a few hours ago. and i ve been their biggest offender on the floor of the united states senate this guy is a wrecking ball he had this guy murdered in a consulate in turkey in to expect me to ignore and feel used and abused i was on the floor every time defending saudi arabia because there s a good ally there s a difference between a country and an individual the n.b.s. figure is to me toxic he can never be a world leader on the world stage what does the president do thank that s up to the president but what i would do i know what i m going to do and sanction the hell out of saudi arabia. i mean those strong words there the m.b. s that he mentioned that is the soul of the prince do you anticipate the u.s. and the european union slapping saudi arabia with sanctions and what about the future for the crown prince. well that s certainly a bold statement from senator graham. given the fact that the republican party has
be inside the consul s residence. well i mean there are a lot of unknowns about this and it s a pretty dreadful and my car story but i mean there s been so many sources being anonymous sources from the turkish investigation they have been pointing to the fact that they believe that one possible scenario is that after the body was dismembered it was dissolved in caustic soda that was one of the narrative being put forward and in fact the turkish president speaking today said they were looking at toxic substances that were found at the saudi consulate possible indication that they are following that i mean you ve said it possibly may not be anything left there s also talk that they even sewers have been examined underneath the consulate and the saudi residence to look for the possible remains of the body it is a truly dreadful story and there s a lot of people concerned that they may never even find any remains of this saudi journalist the u.s. president don t trump i m saying again the
that they know nothing about what happened inside the consul s residence in is still on board at the same time the u.s. secretary of state might prompt. travel to turkey tomorrow after meeting with the soul the king do we know what role he could play in this. the tragic story of this dark investigation. well that very difficult to say in the very little has been said of secretary of state. meetings with the saudi king and the crown prince of it in saying that they are both committed to a transparent investigation there is growing speculation that the possible creation of a way out of diplomatic out for riyadh is being created these ongoing reports from the american media that riyadh at some point will acknowledge their responsibility in the deaths saying it was a botched interrogation carried out pasta levi rogue agent president trump has a loose elucidated to that scenario and interestingly also advises lead to the
turkish president for several days to have said that this is a possibility is all indicates a visit to her will be part of the diplomatic corps graphy to create a diplomatic out for riyadh at what price what price riyadh will have to pay for that remains to be seen and whether they will take that opportunity. or corresponded dorian jones on the story for us tonight it is jim thank you. for more on the international pressure that is facing saudi arabia tonight i m joined by daniel berlant he is an expert on the middle east and it s good to see you again what should we make in your opinion of the solti consuls sudden departure from turkey. well certainly the consul enjoys diplomatic immunity but you don t know in which direction the the move the general atmosphere is going to swing in turkey. would he have to cooperate would he have to provide information it is also possible that he was not involved in the plan if it was if it s really true that
journalist the u.s. president don t trump form saying again that the saudi king and the crown prince saying that they know nothing about what happened inside the consul s residence in is still on board at the same time the u.s. secretary of state mike pumping he is due to travel to turkey tomorrow after meeting with the soul of the team do we know what role he could play in this tragic story in this dark investigation. well it s very difficult to say in the very little has been said of secretary of state. meetings with the saudi king and the crown prince other than saying that they are both committed to a transparent investigation there is growing speculation that the possible creation of a way out a diplomatic out for riyadh is being created these ongoing reports from the american media that riyadh at some point will acknowledge their responsibility in