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live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell, the cnn newsroom starts right now. around the world, good day to you at 2:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. a prominent journalist disappeared in turkey after entering a saudi consulate office and there is growing concern he may have been killed inside the building. the details of this mystery are still unfolding around jamal, a journalist and critic of saudi arabia last seen on tuesday after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. what happened to him after that, it's still unclear. but here's what we do know. a political advisor to the turkish president tells cnn there is a strong possibility that he was killed inside the saudi consulate. saudi arabia strongly denies any involvement. u.s. officials say they cannot confirm what happened to him,

but two senior administration officials tell cnn the u.s. is quietly trying to figure out what happened to him. cnn's jamonika is following live in i istanbul, turkey. first, what do we know about his disappearance and the investigation that is now underway? >> reporter: well, george, it has been this past week we have been getting these conflicting reports, these different messages coming from different sides, different version, events. you mentioned we heard from senior advisor to the turkish president saying he believes that there is a strong possibility that he was killed inside the consulate. something we also heard in the past 36 hours or so coming from different media organizations also being told by a number of other senior turkish officials that this is the conclusion they are reaching.

but so far we have not seen any evidence to support these allegations. you have saudi arabia, george, maintaining that this is not true. they're calling this baseless allegations. they say that he was in the consulate on tuesday and that he left afterwards. and at the same time, we're not seeing any proof of that either. you know, outside the consulate, george, if you look around here, look at that building, there are so many surveillance cameras around a diplomatic mission as you would expect. it would seem like it would be something as simple as relesion the securi -- release the security footage showing him leave. consulate. so many of his colleagues and friends asking the saudi consulate to show that video of him leaving. so right now we're at that point where turkey is saying there is an investigation ongoing. saudi arabia is saying they've sent in a team of investigators to assist with this investigation and we'll have to wait and see what comes out of

that in the coming hours and days, george. >> so, if determined to be true, jamana, what are the preliminary p -- implications for relations with turkey and with the united states? >> reporter: you know, george, so many people say that the united states can play a much stronger and much bigger role here. this is something we've heard from people on the ground saying that they could push saudi arabia to use that leverage, use that really good relationship to push for more answers from the saab i. as y -- saudi. as you mention, this could have wide reaching implications. diplomatically in this region. the two countries are two of the main powers here in the middle east. but it seems, if you look at the developments in the past 24 hours or so, that turkey is not yet ready to push this to the next level of a full-blown diplomatic crisis with saudi arabia. despite the comments and the statements we've heard from

various officials here, everyone was waiting to see what president erdogan had to say. and when he did, he did sound a bit hopeful. he sounded more measured. you know, this is the top leader in this country who doesn't really shy away from saying what turkish officials are thinking. take a listen to what president erdogan had to say. >> translator: as the president of the turkish republic, i'm following it personally and will let all the world know the outcome of this. everything, including entries and exits to the consulate are being investigated. and departures and arrivals to airports are also under investigation. >> reporter: so it seemed, george, right now turkey has to an extent put the ball in saudi arabia's court, giving them the chance to come back with what they have said, what officials have told us what they want to hear and that is satisfactory answers, george. >> clearly the turkish president taking a personal approach

toward this investigation. we'll see how all of this pans out. jamanika live for us in istanbul turkey, thank you. now to tell you about another disappearance, the president of interpol, there is a new twist in the mysterious and even questionable disappearance. he remains missing at this point, according to the international police agency. he has resigned. this just days after he was reported missing during a trip to china. authorities say meng who is a chinese official, is under investigation for alleged violations of laws. and take a look at this. his wife said she received two very unsettling text messages from her husband. they came shortly across -- came after he arrived in china. one of them with the words, wait for my call. then minutes later, a knife emoji as you see there in the screen. that's the last contact she had with her husband. senior producer steven zhong is

following the story live for us. steven, these cryptic text messages, then word of resignation. what more are you learning about the mystery, i should say, around this disappearance? >> reporter: george, we actually -- george, we actually have some late breaking developments on the story that chinese authority just issued a fairly lengthy statement in the last hour, now confirming m mr. meng is being held and under investigation for alleged corruption. now, in this statement, they have some harsh words for mr. meng saying he had insisted on taking a wrong path and had only himself to blame for his downfall. the statement alleged that mr. meng accepted bribes. now also committed other crimes but without giving specifics. but it did say that the authorities are also investigating other people involved in his case. another interesting aspect of this statement, george, is that they alluded to mr. meng's connections to a former domestic

security czar who is now serving a life imprisonment sentence for construction. mr. meng rose through the ranks under that person in the 2000s, so now it seems like he may be meeting the same fate as his former patron. at least the latest statement by the chinese authority answers some of these mysteries or unanswered questions, but there are still a lot more to be found about his disappearance and now detention, george. >> steven, just recapping, this breaking news that you're sharing with us, again, mr. meng is being held, you say. that he has accepted bribes according to government officials. and as we know, has resigned from interpol. but here's the greater question here. given china's efforts to basically focus on global ambitions, outreach, and put chinese nationals in prominent positions, what are the implications around the world with regards to trust? >> reporter: that's right. it's a very unsettling story.

also it's interesting what you mention his wife has been telling reporters in leon, france. she's been receiving threats online and via the telephone. she sent unsettling text messages and images. the knife emoji has been talked about. it implies her husband is in danger, but also could be some sort of signal basically from him to her to ask him to report him missing to the french authorities. that's exactly what she did and that, of course, triggered an international saga that is still growing fast. now, i think this episode, this example really has reinforced the notion of a lot of people that this country, its political system, legal system still very much nontransparent and also reinforce the notion that nobody is really safe in president xi jinping's china. nobody is immune from the clutches of the communist authorities if you cross the leadership. george? >> steven following the story

live for us in beijing. thank you for the reporting and the update on this. we'll keep in touch with you. now to a dire warning about climate change. according to a new report, experts say that we have until 2030 to avoid catastrophe. it also says if unprecedented changes are not made and made soon, there will be irreversible damage to the planet. the report focuses on what could happen if global temperatures rise by more than 1.5 degrees celsius, or 2.7 degrees fahrenheit, it would likely mean more erratic weather, dangerous heat waves, rising sea levels, and dying coral reefs. cnn meteorologist ivan cabrera is in the international weather center following this story. ivan, what more can you tell us about this very dire warning? >> 2030, we're talking about 12 years at this point here getting very close. of course, all the while, i mean, we've already seen climate change take its toll on the planet so, yes, another climate report and more bad news. this one, of course, on the

inter governmental panel on climate change. and i want to drill down the numbers here because it may not sound like a lot, but they are huge in what differences result as temperatures go from 1.5 degrees celsius to 2. huge difference. so, this is what we've already done, right. we've warmed the planet since 1900 with industrial revelation one degree. that brought us record heat waves here. look at this, 2015, 2016, 2017, all those years three of the hottest years on record. we know the heat waves have been ongoing. we've had, of course, more record floods. we've had more significant droughts. we've had all these events that are more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. each and every one can't be associated to that, but the frequency and their intensity certainly will be over the next several decades. this is what the report is coming up with. this is what george was talking about. 2030, co2 emissions down by almost half. that is a tall order.

that the going to be very difficult. and by 2050, we have to get them to 100%. basically carbon neutral. so that is what the study is talking about here. the way we do that, we source 70 to 85%, right, of electricity from renewables, we put a price on greenhouse emissions and we use technology to remove the co2 we've already pumped into the atmosphere out of there with the paris accord. that's a step, but it's not enough. that will get us to between 1.5 and 2, and we have to continue to bring that down, otherwise it's going to be exponential as far as the damage to the planet. by the way, it is october. i know you're getting the pumpkins ready and things are cooling off at least in some places. but october is still hurricane month and we have a tropical storm that will eventually be a hurricane that will eventually threaten the gulf coast. we're talking about two days, right? this isn't an atlantic storm where we have days and days to wait here. the gulf of mexico is not all that large. by the time this goes up we're

looking at a hurricane making landfall as category 2 wednesday. we'll have the latest track in the next hour. >> that will definitely be the top news here in the coming hours on the southeast part of the u.s. ivan cabrera tracking it. thank you so much, ivan. next here on cnn newsroom, the u.s. midterm elections are just a month away and the battle to confirm brett kavanaugh may have been a sign of things to come. could get ugly. we'll take a look. stay with us. today, 97% of employers agree that skills like teamwork, attention to detail, and customer service are critical to business success. like the ones we teach here, every day. and customer service are critical to business success. when i was shopping fothe choice was easy. i switched to geico and saved hundreds. excuse me... winner! that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. hi! geico has licensed agents who i can reach 24/7. great savings and round the clock service?

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in new york state investigators are trying to figure out what caused a deadly limousine crash that crash killing 20 people, including the driver, 17 passengers and two bystanders. among the victims in the limo, aaron matucci and shane, a young couple just married in june. the limo was headed to a friend's birthday party. that friend also died in the crash. cnn correspondent polo sandoval has the details. >> reporter: a makeshift memorial continues to grow at the site of one of the nation's deadliest transportation disasters, at least the deadliest in the last nine years here in upstate new york. authorities say a limousine

basically failed to stop at a t-intersection, colliding with a vehicle and two people in a parking lot of a country store. and then eventually crashing into a ditch, resulting in the deaths of 18 people on board. the driver and 17 passengers. investigators have not revealed any information regarding the victims. only saying that they believe that that was the cause at this point, that the vehicle, again, failed to stop at that intersection, but they don't know exactly why. was speed a factor? of course, the condition of the vehicle. that is what investigators with the national transportation safety board and also the new york state police are trying to find out. speaking with members of the community here and even some journalists including peter barber, a staff photo journalist with the daily gazette telling me it certainly was a horrific scene, something that was emotional even for the first responders who were working the scene. those this community is home to only about 3500 people, they are mourning and also searching for answers. paolo sandoval, cnn, iscohary

county, new york. >> paolo, thank you. now to the u.s. midterm elections less than a month away, the contentious battle to confirm the supreme court justice brett kavanaugh may be a key piece of ammunition for both parties to use to rally their bases. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood has this report. >> reporter: president trump spent the weekend basquing in the success of the narrow confirmation of now justice kavanaugh to the supreme court and he's showing no signs of letting up on that victory lap as he heads into a week that will have him crisscrossing the country on the campaign trail. at a rally in kansas on saturday night, trump previewed what could become a central theme to his political messaging heading into november. and that's using kavanaugh's bitter confirmation battle as a warning to republican voters about what might happen if democrats retake congress. trump used that supreme court fight to paint democrats as extremists, as partisan obstructionists. that's all part of the gop's

effort to try to match the democrats' advantage among voters. it's one democrats have enjoyed for months now, and it's a reason why experts have predicted a potential blue wave in the midterm elections. echoing the president's attacks on democrats, top trump aide kellyanne conway went after some democrats on sunday for the way they handled sexual misconduct allegations against kavanaugh. take a listen. >> they wanted america to look up and see brett kavanaugh as a gang rapist and a lot of women kwl including me in america looked up and saw a man who was a political -- political, political character assassination and also we looked up and saw in him possibly our husbands, our sons, our cousins, our coworkers, our brothers. this was unfair. had they shown brett kavanaugh the grace and dignity that his 10-year-old daughter showed dr. ford, that we all showed her in her testimony, in the fbi supplemental investigation. >> trump will have several chances this week to try to keep up the excitement level of his

base. some gop strategists have questioned whether that energy will last the several weeks remaining before voters cast their ballots. this monday trump will head to orlando for an official event before jetting off to campaign rallies throughout the week in iowa, pennsylvania, ohio and finally kentucky on saturday. trump will likely continue to celebrate those wins and try to stretch those results into electoral gains next month. sarah westwood, cnn, the white house. >> sarah, thank you. let's talk more about what's ahead with steven ehrlinger in brussels, belgium. it is clear this is a big win for president trump and his party. so, the question, who is more energized headed into the mid terms, is it republicans who may be very pleased with how this last week played out, or democrats who have been energized since president trump took office, but got kicked in the teeth last week?

>> well, that's a very good question because some people were suggesting if kavanaugh's confirmation was withdrawn or he were defeated, it would have really energized the republicans, and particularly trump supporters. but that if he got through, it would energize the democrats. so i think that still makes quite a lot of sense. we even see taylor swift supporting democrats in tennessee. so, if this is any indication, i think the democrats feel more energized and the mid terms will be particularly interesting. >> you mentioned taylor swift who stayed out of politics, and that is indicative of democrats and people stepping forward given what's happened. let's talk about this process to confirm brett kavanaugh, now justice kavanaugh, a very tight margin here, a 50-48 vote, indicative of the sharp divide here in the united states.

and both some democrats and republicans are pointing to this as disappointing, to say the very least, even the republican governor of ohio, john kasich. let's listen. >> our leaders need to stop playing a zero-sum game like flipping a coin. i win, you lose. leaders need to figure out a way to bring people together. now, they can have a victory, but they can't leave the person who loses vanquished. and that's so much of what we're seeing. and in a zero-sum game, we get to appoint where any tactic is acceptable and then we use our tongues and we say things that we ultimately can deeply regret. >> governor kasich there. so, what are your thoughts about his assessment of the process? >> well, it's not a pretty process, democracy isn't always pretty. i was particularly moved when linda murkowski, the sole republican to vote against kavanaugh, said that it was the

worst process she'd ever been through, and then trump basically came like a mafia boss warning she'd be in trouble. so, if that's the tenor of the day, i think partisanship is not going away. and then there's talk that the democrats, if they manage to control the systems of government in a few years, may want to pack the cork and try to create 11 justices rather than 9. there is no question the importance of what happened is that the centrist vote of justice kennedy on the court is gone. we now have a 5-4 court with no one really obviously balanced in the middle. and so we're going to have a conservative court for a long time. and ruth bader ginsburg, one of our liberals, is 85. steve briar, another, is 80. so, it could be before the trump

presidency is finished that you have a 7-2 conservative majority on the court. a lot of it has to do with how long people live and what the midterms are going to tell us. >> the midterms will be certainly crucial for the next several years, even the next several decades. we'll see what happens there. steven erhlinger live for us in brussels, belgium. thank you. >> thanks. >> america's top dim low diplomat has arrived in china. what to expect from mike pompeo's trip to beijing ahead.

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welcome back to viewers here in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom live from atlanta. i'm george howell with the headlines we're following for you. this hour, a political advisor to turkey's president tells cnn he believes there is a strong possibility that the journalist you see here, jamal kashogi, a critic of saudi arabia was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul where he was seen tuesday. president erdogan said he is personally chasing this investigation. saudi arabia denies any involvement. chinese authorities say the former head of interpol, meng, has been detained in china for alleged corruption and accepting bribes. interpol says meng has resigned just days after his wife reported him missing. she says that he sent her cryptic text messages after traveling to china, suggesting that he might be in danger. in brazil, the populist

surge is being felt there. this far-right presidential candidate almost secured an outright win with 47% of the vote. bolsonaro campaigned as an anti-establishment candidate. the trump of the tropics, he's called. a runoff second place candidate fernando is scheduled for october 28. israeli security forces are looking for a man they say killed two israelis at a factory in the west bank on sunday. soldiers searched the village where the suspect, a 23-year-old palestinian lives. officials say he used a homemade automatic weapon in the attack. a 29-year-old woman and 35-year-old man were killed. a third person was seriously wounded. cnn's warren lieberman is following the story at this hour. warren, israeli security forces are looking for the suspect. what are we learning built attacker? >> reporter: well, this is now 24 hours after the attack and

security forces include the army israel security agency. police are still searching for the suspected gunman in the shooting. 23-year-old palestinian. authorities say he came to the factory where he worked in the industrial park in the west bank at around 7:30 on sunday morning, went into his place of employment from which authorities say he had been absent from a few days, and shot two of his coworkers, 35-year-old and 29-year-old kim. he then ran away shooting one more person in the stomach. that woman remains in the hospital in stable condition at this point. that led to a very wide, very large-scale manhunt to look for the suspected gunman in this case. the israeli military went into his village in the northern west bank palestinian city to try to find him. they carried out a number of searches as well as arrests and apprehensions of those who knew the suspect in this case to try to figure out if he acted alone or if this was a, quote-unquote, lone wolf attack. authorities say he had no criminal or security background

before carrying out this attack. one of the victims, 29-year-old kim was laid to rest last night. the funeral for the second victim is a few hours away at this point. that's the funeral for zib. authorities will have to figure out how it is the suspect entered a secure industrial park with an automatic weapon, what is known as a homemade car lode. was this terror related. so far investigation s are that it is based on social media posts as well as other indications from the suspect. that all part of the investigation here as they try to figure out how an automatic weapon got onto the industrial park in west bank which has security, which has a check, and what led to this shooting in that industrial park. george? >> lieberman on the details of this case. live for us in jerusalem. orrin, thank you. america's top diplomat has touched down in beijing. the secretary of state mike

pompeo met with china's foreign minister just a short time ago. he arrived in beijing after wrapping up a trip to the korean peninsula. there he met with south korea's president moon jae-in. but much of the focus has been on this, his talks with the north korean leader kim jong-un. he told reporters an announcement about a new summit between mr. kim and the u.s. president trump is pretty close. let's talk more about this now with cnn correspondent sam kylie, following the secretary of state's visit to china. and, sam, look, this is coming off what pompeo has described as good talks with north korea. south korea certainly satisfied with the result, but given some recent comments by the u.s. vice-president about china and current trade disputes between the two countries, might he get a chilly reception there? >> i think he's certain to have a fairly frosty encounter behind doors. in public the chinese have made

the views about mr. pence's statement last weekend that china was effectively an intense rival both militarily as well as economically, culturally, and indeed was politically attempting to interfere in the november midterm elections. all charges, of course, the chinese not only deny, but call them slander. as you point out, george, it is a growing trade dispute between the two countries that involve some $200 billion worth of tariffs being imposed on chinese imports to the united states per year. that figure could indeed go up. in that context, quite frosty talks likely. where there will be warmth, though, will be over north korea because the chinese and the americans are in lockstep with the idea that the korean peninsula, george, needs to be denuclearized. >> all right. and on that point, mike pompeo

telling reporters again that a possible summit is, quote, pretty close. but here's the question. is denuclearization, is it more about more summits and insta-perfect pictures? is it more about the details here? the nitty-gritty details of what it means for north korea to denuclearize? >> i think the american side are conscious that it's got to be something much more intensely detailed than the broad brush agreement that was made between chairman kim and president trump back in -- when they met in singapore. they are saying that an official, senior official level these are exactly the sorts of details that are going to be worked out. they do come, the two sides, from a pretty different perspective. in short, the north koreans want a good number of concessions being made towards them in terms of trade and international politics before they will

completely denuclearize. of course the americans and the west in general, and indeed china, would probably want to see a good deal of movement of denuclearization before signing off on it particularly in terms of inspections and so on. these are the nitty-gritty details that are going to be worked on, pompeo was saying, ahead of the summit that both sides think is fairly imminent. but when and where that will be will also be the subjects of talks, but i don't think either leader of either country want to have a summit until there is something pretty substantial for them to get their teeth into and possibly even sign up to, george. >> well, the pictures are pretty, but the devil is always in the details. sam kylie live for us in hong kong. thank you for the reporting. in brazil, a far-right presidential candidate has secured a stunning lead ahead of a runoff vote. his critics fear he could become a leader similar to the u.s. president and the philippine president, rodrigo duterte.

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welcome back to cnn newsroom. i'm george howell. the parents of kid snapped nigerian girls boca ha ran issued a death time for their daughter. they threaten to kill her if their demands are not met. the 15-year-old was abducted with more than 100 school girls in february. most were released after four weeks. leah was held back after refusing to renounce her christian faith. now to the aftermath of the double natural disasters in indonesia, more than 5,000 people could still be missing. this after more than a week, powerful 7.5 magnitude and tsunami hit the island .

military, civilians and volunteers are keeping the search and rescue efforts going. but officials say the thousands of missing people are in areas destroyed by soil liquefication. rivers are turned to mud, sweeping away entire neighborhoods. emergency teams are working in northern haiti after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the island nation. 12 people were killed. haiti is still recovering from the massive earthquake back in 2010. that earthquake that killed more than 220,000 people and destroyed much of the capital city. in brazil, a far-right candidate is getting close ers to becoming the next president of that nation. bolsonaro is called the trump of the tropics. the antiestablishment candidate

secured a stunning lead in the first round of brazil's presidential election. shasta darling ton has more now from sao paulo. >> reporter: the message from bazillian voters was loud and clear. they're fed up with the endemic political corruption and the rising crime and violence. bolsonaro a former army captain far-right candidate may not have won an absolute majority in sunday's elections, but he's riding a wave of conservatism as he has a runoff later this month. he has supporters celebrating in front of his house. the candidate gave a fairly sobering on social media saying the next three weeks are not going to be easy. >> translator: we indeed are able to change the destiny of brazil. we cannot continue flirting with socialism or communism. >> reporter: his standing just went up in the polls when he was stabbed during a campaign rally and forced to recover first in the hospital, and then at home.

in the end he's going to face-off against fernando haddad, the candidate for the left wing workers' party who really online joined the race a month ago when the former president da silva was jailed on corruption charges and forced to pull out of the race. and after voting himself, ha dad told his supporters he is going to try and unite other parties behind his candidacy. now, what's interesting here is that these are the two most popular candidates, but also the two most unpopular candidates with very hirie jection rates. in fact, just a week before sunday's election, tens of thousands of brazilians took to the streets in marches organized by women encouraging brazilians to vote for anybody but bolsonaro using the slogan or, not him. now, of course, they have three weeks to try and unite brazilians around them. i'm shasta darling ton for cnn

in sao paulo. >> with more on brazil, paolo is the director of the brazil institute at the woodrow wilson institute. thank you for your time. voters give a first round victory to bolsonaro who has been described as a trump option outpacing fernando hadad. what is the appeal for these different capp different candidates? >> it is a rejection, a clear rejection of the left of the workers' party that has governed brazil for 15 years, whose leader, former president luis da silva, very famous, very important at one moment, is currently in prison serving time for corruption. there is a enormous frustration in brazil with politicians in

general. but particularly with the left, particularly the workers' party, and bolsonaro, a back belcher in congress, there is one legislation to his name in 27 years there, is the beneficiary of this anger brazilians feel. he has run a campaign on social media mostly and actually he has not campaigned recently. he was stabbed during a rally on september 6 and has -- was for three weeks in the hospital, and he didn't explain what he wants to do other than say that he will combat corruption. he will combat crime. and sort of pushing the buttons that are important for the enraged brazilian public. >> let's talk more about bolsonaro. certainly since being stabbed,

he did plenty on social media, putting out messages. look, this is a candidate who initially lacked the budget, that the mainstream campaigns had. he has been known for his racist, his misogynist, homophobic comments. what has allow this had candidate to see this rise? >> i think it has to do with the moment with brazil at this moment of frustration, of rejection. it is people are not voting for someone. they are mostly voting against someone, against the situation. there is a lot of hatred in all of this. and bolsonaro happens to be the beneficiary, could be someone else. he is somewhat able on television, but he will now have to face a campaign, three weeks of campaign where he will have to expose more himself to the public. i believe that he has an

enormous chance here of winning the election on october 28. it is not clear whom he would govern. brazil is in for a lot of uncertainty. >> you say this is an election about voting against the other candidate. talk to us about these other issues. what is important to voters? is this an election about pocketbook issues, given the nation's economy? is it about safety issues, given crime? >> it is about safety issues. this is most important issue for brazilians right now. crime is rampant in brazil. 17 of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world today are in brazil, and it's also about the economy. brazil has gone through a deepest and longest recession in history.

it is not completely out of it. bolsonaro has promised and gained the support of the financial markets for promising liberalization, a more open economy in brazil. easier said than done in his 20-plus years in congress, he has never supported a single piece of legislation, liberalizing the economy, privatizing state companies. but he has an opportunity. businessmen, financial markets are with him at this point. if he takes a few measures in that direction, he would have probably a positive reaction from investors. but it's very doubtful that he has or he has to prove to have the capacity to form an economic team, to manage an economic team to select key people to important positions and that's why there is so much uncertainty

about mr. bolsonaro. he has no experience running anything, especially running a complex structure as the brazilian government. >> you say that he lacks the experience. but at this point he seems to have the votes, securing a lead here in the first round. we'll see where this goes, of course. paolo sotero, thank you for your time and perspective there in washington, d.c. next here on cnn newsroom, the artist pulls off a stunt that has the art world shaking its head in pure disbelief. today, 97% of employers agree that skills like teamwork, attention to detail,

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welcome back to newsroom. one of tokyo's long-standing institutions is no more. for decades, the tsukiji fish market has had tourists. the market has closed its doors. this was the feeling as it finally shutdown on saturday. >> translator: i am sad to see it close, but i do look forward to seeing what the land will be used for after this and how tokyo will develop going

forward. >> translator: tsukiji is a brand name. people buy dpr here because it is from there. i'm hearing a lot of people that toyosu will not be the same and that is why people don't want to move. i have been working here 23 years and don't want to move either. this all brings up a lot of emotions in me. >> the new market location is due to open october 16th. a big reason for the move was that the old market's real estate in the center of tokyo has become just too valuable. and identifiably this hour, the story of the elusive street artist known for over the top stunts may have pulled off one of the most audacious yet. the iconic painting by banksy has been auctioned offer for more than a million dollars when the unthinkable happened. you'll just have to see it to believe it. our lynda kinkade explains. >> reporter: moments after a buyer placed the $1.4 million winning bid on this famous banksy artwork, a stunt like no other.

the iconic image known as girl with the balloon self-dee instructs. the artist delighting in the moment, in real time on his instagram account. writing, going, going, gone. a shredder built into the frame rips the piece into strips at sotheby's auction house in london. banksy said he added the shredder to the picture years ago just in case it was ever auctioned off. it's not clear how the shredder was activated or how this will affect the art's value. could it be worth more now? >> well, that will be sad if it is. >> reporter: will joins the author of banksy says the artist had a clear message. >> it was a sort of protest against the way his paintings are being monetized. it's become how much does a banksy make? how much is it worth rather than a painting. >> reporter: banksy is known for

using the element of surprise to make a point, like the time he bought a tract of stuffed animals in new york's meatpacking districts squeaking for help. or when he pointed a finger of privilege at a young graffiti artist at a wall in the broncos. in a statement, sotheby's auction house said, we've been banksied. lynda kinkade, cnn. >> wow. thank you for being with us for this hour. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. more news right after the break. stay with us. lovers everywhere meet o, that's good! frozen pizza one third of our classic crust is made with cauliflower but that's not stopping anyone o, that's good!

it has been several days now since the famous saudi journalist has been seen and now some fear that he was murdered inside a saudi consulate. plus, a chilling warning to prevent a catastrophic crisis. experts fear time is running out for millions of people all over the globe. and people in upstate new york mourn after the deadliest car crash in the u.s. in almost a decade. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. the cnn newsroom starts right now.