khaishoggi very seriously.ear to me that they too understand the serious nature of the disappearance of mr. cook. they also assured me that they will conduct a complete, thorough investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr. khaishoggi and will do so in a timely fashion. >> secretary pompeo has stressed the strong economic ties between the united states and saudi arabia. in less than three weeks, the u.s. will sanction iran's oil business and is looking for oil producing allies like saudi arabia to offset that oil loss. despite that, there's member of congress, democrats and republicans that are calling for sanctions, calling for congress or the administration to act much more robustly than they have so far. >> shepard: what is the read on how significant is the fact that the treasury secretary won't go to davos in the desert? >> it is significant, this is saudi arabia's showcase on its economy. this is an initiative from crown prince mohammed bin salman to show that their economy is moving beyond just oil,

king salman denies the death of khaishoggi. 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 con

we'll be talking about the khaishoggi mystery, what happened to him and to what degree. we now all assume he's dead. where is the saudi royal family in this? we'll have an interview with someone who has had real questions about saudi involvement in our engagement in the middle east. that is senator -- republican senator rand paul. we'll have an interview with him. we just booked because the mid-terms are coming up 16 days away. we're going to talk to martha mcsally, congresswoman from arizona and candidate. we talked about the caravan and immigration. that's a big issue, illegal immigration across the southern border. >> shepard: in short, you have to work this weekend? >> i work every weekend. >> shepard: i know. i don't. hope you have a great time. >> what are you going to be doing? >> i'm going to watch the rebels beat auburn, if that's all right. >> you're going to watch the rebels play auburn. beating them is a stretch. >> shepard: i think we're 3 1/2 point dogs. i'll take our chances. beautiful weekend in oxford. >> have fun. i'll be working. >> shepard: tell mrs.

now he's put at the consulate the day of khaishoggi's disappearance, apparently entering before khaishoggitie to crown prince salman. as for the saudi investigation, that picked up pace following the secretary's visit. i'm told the men that were named by turkey have been interrogated in saudi arabia and some deny having been anywhere near turkey. in fact, according to saudi media, one claims to have been in new york and the other died a couple of years ago. one other new name is emerging, too. general al astery. he served in yemen. he's a v.p. of the saudi intelligence service. there's reports that he's the man that ordered the interrogation on khaishoggi. and that's what saudi arabia says, this was an interrogation. that could be the story coming out. for now, the narrative being controlled by the turkish side. >> neil: interesting. benjamin hall. if that's the case, that it was an interrogation gone wrong and it's not on the prince, on a top intelligence official, is that enough to make it go away or just re-ignite? after this. moving? that's harder now because of psoriatic arthritis. bu

. >> hi, neil, it's been 17 days since khaishoggi went missing.e're hearing from the foreign minister that we get the details and final results of the investigation. they said they have to wait for a few more lab tests to come through. as you said sadly, the search seems to have moved on now to khaishoggi's body. they're stretching outside of istanbul to see if they can find where that may have been placed. turkish police search ago nearby forest where officials say his body has been disposed of. also they're looking for farmland near the city where one of the suspects had a house. two of the vehicles allegedly traveled from the consulate according to the gps, they moved to those parts of the country. this moment, most of the evidence still hinges on the infamous audio tapes which turkish authorities claim to have of khaishoggi's murder. despite repeated calls to release them, they haven't done so. yesterday abc news said secretary of state pompeo had been given access to the grew some recording, something that he quickly denied saying i've heard

khaishoggi's immigration status is.you clarify at all whether or not he is a lawful resident, if he's under visa -- >> we don't discuss visas. >> shepard: the long and short of it is, there's no certitude on what happened to this man. you heard the reporter say that bob corker of tennessee said it looks like the turkish intelligence is accurate. it's the turks that say that he walked into the saudi embassy and consulate and never came out. there's apparently intelligence that heather nauert didn't want to talk about, she snapped at rich edson about obviously. this is a touchy subject. a man is missing. a permanent resident of the united states is missing. it sounds like a foreign government may be responsible for it. as it turns out, that foreign government is a close ally. complicating matters, the crown prince of saudi arabia is very close to president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. the president said the united states plans to get to the bottom of this. listen. >> we're looking at it very strong

khaishoggi, who has not been seen, we don't have the details yet, but what we're hearing doesn't sound good. senator cory gardner saying this. >> i think it's very concerning situation. that's why i joined so many of my colleagues -- >> should the president take a tougher line? >> we should trigger a tougher line. this is extremely concerning. that's why we can't operate on innuendo. we have to operate on facts. >> heather nauert saying we don't know the facts. let's not get ahead of ourselves. the relationship with the saudi government and our congress are certainly deteriorating. >> when the orb, president trump went with the leaders of the arab states? it's not looking so hot right now. this relationship that the administration has worked hard to use this to try to find some resolution of the israeli palestinian conflict and do something there, all of that is on the line here because of this human rights concern. >> and the impact and the force over iran. >> very much so. to rebalance the obama administration had tried to tilt the balance towards tehran and the shiia side in the wor

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khaishoggi's family says it wants an independent international investigation. reporters also have asked secretary pompeo about turkish reports that there's audio of khaishoggi's torture and murder and whether the secretary heard or asked to hear it. the state department says he had not heard that audio. the president says the u.s. wants to review it. >> i'm not sure that it exists yet. probably does, possibly does. i'll have a full report from mike when he comes back. one of the things that will be the first question i ask. >> the saudi and turkish governments are leading the investigation in the con superintendent lit in istanbul where khaishoggi disappeared. the president wants a full report when the secretary returns tonight. >> neil: is there concern that all the sources for these various reports on what the saudis did or planned or hatched come from turkish individuals? the turks and the saudis have had an acrimony. does that cast doubted on tapes that have not made their way to the president's attention? >> there's been a lot of concern surrounding that.

turkey is looking for help on this khaishoggi investigation from the united states as well.it appears that this was a point of commonality for the two countries to work together on to achieve a different goal, shep. >> shepard: some developments as well, john, on another front. that's regarding the president and communications with the special counsel, robert mueller. >> yeah, we've been telling you for months that negotiations are going on for an interview with the president. the latest offers back and forth were some written answers to questions posed in written form by the special counsel's office dealing only with russia and collusion. i'm told that the president's attorneys have been working up some sample answers to questions about russia and collusion so they have a handle on the information they have. i'm told that there's no deal yet for this to happen with the special counsel's office. i'm told that a deal is less likely rather than more likely. still could happen. if it happens before the mid-terms, more likely that it could happen. if it's not until after the mid

now they admit the killing of "the washington post" columnist and journalist, jamal khaishoggi, was indeed premeditated. let's get to it. first from the fox news deck this thursday afternoon, there's word that some of the suspicious packages came from florida. that's according to the reporting of the "wall street journal." the journal's parent company and fox news share common ownership. the journal said an official said it looks like most of the packages went through the mail and that at least some of them came from the state of florida. the fbi confirms it is investigating more suspicious packages today. law enforcement officials say today's targets were the actor and director, robert de niro and two packages to the former vice president, joe biden. new york city police say a worker found a suspicious package at the oscar-winning actor's restaurant in the lower manhattan neighborhood of tribeca. officials in delaware say they found two packages meant for the former vice president. here's a look at all of the targets in the big wall. the obama's home in d.c., president and mrs. clinton's

now they admit the killing of "the washington post" columnist and journalist, jamal khaishoggi, was indeed get to it.