they believe muhammad bin salman was responsible for ordering the death of jamal khashoggi and if saw why they want the reasons whether he did or whether he didn't they're not leaving there's no middle ground here and so the white house is obliged within ninety days to hand over report to congress and on the back of that congress may well decide to impose sanctions on the saudi crown prince so this is a problem or donald trump is saying maybe it did maybe didn't it's not going to go away neither the house nor the senate are going to forget about this and donald trump is going to be facing more questions about this in the days and the weeks to come and fish thank you very much indeed. overcrowding and bad weather is being blamed for the latest boat disaster in uganda a thirty one bodies have been recovered so far from lake victoria it's one hundred people were on board so such a barrier reports they were having a party on the boat now their relatives are in mourning. close to one hundred people were on the boat when i

on the back of that if congress isn't happy they can ask for sanctions to be placed against muhammad bin salman the saudi crown prince so this is an ongoing problem for donald trump he might be trying to brush it away by saying who knows whether he did it we don't know the politicians are saying we think we do know and we want answers alan fischer in washington d.c. with that update thank you alan. now a committee from the british parliament has gotten its hands on thousands of secret documents from inside facebook and no surprise the top bosses at facebook i'm happy about that the files was seized as part of an inquiry into the cambridge analyser days a company or the one which is accused of harvesting information from millions of facebook accounts. included in the case is said to be some of those on e-mail correspondence actually these documents were taken off to what's being called an extraordinary move by that parliament tree committee before we talk more about that some background with reveal a time regionalism. privacy the effect on facebook more generally and a lot of attitudes about use

>> well, i think he's not going to blame muhammad bin salman for the killing.he cia may believe that the crown prince ordered it. they don't have his voice orderinganalysis, so the president can choose to make a different analysis. it's quite clear there are a lot of people around the prince who were involved, that's what the president was talking about, but one of his top national security council officials who was handling saudi arabia and had just gone there to push for sanctions for some of those around the prince resigned on friday giving you the sense that there's some controversy inside the white house about how high to go in blaming khashoggi's death on the saudi crown prince. after all, this administration has put a lot of bets on the saudi crown principles, including jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, and the president himself. the crown prince doesn't at this point seem to be being moved aside by his father, though his powers seem to be tightened a little bit. so we'll see. i mean, the president does have foreign policy interests at stake. th

is standing with saudi arabia even as the cia concludes it sdi crown prince, muhammad bin salman wholing of jamal khashoggi, the white house releasing an extraordinary statement attributed to the president casting doubt on that conclusion, something president trump backed up today. >> the cia looked at it and studied it a lot. they have nothing definitive. the fact is, maybe he did, maybe he didn't. >> this, despite growing pressure to break with the crown prince. >> it's simple. it's america first. saudi arabia, if we broke with them, i think your oil prices would go through the roof. >> president trump's daughter, senior adviser ivanka trump finding herself at the center of criticism after she was found to use a personal e-mail account to send hundreds of government-related e-mails last year. drawing immediate comparison to hillary clinton's e-mail use as secretary of state. something candidate trump made central during his campaign. >> i think she should be in jail for what she did with her e-mails. >> today the president insisting it is not the same. >> there was no hiding. there

stands with saudi arabia he said saying "king salman and crown prince muhammad bin salman vigorously deny any knowledge of the planning or execution. but it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event -- maybe he did and maybe he didn't. that being said, we may never know all the facts surrounding the murder of mr. jamal khashoggi. saudi arabia has been a great ally. the united states intends to remain a steadfast partner of stau saudi arabia. the statement contains at least a half dozen exclamation points and he uses language that we've heard him use in the past 24 hours. of course, it's believed he dictated a large portion of it starting with the headline america first! there's something else. he also has repeated his claim today that american jobs are at risk here. we quote again" the kingdom agreed to spending and invest $450 billion in the us. it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs. of the $450 million, 110 billion will be spent on the purchase of military equipment. fact checkers were busy today. they wrote "the pentagon said last month tha

intelligence agencies concluded that crown prince muhammad bin salman must have known about thp plot andsibly ordered the killing. president trump laid out his position in an exclamation filled statement saying the benefits with the kingdom outweigh the possibility the crown prince ordered the killing. in addition, mr. trump openly doubted the conclusion made by the cia. >> they have nothing defditive the fact is maybe he did, maybe he didn't. if we abandon saudi arabia, it would be a terrible mistake. >> sanctions have already been announced against 17 saudi officials suspected of carrying out the killing. he president says punishing saudi arabia anymore would jeopardize a military arms deal drth billions oflars and thousands of jobs. they have called for harsh punishment including canceling the arms ses. >>> 5:10. the camp fire death toll is 81. there are 870eople missing or unaccounted forlast night but the butte county sheriff suggests that it c couldtain duplicates or misspelled names. it's 70% contained. more than 11,000 homes have been destroyed by the fire. there is good news

desjardins: repn senator lindsey graham, often an ally of the president's, has broken with him on muhammad bin salman m.b.s., and says he will withhold his vote on other issues to try to get answers. >> i'm talking about any key vote, anything that you need met for to getf town, i ain't doing it until we hear from the c.i.a. >> desjardins: secretary of state mike pompeo, who helped lead t briefing did not answer why the c.i.a. director was absent. >> i was asked to be here and here i am. >> desjardins: it is a critical moment-- saudi issues have forged an unusl alliance between some senate republicans like mike lee of utah and independent rnie sanders. they co-authored a resolution to end u.s. support of saudi action in yemen. >> the passage of a few months has allowed people to think about this a little more, has allowed people to see the war progressing, continuing to result in a lot of awful casualties including casualties of a lot of innocent civilians and children. >> desjardins: pompeo defended trump administration policy. >> we are on the cusp of allowing the u.n. envoy martin griffiths to, in

they don't relate to each other in any direct way, except it's muhammad bin salman that directed theling of khashoggi and is directing this war in yemen. >> that murder of khashoggi exposed to every member of the senate how cruel and dispottic the saudi regime is. and i think that played a significant factor, was a significant factor in us getting the vote we got today. but i will tell you that i think more and more senators understand that the constitution of the united states is pretty clear, it is the congress that is authorized to make war, not a president of the united states. and i think you're seeing democrats and republicans want to take back that constitutional responsibility, which we have abdicated for a very long time. >> the secretary of state mike pompeo has been out front in advocating against this resolution, and for a partnership with saudi arabia, no matter what they did with khashoggi. he referred to critics, who were upset about that murder of an american resident journalist as cater walling. he came today to brief members of the u.s. senate. was he persuasive? >>

trump denied that the cia has already determined that the saudi crown prince, muhammad bin salman, ordered the killing, a intelligence assessment first reported by the washington post anonfirmed by nbc news. >> sthey haven't assessed anything. that's a premature report but that'spossible. >> giving himself breathing room as he tries to manage a strategicit relationship wthe saudi royal family while avoiding criticism with the crown prince, the president commented on new sanctions targeting saudi's link to the relling. >> weing tough on a lot of people. >> the president also set a different deaine for himself. his written answers to questions from the special counsel will be turned in soon. >> we do that next week. done. all >> reporter: and with house democrats coming to power, the president curiously offered to help nancy posi secure the gavel with gop votes if needed. >> can you believe it? i like nancy pelosi. she's tough and she's smart but she deserves tbe speaker. >> reporter: perhaps an attempt to protect himself. >> now there playing games with her just like they'll be playing with

analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia but there's still no direct evidence confirming muhammad bin salmanordered the hit and that may be 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 itself and the president might not like those decisions so he better get out in front of this oncoming train according to reports even the cia accepts that mohamed bin sounds position is secure but there are suggestions that the u.s. may attempt to use evidence of a. crown prince's culpability in to show

analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia but there's still no direct evidence confirming muhammad bin salman ordered the hit and that may be 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 except for once his intelligence experts incontrovertibly 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 coverup 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 itself and the president might not like those decisions so he better get out in front of this oncoming train according to reports even the cia accepts that muhammad bin salmond's position is secure but there are suggestions that the u.s. may attempt to use a. evidence of the crown prince's culpability and

is it as simple as that that he's not saying more about muhammad bin salman the crown prince of saudi arabia. he gave the crown prince somehow called into question. >> i think we would all agree and admit that the president has difficulty with saying hey, i messed up. i made the wrong decision. look at north korea, it's another example where every single individual, intelligence analyst that north korea will not stop their weapons program. the president still believes them. you look at saudi arabia and the cia has come out and said we know for a fact that the crown prince was behind this. the president, i'm not really sure. i have to wait and see. it's unbelievable to me that the president of the united states and we continue to have these conversations don't even believe his own institutions? he doesn't. >> so much about law and order about this administration. here we have another clear example. >> you've got him on tape. you've got the murder on tape. you've got people on tape saying it was done for the boss, mbs. there couldn't be a clearer picture that's coming out here, and it's

analyzing the power structure of saudi arabia but there's still no direct evidence confirming muhammad bin salman ordered the hits and that may be 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 itself and the president might not like those decisions so he better get out in front of this oncoming train according to reports even the cia accepts that mohamed bin sounds position is secure but there are suggestions that the u.s. may attempt to use evidence of a. crown prince's culpability in casual

it has been announced that trump will not have a formal meeting with muhammad bin salman. informally or formally? what is the schedule looking like at the moment? we know for sure that our own prime minister theresa may will meet him formally, and president macron of france said that he will meet with him. this is significant. it is far from the snub that many people perhaps expected. yeah, and on the russian side of things, the meeting between putin and trump off. we were hearing earlier in the programme that a lot of putin supporters and russian television, they are rather going off donald trump? well, they've been going on and off him for a long time, and i think there has been this problem that they put a lot of hope in him that it was based on the idea that you could do some sort of lasting strategic deal with trump. anybody who thought that really wasn't paying attention! but there is not a lot of other, if they do want to come out of the sanctions and be able to get some juice back into the economy and foreign investment, they are going to need somebody they can do

issue, personally, one-on-one, a couple of his advisers and i've done the same with muhammad bin zaid and muhammad bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia. i think these are resolvable. the problem is that these have become quite emotional rather than just sort of irrational discussion and that's very difficult. so i do hope that out of a terrible crisis and a terrible situation can come some good that this can be a catalyst for some positive developments. let me mention one issue, though, that has not been raised in many of the analyses which have tended to focus on the relationship between the u.s. and the kingdom or what have you. there are other relationships and those have to do, obviously, with the business community, and i think a real challenge now is going to be will foreign, direct investment go down further? because, of course, it had already been reduced because of some other concerns and issues or can it start climbing back up which is what is desperately needed by the kingdom to realize the vision 2030 that i know was described earlier in this conference, and i've always said that we want

the feet of muhammad been someone even the law as we said the cia is see with a high degree of confidence and that is as clear as the cia going to get they believe that mohammed bin salman was responsible now interestingly enough because donald trump he was seeing the cia didn't conclude that there are those on capitol hill both republicans and democrats who are saying what we want to see the report no be highly unusual for the cia to put that sort of report to the public simply because it could start to be tree intelligence sources but certainly there is a grown swell of opinion that is putting pressure on the cia and the white house to make this document public so that the american public can then make its decision on whether or not they believe that mohammed bin someone was responsible but also whether donald trump is taking action in america's best interests as he continues to say or whether he's doing it for other reasons and whether he is perhaps not being entirely frank with what is in the document when he continues to stand by saudi arabia ok thanks alan well mohammed bin soundman is left saudi arabia to visit a number of arab countries it's his first trip abroa