and rand paul and others. now it's got tremendous support at every level. it's great. and we're all better off when former inmates can receive and re-enter society as law-abiding, productive citizens and thanks to our booming economy, they now have a chance at more opportunities than they've ever had before. it is true. our economy is so strong when people are getting out of jail, they're actually able to find jobs. and i have three instances of companies that hired people coming out of prison and they are so thrilled by the performance of these people and now they're doing it more and more and more. a lot of people are saying this. it's great. they wouldn't have had the opportunity, frankly, except for the fact that the economy is so strong. our job market is the lowest and best it's been in over 50 years. seems to be getting even better. our pledge to hire american includes those leaving prison and looking for a very fresh start. new job. new life. the legislation i'm supporting today contains many significant reforms including the following -- first, it will provide

we have seen the attacks on people based on politics on politicians we saw what happened to rand paul and other politicians in washington, d.c. and even other politicians in washington, d.c. on the anti-trump side of the aisle, not necessarily condemning violent behavior against someone simply because they're in the same party as donald trump. rand paul ran against donald trump just because he was in the same party he tends to be put into that same box. i think the box-putting is a very dangerous thing and something i warn about repeataln the book. >> peter: karen, you're on with karen loudon,. >> guest: hi. my question is what is your specific field that you earned your phd in, and the other questionon is how do you explain trump's daily lying? >> gina: well, i don't think trump is someone who lies if you have a specific question that you're referring to that's great. i am sure happy to address it if i can. my -- i have two masters degree and a phd, inn organizal development, and so i studied a lot about human behavior and that's what i'd like to study. human behavior within the syst

citizen will be allowed to do any financial dealings with these men and republican senator rand paul has said the saudi crown prince at least knew about the killing if not ordered it what can you tell us about that well indeed yes he reiterated those comments in an interview with a u.s. network saying that at the very least the crown prince knew about it and probably ordered it but significant that senator rand paul is not alone in contending this we've also heard in the course of the day from senator bob corker corker who says the journalist was assassinated in my opinion at the direction of the crown prince of saudi arabia and it's a bipartisan issue this from democrat senator. ben cardin who says i remain concerned that the administration is enabling the kingdom of saudi arabia in its effort to protect crown prince muhammad to bin solomon from accountability so certainly very strong comments coming from congress the general opinion among senators and those within the house adamant that while these sanctions are to be welcomed they do not go for far enough and in particular many se

rand paul, for crying out loud, ran against donald trump. just because he's in the same party, he tends to be put in that same box. i think the box-putting is a dangerous thing and something i warn about repeatedly in the book. >> host: well, let's take some calls. >> guest: sure. >> host: aaron -- karen, you're on with dr. gina loudon. >> caller: hi, hi, gina, this s karen. my question is what is your specific field that you earned your ph.d. in, and the other question is how do you explain trump's daily lying? >> guest: well, i don't think trump is someone who lies. if you have a specific question that you're referring to, that's great. i'm sure happy to address it if i can. my -- i have two masters degrees and a a ph.d.. the i ph.d. is in human and organizational development, and so i studied a lot about the human behavior, and that's what i like to study. human behavior, though, within the system, within the political system, within the business system, within thehe global system. that's sort ofte always been my focus, is how does that o

how long can he continue to and ignore voices like lindsey graham and rand paul from his own party. he's going to try as long as he can and i think the key in tying all of this together is that relationship between the united states and saudi arabia we heard the king's speech earlier when he talked about the fact that there is a need he feels to stand up to the nuclear program of iran that is a shared goal of this administration and this is the foundation of the relationship between the united states in saudi arabia is the foundation of its confrontation of iran one we know has been the president's priority from the beginning is the priority of his national security advisor john bolton so he's going to hang on as long as he can the problem is is that the white house and the congress are equal bodies with equal power and there is a check and balance in place that is taking place in real time right now by the u.s. senate we've seen there are very powerful voices within the republican party senator lindsey graham rand paul bob corker even though he's on his way out they are all very ve

kentucky republican senator rand paul joins us now from bowling green. senator, the president says a final conclusion will be made this week by the u.s. government, but in a fox interview, he indicated that essentially murder can be forgiven if the kingdom provides economic benefit. listen to this exchange. >> what if the crown prince, speaking to you, the president of the united states directly, lied to you. >> he told me he had nothing to do with it. he told me that i would say maybe five times at different points. >> but what if he's lying. >> as recently as a few days ago. >> do you just live with it? >> well, will anybody really know? will anybody really know? he did have people that were reasonably close to him and close to him that were probably sanctions, massive sanctions from a large group of people from saudi arabia, but at the same time, we do have an ally, and i want the stick with an ally that in many ways has been very good. >> brennan: what do you make of the president's remarks? >> the crown prince, his brother made a phone call to khash

senators lindsey graham, mike lee, tim scott, rand paul, and doug collins, fantastic people who have work sod hard and we appreciate very much what you done. we really do thank you all very much. working together with my administration over the last two years, these members have reached a bipartisan agreement -- did i hear the word bipartisan? [laughter] [applause] did i hear that word? that's a nice word. bipartisan agreement on prison reform legislation known as the first step. that's what it is. the first step. it's a very big first step. today i'm thrilled to announce my support for this bipartisan bill that will make our community safer and give former inmates a second chance at life after they have served their time. so important. and i have to tell you i was called when i announced and when we all announced together this news conference by some of the toughest, strongest law enforcement people including politicians, by the way, who are so in favor of it. i was actually surprised by some, like as an example, mike lee. and grant fall. and others. now it's got tremendous support

senate rand paul we expect him to be taking some action no later than friday where not only republicans but also democrats will continue to press to punish saudi arabia and also to try and pull back u.s. support for the saudi led coalition in yemen one that we should note the united. nations has called a humanitarian disaster so what we know in terms of the movement that is set to take place potentially as early as friday is that rand paul has secured a floor vote in the u.s. senate under the nine hundred seventy six arms export control act to prevent a proposed weapons sale to bahrain under the rationale that it is a participant in the saudi led military campaign so well there is. certainly an effort to push the trumpet ministration to respond there is the feeling i capitol hill given the fact that we've just had these elections that there is a new congress coming in january that this is almost a potential kind of excuse to delay the working with congress and so we see the senators taking action independently on their own one thing we should note though is that in on tuesday the presid

senator rand paul is one of those who insist the saudi crown prince should be among those sanctioned maintaining muhammad in selman at least knew of the murder and probably ordered it he said in a tweet the united states needs to project strength when dealing with saudi arabia putting sanctions on people who are already in jail means nothing these individuals might lose their heads you think they care they are pretending to do something and doing nothing. of view echoed by senator bob corker the administration today sent out notice that they were sanctioning seventeen of individuals that were involved hopefully additional steps were made up asked for a level briefing with matters peo and you know i asked paul to come in as soon as 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 and this from democrat senator ben cardin i remain concerned that the administration is enabling the kingdom of saudi arabi

senator rand paul is one of those who insist the saudi crown prince should be among those sanctioned maintaining muhammad bin solomon at least knew of the murder and probably ordered it he said in a tweet the united states needs to project strength when dealing with saudi arabia putting sanctions on people who are already in jail means nothing these individuals might lose their heads you think they care they are pretending to do something and doing nothing of you echoed by senator bob corker the administration today sent out notice that they were sanctioning seventeen of individuals that were involved hopefully additional steps were made up asked for a briefing with matters peo and you have asked for the come in as soon as 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 and this from the democrat senator ben cardin i remain concerned that the administration is enabling the kingdom of saudi arabia in

move has been welcomed senators on both sides of the aisle insist it does not go far enough senator rand paul is one of those who insist the saudi crown prince should be among those sanctioned maintaining muhammad in selman at least knew of the murder and probably ordered it he said in a tweet the united states needs to project strength when dealing with saudi arabia putting sanctions on people who are already in jail means nothing these individuals might lose their heads you think they care they are pretending to do something and doing nothing. a view echoed by senator bob corker the administration today sent out notice that they were sanctioning seventeen of individuals that were involved hopefully additional steps were made up asked for a lot more briefing with matters peo and you asked for the comment as soon as 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 garage in the crown prince of saudi arabia us and this from the democrat senator ben cardin i

senator rand paul of kentucky a close friend of the president saying he believes the president's decision is saudi arabia first, not america first. departing the white house for amara lago, president trump weighed in at the killing of jamaal khashoggi, refusing to say whether crown prince mohammed bin salamon ordered the khashoggi killing. >> president trump: maybe he did, maybe didn't. >> we may never know all of the facts around the murder. what is known the president said is that saudi arabia plays a crucial role in america's national and economic security citing the threat from iran and $450 billion in arms and commercial sales to saudi arabia inked last year. >> it's a nasty world out there. the middle east in particular. there are important american interests to keep the american people safe. >> in his statement the president denounce the crime against khashoggi is a terrible one and pointed out the u.s. has taken strong action against 17 saudi is known to have are dissipated and murder. pointing the finger of blame at the crown prince was a risk he didn't want to take. >> president

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. >> kentucky senator rand paul said, i'm pretty sure this statement is saudi arabia first, not america first. i'm also pretty sure national security adviser john bolton wrote it. and then there was this frank comment on the crown prince known as mbs from senator lindsey graham. >> saudi arabia needs us more than we need them. it's not too much to ask an ally not to butcher a guy in a consulate. this is not world war ii. so i'm not going to look away at what mbs did. i think he did it. >> the saudis at first denied any knowledge of jamal khashoggi's death then later pinned the murder on a group of rogue operatives. >>> new financial disclosures filed by acting attorney general matthew whitaker reveal more than $9,000 from a conservative group he founded in 2014. the group known as f.a.c.t. received almost its funding from a dark money organization that got some funding from a major republican donor, charles koch. >> most of his income the past few years came from f.a.c.t., although cnn paid him $15,000 as a legal commentator in 2015. the disclosures magnify concerns over whether the sen

rand paul and others. now it has tremendous support. really great.mates can receive and reenter society. thanks to our booming economy, they now have a chance at more opportunities than they have ever had before. it's true. our economy is so strong that when people are getting out of jail, they're actually able to find jobs. i have three instances of companies that hired people coming out of prison, and they have so thrilled by the performance of these people. now they're doing it more and more. a lot of people are seeing this. it's great. they wouldn't have had the opportunity frankly except for the fact that the economy is so strong and our job market is the lowest and best it's been in over 50 years. seems to be getting better. our pledge to hire american includes those leaving prison and looking for a very fresh start. new job, new life. the legislation i'm supporting today contains many significant reforms including following. first, it will provide new unsentives for low risk inmates to learn the skills that they need to find employment, avoid

rand paul responded. i'm pretty sure this statement is saudi arabia first, not america first. also pretty sure john bolton wrote it. republican senator lindsey graham tweeted, i fully realize we have to deal with bad actors and imperfect situation os on t international stage but when we lose or strongest voice, we lose our strongest asset. you work at the washington post. you knew jamal khashoggi. the president's reaction yesterday saying that our oil deals and our arms deals are more important than a human life. what is your reaction? >> jamal was my colleague and my friend and i was shocked to see the president in such a cold-blooded way put his definition of u.s. national interests ahead of values. this was a horrible crime as president trump said. this was somebody who was lured to the saudi consulate, killed and dismembered. i could understand that the president said saudi arabia is our ally. to explicitly say he may know, he may not know, we don't care, that's the part that shocked me. >> it's also him using not correct numbers in order to justify this. he's talking abou

there you have bob corker, lindsey graham, rand paul and mitt romney, who hasn't even arrived at theyet, but he put out a pretty strong statement, essentially condemning this. >> that's right. very strong road to republicans, and notably two republicans on the screen, rand paul and lindsey graham, for the most part have not been too critical of the president. so notable that they all came out with very strong words. corker saying that i never see the day a white house would moonlight as a public relations firm for the crown prince. that's pretty tough. the question is, of course, what they will back that up with. there has been, you know, some group writing of letters, triggering an investigation to look into not only what happened, but the crown prince's alleged involvement in this. also some legislation to stop saudi arms sales. but will that be pushed forward in the new congress? that remains to be seen. >> and corker wants a briefing. >> that's right. and also notably silence from mitch mcconnell, silent since trump's statement yesterday. >> and how much can the congress force th

president, let me raise an issue that many of my conservative friends, mike lee and others, rand paul and others, have been raising, which is an important issue that i hope progresses, to pay attention to, and that is this war in saudi arabia was not authorized by the united states congress, was not voted upon by the united states congress, and therefore is unconstitutional. let us not forget that the founding fathers of this country put the awesome responsibility of war and peace into the hands of the u.s. congress, not the president of the united states, not a democratic president or a republican president. article 1 of the constitution clearly states that it is congress, congress, congress, not the president who has the power to declare war. mr. president, the time is long overdue for congress to take back that responsibility which it has be a buy -- abdicated under democratic and republican leaderships. if the members of the house and the senate want to go to war in yemen, vote to go to war in yemen. don't let the president of the united states do it on his own. mr. president, lat

rand paul responded in series of tweets and he's not happy with this.t, the president indicating that saudi arabia is lesser of two evils compared to iran, so the u.s. won't punish saudi arabia for brutal killing and dismemberment of a journalist, he disagrees with that. he says at least saudi arabia should not be rewarded with sophisticated armorment they will use to bomb civilians. rand paul says he has a good relationship with president trump, but he thinks this statement released from the white house should read saudi arabia first and that he's pretty sure john bolton wrote it. what are your thoughts? people on both sides of the political aisle are upset today. >> well, advisor's job is to have the president understand what are the geopolitical challenges and what means to the united states. really in terms of substance, what we're dealing with here is one criminal act on one hand, we need to investigate, get to the point, the bottom line of what it was and why and who gave the order, the smoking gun. we haven't seen so far. on the other hand, we ha

for him to take this rand paul approach, or he's good to be a cruz or a marco rubio or a michael lee,de. most of us know you are. you just don't like the president and it's personal for you. he said "hey, i couldn't have voted for the way i did. i couldn't have objected to kavanaugh during that time." so he still a politician. he's just a politician can get reelected. >> jessica: a politician forever and ever, now we move on parade the president think tomorrow we will get a full intelligence report on the murder of khashoggi. questions about whether the initiation will punish the saudi government, and what their approaches. we will debate it, next. >> a month ago you said you had spoken with mohammad bin salman on and that he had told you directly that he had no knowledge of this. >> that's right. and still does. ♪ wasn't my top priority. until i held her. i found my tresiba® reason. now i'm doing more to lower my a1c. once daily tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours for powerful a1c reduction. tresiba® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diab

senate by senator rand paul who is hoping to try and get as early as friday a floor vote in the senate using something called the arms export control act out of night of one nine hundred seventy six and what this is is an effort to try and block the latest arms sale by the united states to buffering because bahrain of course is closely aligned to saudi arabia this is a three hundred million dollars deal it would block the sale if passed it's not clear it has the votes but moving forward there is an effort to block the sale of rocket launchers short range short range missiles and what the see it is a direct challenge to the white house who is says it is looking at this issue very carefully has not ruled out using sanctions under the global magnitsky act this is an act that is the president has used dozens of times it gets people and entities through the treasury department but has so far not triggered in response to the death of jim shows he now there are more than twenty senators who have pressed the white house under the global magnitsky act to take action that clock is ticking there

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it put lindsey graham and rand paul in a rare shared corner. there are questions about republicans are able to do. >> lindsey graham and rand paul came out with strong statements saying this is not the right course the president should be taking. they're saying it sounds like saudi arabia first, and not america first policy. they join a host of other republican senators who have criticized the president over this. but when congress comes back next week, it will be interesting to see if they actually do anything about it. mitch mcconnell, the majority leader is not mentioned this is one of his top priorities, they have to fund the government. he says they want to get the farm bill done, and of course they want to get judicial nominations through. so if the words, if the strong words from the republicans are going to translate into not only legislation but actionable legislation that is moved through committees and moved through the floor, there's no indication that that's going to happen yet, kasie. >> leann caldwell, kelly o'donnell, john meach

you heard from rand paul he was someone who being close to trump said they believed they should put theal on hold while this was going on so it does seem the white house is simply trying to do this to put them behind them because they would like nothing more than not to talk about this anymore. >> let's talk about this for a second. i remember talking about this when president trump initially made his comments and he made it clear that whatever the saudis did, it didn't matter compared to the strategic relationship d that -- that they weren't going to abandon mbs, and they were relying on the fact. i'm surprised they said it so candidly to you, that they didn't think the american people cared, and my question for you is he right? do the american people really not care about this. >> but just because it isn't playing in peoria doesn't mean that human rights don't matter around the world? it doesn't mean that the united states doesn't have a responsibility to send a signal that this isn't all right, that this isn't a way to do this to a journalist, that they didn't agree with. that's not

i'll speak about that and more with senator rand paul and our correspondents and specialists wills are standing by with full coverage. >>> let's begin with the president's very broad hint about a possible pardon. up first, our cnn white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. kaitlan, this is quite a bombshell. take us through the president's thinking, what he said. >> reporter: well, wolf, the president is now refusing to rule out a pardon for paul manafort, saying why should i takes take it off the table during an interview with the "new york post" months after the president refused to answer questions about whether or not he was considering pardoning his former campaign chairman. and also comes after months of the president distancing himself from paul manafort, saying that despite the fact that he ran his campaign for several months, he only worked for him for a short period of time. and the president didn't know him that well. wolf, what's changed is now that the special counsel is saying that paufrl manafort lied repeatedly to him, and now they are saying he has breached that agree

being in the past three games in one fell swoop i find nightmare for braman coach for rand paul set but a dream come true for play i was like oh it's not like a dream today i actually had chances on goal and found success both went in three goals in one game don't happen very often i'm very happy because of the near perfect success for the falls but the final goal was one that play on didn't school well nearly shaheen opened his account for braman get back received an unwelcome fifteen hundred conceded away goal in club history i still not much consolation for cofer to after his first consecutive home else whereas got past that much to be thankful for i there think we need to say thank you to the sun because it's got three goals as course he made this going his own today and scored three goals it's amazing. can't checking can celebrate his new center forward fulfilling the club's high expectations if they continue to work hard and play are hard to get back to headed to europe. after thank. god. my own net point slipped away and now like to have a chance to cruise past them there have to

rand paul criticized trump. , should not be ignored. what do you think? [indiscernible] i agree. tocannot turn a blind eye what intelligence agencies are suggesting was a directive from the royal crown prince. we should seek to hold those accountable for the murder who were involved and if our agencies are stating that he was responsible for that, we should absolutely target those sanctions at him and others responsible. host: the potential of a government shutdown at this stage? guest: i am optimistic that won't occur. we have a week and a half to make sure it does not. republican leaders met with the president yesterday. most of them are optimistic we will negotiate. host: it comes down to the price tag of the portable. the president looking for $5 billion. should that be satisfied? guest: i hope so. i believe it is important investment to secure the border, not just because of immigration issues but the illegal drug flow into our country and the real and serious national security threat that open border poses as well. the $5 billion investment is a worthy investment. i hope we

rand paul said i'm pretty sure it's saudi arabia first. sure bolton did have a say in the statement and we have the cia coming out and saying that they had concluded at least as going back in october that jamal khashoggi's killing was ordered by prince mohamed. maria: rand paul in congress want tougher sanctions, want something else done in terms military aid that we give to the saudis, maybe that cut back. cheryl: there's also the issue of iran, do we need to saudis? there's a huge meeting of opec and nonopec meetings in december, some are questioning whether the president's strategy is to come out and defer to the saudis on the issue because he wants them for production cuts in december, make sure oil prices don't jump in extraordinary levels because saudis react to what we are saying. dagen: this is more than business, what happened in the death of journalist, it's got to be more than financial relationship with another country. maria: they are aligned now. and the saudi government and he was very much aligned with mbs, watch this. >> i

attacks on people based on their politics, you know, on some politicians, we saw what happened to rand paul, for example, and some other politicians in washington, d.c. and even other politicians in washington, d.c. on the antitrump side of the aisle, not necessarily condemning violent behavior against someone simply because they are in the same party as donald trump, rand paul for crying out loud he ran against donald trump but because he was in the same party he tends to be put in the same box. i think the box-putting is a dangerous thing and something that i warn about repeatedly in the book. >> host: let's take some calls, you're on with dr. gina louden, mad politics. >> caller: hi, this is karen, my question is what is your specific field that you earned ph.d in and the other question is how do you explain trump's daily lying? >> guest: well, i don't think trump is someone who lies if you have a specific question that you're referring to that's great, i'm sure happy to address it if i can. my -- i have two master's degree and ph.d, ph.d is in human and organizational development and so

and others, including senator rand paul.s moments ago on cnn. >> the cia concluded with high probability that the crown prince was involved, and so that conclusion's being completely sloughed over and people are turning a blind eye to that. >> kaitlan collins is "outfront" tonight at the white house. kaitlan, with all this out there, why wasn't the cia director, the one who reached this conclusion, at the briefing, and instead, others who were going to go along with the president's denial of that were? where was she? >> reporter: well, that's the question mike pompeo refused to answer two times today, but senators who were in the room during that briefing said that pompeo and mattis told them it was the white house's direction that the cia director, gina haspel, was not a part of the briefing today, though they did not elaborate why, in that briefing, and the white house hasn't elaborated on why she wasn't there to us either. now, that raises the question, because there was a clear request from the senators to have her there

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 me and i did 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.

republican rand paul said the president's statement was saudi arabia first, not america first. and democrat mark warner said it was a retreat from american leadership on issues like human rights. still, president trump said he'd be open to meeting the crown prince when he attends a summit later this month. weija jiang, cbs news, west palm beach, florida. >>> well, special counsel robert mueller's next move is unclear now that president trump handed over written answers to mueller's questions about russia interference in the 2016 clection election. this is the first time president trump has cooperated with the mueller investigation. the staff and mueller negotiated for months whether mr. trump would sit for an interview. the written answers may delay or prevent an appearance by the president. >>> and now to northern california where rain is forecast from today through the weekend possibly producing flash floods in an area already devastated by the deadliest wildfire in the state's history. flash flood watches and winter weather advisories are posted in the area of the so-called

he didn't talk about it with senator rand paul of kentucky. he is clearly an isolationist. once a smaller footprint. the message that president trump have was if you're willing to pay me for it. we do it because it's in the american interest to do so. but we do it because of the protection racket. it isn't talking about coming home. the whole issue of nato. they were can spend more. and nato should as well. it's quite clear certainly on trade a big chunk of the republican party is rethinking the traditional support for opening up markets. the distinctive thing about president trump. he wants to emphasize it keeping in the form products out of american markets. is the only one in charge. it's clear. on the issues like trade and nato. they still use that but it doesn't really matter. when the president decides this is what were to do that's what we do. i think rex tillerson and hr mcmaster found out what it meant if the president wants to go in a different direction. the other get fired or the. compared to the one they did 15 or 1617 months ago. i know how to do this. and go

explanation is and how flimsy in fact this the sanctions they implemented to date are as senator rand paul said of kentucky yesterday it's it's ridiculous that us a sanction ing people who are already accused of the crime and are sitting in prison so i think i think the tide can turn i think it remains to be seen however whether or not there could be passage of the legislation in a veto proof way that we need to be two thirds of the u.s. senate i think the jury is still out on whether such a high number can you can be pulled together but i actually do believe it's possible i think it has been suggested in u.s. media mathy that the white house might have hoped also to have drawn a line on this issue by announcing these sanctions against these seventeen saudi suspects do you think that was the hope from the u.s. state department from the white house. yeah i definitely think that that was the hope and if you if you look at the language that is used in the sanctions as well as what treasury secretary said it it's a language that doesn't say that these people who are sanctioned actually committ

could complete how long can the president continue to ignore voices like those of lindsey graham and rand paul. well typically often the strategy in washington is to kind of try and deny that there's a problem and hope it goes away but this is not in a case where that is going to be possible we see the president trying to play both sides we have the public statements from his vice president has from the state department saying in fact that the murder was an atrocity that the united states will hold all those accountable but in the next breath saying that there is the importance also of maintaining the strategic relationship but the u.s. congress sees it very differently sees this as a tipping point in the u.s. saudi relationship and is pressing further than we've ever seen it go before really going back to the one nine hundred thirty three or when the diplomatic relations between the two countries were established for the longest time the united states has been turning a blind eye to human rights violations to other concerns within saudi arabia as long as the oil kept flowing but this seems to

valley in california he tried to see tries to speak for diplomacy he is called names or senator rand paul who was here a few months ago a republican from kentucky he too believes there should be a working relationship so this is not radical it is now but it should be commonsense sober realism katherina way to take a short break right now when we're back we'll continue to. katherina vander who will the editor and publisher of the nation. what politicians do you think. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to. have to go right to be close this is what we look for like three in the morning can't be good get. interested always in the water using our. first. you know world of big partisan lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watchin

wondering about people like lindsey graham adam schiff rand paul how important it is that these particular people are speaking up. it's very important when we talk about lindsey graham for example because lindsey graham is a republican senior senator on capitol hill he has a lot of power in fact he was here at the white house meeting with the president as he often does he had is a very strong voice add to that adam schiff who is a democratic member of congress in the house of representatives who will soon be the ranking member of the house intelligence committee both of these men will tremendous amount of power and both of these men are not satisfied with the explanations coming out of saudi arabia that are pressuring this white house in fact adam schiff saying that trust needs to listen to intelligence officials and not become part of a any sort of saudi cover up of the other senior republican voice bob corker although he is heading out says that everything points to the crown prince of saudi arabia and ordering about how shows use killick i think these are very strong statements that sho

valley in california he tried to see tries to speak for diplomacy he is called names or senator rand paul who was here a few months ago a republican from kentucky he too believes there should be a working relationship so this is not radical it is now but it should be commonsense sober realism katherina way to take a show break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to catherine nevada who will the editor and publisher of the nation magazine. u.s. veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either there already is several generations of them so i just got this memo from a certain french officer says we're going to attack and destroy the government in seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with their money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm's way and willing to risk being killed for a war surely we can risk some discomfort for an easy for. the bad the people who run the economy who price money the commodit

valley in california he tried to see tries to speak for diplomacy he is called names or senator rand paul who was here a few months ago a republican from kentucky he too believes there should be a working relationship so this is not radical it is now but it should be commonsense sober realistic catherine a way to take a short break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to katherine nevada who will the editor and publisher of the nation magazine. i would normally guess manufacture consent instinctive public wells. when the room in clusters to protect themselves. in the final merry go round lifts only the one percent. that's not going to nor middle of the room signals. really mean real news is. the world. a better place called camp sundown to get for people that can't love the side and they're like so tired. like a safe house i guess they don't have to talk about what they go through with us because we understand her daughter katie was diagnosed with a very rare sun sensitive condition if i get sunburned i heal she doesn't feel patients are going to have problems with the walk to

valley in california he tried to see tries to speak for diplomacy he is called names or senator rand paul who was here a few months ago a republican from kentucky he too believes there should be a working relationship so this is not radical it is now but it should be commonsense sober realism katherina way to take a show break right now when we're back we'll continue to. katherine the founder of her well the editor and publisher of the nation. are lucky. most people think just stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand out of a movie business you just need as the right questions and demand the right answer. the. question lol. and we're back with catherine about and google the editor and publisher of the nation magazine katherine and getting back to trump's advisers as you brought up john bolton and once again the end of treaty a lot of experts whether it's experts or professionals from the past from the present day just like you think that for america would be detrimental for its se

. >> reporter: congressional criticism of the administration was swift, with republican rand paul saying the president's statement was saudi arabia first, not america first. and democrat mark warner called it "a retreat from american leadership on issues like human rights." today republican and democrats leaders of the foreign relations committee sent a letter to president trump demanding he address whether bin salman is responsible for khashoggi's death. jeff? >> glor: weijia, thank you very much. holly williams is in the saudi capital, riyadh, tonight. holly, what's the reaction there? >> reporter: jeff, there's been no official reaction from saudi arabia yet. but the saudis will be very, very relieved, because they are desperate to go back to business as usual. it's as if they want the world simply to forget about this. we were at a press conference here on thursday where the saudi foreign minister was adamant that crown prince mohammed bin salman has been exonerated of any involvement in the killing of jamal khashoggi. but there will be many people here, both in the middle east and e

rand paul has been talking about saudi arabia a fascinating article here. is number one spreading terror. i suggest everyone take a look at that as a terror not good for jobs it's a good first term to the military industrial complex but it's this now you have the state department is not definitive as the cia is here and then the president trump is still vacillating here right now and we all know there are a number of sanctions being imposed here but this is a. turning into more of an embarrassment here. in the united states on the same page either if if they would have known but if this. is that's his nickname ok it's his nickname but that's how we know about this new about this. it's not even ordered if you compare the two of the president or trying to make excuses for saudi arabia i think they're getting very different signals again ron paul is. probably the most principled person to have over there his spine is his principles but is saying that you know saudi arabia is not if it is the greatest sponsor of terror iran which is your position that we're in