plus, jamal khashaggi is feared killed. president trump promises severe punishment, but not if it hurts u.s. arms sales. >> my guests this morning, republican senator marco rubio of florida and former cia chief john brennan. joining me for insight and analysis, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, peter baker from "the new york times." carol lean and lanhee chen of stanford university. welcome the sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning. tip o'neill famously said "all politics is local." he was right then. boy, is he wrong now. in the age of trump, all politics is national. republicans, mostly in senate race, want to remind voters how much they love president trump. democrats mostly in suburb house races want to remind voters how much they dislike president trump. and mr. trump wants to remind everyone how much he wants to be at the center of it all, flooding the zone. we've never seen one party take over a chamber of congress while the opposing party gains seats in the other chamber.

president trump expressed concern about missing "washington post" contributor jamal khashaggi.turkey. we're learning new details about turkey's investigation. holly williams is outside the saudi consulate in istanbul where khashaggi was last seen. holly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. saudi arabian journalist jamal khashaggi entered the consulate to get a document he needed to marry his fiance. his friends say they haven't heard from him since. the turk irforeign minister said today they allowed turkish investigators inside the consulate building. khashaggi's supporters protested outside the saudi consulate today, demanding to know his whereabouts. this image is said to be taken from a cctv camera showing khashaggi entering the consulate on tuesday. turkish officials, speaking anonymously, have told journalists they believe khashaggi was murdered inside the saudi consulate but they've so far provided no evidence and saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. has called the claim absolutely false and baseless. in an interview with "the washington post," jamal khashag khasha