let's bring in our guest joining us now from ankara is awesome and certs he is the research director at the anchor institute and a former advisor to turkish prime minister toler in washington d.c. we have joined jones he's a former us senior congressional advisor and senate national security director and finally joining us from istanbul is simon action with the in stumble center of international law welcome to all really there seems to be three parts currently to the effect you have the u.s. that says it has evidence linking the crown prince by had been some on to a watch kidnapping plot you have the turkish authorities leaking to the media that they have evidence that he was murdered inside the consulate and now you have a flurry of diplomatic activity taking place. and reasons and excuses and a lot of talk within the media itself and a lot of speculation about what that diplomatic activity might be let's start with ankara first and with osman cert mike pompeo the secretary of state is going to ankara what's likely behind that visit. first of all mr pumpers was it in saudi arabia be

france 24's correspondentant in ankara. staying with the story and joined on set by robert parsons france 24's chief foreign editor. rob, everyone was on the edge of their seats waiting to discover what exactly erdogen would say, what he would reveal during that speech. it seems he didn't reveal the naked truth. >> you're right. he promised the naked truth but didn't lay bare the naked truth. the bottom line. the question is, why was that? one can only surmise that he's been under immense pressure not to reveal the truth. probably first of all from the united states, which needs saudi arabia as a crucial ally in its strategy alliance against iran -- strategic alliance against iran. november 5, the united states will be putting sanctions on iranian oil. a lot of oil will stop pumping on to the international markets. the united states is relying on saudi arabia to pump the difference. if saudi arabia is in turmoil, it might not be able to do that or willing to do that. the united states has a lot at stake here and wants to ma

mr have stated that he would like to come to ankara. as we always. do. allies from the u.s. and also. and it is important for us to stand stay have taken against. the disappearance of democracy as well as the stance against the. handling this issue and of course. we do not know what kind of information he will be getting going along with him from riyadh. kind of. approach he will have in certain issues but of course when i put a minister comes to ankara of course. between the two countries are all of a say about and. we. put a number of a number of issues and of course we can. and we are going to. couple that to how can we further improve the current situation that we had a cooperating in on a number of florida as a number of issues and there are some also cases legal cases. included in fair to include in. including branson kazan and we need to be able to take some positive steps and u.s. needs to take some positive steps it in relation to the extradition. that we have requested and. ran to loosen. the minister we started to corporate our number of issues as well which we ha

attempt in two thousand and sixteen his attention has caused serious friction between washington and ankara with both sides imposing tit for tat sanctions. after two years in detention andrew bronson flew out of his mirror in western turkey heading back to the u.s. with a stopover in germany the turkish court convicted him of links to terrorism but decided to let him leave president donald trump denied that been any agreement to lift u.s. sanctions imposed against turkey over the brunson case we spoke to turkey and he went through a system and we got about it was no deal met at all there was no deal but we're very happy to have him and have him in good shape by hereis are in very good shape. pastor bronson had lived in turkey for twenty years he left the courthouse a free man a concession which could improve strained relations between ankara and washington for brunson's wife marina to thin a long wait prosecutors accused her husband of links to kurdish militants and supporters of. the cleric that turkey blames for a failed coup attempt in twenty sixteen bronson's lawyer called the trial a f

let's bring in our guest joining us now from ankara is awesome and certs he is the research director at the anchor institute and a former advisor to turkish prime minister toler in washington d.c. we have joined jones he's a former us senior congressional advisor and senate national security director and finally joining us from istanbul is simon action with the in stumble center of international law welcome to all really there seems to be three parts currently to the effect you have the u.s. that says it has evidence linking the crown prince by had been some on to a porch kidnapping plot you have the turkish authorities leaking to the media that they have evidence that he was murdered inside the consulate and now you have a flurry of diplomatic activity taking place. and reasons and excuses and a lot of talk within the media itself and a lot of speculation about what that diplomatic activity might be let's start with ankara first and with osman cert mike pompeo the secretary of state is going to ankara what's likely behind that visit. chris a full on mr pompous who is it in saudi ara

serious tension between washington and ankara with both sides imposing tit for tat sanctions. and you bronson left the courthouse a free man accompanied by turkish police he headed straight for his home where he had spent the last few months and a house arrest but this time he would not stay long he was soon heading for the airport. writing on twitter achievable and u.s. president donald trump promised the evangelical pastor would soon be home functions wife norene has waited two years for this day turkish prosecutors accused her husband of having links to kurdish militants and supporters of. the cleric that turkey blames for the two thousand and sixteen failed coup attempt brunson's lawyer called the trial a farce. there was no need for this case which did so much to harm my client to turkey as a whole and damaged relations today's ruling proves that. she is bronson led a small evangelical church in the turkish city of izmir prosecutors claimed some of the church members belonged to the outlawed kurdistan workers' party a designated terrorist organization in august the u.s. s

between ankara until later boats off the vitriolic verbal attacks on germany. the arrests of german citizens on the brutal crackdown on the social position. can president at one be taken at his w word. the fact is the two sides need each other more once germany's backing pulling for its art forms ankara. to release those german prisoners and return to the rule of law is a deal possible. when a question here on -- country get this week is everyone in germany friend or foe and to discuss that question joined here in the studio by three excellent observers and analysts of all things turkish. begin with maximilian call sir okay correspondent for the weekly news magazine spiegel. says the german government should you spent a one state visit to strengthen democracy in turkey. also with us is george about a certain day i call a specialist on german turkish relations form replaced in ankara. now with d. w. here in berlin and damp believes that everyone is nice or a friend. or a foe. important strategic interests foremost germany to talk with the turkish president. but

turkey's media says a saudi delegation has arrived in ankara to look into the case. was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second and there are reports he was killed inside an american pastor at the center of a diplomatic dispute between washington and ankara is on his way back to the united states shortly a circuit court sentenced him to three years in jail on a tariff charge but said he'd already spent enough time in custody two years he's been detained since twenty sixteen white house imposed sanctions and tariffs on turkish entities earlier this year demanding his release and a bronze lawyer spoke briefly to the media outside the court complex human fogelman you know the mother of course as a respected religious man he can stay if he wants but at the moment i feel he is going to leave turkey when he is released pope francis has accepted the resignation of the archbishop of washington it's the latest development in the church's efforts to deal with decades of clerical abuse of children cardinal donald whirled has been accused of know

of course ankara has this power in its hand if it really does have this tape.t's a dangerous sort of power to use. i've seen a great deal of reluctance with them to take a stand one way or the other. and you have to remember there is actually a genuine sense of outrage this happened on turkish soil. jamal khashoggi was well connected within the turkish establish. ment he knew the president. he had friends here. he was close to government circles. i think the fact these were leaked is a real sense of not just strategic outrage, but real anger. >> and this lack of transparency on the part of the official turkish authorities will only go to remind people around the world just the sort of the cloud of problematic sort of issues here that erdogan is accused of so often. >> well, of course, turkey does not have a great record in treating with its own journalists. and indeed, it's managed to extract various dissidents from other countries of its own. so it's no angel in this regard, although it hasn't gone as far as actually what we think might have been the case of a

let's bring in our guest joining us now from ankara is awesome and search he is the research director at the anchor institute and a former advisor to turkish prime minister toler in washington d.c. we are joined jones he's a former u.s. senior congressional advisor and senate national security director and finally joining us from istanbul is simon action with the in stumble center of international law welcome to all really there seems to be three parts currently to the affair you have the u.s. that says it has evidence linking the crown prince by had been some on to a porch kidnapping plot you have the turkish authorities leaking to the media that they have evidence that he was murdered inside the consulate and now you have a flurry of diplomatic activity taking place. and reasons and excuses and a lot of talk within the media itself and a lot of speculation about what that diplomatic activity might be let's start with ankara first and with osman cert mike pompeo the secretary of state is going to ankara what's likely behind that visit. chris a full on mr palm pills was it in saudi ar

i think ankara realizes they have to play thihis carefully..lso saudi arabia is a key trading partner. the economy is not in good shape at the moment so they will not want to jeopardize those trade dealings. ankara realizes it has to tread carefully over this potentially explosive situation. phil: do investigators still believe jamal khashoggi was murdered inside the saududi consulatate? dorian: t these officialsls ovee weekend have poiointed fingersrs saying they y believe khasashogi had been killed. that has not been repeateded in publicly a any -- by any turkish official since. the turkish president monday in that -- did not repeat those allegations of alyssa a they tae the allegation seriously. we are hearing in some pro-government meeting -- media suggesting he could still be alive. officials are still briefing journalists say they most likely outctcome is he was s kill. a a lot o of conflictingng messs coming out at the moment. i think that is indicating how difficult the situation ankara is in. phil: dorian jones istanbul, thank you. mor

questions to be answered now many many questions still remains and costello thank you so much and ankara. and just a bit ago we heard from president donald trump pedicle hain joins me live from washington with more on that he said a lot of things that we had heard before but some new things as well so what. the president said. it was just

who has more from ankara that confirmed from also turkish side that king someone binocular these telephoned. are drawn and thanked for they will come and go the proposal for a joint work you group we don't have much more detail of that but we're expecting a statement by the pros by the turkish press these press people however as you would remember yes that they turkey's foreign ministers they did that. this saudi arabia should be more open and for further corporation in order to make this investigation grow faster and easier. and all the headlines chancellor angela merkel's bavarian allies have suffered the worst election results in one thousand nine hundred fifty result that risks widening divisions within germany's national government christian social union has won thirty five and a half percent of the vote according to the latest exit poll meaning the party has lost its absolute majority and will have to form a coalition to rule the pro immigration greens have come second and the far right alternative for germany will also enter the state assembly for the first time. british an e.u. nego

which is the first peculiar thing ankara being the political capital of turkey not the city where the consulate obviously is and that's the first indication that maybe this team is more interested in finding some sort of way out for the saudis the second indication to that is the fact that this team includes one of kings of man's senior advisors and that's it in its own self as well which is go to show that what is taking place right now are discussions between turkey and saudi arabia as well as possibly some intermediaries or allies as to how best to find a solution to this crisis because it is a crisis of this one that's brings to douse the very basis of international relations in terms of diplomatic missions the immunity they have and so forth how best to get out of this crisis without causing too much of a knock on effect particularly considering each country already has a lot of strain on the security sector as well as their foreign policy and that's why this team that is here and interesting as you mentioned the saudi statements this is only just second time they've spoken since

simplicio lu is in ankara first let's go to andrew symonds who is in front of the saudi consulate in istanbul where all of this happened so andrew what are the headlines right now. well there were many of them very dramatic in events indeed first says take them chronologically first we heard of a telephone conversation between king selma and president of turkey and the state's turkey news agency said they had discussed cooperation about their independent investigations then within seconds or a couple of minutes a saudi state t.v. announced that siri. el al siri a general syrian who's a key figure in the security operates us all of the royal household with the teligent brief and also a brief to be spokesman for the saudi emirates he led coalition in the war in yemen was filed he was sent along with advisor to the saudi state t.v. and you've already mentioned the eighteen people under investigation then we hear an apology effectively apology perhaps but but the sorrow of the state of saudi for that death all of. which which was will quite extraordinary really when you consider the run

of a senior member of the saudi royalfamily ankara of a senior member of the saudi royal family to see began. that does suggest, perhaps for the first time, that in the riyadh there is a sense of unease about the way this has been handled —— erdogan. the pressure is enormous. the international concern is unavoidable. the whole view of saudi arabia's young crown prince, mohammed bin salman, as a reformist is being ripped apart by these allegations. it seems to me that the saudis have every interest in trying to shed some light on it. if, as the evidence appears to show, that they have been involved in some terrible act against jamal khashoggi, have been involved in some terrible act againstjamal khashoggi, then there will have to be a price to pay, because of the international interest and the sense of isolation thatis interest and the sense of isolation that is mounting, almost by the hour. ian blackford. —— ian black there. a us pastor released from jail by a turkish court has left the country and is on his way back to the united states. there were chaotic scenes at the airport in izm

years he left the courthouse a free man a concession which could improve strained relations between ankara and washington for brunson's wife noreen it had been a long wait prosecutors accused her husband of links to kurdish militants and supporters affects. the cleric that turkey blames for a failed coup attempt in twenty sixteen bronson's lawyer called the trial a farce. there was no need for this case which did so much harm to my client to turkey as a whole and damaged relations today's ruling proves that at the movie theater for years bronson led a small evangelical church in izmir prosecutors claim some of its members belonged to the outlawed kurdistan workers party while welcoming bronson's freedom washington is now pressing for the release of several other americans being held in turkey. saudi arabia has again rejected claims that had anything to do with the disappearance of dissidents journalist jamal khashoggi he was last seen walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul more than a week ago but never merged from the building turkish officials accuse the saudis of torturing and kil

terror charges his detention was caused rather has caused serious friction between washington and ankara with both sides imposing tit for tat sanctions. in indonesia at least twenty two people are dead half of them children after an overflowing river triggered landslides that destroyed a wall at school rescuers are still combing through mud and rubble for others. health officials in gaza say israeli troops have killed seven palestinians in clashes of the border fence separating the two sides the israeli military says its troops opened fire as thousands of palestinians demonstrated and began throwing rocks and fire bombs it's one of the deadliest incidents in months of protests along the border. so facebook has released fresh details about a recent data breach of the social network the incident is shaping up to be a first test for the e.u.'s new data protection rules and it could land the company with a hefty fine for we turn to digital reporter william no of new cruft who has the latest so we known about this breach for some weeks now so what's new yeah right so facebook originally said

. >> i don't think that ankara wants to turn this into a huge crisis between saudi arabia and turkey even if it does turn out that responsibility complete and total responsibility for this lies with the highest echelons of the kingdom before i think that they are trying hard to find ways out of that. >> reporter: with turkey's economic troubles, erdogan may not want to risk what he may need some day. and the crown prince, the negative publicity surrounding this case jeopardizes it all. but with this disturbing mystery that has gripped the world now, there is much more at stake than either country would have bargained for. and you know, becky, all indications so far is that turkey does not want to escalate. so everyone is waiting to see how they will move forward with this investigation, how credible, how transparent this investigation is going to be especially after the establishment of that joint working group with saudi arabia. >> jomana karedsheh is outside the consulate. and sam kiley is in riyadh for you. both with the very latest. thank you, guys. let me bring up for you exactl

secretary of state might compare you know has been in ankara today one of the turkish authorities saying about the ongoing investigation. well turkish foreign minister had to have a statement to the cameras actually he had a very short press briefing he mentioned that to counter parts talked about the developments in the case but of course circuit has concerns concerns over the case even though united states is ready to help because the foreign minister mentioned one thing very important he mentioned that the cell the consul general who's been named to be the prime suspect of this investigation file has acted actually reckless and foreign minister said that. the saudi consul to the foreign press inside the consulate open the doors of the clausewitz and the room solving that siege is not here so actually turkish authorities find this attitude by the saudi officers. as serious about this case and mentioned that his back to saudi arabia and it depends on saudi authorities to decide whether he's to come back to turkey or not but of course i have to rewind that these people have diplomatic im

a cynic a soul is live for us in ankara so soon and where things stand now on the investigation. first good morning from turkish capital ankara has i'm well things are getting more complicated every day we start to think that everything is going is slow now if it turns out to be a political process rather than a crime scene process depending on what don said yesterday it seems there are much more evidences that the prosecutor's office and the police has and people ask this question why prisons are done is giving some partial it information why did he increase the but raise the bar. about expectations regarding his speech in the parliament last tuesday and what he was mild in that speech and now why is the harsh today despite the phone conversation with mohamed in some manner and aired on a couple of days ago so it seems like turkey is not happy with the coordination let's say so-called coordination between saudi arabia regarding damascus shoot his investigation case as far as i have learned until now i mean until yesterday there was no information given to the turks regarding the

hit squad the new york times goes into further detail on anonymous senior turkish official saying ankara believed killed inside the consulate at the orders of the highest level of the saudi royal court. then gruesome detail he was killed within two hours of this moment and that his body was dismembered by the saudi team with a bone saw in what seems to be a deluge of leaks the washington post then divulging that before his disappearance u.s. intelligence intercepted communications of saudi officials discussing possibly detaining him. it is unclear whether he was ever warned i'm very surprised that one would would confirm this by letting the information know now the fact what has been intercepted is also notable because if true and there are now seem to be in creasing disparate bits of information that corroborates or substantiate the other pieces of commission it would be shocking acts and tess clee glaring one which there were were telling us operation would be really in cock up and two were someone into your own consulate and then murdered the person and. while you know that your entra

a saudi delegation has now arrived in the turkish capital ankara to look into the disappearance of the us based journalist jamal shoji he was last seen walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul on october the second reports say there is no proof he was killed inside the building france has now become the latest country to demand more information on his fate the parents government saying a transparent and thorough investigation is now required in the meantime business leaders are cutting their links with saudi arabia over the disappearance the c.e.o. of labor has pulled out of a major investment conference shergill to riyadh in coming weeks despite the saudi sovereign wealth fund being a major investor in the company shortly we'll cross live to our white house correspondent kimberly health kit but first let's get the latest on the investigation with steph decker who's in istanbul for us this hour steph it looks as if we are beginning to see the form of the investigative team because we've got the u.s. saying donald trump yesterday saying we've got people involved in this process we'v

control parts and of course all of our from ankara thanks for. well as reported the head of the cia has been dispatched and joins a group of u.s. investigators already on the ground trying to determine the facts of the case donald trump has been talking to u.s. media outlets about the killing of the kahane explains. u.s. president donald trump hitting the campaign trail again he wants to talk about the upcoming election but. the questions keep coming back to this one what is the u.s. going to do after saudi arabia admitted to killing american resident and washington journalist jamal khashoggi the president making news announcing u.s. investigators are on the case over your. breakup of the turkey right now to great the people in saudi arabia are coming back to my car and i will not. i am not satisfied with whatever but he continued to stress the most important thing to him investment from saudi arabia even though he has grossly inflated the actual amounts his son in law and senior adviser jared kushner is also talking he's staked much of his work

jamal khashoggi which will be revealed when the time comes in an address to the ruling ak party in ankara. the one described saudi arabia's explanations for the journalists death as childish he's demanding more information about the operation from riyadh. of course there is other information and evidence that we are holding and they will be used when the time comes but there's no need to rush because in the first instance the saudi officials have to explain who killed. on monday they sent the chief prosecutor to stumble. they will meet with our chief prosecutor and have discussions. a check is politics news and it's a daily sub a daily english newspaper in turkey he joins us now live via skype from istanbul listening to what the president had to say on the the case to what do you make of it he's determined to keep up the pressure on saudi arabia and. i think this is one of the harsher remarks are than made on the case and he named both king solomon and mohamed bin selman to compress saudi arabia i think to toning off the toning and the language he used was significant in today's speech he

let's bring in our guest joining us now from ankara is awesome and search he is the research director at the anchor institute and a former advisor to turkish prime minister toler in washington d.c. we have joined jones he's a former us senior congressional advisor and senate national security director and finally joining us from istanbul is simon action with the in stumble center of international law welcome to all really there seems to be three parts currently to the effect you have the u.s. that says it has evidence linking the crown prince by had been some on to a porch kidnapping plot you have the turkish authorities leaking to the media that they have evidence that he was murdered inside the consulate and now you have a flurry of diplomatic activity taking place. and reasons and excuses and a lot of talk within the media itself and a lot of speculation about what that diplomatic activity might be let's start with ankara first and with osman cert mike pompeo the secretary of state is going to ankara what's likely behind that visit. chris a full on mr pompous results in saudi arabi

on going to speak to us an actor he's the advisor to the act party chairman joins us now live from ankara thanks very much for taking the time to be with us what happened. as you know it. so far not unfortunately the news that we hear about. is that he has a very very i mean in his when sure is not is not good because he were here since apparently he and to the consulate but he couldn't exit from that and so far there is not any clue there is not any any sign that he has he has exited from. her on the consulate and of course there is many many predictions made about what happened within the consulate the consulate the consulate is saying that he is not here and as you know as we heard the king. the prince of. the crown prince of saudi arabia mohamed he said. everybody is welcome for the turkish authorities are welcome to come and investigate inside the consulate but it came a bit. this proposal came after four days after four days silence of all the sold out of bin or told it is either here in turkey diplomatic in turkey or in saudi arabia no no worries there is there were there was not a

pastor freed by turkey arrives home perhaps a signal of warming relations between washington and ankara and how the action in bavaria could change the political landscape of germany and the future of chancellor angela merkel. days after the saudi journalist she disappeared in turkish investigators still haven't been allowed to enter the saudi consulate in istanbul where he was last seen and so the international pressure is mounting on the saudi stock market fell sharply when trading began on sunday media and business leaders have pulled out of an investment conference in riyadh later in the month and the u.s. treasury secretary said to be reconsidering his attendance there only a day after he said he did plan to go the saudis deny plotting to kill khashoggi and say he left the consulate the u.s. president says the kingdom will face a court severe punishment if it is found responsible for a murder in a media interview he expressed doubt was still alive just looking back at what we know to this point and it was october second to the saudi consulate in istanbul to collect papers relating t

all right wolf announce thank you very much simeon joining us with all the latest from ankara just a quick recap of our breaking news story this hour now state media in saudi arabia confirming that jamal khashoggi is dead they say this happened as a result of fight in the consulate in istanbul they have also announced that eighteen saudi nationals have been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation and the deputy head of saudi intelligence ahmed is siri has been sacked along with the royal court advisor sowed tahnee well andrew simmons is live from outside the saudi consulate in istanbul and so we were speaking earlier andrew about there being a great deal of pressure on the saudis to come up with aunt says and here we have for the first time the version of events a public explanation of what took place. yes according to state t.v. in saudi arabia this is a preliminary announcement of results but it does fit with the new york times reports which get more than twenty four hours before this in which el al syrian who is the head of intelligence agency one of the branches of the inte

hours on the ground in turkey meeting with turkish president erdogan and the foreign minister in ankara. the turks have big question for secretary of state mike pompeo about the saudis. why haven't they provided any detailed public explanation as to where jamal khashoggi went after he entered the saudi consulate here in istanbul on october 2nd. in fact, the saudis have only said he walked out on his open, but the turks don't buy it. none mouse turkish sources leaking to the media over the last two weeks offered grisly accounts of how khashoggi was killed inside the consulate, but abc news hasn't seen anyrceso t "new york times" tt at least three members sau squaderrs of mohammed bin salman's security and one traveled with the crown prince. pompeo met with saudi king salman and the crown prince and offered few details. >> i don't want to talk aboutnist facts. they didn't want to either. >> reporter: pompeo said they promised a timely and thorough investigation. >> they promise that had they would achieve that and i'm counting on it. they gave me the word and i'll get to see if they deliv

some some topics however on the practical level we don't see much called liberation miriam how is ankara balancing its need to preserve some sort of functional relationship with riyadh in light of the near constant leaks that we've seen him it's an investigation about what might have happened to jamal khashoggi. me a little first state that turkey and saudi arabia arabia has a long standing relationship but since the coup that overthrew mohammed morsi in egypt in two thousand and thirteen the relations have been strained and finally when it came to syria saudi arabia has been supporting the y.p. g. fighters which turkey believes that they are an offshoot of the p.k. k. an opcode organization so if turkey was disappointed in its relations with saudi arabia and saudi arabia in turkey as well and this is a similar question she's disappearance happened maybe probably a mood there is on the table a chill turkish public also put a lot of pressure on turkish officials to shed a light on this case because it's a now known. turkish soil even though it's a saudi territory inside the consulate if f

to the rest of them online and we're going to break into the program let's take you live to ankara turkey president typer one speaking now to parliament part of his regular speeches he's speaking about the killing of jamal let's listen in. to what saudi citizen. was going to get married to a turkish national. he had attended the concert of his country in a stumble and never came out of the consulate. the incidence was. informed by his fiance to officials and it was soon realized that he had been killed in the concert and of course in the meantime. saudi officials. made such an announcement which gave us considerable concern. because they said that if he had left the consulate. of course these explanations were quite comical. a person like. this if he had left the consulate would he not pick up his fiancee who was waiting for him outside. these childish excuses to not be a responsible state and they did not befit responsible statesmanship. let me. in the meantime security intelligence is and its judicial officers carried out a meticulous investigation and a lot came to light. but at the sa

he was arrested two years ago on suspicion of having links to the cleric that on kara -- ankara blames for a failed coup attempt. his detention has caused tension between u.s. and turkey. >> andrew brunson left the courthouse a free man accompanied by turkish police, he headed straight for his home, where he has spent the last few months under house arrest, but this time he would not stay long. he was heading for the airport. a jubilant u.s. president promised the evangelical pastor would soon be home. his wife has waited two years for this day. turkish prosecutors accuse her husband of having links to kurdish militants and supporters of the cleric that turkey blames for the 2016 failed coup attempt. brunson's liar called -- lawyer called the trial a force. -- farce. >> today's ruling proves that. >> for years, brunson let a prosecutors's claimed some of its members belonged to the outstanding -- the outlawed kurdistan workers party. in august, the u.s. slapped sanctions on turkey, sending the lira into freefall. now, just a few months later, he is free. sarah: we have the latest from

need very much is the people that are involved to be interviewed by the investigators in probably in ankara and i don't think the saudis are going to want that to happen so we may actually come to a bit of a dead end with this with this inquiry but of course erdogan is going to keep this a law if the whole world is watching him today his parliament as we watch he's being what he is on the world stage so he's the big winner in all this as well that he's really made that clear as nice as we're going to keep on pressing until we reach a conclusion and find out the names of everybody involved as you just said he wants to interview he wants to put on trial these eighteen suspects i mean how many precious saudis to do that as. well i mean if you look at the longer term what's what's he likely to do is it likely to keep the pressure on to push to doing things that perhaps he would want them to do and then maybe at some stage in the future a little drop to the top to the side but if you want to do an investigation you have to find the body where the body are in may it may well have been transported

it is a regular tuesday event in ankara. there is a lot more attention because of his building of anticipation over what he will say. what we have seen over the last three weeks is an accumulation of damning evidence already. clarissa ward's exclusive reporting yesterday of the body double dressed up in jamal khashoggi's clothing and going around istanbul indicates a level of premeditation that shows just how far in advance this murder was planned. now, also in ankara today, is gina haspel, the cia director. they say she will be meeting with the head of m.i.t., the turkish intelligence agency and foreign minister. no indication if she will meet with president erdogan himself. obviously she is coming probably with a message from president trump who, as we have seen, has moderated his previously supportive messages about the saudis. he doesn't want to wait for a month-long investigation. i think with all of the information that's come out so far, he probably wants to hear something more conclusive at this point. >> ben, the tr

sanctions against saudi arabia for q four that see them go see it go live for us in ankara while let's look at what else to take the best occasion has revealed so far jamal entered the saudi consulate in istanbul on october second he was killed within seven minutes his body was dismembered in fifteen minutes investigators were finally allowed into the consulate almost two weeks after the show he went missing they were able to isolate exactly where the murder happened there were traces of blood found suggesting a violent death or the mutilation of his body to his sources say the hit squad contacted the private secretary of conference mom had been salman in saudi arabia four times during the window of time when the crime was committed this suggests the crown prince was getting updates we also know that the consul general was in the building during the time of the murder in a to gave this tour of the consulate in a bid to prove songe arabia had nothing to hide but then he left turkey last week this narrative leads us to believe the hit squad came to turkey with the intention to kill. the

andrew with the latest there for us let's go to ankara now or c.n.n. can say hello is joining is cinnamon did the turks have been in charge of this investigation and there's been very little official public statements but there's been a lot of leaks along the way so can you kind of draw the line between this information that is trickled out to now the saudis changing their story. world rachelle actually jews story is this case is a very delicate case and it's very sensitive it has an international impact it is not binding only for turkey or it is saudi arabia but europe united states and other arab countries as well but of course. turkey's prosecutor's office the hasn't delivered in a statement until today because the investigation was still underway and the binding i mean the key point of the investigation which is damascus shook his body was still unknown no one was able to find it so since they didn't have the body they weren't able to bring together some parts of the puzzle but of course i believe and many of the analysts in turkey believe that the

there'll be nothing that will drive a wedge between riyadh and ankara.s this an opportunity for ankara to redevelop with washington and what is the investment play here around this? >> turkey has been worked to patch up the relationship. we have seen it with the relationship with dr. branson. it is taking this opportunity to work through a better relationship with the u.s. as well. it is taking those proactive steps to improve relations. >> thank you. we are going to leave it there. we will keep an eye on what is happening and continue to focus on what has been going on in saudi. forum, thank you very much. joining us from blackrock. vonnie: first word news now with courtney donohoe. courtney: the secret service found potential explosive devices in mail sent to president obama and clinton. the devices were discovered a routine screening. evacuated-- cnn suspecting explosive devices in the mailroom. throne inbehind the saudi arabia calls the murder of jamaal kush og a heinous crime. he says the criminals responsible for the killing would be presented to t

what's been a busy couple of hours hasn't here in istanbul and also in ankara first of all we heard that the chief prosecutor from saudi arabia coming to the scene of the crime he hasn't been here of course he's been in istanbul for two days he met with his turkish counterpart on monday and then he spent ninety minutes inside the consulate itself he just left in the last twenty minutes or so he was there looking at where jamal khashoggi was killed in which rooms and obviously having seen the statements of eighteen people company being held in saudi arabia in connection with the killing he will be able to match up their statements with the the the layout of the building is he was doing that we were hearing from president the one who is speaking in ankara turkey meeting of his party something that happens every week and there he again repeated the fact that he believes that saudi arabia dragging their feet on the investigation because they're trying to protect someone senior in saudi arabia who ordered the killing of jamal khashoggi in the past he's pointed the finger specifically at the s

his detention had damaged the already fragile relationship between ankara in washington.resident trump has denied claims that his release was the result of a secret deal between the countries. this has nothing to do with anything, there was no deal made. at all. there was no deal. but we are very happy to have him, and have been in good shape. i hear he is in very good shape. i hear he is in very good shape. mr brunson left court having been convicted of spying and helping terrorist groups. charges both he and us officials strenuously denied. he was immediately released because of time served, and what was described as his good conduct. america has imposed sanctions against turkey because of what they claimed was the unfair treatment of the evangelical pastor. at heart the country's troubled economy and andrew brunson‘s country's troubled economy and andrew bru nson‘s supporters country's troubled economy and andrew brunson‘s supporters say he has truffle —— suffered too. andrew brunson‘s supporters say he has truffle -- suffered too. we believe he is an incident —— innoc

to get this out to pressurize saudi arabia but we haven't had ankara officially on camera make any of those allegations and i think that's also giving them some kind of wiggle room some room for maneuver in what is an incredibly sensitive political story who is it is doing the investigating here steph is it just turkish police or is it people from say the turkish home ministry because there are reports as well circulating around the region saying that twenty eight or twenty nine local hi it's. not to come to work day because the official reason was there was a big diplomatic gathering happening inside the building that is just a claim is just a report circulating or coming out of one particular arab outlet. yes it is something that we've been trying to confirm and we haven't so far that they told last minute that the turkish workers at the consulate were not supposed to come to work that day even the journalists here and there's many of them all waiting outside the consulate no one has been able to confirm that so it just goes to show the sort of the rumor mill the media mill the rumo

thank you for that update from ankara. the sri lankan president. says he's sacked as prime minister claiming he was involved in a plot to assassinate him one person died and two others wounded political crisis turned violent over the dismissal. were promising is refusing to leave his official residence. defended his decision in an address to the nation. mr ranil wickremasinghe he behaved very arrogant of me and stubbornly in the government mostly making decisions individually which led to a serious political crisis you want to be in i must state that the appointments dismissals and the appointment of a new government has been done with the advice of legal experts in accordance with the constitution and i totally reject the allegation that they were in violation of the constitution and not in accordance with the law. for the latest for us from colombo. in his statement to the nation present my three policy resave has basically provided reasons for his behavior his actions his decisions that basically has plunged this country into a lot of uncertaint

of reaction concessions some kind of talks behind the scenes to figure out a way forward between ankara and riyadh and of course also washington so what should we be watching out for next stephanie. well the turks have been very keen to go into the consulate to further their investigation to gather evidence of they've also requested access to the house of the consul general which is just a few hundred metres away from here now of course they need saudi permission to do that initially the saudis and said yes but now it seems of the last couple of days that they've been much more difficult about it so it hasn't happened as of yet interestingly also the turkish presidential spokesperson last night announce that they would be setting up a joint working group with the saudis to investigate the disappearance of the journalist this is at the request of the saudis i don't know if that's going to be we're going to see some kind of movement in that consulate sooner rather than later it is what everyone is waiting for but again i think if you look at the message coming out from ankara through thes

s are warning of severe consequences cynical sort of reports from the turkish at the capital ankara it's been more than a week and despite an ongoing investigation there is still most sign off. sounds like a hollywood thriller and down certain to surrounding heads is a growing concern to turkey's political figures do you have your body going to end in turkey is not a stage will route from of your message to bloody revenge if there was a crime and if the criminals are identified what is necessary should be done to punish the perpetrators. members of the ruling a part to say is if the rumors office killings are true it's the responsibility of every country to respond to such a human rights violation. so if he was to write a very critical column against saudi arabia it wouldn't have hurt the saudi image as much as this incident so it shows the impotence of a country to silence a journalist. opposition lawmakers are in agreement that if the allegations are true there must be consequences for saudi arabia if there is a murder and saudis are directly involved or also do you officials with dipl

secretary of state mike from peo has just landed in ankara having been in riyadh looking for from the saudi leadership about the case he's choosing meets turkey's president and foreign minute. later in the meantime the u.s. president donald trump is giving saudi arabia the benefit of the doubt saying that the kingdom is innocent until proven guilty let's go live to istanbul desirous child's strengths is with us. secretary of state might pump a i just arrived in ankara turkey should vest again has denied entry to the saudi consul residence charles reports also that the saudi consul has fled to keep warm water we know. but what we do know having spoken to somebody in the tea prosecutor's office this morning is it seems that members of the turkish team not all of them. came to the consul general is home last night at around seven pm and according to this source made phone calls to people they thought were inside the consulate general so there was no reply and the shortly after they left we spoke to port authorities yesterday who said that the consul general had indeed left the country ar

and that while the official line in ankara remains that he is missing, that turkey knows for sure thatkilled. that tallies with other media reports that turkish intelligence now has audio and video recordings to show that jamal now has audio and video recordings to show thatjamal khashoggi, this high profile saudi general is, was interrogated, tortured, and murdered inside the saudi consulate. despite all of that, today turkey welcomed in the saudi officials as part of a daddy— turkey investigation inquiry. why? that is because the turkish government is treading carefully so as not to block at the diplomatic relationship at this stage, while putting ever more pressure on the saudis by leaking ever more intimidating evidence to the media. they still deny everything, but it is becoming increasingly clear in that a horror story until that here in this leafy district of istanbul. live now to washington, and safa al ahmad, a journalist and film makerfrom saudi arabia. first of all, how damaging is this for saudi arabia? i think it can be very damaging. the potential of a significant act lik

>> thank you >>> president trump says he does not want to abandon saudi arabia as authorities in ankarand riyadh continue investigations into the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi trump reiterated his hope that the kingdom's leaders were not involved in the incident secretary of state mike pompeo has been to riyadh and ankara this week and will deliver a full report to the president the turkish lira pulled back against the u.s. dollar after hitting the highest level in more than two months the currency was strengthening since last friday on hopes of improving ties between washington and ankara after turkey ruled to release a u.s. paster who was at the center of a geopolitical dispute between the two countries. mike pompeo has signaled some sanctions on turkey may be eased. >>> coming up, don't miss our interview with the ceo of ericsson, borje ekholm stay with us ♪ call on me brother ♪ when you need a hand ♪ lean on me, when you're not strong ♪ ♪ and i'll be your friend ♪ ♪ i'll help you carry on ♪ ♪ lean on me ♪ mmm... ♪ lean on me... ♪ mmm... ♪ lean on me. >>> rising sales o

if this is tuesday, it must be riyadh are it is ankara, -- if it is wednesday, it must be ankara.it. it bears a careful conversation. my conversation of the day on these affairs, he is the former u.s. ambassador to israel. martin indyk joins us, his esteemed career at brookings, now at the council of foreign relations. wonderful to have you with us, with stephen stanley of amherst pierpont as well. you were the innocent abroad right now. , mr.ecretary of state pompeo, is he an innocent abroad gekko martin: -- is he an innocent abroad? be comparedend to to the cynicism on display during this case. we seem to be quite innocent. i think the president is behaving in that way as well, the secretary is in ankara. he is about to enter the turkish bazaar, where president erdogan has something to sell. that is, he has the goods on the murder and dismemberment of jamal khashoggi. he is looking for payment, from and the united states, and he is bringing out evidence to show. it comes down to this interesting dynamic between arabia.nd saudi not saudi arabia and turkey, but the other way. i do