focused on screens and more on what matters most in life. /s a diplomatic nightmare that saudi arabia just can't seem to escape over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. hello, viewers in the united states and across the world. i'm becky an son live. i've got nistery for you from istanbul in turkey. >> i'm rosemary church here in cnn center where we are also following a defiant president trump who says he doesn't trust everyone in the white house. that and more coming up. you are watching cnn newsroom.

as we see mixed messaging from inside the kingdom itself, international pressure mounting on saudi arabia for answers in the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist. saudi arabia's king spoke with turkey's president by phone sunday about jamal khashoggi,. the two reportedly agreed to create a working group to investigate the case. now ka shhashoggi has been miss nearly two weeks. he was in the saudi consulate in istanbul. they say he was murdered inside the building, a charge the saudis vehemently deny. they expect to get more information from turkey this week. president trump has threatened severe punishment if it turns out the saudis were involved in his disappearance and responsible for his death. meg robinson has more on the deepening diplomatic crisis. >> reporter: amid escalating

diplomatic tension, saudi officials shuttle between the consul general's house and the nearby consulate where turkey says washington post journalist jamal khashoggi was killed. president trump weighing his options. >> 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. >> reporter: turkish officials bullied by trump's bullishness. >> translator: saudi arabia must a cooperate with experts to enter the saudi consulate. >> reporter: where did he disappear? after two weeks the most basic question still remains unanswered. how did jamal khashoggi disappear? his fiance was waiting outside the consulate. she saw him go in, but she didn't see him leave. until now, saudi arabia denies access to turkish investigators, rejects allegations of murder,

and in a new statement, threatens retaliation for any move against its interest. the kingdom affirms that if any action is taken, it will respond with greater action. it also appeared to be in apparent put down of president trump. a few hours after their first statement, riyadh rolling back their rhetoric. to help clarify, recently issued saudi statement, the kingdom of saudi arabia extends its appreciation to all, including the u.s. administration, for refraining from jumping to conclusions on the ongoing investigation. khashoggi's disappearance is exposing possible rifts in riyadh. it is putting the whole region in a potentially dangerous inflection point with more revelations expected. his fiance in a "the new york times" op-ed, describes his last hours implicating saudi

malfeasance. he was cheerful when we were going to the saudi consulate. he had no foreboding of what was to come. because, she says, he'd been given an appointment, implying he was unwittingly walking into a trap, a pro government turkish newspaper claims khashoggi's apple watch recorded his own death, but it doesn't pass the sniff test. even so a cnn source says, some of turkey's western allies have been briefed on recordings from the consulate. germany, france, the u.k. and e.u. putting pressure on saudi, calling for a credible investigation to establish the truth about what happened, and expect the saudi government to provide a complete and detailed response. but pressure is also mounting on turkey, too, to back up its claims that khashoggi was murdered soon after going in the consulate here, and show whatever evidence it has.

nick robertson, istanbul, turkey. >> faced with the possibility of sanctions, riyadh responded with a threat of its own to take greater action, and i quote. but later, the sad i embassy and washington softened the tone and expressed appreciation to all, including the u.s., for not jumping to conclusions in this investigation. in an op-ed on the saudi channel, the general manager wrote, and i quote, if u.s. sanctions are imposed on saudi arabia, we will be facing an economic disaster that would rock the entire world. riyadh is the capital of its oil, and touching this would affect all production. all of this would throw the entire middle east into the arms of iran which will become closer to riyadh than washington. later on his twitter account, he

said it was his personal opinion and not the official saudi position. we are joined in riyadh outside the saudi consulate here in istanbul. sam, let me start with you. some confusion in the messaging from saudi arabia. is it clear? why? >> reporter: it's not clear why entirely, becky, and i think you go right to the hub of the issue domestically here in saudi arabia. you've got two schools emerging, i think, a hard line taken particularly associated privately sources are telling me, with muhammad bin salman, the crown prince, and then a more conciliatory line that some experts tell me may be reflecting the king's position. but nonetheless, i think if we kind of take a look at the sort of statements that are coming out or that came out in the last

24 hours that you alluded to, we can see the stark contrast. so, as you say, after the suggestion from donald trump that there could be some unspecified punishment, if there was malice a forethought and any kind of criminal act committed against the washington post colonist, then very rapidly an unnamed official was quoted on the saudi news agency, becky, saying the following. the kingdom affirms its total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it, whether by threatening to impose economic sanctions, using political pressures, or repeating false accusations that will undermine the kingdom and its staunch positions and arab islamic and international status. the outcome of these weak endeavors like their predecessor is a demise. you don't get that much hard line take. there were other suggestions there would be push back or punishment for punishment also alluded to in that same

statement. then we heard from the embassy in saudi arabia that really moved very quickly to try to undermine the statement that was coming out of riyadh. so, one of the statements tweeted out of the united states embassy in washington, the saudi embassy, of course, it said, to help clarify recently issued saudi statements, the kingdom of saudi arabia extends its appreciation to all, including the u.s. administration, for refraining from jumping to conclusions on the ongoing investigation. now, since then, there was then a flurry of activity back and forth, and the king came out with a statement through the saudi news agency saying that he'd had a very positive discussion with president erdogan. and while that was coming out, becky, there was a flurry of statements from across the arab world. the arab league, jordan, normally a country that likes to stay out of these sorts of

controversies, egypt, djibouti, even the embattled yemeni government, all putting out statements saying that they stood by saudi arabia 100%. they were absolutely adamant that saudi arabia's key to the future stability, a real kind of verbal rhetorical show of force, if you like, from many in the arab/sunni world. a sort of silence from qatar, which of course is blockaded by gulf countries led by saudi arabia and qatar is much closer, as you know, to turkey. so we've seen this sort of tension evolving in riyadh, really displaying, i think, still -- and this is something else that people tell me privately -- a sense that the saudis are still figuring out quite how to approach this crisis. and there is clearly a debate going on within the saudi government as to which line to take. but the king stepping in there late last night with a statement, a very conciliatory

brotherly statement, i think shows an effort by the king to get control of the situation, becky. >> fascinating. thank you, sam. jamana, any further news, then, as we continue to sort of workout what's going on behind the scenes from the kingdom? any further news on what the turkish authorities actually know about jamal's disappearance at this point? >> well, becky, as we have been saying for the past few days is they have been saying very little about what is going on with their investigation that they launched ten days ago, this criminal investigation into his disappearance. and much of what we've been hearing is coming out through these leaks, through these anonymous sources, but not much has come out from the turkish government. and i think right now they are under a lot of pressure as we heard there in mixed report earlier, to provide the evidence of what they believe took place or the evidence that they have

of what happened inside the consulate, as we've heard all these allegations. and if you look at the events of yesterday, you had those strong statements from saudi arabia. you had those, what seemed to be that coordinated efforts, this move with all the statements coming out from the countries in the region, arab countries that turkey has a good relationship as well, siding with saudi arabia. so i think, you know -- and, of course, we had that call between president erdogan and king salman. all indications are, becky, that the pressure is growing on turkey right now to provide more evidence, to be a bit more transparent about what they do have, indeed. but we also are seeing what we have been saying all along. indications are turkey is trying to resolve this to an extent diplomatically that they don't want to escalate this current situation into a full-blown diplomatic crisis. as we heard from the read-outs of the call between the two leaders yesterday as they talked about this joint working group, and there are a lot of people

who have been voicing their concern in the region and beyond about this working group, and if it's going to be a way to resolve this crisis and they've been concerned about how credible the investigation is going to be with both parties involved, but we've heard from the turkish foreign minister over the weekend saying that this joint working group in no way will impact their criminal investigation, becky. >> jamana is outside the saudi consulate and, of course, sam in riyadh. rosemary, what we know is that this saudi citizen, the washington post columnist has disappeared, and we do know that the fallout from this mystery revealing the very deep rifts in this region, that is the extent of what we know at this point, quite frankly, with nearly two weeks now since jamal khashoggi went into that saudi consulate and didn't come out.

worrying times. >> very much the case, becky. and we will be back with you in just a moment. many thanks. let's take a very short break here. but still to come, the trump administration has seen a lot of peop people coming and going. now in a new interview, donald trump hints that more people could be on their way out. plus, trying to survive in florida, people who lost everything in hurricane michael are just trying to get by until life returns to normal. we'll have more on that when we return. thanks to the dedicated technicians at the american red cross... who worked with vmware... to develop technologies to help redirect the flow of blood to the areas and people needing it most. helping them recover... and refilling everyone with life-affirming hope. magic can't make digital transformation happen... but we can. that's the power of vmware, part of dell technologies.

welcome back, everyone. u.s. president donald trump sat down for a wide-ranging interview with the cbs show "60 minutes." he touched on his relationship with north korea, russia, and even his own west wing staffers. >> the first lady -- >> yes. >> -- melania, she said that there are still people in the white house that she doesn't trust and that you shouldn't trust. >> i feel the same way. i don't trust everybody in the white house. i'll be honest with you. >> you go to a meeting. do you have to wonder, is he wearing a wire? >> not so much a wire. i'm usually guarded.

and i think i'm guarded anyway. but i'm not saying i trust everybody in the white house. i'm not a baby. it's a tough business. this is a vicious place. washington, d.c. is a vicious, vicious place. >> mr. trump also weighed in on the future of his defense secretary, james mattis. take a listen. >> what about general mattis, is he going to leave? >> well, i don't know. he hasn't told me that. i have a very good relationship with him. i had lunch with him two days ago. i have a very good relationship with him. it could be that he is. i think he's sort of a democrat, if you want it know the truth. but general mattis is a good guy. we get along very well. he may leave. i mean, at some point, everybody leaves. everybody -- people leave. that's washington. >> well, joining me now from hong kong is the executive director of the hong kong america center. good to have you with us. >> pleasure. >> so, let's start with those comments from the president where he says he doesn't trust

everyone in the white house. who do you think he's referring to? and is this how previous u.s. presidents have felt about their white house advisors and staff? >> the question was about his white house, and he took it really to talk about washington. so, he went from the inner white house issue to the outer environment in which the white house operates and say it's a vicious place. so he says, i'm not a baby -- and really, he's conveying a sense of he's tough and he's guard the, b guarded, but he doesn't trust everybody in his white house. he has to acknowledge that. >> how unusual is that, though, that the president wouldn't trust those within his own white house, people he selected to work within his inner circle? >> well, there's been a record-high turnover the staff in the white house in the first two years.

and, you know, as i say, he doesn't talk about them working together as a team. he talked about loyalty upward to him, and that's the key for him. >> and what did you make of what president trump said about defense secretary mattis in that "60 minutes" interview, saying that mattis may leave, but everyone eventually leaves? what was your reading of his choice of words? most presidents of course, would say, absolutely not, he's on the tape. >> of course. >> did you find that strange? >> i did. it is -- he called him sort of a democrat, but i like him, he's a good man, we have good rapport. rapport, of course, with him being the key issue, it didn't talk about, you know, what he believes in and where we agree and disagree. exactly, there wasn't a sense of "we" as a team dealing with these issues. it's just a sense of do we get along and, you know, all people leave, and so, you know, no big deal. >> right. and let's just listen to what

president trump said again this that "60 minutes" interview about president putin and russia. let's bring that up. >> do you agree that vladimir putin is involved in assassinations, in poisonings? >> probably he is, yeah, probably. i mean -- >> probably? >> probably, but i rely on them. it's not in our country. >> why not -- they shouldn't do it, it's a terrible thing. >> of course they shouldn't do it. >> do you believe that the russians interfered in the 2016 campaign -- election? >> well, they meddled, but i think china meddled, too. >> why do you say china meddled, too? why don't you just say the russians meddled? >> because i think china meddled also. >> all right. so, two significant statements there. we hear president trump say vladimir putin was probably involved in assassinations. let's deal with that, that part first. >> right, right. >> that's really incredible,

isn't did? and he was really having to be pushed by leslie stahl to say that's not a good thing. >> i mean, the president must know it's not a probable thing, but he wants to cover it for himself to say, well, we really don't know. do you know? so, he sows doubt in the questioner rather than speak clearly to the point of, we know this. and we know that he does know this, so why does he say probably? that is a kind of -- always he gives himself wiggle room with regard to putin. why is that so? >> that is the big question, isn't it? because then, of course, they went on to talk about the meddling in the 2016 elections. he admitted there that russia had meddled, but china meddled as well, he said. what did you read into that? why bring china into the equation? it seems he's not prepared to say it's just russia alone. >> that's right. it's change the subject.

if he's awkward and uncomfortable at some point, move on to something else and it's a moral equivalent. so if russia did it, well, china did it. well, then it's not so bad that russia did it. and besides, you know, we think china's worse at this. and so where do we go with that? i mean, he doesn't have evidence that he's showing about china. it's making the china relationship more difficult, but he's still in a sense protecting with this notion of moral equivalence that it's not just russia. everybody does it. and now everybody is doing it to everybody, and dhas' the new world we're in. i think that there is something -- he doesn't think in terms of moral issues. he thinks in terms of power. and he thinks in terms of american power, american economic power, and wherever there's issues like in this question of skripal and england and putin, he's saying, well, that's terrible, but it didn't happen to us. >> right. >> it's out there.

it's somebody else's business. it's not america's role to deal with this directly. >> glenn shive, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate t. >> my pleasure. >> well, another topic we are watching very closely, clearing up operations underway in the florida panhandle. but authorities say it could take months before life returns to normal after hurricane michael ravaged the area. the storm killed at least 18 people and wiped out entire towns along the gulf coast. many people were living in dire conditions there, having to wait in long lines for food and water. florida governor rick scott saw the devastation firsthand in mexico beach. the small coastal community was decimated by a direct hit from the monster storm. the governor says it is time to take the most dangerous paths of the storm seriously. >> i think a lot of people just don't realize how life-threatening storm surge is.

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. i'm becky anderson in istanbul. >> and i'm rosemary church here in atlanta. want to check the headlines for you this hour. final but unofficial results show a major set back for german chancellor angela merkel in bavaria's election. her ally, the christian social union has lost its absolute majority in the state legislature. a left wing greens were boosted to second place. the far-right alternative for germany came in fourth. u.k. and european union negotiators have gone home without a brexit deal following a weekend of negotiations.

officials say they made progress, but a number of issues remain, including protecting the open border between ireland and northern ireland. the u.k. is set to leave the e.u. on march 29th. police are accused of man handling dozens of anti-government protesters sunday. video shows officers dragging, grabbing and shoving some demonstrators. nearly 40 people were arrested. the police say the protest marches happened without prior authorization. human rights groups are condemning the violence. >> well, now, saudi arabia's king speaking to turkey's president just hours ago about the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist, perhaps interestingly and importantly, it was not the kingdom's powerful crown prince on the phone. more on that in a moment this hour. both countries are reportedly

forming a working group to discuss the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. turkish officials believe he was murdered in the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia vehemently denies the claim. well, there is international condemnation of the journalist's disappearance and the threat of sanctions. riyadh responded with its own threat of greater action, but later walked that back to thank countries that did not jump to conclusions about the incident. saudi arabia's stock market took a bit of a beating over khashoggi's case. as john reports, this could spell trouble for the world markets as well. >> reporter: investors don't like geopolitical risk. right now saudi arabia is delivering uncertainty by the boatload. a hardened position from riyadh on the disappearance of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi only making matters worse. the saudi stock index lost 7% at

the start of the trading day, but finished down nearly 3.5%. here's a look at the index since the disappearance of the saudi journalist. we are now looking at a loss of 9% or just short of what's known as a market correction. this comes after the saudi exchange joined the global msci emerging markets index back in june. a seminal moment opening up the markets to international investors who at this stage see more trouble brewing. riyadh formally declared it will not take potential western-led sanctions against the kingdom lying down. it said if it receives any action, it will respond with greater action. saudi arabia's largest exporter of oil at nearly 11 million barrels a day, many interpreted the statement as a potential threat to supplies. this could dramatically impact u.s./saudi relations. u.s. president donald trump has relied on them to fill the market by washington's sanction against iran.

the implication leading the market to believe the oil could rise to $100 a barrel again, last seen in 2014. john deftarias, cnn business, abu dhabi. >> well, the list of business leaders putting out an investment conference continues to grow. j.p. morgan chase just announced its ceo jamie dimon won't go. ford says its executive chairman is no longer attending either, even though they say it is due to a scheduling conflict. now, this matters. the conference which bills itself as davos in the desert has been a key part of the saudi rebranding. meanwhile u.s. treasury secretary steve mnuchin still plans to attend, but that may change later in the week. cnn and several media outlets who have pulled sponsorship from the conference, along with cnbc, the financial times, bloomberg

andrew fink andrew finkel joining me now here in -- right, cnn is one of several media outlets who have pulled sponsorship from the conference along with cnbc, the financial times, and bloomberg. let's bring in journalist andrew finkel who joins me in istanbul. what lies, if any, do these overnight shed on the mystery as to where jamal is and where this wider diplomatic crisis is going, do you think? >> well, i think the curious thing, of course, is although this brouhaha is going on, all these phone calls are being made, we're still actually no nearer we were a week ago to knowing what actually the fate of jamal khashoggi. we've had a call from the king, significantly bypassing the prince to the turkish president. clearly trying to put -- still the troubled waters, emphasizing the turkish/saudi friendship. this is a slightly barbed compliment, put be pressure on

the turks not to make a fuss. we believe the turkish government actually has recordings of what actually happened, could actually clarify this matter. and yet that information is not forthcoming. >> release that information, and the rumor and speculation, the conjecture as to what has happened to jamal might begin to cease. do you think -- and this will be a discussion today -- that this might be the end of the bromance, as it were, between a small cohort in the trump administration, jared kushner being one of them, and the crown prince in saudi, and a different relationship that might emerge, a more traditional relationship between the saudi government and the u.s. administration? >> well, i'm sure there are many people in the state department who are hoping that's the case. i think what we saw perhaps in the early days of the trump administration was a privatization of foreign policy that it was taken over by personal contacts that had been nourished by business contacts

over the years and this relationship had become less than professional and had encouraged really this bad behavior that we may have witnessed now. so, i think it will be with some relief that, you know, if the relationship pulls back and it's done in a proper way, and that, you know, genuine outrage is expressed at what is maybe a terrible event. >> we've discussed now for some days the ankara strategy in all of this, and we've been revealing this, this notion that turkey with a very challenging economic environment at present, certainly looking at the center of this, surrounded by the potential to, to worsen or improve relations with three key partners, let's say. let's not necessarily call them allies these days, but washington on the one hand, some will call the -- doha on the next, and riyadh, which has been

a relationship which has been tough, to say the least, the ankara relationship. as things stand, the beginning of a new working week with washington now increasingly embroiled in this sort of diplomatic chaos, what do you think ankara's strategy will be next? >> of course, you've left out iran which -- >> very good point. >> it's a kwa hydrangea l, as it were, it's even more complicated than it sounds. it's not just economics. it's geopolitical now. of course ankara has this power in its hand if it really does have this tape. it's a dangerous sort of power to use. i've seen a great deal of reluctance with them to take a stand one way or the other. and you have to remember there is actually a genuine sense of outrage this happened on turkish soil. jamal khashoggi was well connected within the turkish establish. ment he knew the president. he had friends here. he was close to government

circles. i think the fact these were leaked is a real sense of not just strategic outrage, but real anger. >> and this lack of transparency on the part of the official turkish authorities will only go to remind people around the world just the sort of the cloud of problematic sort of issues here that erdogan is accused of so often. >> well, of course, turkey does not have a great record in treating with its own journalists. and indeed, it's managed to extract various dissidents from other countries of its own. so it's no angel in this regard, although it hasn't gone as far as actually what we think might have been the case of actually murdering someone and chopping them into bits. however, you know, turkey is really in a difficult bind because, you know, it probably knows exactly what happened. but to confront an economic

power like saudi, political power as well given its relationship with iran, this requires a great deal of courage. >> the notion in washington, at least, was that the speed with which it got involved in this was lackluster, at best. and many will say that is because donald trump's administration was focusing on the release of andrew brunson, the pastor here, which has certainly done the washington/ankara narrative enormous amount of favors, correct? >> correct. turkey, as you said, is on the brink of a very serious economic crisis. some would say that crisis is already upon it. to get out that of crisis, it needs really to end the sense of isolation that it's been in. it's been fighting with washington. it's been fighting with europe. it has the syria conflict on its doorstep. it really needs some friends if it is to survive economically. so, the brunson maneuver was

very much an attempt to reduce pressure on the turkish lira. it was an attempt to reestablish itself in the concourse of nations. >> and successful to a certain extent. >> to a certain extent. >> andrew, thank you. andrew finkel here with me in the house as we continue to dig on all lines of quin inquiry, not least, rosemary, the one that sits at the center of all of this, which is where is jamal khashoggi. back to you. >> thank you so much, becky. and we will talk with you again next hour. well, an important border is reopening, but a war still needs to come to a close. the latest on the renewal of ties between syria and jordan. that's coming up in just a moment. plus, the pope named seven new saints, including two of the most contentious catholic figures of the 20th century. back with that in just a moment. [woman 1] this... [woman 2] ..this... [man 1] ...this is my body of proof.

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welcome back, everyone. well, elsewhere in the middle east, syria's long-running civil war has stoked tensions with its southern neighbor jordan. the fighting isn't over, but there are signs improved relations could be underway. the two countries say they are reopening a shared border crossing. reuters news agency reports the crossing has been closed since 2015. pro-syria and government forces seized the area from rebels back in july. well, this also comes as a key crossing as reopening in the golan heights. that's where cnn's ian lee is live. ian, good to see you. what is the significance of the reopening of this crossing, and what might it signal? >> reporter: well, rosemary, it really does signal syria's reengagement with the region, like you said, not only is this border crossing opening, the

border crossing, but you have the one in jordan. but the one that is opening today right behind me, you can see there is a heavy security presence here, and that's because syria and israel do not have formal relations. this border crossing is operated by the u.n. agency that over sees this demilitarized area. so they are the ones that are going to be opening it with coordination from the israelis from the syrians. but this is a border crossing. you'll have u.n. soldiers that will be coming through here, but in the past you would have some trade, apples being the primary, would be coming from the israel-controlled golan from inside syria. you would have some people who lived here, the drews minority community that lives in the golan bay. they can also go into syria, which is something that is unique about this border crossing. i also want to show you over here, this is the kind of military presence that undof has

here. there is about a thousand soldiers roughly that will be monitoring this frontier. and many of them, like these soldiers here, are from fiji. in 2014, when this border closed, al qaeda-backed militants captured 45 fiji an soldiers. they were released after negotiations. so this has been a very tumultuous border crossing, tumultuous area. but now with the rebels gone, i can see that a syrian flag is fluttering on the other side. they are set to reopen in about an hour. >> what more are you learning about the renewed ties between syria and jordan? >> reporter: well, this one is crucial because before the war, syria and jordan had good trade, especially on the border crossing there, one of the main border crossings between the two countries. but this is going to be very

important because jordan has over a million syrian refugees. so the falt of them, that also will be questioned, what will happen to them. will they go back to syria. can they go back to syria safely. or will they have to have another plan. but this just shows that, again, syria is reengaging with the region, especially with jordan with that border crossing being reopened after syrian forces were able to recapture after they lost it in 2015. >> our ian lee with that significant development joining us live from the golan heights. many thanks to you, ian. we'll take a short break here. still to come, thousands of people gather in vatican city as the poepe canonizes seven sapti. we'll tell you who they are. back in a moment. a once-in-five hundred year storm

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u.s. retailer sears has been struggling for a while now, but the final straw was a $134 million debt payment due on monday, a debt it could not pay. sears' parent company which owns sears and k-mart stores says it intends to stay in business. it plans to keep profitable stores open, along with its online shopping sites. pope francis has canonized semen new catholic saints. among them archbishop op oscar romero and pope paul 6. >> reporter: pope francis declared seven new saints including two women, founders of religious orders in germany and spain, and a young boy from naples who died at the age of 19 of bone cancer in whom pope francis said was an example to young people of humility and courage. perhaps the most well known of

today's new saints are pope paul 6. he was pope in the yfr 60s and '70s. from 1963 to 1978 and oversaw the changes of the second vatican council bringing the catholic church into the modern world. archbishop op oscar romero of el salvador, he was assassinated in march of 19 l 0 while saying mass in el salvador, and pope francis was wearing the blood-sustained belt of the archbishop op that he was wearing on the day that he was assassinated. here's what one priest from el salvador told us about the importance of saint romero. >> translator: the prophetic strength of romero, his social message always current, his defense of the poor and the most vulnerable of society without doubt is a message that we need to reconcile for our country. >> reporter: over 70,000 people were in st. peter's' square for the celebration including dignitaries from around the world. queen sophia of spain, the

president of italy, el salvador, chile, panama and others, as well as 5,000 pilgrims from el salvador who had come to celebrate their newest saint. dell i can delia gallagher, cnn of rome. >> the duke and dutches kicking off their first overseas tour as a couple. prince harry and his wife will visit new zealand and fiji over the next 16 days. it coincides with prince harry's foundation the invictus games, for military personnel wounded in action. in the next few days, the couple will also see an indigenous contemporary dance group and will visit with farmers affected by drought. in australia. good on them. and thanks so much for watching cnn newsroom this hour. i'm rosemary church in atlanta. we will, of course, be back with our becky anderson in istanbul as we follow the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi.

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