government specific to that has been fairly noncommittal at this stage. we have also heard various things from the saudi government saying we have other options. they don t want to be held hostage by americans or the u.s. you have these very powerful countries right now in something of a standoff. president trump himself already said look, we are not going to pull out of the saudi arms deal, because by his logic others would step into that. this is the strongest card that the u.s. does have to play when it comes to the saudi government and trying to pressure the saudis into taking this investigation seriously and bringing about a resolution or clarity. if president trump is not ready to take that card, they have other cards and other ways to try to punish the saudi government. this is the toughest one. that seems as though it s not
ties. rubio agrees that there is a benefit to keeping the saudi arms deal. here s what else he told our jake tapper. as far as arm sales is, i would not have said it the way the president said it. it s important not because of the money, but it provides leverage over future behavior. they don t need our spare parts and training and we can use that to influence behavior, but i would not take cutting that off, off the table. no matter how important they might be to our iranian central gee, our ability to be a voice for human rights and go after assad and putin and like what china does and maduro does, they are compromised if we are not confronting something so atrocious as what allege saidly happened here. cnn spcorrespondent in turke
role in the distance of khashoggi, they would have to pay for it. there are rewards and punishments, and trump has already removed from the table what would perhaps be the greatest punishment. he said he would not cancel this $110 billion u.s.-saudi arms deal. the president making the claim to reporters yesterday that it would harm u.s. workers more than it would saudi arabia. as the president said yesterday, we would just be hurting ourselves. now, larry kudlow, who is the president s national economic adviser, he made the sunday show rounds today, and he was asked about this whole controversy. here s what he had to say. with respect to the khashoggi story, which is a tragedy for khashoggi, among other people, believe what the president says when he says we will take very tough action if the allegations of saudi interference prove to be the case. the president has called for a
despite concerns being raised by people like khashoggi. $110 billion u.s. saudi arms deal. do human rights matter in this conversation? this is a journalist who also raised the idea of an opposition movement in saudi arabia. was that too much? we should also note that khashoggi s fiance who was waiting for him outside of the consulate there in turkey, she writes this morning she, quote, remains confidence that jamal khashoggi is still alive. she hopes president trump will shed light on his disappearance. we will keep on this, of course. we are following all the breakingdisappearance. from the start, the c-class was ahead of its time. [ indistinct radio chatter ] still, we never stopped making it stronger. faster. smarter.
opportunity, a new chance. we ve never had this before. liz: and you heard congressman rogers said we ve never had this before. the two men couldn t be more differently ideologically and they have 34 jobs so far. i tell you they have another class combing in and coming in and multiply. leland: sort of to that end, as much as he was excited about being in saudi arabia, sort of only offhand ad lib comments were jobs, jobs, jobs talking about the saudi arms deal. something else to talk about as it relates to jobs, there will be jobs lost in this. ringling brothers and barnum&bailey. they pull up their tent for the last time.