president trump was not president, would you bring charges against him for this? well, you know what, i haven t read all the details of the charges. i mean, i have read the news accounts of it. but certainly, john, you have a very troubling situation. you now have a guilty conviction of the president s campaign manager. you have a guilty plea by the president s national security adviser, michael flynn. and now you have a plea and sentencing by the president s personal lawyer. this is not like minor league plumbers that broke into the watergate hotel in 19 in 1972. these are people in the inner circle of this administration, and that s clearly why the president is so panicked right now. so saudi arabia and jamal khasoggi, these are issues you care about deeply right now. absolutely. president trump was asked
saudi arabia after the journalist jamal khasoggi. right now on the senate floor, lawmakers are debating something that would punish saudi arabia by pulling american support for troops fighting in yemen civil war, that is backed by saudi arabia. the resolution has been around since before he was killed, the deal primarily as with the act and sponsored by mike lee and independent bernie sanders. mitch mcconnell is telling republicans to vote no, he supports a separate measure cosponsored by republican senator bob corker. he thinks that wood is a better job of addressing the broader concerns about saudi arabia, blamed by u.s. intel agencies of being complicit or worse in the murder of the journalist, jamal khasoggi. bret: peter, thank you. joining me now is the cosponsors of that senate bill, bernie sanders. thank you for being here. my pleasure. bret: why is this important? it is vital that everyone in
launched more than 200 missiles into saudi arabia. how would you propose to deal with that? the issue is not only getting u.s. out of the war led by saudi arabia. we have to do everything in our power and we have the power to bring the saudis and the with these together to end the incredible destruction which is taking place. there is no doubt about it. they are playing a very bad role in yemen as well. i think most experts will tell you that the bulk of the destruction has been caused by the saudis. the bottom line is, we have got to end that war, not perpetuated. we have got to work with the rest of the world and provide humanitarian aid to the children of the country who are now starving to death. bret: senator sanders, here is a secretary of state today on the murder of jamal khasoggi. the saudis have already paid
they should hire american workes and never there is an opportunis and others that are being made in mexico, that production needs to come back to the united states. the gm has said that he will try to shift the job cuts to other plants across the country. bret: susan, thank you. speaking of capitol hill, the senate is once again tonight and the squeeze on president trump over the heat suspected involvement of saudi arabia s crown prince and the death of the journalist. this comes as congressional leaders continue efforts to try to reach a budget agreement ahead of a looming government shutdown. mike emanuel has the latest from capitol hill. pressure is building on president trump to take action against the saudi arabia prince for the murder of jamal khasoggi and it is coming from both sides of the aisle. this is a open and try to it seems. you have to willfully be wanting
to ignore evidence of their do not know that he was involved. illinois democrat dick durbin says the saudis must pay a price, we should formally expel the impasse letter to united states given the conferences directed involvement in the kidnapping and murder of jamal khasoggi. the retiring senate relation chairman said the u.s. should be tough after all, the saudis need us. this is out of kilter. their relationship to us is far more important than our relationship to them. we know that. and yet everyone is getting this all turned around. on government funding, congress just kick the can two more weeks to december 21st. that battle should come right before christmas. we made a lot of progress on 75% of the appropriations, i would like this included. you may be two more weeks. let s go from there. the house democratic leaders such as outline to consider a doc ideal for some border wall funding. nancy pelosi is still trying to secure enough votes to be the next week or so she is t