george washington and alexander hamilton, and he talked about why the collaboration was an important factor in founding the nation when they arrived and the historical ak ras of hamilton the musical and alexandria virginia hosted the hour-long event. >> my name is liz williams and i am the director here at gatsby tavern museum. welcome for braving the elements outside and thank you for joining us tonight and i'd like to welcome our c-span guests as well. >> you are sitting in the room when it happens. for so many individuals from alexander hamilton's world. washington's birthday, jefferson's inaugural dinner and lafayette banquet and during his return trips to america in 1824. i could do a whole lecture on this entire list, but we are here to see dr. peter enriquez. >> dr. enriquez has been a frequent lecturer for us here and the associate professor emeritus of history at george mason university and he's the author of realistic visionary and a portrait of george washington and soon will be publishing a book on essays about washington's leadership. so watch this. a side note

. [laughter] my daughter said why not? washington and who is the other person? jefferson and adams and madison in washington. also historians are not supposed to do this. they are not supposed to consciously pose questions of the past formed in the present that is called presentism. everybody's doing it. and i'm joining in. [laughter] . >> so now let's go back to a figure that you mentioned auspicious historians of this. in philadelphia perhaps you particularly thomas jefferson with the declaration of independence he is not document are such a quandary to us. i keep going back to the same words when i read the word paradox and irony. >> if that's what comes to you then i winning. [laughter] so with that paradox of jefferson in that document can you elaborate what confounds us quick. >> yes that's a big one. on seventh and market street on the second floor apartment on a portable desk for - - built by a slave in june 1776 jefferson wrote the magic words of american history we hold these truths to be self-evident all men are created equal. endowed by their creator with certain unalienabl

hardtalk from washington, dc. i'm stephen sackur. president trump is an extremely effective communicator. day in and day out, his messages dominate the news agenda and yet he professes nothing but contempt for what he calls the fake news media. what is going on here? what is the trump presidency doing to america's political culture? as a part of the bbc‘s beyond fake news season, my guest today is the editor of the washington post, marty baron. in the midst of all this hostility, who is the real enemy of the american people? marty baron, welcome to hardtalk. from the outside, it looks as though there is a state of unrelenting trench warfare now between the white house and the news media in washington. is that the way it feels to you? i don't see it that way. the white house, and the president in particular, has said he is at war with the media, he said that from day one, his first day in office when he went to the cia and told cia officers he was at war with the media, but i've said ever since then, we are not at war, we are doing our jobs, as outlined in the first amendment of the con

campaign. republican conference chair from washington, met for a debate. olitico lists this race as leaning republican. limb from the community college. our moderator. >> good evening from the campus of wallow while a community college, and welcome to the final debate between washington's fifth congressional district representative, cathy mcmorris rodgers, and her challenger, lisa brown. i am moderating tonight's exciting debate. the walla walla valley chamber of commerce is hosting this debate to highlight important issues within our valley and throughout eastern washington, including women's issues, agriculture, and business. the chamber is presenting tonight's debate with our broadcast partner, northwest public broadcasting, a pbs and npr member station based at the edward r. murrow college of communications at washington state university. the format of this debate consists of four rounds. after opening statements i will begin by asking each candidate questions on themes important to our region. answers will be limited to one minute each with 30 seconds of rebuttal. in the second round e

washington over trump's policy toward russia. it would seem and this has been the case i think you and i talked back then when he was a candidate that he said he wanted to cooperate with russia we used to call that detente and that's been pretty much his policy overall policy since he became president but he's also done contradictory things and the question is are these contradictory things the result of his own inability to be a consistent leader or are people in washington preventing him from doing what he wants to do with russia that's the big question at the moment what do you think is it him is it is it he's like a mask of. portraying himself as someone who appreciates put in but then you know behind the doors he does whatever he does or is it really he's helpless and he has to do what that ministration tells them to do. i guess i've been following for soviet in a russian american relations for nearly forty years i don't put a lot of weight or importance on whether the two leaders like each other or not the real question is do they see in the other a partner a partner for their own

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washington as a lawmaker, you should behave yourself. and there's a lot of rules that we needed to put in place, guidelines to govern behavior in the executive branch and legislative branch, but that's just about basic accountability. people who are elected ought to occupy those offices as an office of public, and not be there for personal advancement or their own gain. and the third area which is really important, this is where people feel that they are really being disrespected every day, there's so much influence in washington by big money and special interests. this makes the average person feel like they are left out, but they don't really have a voice in the way policy is made. and so we got to address the influence that money has area and we can do that by putting curves on the way lobbyists operate, we can add more transparency and disclosure in terms of where that big money is coming up. that secret money come outside money. fundamentally, the power move by set up ac would be to new way of funding campaigns in america that is powered by small donors and matching funds. so cand

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moment after this report from she ever tansey and washington. i here by the way you. are the white house thanksgiving tradition of the president pardoning a turkey took on a grim significance this year a short time earlier donald trump and made it clear he was giving the saudi crown prince a pass in the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in an eight paragraph statement filled with the rhetorical flourishes the exclamation marks and slogans characteristic of the president's tweets don't trump made his argument king solomon and crown prince mohammed bin simon vigorously denying any knowledge of the planning and execution of the murder of mr khashoggi our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information but it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic events maybe he did and maybe he didn't our relationship is with the kingdom of saudi arabia donald trump went on they have been a great ally in our very important fight against iran the united states intends to remain a steadfast partner of saudi arabia to ensure the interests of our country

to watch c-span's washington journal, live at seven eastern friday morning. join the discussion. joining us, president and ceo of the congressional management foundation, talking about the orientation for new members of congress. remind people of your organization and what it does guest:. we've been around for 41 years, nonpartisan, nonprofit. what we try to do is improve trust between citizens and congress, trying to give them a good leg up on how to set up their offices, manage themselves, how to hire staff, build websites. all things that these small businesses called congressional offices need. we also train citizens on how to be better citizen advocates, the other part. comes to new members, how is this education done? through a seminar or class? guest: trial by fire, like you'd imagine. they come here if they are house members and get two weeks of to understand the rules they have to live by, a little bit about their jobs, and how to set up a congressional office. not the decisions they have to make. what people don't realize is, setting up the congressional office has all

closures in the nbc washington app. >> well, theid snow dt just cause chaos in our area. that was the case all the way up the east coast. already packed new york streets were even worse yestsday. >> thimorning, the city's public transportation is taking a beating on twitter. many stationsad to be shutdown as they became overcrowded. look at these crowds. trains auses were often taking triple the usual time to complete rautes and bec federal law requires a man dated rest period for drivers, there's a shortage this morning as well. we're talkinghe about people rely on public transportation to get everywhere. >> let's start withor cala where the death toll from the deadly wildfires now stands at statewide. the campfire in northern california killed at least 63 peoplee, south of the deadly woosley fire is 60% contained this morning. ews are looking through the rubble in paradise, california. 600 people areunaccounted for after the campfire destroyed more than 9,700 homes were destroyed and the fire is less than half contained. president trump will visit california tomorrow. >> it's 4:35 t

his body and disposed of it in a premeditated attack castro reports from washington. the u.s. secretary of state says sanctions against saudi arabia for the killing of jamal khashoggi are likely coming to take us. probably have four more weeks before we have enough evidence to actually put those sanctions in place but i'm i think we'll be able to get there we're going to find the fact that a president said we will demand accountability for those who are involved in the commission of this i described sanctions would not be the only repercussion from the u.s. more than a week ago the state department revoked the visas of twenty one saudi nationals identified as involved in the operation to kill. secretary michael impale said at the time those penalties would not be the last word even as the u.s. continued to gather facts that included cia director gina haskell travelling to turkey and reportedly listening to the audio recording of killing turkey is leading the investigation it says she was strangled almost immediately after entering the saudi consulate on october second. no one

to steal that idea and get out of washington and hit and we are going to travel around and talk it people. people.to host: what were you hoping to accomplish by getting on the road and talking to people? guest: i would say in that first probably four broad areas, four goals. talking to erms of people was to go work with our cable affiliates. systems in the neighborhoods and towns they targeted teachers and students schools and middle schools and we went to them and talked about c-span in the an educational resource. that was great for us to support and for themystems to make a connection and teachers and students could about politics and their government. second area was programming. was a way to follow in foot sor brinkley's stretches and visit historical sites and presidential libraries birthplaces, u.s. constitution or civil war battle fields. almost every day that first tour taping what we called to washingtonback and share them. a third area was the bus itself. was 1993 and there really wouldn't anything like there. classroom, tion presentation center, mobile together.n studio

new members of congress are in washington this week. >> it's very exciting obviously. >> some like mitt romney taking on the new acting attorney general. >> that's an interesting question. i'll get to talk to you about that but not yet. >> new york's alexandriaor ocasi ocasio-cortez. >> america voted in record numbers to deliver an nambiguous message. they wantedchange. >> tonight republicans have one common goal. >> make sure we win the majority back. >> but first congress faces a december deadline to force a partial government shutdown. one ofhe things they're talking about, money for the president's border wall. >> in an almost unprecedented move, first lady melania trump through a spokesperson is now yalling for the firing of a top national securitaide. multiple srces say mrs. trp was infuriated by deputy national security adviser mira ricardel, after she interfered with her trip to africa.hi and of staff john kelly has clashed with the first ladies and theirst lady's team in the white house. the white house says so much discord can be .damagi >> you don't want the staff at the

of those kind of solutions in our -- patriot tool box. >> do you miss washington? >> no. [laughter] so what happened in 2016 in what happened in 2016 is they didn't know what was going on out there. and for -- at least three election cycles, congress ran for office and never delivered. and -- so finally i think that american people in 2016 said we've had enough with both establishments and both parties and said we're going to elect guy furthest from the politician and that was donald trump and people asked me what they opinion of the president of the united states is only political candidate that is overperformed. i didn't have the highest expectations but on issue after issue, particularly those worked on heartland institute whrr on environment or working on health care he's delivered on that. we've been promoting for years and we're very excited with the results of -- of donald trump presidency. >> and what year did you leave congress? >> i left in 2016 as well. so as i was ushered out by establishment in election a few months later they brought in -- probably the biggest thorn i

missouri, represents our values, represents our voice, and will fight for us in washington dc. and i will. [applause] i have to say this, though. we have heard a lot about how divided the country is. how divided this state is. know thatsay, i don't is really true. we have gone from every corner of this state from the boot to the northwest to central missouri. place that isa incredibly united in the things we hold dear. this has been about our way of life, the heartland way of life. it has been about the way of life that built this country. the way of life that sustained this state. the way of life built around our churches, our neighborhoods, and our schools. i said this was about defending our way of life, renewing it for a new day. past, it is the future. it doesn't represent something gone forever. it represents the best of america. tonight, the people of missouri set our values are going to renew this country. that is what we are about, that is what we are for, that is what this race has been for. [applause] you know, now it is time to roll up our sleeves and get to work. the har

developments on thursday washington post says the cia examined multiple sources of intelligence they include a phone call that the prince's brother caliban solomon who was also the saudi ambassador to the u.s. had with khashoggi guaranteeing his safety if he came to the saudi consulate in istanbul however collins on one has denied that conversation took. lacey tweeted as we told the washington post the last contact i had with mr pachachi was via text on october twenty sixth two thousand and seventeen i never talked to him by phone and certainly never suggested he go to turkey for any reason i asked the u.s. government to release any information regarding this claim they're going live to enter cements and stop on just a few minutes first let's go to mike hanna and washington d.c. so this this demand from the conferences brother that the u.s. release whatever other information that they have mike as a reason to think that they will the cia certainly seems to want this information out well the washington post originally reported the c n n a cia findings but this was followed very q

>> c-span washington journal live every day with news and that impact you. coming up this morning, we will open the phone lines all morning and take your social media comments on the campaign 2018 elections and results across the nation. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> democrats have gained control of the is house while republicans have expanded their majority in the senate will stop we will have live coverage today as congressional leaders, president trump, and the candidates react to the makeup of the next congress. we will follow the races yet to be decided. all this live on c-span. leaders of the democratic congressional campaign committee hosted in election night watch party in washington, d.c. including minority leader nancy pelosi. this is about 20 minutes. >> how are you doing? good evening, democrats! are you fired up? so am i. folks, it is a great night for democrats and a great night for democracy. let's give it up for nancy pelosi! not only is she responsible for the affordable care act, but for reminding

does that cast our joins us live now from washington d.c. heidi some like pompei are saying there will be a few more weeks before they have enough evidence to impose sanctions what more can you tell us. that's right he said a handful of weeks and that he would believe that there would be enough evidence gathered that the u.s. would get there in his words to impose these sanctions now this would not be the first time that the u.s. has responded to the killing of jamal khashoggi about a week ago pompei zero announced that twenty one saudi arabian nationals were having their visas were revoked those were people that the state department had identified as being directly involved in this operation to kill jamal khashoggi we know that the cia's director gina haskell was in turkey herself in person just a few days ago in which she reportedly listened to the audio that turkish prosecutors investigators possess of the killing of. notably also state department spokesperson today said that the u.s. is calling on saudi arabia to quickly return the remains of jamal khashoggi to his family for

new developments on thisn story o air, online and on ur nbc washington app. >>> in other news now, new tonigh a deadly apartment fire in northeast washington. firefighters responded to this multtory senior citizens re fdence here on lincoln drive northeast, jus before 6:00 this evening. one man died in the apartment where that fire started. investigators are still trying to figure out the cause. ed other injuries are repo >>> gunshots ring outso in heast d.c. as children are walking home from school. tonight, we know the man who was shot is dead.ou officers the victim about 3:00 this afternoon on mississippi avenue southeast near hallie terrace. police roped o an area three blocks from an elementary school.ay detectives s they need witnesses to help identify the gunman. >>> leon harris here at the live desk in the newsroom. a two-state investigation intensifies, following ohe deat two sisters from fairfax county. now, new york cityve detec are turning to the public for help. for the first time today, we received pictures of 22-year-old eytana andol 16-yea tala f farea. ere found i

i would first like to talk about is how the world worked on your watches, how washington worked on your watches, and how they didn't work, and what we can learn from those positive and negative experiences. when you went to washington in 1981 as chief of staff, what was the ambient reality of washington for you? it wasn't perfect. it wasn't a great bipartisan with a holla -- bipartisan valhalla. but what did it feel like and how hard was it to get things done? mr. baker: thank you. before i answer that question, let me simply say, mr. president, you honor us by being here tonight and we are very -- [applause] mr. baker: we are very appreciative and very grateful for your being here. we were having dinner and when ed was announcing all those big dollar numbers, i looked at the president and said, mr. president, 10% of that is yours. is, i'm not hell it letting you off that cheap. i want the rolodex. mr. obama: jim still uses a rolodex, by the way. [applause] john, what was it like. say,nk it is fair to considerably different than it is today. it was not, as you pointed out, kumbaya

of congress, the white house,, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. ♪ ♪ this week on "q&a" with ted widmer. host: who was martin van buren? mr. widmer: good question. a lot of people think we need to ask that question. he was the eighth president of the united states. he is often forgotten. his presidency was only four years. there were bigger personalities before and after. but i argue that he was a pretty important guy. his presidency was not a big success. but he read shaped the political landscape around him. he led an interesting life. i wrote a book that i was really excited to write. host: why did you begin in sorrento, italy? mr. widmer: that is where he went to write his biography. -- his autobiography. presidents did not do that then. but now it is almost required by law. that you write a long set of memoirs. it's not but everyone does it. he was the first one to do that. he went to a foreign country. italy to gather his thoughts , about his long career in

i know. it's really not. a new rift between washington interact and this donald trump announces he will reimpose all u.s. sanctions against iran which were lifted under the twenty fifteen made clear deal also to come the u.s. national security adviser brands cuba nicaragua and venezuela a troika of tyranny and slapped sanctions on two of them plus a t.v. executive in the u.k. sparked outrage with his halloween costume he dresses up as the killer. we debate whether he crossed the line. screaming yelling be offended about everything what's being called complaining is actually is actually political discourse you should i don't know what what the fill in the brain the way he put in jail i just call him for calling for sleeping. but i welcome you watching artie international this saturday afternoon works just going for him or scott now us around relations have suffered another dime to that after trump announced the renewal of all sanctions against iran that were lifted as part of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal to iran has responded with claims that washington's past peanut. measures ma

your watches, how washington works on your watches and how they didn't work and what can we learn from both of those positive and negative experiences. for narrative purposes, when you went to washington in 1981 as ththe chief of staff, what was e ambient reality of washington for you? there were a tough fight, but what was it like, how hard was it to get things done? >> before i try to answer that question let me say you honor us being here tonight and we are clear -- [applause] we are very appreciative and grateful for your being here. we were having dinner and when you ad edwards announcing those numbers i looked at the president and said 10% of that is yours and he said the hell il it is i'm not letting you off that cheap. i want the rolodex. [laughter] i think it is fair to say considerably different it wasn't as you pointed out not a big come by on moment everybody would agree to everything. the president is considered to be quite an ideologue was considered to be such a hard line conservatives and used to tell people our administrations are so conservative that the right-wing ne

warmed up in new york in washington only to ten to thirteen degrees only seventeen atlanta are safe in texas and doing much better but this is not really winter temperatures it was minus thirty quite clearly is that's where winter is probably going to stay but they bring a bit of cold weather across the broad terrio and possibly the northeast of the states bit more snow in the the hills of new hampshire new jersey even and even new york with a hint of it coming through it's not the winter nothing like as bad as it was only about four days ago and here's a good story for this cloud in southern california may well produce a decent amount of rain over well course the bird scar as it now is to the south that we've seen frequent showers and lesser antilles recently a good amount of rain in bermuda this is a rather good line to follow back to what was also flooding rain in honduras not as bad as it was for the potential still that it moves into billy's as well of course is still there in costa rica. al jazeera. every. minute you need those dang. you know. then you're. saying. no but those on

much of type one has written an article for the washington post newspaper a month after her was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul joins us live now from there so what are we to make of the turkish president's comments in this in this piece in the in the washington post one month on now from the killing of jim out. well definitely the turkish president staying on the offensive. keeping up the pressure saying that turkey is not going to let this go until the full truth is revealed and those responsible held to account are to go on saying that he believes the one who ordered the killing it comes from the highest levels of the saudi government he didn't name who he believes was responsible but he did name the person he doesn't believe was involved in that is king sound man and really this is not the first time he mentions king and this is because turkey has been very careful that this crisis is not going to damage the relationship between riyadh and ankara a relationship that was really cordial before this crisis began so are to go on saying that he doesn't believe king so

with washington gas. it's their weatherization day. e're doing simple things like putting plastic over the windows. his helps keep the heat in and the colder air out. i found this incredible. rf you do simple things like this around y home, this can saveou close to $3,0$300 annual. is this your first time getting your hom weatherized? >> yes. >> washington gas is going to go around throughout the day doing thpu like this. tting plastic over windows and strips in doors. we'r joined with the president of washington gas,ia a chapman. adrian, talk to me about what this event mns for washington gas. >> we're going to do 125 houses. it's important to help customers like mr. drew get bills lower by putting in low cost measures. otherwise they wouldn't have these services. it really helps him lower energy bills, gives himey more m to spend on other things important in life. >> this is the sixth washington gas is out doing this. $300 is make a hugedifference. it's a much chillier morning out here. it's only going to get colder as we head into the rest of november, december, and january. ba

>> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, former "cq roll call" editor david hawkings and francine keifer discuss potential leadership changes in congress. be sure to watch c span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> montana's close senate race was not decided until the next morning when democratic incumbent jon tester claimed victory over matt rosendale. he discussed the election with reporters wednesday afternoon. >> thank you all very much. i go upstairs to check a few number, these guys write speeches. we did it. [cheers and applause] for those of you that don't know, and i don't think anybody knows this, ap just called this race. cheers and applause] and would not, as you know, i wouldn't be here without my wife charla. [cheers and applause] my did kids, my brothers, my best friend from high school, steve stivers back here. but -- an the countless volunteers. everybody in this room. literally thousands of other people have spent incredible amounts of their fre

world worked on your watches,, washington worked on your watches, and how they didn't work and what can we learn from both those positive and negative experiences. and some for narrative purposes, sir, when he went to washington in 1981 as chief of staff, what was the anti-reality of washington for you? it wasn't perfect. it wasn't a great bipartisan mahalo. there were tough fights, but what was it like what that it feels like. how hard was it to get things done? >> thank you, jon. before and to that question, or try to come let recently say that mr. president, you on us by being here tonight and we are very, very -- [applause] we are very appreciative and very grateful for your being here. we are having dinner when they were announcing all those big dollar numbers. i looked at the present and i said, mr. president, 10% of that is your. >> he said the hell it is. i'm not letting you off that cheap. [laughing] he said, i want the rolodex. [laughing] so anyway -- >> jim still uses are rolodex by the way. [laughing] [applause] so jon, what was it like? well, i think it's fair to say co

streets of washington, d.c. up next, we will show you the entire 23-minute silent film with narration provided by two world war i historians. host: welcome to reel america on american history tv. 2017-2018 is the centennial of america's involvement in world war i and there will be lots of discussion about the impact of that war on the world and on american society. as part of that conversation, we are going to show you some vintage films from that era that document america's participation. and to help us understand this, because these are silent films, we have invited two world war i historians to help us narrate the action of the film. mitch yockelson and allison finklestein will be with us to look at the 23 minute film from 1921 on the arrival of the unknown soldier to america's shores. allison finklestein, as we start, before we see the film, who saw these kinds of films at the time they were made? were they made for the american public? allison: i think in many ways the films were made to document the events for historians, for the military, for people who were involved with them.

washington post says the cia examined multiple sources of intelligence they include a phone call that the prince's brother caliban someone who was also the saudi ambassador to the u.s. had with guaranteeing his safety if he came to the consulate in istanbul we're going live to enter simmons' in istanbul in just a few minutes first to go to mike hanna and washington d.c. so mike this information was leaked to the washington post but there are other media outlets that are also confirming this information now indeed yes the cia has been the lead u.s. body in investigating the murder of jamal khashoggi that style rick to gina helpful went to turkey had meetings with the turkish counterparts but according to the washington post report this is just a little bit of the information that the cia has gleaned using multiple information sources to paint a picture that the washington post reports indicates that very strongly that the crown prince ordered the murder of jamal khashoggi now this was followed as you say by a number of news outlets a rip repeating this report but also quoting their own

oforation's leas government land, that being the post office where the trump hotel is in washington, d.c. in the past, that information was given to us. after the inauguration, it was denied. those are the kinds of things we will be looking at due to the emoluments clause and the need for elected officials and those in appointed positions not to beginning financially -- not to gain fromfinancial government operations. host: when it comes to the administration itself, are you the body that would look at tax returns? are with waysurns and means. i know there was discussion of waters, but the actual tax matters and subpoena of the presidents tax returns will go to ways and means. the oversight and government reform committee, which is often times where the select committees are formed from the willrs of that committee, be doing questioning, interrogation of actual officials of the administration and the operations that go from there. host: does issuing subpoenas become part of that? guest: it does, unless they give , you know?tion up in the past, there is information we have requested that admi

istanbul six weeks ago the washington post says the cia has concluded the saudi crown prince did give the order to kill the saudi journalist who had criticized mohamed bin sandman the american spy agency isn't commenting on the reports and the saudi embassy in washington says the cia assessment is false mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . in recent days a number of members of congress have demanded that muhammad have been silent be held accountable either by way of tweets or in the case of senator bob corker during a debate about yemen in the senate i asked for our level briefing with maddest pompei o n g i asked for the comment assumes we get back to share with us what is happening with saudi arabia on both fronts both yemen and what is happening as it relates to the journalist who was assassinated in my opinion at the direction of the crown prince of saudi arabia us now the washington post reports the cia has concluded that the saudi crown prince ordered the assassination of journalist jamal khashoggi the sit says according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the cond

crown prince mohamed bin selma's this is washington norms will hold his killers accountable also coming out. protests in france turned deadly one woman dies and dozens others are injured as thousands blocked roads to demonstrate against rising fuel costs. and recovery crews press on with their search as more than a thousand people are now reported missing in california's wildfires president donald trump is currently on his way to visit the region. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program the cia believes saudi arabia is powerful crown prince mohammed bin solomon ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi that's according to a report in the washington post siding sources familiar with the matter the u.s. has vowed that those found responsible will be held accountable he was president donald trump says he's not yet been briefed on the cia cia findings. he has consistently denied having any involvement but now mohammed bin salomon is firmly in the spotlight of blame the washington post says the cia has concluded saudi arabia's de facto ruler is directly tied to the killing. a

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the last drops on al-jazeera. the washington post is reporting that the cia has concluded that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin ordered the killing. press forward. in front of an empty space where his coffin should have lied. to her robin what yard is their life and these are our other top stories. this is a crucial moment for you. the u.n. says the warring sides in the yemen conflict are ready to go back to the negotiating table also prime minister appoints a new negotiator but will he be able to carry out a mission. we begin with developments in the murder of the saudi journalist the washington post newspaper is reporting that the cia has concluded the saudi crown prince mohammed bin ordered the killing of the show last month let's get the very latest from mike hanna is our correspondent in washington d.c. and mike this news just breaking really about a report in basically a national newspaper but certainly. the white house will be quite concerned as will many politicians across the capitol to hear this news. indeed yes sir must one reads on must remember that in the past twen

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