jamaal and somehow implying the fact that he is engaged in a fist fight with a trained security agent who knows how to take control of anybody, who is approaching him, that makes no sense whatsoever. and those facts will change as the investigation progresses. there s another thing here think that is really quite ominous. the saudis are going to have to deal with this. they are suggesting to us, that the security agents conducted a preplanned operation on a rapid response because jamal khashoggi is coming back to the consulate under the authority of the regime intelligence service. and they are saying that this is a rogue operation. when i look at that, when it comes to my mind is, we don t know if the crown prince directed, authorized or had knowledge of it. or anyone s in the regime. but this much we do know.
sunday. hello again from fox news in washington. 17 days after the disappearance of jamaal, the saudi government is finally offering its account of what happened to him. much of the world is not buying it. the saudi say he was killed in a fist fight in their consulate in instant goal. they have arrested 18 people involved in the case and fired five top officials, some with close ties to the saudi crown prince. president trump said he finds the report credible but will work with congress to find ways to punish the saudi government. joining me now from kentucky, republican senator rand paul, a key member of the senate foreign relationsra committee. senator, let s start with your reaction to the saudi account that he was killed by accident in a fist fight at the consulate and that the saudi crown prince had nothing to do
leave no room behind with xfi pods. simple. easy. awesome. click or visit a retail store today. don t forget, saudi arabia is a partner against iran and missiles and what their saudi arabia is our partner, our ally against iran and against missiles and against what they re doing, trying to take over theri middle east. president trump standing by our alliance with saudi arabia that now faces a tough task going forward. it s time for our sunday group, speaker of the house newt gingrich, former, democratic congresswoman jane harman director of the woodrowor wilson center, and mark short, former director of legislative affairs for president trump. speaker gingrich, what you make of the saudi arabia account of what happened to jamaal and who was responsible and how severely do you think
the results, they could reject them and launch their own independent investigation and/or begin to impose consequences. remember, jamaal s murder is not the first but it s at the end of a long series of reckless and destructive moves by the crown prince. the boycott against qatar, which has split the gulf, the disastrous war in lebanon and a lot of oppression at home, ana. and we, even though we do have an important relationship with the saudis, are either by acquiescence, silence or support aligning ourselves with a regime that is pursuing policies that undermine our own values and interests. so i m not calling for panning the relationship but we really
executive, mbs, should go. i think that s going to be extremely difficult for them to swallow. and that may have, indeed, a delay. we re getting some signals there was going to be a statement and now there s been a delay as perhaps they re refashioning what they are going to say about this incident, brooke. refashioning, huh? sam and clarissa, thank you so much. this heartbreaking shift is coming from the family of jamal khashoggi for the first time. they acknowledge that the father of four is dead. as part of their statement calling for an independent investigation, they say, and i m quoting them now, the strong moral and legal responsibility which our father instilled in us obliges us to call for the establishment of an independent and impartial international commission to inquire into the circumstances of his death. joining me as a friend and dear colleague of jamaal, she is global opinions editor. i cannot even begin to