u.s. terra firma. he will be meeting the president of the united states. the president then goes on to kentucky for campaign event which the backdrop had been the strong -- will be the strong economy. if governor bev vin is right, net-net that won't move the needle. what will is the president's popularity. we shall see. fox news continues. >> fox news alert at noon eastern, this was video overnight of a short stop in germany made by american pastor andrew broun soften. he had -- brunson. now enroute to the united states, noon eastern on this saturday. welcome to "america's news headquarters" from washington, i'm leland vittert. chris: and i'm kristin fisher. once he lands at joint base andrews, he'll head to the oval office for a meeting with president trump. let's go first to gillian turner who's waiting for the pats to have's arrival -- pastor's

arrival at andrews. >> reporter: i'm here, we have been stationed just across the street from joint base andrews, counting down to pastor brunson's arrival since five a.m. he is expected to touch down any moment. it'll be the first time his feet touched american soil since he was taken into captivity in turkey two years ago. he did spend the night flying over the atlantic with a quick stop in germany where he and his wife were greeted by the american ambassador. he put out a statement -- i've got to pull it up on my phone -- it reads: this is the day our family has been praying for. i am delighted to be on my way home to the united states. my my entire family thanks the president, the administration and congress for their unwavering support. so another thing that happened that's very important today is president trump tweeted just a short while ago: there was no deal made with turkey for the release and return of pastor andrew brunson. i don't make deals for hostages.

there was, however, great appreciation on behalf of the u.s. which will lead to good, perhaps great relations between the united states and turkey. now, guys, this is important because it was only a few weeks ago that turkish president erdogan made a personal guarantee to the trump administration that the turks were going to stay out of this issue politically. they were handing it over to the turkish constitutional court, and they were going to let the judicial process run its course. it appears right now that he has lived up to that promise, so this is not only a huge breakthrough today for pastor brunson and his family and those of his sport supporters, but for the entire u.s./turkish bilateral relationship. after he lands here, he's going to go straight to the white house. he's got a 2:30 meeting with president trump in the oval office. if there's no traffic, it takes a half hour to get here. so he's going to have to hurry on that one. guys? kristin: this is a moment pastor

brunson has been waiting for for years and president trump has been working for for about that long as well. thank you so much. well, brunson was first detained along with his wife this october of 2016 after turkish police summoned him for what he thought would be a discussion about his visa renewal. brunson's wife was released less than two weeks later, but the pastor remained held by police with no formal charges filed. in december of 2016 he was charged with membership in an armed terrorist organization, although turkish authorities did not name a specific group. pastor brunson was then indicted in march of this year with the government alleging that his work aiding in dividing and separating turkey by means of christian. after being released friday, brunson finally began his journey back to the united states, stopping first in germany for a quick medical check. he's set to meet with president trump in the oval office at 2:30. now let's bring in billy graham, the evangelistic program

franklin graham. i know this is a moment that you have been working towards for a very long time. what does today mean to you? >> this is a wonderful day, and it's a day we have been praying for. and, of course, we're very grateful to president trump and vice president mike pence for the effort that they have put behind this whole ordeal to get this man released and have him come back to his family. the person who's really a hero in all of this is his wife noreen. it has been so difficult for her all of these last two years for her husband to be in prison, not to know what's going to happen, this fear of the turkish police, what that they may do to her, being watched 24/7, having her phones listened to. it's been really tough, and i tell you, she's quite a woman. kristin: have you had a chance to speak with her or pastor brunson since he's been

released? >> no. i haven't talked to pastor brunson. i have talked to her in the past, but i haven't talked to either one since they've been released. kristin: i imagine they both must be overcome with emotions. we're going to get to see pastor brunson with president trump very shortly in the oval office. what is your opinion of just how much of a part president trump and the entire trump administration played in getting him back? this moment, would we be here today without president trump and vice president mike pence? is. >> no, he wouldn't be here. he'd still be in prison. and he may have spent the rest of his life in the prison if it hadn't been for president trump. he was -- brunson was falsely accused, and the turkish courts are exact against christians. this is a muslim country, and it's becoming more and more radical islamic, and we're seeing many christians in prison in turkey and suffering very

much at the hands of this regime. so it's president trump, no question, that has gotten this wonderful pastor, andrew brunson, back to the united states. and we have a personal note. andrew brunson is from the same town that i grew up in in north carolina, the black mountain area. and they attend the same small church, presbyterian church that i grew up in. i don't know andrew brunson, i've never met him, and i'm looking forward to that. but we are connected through a small little town here in western north carolina. kristin: what sort of message do you think this sends to other christians being held abroad? >> well, first of all, i think it gives hope knowing that you might possibly be released and, of course, everybody likes a good ending, and this is a great ending to a very difficult story. and so i think for anyone else that's been falsely accused, this is hope. we need to put our hope in god

and his son jesus christ. jesus christ, he was imprisoned, he was tortured, he died for our sins, he rose from the grave, he's alive, and i know that andrew brunson has a very deep faith. and when he stood up in the turkish court yesterday, he said that he loved jesus christ and he loved turkey. and he's a great missionary. but for all of us, our hope is not in the political systems, our hope should be in god and in his son, jesus christ. kristin: we report on so many bad stories here in washington, it's nice to have a story that really does have a happy ending. franklin graham, thank you so much. leland? >> thank you. god bless you. leland: you too, pastor. we will be back to joint base andrews when we get word that pastor brunson's plane has landed. president trump issuing a stern warning for saudi arabia saying

there will be serious consequences if they're involved in the disappearance and alleged murder of a columnist in turkey. >> 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. leland: benjamin hall live in turkey as the turks also keep up their pressure on the saudis. hi, benjamin. >> reporter: yeah, hi, leland. well, this is becoming an incredibly murky situation, and it does risk becoming a bigger international scandal. we know that he went into the saudi consulate in istanbul, and he hasn't been seen since. that was 12 days ago. now, the turks have alleged he killed inside that consulate by a saudi hit squad of 15 people who flew in by private jet earlier that day including

forensic experts and intelligence officers, and the saudis, of course, are denying all of this. in fact, the saudi interior ministry has released a statement today saying: what has been circulating are lies and baseless allegations against the government of the kingdom of saudi arabia. now turkish state media claims to have recordings from the reporter's apple watch from inside the consulate in which they claim he recorded his own murder. experts have rejected this, there is no apple watch roaming in turkey. bluetooth connection was impossible. they've also claimed that saudi arabia used his fingerprints to access files but, again, there's no fingerprint recognition on the apple watch. so the waters here are really being muddied, and you have to remember that all this evidence comes from state-controlled turkish media, and they have so far released none of it to the public. so the other possibility is that turkish intelligence had listening devices inside the

saudi consulate, a big violation of international norms. but, again, you have to see this from the prism of the turkey/saudi relationship. they are longtime rivals, turkey helping iran violate sanctions, saudi arabia -- close friend of the u.s. saudi arabia alleges turkey is trying to drive a wedge between them and the u.s., and right now this is becoming a much larger geopolitical issue. what we're waiting to see right now is where the u.s. and where donald trump fits in. back to you. leland: yeah. more from the president, i guess, during that "60 minutes" interview tonight. benjamin hall live on the ground in turkey, back to you as news warrants. with that we bring in congressman francis rooney of the house foreign relations committee. boy, just when you thought things in the middle east were starting to make sense, now all of a sudden it's president trump going after the saudis and cozying up and thanking the turks. >> yeah. it's like the scorpion and the frog every day over there, it really is. incredible. [laughter] leland: boy. where does this go from here?

the president's talking about punishment, one big punishment to the saudis would be dinging them on their arms deal. >> that would be one, and it's almost inevitable that we would magnitsky act them if it turns out they killed this guy. leland: obviously, there's a lot of governments, even friends of the united states that do things that are otherwise unplease p santa9 and in their own best interests. the united states does unpleasant things to bad people in bad places. is this worse the u.s./saudi relationship? >> oh, yeah. i don't think we can do what we've done to russia, for example, and not do the same thing to saudi arabia. putin's been killing people all around the world, and that's why we have the magnitsky act. heinous crime here. leland: you're on the foreign relations committee. would you be in favor of blacklisting saudi arabia from buying more u.s. weapons if they were involved in this killing? >> you know, i think i would. i think i would. i think after the kidnapping of hariri was flopped and a new

other things that have happened since the change of government in saudi arabia, it's a disappointing string of failures that is not getting any better. leland: and on a fox news alert to our viewers, pastor brunson is now on american soil, live pictures outside joint base andrews. we'll await the motorcade to come out from joint base andrews on it way to the white house. continuing with congressman rooney here. on the release of pastor brunson, there had been a definite chill in the air between the united states and turkey, a lot of talk about sanctions, about what this meant for the nato relationship. does this change everything? >> well, i think it definitely improves things a lot, you know? the growth of the more islamic state in turkey's been a source of discontent in the united states for many years, you know? the president of turkey has undermined the secular state that ataturk founded, and that's not in the united states eye interests, for sure -- united

states' interests, for sure. on the positive side them doing this, and on the negative side what may have happened with saudi arabia. so -- leland: what does this say about president trump's foreign policy? he really cozied up to the saudis. it was the first place that he went on a foreign trip after his election, talked about them, really embraced the new crown prince over there, and at the same time really put the thumb screws on the turks. now you've got the turks releasing the pastor that the united states wants s and you've got the saudis allegedly, almost certainly knocking off a journalist with close ties to the united states. >> well, hopefully now with a little more experience of pompeo and certainly ambassador bolton at the helm helping the president, we'll have a little more careful foreign policy. like henry kissinger said, you know, foreign policy needs to be carefully deployed. you don't just jump in head first, and we've done that a couple of times. leland: so looking at the map right now, and we know that you

talk to the white house often, what would be your advice vis-a-vis turkey and is saudi arabia? >> i'm proud to hear the president say what he did about saudi arabia. he's stepping up, and he's going to try to make them, you know, accountable for -- if they actually did this. other than, take the opening that turkey's given us. leland: you said earlier that you would be in favor of suspending u.s. arm sales if the turks -- if the saudis were behind this killing. is there enough bipartisan support on the hill for that, or to the saudis have their claws in too deep? >> that would be an interesting one. that's almost like taking on pharma or something. i would think that the heinous nature of this and the bold nature of it, particularly coming on the heels of the hariri kidnapping, would require that we at least suspend the sales and get to the bottom of all this. leland: enough intellectual honesty and moral fortitude to overcome the amount of money the saudis spend on k street? >> well -- [laughter] we have a very principled foreign policy, as you know.

we have stood out in the world for defending human rights and for both protecting united states' interests and -- leland: never been a situation like trying to go after an ally like the saudis before on something. not really precedent for that. >> this is a pretty outrageous thing. this is like venezuela all over again. leland: venezuela compared to saudi arabia may be the headline, congressman. [laughter] it's good to see you. we'll talk about the midterms next time. cresten: coming up, border enforcement and the wall takes center stage as first lady melania trump, mitt romney and the president speak out. >> our brave border agents want a wall, they need a wall. it's happening. it's moving. we have made so much progress, we will finish the wall. [cheers and applause] kristin: plus, showdown in battleground pennsylvania. we'll take a closer look at the only house race in the nation pitting two incumbent house members today in a newly-drawn district. and millions of americans

are trying to the pick up the pieces after hurricane michael in this week. our own jonathan serrie is in hard-hit panama city beach. hey, jonathan. >> reporter: hey, kristin. there is widespread destruction wherever we look and long lines for even basic commodities. i'll have the story when we come back from the break. ♪

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♪ ♪ leland: broken video over mexico beach, florida, and you can see what's left, and in places there is not much left. right now the death toll at 17 from hurricane michael. search and rescue efforts continue, and with that we bring in jonathan serrie who is in panama city behind one of the untold number of buildings destroyed. hi, jonathan. >> reporter: yeah, this is just one example of what we're seeing all over. this used to be a strip mall. the upper facade just fell into the parking lot. and then as we pan over to the left, you'll see a big traffic jam. the reason for all these cars and trucks is that a local supermarket is handing out free water and ice, items that we normally take for granted now precious be commodities in the wake of hurricane michael. authorities are going door to

door conducting searches. local officials say many residents are still unaccounted for, but they believe much of this is due to lack of communications. the storm took out at least one major cellular network and even people with working phones are having trouble keeping them charged because of the wide steady power outagings. -- widespread power outages. this is especially true in mexico beach which sustained a direct hit. even structures that survived the extreme winds suffered extensive water damage from storm surge. air force officials say nearby tindall air force base suffered widespread, catastrophic damage they're calling it. although they evacuated approximately 50 f-22 fighter jets in advance, some planes had to be left behind in hangars because of maintenance issues m all of the hangars suffered damage, so base officials believe some of the aircraft at least may be damaged as well. >> tindall air force base remains closed. it is simply not safe enough for our people to return.

our structures are unsound, and many roads are blocked by trees and power lines. we're going to need some time to make it safe. >> reporter: hurricane michael has disrupted transportation by air and ground. extreme winds knocked this freight train off its tracks in panama city, and each as the storm moved far inland, winds were strong enough to knock out power to hundreds of thousands of residents in the carolinas, virginia and georgia. president trump tweeted: people have no idea how hard hurricane michael has hit the great state of georgia. i will be visiting both florida and georgia early next week of we are working very hard on every area and every state that was hit. we are with you. as we speak state and federal authorities are trying to clear roadways to allow utility crews to get in and restore electricity. right now approximately 260,000 customers are without power, but that figure is way down from what it was yesterday.

leland? leland: yeah. that work continues and will continue for months. jonathan serrie on the ground. jonathan, thanks. kristin: from hurricane michael to the midterms, it's the only race in the nation where two incumbents will face off this november. republican congressman keith rothfus and conor lamb are competing for the same district. a ruling in february states that the state's congressional district map was unconstitutional because of gerrymandering. so joining us now, congressman keith rothfus. want to note that we extended an invitation to your opponent, congressman conor lamb, but we did not get a response from his campaign. so, congressman, you get the entire time. [laughter] >> good to be with you this afternoon. and just listening to that story out of florida, your hearts have to go out to those folks. i remember after katrina getting down and seeing the devastation that you saw both in louisiana and on the mississippi gulf

coast. a lot of work remains to be done, and our thoughts and prayers are with those good folks down there. kristin: and this recovery always takes so much longer than you initially think. congressman, i want to start by popping up those congressional maps in your state that were just really redrawn by the pennsylvania supreme court. that is what it looked like before the supreme court ruling, and this -- if we can pop that up -- this is the new map. this is what it looks like now. and what it means for your district is that your district has become much more favorable to democrats. so if we take a look at the polls, you're now -- the latest polling shows you're down by about 12 points. how much do you think that this redistricting has hurt you? >> well, first off, that poll had a very poorly skewed sample. it does not reflect the actual way the things are working in this district. understand that this is a district, this new district is one that donald trump won by about three points, it's what senator toomey won by about four

points had this district existed a couple of years ago. my old district donald trump won by 20 points, i won by 24 points. so i was outperforming the president. i would expect to be able to hold the margin that the president had, and that's what we're seeing. our internal polls are closer. i'm still the underdog, no doubt, given the way the district has been drawn, much more democrats in the district, but we're competing, and we have a good message. we're drawing those distinctions tween myself and conor lamb, and you dimensioned it's almost a -- you mentioned, whoever wins this race, that party's going to control the house of representatives. so there is national tension going on here. kristin: and you say you've got a fighting chance, but just two weeks ago the house republican campaign arm, they canceled what was left of its ad buy in pittsburgh, pulled out the money to go against your opponent. how much has that hurt you? >> i don't think it's hurt at all. again, we continue to get our

message out. we've had some very good ads drawing those distinctions, exposing conor lamb for his continuing contradictions. look, people want authenticity, they want integrity. this economy is really growing strong here in western pennsylvania and across the country. and the fact of the matter is that's what's lifting people's optimism by any measure. the best economy in 20 years, and i'd like to talk about the lowest unemployment rate since 1969 when local hero hanly mancini -- henry mancini was topping the chart with the beatles and sly and the family stone. kristin: president trump in your district has only a 41% approval be rating. if he offered, would you want him to campaign on your behalf? >> again, you're looking at that poll. i think that understates the president's support. kristin: would you want the president to come campaign for you in person? >> the president is always welcome here.

we've been working on a lot of issues particularly with respect to the locks and dams in western pennsylvania. we like to highlight the work i've been doing that. we have a power plant issue here in western p.a., and the president is taking action to make sure those jobs are going to stay there. again, you take a look at broad-based economic growth that we're focused on, and we continue to stress that message with our voters. my opponent would have voted against the tax cut bill. that's what he said for over a year, decrying it as a giveaway. interesting, he kind of changed his tune, and now he thinks it's okay to have that. but he's really all over the map. and so we continue to stress consistency, integrity. we want to make sure that the economy continues to grow. again, this is a race that has national importance. if we hold this seat here in western pennsylvania, republicans will hold the house, and that's why i'd like people to go to keithrothfus.com and find out more about a what we're doing. kristin: congressman, thanks so much for coming on. >> great, thank you.

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trump says he'll be meeting with the pastor in about two hours. >> reporter: this has been a priority for the president, and the administration has been waging an escalating pressure campaign against turkey in order to secure the release of pastor brunson. and now that he is home, he is headed here to the white house to meet with the president. this morning president trump tweeted: pastor andrew brunson released by turkey will be with me in the oval office at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon. it will be wonderful to see and meet him. he is a great christian who has been through such a tough experience. i would like to thank president erdogan for his help. last night at a rally in ohio, the president celebrated brunson's release and touted the release of other americans during his time in office. >> he went through a lot, you know all about pastor brunson. he went through a lot, but he's on his way back. we've done that with a lot, right? we've had a lot of success.

north korea, egypt, remember? we bring a lot of people back, and that's good. they want to come back to our country, and they're coming back to our country. >> reporter: how we got here. in august the white house slapped sanctions on a number of turkish goods and ministers of justice and interior over brunson's anticipation. those triggered a bit of a financial crisis in turkey. and president trump just recently threatened to enact additional sanctions if brunson wasn't released. the white house is pushing back on reports that it agreed to lift sanctions in return for the release, and last night in president trump denied the u.s. made any kind of deal or concessions with turkey to get this done. >> we spoke to turkey, and he went through a system, and we got him out. they've been trying to get him out for a long time. well, this has nothing to do with anything. there was no deal made at all. there was no deal. but we're very happy to have him and have him in good shape.

hear he's in very good shape. >> reporter: again, we're expecting pastor brunson will meet with president trump in the oval office at 2:30 p.m., and we do expect to get tape of that shortly after, and we'll bring it to you as soon as it a happens. >> from a turkish prison to the white house in 24 hours. hard to imagine what he must be going through. garrett, thank you. leland: a lot of emotions, for sure, there. the president, after that meeting, heads back out on the road as he is making good on his promise to spend much of the midterm home stretch campaigning. tonight to kentucky for another rally where he'll likely take aim yet again at one of his favorite targets. >> if nancy pelosi and the democrats -- >> boo! >> -- take control, they will try to raise your taxes, impose socialism on this country, take away your health care and take

away your jobs. that's what will happen. leland: the president is stumping for congress and andy barr, who is in a tight re-election fight. with that we bring in talk radio host leland conway from louisville. land, i don't know you, but i like you already if nothing else for the name. [laughter] we'll move on. that line that the president uses almost every rally, nancy pelosi and the democrats, is that the right bogeyman in kentucky? >> yes, absolutely. you know, we feel acutely here in the bluegrass state the last president's attack on the energy sector, specifically coal. and, you know, coal may never come back to where it was before, but nancy pelosi was a big part of an effort to try to bring about carbon cap and trade. that kind of thing. and so she is definitely a good target for the president to go after in terms of trying to tie andy barr's opponent to her

directly. leland: you know, it's interesting as we widen out and look at this race nationally as it's become sort of a referendum on the president and the democrats have made it as such as well, even in senate races republicans aren't tying democratic candidates to chuck schumer. what about nancy pelosi, is it just the policies about coal or something more visceral in republicans in their reaction? >> well, i think it has a lot to do -- and i'll tell you one particular moment that that a lot of people remember. i was actively involved in the tea party here this kentucky back in 2010, and when they passed the affordable care act and she walked through with that really large, oversized gavel, it was that sort of condescending we're going to do this whether the people want this or not. and i know that the attitudes towards the affordable care act have somewhat changed over the past couple of years, it's still a mess. so i think it's a bigger thing. it's not just energy, but she

represents, i think, the left coast liberal, if you will. she is california liberal, and that feels very far from the values here in kentucky. leland: as we watch where the president is going and some of the races he's having to get involved in, you'd think that with the economy doing as well as it's doing and if you listen to the president, promises made, promises kept, you look at kavanaugh, the other judges, why are some of these races so close, particularly the one in kentucky? he shouldn't have to campaign in this race. >> yeah. i mean, he won this area, 6th district, you know, very easily -- leland: so why is the congressman there now in trouble? >> i think it has to do with a couple of things. there's a local dynamic here in kentucky that has democrats fired up. as you know, a lot of elections come down to which side is more fired up and, obviously, there's a reaction to president trump on the left. so you've got the base very fired up. but here in kentucky there's some local politics that are feeding into that. the republicans just passed a

very unpopular pension reform that has the left very fired up and very active. and i think you're looking at in the center of andy barr's district you have fayette county which is one of only two counties that went against president trump in the 2016 election. 120 counties, 118 went for him, but fayette county he lost by about ten points. so you have a fired-up democratic base, an urban center in the middle that has a strong liberal background, and it makes it more close. i do think -- yes, go ahead. leland: the president's been making good on his promises to the campaign for the people who support him. he's got a long memory when it comes to those issues of loyalty. this sound bite from last night, lebanon, ohio, as the president was on the stump caught his eye. >> he drank a little bit too much. [laughter] you know who i'm talking about, right? so robert e. lee was a great general. robert e. lee was winning battle after battle after battle, and abraham lincoln came home, he said, i can't beat robert e.

lee. leland: nobody knows what plays well with the president's base better than the president. the question is how does that play with the voters you're talking about that he's going to need to vote for andy barr if barr's going to win re-election? >> that particular sound bite, i mean, it sounds like he's talking about the fact that he didn't mind that general grant drank. abraham lincoln, meaning. and he brought in the right people for the job as i react to that, that would be what i hear. leland: in general as the president sort of goes on -- fair to say there's not a lot of presidential candidates who have ever gotten on the stump and talked about the greatness of robert e. lee. >> no, no, absolutely not. [laughter] leland: i guess does it also fire up the democratic base that you were talking about? 15 seconds, and you get the last word. >> oh, sure, it very well may. but here's the thing, the key to president trump coming to the 6th district that's going to help andy barr is that you have 17 counties that are surrounding that fayette county area, and

that is what you would consider to be sort of red territory, if you will, republican-strong territory. and be they will be fired up by the president's presence here. leland: all right. well, in the words of my producer, leland, we got a that run. air force one makes a lot of noise when it comes to kentucky. [laughter] we'll have you back, sir. thank you, mr. conway. and best to your tad as well. >> thank you. kristin: first lady melania trump is making a ton of headlines today after her first major solo interview on 20/20 last night. she touched on everything from the sexual misconduct allegations against her husband to how she likes being first lady and even the reasons behind some of her more controversial outfit choices. >> i'm very strong, and i know what my priorities are. i believe that my husband is doing an incredible job. whatever he will decide, i will support him. i don't feel like a prisoner, no. i enjoying it. >> sources have told us, sources in the white house, that you are the gatekeeper, that you tell

him who he can trust and who he can't trust. is that true? >> yes, i give him honest advice. it's harder to governing, you know? you always need to watch your back. i wore the jacket to go on the plane and off the plane, and it was for the people and for the left-wing media who are criticizing me and i want to show them that i don't care. you could criticize whatever you want to say, but it will not stop me to do what i feel right. kristin: one of the things that really stood out to me in that interview was the first lady expressing her frustration with these aid groups that she wants to partner with that won't partner with her because of her husband and his policies. leland: you obviously spent a lot of time covering melania trump specifically, how much coordination is there between the east wing and the west wing? >> she's her own reason -- leland: no kidding, after that -- kristin: they say that over and over, but that's one of the first times that you get to see that for yourself.

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big of a deal is it? how big of a deal is it? >> well, i think first and foremost it's important to know that the markets are one barometer of the overall economy. so we need to be careful to not overreact to what was, there's no question, a volatile week. october historically is actually the most volatile week -- or the volatile month throughout the entire year for the market. so the fact that this is taking place is a result of a few different factors. what the fed is doing, i think president trump coming out very strongly about very aggressive moves by the fed recently did not help the markets this week. kristin: well, since you brought it up, i want to actually play you guys a clip of what president trump attributed this dip in the markets to. this is a clip of what he said about the fed in just under 24 hours. >> the fed is going loco. i'd like our fed not to be so aggressive. i think the fed is far too stringent, and they're making a

mistake. kristin: i know you believe that this did not help the markets, but do you agree with him that the fed is hurting things here? >> well, i think the fed is moving aggressively. if you talk to a lot of different economists right now, there's no question that they are moving aggressively. and, of course, from a political standpoint and from an economic standpoint be, that's not going to make the president happy. is it any surprise that president trump is extremely open and direct about his opinions of that. kristin: so what's your take on how this is going to impact the midterms? >> sure. kristin: i know that's not necessarily your wheelhouse, but three weeks to go, markets are down, what does that mean for republicans? >> >> well, i think, actually, the basic, the foundations of the economy are very, very strong, and i think that regardless of a volatile week in the markets, the economy itself is very strong. as i said, the markets are one barometer of the overall economy. and so if you look to the people who are voting, going to the polls, if you look at the people

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>> you're looking at brand-new images coming to fox news pictures of pastor andrew brunson after spending two years in a turkish prison. these were put out on twitter moments ago by family research council president, brunson on his way to the white house to meet with president trump. leaving andrews on his way to the oval office. leland, you have to wonder what must be going through his mind right now. from a turkish prison to the white house.

leland: the emotions of not knowing what was going to happen on friday and gets to courtroom for a trial, he could be on a plane home, you could be spending 10 years in prison, you could be going to the oval office. hour two of america's news headquarters, kristin fisher along we leland vittert. meeting an hour and a half from now. obviously the trump administration had worked two years on this, very tough language not only from the president but from vice president pence as well, garrett tenney, north lawn of the white house as we await pastor's arrival, hi, garrett. >> emotional scene, you can tell being back on home country soil for the first time in many years, facing up to one point 35 years in prison for pastor, life sentence for him, now to be reunited with his family once

again. you saw him leaving joint base andrews meeting with the president an hour and a half from now in the oval office. we don't know if he'll be making stops along the way or straight here, but the meeting has been announced by the president. this is something that the white house has been working pretty much since trump took office, escalating pressure campaign over the last nearly 2 years in order to secure the release of pastor brunson. this is has been an important issue for evangelicals christians across the country, reverend graham said to you that today is the day that they have been praying for. >> he would still be in prison and may have spent the rest of his life in prison if it hadn't been for president trump, brunson was falsely accused and the turkish courts are against christians, this is a muslim country and it's becoming more and more radical, islamic and

many christians in prison in turkey. >> now part of this campaign, the white house has been waging against turkey to secure pastor brunson's release, u.s. slapped sanctions over brunson's detection and that triggered financial crisis in turkey. things were to get much worse as president trump threatened to enact additional taxes if brunson wasn't release and white house denies report that it agree today lift sanctions. this morning the president reiterated on twitter saying there was no deal made with turkey for release and return of pastor andrew brunson, i don't make deals for hostages, there was great appreciation on behalf of the united states which would lead good relations between the united states and turkey. the u.s. government does not keep official count of civilians obtained by other countries but

by our count brunson 14th american to be released since president trump took office and the white house says it continues to work to secure the release of many other americans that are detained around the world, kristin, leland. leland: it be in iran or turkey as well. garrett tenney. >> president trump says his administration is watching separate situation closely as we are getting reports that authorities are pointing the finger at saudi arabia in connection with the disappearance of a newspaper columnist, ellison barber has more on the reaction here in the united states, hi, ellison. >> hey, kristin, state department official was telling that pompeo spoke with jamal's fiance, his son-in-law jared kushner spoke with saudi arabia crown prince, the crown prince brother, the state department says they did not ask him to leave and they've told him when he returns to washington, d.c. they want him to return with information about what happened

to mr. kashoggi. they have evidence that he was killed and that it was outright lies and if saudi arabia officials had anything to do with it, consequences would be severe. >> there's a lot at stake and maybe especially so because this man was a reporter, there's something -- you'll be surprise me hearing say that, that's something terribly and disgusting if that was the case. we are going to get to the bottom of it and they'll be severe punishment. >> the president did not say exactly what the punishment might be on capitol hill, they are talking about sanctions, senators sent letter and asked for investigation and called on the administration to impose sanctions on anyone found responsible for khashoggi's disappearance. >> it's being investigated and looked at very strongly.

at this moment they deny it, could it be them, yes. i tell you what i don't want to do, boeing, lockheed, i don't want to hurt jobs, i don't want to lose order like that and there are other ways of punishing to use a word that's pretty harsh word but it's true. >> some on capitol hill are calling on the president to hold arms sales to saudi arabia, senator rand paul says that should happen immediately, kristin. >> so did congressman francis rooney an hour ago on show, ellison, thank you. leland: we bring in oklahoma senator james lankford, something you worked hard on, senator, we will get to the foreign policy issues in a minute. first the emotional part. >> emotional when you see pastor brunson on american soil, you realize all the work that's been done for so long, there's

tremendous emotion. i was in turkey in december of 2016, meeting with justice ministers arguing for pastor brunson's release, arguing for them to do what they did and if they have a challenge on this, convict and deport him but he's not guilty of anything, he was swept up in the coup as they grabbed journalists, as they grabbed all kinds of people from law enforcement, they also grabbed american pastor, kept him in jail for 18 months with no charges at all and eventually charged him on the random crazy terrorist charges so it's been long journey to be able to work with turkey and send american home and send him home. >> i believe that garrett tenne said 14 americans have been released since president trump have been in office. what do you think the trump administration is doing that the obama administration did not? >> it's very aggressive movement to move through the process to

get individuals home, to negotiate them and get them release. we all know the four individuals that president obama got released that were in iranian prisons, the big swamp, multibillion dollar deal. the trump administration came in and said, we don't exchange money, we don't deal with people that are holding americans hostages, we have seen americans coming from north korea, we have seen americans coming from turkey. they are working this in a very different formula than what the obama administration did. leland: president trump both said on tarmac and tweeted that there was no deal here made with the turks, there also wasn't a deal allegedly in the cuban missile crisis, we all know that there can be agreement, gentlemen handshakes behind the scenes, does this wipe anything clean with turkey? >> it has been a big issue with everyone and the transitioning in turkey that's happening has in turkey that's happening has

>> we have major issues. they are our great ally in trying to fight the battle in syria and help isolate isis and other threat that is they have directly in the country. we want to help with that but they can't hold american hostage to use leverage, they finally released him, we have sanctions on you, everything else that's on you, nothing will be discussed until we have an american hostage gone and the second big issue is they are buying russian off defense systems, we can't sell turkey the f-35 at the same time they are building air defense systems and we have to solve additional things with russia. turkey is long-standing ally and we want to keep him with

long-standing ally, trying to maintain the relationship to get our americans home. leland: unique perspective on this, what's the issue, they are a member of nato, huge economic ties to the united states, yet, you point out they are buying arms from russia, they are cozing up to putin, they are dealing in ways that we are not happening when it's coming to russia. >> they have to be a member of nato, they have to connect with nato and have alliance there. all the nato does not buy weapons from russia, that's a basic principle. the reason nato exists to push back on russian aggression, we will continue to be able to work through that, lots of areas of partnership but nothing that we can work on until andrew brunson is home, andrew brunson is now home finally after 2 years and we can work on other issues as well. >> turkish president huge problem with andrew brunson, but other cases with saudi arabia

and the disappearance of columnist and count part of the solution, what are you hearing from the latest of the disappearance? >> still more what we don't know, he walked in the embassy to get process of marriage, fiancee standing outside and he disappears, the saudis are saying, he came and he left, we have no idea, there's no video of them leaving, the big question is what happened. >> if the saudis are responsible, do you believe what sort of action should the u.s. government take? >> i don't want to jump ahead of that, they killed reporter in their own embassy, considered sovereign space, they murdered a journalist that they don't agree with. something that saudi arabia is trying to say we now allow women to drive, opening up our economy, trying to opening up to be saudi arabia, that definitely looks like to old saudi arabia.

leland: is this a delaying game, nobody better than u.s. intelligence, best signals of intelligence in the world when it comes to saudi arabia, we spy on the saudis and the turks, really? >> this is their own space and the turks have now said we have evidence that there's something going on inside. >> a few conversations betweenry yead -- rhiyad and other folks. >> they'll be separate set of issues if they are recording what's happening inside the country, this will be answered, the best thing that we can do is get inside and be able to investigate, the saudis say we want to allow that but they haven't been able to do that. leland: you're heading to the white house to be with the president, let us know if the president tells you anything on saudi arabia, all right?

>> we are looking forward to given pastor brunson and his wife a big hug and welcome home. >> all right, midterms we go, and ahead of midterms we have big changes for voters in pennsylvania where incumbent congressman are running in new districts after court changed old congressional maps, joining us now with latest on reelection campaign congressman cartwright, how are you doing today? >> nice, very well, nice to be with you, kristin, i listened to the comments of james lankford, i served with him on oversight committee when he was in the house and i agree with very much of what he just said about how it is common cause for celebration and applause, the return of pastor brunson today. >> you know, you are running partly on the principle that you were a different kind of democrat, the kind of democrat that really will reach across the aisle and make compromises

with republican colleagues, if you do get reelected, what sorts of things are you willing to compromise on? >> well, kristin, you're right, and i do it because it's the right thing to do and it's because what people in north eastern pennsylvania expect me to do. i got elected back in 2012 and since then i've been reaching across the aisle because that's my job. in fact, they score us on everything. if you go on govtrack i've introduced more bills supported by republicans than any other democrat in the house, it's worked, you have to work at it but they expect me in north eastern pennsylvania to try to get past the partisan bickering that goes on in washington all of the time, i will continue to do that and you know what, even if the democrats win back the house, there's no reason for me to stop that because, again, the

folks here in north eastern pennsylvania, they want an adult in the room down there and i have promised to them that i would be that person. >> so you're also really distancing yourself from your party on the issue of immigration and i want to read something that you said to the times leader just last week, you said, quote, we have to have comprehensive immigration reform, secure borders, heavy fines and stricter penalties for offenders, i also favor building a wall where appropriate but not where mountain goats can't climb, what did you mean by that? >> right, one thing that i worked very hard on is trying to find places where we can save money in the federal government and one -- one enormous waste of money would be to build a wall from the rio grande to pacific ocean without regard expenses and we know there's places that

people don't cross, people wouldn't think of crossing in those places, so there's no way you want to build a wall, remember it's not just the expense of building the wall but it's also you have to appropriate the land, you have to condemn the land and pay the rancher or whoever fair market value for that piece of property. there's enormous expense so the people -- i realize people want a simple solution for everything but the truth is securing the border can be done without -- without a rio gande to pacific wall. there are places where a better barrier is appropriate but not the whole thing. >> let me ask you this, you're on appropriation's committee, if you're reelected, would you support pushing at least part of -- would you support pushing fund to go get at least part of the president's wall through? >> we've already said that. there's bipartisan consensus on some money going to that but what we want is what we want

comprehensive immigration reform so that our nation can get past what really has effectively become a civil war among ourselves about what we are going to do with immigration. what we want to do is punish illegal activity by appropriate fines and putting people to the back of the line, but we have to have comprehensive immigration reform because if we go on fighting over it the way we have been it's so hard for us to get the rest of what americans want to get done, ensuring up social security and medicare, making sure better jobs coming to north eastern pennsylvania where i live, making sure pharmaceutical prices come down to reasonable levels and making sure health care works for everybody, these are the things we want to focus on rather than continuing to have food fights over immigration. >> i think we can all agree on

that, congressman matt cartwright, 3 weeks to go, best of luck on election day. >> my pleasure. >> president trump on campaign tail continue, -- trail continuing to stomp in kentucky. to michigan where republican john james has message for urban african american voters and check in on another florida community, might say hit hard or wiped out by hurricane michael, mark tobin on the ground, mexico beach, florida, hi, mike. >> hey, leland, accounting for the missing and cleaning up after the hurricane continues in the florida panhandle, i will have the latest from mexico beach when we come back. ♪

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>> officials say at least 17 people have been killed as hurricane michael moved inland from the gulf of mexico with death confirmed in virginia, georgia and florida. mike tobin is looking at michael's destruction from mexico beach, what's it like down there, does not look good.

>> no, it doesn't look good but this is my first time back to mexico beach in about 2 days and one big difference i've noticed, there's still tremendous a lot to have debris, a lot of debris is gone from the roadway, i say a lot but not all, if you look down the road there, you see a couple of houses that have been deposited right in the middle of this particular road and that's going to require heavier equipment to get it out of the way, while we have roadways that are open, what that does make things easier for search and and rescue teams, come from all over the nation to work together and try to help victims to have storm and i say from all over the nation, there's a crew that we saw working from tennessee and we are working with some search and rescue teams who were from ohio, so it really is a nationwide effort, but they've got this long task of going through rubble and not just knocking on houses but pick up rubble because there are many houses particular in mexico beach that were ripped off of the foundation, what remains of

the house is slab and debris. many people who are still unaccounted for, we know from the mayor, 280 people elected to ride out the storm and haven't been all accounted for, the search and rescue teams are upmost importance right now, hopefully to find some survivors and the grim task of finding the people that didn't make it through the storm. what we see in terms of clearing out the debris, the big garbage pickers with the claws trying to empty debris from the side of the road, which is going to be horribly tedious task, trying to empty a lake with a teaspoon but there really isn't another solution, fill up dump trucks with storm debris, out of town, start over again with another particular -- another dump truck to fill it up with debris. what we don't see here in mexico beach is the rows and rows of power truck that is we see further away from epicenter of the storm or ground zero where

the eye wall made landfall. there's so much more work to be done that power isn't their top priority. kristin. >> you know, it's bad when power isn't top priority. mike tobin, thank you, leland. leland: michigan flipped red in 2016, the president won it by roughly 10,000 votes, now republicans think they have a chance at the senate seat there. we were there this week as republican john james walked the poor african-american neighborhoods of detroit, he says incumbent gabi is taking the black vote for granted. >> puts party above people and that needs to stop. >> she only show up during election time. >> yeah. >> you only hear from her during that time. you know, i quit voting democrat, it's been a while, you know, the local mayor i vote

democrat because they run unopposed, we have a problem. >> we will fix it together. leland: john james with us now from michigan, what's the problem you need to fix, sir? >> the problem is that we need a seat at both tables, right now when 85% of african americans vote in one party that ensures that neither party has to work for the african-american vote. now, i don't have a black message or a white message, i have a red, white and blue message and everybody is sick and tired of partisanship, we want more leadership not partisanship. leland: what has senator failed on or not advocated on that resinates with the african-american community that you're talking to? >> what resinates is how the school systems have been failing generations and generations in the african american community in detroit. not just detroit but all around the city. leland: there's no question it's been a failure, what's the solution?

>> the solution i believe we need to get dol training dollars, department of training labor dollars back here to the state to train people that are in the workforce to up skill their existing labor skills and for the people who are in the education system, we need to make sure that we have apprenticeship internship and co-op programs working with businesses and not against businesses and you can find that on johnjames for senate.com. leland: we asked senator for interview and she declined. obviously the invitation stands, she suggested that we talk to local chairman of ncaap, take a listen. >> i don't think you're going to find an overwhelming number of folks african americans in particular caring up the flag for john james, it's just not there. leland: why not? >> because john james has presented himself in a way that is somewhat militaristic and

trumpish. i mean, he has wrapped himself in a flag of donald trump. he has supported the policies of president trump. leland: fair criticism? >> well, i will always put my god and my country before any man. i pledged my oath to the constitution of the united states of america and my job -- leland: i understand. you were the one who said that the president's endorsement was icing on the cake. >> yes. leland: no secret that the president's approval numbers among african americans isn't that high is wrapping yourself in the flag of president trump the smart political move? >> well, i have never wrapped myself in anything and never hung on anybody's coat tails. i'm standing on the service of the country and my understanding of how to grow business and protect the american dream and people who think they know me because r by my name, they need to not judge book by its cover

and open minds to see that we have an opportunity that there's somebody that understands combat and taking care of veterans and understand business opportunities for michigan families and not judge a book by itself cover. leland: we appreciate you being here, i know you're happy with latest poll, 9 points down, having the lead in latest poll by republican group. all right, we will have you back before the election, thanks for being here. >> thank you so much. leland: kristin. >> after the break, president trump on the road this weekend supporting republican candidates, doug joins us from kentucky, hey, doug. >> hi, kristin, we are at eastern kentucky university, trump rally set 7:00 p.m. tonight and become a pattern at trump rallies everywhere. people have been lined up since early this morning for a chance to get in. we will have a chance to talk to them when we come back. d arthri. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once-daily pill

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leland: we are about an hour away from president trump's

meeting with pastor andrew brunson in oval office, pastor brunson 24 hours in turkish prison. then the president heads to richmond, kentucky to campaign for andy barr. hi, doug. >> hi, leland, we were outside alumni coliseum and as you said people have been lining up here since very early this morning, quite literally by the thousands. i want to talk to a couple of them, sir, you can be at home cracking a beer, not having to use porta john, what brings you out here? >> i live in palm beach, florida. love and support of the president. the president is the man of the people, when our president wakes up every morning he knows he

works for us and that's why we are winning. [cheers and applause] >> can you get a shot of the guy's t-shirt? let's move down the line here. ma'am, what -- what brings you here this morning? >> hi, what? >> what brings you here? >> president trump, my hero. [cheers and applause] >> she speaks for pretty much everybody here. there's a shift in momentum here and it's not just the recent release of pastor brunson but the méxico candidate trade agreement or increase in manufacturing or industrial output or the lower employment rate, the lowest employment rate, unemployment rate i should say since 1970's, lowest african-american unemployment in history or the meeting with kanye west on that note. i want you to listen what congressman had to say about kanye west's visit.

>> i never knew i'd say this but god bless kanye west. >> think of it, we have the best numbers in history on employment and unemployment and median income and many other things and i think we are going to get the african-american vote. and it's true. kanye west, what he did was pretty amazing. >> that while some competitors were saying, kanye was dump, mentally ill, house negro, white supremacists, kanye west was one-man wrecking crew against the democratic party's racial identity politics. tonight's rally gets underway at 7:00 p.m. among the visitors we expect here tonight congressman andy barr in tight race with

andy, former fighter pilot. toss-up, september poll by the new york times had barr by 1 percentage point. joe biden was campaigning last night at fish fry about 2,000 people there, this arena holds 6500 and if history is indication, we expect to be chalk full. leland: thanks, doug, kristin has more. kristin: i feel like i'm watching game day with all of those folk. leland: they are forbidden by the secret service to bring signs out, point well taken. kristin: let's bring in political panel to dig in data on midterms. media director for campus reform.org and antjuan, hey, guys. >> how are you? kristin: thanks for coming on, this is really a good week for

president trump, it started with judge kavanaugh taking his seat on the supreme court and it's ending with american pastor andrew brunson coming back home, how does this play with you in midterms, antjuan i will start with you. >> i think the left has everplayed hands here. they told people that if president trump gets elected it would be the end of the world and that never happened and overplayed hand with kavanaugh, i think average americans saw what happened, the mob mentality of the left against justice kavanaugh and the people on the right, we don't want any part of that. the democrats leading up to midterms has been the party of resistance, they have just been everything on the right, average american voters, they want to see what are you for, you can't just be against everything coming out of the right, coming from dc and president trump, if they don't have the message soon and what we are for they won't win people over in the midterms.

kristin: all right, antjuan, what were you laughing about. >> the new right-wing when they are creators of the mob, those who remember 2009 when the tea party started funded by the koch brothers and oil industry, they were the start of resistance movement and all the things they've done over the years, when you hear mob, that's something they are trying to motivate base, the bottom line while poll numbers have actually increased for gop enthusiasm, the bottom line quality of life issues still dominate the day in the midterms and i believe the democrats have something to go on the offense about and that's the issues like health care, i think they definitely have the tremendous amount to hold this republican congress and this republican president accountable for their failures on policy prescription that will move middle-class america forward and when this all said and done, come november 6th, i believe democrats have what it takes to

really take back the majority both in the house and senate if we execute the right way. kristin: go ahead. >> i want to address point of mob mentality, we are addressing because it's important to address the dangerous shift in politics, this is an issue that is unique to democrat party. where are the conservative mob going out and harassing democrat senators and conservative mobs -- kristin: there's a fair to say there's -- i think it's fair to say there's lack of civility on both sides. >> look, just yesterday or today -- steve scalise yesterday or today called tout republican candidate for governor in pennsylvania for his outlandish mob-like mentality comments. we have seen the president of the united states insist punching people in the face, you had gop candidate body slam a reporter and we have seen this before primarily from the republican party.

it's item of convenience to use in midterms because the republicans want to do everything they can to juice up the republican base when the truth of the matter is policy prescriptions have not be put forth by the president. kristin: guy, this can go on -- i'm, so sorry, we have to wrap, very sorry, we will have to leave it there, the talk about civility which went to civil, we will have to leave it there. [laughter] leland: nice job referring. coming up race by race as who will control the house, republican congressman on deck ♪motorcycle revving

♪ motorcycle revving ♪motorcycle revving ♪ motorcycle revving ♪ no matter who rides point, ♪ there are over 10,000 allstate agents riding sweep. ♪♪ and just like tyrone taylor, they know what it takes to help keep you protected. are you in good hands? leland: president trump on the road for rally again in a couple of hours, proof democrats say congressional districts like florida's 12th where the president won by 19 points are potentially in play, joining us now republican florida congressman gus belarukus, nice to see you, sir, little warmer

down there. >> sure is. a little bit. well, you know what, i take every race seriously. i come home every weekend, i talk to my constituents, i listen to my constituents, i think i've been very effective so, you know, it's up to the constituents, again, we run like we are 10 points behind. leland, you certainly never leave anything on the table that way. speaking to not leaving anything behind, you've been on the air with some ads, this one certainly drew a lot of questions, we will take a look at the ad and then get your reaction. >> the drug crisis is a national epidemic and i see how it's devastating pasco county every day but in this healthcare crisis, i have hope because we have a true friend on our side gus, he's giving us the tools to do the job and gus has taken on the drug companies.

leland: not only didn't sponsor legislation or not cosponsor and the ad made it seem like you did. >> i have been working on the opioid issue for a long time, leland, we've had committee meeting, the healthcare subcommittee, i've been touting this legislation, i voted for the legislation, again, i support the legislation but not just this legislation helping out the locals, helping out the locals like opioid crisis. leland: this from the tampa bay times, your hometown newspaper, editorial, rubio and bularakis, answer on drug laws, john write this is the new law that you helped pass reduced dea's authority, makes it all but logically impossible for the agency to hold drug companies accountable by accident or by design that's shameful. >> leland, i sponsored the

legislation because our older folks, our seniors are having a hard time getting their pain medication. yes, they do, absolutely. the dea, sir, signed off on this piece of legislation that you're speaking of, passed unanimously out of the house and the senate, the attorney general holder was for it, the president signed the law, okay, and now i went back to the dea here in tampa but also in dc and they want more changes to make it tougher to go after -- in other words, easier to go after bad actors, tougher law and i'm sponsoring that legislation to get it through and i've been talking to the committee chairman to make sure that we agenda that as soon as possible. again, i -- yes. leland: opponents would point to the fact that you have $79,000 from the drug companies and you are taking easy on them.

>> leland, you know, the campaign money, i listen to my people, that has no effect on my votes and you can look at my record in the past, it has no effect on my votes. i listen to my constituents and i do what my constituents want me to do and, of course, i agree with my constituents on most of these issues, so, again, i've been very effective, i was on air force with the president with regard to turkey and i am chairman of national freedom caucus and we talked about releasing the pastor and the next day he put the sanctions on turkey and he's been very tough with -- we need to hold allies accountable. leland: congressman, equal time for opponent tomorrow. you mentioned the pastor, coverage of that as it happens, thank you, sir. >> thank you very much for having me on, leland, thanks for letting me clear it up, appreciate it. kristin: right now we are waiting for pastor andrew

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kristin: president trump saying there will be severe punishment for saudi arabia if they are

behind the disappearance of columnist in turkey, president trump's response, joining me now bipartisan director michelle blaze, you covered this part of the world closely, i'm curious what's your take, how confident are you based on what you heard that the saudis were indeed behind this? >> we haven't seen concrete evidence. turkey claims that they have. we know that saudi arabia has done this before, they've kidnapped other people from embassies abroad, brought them back to saudi arabia, they did it with lebanese prime minister last year, so i think it's very likely that they wanted to take this guy back to saudi arabia, the fact that he hasn't popped up, they haven't filmed with him saying, i'm still alive, everything is okay, suggests that they probably can't produce them and that makes me fear for the worst. kristin: so if they are behind it, do you think that it was intentional or perhaps something went awry or is that really the question here?

>> i think that's a big question not just what happened to him but why it happened, what actually took place inside the consulate in istanbul, this would be a major escalation of anything they've done before for someone who wasn't that big of critic, someone close to regime before who yes is critical of them but is not trying to burn down the monarchy in saudi arabia. there's no good real reason why they would kill him which makes bizarre. kristin: president trump promising severe punishment if they are indeed responsible, what could this do with u.s.-saudi relations? >> after a 2-year period after relationship being built up drawn ever closer this is really a problematic moment and it's really important for the saudis to fess up if they've done it and manage it right because it could drive a wedge between the u.s. and saudi arabia at critical time in the region. i think for president trump the calculation here has to be how do i punish them for something egregious but also realize that if this is going to continue to

be for good in saudi arabia we have to encourage them to reform, so punish and encourage, carrots and sticks is really the calculation that has to happen here. kristin: billion dollar, you know, arm's deal, saudi arabia being one of our key allies in the middle east, such a delicate tight rope that he would have to walk. >> it certainly is, it's important to realize i don't want to cancel arm's shipments because they will buy from the russians, they are buying from the russians too, we need to work closely with them. kristin: thanks for coming in, complicated issue, leland, my goodness, so much news, i feel like i haven't had a chance to talk to you. leland: we should do it again some time soon, the president talking to past o andrew brunson at the white house live coverage as it happens. so i got tougher. they fostered a love of learning,

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