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Bolton had to say. we are at noon on thursday, are you satisfied with what the saudis have told us about the disappearance of mr. khashoggi? well, i don t think we ve known enough. i spoke with the crown prince yesterday, along with jared kushner, secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to the crown prince as well. the president has spoken to this issue. it is something we need to get resolved, and we need to do it as soon as possible. bolton speaking with msnbc contributor hue hewitt. is there a sense, aaron, specifically on what the white house strategy is? shawn said there s been mixed messaging. i was just going to repeat that. the mixed messaging is strong. as the president said, especially against somebody who has close ties to the united states who is a reporter. at the same time president trump was so well received on his first international trip where he visited saudi arabia. he sees it as a big win. ....
U.s./saudi relations. there s a lot at stake, and maybe especially so because this man was a reporter. you ll be surprised to hear me say that. there s something really terrible and disgusting about that if that were the case. we ll have to see. we re going to get to the bottom of it, and there will be severe punishment. reporter: the president said an answer should come fairly soon. that will be one of the topics we will continue to press the president on about communications between himself and saudi leadership. he did tell reporters he plans to call the king of saudi arabia very soon to try to find out more. we know we ll look on the for an answer if there is to be given one. joining shawn, first off, t reaction from members of ....