6 35 of the trump administration, and while the president had no Public Events on his schedule today, he certainly launched a few on social media. And then for good measure this evening sat down for an interview with the Associated Press on a number of topics. Zeke standing by to join us live. Trumps comments about the missing journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, are perhaps the most striking. Khashoggi disappeared two weeks ago at the saudi summit in turkey. He said, here we go again with youre guilty until proven innocent. I dont like that. We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh, and he was innocent all the way, as far as im concerned. And heres what he said in yet another interview today taped earlier to air tonight on fox business. It depends on whether or not the king or the crown prince knew about it, in my opinion. Not whether it happened but if they knew about it. If they knew about it, that would be bad. If they didnt know about it, bad things can happen. Decisions that you
cover-up in saudi arabia and a demand for answers. and the challenge for president trump is he is not at the forefront of those demands. he seems to be taking the saudis at their word. he seems to be repeating their denials to the american people and to the world, and he has his secretary of state, mike pompeo, there sent on a mission to demand answers and to raise concerns, and yet the photos that we saw out of mike pompeo s meetings with saudi officials are a lot of smiles and pleasantries and it seems like the allies getting along. it s discord around the world, and i think that pressure will only end up adding on trump. zeke miller, well done today, zeke. jill rucker and zeke colvin, thank you for being here. the president sticks up for the saudis in the unraveling murder of a journalist and permanent resident of the u.s.