>>> rising diplomatic tensions. saudi arabia wants to deal with international backlash over the disappearance of this man, journalist jamal khashoggi. hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and across the world. i'm becky anderson live from the center of that mystery for you in istanbul in turkey. >> and i'm rosemary church here at cnn center where we are also following a defiant president trump who says both russia and china have been involved in election meddling. that and more coming up. you're watching cnn newsroom. >> there is no let up in the international pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist. saudi arabia's king spoke with turkey's president by phone sunday about jamal khashoggi. the two reportedly agreed to create a working group to investigate the case. now, khashoggi has been missing nearly two weeks. he hasn't been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in