5:15 eastern time. a powerful response from the washington post after the president gave saudi arabia what amounts to a pass on the murder of jamal khashoggi. the publisher writing, a clear and dangerous messages has been sent around the world. flash enough money in front of the united states and you could literally get away with murder. now a day after mr. trump said maybe crown prince mohammed bin salman was involved and maybe he wasn t, the top saudi official is using the president s cover to shield the crown prince. we have jomana karadsheh live in istanbul. jomana, good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. it was expected the auwe saudisd be pleased with the president s statement. it would come as a relief after all of the pressure they have been under when it comes to this case.