has ever had the will to do something about this sigurd. the united states has always had the will the problem that we have seen and the u.s. saudi relationship over the past eighteen to twenty months unless president trump makes a deliberate statement. statements by his subordinates namely to move cabinet secretaries of defense and state have been ignored altogether and we have also seen that on the bureaucratic level the u.s. government has repeatedly call or and of hostility and resumption of peace talks. what what is different now is that the culmination of events whether it's a can show a fair whether it is the broader instability in the middle east and now the washington post playing a central role and demanding justice for jamal khashoggi and tying it to broader u.s. saudi cooperation in the region is drawing tremendous scrutiny domestically here in the united states and it is leaving get ministration with little choice but to all up the pressure on riyadh and even though and i will add that the relationship between the united states

has ever had the will to do something about this sigurd. the united states has always had the will the problem that we have seen in the u.s. saudi relationship over the past eighteen to twenty months unless president trump makes a deliberate statement. statements by his subordinates namely to move cabinet secretaries of defense and state have been ignored altogether and we have also seen on the bureaucratic level of the u.s. government has repeatedly call or and of hostility and resumption of peace talks. what what is different now is that the culmination of events whether it's a can show a fair whether it is the broader instability in the middle east and now the washington post playing a central role and demanding justice for jamal khashoggi and tying it to broader u.s. saudi cooperation in the region is drawing tremendous scrutiny domestically here in the united states and it is leaving get ministration with little choice but to up. the pressure on riyadh and even though and i will add that the relationship between the united states and s

well i'm joined now from washington by middle east analyst sigurd's neubauer he was a friend of jamal khashoggi thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us so as we're hearing the indications of that when majority control of the u.s. house of representatives changes hands come january democrats will investigate president trump's financial ties to saudi arabia is continued pressure from congress likely to impact the trouble ministrations calculations on this in any way . yes absolutely. been previously reported is that the incoming chairman of the u.s. house of representatives' intelligence committee adam schiff a democrat from california has announced that he will request an investigation into whether or not president trump will be able to provide details of the intelligence assessment i was provided to him about all the details leading up to the murder of john murtha shoji and separately what appears to be a politically motivated investigation into his financial dealings with saudi arabia . on a separate note we have also seen that the senate where do republicans are in co