when trump came into office, they reported the so-called special relationship that obama had developed with turkey that gave us in part the muslim brotherhood in egypt, so the trump was harder on the russians, he is harder on turkey if you had said 18 months ago, $30 million ago, when we were told that there was a dream team, these were the all-stars, these were mueller s army. all of the gushing about the wonderful ivy league lawyers. if you had told him that we were going to start with this bang and we were going to end up with a whimper, they were going after jerome corsi of info wars, and roger stone, perennial provocateur, i think the new york times would have wept and been humiliated. that is where we are now. 18 months later we are going after minor characters who have always been infringe activities and they are supposedly going to drop the bomb shell every day we hear a bombshell. bombshell, bombshell appeared laura: was.
the senate is getting ready to overthrow in a sense the u.s.-saudi relationship based on an analysis, not on hard data. that is risky. the last time the u.s. tried to push aside a leader that they weren t that friendly with for a season was mubarak and we got the muslim brotherhood in egypt. there was a huge mistake. shannon: it s a delicate balance between the human rights and the u.s. being a moral compass in the world. secretary mattis sang today we are seldom free to work with unblemished partners but will keep an eye on it. we know you well. come back if you have an update. great to see you. the vice president breaks it senate tie at a senate record tonight all over a judicial nominee critics accused of having a record of white s pharmacy. senator tim scott facing backlash over his vote. the white house wants to get the
there is no smoking gun and no direct evidence. that is all we have to go on. what i m concerned about is the senate is getting ready to overthrow in a since the un saudi relationship based on an analysis, not on hard data and that is risky. last time the us tried to push aside a leader they were not that friendly with was hosni mubarak and we got the muslim brotherhood in egypt. that was a huge mistake. shannon: a very delicate balance between human rights and the us being a moral compass for the world and maintaining relationships that benefit our national interests. the attorney metis saying we are seldom free to work with unblemished partners. come back if you have an update. the vice president breaks a senate tie and senate record all over judicial nominee. critic accused of having a record of white supremacy. senator tim scott is facing back lash over his vote. the white house wants to get the
accusing them as much in the tweets of supporting terrorism, and what we see in the agreement, the handwritten one among three amirs in 2014 and others more formal backed by foreign ministers is commitments among all the nations, not singling qatar out but among all nations to do things like not support the muslim brotherhood in egypt. not support what are called deviant groups, to some a code word for terrorism in the region. and not to support other opposition groups in the region. one of the demands made here in this document, i ve gone through it earlier today, thanks to you and your team. one of the demands, basically qatar shut down al jazeera? referred to in the first agreement, not named as antagonistic media. the leader of other gulf countries, based in qatar, accuse it of sort of drumming up support for opposition groups, for instance in bahrain and at
you re talking about the muslim brotherhood in egypt or in syria or other places have provided that qatar was a ladder on which to climb. yet these same islamists, they present in the eyes of saudis and egyptians, a threat to the stability and also the stability of the regime themselves. not to mention iran. iran is a big question between qatar and its neighbors. they believe that qatar really says one thing and basically acts differently. it has good relations with iran, and the saudis now won t take it anymore. that s why my take on it is this particular crisis is going to run its course. at the end of the day, regardless of what i mean, forget the politics of it. qatar has very few choices and it s choices that are extremely costly. that s why at the end of the day it s got to accept the demands laid by the saudis and the americans. we spent a lot of time discussing the politics of it all, but this is having a