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so u.s. president donald trump says he soon expects to see the evidence turkey claims to have about the disappearance of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi kans lat in istanbul on october 2nd. here's the video. here's what mr. trump told the cbs news show "60 minutes" if it turns out khashoggi was killed. >> there's a lot at stake, and maybe especially so because this man was a reporter. there's something -- you'll be surprised to hear me say that. there's something really terrible and disgusting about that if that were the case. so we're going to have to see. we're going to get to the bottom of it, and there will be severe punishment. >> saudi arabia is adamant it had nothing to do with khashoggi's disappearance, but his fiancee fears the worst. she wrote an emotional op-ed in "the new york times" about the man she had hoped to marry. jamal spoke up against oppression, but he paid for the

saudi people's demand for freedom with his own life. if he is dead, and i hope it is not the case, thousands of jamal will be born today on his birthday. his voice and his ideals with reverberate from turkey to saudi arabia and across the world. oppression never lasts forever. tyrants eventually pay for their sins. here is nic robertson with more in istanbul. >> reporter: in a new op-ed, jamal khashoggi's fiancee describes that morning when khashoggi went into the consulate. she says he was cheerful. there was no sense of foreboding. but the reason for that -- and this is very important -- is because he'd been into the consulate on the friday, and they told him to come back at 1:00 p.m. on tuesday, which is what he did, the 2nd of october. that tells us a lot because it tells us there was a plan in the saudi consulate to expect jamal khashoggi at that time and that aligns with what turkish investigators believe, that he came in and there was a plan.

saudis had arrived in the country with the purpose of doing some kind of harm to him. and they say they have the evidence for that. what we have heard, the most strong language so far from turkish officials on saturday, the turkish foreign minister, while visiting the uk, likely there to try to bolster support for turkey's position, used very strong language to say what turkey expects from the saudis in this joint working group so that the turkish officials can move ahead with their investigation. he said the saudi authorities must -- and he used that word, a very strong word -- must give access to turkey's chief prosecutor and technical experts to get inside the consulate. that is the bar. that's the threshold. that's what saudi authorities have to agree to. right now they continue to say that they were not involved in this, that the allegations against them are without foundation, that they had no hand in any harm coming to jamal

khashoggi. there's a lot of daylight between the two positions, and it does seem time is running out for the two countries to find agreement on this. but we now have a better understanding of khashoggi's state of mind when he went in, but very far from agreement on getting those turkish investigators inside that consulate. nic robertson, cnn, istanbul, turkey. >> now, as nic just told us, turkey's foreign minister wants the saudis to allow turkish investigators into that consulate in istanbul. here's what he said. >> translator: particularly, saudi arabia must cooperate for allowing access to our chief prosecutor's office and experts to enter the saudi consulate. where did he disappear? there in the consulate. therefore, for the sake of this investigation, in order to bring everything into the open, they must allow access to the consulate. we haven't seen any collaboration yet. we want to see that. our chief prosecutor and our technical experts must enter the

consulate, and saudi arabia needs to cooperate with us on this matter. >> okay. so how does saudi arabia now respond to all of this? the saudi interior minister says the accusations in the media are false, and he condemns them. sam kiley is in riyadh. >> reporter: the turkish foreign minister's allegation that saudi arabia is not allowing turkish investigators access to the consulate have so far been met by silence from saudi officials. they've been very parse moanious with their statements since october the 2nd when their citizen went missing inside their consulate in istanbul. but they did welcome the establishment of a joint investigative committee and even sent some officials over to join it. but the saudi position is absolutely that mr. khashoggi left that consulate safe and sound. in the last 24 hours, the interior minister, the first person to have put his name to a statement coming through the saudi press agency -- and that

is prince abdullah aziz bin saud, he's coated by the agency as saying the minister of the interior affirmed the kingdom of saudi arabia's condemnation and denunciation of the false accusations circulated in some media on the saudi government and people against the background of the disappearance of the saudi citizen, jamal khashoggi. he also stressed that what has been circulating about orders to kill him are lies and baseless allegations against the government of the kingdom. now, if that is the saudi position, and it has not wavered one jot, then that set up a major problem for them if and only if the allegations that are being leaked out unofficially in turkey prove to be true or true in part. in other words, they don't have what in diplomacy is most useful, which is an element of doubt, which would allow them to reverse out of their official position that they had no role

whatsoever in this murder or disappearance and suggest some other form of narrative. so that ultimately is going to be potentially very problematic for saudi arabia. sam kiley, cnn, riyadh. >> david rhodes, cnn global affairs analyst, joins us now. david, i want your analysis on all of this. i also want your pefrnl point of view. you were kidnapped by the taliban back in 2008 when you were a reporter for "the new york times" at the time. so obviously this hits close to home. when you see harm coming to a journalist, a columnist, who feared repercussion for expressing his opinions. tell me what your reaction to all of this is. >> you know, yes, i do have a bias. a feel a sense of a kindred sort of spirit with him. and i, you know, blame the perpetrators. i blame the taliban who kidnapped me. i blame, you know, the saudi government, at least for not answering what has happened

here. it's extraordinary that so much time has passed. if he is alive, you know, if they have proof of him leaving that consulate, you know, please share it with the world. >> yeah, and they haven't provided that proof, and turkey wants that proof too. but nothing coming from the saudis on that front. they just have been putting out these terse statements saying allegations that they may have killed him are all lies. look, donald trump says there will be severe punishment if it turns out that saudi arabia murdered jamal khashoggi, but he doesn't want to stop selling weapons to the saudis. so what could he do? >> i think there's, you know, many things he could do. he's been brutal with sanctions with our closest allies, with europe and canada and mexico. and yet he's taking a very soft approach towards saudi arabia. and i think it's a really -- look, i think the president, you know, is tough and will be tough, and that's one of his strengths. but it's a really bad message frankly to send particularly to the middle east that money is what matters here, that, you

know, an arms sale to saudi arabia is more important than solving this murder. that plays into the hypocrisy frankly that extremist groups in the middle east use, that the west can be bought, that the west doesn't really care about all these ideals about the rule of law and justice. it's just all about money. so the saudis get a pass because they have a great deal of money. >> so this brings me to my next question. do you think saudi arabia and specifically the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, care about the backlash that they're getting because, yes, there is the money. but there also is all the rebranding they've been doing for the better part of a year and a half, two years now, of branding the saudi crown prince as a reformer and the country as a changing country. why would they want to undermine that? >> i don't think they want to. i think -- >> or take the risk of undermining it. >> i don't think they want to. i think something's gone wrong possibly. but, you flknow, you think ther is a danger that the trump administration enable them. jared kushner's the president's

son-in-law, was very close to mbs. the president's first trip overseas after he took office was to saudi arabia. and, you know, the war in yemen has continued with tremendous civilian casualties. so this administration has let, you know, the saudi prince get away with many things. he's talked the talk, but at the same time, there has been, you know, terrible things happening in yemen. so the critical player here is donald trump. i mean he can make the saudis pay a very serious price for this, and i hope he does. >> one more thing i want to know from you, i wanted to ask you was about turkey. they have in some ways been very critical, but the most -- the strongest criticism has come from leaks through the media, through government-owned newspapers. the president himself, recep tayyip erdogan, has actually stopped short of accusing saudi arabia. where do you think -- how do you think turkey is trying to calibrate their positioning on

this. >> i think they've been very careful in sort of leaking out things in drips and drabs. they have not made that allegation. that could mean that turkey doesn't actually have proof, you know. so maybe, again, the saudis are innocent. but, you know, he has not been seen since he went in that consulate. if he was lured to a consulate to obtain a marriage license and then murdered, that is an astonishing violation of every international norm, you know, since world war ii of just basic diplomacy and, again, the rule of law. so, you know, it's unfortunate it's a journalist, but it's just extraordinary. and again, the player here -- and i think erdogan is hoping the player here is donald trump, and he has enabled this prince. you know, will he hold him accountable? >> thank you very much for joining us. thanks. >> thank you. and president trump welcomes home a freed evangelical pastor and praises turkey's government. we'll have the details on that next. plus, hurricane michael's trail of death and destruction from the gulf of mexico to

virginia. recovery efforts are still under way, and we'll have the latest on that too. stay with us.

in the oval office of the white house, i welcomed home pastor andrew brunson, great man from turkey. he's back with his family, together with his wife, and he is on american soil. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was president trump at a rally in kentucky hours ago, celebrating the homecoming of evangelical pastor andrew brunson after two years of detention in turkey. on saturday, brunson met with mr. trump at the white house. here's cnn's sarah westwood on that. >> reporter: it was a powerful moment at the white house on saturday when president trump welcomed home pastor andrew

brunson, who had been held in a turkish jail for two years after turkey said that brunson was part of a failed coup attempt in 2016, charges the trump administration described as bogus. brunson's detention had become a major source of tension between the u.s. and turkey. trump had applied increasing economic pressure to turkey, including by ratcheting up steel and aluminum tariffs against the country and by applying the sanctions to two turkish leaders. and all of that caused the turkish currency to plummet and put turkey's economy into something of a crisis, and that precipitated brunson's release on friday. now, the president touted this as a victory for the u.s., saying that previous administrations wouldn't have been able to free brunson. and he took the opportunity in the white house to talk about a separate situation, and that's tensions between the u.s. and saudi arabia over the alleged killing of a saudi journalist at the saudi consulate in turkey.

trump said the two events had no connection in terms of the timing of brunson's release. trump said that the administration is looking for more information about the disappearance of jamal khashoggi, that journalist, before he decides what kind of punishment to levy against saudi arabia. but the moment was lightened, of course, by pastor andrew brunson kneeling beside the president, placing a hand on his shoulder, and saying a prayer, thanking the president for helping secure his release from turkey. again, that is something we will likely see the president highlight as he heads into the midterm elections. sarah westwood, cnn, the white house. a race against the clock. rescue teams search for possible survivors of hurricane michael. we'll be in one of florida's hardest hit areas just ahead. buw customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter

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days after hurricane michael ravaged parts of the florida panhandle, we're still getting to grips with the amount of damage and destruction. authorities say at least 18 people are dead from the storm, and in the hardest hit areas, rescue workers are still looking through debris and still searching for survivors or for

those who haven't been heard from and may not have survived. martin savidge has more from mexico beach, florida. >> reporter: the sun's gone down and another night has set in here in mexico beach. and once the sun is gone, it gets completely dark in this community. only the television lights really are what you will see and occasionally the flashing strobe lights of emergency first responders. of course the search and recovery effort has to come to an end. it can't go on in the dark. and it was another very difficult day. no other victims have been found, and the city officials are reporting that all of the major structures that are still standing -- that would be the homes and also the businesses -- they have all been searched. but now they move on to another perhaps even more difficult and potentially dangerous phase. they have to go through all the large debris piles, and there are many of them throughout this devastated town. and they will carefully and methodically have to search and investigate every single one. authorities are working off of a

list of about 300 names. these are names of people they know were in this community just prior to the storm coming ashore. now after the storm, what they're doing is trying to match up those names with the people that are still here. they actually have a map with almost 300 dots on it, and they are carefully checking the list off. the problem is that in some cases, you go to a home and there's no one there. in other cases, you go, and there's no home there. and in other cases, they've been able to cross people off the list because witnesses saw them after the storm, or those people have been able to self-report. however, there's still a disturbing number -- they won't say how many -- that are unaccounted for. hence, why the search goes on and will do for four more days. martin savidge, cnn, mexico beach, florida. >> and a tropical siebcyclone t has been churning for weeks is now bringing heavy rain and strong winds to portugal. meanwhile parts. uk are underwater from a

powerful weekend storm. let's bring in ivan cabrera here with the latest. bad news for europe. >> a lot going on there. one was a hurricane spinning for quite some time across the central atlantic. but i want to take you to, my goodne goodness, wales here. incredible flooding. take a look at the boats there. not having a chance with this storm here as it rolled through. now, this is just a non-tropical area of low pressure that slammed into the uk over the weekend here with incredible amounts of rain. the weather service looking at perhaps one of the worst here in decades as a result of very heavy rain and also some strong winds. take a look at gravity losing. wow, that is a waterfall, or is it? it's going the wrong direction, folks. going from south to north here as a result of hurricane-force winds that, again, came in with this powerful area of low pressure. we're getting into that time of year where we can do that. take a look here once again. all over the place, not just wales but scotland getting in on the action as well with very

strong winds. we've had the st. george channel very angry. the bristol bay area, that has also been impacted. area of low pressure is gone at this point but left it's mark big-time. take a look at some of the rain. it doesn't look as impressive as you would imagine that kind of flooding, but it came down in a very short amount of time and there were other areas that flooded very quickly. so rivers and streams including river toey getting in on the flooding. 83-mile-an-hour winds. that's from the non-prop callow. the moisture you see here that is coming from leslie. we'll talk about leslie in a second as you see these areas of low pressure now beginning to leave. we'll be in much better shape as we head through the early part of the week. this next one cued up for next week not as strong. here we are. september 23rd, a tropical depression is born in the central atlantic. it spun and pun aspun, and spun.

then it bamakes a beeline for portugal and spain. luckily by the time it arrived, it did so as a weak area of low pressure. it was last-minute weakening because otherwise portugal would have been in trouble. we had wind gusts about -- it fizzled before it headed in. of course the opposite of what we've been covering the last week. >> very indecisive in the middle of the atlantic, going east-west. pictures of the waterfall by the way going up, very impressive. you got to play those again. >> we will. >> always appreciate it. thank you. real quick, i want to show you the official wedding photos of princess eugenie and jack brooksbank. the newly married couple released four photos. they tied the knot in st. george's chapel in windsor castle, the same place where prince harry married meghan markle in may.

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u.s. president donald trump vows a severe punishment to saudi arabia, indeed, killed missing journalist jamall pasushi. and i'm natalie allen at cnn center in atlanta. also at this hour the pope will cannonize seven new roman

catholic priests. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. u.s. president donald trump says he soon expects to see the evidence turkey claims to have about the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamall khashoggi. he was last seen entering the consulate on october 2nd. here's what president trump told "60 minutes." if it turns out he was killed -- >> there's a lot at stake, and maybe especially so because this man was a reporter because something you'll you be surprised to hear me say that, there's something really terrible and disgusting about that if that were the case. so we're going to have to see. we're going to get to the bottom of it and there will be severe

punishment. >> well, saudi arabia insists it had nothing to do with khashoggi's disappearance but on saturday turkey's foreign minister accused the saudis of not cooperating with the investigation. they demanded that the investigators be allowed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. let's bring in johanna and sam. let's start with you, jomana. the turkish authorities it seems insisting they are still not getting cooperation from the saudis and this investigation cannot take place until such a time as they do, correct? >> reporter: you know, becky, this is what turkish officials have been saying over the past week. they're saying that they're not

getting satisfactory answers to start with from saudi officials about what happened, keeping in mind there are only two things turkey has officially and publicly said about the ongoing investigation. that he walked into this building and he didn't come out. they are looking at persons of interest, a group of 50 saudis who were in the country in the consulate and left later on that day during the disappearance. other than that, they say that saudi officials are not giving them any explanations, any answers. the saudi narrative saying he was there and he left. we heard this from president erred d erdogan saying they haven't provided him with any evidence. we heard from the foreign minister speaking in london saying that the saudis are not cooperating. this is coming days after we heard from the foreign ministry saying that the saudis gave them the okay to go into the

consulate and search. so take a listen to what the foreign minister had to say. >> translator: particularly saudi arabia must cooperate for allowing access to our chief prosecutor's office and experts to enter the saudi consulate. where did he disappear? there in the consulate. therefore, for the sake of this investigation, in order to bring everything into the open, they must allow access into the consulate. we haven't seen any collaboration yet. we want to see that. our chief prosecutor and technical experts must enter the consulate and they must cooperate with us on this matter. >> >> reporter: and, becky, they're saying the investigation is getting deeper and this joint group is not going to impact the turkish investigation, that after some have voiced their concerns after the formation of that joint working group about what really will be made public

and how transparent and how reliable this investigation is going to be. >> so, sam, that is the charge. what is the explanation from riyadh? >> we >> reporter: well, the reaction from riyadh has been psy sentences lens so far. the saudi explanation is unequivocal. it is that mr. khashoggi left that consulate safe and sound and that all and any suggestion to the contrary is nothing short of disinformation intended to besmirch the reputation of saudi arabia, but things are getting increasingly tense. i think the next thing that the saudis will be needing to react to, i know from speaking with saudis privately, there is a degree of turmoil in the saudi establishment of what to do next and how to react next is

twofold. first, donald trump's suggestion that he would be reviewing the alleged evidence that the turks are reported to have, which may include video and audio evidence from inside the consulate, and secondly a remark from the secretary of state, mr. pompeo, who suggested that they were still reviewing whether or not they would come to the davos in the desert meeting, whether the government of the united states would send a representative to the davos in the desert meeting which starts monday week. this is what mr. pompeo said. >> i think we need to continue to evaluate the facts and we'll make that decision. we'll be taking a look at it through the rest of the week. >> reporter: now, becky, what they're saying there essentially is that giving the saudis breathing space to come up with a credible response to the

turkish allegations beyond the mere flat denials. that may be from the saudi perspective because there is no evidence. in a sense they have to provide evidence of a lack of evidence of the crime, in other words, that mr. khashoggi left the consulate. they are giving enough space before deciding one way or another to come to this very, very important conference on monday week, becky. >> sam is in riyadh, jo is outside the consulate. president trump is facing mounting pressure from members of congress but the president said there are other things to consider. if saudi arabia doesn't spend its billions on u.s. military hardware, the kingdom, he says, will shop somewhere else, like russia or china, for example.

>> there are other things we can do that are very, very powerful, very strong and we'll do that. now as of this moment, nobody knows what happened, as of this moment. we're looking into it very seriously. turkey is looking into it at a very high level, at the highest level, and so is saudi arabia and they're going to get back. they have been getting back. i know mike's been dealing with them. john's been dealing with them. but in terms of the order of $110 billion -- think of that, $110 billion, all they're going to do is give it to other countries and i think that would be very foolish for our country. >> reporter: well, let's take a closer look at the relationship from these three countries. we're joined by the ambassador p reuter. it's a fascinating triangulation. it seems to be going on at present with it seems to me

turkey in the middle. turkey does not want to upset the u.s. and the lira here up as a result of that vaguely. it doesn't want to upset, let's call it, its pay master, dohar, nor does it want to extinguish the sort of dieing embers of a relationship with saudi arabia. this is serious stuff for turkey who haven't at this point set any deadline as far as i can tell for this investigation to be allowed to actually happen. what is going on here? >> i think you really hit the nail on the head in that turkey finds itself in between all of these large actors that are very important to it notwithstanding the fact that turkey and saudi arabia have very strong

relations. i think turkey is playing it sort of by the book. they can't go and accuse saudi arabia of a murder without any evidence and they can't get the evidence. they're in a chicken and egg situation. they got it right, too, let us in. if not, explain where he is. where did he go? >> where do you make from the comments coming out of the united states? should we have evidence that he was killed? pompeo now weighing in looking at what's going on behind the scenes possibly getting a deadline. we know steve mnuchin is going to a conference incredibly important to the saudis. he's watching. have they given themselves an

out at this point? >> they're playing for time. they're hoping that either this will somehow quiet down, pass, and they can go on with business as usual and/or waiting to see how high a level of outrage there is in the world and the senate to determine how seriously they have to react. of course, as you said, they prefer not to cancel participation. it seems like a morally income for the tabl position to be in. >> what sort of choices does washington have? let's just remind ourselves once again, lest we forget, there's a

man's life we are talking about here and saudi arabia categorically denies being involved. >> yeah, a man's life at stake here. also, a murder in a nato country, in a consulate in a nato country. i've never heard of anything like that. washington should be worked up about this. what practically can be done? symbolic stuff. there's no way the united states can try to impose economic pain on saudi arabia but politically symbolic punishment, freezing assets, that hurts. freezing their assets hurts. >> reporter: thank you very much, indeed, for coming in. when i say this is important on the story, quite frankly, viewers, we don't have a lot of facts at present. we are lacking evidence of where

jamall khashoggi is and we lack any evidence that there will be any access allowed by saudi arabia into that consulate. we also lack any evidence, real, hard evidence that something happened inside that consulate although turkey's officials have been leaking to the president locally here to suggest that something shocking has happened to jamall. we continue to press authorities here and those around the world for more answers. now back to you, natalie. >> thank you, becky. yes. we have a story that, of course, relates to turkey now. pastor andrew brunsin is back on american soil after two years in detention. president trump is calling this tremendous victory for the american people. he says his administration will now, quote, have a terrific

relationship with istanbul. the evangelical pastor met with president trump on saturday. he prayed aloud for him and thanked him. in the oval office. he was held in prison and under house arrest in turkey for two years on charges of espionage and having links to terrorist groups. he denied the accusations and u.s. officials say he was wrongfully detained by turkey. a trail of death and destruction from the gulf of mexico to virginia. blame hurricane michael. we'll have the latest on the cleanup and recovery just ahead here. also, a livid yes now from vatican city. the pope who helped modernize the roman catholic church and the beloved archbishop who was gunned down both are about to become saints in this ceremony along with five others. we'll take you live to the vatican for a report. you're watching "cnn newsroom." today is the day you're going to get motivated...

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michael is still coming in days after it ravaged the southeastern united states. authorities are saying at least 18 people ever dead and that number could rise as search and rescue crews continue to comb through rubble for anyone. more than 430,000 customers are still without power in seven states. officials say it could take at least two months to go restored in some areas. one of those areas, lynn haven, florida. the mayor there said she almost died during the storm but now she is pushing forward and working to rebuild her town. >> and it's very emotional for me. help is on the way, and i wore my funny shirt today that says keep calm, i'm the mayor. and i was telling my city manager, you know, we almost died in our building. it blew out from under us, the city hall. i haven't shed a tear until today and today is about my people and i want the people here to know they're loved. we are going to build this city

back. it's going to be beautiful and now we have about two months before our power grid is going to be back up, probably a few days before we have water and when we have water it's not going to be drinkable water. >> hang in there, mayor. you can certainly see the emotions people are going through so much. hurricane michael also devastated panama city, florida. people are spending their days waiting in long lines for basic necessities like food and water. scott mcclain reports on the panama city recovery effort. >> we have been seeing massive lineups for what little fuel is available in this city, some stretching for hours. we've seen long lineups for water and food being handed out by the national guard. communications continue to be a problem here as well. of course, there is no power and cell phone service is spotty at best. in part for that reason firefighters assume that there are still some people trapped inside of their homes and

haven't been able to call for help. they also assume the death toll will continue to rise. they would not be surprised if the damage reports are still coming in. this area is completely destroyed or heavily damaged. the majority of the schools in this district were badly damaged. that means that the vast majority of students who attend schools will be displaced. so given that there are only a handful of schools that were not damaged, how do you ensure that students can get back to class and graduate on time? well, the school board is considering actually having -- using those intact schools and doing two sessions of school per day. they'll be meeting on monday to make the final decision on what to do. >> it's just hard to comprehend how many people have suddenly

had their lives disrupted from the storm. ivan cabrera has the story. >> yeah, i have a concern about stories of people missing, not missing. you can't wonder why from the scenes of destruction. what's happening in texas, another path of destruction. straight line winds coming in. some tornadic reports as well. damage here. texas to the local high school there, national weather service crews out there. that may have just been straight line winds but i'll tell you what, whoever owns that truck, they don't care if it was a tornado or winds coming from one direction, they have big damage here. this was brady, texas. they have said a tornado touched down there on the lower end of the scale. we get a second season as the cold air begins to push in. warm and humid air from the south.

seven tornado reports. conditions going to be favorable for a repeat. hail, damaging wind potential in excess of 80 miles an hour. isolated tornadoes. heads up if you hear thunder, that thunderstorm may not be benign, it may be severe. keep checking november and head back inside. take a look at some of the rainfall. by the way, some of that moisture coming from a tropical storm all the way out in the pacific. that got involved in texas here as well and we're looking at some potential flooding, five inches. weather is changing and you're on top of it. thank you, ivan. >> you're welcome. live to the vatican where an historic ceremony is happening. the pope is cannonizing seven new roman catholic saints. oscar romero and a teenager who

dedicated his brief life to helping others. delia gallagher joins us from rome. she'll tell us about the people chosen to become saints. >> that's right. there are seven people as you say, perhaps the two most well known being pope paul vi and archbishop romero. pope paul was from 1968 and he's modernized the church. the pope has cited him on numerous occasions and paul vi was the first pope to start traveling. this tradition of popes leaving italy and traveling. he traveled to the holy land and the united nations. that by now we've seen popes travel has become a tradition. something they expect from

popes. archbishop romero, he's the arch bishop from el salvador, he was killed in march of 1980 by right wing political forces. he was somebody who spoke out on behalf of the poor and the oppressed and certainly for pope francis he is a figure who has been important to him throughout the years. he said before he was pope in 2007 that if he ever became pope he would want to make archbishop romero a saint. there are 70,000 people estimated to be attending this mass this morning. there are many dignitaries. queen sophia of spain are there. the presidents of italy, el salvador, chile, panama. certainly for latin american countries and el salvador, 5,000 pilgrims from el salvador have come to appreciate a man who's already been a saint for many of them in el salvador.

>> delia gallagher covering it for us. thank you, delia. coming up after a short break here, we take a closer look at the saudi crown prince and how the fate of missing journalist jamall khoshoggi could disrupt the plan for the future. they have businesses to w customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again!

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