1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:07,000 ARABIA. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:09,200 >> PHIL, IT IS WHAT IT IS. 3 00:00:05,966 --> 00:00:12,766 THAT'S WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:14,366 THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THE MURDER 5 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:16,266 OF DISSIDENT SAUDI JOURNALIST 6 00:00:12,766 --> 00:00:18,500 JAMAL KHASHOGGI HIS COMMENTS 7 00:00:14,366 --> 00:00:20,066 COME AFTER THE C.I.A. CONCLUDED 8 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:22,266 THAT THE CROWN PRINCE OF SAUDI 9 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:23,100 ARABIA, MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN 10 00:00:20,066 --> 00:00:24,500 ORDERED JAMAL KHASHOGGI KILLING 11 00:00:22,266 --> 00:00:26,033 IN INSTAN BULL. 12 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:28,833 UNDER PRESSURE TO TAKE ACTIONS 13 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:29,533 AGAINST THE SAUDI REGIME 14 00:00:26,033 --> 00:00:31,100 PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD THIS TO SAY 15 00:00:28,833 --> 00:00:32,533 TODAY. 16 00:00:29,533 --> 00:00:33,600 >> THEY ARE BUYING HUNDREDS OF 17 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:35,266 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF 18 00:00:32,533 --> 00:00:36,600 THINGS FROM THIS COUNTRY. 19 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:38,700 IF I SAY WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE 20 00:00:35,266 --> 00:00:40,400 YOUR BUSINESS, IF I SAY WE ARE 21 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:41,633 GOING TO CUT IT OFF, THEY WILL 22 00:00:38,700 --> 00:00:43,900 GET THE EQUIPMENT, MILITARY 23 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:45,733 EQUIPMENT AND OTHER THINGS FROM 24 00:00:41,633 --> 00:00:46,566 RUSSIA AND CHINA. 25 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:49,166 RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OIL PRICES IN 26 00:00:45,733 --> 00:00:51,000 GREAT SHAPE. 27 00:00:46,566 --> 00:00:53,100 I'M NOT GOING TO DESTROY THE 28 00:00:49,166 --> 00:00:54,466 WORLD ECONOMY AND I'M NOT GOING 29 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,500 TO DESTROY THE ECONOMY FOR OUR 30 00:00:53,100 --> 00:00:58,266 COUNTRY BY BEING FOOLISH WITH 31 00:00:54,466 --> 00:01:00,300 SAUDI ARABIA. 32 00:00:55,500 --> 00:01:01,666 IT'S ABOUT AMERICA FIRST. 33 00:00:58,266 --> 00:01:04,033 >> MEANWHILE U.S. SECRETARY OF 34 00:01:00,300 --> 00:01:05,766 STATE, MIKE POMPEO ALSO RAISED 35 00:01:01,666 --> 00:01:07,333 SOME EYEBROWS TODAY CHALKING UP 36 00:01:04,033 --> 00:01:09,500 THE MURDER TO A MEAN, NASTY 37 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:11,433 WORLD OUT THERE. 38 00:01:07,333 --> 00:01:14,300 HERE WAS LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ARE 39 00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:15,900 CECILE SHEA, A SPECIALIST ON 40 00:01:11,433 --> 00:01:17,666 GLOBAL SECURITY AND DIPLOMACY AT 41 00:01:14,300 --> 00:01:19,600 THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL 42 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:20,833 AFFAIRS AND SPENT TWO DECADES AS 43 00:01:17,666 --> 00:01:22,833 A U.S. DIPLOMAT INCLUDING 44 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:25,000 SERVICE IN EUROPE, ASIA AND THE 45 00:01:20,833 --> 00:01:27,200 MIDDLE EAST. 46 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:28,100 AND KHALIL MARRAN A PROFESSOR 47 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:29,766 WHOSE EXPERTISE INCLUDES THE 48 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,500 POLITICS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. 49 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:33,166 THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 50 00:01:29,766 --> 00:01:35,066 CECILE SHEA SOMETHING ELSE THE 51 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:39,266 PRESIDENT SAID WAS THAT THE U.S. 52 00:01:33,166 --> 00:01:40,933 WILL REMAIN A STEADFAST PARTNER 53 00:01:35,066 --> 00:01:41,633 OF SAUDI ARABIA IS THE PRESIDENT 54 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:43,933 ACTING IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF 55 00:01:40,933 --> 00:01:45,900 THE UNITED STATES? 56 00:01:41,633 --> 00:01:47,566 >> I DON'T THINK THAT HE IS. 57 00:01:43,933 --> 00:01:50,200 SAUDI ARABIA HAS BEEN A 58 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:51,500 PROBLEMATIC COUNTRY FOR DECADES 59 00:01:47,566 --> 00:01:52,800 SOME WOULD SAY A BETTER PART OF 60 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:56,066 A CENTURY AND WE HAVE BEEN 61 00:01:51,500 --> 00:02:00,233 WILLING TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY 62 00:01:52,800 --> 00:02:02,166 WHILE THEY EXPORTED THEIR REALLY 63 00:01:56,066 --> 00:02:05,566 PROBLEMATIC TYPE OF ISLAM 64 00:02:00,233 --> 00:02:05,933 EXTREMIST, REMEMBER THAT MOST OF 65 00:02:02,166 --> 00:02:07,933 THE 9/11 HIJACKERS WERE SAUDI 66 00:02:05,566 --> 00:02:09,400 CITIZENS. 67 00:02:05,933 --> 00:02:10,866 SAUDIS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN 68 00:02:07,933 --> 00:02:12,566 TERROR ATTACKS AGAINST THE 69 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:14,300 UNITED STATES IN SAUDI ARABIA 70 00:02:10,866 --> 00:02:17,433 AND IN AFRICA. 71 00:02:12,566 --> 00:02:20,100 AND WE CHOSE TO IGNORE IT. 72 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:22,300 WE'VE CHOSEN TO IGNORE SAUDIS 73 00:02:17,433 --> 00:02:23,733 EXTREME HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN 74 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:24,866 YEMEN WHICH LED TO THE GREATEST 75 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:26,466 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS FACING THE 76 00:02:23,733 --> 00:02:28,766 GLOBE RIGHT NOW. 77 00:02:24,866 --> 00:02:31,800 AND THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT 78 00:02:26,466 --> 00:02:32,933 TODAY HE BLAMED THE PROBLEMS IN 79 00:02:28,766 --> 00:02:34,566 YEMEN ON IRAN AND THAT IS 80 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,033 DISINGENUOUS, THE SAUDIS ARE 81 00:02:32,933 --> 00:02:37,533 BEHIND THIS AND THEY HAVE A 82 00:02:34,566 --> 00:02:38,933 HIDEOUS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AT 83 00:02:36,033 --> 00:02:40,566 HOME AND WE HAVE BEEN WILLING TO 84 00:02:37,533 --> 00:02:43,266 LOOK AWAY BECAUSE WE NEEDED 85 00:02:38,933 --> 00:02:45,733 THEIR OIL AND WHAT IS GOING ON 86 00:02:40,566 --> 00:02:48,433 NOW WE ARE NOT AS DE3E7BDENT ON 87 00:02:43,266 --> 00:02:49,733 SAUDI OIL ANYMORE. 88 00:02:45,733 --> 00:02:51,300 >> KHALIL MARRAN SOMETHING ELSE 89 00:02:48,433 --> 00:02:55,200 WHEN ASKED WHETHER MOHAMMED BIN 90 00:02:49,733 --> 00:02:55,700 SALMAN WAS BEHIND THE KILLING HE 91 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:57,200 SAID MAYBE HE DID IT, MAYBE HE 92 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,766 DIDN'T. 93 00:02:55,700 --> 00:03:01,866 AND THE CROWN PRINCE HAS BEEN 94 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:04,500 THE FOCUS OF THIS INVESTIGATION 95 00:02:59,766 --> 00:03:05,166 AND WHETHER HE WAS BEHIND IT. 96 00:03:01,866 --> 00:03:07,800 BUT WOULD HE HAVE ACTED 97 00:03:04,500 --> 00:03:08,633 UNILATERALLY? 98 00:03:05,166 --> 00:03:09,966 >> I MEAN DEPENDS WHAT WE MEAN 99 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,800 BY UNILATERALLY. 100 00:03:08,633 --> 00:03:12,833 I DON'T THINK THAT THE CROWN 101 00:03:09,966 --> 00:03:14,833 PRINCE HAD TO ASK FOR PERMISSION 102 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:16,133 IF THAT IS THE QUESTION. 103 00:03:12,833 --> 00:03:17,700 IF THE QUESTION, HOWEVER, IS DID 104 00:03:14,833 --> 00:03:18,933 THE UNITED STATES AND SAUDI 105 00:03:16,133 --> 00:03:20,200 ARABIA CONSPIRE TO KILL HIS 106 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:21,566 JOURNALIST, I SAY NO. 107 00:03:18,933 --> 00:03:23,233 BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO 108 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:24,500 REMEMBER THIS IS THE SAME 109 00:03:21,566 --> 00:03:25,600 PRESIDENT THAT HAS CALLED 110 00:03:23,233 --> 00:03:27,800 JOURNALISTS LIKE YOURSELF 111 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:29,700 ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE. 112 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,100 AND THE RHETORIC THAT TRUMP AS 113 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:32,466 ENGAGED IN HAS BEEN DANGEROUS, 114 00:03:29,700 --> 00:03:34,333 INDEED. 115 00:03:30,100 --> 00:03:36,633 NOT TO MENTION UPENDING THE 116 00:03:32,466 --> 00:03:38,400 ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL ORDER UPON 117 00:03:34,333 --> 00:03:39,766 WHICH WE RELIED FOR MANY, MANY, 118 00:03:36,633 --> 00:03:41,566 MANY YEARS SINCE THE SECOND 119 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:43,800 WORLD WAR. 120 00:03:39,766 --> 00:03:46,300 NOT TO VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS AND 121 00:03:41,566 --> 00:03:47,133 TO RESPECT THE FUNDAMENTAL 122 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:49,933 PRINCIPLE OF THE FREEDOM OF THE 123 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:51,666 PRESS AND SPEECH. 124 00:03:47,133 --> 00:03:53,533 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IS GOING 125 00:03:49,933 --> 00:03:55,700 ON INSIDE THE SAUDI ARABIA. 126 00:03:51,666 --> 00:03:57,700 IT MATTERS MUCH MORE THAT THE 127 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:59,700 UNITED STATES SETS A POSITIVE 128 00:03:55,700 --> 00:04:00,766 TONE, A TONE THAT IS AFFIRMATIVE 129 00:03:57,700 --> 00:04:02,333 OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND NOT OPPOSED 130 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:03,633 TO IT. 131 00:04:00,766 --> 00:04:06,233 >> AS CECILE SHEA SAID AT THIS 132 00:04:02,333 --> 00:04:06,800 POINT, THE UNITED STATES IS NOT 133 00:04:03,633 --> 00:04:10,100 AS RELIANT ON SAUDI OIL AS IT 134 00:04:06,233 --> 00:04:11,766 ONCE WAS. 135 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:12,566 SO AS IT STANDS NOW, WHO IS MORE 136 00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:13,900 RELIANT ON WHO AT THIS POINT? 137 00:04:11,766 --> 00:04:15,400 THE UNITED STATES TO SAUDI 138 00:04:12,566 --> 00:04:16,500 ARABIA OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 139 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:20,000 >> I AGREE WITH CECILE SHEA. 140 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:21,800 THAT THE UNITED STATES IN 141 00:04:16,500 --> 00:04:23,000 PARTICULAR IS NOT DEPENDENT AS 142 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:25,166 IT ONCE WERE ON SAUDI OIL. 143 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:26,466 AND THAT IS RELATIVE. 144 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:28,700 WE HAVE TO THINK IN TERMS OF 145 00:04:25,166 --> 00:04:31,566 ABSOLUTE IN ABSOLUTE TERMS. 146 00:04:26,466 --> 00:04:32,600 IT'S ALL THE SAME POT THE SAME 147 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:35,066 OIL MARKETS ALL THE SAME OIL 148 00:04:31,566 --> 00:04:37,100 BEING TRADED. 149 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:38,666 AND THEREFORE WE CANNOT LOOK AT 150 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:39,433 THE RELATIONSHIP AS BEING ONE OF 151 00:04:37,100 --> 00:04:41,066 ONLY THE UNITED STATES DEPENDING 152 00:04:38,666 --> 00:04:43,400 ON SAUDIS. 153 00:04:39,433 --> 00:04:45,233 A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT REMEMBER 154 00:04:41,066 --> 00:04:47,266 THE EMBARGO IN 1973. 155 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:50,066 THE SAUDIS ARE NOT CAPABLE OF 156 00:04:45,233 --> 00:04:51,666 THE SAME ACTION BUT I FEAR GIVEN 157 00:04:47,266 --> 00:04:53,666 THAT SAUDI ARABIA IS THE WORLD'S 158 00:04:50,066 --> 00:04:55,866 PREEMPTNENT OIL PRODUCER THAT 159 00:04:51,666 --> 00:04:56,466 YES, THE UNITED STATES DOES NEED 160 00:04:53,666 --> 00:04:58,266 SAUDI ARABIA IN ORDER TO HAVE A 161 00:04:55,866 --> 00:04:59,233 STABLE GLOBAL ECONOMY. 162 00:04:56,466 --> 00:05:00,266 YOU CANNOT HAVE THAT WITHOUT 163 00:04:58,266 --> 00:05:01,533 STABLE OIL PRICES. 164 00:04:59,233 --> 00:05:03,466 >> DOES THE UNITED STATES NEED 165 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:04,266 SAUDI ARABIA TO HAVE A STABLE 166 00:05:01,533 --> 00:05:06,200 MIDDLE EAST? 167 00:05:03,466 --> 00:05:09,966 >> CECILE SHEA? 168 00:05:04,266 --> 00:05:11,000 >> I WOULD ARGUE THAT SAUDI 169 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:17,500 ARABIA IS AN AENACT MA TO A 170 00:05:09,966 --> 00:05:18,400 STABLE MIDDLE EAST. 171 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:18,866 THEIR ACTIONS OF EXPORTING 172 00:05:17,500 --> 00:05:18,866 2345UD GNAWED. 173 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:18,866 THEY HAVE WITHIN 174 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,466 THEY HAVE BEEN AN UNHELPFUL 175 00:05:21,666 --> 00:05:27,500 PARTY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 176 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:27,866 ISLAM AROUND THE WORLD. 177 00:05:25,466 --> 00:05:29,633 AND MADE THE U.S. MORE 178 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:31,966 DANGEROUS. 179 00:05:27,866 --> 00:05:33,633 THEY HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC FOR 180 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:35,966 OUR OWN NATIONAL SECURITY AND WE 181 00:05:31,966 --> 00:05:36,333 SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IGNORING IT 182 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:37,533 FOR DECADES AND NOT IGNORING IT 183 00:05:35,966 --> 00:05:40,000 NOW. 184 00:05:36,333 --> 00:05:41,866 >> AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER 185 00:05:37,533 --> 00:05:46,300 THERE IS TRUTH IN THE AMOUNT OF 186 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:48,400 MONEY THAT SAUDI ARABIA HAS 187 00:05:41,866 --> 00:05:50,466 PLEDGED TO BUY ARMMENTS FROM THE 188 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:52,133 UNITED STATES THE PRESIDENT SAID 189 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:53,933 410 BILLION TO 450 BILLION AND 190 00:05:50,466 --> 00:05:57,166 MOST SAY THAT IT DOESN'T 191 00:05:52,133 --> 00:05:57,933 APPROACH ANYWHERE NEAR THAT AND 192 00:05:53,933 --> 00:05:59,500 MOST CONTRACTS WILL NEVER BE 193 00:05:57,166 --> 00:06:02,333 FULFILLED? 194 00:05:57,933 --> 00:06:03,733 >> EDDIE IT'S $15 BILLION WHICH 195 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:06,833 IS A GOOD CHUNK OF CHANGE AND WE 196 00:06:02,333 --> 00:06:08,566 SHOULDN'T BURN OUR BRIDGES WHEN 197 00:06:03,733 --> 00:06:10,200 IT COMES TO 15 BILLION DOLLARS. 198 00:06:06,833 --> 00:06:11,966 BUT, I DON'T LIKE LISTEN TO 199 00:06:08,566 --> 00:06:13,766 ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK 200 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:15,200 THE UNITED STATES NEEDS SAUDI 201 00:06:11,966 --> 00:06:18,066 ARABIA THAT IT IS IN OUR 202 00:06:13,766 --> 00:06:19,300 STRATEGIC AND NATIONAL INTEREST 203 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:23,000 TO DEPEND ON SAUDI ARABIA AND I 204 00:06:18,066 --> 00:06:27,266 SOMEWHAT DISAGREE WITH CECILE 205 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:29,966 SHEA AND THE POINT SHE IS MAKING 206 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:32,033 IS LEGITIMATE AND THEY HAVE BEEN 207 00:06:27,266 --> 00:06:34,266 FUELING ISLAMISMS AND THEISMS 208 00:06:29,966 --> 00:06:35,333 AND WE MUST HAVE A MEMORY LOOK 209 00:06:32,033 --> 00:06:36,700 AT 1979, THE YEAR THAT TURNED 210 00:06:34,266 --> 00:06:39,733 SAUDI ARABIA IN THE STATE THAT 211 00:06:35,333 --> 00:06:42,066 WE KNOW IT TODAY. 212 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:43,533 IF ANYTHING, THE CROWN PRINCE IS 213 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:46,800 MOVING AWAY FROM THAT BRINK. 214 00:06:42,066 --> 00:06:47,633 HE LIKE STABILIZING SAUDI ARABIA 215 00:06:43,533 --> 00:06:49,466 AND SORT OF LIKE MODERATING THE 216 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,233 RADICAL ISLAM. 217 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:52,200 SAUDI ARABIA HAS RIGHTLY SO BEEN 218 00:06:49,466 --> 00:06:52,666 ACCUSED OF DOING. 219 00:06:50,233 --> 00:06:56,200 BUT THE IRANIAN INFLUENCE AS 220 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:58,833 WELL. 221 00:06:52,666 --> 00:07:00,133 IN 1979 IRAN HAS A REVOLUTION 222 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:01,433 WHERE THEY ARE EXPORTING SHI'ITE 223 00:06:58,833 --> 00:07:03,133 EXTREMISM NOT AROUND THE MIDDLE 224 00:07:00,133 --> 00:07:07,666 EAST BUT AROUND THE WORLD. 225 00:07:01,433 --> 00:07:10,066 >> THE QUESTION IS AT THIS 226 00:07:03,133 --> 00:07:10,433 POINT, IS THERE A MORAL 227 00:07:07,666 --> 00:07:12,233 PREROGATIVE IN CANCELING THE 228 00:07:10,066 --> 00:07:14,033 CONTRACTS? 229 00:07:10,433 --> 00:07:15,166 AND SANCTIONING THE SAUDIS? 230 00:07:12,233 --> 00:07:16,966 WHAT DO YOU THINK CECILE SHEA? 231 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:18,333 >> WELL, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE 232 00:07:15,166 --> 00:07:19,833 A DEBATE ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO 233 00:07:16,966 --> 00:07:23,000 ABOUT THE CONTRACTS. 234 00:07:18,333 --> 00:07:23,266 WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT MORE 235 00:07:19,833 --> 00:07:25,266 KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT THE WEAPONS 236 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:27,800 ARE. 237 00:07:23,266 --> 00:07:30,533 AND WEAPON SALES TO ANY COUNTRY 238 00:07:25,266 --> 00:07:31,733 ARE SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED BY 239 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:33,300 THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE 240 00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:35,433 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND 241 00:07:31,733 --> 00:07:38,266 CONGRESS WOULD NORMALLY HAVE A 242 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:39,066 SAY AND WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES 243 00:07:35,433 --> 00:07:41,700 AS WE DO WITH WEAPONS SALES 244 00:07:38,266 --> 00:07:43,000 BUT -- 245 00:07:39,066 --> 00:07:46,233 >> RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT THIS 246 00:07:41,700 --> 00:07:48,733 MURDER, THE C.I.A. DETERMINED 247 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:50,266 THAT THE CROWN PRINCE AND 248 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:50,600 POSSIBLY HIS INNER CIRCLE OR THE 249 00:07:48,733 --> 00:07:52,566 WIDER CIRCLE WERE BEHIND THE 250 00:07:50,266 --> 00:07:54,400 MURDER. 251 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:55,733 THE PRESIDENT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO 252 00:07:52,566 --> 00:07:56,666 GO BY THAT FINDING S THERE A 253 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:58,466 MORAL STANDING THAT THE 254 00:07:55,733 --> 00:07:59,900 PRESIDENT SHOULD BE TAKING 255 00:07:56,666 --> 00:08:00,333 RATHER THAN AN ECONOMIC ONE? 256 00:07:58,466 --> 00:08:01,466 >> I THINK THERE IS A MORAL 257 00:07:59,900 --> 00:08:03,133 STANDING. 258 00:08:00,333 --> 00:08:04,533 I THINK THAT THE WORLD IS 259 00:08:01,466 --> 00:08:07,266 WATCHING HOW WE'RE GOING TO 260 00:08:03,133 --> 00:08:09,100 REACT. 261 00:08:04,533 --> 00:08:10,733 I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIZE OF THE 262 00:08:07,266 --> 00:08:13,466 SANCTIONS THEY SHOULD BE OR WHAT 263 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:16,433 FORM THEY SHOULD TAKE BUT I 264 00:08:10,733 --> 00:08:17,200 THINK THERE IS SUCH WIDESPREAD 265 00:08:13,466 --> 00:08:18,900 AND BIPARTISAN CRITICISM OF THE 266 00:08:16,433 --> 00:08:20,900 ACTION -- 267 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:22,633 >> INCLUDING FROM SENATOR 268 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:23,033 LINDSEY GRAHAM THAT HE HAS 269 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:24,700 BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR 270 00:08:22,633 --> 00:08:26,266 SANCTIONS. 271 00:08:23,033 --> 00:08:27,700 >> AND YEMEN, THE HORROR THAT IS 272 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:29,666 GOING ON WITH THE CHILDREN 273 00:08:26,266 --> 00:08:30,066 STARVING TO DEATH AND TENS OF 274 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:32,266 THOUSANDS OF CIVILIAN 275 00:08:29,666 --> 00:08:33,900 CASUALTIES. 276 00:08:30,066 --> 00:08:35,933 I THINK IT'S TIME FOR ACTION. 277 00:08:32,266 --> 00:08:37,600 WHAT THE ACTION SHOULD BE? 278 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:39,533 I AM AHE NOT PREPARED TO SAY. 279 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:40,366 AND IN PART BECAUSE WE DON'T 280 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,400 UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE 281 00:08:39,533 --> 00:08:43,100 ARMS SALES. 282 00:08:40,366 --> 00:08:45,400 >> KHALIL MARRAN, DO YOU BELIEVE 283 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:47,133 THE C.I.A.'S FINDINGS THAT THE 284 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:48,466 CROWN PRINCE AND PERHAPS A WIDER 285 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:49,333 CIRCLE OF SAUDI OFFICIALS WERE 286 00:08:47,133 --> 00:08:51,400 BEHIND THE MURDER? 287 00:08:48,466 --> 00:08:53,200 >> IT'S COMMON SENSE. 288 00:08:49,333 --> 00:08:53,933 NOTHING HAPPENS IN TERMS OF 289 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:55,366 SAUDI FOREIGN POLICY WITHOUT THE 290 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:56,366 CROWN PRINCE. 291 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:58,066 >> WHAT IS THE REACTION DO YOU 292 00:08:55,366 --> 00:09:00,300 THINK FROM THE REST OF THE 293 00:08:56,366 --> 00:09:01,933 MIDDLE EAST OR THE REST OF THE 294 00:08:58,066 --> 00:09:04,433 WORLD TO OUR FOREIGN POLICY WHEN 295 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:06,566 THE PRESIDENT HAS CHOSEN TO 296 00:09:01,933 --> 00:09:09,866 IGNORE THAT FINDING? 297 00:09:04,433 --> 00:09:10,233 >> IT IS A THANK YOU FROM THE 298 00:09:06,566 --> 00:09:13,000 AUTO CONTRACTS AND DICTATORS AND 299 00:09:09,866 --> 00:09:14,633 MONARCHS. 300 00:09:10,233 --> 00:09:16,000 YOU HAVE TURKEY CRYING CROCODILE 301 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:17,966 TEARS ABOUT A MURDERED 302 00:09:14,633 --> 00:09:21,500 JOURNALIST WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR 303 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:22,233 OWN COUNTLESS JOURNALISTS THAT 304 00:09:17,966 --> 00:09:24,033 ARE JAILED AND IMPRISONED FOR 305 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:25,233 DOING LESLIE HINDMAN AUCTIONEERS 306 00:09:22,233 --> 00:09:28,266 BRAVE IN HINDSIGHT NOW I SAY 307 00:09:24,033 --> 00:09:30,100 THIS THAN WHAT JAMAL KHASHOGGI 308 00:09:25,233 --> 00:09:32,266 WAS DOING. 309 00:09:28,266 --> 00:09:33,333 >> SO, IT ALSO BRINGS UP THE 310 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:35,566 ISSUE OF WHAT PERSONAL INTEREST 311 00:09:32,266 --> 00:09:37,066 THE PRESIDENT MIGHT HAVE. 312 00:09:33,333 --> 00:09:39,000 HE SAYS HE HAS NO FINANCIAL TIES 313 00:09:35,566 --> 00:09:40,833 IN SAUDI ARABIA. 314 00:09:37,066 --> 00:09:42,933 WHEN THAT IS NOT EXACTLY TRUE. 315 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:44,566 THE SAUDIS HAVE BAILED HIM OUT 316 00:09:40,833 --> 00:09:46,800 OF A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHEN HE 317 00:09:42,933 --> 00:09:48,666 HAS HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. 318 00:09:44,566 --> 00:09:50,733 THEY BOUGHT THE 45TH FLOOR OF 319 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:52,733 THE TRUMP WORLD TOWER IN NEW 320 00:09:48,666 --> 00:09:54,200 YORK TO THE TO BE CONFUSED WITH 321 00:09:50,733 --> 00:09:56,633 THE TRUMP TOWER ANOTHER PART OF 322 00:09:52,733 --> 00:09:57,666 MANHATTAN AND THE QUESTION ABOUT 323 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:59,833 WHAT INTEREST HIS SON-IN-LAW, 324 00:09:56,633 --> 00:10:00,766 JARED KUSHNER MIGHT HAVE. 325 00:09:57,666 --> 00:10:02,433 DO YOU THINK THIS IS FACTORING 326 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:03,333 INTO HIS DECISION? 327 00:10:00,766 --> 00:10:06,366 >> I WORRY IT'S FACTORING INTO 328 00:10:02,433 --> 00:10:07,433 HIS DECISION. 329 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:09,933 THE FACT THAT NEITHER JARED 330 00:10:06,366 --> 00:10:11,533 KUSHNER NOR THE PRESIDENT WOULD 331 00:10:07,433 --> 00:10:13,200 BE ABLE TO GET ANY OTHER JOB IN 332 00:10:09,933 --> 00:10:15,533 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF 333 00:10:11,533 --> 00:10:17,900 THE COMPLEX DEALINGS AND THE 334 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:18,900 LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBT THEY HOLD. 335 00:10:15,533 --> 00:10:21,300 IT'S PROBLEMATIC WHEN KUSHNER IS 336 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:22,866 DEALING WITH CHINA OR SAUDI 337 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:24,433 ARABIA KNOWING HIS FAMILY IS 338 00:10:21,300 --> 00:10:24,766 DESPERATE FOR AN INFUSION OF 339 00:10:22,866 --> 00:10:26,300 CAPITAL INTO THE REAL ESTATE 340 00:10:24,433 --> 00:10:28,466 EMPIRE. 341 00:10:24,766 --> 00:10:30,433 BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIS TAX 342 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:31,833 RETURNS AND HE HAS NOT BEEN 343 00:10:28,466 --> 00:10:33,766 FORTHCOMING WITH HIS DEALINGS WE 344 00:10:30,433 --> 00:10:35,066 DON'T KNOW WHAT PRESIDENT 345 00:10:31,833 --> 00:10:37,700 TRUMP'S PAST OR PRESENT DEALINGS 346 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:38,733 ARE WITH SAUDI ARABIA AND WE 347 00:10:35,066 --> 00:10:40,633 DON'T KNOW WHAT FUTURE IDEAS HE 348 00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:42,400 HAS ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA. 349 00:10:38,733 --> 00:10:42,733 AND THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL THAT 350 00:10:40,633 --> 00:10:44,900 HE MAY HOPE TO GAIN FROM THAT 351 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,966 COUNTRY. 352 00:10:42,733 --> 00:10:48,033 SO, YES, IT'S REALLY 353 00:10:44,900 --> 00:10:49,166 PROBLEMATIC. 354 00:10:45,966 --> 00:10:51,033 >> WE SAW PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE 355 00:10:48,033 --> 00:10:52,333 CROWN PRINCE. 356 00:10:49,166 --> 00:10:53,633 ONE OF THEM WAS WHEN HE DID HIS 357 00:10:51,033 --> 00:10:54,700 GRAND TOUR OF THE UNITED STATES 358 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:56,500 EARLIER THIS YEAR WHERE HE MET 359 00:10:53,633 --> 00:10:58,066 NOT ONLY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP 360 00:10:54,700 --> 00:11:02,366 BUT WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENTS 361 00:10:56,500 --> 00:11:05,800 BUSH AND A LOT OF CELEBRITIES 362 00:10:58,066 --> 00:11:08,333 AND MET WITH BUSINESS LEADERS. 363 00:11:02,366 --> 00:11:09,600 DOES THIS CHANGE THE U.S. 364 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:12,266 RELATIONSHIP WITH SAUDI ARABIA 365 00:11:08,333 --> 00:11:13,600 EVEN IF PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T 366 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:15,466 WANT IT TO CHANGE? 367 00:11:12,266 --> 00:11:17,633 >> I DON'T THINK SO. 368 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:19,766 I MEAN, THE PRESIDENT IS THE 369 00:11:15,466 --> 00:11:22,000 DECIDER IN CHIEF. 370 00:11:17,633 --> 00:11:23,633 CONGRESS IS NOT ABLE TO ACT IN 371 00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:26,900 THE WAY THAT ANYBODY WAS 372 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:27,166 OUTRAGED ABOUT THE JAMAL 373 00:11:23,633 --> 00:11:28,500 KHASHOGGI MURDER WANTS THEM TO 374 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:29,600 ACT. 375 00:11:27,166 --> 00:11:30,833 CONGRESS IS LIMITED. 376 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:33,200 THE PRESIDENT IS THE DECIDER IN 377 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:35,133 CHIEF AND THE PRESIDENT IS GOING 378 00:11:30,833 --> 00:11:35,900 TO SET THE TONE AND HE HAS SET 379 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:39,133 THE TONE AND IT'S NOT LOOKING 380 00:11:35,133 --> 00:11:41,866 GOOD. 381 00:11:35,900 --> 00:11:42,333 LISTEN WHEN NBS CAME HERE AND 382 00:11:39,133 --> 00:11:44,066 DID THE TOUR HE HAD MEDIA 383 00:11:41,866 --> 00:11:46,666 INTERVIEWS. 384 00:11:42,333 --> 00:11:50,000 AND IF FOLKS LOOK AT THE 385 00:11:44,066 --> 00:11:50,266 INTERVIEWS THEY WILL NOTICE 386 00:11:46,666 --> 00:11:51,300 EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT 387 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,400 NOW. 388 00:11:50,266 --> 00:11:55,800 FREEDOM WITHIN LIMITS. 389 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:56,266 THERE IS AN OLD SLOGAN AT THE 390 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:57,633 SAUDIS LOVE TO SORT OF TALK 391 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,933 ABOUT. 392 00:11:56,266 --> 00:12:02,166 AND OR EXPRESS. 393 00:11:57,633 --> 00:12:03,800 AND THAT SLOGAN IS PROGRESS 394 00:11:59,933 --> 00:12:05,266 WITHOUT CHANGE. 395 00:12:02,166 --> 00:12:07,300 >> SO CECILE SHEA WHAT DO YOU 396 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:08,833 BELIEVE WILL CHANGE FROM HERE? 397 00:12:05,266 --> 00:12:09,600 THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST 398 00:12:07,300 --> 00:12:10,900 SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN POLICY 399 00:12:08,833 --> 00:12:14,266 DETERMINATIONS COMING OUT OF 400 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:15,833 THIS ADMINISTRATION. 401 00:12:10,900 --> 00:12:17,133 AND THESE NEXT TWO YEARS OF HIS 402 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:18,666 TERM, WHAT WILL CHANGE IF 403 00:12:15,833 --> 00:12:19,000 ANYTHING BECAUSE OF THIS? 404 00:12:17,133 --> 00:12:20,500 >> WELL, I THINK TWO OR THREE 405 00:12:18,666 --> 00:12:24,933 THINGS. 406 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:25,700 FIRST, THE ONE THING THAT IS 407 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:28,233 CLEAR IS THAT NBS IS NOT THE 408 00:12:24,933 --> 00:12:29,800 BRILLIANT POLITICIAN. 409 00:12:25,700 --> 00:12:32,666 HE IS UNSOPHISTICATED HE IS 410 00:12:28,233 --> 00:12:34,466 SHOCKED THAT MURDERING AN 411 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:39,700 EMPLOYEE OF THE MOST RICHEST MAN 412 00:12:32,666 --> 00:12:41,366 IN THE WORLD, JAMAL KHASHOGGI 413 00:12:34,466 --> 00:12:43,133 WORKED FOR JEFF BEES SO, SOME 414 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:45,000 BEZOS AND SOME ON ON CAPITOL 415 00:12:41,366 --> 00:12:47,233 HILL HAD FRIENDS IN THE SENATE 416 00:12:43,133 --> 00:12:48,200 AND THE HOUSE WAS A JOURNALIST 417 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:49,366 THAT HE SEEMED SHOCKED THAT 418 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:51,500 ANYONE WOULD HAVE CARED ABOUT 419 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:52,333 THIS. 420 00:12:49,366 --> 00:12:54,166 >> THE FOREIGN POLICY COMING OUT 421 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:56,666 OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. 422 00:12:52,333 --> 00:12:59,700 >> I THINK WE WILL SEE LESS 423 00:12:54,166 --> 00:13:01,333 SPACE IN NBF AND START LOOKING 424 00:12:56,666 --> 00:13:02,900 FOR PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE OF SAUD