Tuesday. It is october 16th. We begin with the latest in the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Kashoggi. I just spoke with the king of saudi arabia. He denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his Saudi Arabian citizen. We are going to leave nothing uncovered. With that being said, the king firmly denied any knowledge of it. He didnt really know. I dont want to get into his mind, but it sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. Who knows . [ inaudible question ] all i can do is report what he told me and he told me in a very firm way that they had no knowledge of it. He said it very strongly. His denials to me could not have been stronger that he had no knowledge. And it sounded like he and also the crown prince had no knowledge. It wasnt like there was a question in his mind. The denial was very, very strong. Soon after that, nbc news reported that saudi arabias government is discussing a plan to admit that kashoggi was kil
Is, either the president is way too naive to be commander in chief or hes way too willing to believe the word of autocrats who murder political opponents. Naivety is beautiful in a baby, but not in the president of the United States. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, october 16th. Willie geist, just like a baby. Naive as a baby. Im not a baby. Babies are sweet. Youre not a baby, willie. Im not talking about you being a baby. Im talking about the president being a baby. Youre baby, but in a different way. A hgb agent who goes around believing political opponents and killing journalists, you heard him had right there. He was naive as a baby. And now this khashoggi murder, hes being naive as a baby there. Willie, what do you think about this . Weve got a commander in chief who is a baby. Basically naive as a baby. What he may have done is give the saudis the idea for the rogue killerss explanation or announce it before it was supposed to be announced with this idea t