to khashoggi. he s told to write a text messages to his sons telling them he s coming back to saudi arabia. he sees a syringe and says, are you going to drug me? at which point, there s a seven-minute struggle during which it is believed he was asphyxiated with a plastic bag. lurid and damning details. shocking and vile details. thank you for that breaking news. we ll try to get reaction from the white house to see if it moves them off their passive response to the khashoggi murder. breaking overnight, a new attack on oil production in the middle east. the compound houses u.s. energy giant exxonmobil and other firms. frederick pleitgen is live in tehran. there are militias with iranian ties in the area. any claim of responsibility yet? reporter: so far no claim of responsibility at all. however, of course this attack
investigation it will be up to the president to make a determination on what he wants to do. have we heard a sufficient answer so far from this administration on how the khashoggi murder has been handled? handled? i don t think we have. jared kushner said there is going to be some sort of report coming. i think he is saying hold on and let s wait and see what we can actually find out. of course, that is going to be very frustrating for people, journalists at the washington post and others who are looking at this around the world looking at it and saying why isn t the american government speaking out with a journalist living in america was murdered? thank you so much for double duty in london. a new report in the new york times is raising some new ethics questions about another member of the trump cabinet. the in depth story dives in the transportation. secretary elaine chow, headlined
khashoggi murder. i think we know for certain he s not going to comply with that law. so we have to take matters into our own hands. at this point the administration is not going to apply any consequences to saudi arabia for the way in which they murdered and dismembered jamal khashoggi and we have to. there s bipartisan agreement today finally that we have to take some steps with or without the president. senator, in fact, jared kushner, the president s son-in-law and senior adviser met with the crown prince just last week. did you get any indication in your briefing that he confronted the crown prince with the evidence that points to saudi arabia and perhaps the crown prince himself ordering the murder of jamal khashoggi? we were briefed by two people who had no idea what the white house was doing with respect to their relationship with saudi arabia. i think it s pretty amazing that in the face of this gross violation of human rights, this assault on an american resident, that it
this. we can t get any straight answers. the prosecutor general won t get straight answers, what is happening. so the flag has been raised, if you will, over a year ago. so the consular access that it s getting now, seems to be, after this long period in detention and what his lawyer says is happening is that every day, he s sort of under this psychological duress, because he doesn t know what s going to happen. and his family his family says that his mental condition is deteriorating in jail, because he s he s afraid of what s going to happen to him next. with no consequences for the khashoggi murder, at least so far, a u.s. arms deal is proceeding, you cover saudi arabia a lot. is it their general view, the authorities view, that they have gotten away with it? reporter: i think the broad view is that there s a price to be paid, the reputation has been tarnished, that you can t wash
it is a remarkable thing for an american president to say, well, you know, i give the north korean leader a pass because he denies knowing anything about it and is blaming it on underlings in a country that is by its very nature top heavy where it is extremely unlikely that the north korean leader did not know the circumstances. was he in the room when he died? no. or put in this condition. but the president to give him a pass was quite a remarkable moment. and just to build on that, the special representative was tasked with bringing on ttto warmbier out. and after he was convicted and septemb sent back to jail, he must have known. and what does it remind you of with the khashoggi murder, the president saying did bin