jim, says because saudi arabia is a key ally, is saudi arabia a key security ally to the u.s. and if so please explain to us how? for decades it has been important ally to the u.s., different presidents have sort of relied on saudi arabia in part because they are the most important oil producer in the region and for decades the u.s. depended on that oil. less so today but a little bit and also helpful in the counterterrorism and in other missions in the middle east, the middle east is always boiling and so the u.s. has turn today saudi arabia on occasion. my concern, though, are we if we are willing to excuse what is a murder ordered from the top, what message does that send to saudi arabia? that they can, quote, get away with murder, it might give them green light to be even more aggressive than they are now, they already initiated a war in yemen, kidnapped lebanese prime minister and forced him to resign on tv, are we giving them
we re here to relieve the famine, it s a famine that they helped create. i just want to add, we can still work with the saudis to advance peace in the region, to advance our interests in counting iran. we don t have to give away our power and say basically you can do whatever you want and abandon our ideals i think we re on a collision course with the president and the cia brian, in january the u.s. is going to come forth with an intelligence cemen assessment. they ll be asked pointblank, what say you about the assessment of mbs cupability. with the entire 15 seconds i have left tonight, i heard it said don t call the saudis allies, they are security partners. do you prefer that definition? we have a specific term about allies in nato and non-nato allies. the saudis are undoubtedly an important security ally to the united states, as are other gulf countries in the region. our great thanks to our friends for coming by and talking to us on this tuesday
bilateral. t.p.p. gave abe cover to open up long protected markets in japan. it was a strategic agreement. it didn t include china. it was a way to call countries of the asia pacific closer to the united states at an important point in time. president trump s issue on the bilateral deal seems to echo the deal where he uses the tariff as a lever to press japan to open up their markets. in south korea that resulted in so-called managed trade where they basically agreed to quotas, we buy x, you buy y, and not the kind of broad opening that t.p.p. achieves. i hope that s not where we going with japan. paul: what about the security relationship with japan? i would say abe is about as good as you re going to get as a potential security ally of the united states. he s moved japan to where they re willing to do more to
saying. clearly he acknowledged himself he was lying to trudeau. our cnn colleague fareed zakaria wrote a post saying the president was not so much a liar but bs artist. when you listen to this recording, you see if you buy the idea that he is a bs artist, he s also proud to be a bs artist. the problem with trying to bs the canadian prime minister is twofold. it is not just the next door neighbor you try to renegotiate nafta with, this is a close security ally, country that went to afghanistan with us and works with us around the world. the idea you insult them even in what you think is a private setting, it does not soopeak we. we checked with the executive branch, the u.s. ran $2.7 billion surplus last year with canada. that s exactly right. so the president is making these types of comments for several
facilities, which are run by the uae and yemeni forces and include an airport, military bases, ports, private villas, and a nightclub. the prisoners there routinely tortured with methods reportedly including, but not limited to heavy beating, and that includes the use of weapons being blind-folded for weeks, electric shocks, sexual abuses, foot cane and a method referred to as the grill where victims are tied to a spit and spun in a circle of fire. one former detainee tells the a.p., i would die and go to hell rather than go back to this prison. if it was bin laden, they would not do this. the a.p. reports that the united states, a close security ally with the uae, has participated in interrogations in yemen, though no witnesses or detainees say that american forces were involved in torture abuses. senior american defense says u.s. forces have been involved in it or have knowledge of human rights abuses. more than 10,000 people have