individuals that they believe were involved in this circumstance and talk about the strong diplomatic outreach on background they ll tell you listen, this is about a big picture view versus maybe looking at a very specific incident. it is that thought process that seems to be guiding the white house s thinking on this. now, as i ve also pointed out the president laid it out during the thanksgiving chat with u.s. service personnel yesterday also talking to the reporters in the room and explaining his mindset that this is a clear idea for him. president trump: saudi arabia has been a long-time strategic partner. they are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in our country. i mean hundreds of billions. they re keeping the oil prices low. the c.i.a. doesn t say they did it. they do point out certain things and in pointing out those things, you can conclude that maybe he did or maybe he
you have very senior government officials breaking the rules. i m not justifying hillary clinton s use of a private server. i think it was wrong just as it was wrong for the president s daughter to do it and i m sure they can find out one used a dell, one used an apple. one is blond and one is brown haired. the fact is you had senior government officials going against protocol and who knows whether those were retained or not? maybe if there is an investigation in ivanka s use of emails it is different. at the end of the day the important thing is the american public regain confidence in the f.b.i., in the c.i.a. for example once again the president of the united states is saying that all the good work done by the c.i.a. around the saudi arabian killing of khashoggi, i don t care, i don t believe that, who knows. we have a lot of work to do to reestablish the confidence that americans should have in organizations like the f.b.i. and c.i.a. and department of justice. rick: jim comey is
consider the happy cookbook for the chef in your life. finish your christmas shopping and buy that cookbook. happy thanksgiving a day late. see you monday. fox news alert, tensions heightened at the southern border as president trump authorizes the use of lethal force threatening to shut down the whole border with mexico if illegal immigration becomes in his words uncontrollable. good morning, i m rick leventhal and 10 pounds heavier after thanksgiving. i m julie banderas. happy day to you. bill and sandra are off today. immigration one item of the list of grievances after the president s thanksgiving call to the troops and doubling down on his feud with justice john roberts revealing his suspicion on the courts before contradicting the c.i.a. s
rick: what do you think? the democrats want to suggest that the republican oversight has been entirely biased. i know people who talk to me who, for example, entirely defend robert mueller. call him an upstanding guy and at the same time say what hillary clinton did was evidently wrong and there were clear reasons for prosecution. so it s not black, it s not white. there is truth on both sides of this. rick: we ll leave it there. hugo gurdon, thank you for being with us today. more reaction from house members coming up throughout the morning. democrat matt cartwright will join us at the bottom of the hour and we ll hear from republican sean duffy at 11:15 eastern. julie: another fox news alert on the fallout over the death of jamal khashoggi. president trump appearing to question the c.i.a. s assessment that is confident the saudi crown prince was behind the saudi dissident s murder.
president trump: i hate the crime. i hate what s done. i hate the cover-up. and i will tell you this, the crown prince hates it more than i do. and they have vehemently denied it. the c.i.a. points it both ways. julie: benjamin hall is live in london with the latest. hi, benjamin. rick: hi. there is a real sense that president trump wants to move on from this issue and focus on bigger picture policy issues in the middle east and said it in no uncertain terms yesterday. national security and the economy matter to him moeft. saudi arabia is also very keen to move on from this. earlier we saw the crown prince taking his first trip abroad since khashoggi s murder. it is a sign that he has the full support of king salman and remains the defacto leader of saudi arabia. he will be at the g20 summit in argentina where he will meet president trump and turkish