condemn them, even though the cia said mohammad bin salman was directly responsible for murdering the journalist, something we reported, "the new york times," cnn, nbc, a lost of people confirmed this. he's still coming down to this more economicali calculation it's troubling to a lot of us. but in some ways this is not surprising, this is where we always felt he would come down for him, his relationship with the saudis is deeply personal. he doesn't want to be seen going against mohammad bin salman and he's having trouble separating this as my personal relationship with mbs and his father versus what's in the nation's natural interest. >> there are so many ways to go with this story, and we will try to get with them all, but let's focus on what the president said in terms of the deal he wants to protect with the saudis. he's talking about a $450