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illness that is paralyzing kids across the country. let's get to it. >> is it an investigation or a cover up? let's lay it out. the saudis are accused of ordering an operation that ended with an innocent man's murder. now the saudis are going to investigation themselves. that's fine with the united states. here's the story pieced together as well can. jamal khaishoggi needed documents for his divorce. here he is going to get them at the saudi consulate in turkey. he's not been seen since. the saudis made clear their hate for this man. they first said he left out the back door. then reports the royal family the day-to-day ruler of the country, its 32-year-old crown prince sent two jets full of people to turkey to secretly

interrogate the man. among the interrogators we're told a forensic expert. at least four of them reported by "the new york times" to be associates of the crown prince mbs himself. turkish intelligence say they had the place bugged and there's audio. the interrogators from the kingdom were an assassination squad. today the hope of the consulate general was searched. he's reportedly said "do this outside, you're going to get me in trouble." they tortured and killed him and chopped him up with a bone saw. two weeks later, the saudis have not permit add forensic's investigation of the scene. the turks have found evidence of the murder. blood and more.

the turkish leader says there's evidence of a cover-up. bags carted out on video by a cleaning crew and a wall repainted since the incident. the human rights chief says drop the diplomatic immunity, there must be a real investigation. the america secretary of state goes to saudi arabia and thanked the king. he thanked the king for his commitment to supporting a thorough investigation. is it thorough and timely when the crime scene search is incomplete 14 days later? no, it's not. even the people that were working in the building during the incident face no travel restrictions. apparently have not even been interviewed. after two weeks. are there suspects? absolutely. but none is reported to be in custody. senator lindsey graham says the crown prince must go. that he will do no business with the kingdom while mbs is in

charge. he defended them on the floor of the senate for years. but no more. the same mbs that kidnapped lebanon's prime minister. the same mbs behind the imprisonment in a hotel of 200 business leaders and royals some physically abused, others extorted for millions, some locked up, others feared dead. the mbs who is accused of ordering his goons to the consulate in turkey where there's said to be solid evidence that they hacked a man to bits is now essentially investigating himself. and the united states government is thanking his father. the united states, this nation has been defending that oil-rich kingdom since long before 15 of its citizens were among the 19 high jackers that wrecked our world on 9-11. depending and thanking for their commitment to transparency. the saudi's transparent. what could be more preposterous?

where the desert not covered with oil would this be happening? we have team fox coverage in istanbul. ben? >> hi, shep. what we're also now getting are names. we had the pictures of is suspects getting off of jets here in istanbul. now the turkish newspapers are giving names. there's a focus on one key man with close ties to the saudi prince. they said that khaishoggi's disappearance was sanctioned by the royals. the first man is a diplomat in london. tu turkish said that many of them work for saudi government industries, among them, a lieutenant in the saudi royal guard and two members of the security services.

i had spoken to some saudi sources that said they're moving on the investigation. they have arrested the 15 people identified in the cctv. there's indications that after secretary pompeo's visit, they're going to respond to the allegations. shep? >> shepard: what more do we know about the search of the consulate general's home? >> the general's home is as much of a worry about the consule himself. after two weeks after his disappearance, the saudi consulate himself gave the media a tour of the consulate just after the disappearance. as you said, he's reported to have told the murderers, tonight do it in my office, i'll be in my office. the interrogator said if you want to live when you come back to arabia, shut up. and the team reported back and

reports says they're as focused on the garden as the inside. the consulate himself flaw to saudi arabia yesterday. a lot of evidence pointing to saudi arabia. everything we have comes from turkish media but hard to deny it now. >> shepard: john roberts is live at the white house. john? >> the president is still giving the president of saudi arabia the benefit of the doubt. earlier today, the president saying if those audio and video recordings that turkey says exist do in fact exist, the united states wants to see them. listen here. >> we have asked for it if it exists. we've asked for it. >> are you surprised they haven't sent it over? >> no. i'm not sure yet it exists. probably does. possibly does. i'll have a full report from mike when he comes back.

>> mike is mike pompeo, secretary of state is expected to arrive back in the united states late tonight, early tomorrow morning. the president is urging people to wait for the outcome of the investigation before drawing conclusions. in an interview, the president said allegations against the saudi leadership, king solomon, reminds him of the kavanaugh confirmation as the president put it another case of guilty until proven innocent. the president saying "well, i think we have to find out what happened, first. here we go again with you're guilty until proven innocent. we just went through that with justice kavanaugh and he was innocent all the way." since the beginning of the week, the president has spoken twice with the crown prince, once with the saudi king there also, both strongly denying any involvement in khaishoggi's disappearance. the president said when i spoke to the father, it sounded to me like he felt he didn't do it. he didn't know about it and

sounded like the concept of rogue killers. i don't know. i think the investigation will lead to an answer. the president's critics have accused him of running cover for the saudis. the president today denied that he was running cover for anybody. but he did in the oval office reinforce the importance of the u.s. saudi relationship being on a good footing. listen here. >> with that being said, saudi arabia has been a very important ally of ours in the middle east. we are stopping iran. if you look at saudi arabia, they're a purchaser of military equipment and other things. when i went there, they committed to purchase $450 billion of things and $110 billion of military. those are the biggest orders in the history of this country. probably the history of the world. >> so what the president is saying there, a lot of american jobs, probably tens of thousands of them rely on there being a

good relationship between the united states and saudi arabia, which is why you're hearing the secretary state say the things he says when he goes to saudi arabia and why you're hearing the president urging people to just wait until we find out the results of this investigation. shep? >> shepard: john roberts on the north lawn. ahead, the secretary of state mike pompeo's thank you to the king and the meeting with the turkish president as officials say that they have proof that the saudi's tortured and murdered khaishoggi. and robert mueller could be ready to hand in important findings in the russia investigation. that's next. there's little rest for a single dad, and back pain made it hard to sleep and get up on time. then i found aleve pm. the only one to combine a safe sleep aid, plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i'm back. aleve pm for a better am. your insurance rates a scratch so smallr you could fix it with a pen. how about using that pen to sign up

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themselves right and then we'll see. secretary pompeo says the turkish leader told him the saudis are cooperating with the investigation. as i mentioned yesterday, president erdogan said that the saudis tried to cover things up at the scene. carried out all kinds of stuff. painting over a wall after the incident. the state department responding to a new report in "the new york times" that saudi arabia paid the united states $100 million on the same day secretary pompeo landed in riyadh to meet with the saudi king and crown prince and to thank the king for his transparency. rich edson has this from the state department. hello, rich. >> the state department says that saudi arabia agreed to provide this finding august. the special envoy to the defeat of isis. in a statement, it said --

>> state department officials say mcguirk was in riyadh friday addressing this, talking about the funding and how the u.s. will spend the money. officials say the saudi arabia and the u.s. worked through multiple steps to get this $100 million over to the u.s. so the times reports that the money was finally released and dispatched when the secretary was in riyadh. >> shepard: what more did the secretary have to say about saudi arabia today? >> questioned multiple times what the u.s. would do if the united states that saudi arabia was found guilty of this. >> it's important that everyone keep in their mind that we have lots of important relationships. financial relationships between

u.s. and saudi companies. governmental relationships. things that we work on across the world. we need to make sure that we're mindful of that as we approach decisions that the united states is government will take. >> jamal khaishoggi's family says they want an international independent investigation. >> shepard: so does the u.n. special counsel robert mueller is expected to hand in the results of his russia investigation soon after the mid-term elections. that is according to the reporting of bloomberg news. that does not mean we'll get to see the report necessarily because that is up to the justice department. robert mueller is looking into possible russian co conclusion with team trump and whether the president obstructed justice. the president has said there's no collusion and no obstruction. our chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in d.c. what are you hearing?

>> sources said that they believe the mueller probe is winding down but caution the lack of indictments may reflect that proximity to the mid-term elections. they point to james comey who ran afoul strict guidelines about the federal investigations prior to an election. those that worked with mueller tell fox news that they are firm that he would never fall into the same trap as comey. on the written questions, the sources say the parties have been negotiating over the terms of a presidential interview last december and it's now down to a limited number with a refined focus on russia, not obstruction because they believe the president has broad powers to hire and fire. it's worth noting that this is the scope memo from august of 2017, two months after the mueller probe began. the reason it's important is it lays out the parameters of the investigation. it's redacted but we believe it lays out the expectation that mueller can present his findings

to rod rosenstein that drafted the memo and he has the ability or discretion to provide that information to congress and also to release it publicly, shep. >> shepard: catherine, no word from the special counsel on this or anything else, right? >> and that's typical. the office does not comment on matters of process and they would see this as a process question. but we do know that they have indicted or have guilty pleas from 32 people, four former trump campaign aides but the charges have been for crimes prior to the campaign or for lying to federal investigators. on "60 minutes" the president was pressed whether he would end the russia probe altogether. >> i don't pledge anything. i have no intention of doing that. i think it's a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind. >> but you won't pledge? >> why should i pledge to you? i don't have to pledge to you. i have no intention of doing that. >> the expectation is there will be new findings released be i

the inspector general at the justice department after the mid-term elections and we got a hint of that this week. they released a finding about sports tickets going to a senior fbi official and the role of journalists here in washington, but it appears more will be coming in a couple weeks time, shep. >> shepard: thanks, catherine. >> you're welcome. >> shepard: first lady melania trump's plane turned back to joint base andrews this morning. reporters say they were ten minutes in the flight when a thin haze of smoke filled the cabin. secret service agents hopping up, going to the front of the plane. a crew member handing out wet towels to put over their mouth. the white house said everybody is okay. no word on what caused the smoke to appear. the first lady took a different plane to philly to visit a hospital that treats babies born to opioids. felt like 2016 last night when

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challenge of flipping the senate is undeniable. the party is running competitive races in ruby red states including tennessee and texas where the democratic congressmad cruz. they faced off in a debate last night. o'rourke pulled in $40 million in three months. too soon to know whether that money will turn into more votes, but we'll get an idea very soon. early voting opens in texas on monday. casey stegall with the news leave in dallas. i heard me a liein' ted last night. memories. >> yeah, he dusted off one from the 2016 presidential election coined by the president himself. lying ted was thrown out there. more on that in a second. it was an action-packed 60 minutes. they traversed a lot of ground, mainly covering the issues important to texans.

one of them hit close to home. you can imagine immigration is certainly one of them. congressman beto o'rourke opposes a wall. senator ted cruz thinks one is necessary. another topic, doing business with foreign countries. >> i'm against tariffs, i'm against a trade war. i have made the case repeatedly to president trump that in trade, we should be expanding our access to foreign markets. >> listen, if you have this special relationship with president trump, then where is the results of that? you were all talk and no action. >> president trump thrown around a lot last night as they -- and has been at other debates in highly contested races. speaking of the president, he will be in houston monday for what is described as a gop fund raiser. not only to help senator cruz but boost support for other republican lawmakers.

looking forward, cruz will continue to rely on star power and touting his record. seems to be working. most polls show him ahead while congressman o'rourke continue to shatter the fund-raising records, raking in the dough. $38 million to be exact in the last quarter alone. he's been crisscrossing texas and will continue to do so, shepard, as we enter the final stretch here. >> shepard: thanks. president trump denied that he would not accept blame in the gop loses control of the house of representatives. the a.p. released the transcript with the president yesterday. when reporters asked if he would take the blame for republican losses, the president said no. i think i'm helping people. i'm 48-1 in the primaries. it's much higher than that. i endorsed a lot of people that were successful that people don't even talk about. many of those 48, as you know, were people that had no chance in some cases.

according to fox news research, the president has a record of 36-2 so far in the mid-terms. we don't know which other races he may be counting, but in his comments, but we're looking for them. white house correspondent for npr, tamara keith joins us. first he wanted to take credit and then not take blame. it's politics. why are we even bothering with this? the president always gets blamed in the mid-terms, always. >> it is a fact of life that mid-terms are about the president of the united states, especially the first mid-term after the president's victory. in particular, polling data would tell us this election is absolutely about president trump. there's a pugh poll from a couple weeks ago that shows that 66% of democrats say that their vote will be a vote against president trump. 48% of republicans say their vote is a vote for president trump. this is a nationalized election.

>> shepard: what are the statistics and the information that we have on the people in the middle? the people that don't identify with either party? >> i don't think pugh looked at that. they put people in lean left and lean right categories. but clearly what is happening here, president trump at rally after rally is saying a vote for this candidate is a vote for me. the reason he is saying that as he described in the a.p. interview, he believes a lot of people going to the rallies and our reporting bears that out, most of the people going to those rallies are there for him. they're not there for the candidates and a lot weren't planning to vote in the mid-terms. >> shepard: they're there for the show. it's a good show. >> it's a good show. like you to to the rolling stones concert to see the rolling stones. you're not really there to see the opening act.

president trump's rallies are a show. he brings the republican candidate up on the stage. he makes it clear in these rallies that he needs those people that are there for the show to show up and vote in the mid-terms. it's not clear whether they will or not. there is a high level of enthusiasm on the republican side. there's also a very high level of enthusiasm on the democratic side. >> shepard: he's owning this thing. he's saying i'm owning this thing. he's saying this is a vote about me. the sort of thing that you politically rhetorically live and die with. >> the funny thing is in 2014, president obama said something similar. he's like i'm not on the ballot but my policies are. it was seen as a gaffe. in the case of president trump, he's up front about that. >> shepard: i remember very well the president, president obama, coming out after the first mid-terms and saying they got shellacked.

we'll wonder if we hear something like that. >> we would need a press conference for that. >> shepard: we would. thanks a lot. >> you're welcome. >> shepard: tamara keith from npr. from international praise to outrage, we take a close look at the saudi crown prince. once celebrated as progressive reformer. now accused in the disappearance hoff "the washington post" columnist. we called usaa. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant baker, how are you? having insurance is something everyone needs, but having usaa- now that's a privilege.

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they arrested those that demonstrated for the women. mbs has a close relationship with jared kushner. saudi arabia is one of america's most crucial allies in the middle east. at the same time, the kingdom has a horrible human rights record. the prince has been accused of cracking down on journalists and critics. trace gallagher with more on mbs. trace? >> shep, prince mohammed's crack down on journalists is the reason that jamal khaishoggi had a falling out with the royals. we're talking about a tweet can land you in prison. the crown prince has been involved in numerous controversies including detaining lebanon's prime minister where he resigned and

leading a regional blockade or qatar. he shook down saudi royals holding them in a hotel until they paid a ransom. the 33-year-old prince is married with four children. he studied law at king saud university. he's been given a lot of power. he controls the military, which is why analysts say when two saudi planes carrying military members happened to arrive in turkey the day that khaishoggi goes missing, it would be remarkable that if mbs was not aware of that. shep? >> shepard: what about damage to the prince's attempt to carefully craft this image? >> some say the damage to his reputation might be irreparable. even though not surprisingly, the king's media has rallied around mbs, blaming others for the death of khaishoggi, mbs'

father has stepped in to help mitigate the crisis, meeting with secretary state pompeo, speaking by phone with president trump. king salman denies the death of khaishoggi. experts don't mean that prince mohammed's days are number but it's possible his wings may be clipped and bit and going forward his reputation will be damaged. they add that pressure from within the kingdom is not the big motivator here. it's pressure from the west that will have the biggest effect. >> shepard: if there is any. thanks, trace. let's go to dan hoffman, former cia chief in middle east operations. he was 30 years in the state department and did tours of duty in the soviet union and middle east and south asia. he's a fox news contributor. welcome. thank you. >> thanks. >> shepard: we appear to be, correct me if i'm wrong, allowing the accused murders to

investigate themselves. >> well, there may be some additional investigation going on. i'd say based on my own experience the fbi in riyadh are engaged with their saudi and turkish counter parts. given the fact that khaishoggi was a permanent resident and three of his four children are u.s. citizens, there's great interest on top of human rights concerns. >> shepard: i haven't seen this obvious great interest. you have seen obvious great interest? the secretary of state goes over and thanks to king for his transparency? 14 days after the crime was committed, they haven't finish add forensic analysis, that the people in the building at the time, there's audio reporting of a brutal murder taking place or no travel restrictions placed on him?

doesn't seem like enormous attention. >> well, i'll tell you, if you look back at the depaul attempted murder in london, british home secretary counselled everyone not to speculate but instead to allow the police to do their work. we may have some overt public diplomacy going on with secretary state, but i think beneath the surface, there's a lot of discussion. we have a lot of links and interaction with our saudi and turkish counter parts. all of that is happening, but it's not happening in the public eye. that's probably a good thing. >> shepard: so it's your belief there's more investigating going on behind the scenes than washington is telling us about. why is that the kind of thing they don't want us to know is happen something. >> this is just my supposition, that they don't want to cause any or risk any collateral damage to what are sensitive discussions going on. there's also frankly unilateral

collection as general hayden likes to say, spying is like an internationally recognized norm. the turks were spying on that consulate. i'm sure there's a lot of collection. and a lot of simply overt footprints leading back to saub raid, the gulfstream on which the 15 saudis traveled, four of whom were the mbs security detail, the forensic doctor. it's a place that they chose, if this played out the way we did, that was going to be discovered. obviously that's disconcerting to everyone. >> shepard: how do you have dealings given that if it proves true? >> i would just say from my own experience, we have to keep the intelligence relationship immune from the vagueries of the bilateral relationship. this is a bipartisan action. they want action and i'm sure they will. >> shepard: thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> shepard: investigators in wisconsin are asking for help finding a missing teenager after

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has vanished. we're expecting the autopsy reports. police have said there were shines of a shooting at the home but have not comments whether investigators recovered a gun or how the parents died. >> i have indicated there was a shooting at the scene. i haven't commented on the manner of death. i will not comment on that. >> police say the 911 call that came from the closs house early monday morning was unusual. no one communicated with the dispatcher. authorities do not think it was the missing 13-year-old girl, jayme, that made the call. police said there were sounds of a disturbance so they responded to find the couple dead. shep? >> shepard: a tip has come in from florida? >> yes, after jayme went missing that there was a tip from miami, that she was spotted in a dark s.u.v. driven by two men in miami. police say they cannot credit

that tip. police have released several pictures of jayme cross and ramping up the request for the public's hope. otherwise, police are not giving away much information. it could end up in the wrong hands. >> i won't interrupt this investigation for anybody to have information that is not necessary except for the people behind me and their staff. that's why i won't give out any information. >> a police press conference is scheduled to begin this afternoon. we're expecting the autopsy results. shep? >> shepard: thank you, matt. survivors of hurricane mike in the florida panhandle have another problem now. looters. bay county, panama city, the sheriff there, jimmy stanford, says his deputies arrested ten people for looting every night and often carrying guns. in callaway, which is a panama city suburb to the east, a man used spray paint to send his own message outside of his house. folks say they're most concerned

at night when everything is dark. a woman told local paper looters came into her house while she and her four kids were sleeping, took her purse. she says it was all we had. folks in some states are already casting early ballots for next month's mid-terms. protecting the vote against hackers and the rest has become a priority for officials after 2016. the feds gave $38 a million to the states to boost their systems. kirstjen nielsen says colorado has become a real example of what states should be doing to keep the votes safe. alicia acuna is in our rocky mountainous room. alicia? >> the colorado secretary of state says that colorado didn't wait for the federal government or its money to help fix its security system with regard to elections. here's what they're doing first. every vote cast is done so on a paper ballot followed by what is called risk-limiting audits.

human beings hand counting against the tabulations. after the election, there's another audit. the state bought new machines. internet security staffing and screening is huge and they monitor social media. colorado is one of 21 states the intelligence community identified as a target of russian hackers in the 2016 election. illinois is the only state to experience a breach and no votes were changed. shep, some states do some of these things but not all states do all of these things. that's why colorado is considered so safe by the dhs. >> shepard: alicia, what is keeping other states from improving their systems? >> a lot of it is money. you mentioned the $380 million that the federal government is spreading around to boost up election security. still some states still can't afford to fix their outdated equipment.

according to last session, in the last session, congress tried and fail to pass bipartisan legislation that would have required all states to conduct risk-limiting audits. the random hand-counted audits. election security experts say paper done right is the safeest way to vote. only five states don't use paper ballots. according to an a.p. center for public affairs poll, a majority of american adults feels the country's voting system might be vulnerable to hackers. >> my other message is, if you want to be part of the early warning systems, vote. each vote is a data point that can show a possible vulnerability. especially when you vote early or by mail, you're a big part of that early warning system. >> 350,000 voting machines in the united states in each state controls its own. shep? >> shepard: thanks, alicia acuna. live in denver. an illness is spreading to dozens of american children. it starts with cold symptoms,

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>> shepard: the wikileaks founder julian assange tried to

move to moscow by taking up a new career as a political counselor. that's according to newly released documents from the government of ecuador. the new job apparently came with a salary of $2,000 a month and ecuador applied for diplomatic i.d. card for julian assange. british officials blocked it and russian officials deny it. a terrifying mystery illness is popping up across the country and paralyzing children as young as 4. one mother describing how she watched it attack her young son, starting with what looked like a simple cold and ending when he fell down unable to walk. so far doctors say they don't know what is causing it. laura ingle is here. it's weird and awful. >> it is, shep. because the on set is so sudden. the symptoms are so severe. the children being affected are as young as 4 years old. that is the average age. more troubling, there's no vaccine and there's no cure to

this. knew, there's at least 62 confirmed cases of a cute flaccid-myelitis reported in 22 states, including colorado, texas and florida with 65 more cases under investigation. afm is a condition that resembles polio. the centers for disease control and prevention say recognizing symptoms is key and they're alerting both parents and doctors to be on the lookout for things like this. difficulty moving the eyes or drooping eyelids. facial droop or weakness. difficulty with swallowing or slurred speech. the biggest mystery is where the illness is coming from. >> because we don't know what causes afm, there's no specific treatment for afm. there's many things that we can do that are supportive therapy. it's important that parents detect it quickly and bring their children in for medical care. because with most serious illnesses, early treatment leads

to better outcomes. >> the biggest question, what can you do to prevent it. and don't share utensils. >> shepard: it's not like this is new. there's been outbreaks before, right? >> there have been. the cdc has been tracking this since 2014. there's a pattern right now. there were cases in 2014, 16 and now what's going on this year. the best advice is if you experience any type of numbness in your limbs, call your doctor. shep? >> shepard: laura, thank you. >> good to see you. >> shepard: a live look at the white house now. president trump about to award the medal of honor to the retired marine sergeant major john candley for his actions 50 years ago. it happened during the ted offensive. one of the bloodiest battles of the war. candley fought off a number of

attacks as he as his team went down the road. he was wounded and climbed a wale in full i have of the enemy twice to bring his fellow marines to safety. sergeant candley received the purple heart and two bronze stars. team cavuto will have it next hour. and on this day in 1776, american troops defeated the british at saratoga, new york, eventually surrounding them after days of fighting. historians say it was the first major british surrender of the entire war. it was finally enough to convince the french to recognize the united states independence and send in their troops to help. we know the rest. the americans went on to win the war and their independence after the british surrendered at saratoga 241 years ago today.

should news break out, we'll break in. breaking news changes everything on fox news channel. we'll have a live edition of facebook watch, a fox news update on facebook watch in a couple minutes. here on fox news channel, it's "your world" with neil cavuto. kneel will make sense of the down day on the dow. he will get started right now. >> neil: okay. thank you shepard. this is the east room of the white house. president trump getting ready to award a medal of honor to john candley. his story is remarkable. shep touched on it. he's credited with saving hundreds of marines. this is going back some 50 years ago. he's won a lot of honors and special citations, but a lot of his buddies, particularly the ones he saved that day and days said not good enough. he deserves the biggest honor of