Of attacking a womans appearance. Does well, she started it work between a president and a porn star . Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Despite mass skepticism on capitol hill, President Trump seemed to take the saudi regime at its word again. Tweeting, quote, just spoke with the crown prince of saudi arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in their tushish tons lot. He was with secretary of state mike pompeo during the call and told me he has already started and will rapidly start a full and complete investigation into this matter. Answers will be forthcoming shortly. Then in an interview this afternoon, the president once again standing by saudi denials and lending credibility to their calls for an investigation into what democrats and republicans say the saudis likely ordered. It depends whether or not the king or the crown prince knew about it, in my opinion. Number one, what happened. But whether or not they knew about it. If they knew about it, that would b
Facts, prompting an immediate pushback. Why should saudi arabia be trusted to conduct a fair and impartial investigation when theyre accused of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi . Were all going to get to see that. All of us will get a chance to make a determination with respect to the credibility and work that went into it. Whether its fair and transparent in the way they made a personal commitment to me and the crown prince made a personal commitment to the president when he spoke to him i believe it was the night before last. Lets break all this now. Max boot, my guest, the u. S. Wants to give the saudis more time to investigate themselves. Its going to be a long wait if theyre looking for a serious investigation. Asking the saudis to investigate Jamal Khashoggis murder is like asking trump jr. To investigate the ties between the party and the russians. Do you see a scenario in which theyll come back and the saudis will essentially pick a fall guy and the lust say, see, it was a rogue a
First time. And this morning, mom. Just met with turkeys president and is sitting down with the foreign minister to discuss the u. S. Based journalist presumed killed at the saudi con slot in consulate in istanbul. Yesterday he met with the Saudi Arabian king salman and crown prince. Overnight he told reporters the saudis promised to figure out what happened to Jamal Khashoggi. Told me they were going to conduct a thorough, complete investigation. They made a commitment to hold anyone connected to any wrongdoing that may be found accountable for that, whether they are a senior officer, official. They promised accountability. Including a member of the royal family . They made no exceptions to who they would hold accountable. Three sources tell cnn that a saudi team sent to interrogate and possibly abduct khashoggi from his istanbul was organized by a highranking officer in the main saudi intelligence service. Our International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson live outside the saudi consu
Former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort is back in court after making at least nine trips to a special counsel office. Could a judge complicate that cooperation deal and muellers investigation . And pope to pyongyang . No religion is tolerated in north korea, but dictator kim jongun has invited pope francis to visit. Why is the pope even thinking about it . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The Trump Administration is showing extraordinary patience in allowing the saudis to come up with an explanation for the apparent grisly murder of u. S. Based journalist in the saudi consulate in istanbul. While the president calls that bad, bad stuff, the New York Times reports the saudi rulers are considering blaming a general who is a hoyranking adviser to crown Prince Mohammed bin salman. Will that let the relationship get back to business as usual . Ill speak with congressman ted deutch of the judiciary and Foreign Affairs committee and our correspondents and specialists, they