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headquarters in atlanta, welcome to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." thanks for joining us. 5:00 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast, and in a state nearby there's been a tragedy we want to tell you about. breaking news from south carolina. dozens of party goers have been injured when the floor collapsed out from underneath them at an apartment complex. it happened in clemson just a few hours ago, university town near clemson university. police say 30 people, 30 were taken to hospitals. property management says party goers were dancing together, that's when part of the floor opened up and fell gnat basement. we have video of it happening. we warn you it is disturbing as

they fall when they were just dancing and having fun. this shows the moment the floor collapsed. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> that's some of the latest video that we've gotten in house. it is terrifying to see. just imagine what people were going through when that happened. we're hearing that 30 people were injured. none of the injuries known to be life threatening. several people have been taken to hospitals with broken bones. of course we'll continue to follow the story here at cnn as we're reaching out to authorities there and we will bring you any new developments as we learn them. >> absolutely. now we turn to the mystery surrounding the death of a washington post journalist.

u.s. president is now openly casting doubt on that narrative about how jamal khashoggi died. >> the saudis denied any knowledge of his disappearance. then the story evolved. now after almost three weeks the kingdom admits khashoggi died violently after he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul. >> donald trump told the washington post this on saturday, obviously there's been deception and there's been lies. still mr. trump stopped short of blaming the saudi crown prince for cash jie's death. >> he told the newspaper, quote, nobody has told me he's spons siblg. nobody has told me he's not responsible. we haven't reached that point, end quote. the question remains unanswered where? where is the body of jamal khashoggi? the latest we're hearing from a source close to the saudi royal family is that the body was handed over to a local collaborator. >> not sure what that means.

the source says the saudis don't know what happened to it afterward. president trump seems to think the mystery will eventually be solved. >> no, we don't. nobody seems to know. somebody knows but nobody of the various investigation groups at this moment know, but we'll find out. it's a concern. we'd like to find out where it is and what happened and i think we're -- we're inching our way there. >> cnn has correspondents covering all angles of this story in the region. our sam kiley live in the saudi capital. our international diplomatic editor nick roberts in istanbul. nic, let's start with you regarding what you're hearing about the biggest question into the mystery of the missing body of jamal khashoggi. is there anything new to report? >> reporter: it seems on the surface today still nothing. of course, it is vital for

investigators to find jamal khashoggi's body because the forensic evidence of that will yield for investigators, be them saudi investigators or turkish investigators should go some distance to answering some of the questions about precisely how he died. what we've been told or understand from turkish officials, it was a gruesome end. finding his body will be critical to understanding whether or not that, in fact, is true. what we understand from saudi officials is that they're collaborating, working with, have been for some time working closely with turkish officials. one would expect if that's the case that it shouldn't take too long. the people, that the saudi officials are investigating and questioning back in riyadh are offering up all the details about what they did here, then that should lead to the person, this collaborator who took away the body supposedly.

and turkish officials are trying to track down the movements of vans that were shuffling between the consulate and consulate house hours after he disa preerd. it's vital for them to find khashoggi's body, vital for his family and friends to have a real sense of closure. from a forensic point of view, the longer it takes to find the whereabouts of jamal khashoggi's body, the less value that line of evidence of material may have. >> certainly, nic there in turkey, this question around a collaborator. sam kiley is live in riyadh. sam, what has been the reaction to all of this in saudi arabia? >> reporter: well, it's been fascinating, george.

there's been no reaction to the line that cnn and other media outlets saying that the body was handed over to a collaborator. that begs the question, why have the saudis not handed over the name of the collaborator of the turkish officials who could conduct the forensic analysis that nic is talking about. nic is pointing out in the last hour how sources are telling them how the saudis are trying to regather the ownership of the narrative with regard to mr. khashoggi and his demise. it's fascinating. he's something of a national hero who it would seem fell victim to an unfortunate set of circumstances rather than any kind of state authorized plot against him. take a look at the arab news here, george. he was a good man. good-bye, gentle giant it

trumpets. and on page 3, a full page article. he was the editor of this publication for some time and we see he's described by colleagues, he was a huggable panda. he was passionate about saudi arabia. his role as a saudi patriot is what is being fed very strongly here now in the local media. gone are the days when the plot against him was dismissed as nothing more than qatar ri propaganda. now the attempt by the state-owned media is to own him and own his legacy. particularly striking is a line from the editor in chief of the arab news. he says he repeatedly declared his love for the kingdom and its people even though he disagreed with some of the practice of the current saudi leadership. he remained loyal. i think that has two effects really.

the first is to send a signal perhaps to the ruling regime here, the crown prince himself that the journalists here feel very angry that his loyalty and patriotism might have led to an intent to forcibly repatriate him here, but also it sets himself -- there's even talk here, george, of a national day of mourning for mr. khashoggi. the narrative is rapidly being established that mr. khashoggi was a hero of modern saudi arabia whose life was taken, whose nobility was taken by rogue elements, not by the state, george. >> let's add the context, sam. the context is important that khashoggi was critical of saudi arabia, the government, the leadership. it is interesting to hear this new narrative that is forming. critics might say it was buying time.

now choosing the narrative. nic robertson, one question to you. with so many questions around the saudi explanation. is there a path out for that nation now or will things seem to get worse before they get better? >> reporter: i think, you know, for many people when you're an interest national businessman or the head of government, the head of state around the world, this has opened up huge questions for the rule by crown prince mohamed bin salman. if he is able to show that he wasn't involved in this, that if this was some kind of standing order to bring back dissidents to the country, that he actually didn't pass an order specifically saying that jamal khashoggi should be brought back to the country at all costs if it does -- if he is able to proof this narrative that this was a rendition of something

that went wrong by rogue elements. this will put turkey in a way to prove otherwise, this will allow crown prince mohamed bin salman to a degree to carry on. you know, his image is tarnished for sure and it's going to be difficult to see how he personally can get beyond that. of course, the kingdom is much bigger than one crown prince but he has been occupying such a big role. it would be, i think, in the coming years, let's say, how does the kingdom itself deal with this. at the moment that lies in the hands of the crown prince himself. it doesn't clear the road behind him entirely so to speak. >> nick roberts live for us in istanbul, turkey. sam kiley live in riyadh, saudi

arab arabia. thank you both for the reporting and context. we'll follow this story. right now we're following the international response to the saudi's explanation about khashoggi's death. it has been widespread criticism. we have this from the e.u., for example. the european union insists on the need for continued thorough, credible, and transparent investigation shedding proper clarity on the circumstances of the killing and ensuring full accountability of all those responsible for it. >> saudi allies in the gulf have been full of praise. they're saying this, quote, the kingdom of saudi arabia has demonstrated its keenness to reveal the circumstances of this unfortunate incident in a transparent manner, end quote. let's talk about the fallout here. joining us from london is dr. cory schnocki from the international institute of foreign studies. thank you for adding your insight.

as we saw from our reporter in saudi arabia, the saudis are looking to own the legacy of this journalist and kind of point to perhaps some kind of rogue mission that took his life. how do you think their story is holding up? >> not very well. that they have been pushed by international pressure to admit that jamal khashoggi is dead, that he died in the saudi consulate in istanbul, that he was forcibly kidnapped and taken back to saudi arabia, that that kidnapping, that rendition was the official policy of the saudi government and that the person who put that policy in place is the crown prince. that's a big set of admissions and that they attempted to say the government of qatar was behind this and that they're

trying to build such a big firewall between the policy and the crown prince. the saudi king has shown his support by putting him in charge of the investigation. they've fired five people involved, arrested another 15. >> right. >> so they're scrambling to try to build a fire wall between the leadership and what they have already admitted the government of saudi arabia is responsible for. >> right. the question is how strong could that firewall be right now. this crown prince has been on a charm tour. came to the united states. at one point he was brazen and bold that that was the apparent and now we've been hearing things like reckless. so the question is we just heard from our reporter there in turkey saying his image may be

tarnished. what effect could have this on the kingdom? what are your thoughts? >> i think your reporting is right, the likelihood that it will affect foreign investment, it will affect judgments about the rule of law. it will remind us all of the value of checks and balances. you know, yesterday here in london a quarter million people were out on the street protesting their government's policy and it stands in striking contrast to a government that cannot tolerate the dissent of one journalist. >> exactly. i want to talk to you about the world's relationship with saudi arabia. you know, arms, it's oil and so many western nations have always kind of looked the other way about certain human rights abuses and limits. do you think that could change or is it going to end up being business as usual at some point? >> well, i think president trump is personally a pretty

interesting bell weather because he -- the obama administration was very heavily invested in iran as a potential partner and the trump administration has over compensated on the other side of the ledger making saudi arabia the anchor for american policy in the region and that president trump is being pushed to try and protect his son-in-law who is personally so involved in this and president trump who himself has encouraged threats to the media is feeling pushed to distance himself from saudi arabia i think shows the level of damage to saudi's reputation internationally. >> that's a good point and you bring up jared kushner, one of his top advisors. this had been his mission, the relationship with saudi arabia and he became close to this crown prince. do you think this white house, you indicated that, you know,

president trump seemed earnest in wanting to get to the bottom of it. do you think this white house is sincere in that? >> well, i think irrespective of the white house's motives, the vibrancy of american journalism and american civil society and the extent to which our international behavior is grounded in our values is forcing the president that direction. i thought it was actually really funny that president trump yesterday tried to say that, well, both jared kushner and the crown prince are young men in their 30s. you need to cut them some slack. that's a lot easier to do in a system where there are checks and balances than in an authoritarian government where personal control of the policies is centered on an individual. it's very hard to distance yourself from policy mistakes when you have all of the authority. >> cory schake, we appreciate your insights and analysis of this situation.

thanks so much for joining us. congress is really asking a lot of questions in this case now. >> both sides of the aisle. >> we'll see where it goes. still ahead, it was a milestone for piece in the middle of the cold war. now a u.s./russia nuclear treaty is about to be history. we've got reaction from russia still ahead. i am proud of you, my man. making simple, smart cash back choices... with quicksilver from capital one. you're earning unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. like on that new laptop. quicksilver keeps things simple, gary. and smart, like you! and i like that. i guess i am pretty smart. don't let that go to your head, gary.

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one of the key moments in the cold war was the signing of the inf treaty in 1987. this greatly reduced the number of intermediate range missiles the u.s. and russia has. >> now u.s. president trump says russia is not holding up its end of the deal. he said russia is, in fact, developing the missiles the treaty prohibits. mr. trump adds that puts the u.s. at a disadvantage because countries like china are developing the weapons with no such restrictions. >> russia has violated the agreement. they have been violating it for years and i don't know why president obama didn't negotiate or pull out and we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we're not allowed to. we're the ones that have stayed in the agreement and we've honored the agreement. russia has not unfortunately honored the agreement so we're going to terminate the

agreement. >> fred pleitgen is following this. people waking up in the united states hear this news and maybe fear this sets the stage for a renewed arms race. tell us about the significance of this development and what you are hearing there in the russian capital. >> reporter: well, i think not just in america, george, i think also in europe which is actually the place where this treaty was supposed to make more secure and also in russia as well. a lot of people are going to be waking up and feeling a little less secure than they were before. certainly this seems like a major development. if you look at this warning here in moscow, there have been a lot of senior russian politicians who have come forward and criticized this move by the united states. of course, it comes just the day before john bolton, national security advisor, is said to begin some high level meetings here in moscow where we're expecting him to say that the u.s. does, inindeed, decide to pull out. there are politicians describing

this as a catastrophic decision. others are accusing the united states of trying to black mail russia. others say they want more information whether or not there might still be some wiggle room for further negotiations on this topic. certainly the russians are saying this is going to make the world a little bit less safe. they're also saying the u.s. hasn't provided any evidence that russia is, indeed, in breach of that treaty. the u.s. is saying russia has developed new medium-ranged rockets and deployed them. that's why they've been saying that the russians are in breach. the russians for their side are saying they believe the u.s. is violating the treaty by inventing missile defense technology. you see the accusations flying back and forth. from the russian side they were more on board with keeping the treaty. despite the flaws it might have, it is a document from 1987, that has provided more security and does have a place in trying to prevent nuclear weapons from

becoming very prolific. >> obviously there's a great deal of attention, fred, on what russia has been doing. the u.s. president, as you pointed out, says russia has not honored that treaty. tell us, what has russia been doing? >> reporter: well, i mean, in this sense in terms of the inf treaty, the americans are saying -- they've been saying this since the obama administration, since the second term of the obama administration, that the russians are seriously beefing up their capabilities in the european and north atlantic region obviously saying, look, they have that new medium-range missile that the americans say the russians have been developing. it's been seen, actually, on video. the russians are saying they do have capabilities like that. they are saying these are not capabilities that violate this treaty. on the other hand, of course, by and large the russians have been beefing up their capabilities in

this region. i was in iceland and the u.s. navy is telling me they're concerned about the things they're seeing from russia. the "u.s.s. e smpt smps.s. iwog" they're gearing up if there as an attack. corporal derek hussinger is part of the invasion force. >> get the guns in position, put the tripod down, set the gun up. we have a stable platform. >> reporter: the exercise also a deterrent as the north atlantic region becomes more contested. with this exercise the u.s. and allies are practicing their response. the adversary is fictitious, it comes in time of growing tensions of the u.s. and russia. >> reporter: as they race to the

icelandic coast, new evidence that russia is beefing up the activities in the heart of euro europe. cnn has exclusively obtained satellite images seemingly showing massive construction work at russia's bases in kaliningrad, adding new bigger ammunition bunkers and upgrading the military airfield. is vladimir putin building it up? russia's ministry didn't see it. they say there's a pattern of russia upgrading its capabilities in the region. >> they're putting a lot of their anticruise ship missiles in there. >> reporter: sending a message of strength to moscow the u.s. is gearing up for a bigger exercise in norway. >> if they want to challenge us, we're going to challenge them.

we are not going to be intimidated by the systems out there. >> reporter: that's playing out in the north atlantic region with an increasingly assertive russia and the u.s. showing it won't back down. >> reporter: so then, george, you have the u.s. announcing that it wants to kill the inf treaty. you have the heating up and beefing up of the rhetoric. we take nato into account in a region that has been so quiet for the past 20, 25 years, george. >> fred pleitgen with the details and that exclusive report. thank you so much for taking us there, fred. we'll keep in touch. a story we continue to follow from central america, after a grueling trip trying to reach the u.s. border from honduras, thousands of migrants are going back. our reporter who was there will tell you why next. plus, this exploding pipe. that pipe designed to collect 50 tons of plastic drifting in the

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way. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> wow. >> disturbing. >> terrifying to see just what they went through there. at this point we understand none of the injuries are life threatening. several people taken to hospital with broken bones. we'll bring you any new developments as we learn more information. >> certainly. just happened a few hours ago. other stories that we're following. 2,000 people have left the migrant caravan that was headed for the u.s. they're now back in honduras. that according to the honduran foreign ministry. the country's president is promising to offer jobs, aide,

assistance to those who came back. >> but there are still hundreds of men, women, children, people continuing their very desperate journey north. take a look at the scene on the bridge. that on the border of guatemala and mexico on saturday. at least 640 people crossed the border and registered for asylum. still, many more are trying to get through. keep in mind, the u.s. president has threatened to cut aide and to send u.s. troops to the u.s. border with mexico if mexico fails to stop the surge of mieg glands. >> you can see there on the bridge the gate that was up trying to stop them. they were stuck on that bridge. patrick ottman is there on the bridge. here he is. >> reporter: some crossed into mexico from guatemala by boat. others waited or swam just barely. the thousands of migrants, mostly hondurans, said they were

fleeing poverty and violence. many looking to reunite with loved ones. brian came across on a boat a week after being deported where he had lived for most of his life and left behind a wife and daughter y. do you need to bet back? >> my daughter. that's the first thing. i didn't be have my dad when i was a kid at all and i don't want the same for her. >> on friday they stopped the caravan of immigrants dead in their tracks. the bridge became a holding cell, one without bathrooms, water, or mercy from the brutal sun where the crush of migrants waiting to see if they could pass. finally this woman with her three children couldn't take it anymore. the truth is, we're all going to jump in the river, she says, and keep going forward.

mexican police watched as the migrants took to the river, but this time didn't try to stop them. so this is what desperation has driven people to. they were not able to cross the bridge so now they've come across on rafts, heavily loaded, some of them with small kids carrying all they have on their back and now they're going to get off here finally on the mexican side and continue the journey north. >> maria fled the violence years ago. she's come to the river to see if he crosses here. he was in a caravan and his phone died days ago. i'm worried because he told me to wait for him by the river, she says. until he comes, i will stay here. after a week traveling many migrants are out of money and hope is fading, but they say they have no chase but to continue on. >> we will continue to follow that story of course. >> absolutely. the u.s. president, his

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we've been covering stories of the u.s. president hopping from state to state. he is on a media blitz at the same time. >> yes. he doesn't like the media, but now he needs the media and it's no surprise since the mid term elections are weeks away. he started the week with an interview on "60 minutes" that covered a wide array of topics and ended with a washington post interview. that's a newspaper he has often

maligned. >> at the same time he bashes the media. he praised a congressman who body slammed a reporter for "the guardian" newspaper. >> any guy that can do a body slam is my guy. no, he's a great guy. tough cookie. >> of course, all of that in the context of this story we're following in saudi arabia of a journalist who is dead and of course we continue to follow that story. let's remind you how this particular story unfolded with the body slamming of a reporter. >> i was just curious. >> speak with shane please. >> i'm sick and tired of you guys. the last guys that skam in here you did the same thing. get the hell out of here. get the hell out of here. you do the same thing. are you with "the guardian?" >> yes, you just broke my glasses. >> the president called him a tough cookie for assaulting a reporter and that reporter

asking questions. that's what reporters do. greg forte is his name. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault last year after he was convicted of body slamming that reporter, ben jacobs, during his election campaign and he went on to win the election. >> michael joins me from seal beach in california. he's a pulitzer prize winning journalist and he has written for the "los angeles times" for three decades. thank you for talking with us. >> happy to be here. >> at the same time the world is expressing outrage over the death of a journalist, jamal khashoggi, the president of the united states was praising a member of congress who assaulted a journalist who -- for being asked questions that he didn't like. so considering that, where is freedom of the speech when the united states president is debunking the job of the news media. >> freedom of the speech is

where it has been for a century. it's here. it's healthy. it's under assault as it's been many, many times in the past. at this point it's under assault by ticking crass and cowardly president but we are getting used to that, unfortunately. we have a situation where president trump is not speaking to the nation about these issues, he's speaking to his base in a particularly thuggish part of his base. >> but what danger is there in that? you mentioned that we're getting used to this. well, if you're just used to, oh, it's just the u.s. president calling the news media fake news, calling them out in front of a rally and his supporters love it, what danger is there in that, the dismissal of

journalism and the job of journalism. >> sure. let's not forget the fact that he's called the press the enemy of the state. i think there is danger in that because it encourages and condones violence against journalists, attacks on journalists. i think all of us who write with our names on our articles are familiar with comebacks from the submerged 20% of readers who want to use this, they use the president's terminology against us. it doesn't keep us from doing our jobs, but i think what's particularly germ main in the jamal khashoggi case is that it seemed very likely that trump's approach to all these issues encouraged the saudis to think they could get away with this in the most outrageous sort of attack. this was a murder. let's not just say it was the

death of jamal khashoggi, he was murdered and the turks certainly haven't been that shy in talking about that. so i think that's a real danger. people who follow trump, that includes the saudi regime, think that he's encouraging this or at least that he's willing to condone it. and we certainly saw that in the speech he gave about greg jadforde, who assaulted a reporter and in fact is a criminal. he was convicted. he pleaded guilty to criminal assault and yet here's trump praising him not for anything he's done in congress but for violence. so, yeah, i think there's a danger in that people will think that they've got the green light to do things like this. >> let's talk about something else that has broken, michael,

in the past 24 hours. we learned that the justice department was charging a woman for information warfare. she was charged with conspiracy with the u.s. and trying to get people to use social media prior to the mid term elections. it seems russians are still trying to infiltrate the american democratic system. what advice would you give people in trying to sort truth from fiction and from manipulation when there are m i myriad of voices on social media? >> that's a good question. people have learned how to read, how to understand the sources that they get information from. they learn how to read their newspapers. they know where their newspapers are coming from, they know where their radio commentators are coming from. i think the degree to which this is focused in social media is a

new phenomenon and it's taken the public longer to separate the wheat from the chaffe, fact from fiction. i think people are learning that more and more and i think really this is going to be a problem for social media platforms like facebook and twitter because their credibility is at stake. we have certain certainly in terms of facebook that they've been very, very slow and very poor at managing that aspect of their business. it's not going to be good for them. i think that on the fringe people may be swayed by the sort of information that russian bots are purveying. i think, once again, this is another case in which president trump is condoning it, is giving the green light to russians interfering in our elections so they are going to continue to

try to do it, and that's certainly a danger. i don't know how this is going to all play out. i don't think anybody does. >> no. >> i think over time people will learn not to trust what they read on social media. >> thank you. we appreciate your insights so much. michael hiltzik, thank you for the work you do and carry on. thanks. >> thank you. next story about tons of plastic littering the ocean. one group thinks it has an invention that would change a lot. the new capital one savor card. earn 4% cash back on dining and 4% on entertainment. now when you go out, you cash in.

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negatively affect our health when they end up in food. >> that plastic will be there in one year, ten years, probably going to still be there in 100 years. only if we go out there and clean it up this amount of plastic is going to go down. >> reporter: one young dutch inventor and his team have their sights set on solving the plastic problem. how? meet wilson, aka system 1. it's an almost 2,000 foot long floating pipe with a net happening below, no motors, no anchor, no crew. >> if you look around the world there's plastic on the beaches. the wind is propelling the system through the area such that the open end of the u is going forward. >> catcher's mitt for ocean plastic. >> exactly. every couple of months there is a boat coming, like a garbage truck in the ocean, that takes the plastics back on to shore. >> it's a seemingly simple

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