over 900,000 customers still without power after hurricane matthew. focus this morning, the hard hit. we're taking you there. you're in the cnn newsroom. and first the breaking news we're following today. president trump promising quote severe punishment if it's found responsible for the death of jamal khashoggi. >> he recorded his own death by turning on the recording function of his apple watch. >> he's been missing for more than a week. frrt sources are also saying saudi authorities have prevented from

khashoggi's son from traveling out of the can country because they're invalidating his pass port. >> live outside the saudi consulate in istanbul. and sarah westwood is live from the white house. flrs. >> i want to hear more about what the president said. >> reporter: president trump is use thiing the toughest languag we've seen yet about jamal khashoggi. he said the stakes are so high because in part of his stattess as a journalist and promise said to vow -- take a listen. >> there's a lot at stake and maybe especially so this because man was a reporter. i know you're surprised to hear

me say that but there's something terrible and disgusting about it. year going to get the bottom of it and there will be severe punishment. >> reporter: earlier he expressed a desire to save a parm arms deal and it underscores the fine line the president is walking between protect thing arms sale and oijd saudi arabia responsible for the abuse. and not just because of economic ties but because this white house has made saudi arabia the center of its midiron policy. and he may soon have to spes ju -- specify what punishment >> thank you so much. let's go to istanbul.

the saudis continuing to deny any e any involvement or the disappearance or the death. >> there was celebration yesterday part of this working group but a as of this moment in time, we have not seen any significant movement or repouredige on where this investigation might be going. or even at this stage really hoping to accomplish. remember the turk husband asked for and received permission to get into house of the saudis asked it be postponed and then we hear about the existence of this work withing group. you mention the pro-turkish daly

earl wrr that she had turned her apple watch on before entering the conflict. it did raise high level of interest and when dhie have video and audio recording, are fraught with inconsistencies. th that is the high unlikelihood that any sort of data would have the ability to migrate off of it. but we do know from source familiar with the investigation that the recordings they say they have, a quite chilling as some sort of assault, argument. and moments pointing to his death.

this is a highly politically charged situation as you can only imagine. the turks have long been say thing to saudi, kick to your claim, proviewed us with the evidence and that has yet to materialize. >> thank you so much. joining me now josh roguen. and cnn plit canical analyst, and cnn white house correspondent for bloomberg news. let moo start with you and stheez strong wunds words we're hearing from the president about severe consequences, severe punishment if cushowing ea was actually murdered.

reconcile that rhetoric and this 110-billion dollar deal. >> it's better than what. thts other day. it shows that pregszer in washington on the administration to get serious about this is rising andtle effecting the administration. buts it's far sore of that but to finish them in me. he must release information what he must have. and that pressure should also be applied to the turkish government. why don't they just put all that evidence they have into the public. so that know what they know. so the point of pressure is to

encourage consistent action. we need a lot more of both. and the back and forgt doesn't inspire confident. it's mostly brksz s. and besides it they're our leverage against other countries, not against us. we can't let an arms sale get in the way of residents. we don't sell remembered and our laws and norms. >> the way the president frames this is he doesn't want to hurt jobs. doesn't want to lies onnarder like that. the push back the president is getting from his own wartfy

sending a letter, calling for action. also kind of whipping 10ed to votes. how broad and deep is that support in the president's own party to try to punish saudi arabia. >> i think the movement you're seeing in the senate is significant and has the potential to be sear ysz to? extend. force we've sthoon frooeds free rue it and that mag nits ski does crecannate an opportunity for the senate to kind of force the president's hand if the president doesn't want to go there him stfl. but part of the problem is that outside of the sanction structure, this administration

has played so much of their offense and trusting it to be desant actors. the iran policy hinges on this. approach towards the palestiniansed hinges on this. and so if the u.s. really moves to distance beself from saudi arabia. and aside from the very serious concern about the safety of journalists around the come cl all of us are deeply concerned about the world. it's very much tied up in all of this. >> i would just add from my think is getting mad.

in soud ea arabia are reliable ally in the beejen. actually the actions reing nem non. and all of this regional power influence. has any of that worked out? if the suspected murder of jamal were just an isolated incident, we can say we don't really know what the character of this regime is but it is only the latest in a long stream of clear examples that this is not one working oirn national security ftd tss and northerly said skb va values our country is based on. >> as we expand and broaden this

just beyond the u.s. and the saudis. tweeted that the repercussions of political targeting will be tire on these who inflame it. >> he's the best friend of mds. so it's not surprising at all. it's part of a coordinated plane and tell us what happened to jamal. it's not that complicated. of course the government is going to side with their frenz. that's a use lds atitian to the depite. and any sort of criticisms on the calls for that information is a distraction. >> margaret, is there any favoring lat or consideration?

in front of the curtain we're hearing from the tregszry secretary steve mnuchin. but is there any discussion behind the scenes of potentially not going. frr or are they full steam ahead. >> including whether to continue to take part and what you're see in ting is the response by the american business community and the media outlets as well in terms of participation. we know he has plangz to speak with the king. and we know ewith jared's initial conversations has fwien deny everything. i think after that call we'll begin to see the administration,

really fine tune its plans for if and how to participate in the conference. >> muhomed, the crown prinsz thardsing this skip. . thank you both. >> thank you. we know now 17 people have died. and 900,000 don't have power tew to hurricane michael. plus when first laid a milania trump weir jacket to the boarder saying i really don't care. do you. a spokesperson said it's just a jookt. and since then changed. frnchts after two years of destention and he's head. prrs

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supply companies can get in and out of this area. but you see there just how much work is ahead. >> it's like i said junkyard in front of all these homes that survived and yet there are going to be people who don't want to go through that because those are things they love and need and want to recover. >> i know the wayne which you mean it and looking tos but node people have loss. >> it's the things he they love. >> the tangible part of their lives. and this is just one part of mexico beach. this goes on for blocks. there's a person on earlier who said there's not one business up and operational in mexico beach. and they're not the big chains,

they're mom and pop. they've but to rebuild. >> but look at all the -- that whole area and it is nice to finally see cars and trucks trying to get through. because we know that is so necessary but look attuate they're getting through to. i'm so impressed by how i think we all are and dtermined to go back and make their homes again. but as we look at this i want you to remember that 17 people have died. that is the number we know now. 17 people have died. in hurricane michael. and we expect that number to rise. there are still recovery efforts going on. and the people are so resolved

to get in there and say no, this one's not going to break us. >> we ain't going nowhere. we're going to rebuild somehow. i'm just not sure at my door. we'll still be here. >> almost 900,000 people are without power. there can could be more people. that's just the can customer number. the roads need to be cleared. some are still impassable by the debris. frrls >> scott mcclain both live from the pan handle. we just saw the drone footage from the air. >> we saw all those trees to to make wear way a little over an

our ago. flrs bull stoezers need to be -- and we know 900,000 customers across seven dats. 300,000 are in florida alone and fraz mexico beach, the mare said thebust estunder is there could be two nungt said. the city manager said 12 to 18 months before the town is up and running. every business has been wiped out. this is a small town. they want to keep it that way. the mayor says 75% of the town is gone. the is one confirmed death in mexico beach. a man was found amidathist debris. they did a second sweep yare and

we'll continue some of those efforts today. as of 8:00 a.m. wernz morning, fwo76 residents who planned to stay out and sort on the tray. >> he knows there were at least a comdozen, maybe a a few more people hesaid he would neev do tufwen. we're talking about being able to get in truchl truch when there's no service. they may no longer have a building on it. so that just gives you sense of that one stask alone. but that is part of what this is thanning as part of the clean up efforts today. >> let's go to scott mcclain and panama city.

you're what? 50 miles west from land fall in mexico beach and if you hand miles inland and still have lots of damage. >> even into gj gnl. wroul rr see trees staped and pulled out by the roots. homes damaged. things like that. but really the scale of the destruction is so tragic in this circumstance. 300,000 people without power. but that is least of the worries in places like panama city where i am. this is the gymnasium. both of the walls of this building were completely torn off and as you drive through panama city. buildings completely flat and toppled over. it will take months, in some cases, for the pan handle to get back on its feet.

even inland massive, massive taj. it's about 50 mile inland. and it is extensive. we saw an old church yesterday. almost 100 years old. it would not be an over statement to say it look like a bomb off. we actually spoke with a couple of people who saw their chimney kbaurked into their new houses. he smashed a gaping holt in the roof of the home. sheez said don't expect to come home and she anything like this. as she stressed to me yesterday long after the tv cameras leave, she is go be deal wing putdige

my life back together >> very good point and listen, i know you're thinking i don't know how to help these people. you can go to cnn.com/impact. coming up in the death of sulected 93rder. whaud will the impact be?

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welcome back. the mystery surrounding this missing saudi journalist is hurting saudi arabia's business relationships. >> many are pulling out of a

major conference scheduled later this month. >> reporter: he emerged as a young and ambitious reformer who promises the world. he aimed to rebuild the stattess of the kingdom by harnessing the are support of those in his generation, cutting what he called an adix to hoyle and by develop thing world's lanch ts state investor fund to be a major player on wall street. >> he really does want to take saudi arabia from a to b. to catapult his ambitions he formed a strong pg relationship with son in law, jared kushner.

and his first over soos trip of riyadh. >> so your time together, two very important influential people. >> the relationship emboldened the crown prince. leaving an on going, thasery war. they feel like that's where the green light is coming from. >> back at mome an alarming show of guests. what's they hope did they used the same venue to arrest saudi businessman and some say the suspected killing of journalist khashoggi will only make matters

worse. >> so there will be little -- >> reporter: foren investment hit a 14-year low last year. sfachlgs billion exblektd this year. and new being invaums at too impulsive for his own good. >> young, vibrant prince has been new order. >> and cnn joins us live from abu dhabi. so distancing themselves in riyadh, kind of pressure that put on saudi ayabia. and thad that rets carlton a jail.

its tlr latest of who say. they've taken all the names off as a precautionary measure frrps and the managing director of christine and mnuchin. but i'll add with cavyeah. and she added i'm waiting for "48 hour waets to see how this evolves. mnuchin said they plan to stay the course but they have cover from president trump who is suggesting he'll go down like a hammer if this goes down in the frung direction against saudi ayabia. the, the oo of uber puls out. and i don't want to call this a

contractor's ball, thought bts rr who have that at steak, they're staying engaged right now. but engaged in saudi arabia. live from abu dhabi. thank you. so while the president mulls over his next step, he's claimed a democratic value during that turkey. president trump has demanded his relete for months. even imposing sarngzs along the way. aleash, there's a lot tension between turkey and the u.s. two questions for the of one. what happens nowen, strengthen the u.s.'s hand with oddy

arabia. >> it's something that the kpt's been look, for some time. and particularly vice president mike pence getting very involved win with this. the u.s. was putting sanctions on turkey, tariffs. at a time where they were pierling downered and hey wanted to relete him. to turkey the cleric that they say was responsibility that for attempted cue. and as the u.s. kind of rekaltculates where its relationship is going to go with with saudi arab yurks i

meaninate seemed to impose economic sanctions. but there's going to be a shift i think and the fact that the tensions with turkey are now decide i thing this gives the president more options as he looks at deal wing syria, iran, a couple of otherish oous. still very much importedant to the u.s. and the u.s. is really walking a tight rope in terms of what it's going to do when this come cans out. >> right. thanks so much for breaking it down for us. well, milania trump sat down for a rare interview while away on her trip overseas. the immigration policy and that controversial jacket she wore to a migrant children pf's detenti

center. >> i wore the jack toot go on the plane and off the plane and it was for the people and for the left wing people who are criticizing me and i want to them i don't care. you can criticize me but it will not stop me from doing bhaut is right >> and then you put the jacket on. >> i see how media gud got obsessed about it. we've got a little more than three weeks to go now. what can we expect? what do these crucial races look like today? cnn's political forecast is next.

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>> let's start with the house and the simple math. a couple of vacancies. 218 spells a majority. >> the democrats, 229 seats. this is based upon how well this model has ton hist oorically. democrats could win all the way up to a 2062 seats and so i just say we still have three sw a half weeks to go until election day. there are a lot of close races. but right now it looks the most likely ske nair wroe that they'll win the majority in the house of representatives. >> i mean look, the map -- there are a lot of democratic

incumbents and that's part of the reason why we think republican are not only likely to regain control, and again a margin of error. so republicans could win up to 67 seats. but there's also a scenario is let's say all the close races go the democrats way, they could can end up with a little more than 50 seats. if you were to sum it up in two sentences, itted be democrats are most likely to win control of the house and republicans the senate but with with a a margin of error in both bodies. >> i'll see if i can get snoob tape on the jowl. >> it's not my grandfather's chin. it's a nice, young chin. >> available every day on

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marriage. she's in a better place, i am happy to tell you. we're all talking a lot about abuse lately. if you think you have an idea of what it is, listen to this. >> my husband was physically and mentally emotionally sexually abusive. i got the bruises. i got the loaded gun to the head. and right here and he cocked it. >> this is a snippet of an interview conducted as a partnership between suze orman, avon foundation for women and national domestic violence hot line because it is domestic violence awareness month. i spoke with the ceo of the hot line and asked her, with what we just heard from rhonda, how often is this happening behind closed doors? >> unfortunately domestic violence is incredibly pervasive in our country. one in four women in their lifetime will experience physical violence by an intimate partner. so we know that it is pref

length that we all know someone currently experiencing abuse, likely behind closed doors, and likely not sharing with anyone they know. >> that's part of what we want to talk about. a lot of people wonder why would somebody not tell someone. it's interesting what jolted rhonda to tell somebody. here's what she says happened. she said it happened around thanksgiving. >> this particular evening he was drinking, he came in and beat me up. i remember falling in the hallway from where he hit me with his fist and i had a black eye. we were supposed to be going to a big thanksgiving dinner at my mother's and that happened and then he said, you know, not only am i going to take care of you but i'm going over to your parents' house and i'm going to shoot and kill your mom and your dad and your sister. okay. he left with a gun in his truck

going out the driveway and i'm thinking i have to tell them, i have to warn them. so i called them. that's the first time i had said anything. >> i cannot even begin to imagine. why is it when you listen to that, why is it we wait until someone else is in danger before we make that call? why don't we take care of ourselves? >> i think honestly as women we're cultured to be care takers, take care of others first and foremost. that becomes expounded when you think about domestic violence and how abusive partners make the victim feel like the abuse that is happening in the home is their fault and there's a lot of shame and embarrassment associated with that, which prevents many women from telling anyone they know what's happening behind closed doors. i think rhonda is exactly in that situation. she felt a lot of blame and internalized what was happening

in her house was her fault. until she was in a place she needed to protect someone else, that's when she began to reach out. >> rhonda said she stayed because she had a daughter, a daughter that loved her father, and rhonda wanted to keep her family together which is not unusual, we know. she said she and her husband went through counseling. he stopped drinking. he stopped hitting her. but there was one thing, too, that kept her there as well. this was surprising. >> and we as christians read the scripture that you're supposed to forgive and forgive and you do, you know. when the person that's supposed to love you the most abuses you on a regular basis, it changes who you are. >> it changes who you are. one of the things that's surprising in this is that her husband was a pastor. so when she says it changes who you are, help us understand what

this does to people. >> you know, it's so interesting and sometimes when we're working at the national domestic violence hotline, speaking with thousands of women every day, we often hear exactly what rhonda said, that it changed her and that they lose themselves in the relationship. you have to remember when rhonda first met her husband, when many women first meet partners that will be abusive, they don't present as abusive people. two individuals fall in love. and through the relationship when the abusive partner begins to chip away at the person's self esteem, it is subtle and then begins to escalate, and that person sees that this is somehow their fault and loses themselves in the relationship through the power and control dynamics. rhonda speaks about that in her video about how she gets to a point she doesn't recognize the woman in the mirror any more and that her abusive partner chipped

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