it s early. we ll keep you also reaction to the mattis departure and what it could mean with the war on terror and the position with the middle east with the president set to pull troops out of syria and afghanistan. the former commander of the u.s.s. lippold. general mattis resignation is going to leave a huge hole in the department of defense. there s going to be a ripple effect. obviously he had a fundamental difference in the foreign policy view in the world from the president and he chose open his timing and conditions when he would resign. the president i think like his predecessor unfortunately is really not looking through the second and third order affects that will happen. the middle east abhors a vacuum. we ve made an investment there and he made this call after talking to president erdogan in turkey. they re getting ready to
oil goes up you get tons of business investment. you can see those in the gdp numbers. so when we got a drop in business investment in 2015-2016 caused a mini recession, something the netanyahu pointed out. 26 ot05 in 2016, what happen? fracking stopped. low price of oil cuts business investment in the u.s. e we are an oil-producing country now much more than a consumer country as far as price of oil goes. go ahead. sorry. i was going to say, think about the implications of this, though. okay. what does this tell you? it tells you this president has essentially created open season on this type of behavior around the world. he has given a free pass to despots, to dictators around the world. if you re duterte in the philippines, erdogan in turkey. gosh, he s been more aggressive on this than president trump. how can you and putin.
has just posted the last piece the journalist wrote, filed shortly before he was seen entering that saudi consulate in turkey. the op-ed column is about, of all things, the importance of a free press in the arab world. khashoggi writes here in part, arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. there was a time when journalists believed the internet would liberate information from the censorship and control associated with print media. but these governments, whose very existence relies on the control of information, have aggressively blocked the internet. they have also arrested local reporters and pressured advertisers to harm the revenue of specific publications. tonight there are still many unanswered questions in his disappearance. earlier today turkish investigators searched the residence of the saudi consul general. forensic experts used ultraviolet light trying to detect blood stains inside. the residence is near the consulat
very existence relies on the control of information, have aggressively blocked the internet. they have also arrested local reporters and pressured advertisers to harm the revenue of specific publications. tonight there are still many unanswered questions in his disappearance. earlier today turkish investigators searched the residence of the saudi consul general. forensic experts used ultraviolet light trying to detect blood stains inside. the residence is near the consulate. it s considered a critical site, as you might imagine, in this investigation. at this point turkey still has not released purported audio recordings that turkish officials say prove khashoggi was tortured and killed in the consulate. our secretary of state mike pompeo met with president erdogan in turkey earlier today. washington post reports pompeo received a firsthand briefing on turkey s allegation that khashoggi was murdered by saudi agents but he did not listen to an audio recording that turkey
control of information, have aggressively blocked the internet. they have also arrested local reporters and pressured advertisers to harm the revenue of specific publications. tonight there are still many unanswered questions in his disappearance. earlier today turkish investigators searched the residence of the saudi consul general. forensic experts used ultraviolet light trying to detect blood stains inside. the residence is near the consulate. it s considered a critical site, as you might imagine, in this investigation. at this point turkey still has not released purported audio recordings that turkish officials say prove khashoggi was tortured and killed in the consulate. our secretary of state mike pompeo met with president erdogan in turkey earlier today. washington post reports pompeo received a firsthand briefing on turkey s allegation that khashoggi was murdered by saudi agents but he did not listen to an audio recording that turkey says offers a gruesome rendering