his insistence that he always want to speak his mind and more now with alan fischer in washington d.c. where protest has been under way today alan. well you can see behind me the remnants of the protests just a couple of people left but there was quite a reasonable time note for lunchtime on a wednesday what was interesting as well is the number of people who stopped to watch to find out more about why there was a protest and more about the man in the picture one of the organizers of the protest as medea benjamin of code pink who joins us live now here in front of the saudi embassy in washington d.c. are you pleased with the time though do you think you got your message across absolutely i think it was so important i went into the embassy before the started i gave in petitions signed by thousands of people from this country demanding answers we asked for a meeting with the ambassador we are making our voices heard with a lot of media that came out here and we formed a new coalition of justice for jamal so we think where. we were helpful but more important is what happened to him just

between and they were contradictory i perceived it as a statement to win the sympathy of the public alan fischer joins us now from istanbul so a lot of developments in the last day allan what should we be looking for next. well i think over the next forty eight hours we should watch to see what comes from the turkish side president and the one said when he was speaking a few hours ago that they had more information something that we've always suspected and he said he would use it when it was of most benefit essentially to turkey no we know that the saudi prosecutor is jew in istanbul in forty eight hours on sunday and the turks me well released some information before then to put pressure on him you know the expect this saudi prosecutor not to come up with a great deal of information but they're saying look we want to extradite these eighteen people from saudi arabia and that extradition order has already been processed by the justice department here it's been passed on to the foreign ministry and will go through the normal diplomatic channels the intention is they want those eighteen saudis to

so as alan fischer mentioned there it still remains to be seen what the next step will be from the u.s. but at the very least donald trump seems to be very hesitant to be critical of saudi arabia he's he's tweeted some more about it and also talked about it in an interview mike get us up to speed. yes indeed it's been a day in which you heard the secretary of state in a way defending the saudi leadership a release by the state but top department making very clear that my pump aoe about the saudi claims of innocence in this matter he says as well in that statement that there is a credible investigation underway here except their word that that is the case and in an extraordinary statement to associated press president trump has said and i quote this this is another case of guilty until proven innocent now that is in reference to the controversy over his supreme court pick brett kavanaugh who was accused of sexual assault but in saying this it does appear that president trump is implying a food believe in saudi innocence in this matter believing the prophet stations of innocence that he'

that major investment conference that was supposed to happen later this month in saudi arabia alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . he's been briefed by his secretary of state and if you use intelligence reports leaves donald trump to believe jamal khashoggi is there it surely looks that way to me it's very sad general election he says he'll wait for the results of various investigations but if the evidence is there there will be consequences for saudi arabia well it'll have to be very severe i mean it's a bad bad stuff but we'll see what happens might bumpier arrive back from his trip to saudi arabia and turkey and met with the president first thing on thursday he says both sides promised fuel transparent investigation they also assured me that they will conduct a complete thorough. investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr to show you that they will do so in a timely fashion and that this report itself will be transparent u.s. treasury secretary steve mission was also in that meeting whatever he had you know shortly after he would know not to be attending an important intern

we will talk to them in just a moment first alan fischer begins our coverage with this report. he's been briefed by his secretary of state and the furious intelligence reports leaves donald trump to believe jamal khashoggi is there and certainly looks that way to me it's very sad journalist like so he says he'll wait for the results of various investigations but if the evidence is there there will be consequences for saudi arabia well it'll have to be very severe i mean it's a bad bad stuff but we'll see what happens mike bumpier arrived back from his trip to saudi arabia and turkey and met with the president first thing on thursday he says both sides promised phil transparent investigation they also assured me that they will conduct a complete thorough. investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr to show you that they will do so at a timely fashion and that this report itself will be transparent u.s. treasury secretary steve mission was also in that meeting whatever he had you know shortly after he would know not to be attending an important international investment confe

now on the turkish investigation and the forensic teams search for the body of jamal khashoggi alan fischer has the details. even the routine looks suspicious now. i say the consular residence in istanbul they were cleaning sewers it happens a few times a year this street was due but with turkish forensic teams searching everywhere possible for clues to locate jamal khashoggi his body this takes on a new significance it's now about trying to piece together a complex gruesome jigsaw with huge international implications you would think that the whole effort would be to see that justice was done early seemed to be done at least to name the guilty parties but of course it's much more complicated than that because it involves a whole web of relationship in this very complex region and also course the united states that is the car park in istanbul suburb where the saudi consular car was discovered it was searched turkish police found a computer and clothes but still don't know why it was here then there is the place where an alleged should you body double dump the clothes he was wearing when he l

so quite a bit has happened in the last twenty four hours alan fischer gets up to speed for mr ball and alan tell us. what should we be anticipating next. but i think you're right a lot has happened in the last twenty four hours i think you can expect more to happen in the next forty eight i think the key part of what president said on friday was that we have more information and we will release it when we're ready and we expect something over the next forty eight hours for no other reason than the fact that the saudi prosecutor is going to be and it's than bill later on sunday no the turks don't believe that he's going to come here and and make a case to charge the eighteen people who come to being held in saudi arabia they are going to insist that they are brought here to turkey where they must face justice and that is why they've prepared this extradition document that was put together by the justice department here in turkey handed to the foreign ministry and through diplomatic channels they will then hand that to the saudis saying we want these eighteen people back in the country b

for a second time to discuss the case but turkish sources say the saudis aren't being helpful alan fischer reports from istanbul. arriving at the scene of the crime so the rebias top prosecutor. bill came to the consulate which was killed and. went to the prosecutor and he will. the two met on monday but both sides left unhappy at the level of detail each other was providing to ongoing investigations the saudis wanted any audio and video recordings that the talks made in the building behind me at the time of jamal khashoggi is murder the tox refused an exchange they requested the statements of the eighteen people come they being held in saudi arabia in connection with jamal khashoggi is murder to be handed over and then the saudis said no but after consulting with senior officials in the saudi government overnight they returned to a second meeting on tuesday and handed the documents over. speaking in ankara turkey president said the saudis were doing what they could to protect senior figures linked to the killing to murder although. it is obvious that these eighteen people are involved in

they cannot turn their back on this incident no matter how strong the historic ties alan fischer al-jazeera washington and new development of the new york times is reporting that the rulers of saudi arabia are considering blaming a top intelligence official close to crown prince mohammed bin salomon for the killing of a newspaper suggesting general amendola sciri a close adviser to the crown prince could be cited as being responsible for the murder due to a misunderstanding over instructions and generous sciri there to be served as the spokesman for the saudi led military intervention in yemen. andrew stevens is and i first sat outside the saudi consulate in istanbul so there's investigations that have been going on the details emerging on that. yes of course you have the evidence being examined now from the consulate and also from the cold sea to the consul's residence just two hundred meters away d.n.a. investigations of blood samples and also soil awards but there has been a development now in that the prosecutor general's office has confirmed that there have been some police investigati

tuesday to discuss the case however turkish sources say the saudis still aren't being helpful alan fischer reports from istanbul. arriving at the scene of the crime so to rebias top prosecutor only sick indian istanbul came to the consulate who was killed earlier. went in for a second day of talks with a leading prosecutor in istanbul. the two met on monday but both sides left unhappy at the level of detail each other was providing to ongoing investigations the saudis wanted any audio and video recordings that were made in the building behind me at the time of jamal khashoggi is murder the tox refused in exchange they requested the statements of the eighteen people come they being held in saudi arabia in connection with jamal khashoggi as murder to be handed over an initially the saudi said no but after consulting with senior officials in the saudi government overnight they returned to a second we think on tuesday and handed the documents over. speaking in ankara turkey president said the saudis were doing what they could to protect senior figures linked to the killing the murder although.

and they all insist the demonstrations will continue until they get answers and action alan fischer washington well let's go straight to the state department in the u.s. and our correspondent there rosalynn jordan ross politicians from both major u.s. parties a verse from the letter to the trumpet administration urging him to take a tougher stance against the saudi government i mean how significant is this letter and how much is it linked to the disappearance of john g's. well a letter that has been sent to the secretary of state mike pompei o is basically calling into question his decision last month in september to certify that the saudi government and the u.a.e. government are both using the adequate precautions in order to make certain that yemeni civilians are not being killed during the air war that's being conducted against the rebels this certification it was mandated by congress and so the deadline was coming up in september and so because of the concerns of the u.s. is national security and its financial relationships with these two countries when it comes to weapons sales the secret

politicians to punish the saudis if it's proved the kingdom was involved alan fischer reports. the u.s. secretary of state's hastily arranged trip concluded with a stop in ankara and a meeting with turkish president received at the on the to shoot cans for the camera but said nothing in public about the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi well in my computer spent time with senior saudi figures during a visit to riyadh and said they promised a fool and transparent investigation they made no exceptions to who they would hold accountable to when they were just very they were very clear they are they understand the importance of this issue they are determined to get to the bottom of it and that they will conduct their report will get a chance to see if they take each promise that they would achieve that goal but he insisted it was too early to get into details about what happened to the washington post columnist i don't want to talk about any of the facts. that they didn't want to either in that they want to have the opportunity to complete this investigation in a thorough

are looking at a coordinated response to the killing which could include sanctions on syria as alan fischer reports from istanbul. we came to talk syria but the jamal khashoggi case was never far from the surface as the four european leaders gathered after their istanbul meeting turkey's president again demanded those responsible for his killing should face trial in his country. this crime took place in istanbul if saudi arabia is not going to put these people on trial the turkish judiciary can do that here in istanbul and through our ministry of justice jamal khashoggi disappeared after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month initially the saudis denied he'd left the building but under growing international pressure the admitted he had killed the writer and u.s. president in what he described as a fight gone wrong european leaders insist so to be a faces a coordinated sanctions campaign when the results of all the investigations are known and. once we know who is behind the stage and what the links are we will strive to have a joint european reaction to show we act from

in a moment we'll go live to alan fischer in washington d.c. with more on the u.s. investigation and we'll begin though with jamal el sheil our correspondent outside the saudi consulate in istanbul now jamal just in the past fifteen minutes or so we're getting this information coming to us from the turkish foreign minister unpack that for us how significant is it. well peter there are two headlines that came from a briefing or quick statements he made whilst on a trip in iraq and the first is that the the night that there was any involvement from u.s. intelligence operatives in the investigation in the killing gulf. is second more significant one was a direct call once again for cooperation from saudi arabia he said that they expect and they want cooperation from saudi authorities in this investigation obviously this comes after there was it became clear over the authorities i've refused the request for the turkish officials to search the building behind me there where it was that she was last seen and they don't only want to search this building peter they're also

now on the turkish investigation and the forensic teams search for the body of jamal khashoggi alan fischer reports. even the routine looks suspicious now. i think the consular residence in istanbul they were cleaning sewers it happens a few times a year this street was due. but with turkish forensic teams searching everywhere possible for clues to look eat jamal khashoggi his body this takes on a new significance it's no but trying to piece together a complex gruesome jigsaw with huge international implications you would think that the whole effort would be to see that justice was done early seemed to be done at least to name the guilty parties but of course it's much more complicated than that because it involves a whole web of relationship in this very complex region and also course the united states that is the car park in istanbul suburb where the soli consular car was discovered it was searched turkish police found a computer and clothes but still don't know why it was here then there is the place where an alleged should you body double the clothes he was wearing when he left the cons

alan fischer has more from istanbul all. we came to talk syria but the jamal khashoggi case was never far from the surface as the four european leaders gathered after their istanbul meeting turkey's president again demanded those responsible for his killing should face trial in his country. this crime took place in istanbul if saudi arabia is not going to put these people on trial the turkish judiciary can do that here in istanbul and through our ministry of justice jamal khashoggi disappeared after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month initially the saudis denied he'd left the building but under growing international pressure they admitted they had killed the writer and u.s. president in what they described as a fight gone wrong european leaders insist sodhi arabia faces a coordinated sanctions campaign when the results of all the investigations are known and their media of clear on carbon went off once we know who is behind the stage and what the links are we will strive to have a joint european react

but a major investment conference later this month alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . he's been briefed by his secretary of state and the furious intelligence reports leaves donald trump to believe jamal khashoggi is dead it certainly looks that way to me it's very sad general election he says he'll wait for the results of various investigations but if the evidence is there there will be consequences for saudi arabia well it'll have to be very severe i mean it's a bad bad stuff but we'll see what happens mike pompeo arrived back from his trip to saudi arabia and turkey and met with the president first thing on thursday he says both sides promised fuel transparent investigation they also assured me that they will conduct a complete thorough. investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr to show that they will do so at a timely fashion and that this report itself will be transparent u.s. treasury secretary steve mission was also in that meeting whatever he had you know shortly after he would know not to be attending an important international investment conference in

from senators from both parties opposing halting a multi-billion dollar arms deal with riyadh alan fischer reports from washington. the us president has repeatedly stop short of blaming saudi arabia for the disappearance of jamal khashoggi what happened is a terrible thing assuming that happened i mean maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised but somehow i tend to doubt it and we take. very seriously and on trump says he opposed any move by u.s. senators to block arms sales to saudi in retaliation i don't like the concept of stopping an investment of one hundred ten billion dollars into the united states. because you know they're going to do they're going to take that money and spend it or russia or china or someplace else so i think there are other ways if it turns out to be as bad as it might be there are certainly other ways of handling the situation but the president says u.s. investigators are now helping inquiries abroad with a port jew in his words very soon but turkey's foreign minister on a trip to iraq says that's not the case but they do want sodhi help because the incident took plac

says continuing pressure here in turkey and internationally to reveal what was done with the body alan fischer al-jazeera istanbul. or surely will go to our white house correspondent kelly healthcare to in washington d.c. where high profile pressure is all the saudi prince but first let's get the latest out of a stumble from hush. hush i'm obviously older ones and a great deal of pressure. keeping the pressure should i say on the saudis to reveal who ordered the killing and that's where the focus is certainly today. indeed and phantom pressure is for that particular reason the turkish government wants to. sardi's to come out with more details their last twenty four hours were quite interesting because they started yesterday with the turkish government and was not really satisfied with the meeting between the two top prosecutor has now decided prosecutors showed up for a second meeting with his took his counterpart turned over the testimonies of the eighteen saadi suspects but that's not enough for the turkish government and this explains why president bush as a player out of the us said that h

alan fischer reports now from istanbul. even the routine looks suspicious no. i say the consular residence in istanbul they were cleaning sewers it happens a few times a year this street was due but with turkish forensic teams searching everywhere possible for clues to look each jamal khashoggi his body this takes on a new significance it's no but trying to piece together a complex gruesome jigsaw with huge international implications you would think that the whole effort would be to see that justice was done early seemed to be done at least to name the guilty parties but of course it's much more complicated than that because it involves a whole where about relationship in this very complex region and also course the united states that is the car park in istanbul suburb where the sody consular car was discovered it was searched turkish police found a computer and clothes but still don't know why it was here then there is the place where an alleged should do body double the clothes he was wearing when he left the consulate all done to suggest the right or left th

are looking at a coordinated response to the murder which could include sanctions al-jazeera as alan fischer reports from istanbul. we came to talk syria but the jamal khashoggi case was never far from the surface as the four european leaders gathered after their istanbul meeting turkey's president again demanded those responsible for his killing should face trial in his country. this crime took place in istanbul if saudi arabia is not going to put these people on trial the turkish judiciary can do that here in istanbul and through our ministry of justice jamal khashoggi disappeared after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month initially the saudis denied he'd left the building but under growing international pressure the admitted they had killed the writer and u.s. president in what they described as a fight gone wrong european leaders insist so the arabia faces a coordinated sanctions campaign when the results of all the investigations are known and. once we know who is behind the state and what the links are we will strive to have a joint european reaction to show we a

prince mohammed bin salon in a moment we'll have the latest from istanbul first this report from alan fischer in washington. back after his trip to saudi arabia and turkey u.s. secular state might pompey or has been briefing his boss he says both sides promised fool transparent investigation they also assured me that they will conduct a complete thorough. investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr to show you that they will do so at a timely fashion and that this report itself will be transparent and he reiterated the strong us so dealings that continue to be important counterterrorism partner they have custody of the two holy sites they are an important strategic alliance of the united states u.s. treasury secretary steve mission was also in that meeting whatever he had he and i shortly after he would know not to be attending an important international investment conference in riyadh later this month joining a growing international boycott when pompeo sat down with saudi crown prince mohammed bin soundman known by his initials n.b.s. he had him firmly deny any involvement in the journa

sources said al jazeera the saudi prosecutor has refused to answer questions about where he is alan fischer reports now from istanbul. arriving at the scene of the crime so the rebias top prosecutor only second day in istanbul came to the consulate. was killed. earlier side went in for a second day of talks with the prosecutor in istanbul the two met on monday but both sides left unhappy at the level of detail each other was providing to ongoing investigations the saudis wanted any audio and video recordings that the trucks made in the building behind me at the time of jamal khashoggi is murder the tox refused an exchange they requested the statements of the eighteen people come they being held in saudi arabia in connection with jamal khashoggi as murder to be handed over and then surely the saudis said no but after consulting with senior officials in the saudi government overnight they returned to a second we think on tuesday and handed the documents over. speaking in ankara turkey president said the saudis were doing what they could to protect senior figures linked to the killing the two

latest from jamal to show ya'll who is outside the saudi consulate in a moment we'll speak to alan fischer who is in washington jamal what is the latest from istanbul this hour. well merriam the only real development that's moved in the past twenty four hours is the investigators have started shifting a bit of their attention towards the employees of the consulate these are the nuns saudi nationals that work for the diplomatic mission here in istanbul the include the genitalia stuff the support stuff the people would be working at the receptions but also the drivers particularly the driver of the consul general himself we understand that the prosecutor's office had called for them to essentially give testimonies and information of anything they would have had it's important to note here that the understanding is that all of these stuff for the non saudis stuff were given a holiday as far as we understand an unexpected day off or at least the afternoon off the day. and was never to be seen again however that day the tuesday the second was not the first time jamal khashoggi entered the consu

alan fischer reports now from istanbul. even the routine looks suspicious now. i think the consular residence in istanbul they were cleaning sewers it happens a few times a year this street was due but with turkish forensic teams searching everywhere possible for clues to locate jamal khashoggi his body this takes on a new significance it's now about trying to piece together a complex gruesome jigsaw with huge international implications you would think that the whole effort would be to see that justice was done early seemed to be done at least to name the guilty parties but of course it's much more complicated than that because it involves a whole where but relationship in this very complex region and also of course the united states there is the car park in istanbul suburb. or car was discovered it was searched turkish police found a computer and clothes but still don't know why it was here then there is the place where an alleged body doubles the clothes he was wearing when he left the consulate all done to suggest the right. left the building the turkish pres

inquiries and promise to soon share what they know with their allies and the rest of the world alan fischer al jazeera istanbul and holder is in istanbul with the latest post on the investigation but also mainly zain are really on the relationship between saudi arabia and turkey two countries that in many ways were competing in the arab world and that now really you know seem at loggerheads over this. yes regional rivals before the crisis they had strained relations cordial but strained relations they really stood at the opposing sides of regional politics just a few examples turkey was against the coup against the president morsi in egypt turkey sided with qatar when saudi arabia imposed an embargo and try to isolate qatar or dog on sending turkish troops to qatar and turkey is relationship with iran as well a source of contention between these two countries so it was a strained relations the two to begin with and in particular with muhammad the bin man they have been suggestions that he even called a turkey part of the axis of evil with iran now today for the first time since that she kil

rogue kilo's as jamal was just saying may be responsible for the alleged murder of jamal khashoggi alan fischer reports now from washington. leaving for florida president trump reveals the school contain the saudi king in a twenty minute call to go to saudi denial that anything to do with the disappearance of jamal khashoggi you guys both he was the king of saudi arabia when i said the knowledge of what took place with regard few hundred eyes he shared. forty radio citizen theme that he firmly theme i have for sure you say. you want me to get on a plane go to saudi arabia faced with such a denial the president floated a theory of what may have happened at the saudi consulate a negative pushed by some soda media which sounded to me like maybe he should have been a row hillary oh no we're going to try getting to the bottom of a very it is not acceptable as of a number of politicians on both sides have criticized the president's position former democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine tweeted president trump's response to jamal khashoggi his disappearance reveals a man more willing to trus

saudi prosecutor will have to answer when he sits down face to face with his turkish counterpart alan fischer al-jazeera. the leaders of france germany turkey. and russia have held talks to try to find a way to end the war in syria speaking at a major summit in istanbul they call for syrians to lead the way in establishing peace and a new constitution that would pave the way for elections but as i heard reports from istanbul major divisions remain on their approaches to end the conflict it is a fresh effort in diplomacy it is also a new approach for the first time the main power brokers in syria's war russia and turkey have brought european countries to their table the host turkey's president or the gun held one on one meetings on the sidelines of the summit with german chancellor angela merkel russian president vladimir putin and french president manuel mccall but who was not present was just as significant mccraw however did discuss with putin the possibility of arranging a high level meeting between russian and american officials in paris. the more countries to join the process the quick i

outside the saudi embassy in london in washington the man being answers into his disappearance alan fischer reports. supporters of jamal khashoggi took their concerns about his safety to saudi arabia's front door in washington d.c. all the demonstration at the embassy wasn't large detracted media attention and curious inquiries from people passing by human rights activists sami hardass insisted the us government had to do more they're actually getting in the world and the getting a hold and buy u.s. presidents behavior that he does not care about what happens outside america across the city president donald trump spoke more about the case that he has in recent days he revealed he did vita jamal khashoggi fiance to the white house and was the man thing answers from saudi arabia we are we demanding everything we want to see what's going on here it's a bad situation it's a very serious situation for us for this way we do see what's going on capitol hill politicians on both sides have been clear they've jamal khashoggi has been killed it changes us. and this man was murdered inside a consulate

known as we to saudi arabia what he asks and what he's told we will dictate what america does next alan fischer al-jazeera washington let's go live to john hendren in washington now john for a president who isn't shy about making his views known on social media for example trump has been quite quiet on the latest there revelations whereas before he always kept on saying no one knows if it's real. that's true he was just asked in the past couple of hours about startling reports that the saudi government is prepared to release a statement acknowledging that was murdered in that consulate but that it happened during an interrogation gone wrong by rogue elements who were not authorized by the crown prince mohammed bin some on that is a shocking report if true we will know eventually if the saudis actually release that the president was asked about that and he said nobody knows if that's true and he hasn't expressed a terrible lot of concern he's already ruled out using arms sales to saudi arabia as a cudgel to punish them with he's he's also said that his treasury secretary steven nugent can decide

by which time it's expected to be serving more than one hundred fifty million passengers a year alan fischer reports. they held the official opening of an airport that isn't yet open when completed this multibillion dollar complex will take up space equal to almost all of manhattan and will be the biggest airport in the world the first fly. into this airport brought president the one to the city back in june the first commercial flight will take off on wednesday but it could well be the end of the year before this airport is fully operational. it was the turkish president who performed the opening ceremony insisting the new airport forty kilometers from the center of istanbul is vital for economic growth some of what he was using is here with the opening of the airport turkey has become the most important transit point between north to south east to west our ports is connecting sixty countries in this wider region and connecting economies worth twenty three trillion dollars. new destinations. for many except the need for a new airport they've questioned the locations the cost and the number

stations will continue until they get answers and action alan fischer washington well disappearance has again brought attention to the plight of journalists around the world in the qur'an working as a journalist has become more dangerous in recent months. reports from the capital. assaults harassment and death threats have come to characterize the working conditions for many independent journalists in. my big part of being there yeah. we still have a video journalist in managua recalls the moment he was shot in the arm while covering an anti-government demonstration only one batter. i tried to stand and couldn't contract and couldn't feel it i mediately thought the worst. moments after being shot other journalists rushed to winston's aid and drove him to a private hospital winstone says most of his colleagues have also been the targets of attacks. is winston's boss and the founder of one hundred percent news he says that since the unrest began threats against his staff haven't stopped said but only thing being a journalist today is a matter of life and death thanks. we've been harassed

mohammed bin some man in riyadh alan fischer has more. smiles and handshakes as my frumpy are arrived in saudi arabia to begin a series of high profile meetings u.s. secretary of state met with king solomon before sitting down with crown prince mohammed bin sultan the man the turks believe ordered an operation against journalist and u.s. resident jamal khashoggi he made no public comment but the state department issued what's called the readout of the meeting afterward seeing the secretary and the crown prince agreed on the importance of a thorough transparent and timely investigation that provides answer that because i don't want to be listed as details began to emerge about what the turks believe happened to the writer donald trump tweeted just spoke with the crown prince of saudi arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in the turkish consulate he was with secretary of state might pompey or during the call and told me that he's already started and will rapidly expand the full and complete investigation into this matte

suggested that quote rogue killers may be responsible for the alleged murder of jamal khashoggi alan fischer reports now from washington. leaving for florida president trump reveals he's speaking to the saudi king in a twenty minute call he go to so you deny anything to do with the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. with the king of saudi arabia. the knowledge of what took place what we guide you as you said. this is. very firmly. thank you say. you would really get on a plane go to saudi arabia feast with such a denial the pres. and floated a theory of what may have happened at the saudi consulate a narrative pushed by some so the media sounded to me like maybe good road hillary or no we're going to try getting to the bottom of the very it is not acceptable as of a number of politicians on both sides have criticized the president's position former democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine tweeted president trump's response to jamal khashoggi his disappearance reveals a man more willing to trust authoritarian leaders than reliable intelligence when middle east analyst says the presiden

united states many questions have been asked and some of them have been answered my colleague alan fischer put together a story on developments today take a look. leaving for florida president trump reveals the school contain the saudi king in a twenty minute call to go to saudi denial that anything to do with the disappearance of jamal khashoggi thank you both thanking everybody arabiya thank. you why should we guard you thank you shared thought you were a good theory thank god if i were you did i don't thank you thank you thank thank you want me to get out of the way go to saudi arabia and faced with such a denial the president floated a theory of what may have happened at the saudi consulate a narrative pushed by some soda media thought it should be like a good big thank you hillary thank you know you were going to try getting out about the very thing it is not acceptable is it a number of politicians on both sides have criticized the president's position former democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaine tweeted president trump's response to jamal khashoggi his disappearance revea

reaction in just a moment alan fischer in washington d.c. let's start though with stephanie deca the latest from istanbul what more on the demands to be allowed into the embassy stephanie. well they haven't done that yet of course it is technically territory under the jurisdiction of saudi arabia pickett is it is a saudi diplomatic mission but again i think you know what everyone is waiting for at the moment is facts is evidence because it is a he said she said as you mentioned the turkish authorities alluding to a lot of anonymous sources saying they believe he was killed inside the embassy saudi arabia saying absolutely not that he left but the problem with that in terms of what the turkish president is calling for to show evidence that he actually left is that the saudis are saying that the surveillance cameras that are an operation of course around the consulate did not record so at the moment what everyone is waiting for is some kind of evidence to show what happened to the journalists and also you know a hugely important diplomatic fig

mohammed bin salon in riyadh he's are due to travel to turkey on wednesday with the latest here is alan fischer smiles and handshakes is mike from p.r. arrived in saudi arabia to begin a series of high profile meetings u.s. secretary of state met with king solomon before sitting down with came prince mohammed bin salman the man the turks believe ordered an operation against journalist and u.s. resident jamal khashoggi he made no public comment but the state department issued what's called the readout of the meeting afterward seeing the secretary and the crown prince agreed on the importance of a thorough transparent and timely investigation that provides answers. donald trump sent his secretary of state to the region as pressure on the u.s. grows to take firm action against their middle east ally the president has already expressed his reluctance to block arms sales to the kingdom and in an early morning tweet rejected suggestions he was reluctant because of his own financial interests saying for the record i have no financial interest in saudi arabia or russia for that matter any suggestion i

here to show he met with both the saudi king and the crown prince mohammed bin solomon in riyadh alan fischer as more. smiles and handshakes as mike from peer arrived in saudi arabia to begin a series of high profile meetings u.s. secretary of state met with king solomon before sitting down with crown prince mohammed bin salman the man the turks believe ordered an operation against journalist and u.s. resident jamal khashoggi he made no public comment but the state department issued what's called the readout of the meeting afterward seeing the secretary and the crown prince agreed on the importance of a thorough transparent and timely investigation that provides an answer is because i don't want to be understood as details began to emerge about what the turks believe happened to the writer donald trump tweeted just spoke with the crown prince of saudi arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in the turkish consulate he was with secretary of state might pompey or during the call and told me that he's already started and will rapidly expand a full and complete investigation in

european countries looking at a coordinated response to the murder which could include sanctions alan fischer reports from istanbul. we came to talk syria but the jamal khashoggi case was never far from the surface as the four european leaders gathered after their istanbul meeting turkey's president again demanded those responsible for his killing should face trial in his country. this crime took place in istanbul if saudi arabia is not going to put these people on trial the turkish judiciary can do that here in istanbul and through our ministry of justice jamal khashoggi disappeared after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul earlier this month initially the saudis denied he'd left the building but under growing international pressure the admitted they had killed the writer and u.s. president in what they described as a fight gone wrong european leaders insist so the arabia faces a coordinated sanctions campaign when the results of all the investigations are known and. once we know who is behind the stage and what the links are we will strive to have a joint european reaction to show we a

can show she he met with both the saudi king and the crown prince mohammed bin salman in riyadh alan fischer has more. smiles and handshakes as my compere arrived in saudi arabia to begin a series of high profile meetings u.s. secretary of state met with king solomon before sitting down with crown prince mohammed bin salman the man the turks believe ordered an operation against journalist and u.s. resident jamal khashoggi he made no public comment but the state department issued what's called the readout of the meeting afterward seeing the secretary and the crown prince agreed on the importance of a thorough transparent and timely investigation that provides answer is because i don't want to be understood as details began to emerge about what the turks believe happened to the writer donald trump tweeted just spoke with the crown prince of saudi arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in the turkish consulate he was with secretary of state might pompey or during the call and told me that he's already started and will rapidly expand a full and complete investigation into thi

saudi embassy in london and his international anger at this appearance grows let's go live to alan fischer who is at another protest in washington d.c. first of all and let me just put that question to you that we heard a phrase by khaled safari a friend of hug he once said the white house to demand answers from the saudi government are we getting any indication that that is indeed what the white house is doing. but i think it's fair to say there's a frustration with the u.s. government that they don't seem publicly at least to be pushing the saudis a lot harder on what happened pretty jamal khashoggi they are seeing that there's things going on behind the scenes and certainly might prompt the u.s. secretary of state in a statement has said that they have reached out to the u.s. to the saudi government at the highest levels which would suggest that he has at least tried to if not actually spoken to the saudi ambassador in the united states who you know operates in this building behind me he has said that they have new knowledge of what happened to the journalist after he left the consulate

tell al-jazeera the saudi prosecutor has refused to answer questions about where she's body is alan fischer reports from istanbul. arriving at the scene of the crime so to rebias top prosecutor only second day in istanbul came to the consulate with jamal khashoggi was killed earlier side job went in for a second day of talks with the prosecutor in istanbul. the two met on monday but both sides left unhappy at the level of detail each other was providing to ongoing investigations the saudis wanted any audio and video recordings that the talks made in the building behind me at the time of jamal khashoggi is murder the tox refused in exchange the requested the statements of the eighteen people currently being held in saudi arabia in connection with jamal khashoggi is murder to be handed over and then the saudis said no but after consulting with senior officials in the saudi government overnight they returned to a second we think on tuesday and handed the documents over. speaking in ankara turkey president said the saudis were doing what they could to protect senior figures linked to the killin

the president asking once again let's go live out of istanbul of zeros alan fischer is with us alan was listening in to that speech as well what did you make of it allan. very interesting the climb to the thirty fourth the future is coming to will certainly show is that the talks aren't letting up and the determination to get to the bottom of this something that we knew clearly the saudis want to be seen to be cool creating the question that the president is asking clearly is which is the body we need to know and believe is that someone on the news that's obviously to help give the casualty family some closure on this you remember that just twenty four hours ago we were talking about a well the consulate the consult the consul gotten in a stun duel not initially there was a sense of the garden he wanted to say well they needed a special team to do that this he said that if they were bringing extra people in they had to get specific permission for those people to the turks slightly frustrated at the amount of red tape and need struction that the saudis and the recruiting employees start

al jazeera alan fischer reporting live from istanbul and many thanks let's take you now to washington al-jazeera as mike hanna has more on what action some u.s. lawmakers are proposing against riyadh. what proposed legislation has been introduced in the house of representatives it's come in the form of a letter signed by a number of congressmen including some republican representatives so it is in effect bipartisan legislation basically what it does is says that saudi arms deals must be reviewed in particular those pertaining to intelligence training and equipment unless president trump provides a report which establishes saudi arabia and innocence in this whole affair now this is legislation that has been introduced before was similar type legislation and at the moment the house of representatives and indeed the senate is holiday they will not be returning and to lock to the midterm elections but what this is is a warning to president trump that they are going to continue to maintain pressure on his administration to conclude its investigation into exactly what happened in the death

government says when he returns he must bring some answers alan fischer al jazeera washington. let's head back to the saudi consulate in istanbul standing by for us and what further information do you have. well maria you know we've been talking about these recordings that apparently the different intelligence communities potentially the u.s. have been privy to and that the turks have shared it with them and the question was how did the turks get these recording there was rumors about them tapping the consulate or having some sort of informants inside and it appears and this was a story that had come a couple of days ago but was never really looked into that jamal official was wearing a smartwatch as he entered an apple watch and he had actually preprogrammed it to record before he entered he had sync that with his phone which he had left with. his fiance outside so apparently although he didn't know the true face of what waited or awaited him on the other side of the door.

has asked him to give riyadh more time for and best occasions before deciding on what to do next alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . he's been briefed by his secretary of state and if you use intelligence reports leaves donald trump to believe jamal khashoggi is there had surely looks that way to me it's very sad general election he says he'll wait for the results of various investigations but if the evidence is there there will be consequences for saudi arabia well it'll have to be very severe i mean it's a bad bad stuff but we'll see what happens might bumpier arrive back from his trip to saudi arabia and turkey and met with the president first thing on thursday he says both sides promised fuel transparent investigation they also assured me that they will conduct a complete thorough. investigation of all of the facts surrounding mr to show you that they will do so at a timely fashion and that this report itself will be transparent u.s. treasury secretary steve mission was also in that meeting whatever he had you know shortly after he would know not to be attending an important inter

saudi prosecutor will have to answer when he sits stone face to face with his turkish counterpart alan fischer al jazeera. and also in istanbul hashim outside the saudi consulate hashim saudi and turkish prosecutors to meet today how important is this. very crucial meeting come out because this sunday. general prosecutor is the man who led the investigation of the saudi investigation into what happened at the consulate and the circumstances that led to the killing of jamil hustles you wish ultimately pave the way for the rest of eighteen suspects he was going to meet with the turkish general prosecutor who has been conducting his own investigation into the case there are differences to different narratives here the turks say that if the saudis cannot try these people therefore we would like to have them extradited to turkey to be tried by a turkish court something that has been dismissed by the saudi government now we remains to be seen where they're both societies were set aside their differences and agree on how to move forward now if there's an agreement that could pave the way for ace a ne