nic robertson, thank you. >>> u.s. officials believe an american pastor is on the verge of being released by turkey. andrew brunson has been jailed since 2016 for allegedly plotting a coup against recep tayyip erdogan. brunson is in court right now. let's go live to turkey and bring in ben wedeman. >> reporter: christine, the session of the trial is expected to begin shortly. it is the fourth so far. there are widespread expectations there will be some sort of deal worked out between turkey and the united states to allow for him, not necessarily to be pardoned or found innocent, but simply to leave the country. the deal would perhaps involve in exchange for his release, the united states lifting sanctions on turkey imposed just this summer. the united states imposed an asset freeze on turkey's interior and justice mistemiste. -- ministers. president trump raised exports on steel and aluminum and the united states halted plans to sell the f/35 jet to turkey as well. so what is expected a eed -- al these are expectations

nic robertson is live from istanbul. nic, you wrote a good piece for cnn.com. he talked to fox news last night. this is the bully that everyone elected to push around world leaders said it would not be a good thing at all. i think a stunning response to what appears to be the disappearance of "the washington post" journalist. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump has a strong relationship with saudi arabia with crown minutes salman. that is the person who runs the kingdom under his father king salman. that relationship is based in what donald trump talked about. billions of dollars of business or arms deal was saudi arabia. let's -- deals with saudi arabia. let's not forget the united states looked and we heard from former secretary of state rex tillerson. saudi arabia is the key u.s. ally in the region. the country, the united states, president trump, looks to help fix problems in the region. if you are looking to president trump waiting to see his response to the details as they emerge about jamal khashoggi's disappearance. knowing that tur

nic, where is this all headed? >> reporter: it doesn't seem to be headed to a particularly positive place. the confrontation with saudi arabia and turkey at a diplomatic level. the issue is on the groupnd her. for turkish officials, it doesn't add up what happened in the consulate to jamal khashoggi. it doesn't add up the timeline of the cooperation of the investigation with turkish investigators. the foreign minister saying they don't know where the body of jamal khashoggi is, a senior saudi source telling cnn his body was handed over tie collaborator. from -- over to a collaborator. from a senior source, they would like to know who that collaborator is because the trail to find khashoggi's body is running cold. the turkish authorities today or chief prosecutor is talking to and questioning 28 more people who work at the saudi consulate. that aim not just to get to the bottom of what happened and to discover khashoggi's body. his family and friends want his body back. president erdogan promising to speak out on tu

we have nic robertson with the latest from istanbul. nic, i'm confused. the fifth iteration from the saudis. >> reporter: it seems to be their way from where we are standing as well, christine. maybe we will get clarification coming up on this. the foreign minister in turkey and the president are speaking and monitoring the speeches. we have just been alerted to the fact it has been announced that the chief or rather general prosecutor from saudi arabia will come here to istanbul over the weekend and meet with his counterpart. that is coming out of one of the speeches from a senior turkish official. not clear at the moment of more details on it. we're up to the fifth iteration from saudi officials. they seem to be trying to get ahead of the next news line to drop. the drip of information coming from turkish officials. now they are saying this was premeditated. we heard them say that it is indicating it did not involve the crown prince. any standing order. this came from under the previous king. everything that we hear and every iteration does seem to be d

nic, you first. president trump promised severe punishment if khashoggi was murdered and the saudis were found responsible. the world is watching to see what happens. how much pressure is the world putting on the trump administration to respond? >> reporter: the turkish authorities are putting pressure on the trump administration with the drip drip of evidence. they say they have 15 men came from saudi arabia on the day that khashoggi was killed. the information last night that khashoggi may have in fact recorded his own death on his watch doesn't seem to hold water technically, but it is part of a narrative, a drip drip feed from the government that they have audio recordings, have shared them with western intelligence agencies, that they show the brutal torture killing of jamal khashoggi in the consulate. the key to all of it is for turkish forensic investigators to get into the consulate. right now, they're engaged with the negotiations if you will with saudi representatives to be given the access

nic, thank you. >> recep tayyip erdogan has the truth.t trump speaking out against the sauwe saudis changi story. saying in the interview with "the washington post." obviously there is deception and lies. the president defended saudi arabia as an ally. he clung to the issue that the crown prince did not order the an assassination. he praised the crown prince with good control of the country. >> the explanation of the saudis is less warm on capitol hill. it called for severe repercussions. >> i think the cover stories from the saudis is a mess. you don't bring a bone saw to a fist fight to a consulate in turkey. the saudis have said a bunch of crap which is not accurate or true. >> they lost all credibility as it relates to explaining what happened. i can understand the president wanting to keep open channels, but those of us who want to speak directly, knows it is not credible. >> if the crown prince loved his country, he would not put the country in this position. if he truly respected the relationship with the united states and saudi ar

we have nic robertson in istanbul with the latest.tal day indeed. president erdogan has shared information with trusted partners. verified information. a lot of people in turkey looking at the saudi consul-general's residence with new eyes this morning. why? this building here was a central part of the investigation of turkish authorities of the investigation of the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. this was the place that the so-called hit team that came from saudi arabia that killed him in the consulate and came here within a couple of hours of khashoggi's murder. that's led turkish investigators to believe there is key evidence in the building. they got in here a week ago, but we learned yesterday the saudi officials inside the building would not let turkish investigators go into the well in the basement of the building. despite saudi officials saying they are fully cooperating and helping turkish authorities here, that is not the case on the ground. speculation that investigators will finally get into the residence here and will b

cnn's john defterios is in abu dhabi and nic robertson is in istanbul. a lot of what we have learned so far has come from turkey. given the geopolitical factors here, turkey has incentive to pin this on saudi arabia and turn the u.s. against saudi arabia, is it too much that they will tell us what happened? >> reporter: i think certainly the diplomats who are involved with this and the intelligence agencies who long understood these kind of tensions, turkey's aims in the region and long have had their assessments of president erdogan, becoming more autocratic, taking power out of the government, and moving it essentially with him into the presidency, so all of that is the backdrop to this, that is known. and i think when we heard from president trump today, the possibility, the reality, it appears now, that turkish officials have got some kind of audio/visual evidence, that the president does seem to be inclined to believe that khashoggi may well be dead. this is listening to his language. this information has been shared with others. i think, when this

sam kiley and nic robertson. sam, starting with you. tell us more about the saudi explanation that khashoggi is dead due to a fist fight and actions that the government has taken. >> reporter: right. well, george, this was an announcement made on saudi state tv at about 1:00 in the morning local time. but it laid out a narrative that we had been led to believe was likely, which was that the crown prince, the chief executive effectively of this nation, was uninformed as to this operation, but that the saudis have admitted that saudi officials did kill the "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi inside the turkish consulate on october 2nd. as you say there, the official statement suggested that it was the result of a fist fight and that it was an accident. nonetheless 18 people have been detained here in saudi arabia. and at least another five very senior cenior officials, very c the royal court, among them the chief media adviser to the crown prince himself, they have been relieved of their positions. most of the others are very seni

nic robertson wrote a piece on cnn.com which we encourage you to read. we have nic with us live.at are the theories of jamal khashoggi's disappearance? >> reporter: the lead theory is when khashoggi walked in and taking on the security camera video as he walked in -- that he walked into a trap. a plan to abduct him. a theory among turkish officials was he was killed within the first couple hours of getting in the consulate. what they don't know is what happened next. they leaked video from cctv footage from the neighborhood and counsel general's house. they leaked footage of what they believe is a hit team coming from saudi arabia from the airport in the early hours of the day. they leaked footage of operatives there going through passport control. so the pressure is building for the turkish side to get answers from the saudis. the saudis seem to be pushing back. they agreed to let turkish officials go in for the investigation into the consulate building. saudis are now saying that's not going to happen. they are pushing back on this. that is raising the temperature with saudi ar

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nic robertson live in istanbul.itical analyst. good morning. and yet all of that evidence, all of this leaking from the authorities, an 11-minute audiotape, passport scans of the kill team, the supposed kill team, two private jets linked to the crown that bring this te team -- >> a team that included a forensic doctor who specializes in autopsy who's going to be part of an interrogation. >> all of this, and the response the president of the united states has to the a.p. is -- listen -- here we go again with, you know, you're guilty until proven innocent. i don't like that. we just went through this with justice kavanaugh, and he was innocent. all the way, as far as i'm concerned. guilty until proven innocent. this is, as the "washington post," your paper says in its headline, the president is choosing conciliation over confrontation. why? >> if you asked me yesterday, i would have said that president trump is untin tensionally undermining -- unintentionally undermining his government's authority place pressure on th

good morning, nic. >> reporter: good morning, dave.ies shared the information of khashoggi's evidence and khashoggi's murder with a number of intelligence allies around the world. one intelligence official who had seen the material and heard the material and briefed our source. found it very, very shocking and in the experience of the intelligence agency was something they hadn't come across. it took them time to make sure the turkish authorities were not trying to fool them. they are now convinced this is real and they do now believe the evidence of the turkish authorities are putting forward of khashoggi's murder is real. so very, very damning evidence. this saudi delegation that is arriving -- the saudi intelligence investigation is forming a working group and will in essence cut to the chase to allow the turkish authorities to get inside the consulate and give forensic teams access to the key rooms they want to get to inside the consulate. they have the information. they know and believe and understand where they think these events

nic, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave.would be getting into the consul-general's residence. investigators got in a week ago, but saudi officials would not allow them to get inside the well of the building there. why would they not be allowed there? no one is clear on that. speculation here among turkish journalists there that the investigators will get a second shot and will work out a deal with saudi officials to get inside the consul-general's residence. why is this important? this is the place the cars from the consulate came to shortly after jamal khashoggi was killed. the speculation is could his body be hidden in this and in that well? investigators did not find anything before. they are waiting to get back in. of course, the lack of cooperation from saudi arabia to allow turkish investigators back in flies in the face of the crown prince in saudi arabia said yesterday about full cooperation with turkish investigators. he seemed a moment of a la lackluster joke of the lebanese prime minister on stage that he wasn't t

nic robertson with the latest from istanbul this morning. thank you. >>> a senior adviser to the president tells cnn mr. trump's handling of the crisis with saudi arabia may be the most consequential decision of his presidency. the president once again defending the saudi regime, tweeting, they totally denied any knowledge. then he resorted to a familiar talking point, telling the associated press, here we go again with, you know, you're guilty until proven innocent. i don't like that. we just went through that with justice kavanaugh, and he was innocent all the way as far as i'm concerned. here's what he told "fox business" last night. >> it depends whether or not the king or the crown prince knew about it in my opinion. number one, what happened. but whether or not they knew about it. if they knew about it, that would be bad. if they didn't know it, things, bad things can happen. >> key republican leaders are demanding answers from the saudis, specifically about the role of crown prince mohammed bin salman or mbs. >> i've been their bigges

nic robertson, one question to you. with so many questions around the saudi explanation. is there a path out for that nation now or will things seem to get worse before they get better? >> reporter: i think, you know, for many people when you're an interest national businessman or the head of government, the head of state around the world, this has opened up huge questions for the rule by crown prince mohamed bin salman. if he is able to show that he wasn't involved in this, that if this was some kind of standing order to bring back dissidents to the country, that he actually didn't pass an order specifically saying that jamal khashoggi should be brought back to the country at all costs if it does -- if he is able to proof this narrative that this was a rendition of something that went wrong by rogue elements. this will put turkey in a way to prove otherwise, this will allow crown prince mohamed bin salman to a degree to carry on. you know, his image is tarnished for sure and it's going to be difficult to see how he personally can get beyond that. of course, the kingdom i

let's go to nic now in turkey.ic, interesting development that people are speaking out about khashoggi. how different was turkey's version of what happened to him to what we're hearing from saudi arabia as far as the whereabouts of the body? >> reporter: well, certainly in saudi allowing people to speak out about jamal khashoggi in those terms as a patriot is certainly a positive way for the leadership to bring the narrative back to saudi arabia, if you will. in essence get ahead of the story. you know, there are many people in saudi arabia who see crown prince bin salman as someone who has been a force for positive change in the country. of course, these events have cast an entirely different light on his leadership at the moment, but many people fervently believe that he has a capacity to do that and that recognizing jamal khashoggi as a patriot would certainly be a road open to the leadership in saudi arabia to, again, sort of regain the narrative, regain the confidence on this particular issue. in terms of jama

nic, what more is the turkish paper reporting about this audio file?is paper has had a steady drip, drip feed of information appearing to come from the government. they say it's trusted sources but this week, they have been the ones that have had a drip of information, a drip another day, about the details of this investigation. for example, they had the report a few days ago that it was 15 saudis and they named them, who had come in from saudi arabia especially for this operation against jamal khashoggi. what they are saying now is that jamal khashoggi was wearing an apple -- an apple watch that he synced it with his phone and left the phone outside the consulate with his fiancee. before he went in, he set his watch to record audio and it would have been linking the data back to his phone and this is recorded. his beating, his interrogation and his killing. now, turkish investigators are saying that his assay lanlts, the saudis, realized after some time that his watch was recording the audio, that they tried to get into his watch. they say, and this i

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for the latest developments let's bring in diplomatic -- international diplomatic editor nic robertsonhe's live in istanbul for us. >> reporter: yeah. mixed messages from riyadh for sure. not that article not just written by anyone, the general manager, that doesn't happen without somebody senior taking the box and saying, it's okay, we had a statement from saudi officials saying that they would double down on any action taken against them in a very clear shot across president trump's bow against considering action against saudi arabia. a warning for others in the region, perhaps for turkey as well. and then we had a tweet out of the saudi embassy in washington, d.c., seeming to roll back all that rhetoric. saying that, actually, saudi arabia was grateful for the united states for sort of pausing and waiting to see what would come out of the investigation. the investigation itself completely and utterly stalled. the king of saudi arabia had a phone call with president erdogan yesterday, but nothing different. they said they'd form a working group to allow turkish investigators to follo

and ni and nic robertson is also live with us.hat is the official response from the saudis this morning, sam? >> it is the same response that they have all the way through and that is that mr. khashoggi left the consulate istanbul safe and sound and as baffled about his disappearance as anybody else. the interior minister put out a statement yesterday through the state news agency saying the allegations to the country or any allegations to the country were baseless lies and part of a disinformation campaign and that is something that is being echoed here in the local media. this all comes at a very difficult time for saudi arabia. we are about a week and a day away from the future investment initiative. a massive conference that was supposed to be a gathering in the desert and bringing in people and intellectuals and ceos from around the world and ministers from all around the world and those are rapidly cancelling and even the secretary of state mike pompeo is saying that the americans are still not fully committed to whether or

nic, thanks so much. sam, what is the reaction to all of this in saudi arabia right now? >> well, the saudis, for some time, have flatly denied any responsibility for what they would say is the alleged disappearance of mr. khashoggi. that is obviously being contradicted by the reporting that nic is saying, that the turks are claiming. but they have gone fairly quiet, the saudis, as they have sent a team in to do a joint liaison with the turks over this. the uae, which is the neighboring nation to saudi arabia, very much in lockstep with them diplomatically, their foreign minister has come out with a very robust statement suggesting this is nothing short of a smear against saudi arabia and the future strength of saudi arabia that will define the future of the region and really going to bat for the saudis, while the saudis figure out how to react to something that whatever the truth of what went on inside that consulate, is already having very profound diplomatic and potentially economic effects. and from the western perspective, of course, they have to go slightly softly,

i want to bring in international diplomatic editor nic robertson.s there in istanbul at the consulate where khashoggi was last seen. >> reporter: yeah, it would seem impossible that that op-ed would appear without sanction at the top level. no one would have the courage to do that unless they knew it would be smiled upon if you will. if there was any sanctions against saudi arabia saudi arabia would fight back and be doubly strong. then came what seemed to be a roll back from the saudi embassy in d.c. saying what we mean by that news release is that we're very thankful and grateful for our friends around the world including the united states for not rushing to judgment while we wait to see how the investigation pans out. the investigation however is not panning out at the moment. the saudis are not speaking about it other than denying that khashoggi was murdered inside the consulate. we are hearing that there was a phone call between the saudi king, king salman and president erdogan here in turkey. they will agree to form a working group. well, last

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cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson joining us from istanbul, outside the saudi consulate khashoggi's death investigation is unfolding. how much activity are you seeing in the consulate in terms of saudi investigators or even turkish investigators coming in and out, removing evidence, trying to piece together this story? >> reporter: fredricka, the different thing outside here today, seeing what appears to be a saudi consulate guard pacing up and down outside. haven't seen that level of activity and confidence dare i say from the saudis here, they have been sort of standing by the doorway, so that's different. yesterday, a number of workers from the consulate were being interviewed at the prosecutor's office here in istanbul, but word from president erdogan and spokesman from his party speaking for him tells you in diplomatic language that what saudi is offering up so far doesn't go far enough. they're saying we're going to continue to shed light on this issue, let no one be in any doubt we're going to continue with the investigation. we may not see things going on here no

nic robertson, cnn, istanbul, turkey. >> now, as nic just told us, turkey's foreign minister wants the saudis to allow turkish investigators into that consulate in istanbul. here's what he said. >> translator: particularly, saudi arabia must cooperate for allowing access to our chief prosecutor's office and experts to enter the saudi consulate. where did he disappear? there in the consulate. therefore, for the sake of this investigation, in order to bring everything into the open, they must allow access to the consulate. we haven't seen any collaboration yet. we want to see that. our chief prosecutor and our technical experts must enter the consulate, and saudi arabia needs to cooperate with us on this matter. >> okay. so how does saudi arabia now respond to all of this? the saudi interior minister says the accusations in the media are false, and he condemns them. sam kiley is in riyadh. >> reporter: the turkish foreign minister's allegation that saudi arabia is not allowing turkish investigators access to the consulate have so far been met by silence from saudi officials. they've been

want to go to diplomatic editor nic robertson now, live from outside the consulate in turkey. >> nic, what are you learning about the apple watch reporting, the theory that he recorded it and it went to his phone or went to the cloud. what do experts say about the plausability of this reporting? >> reporter: i think this is sort of one of the key questions people are asking. this is a pro-government newspaper through the week that had a drip feed from what they say of reliable sources, drip feed from the government, putting out names of the 15 saudis that are the ones that flew in, came to the consulate and allege dly murdered khashoggi. one of the key things we know the government says it has and shared with intelligence agencies is a recording of what happened inside the consulate they say definitively shows a brutal murder of jamal khashoggi. this report now that all of this could have been recorded by his watch and gone to the cloud on his phone which the fiance was holding outside, safe to say some of the points don't hold up. one of the things it says, in r interrogators tried t

nic robertson is with us.e's been putting this timeline together, putting all the details for us together. watch his reporting. >> four fateful steps and he's dawn. the last moments jamal khashoggi was seen alive in public, entering the saudi consulate in istanbul, october 2nd. that was 1:14 on tuesday. what happened over the next hour and three quarters remains at the center of this mystery. core to the investigation. a little after 3:00 p.m., several consulate vehicles were seen leaving the consulate. the question now, was khashoggi in one of those vehicles? and if so, was he alive? the vehicles pull away. just after 3:00 in the afternoon. arriving minutes later at the consulate general's house nearby. the dark windowed van disappears from view into the compound. these tantalizing cctv recordings leaked to turkish media have turkish investigators scratching their heads. how could khashoggi just disappear? their investigations are being hampered. saudi officials had promised access to the consulate, hidden be

. >> let's speak to nic robertson. it is your reporting about these intercepts. to khashoggi's disappearance, i'm curious, is there any idea these were shared with the white house and/or the state department prior, or are they just learning about them now? >> i think they're just learning about them now. and it is important to note that at the time -- and it is unclear when these intercepts were from. we believe it was from some time in the last month or two because jamal khashoggi has been increasingly vocal in his criticism of the government and particularly the crown prince. we think a lot of times, as you know from covering intelligence, jim, sometimes you hear an intercept. you don't really know what it means and then an event will happen and it paints a fuller picture. so i certainly don't think whether jamal khashoggi was a u.s. citizen or not that if the u.s. had that information that they would have warned him. of course, he did know that the saudis were very concerned about his criticism. they had reached out to him over the last year or so. but it's re

let's go to nic robertson outside the consulate this morning. nic, you have been reporting on this from the beginning. u.s. intelligence seems to be getting much, much closer to having a conclusion here. >> yeah, and so do some of the other western intelligence agencies we understand from our source, turkish officials have shared this evidence with. the evidence we're told by the source who was briefed by one of those western intelligence officials who has seen, heard this material, said that it was a brutal type of attack on khashoggi. it was very violent. and it ended with his death. indeed, the source says the intelligence agent was shocked, shocked by what -- by this evidence that was presented by the turkish officials. in a way that, you know, surprised even him, this intelligence agent, because in their job, their line of work, they're exposed to a lot of violence. and this just seemed to be at an exceptional level. so this is now the main thrust, it seems, of how turkey is trying to win support from its allies, from the united states, fro

and with me in the studio is our very own nic connelly you are very well versed in all things ukraine so we're very happy to have you here with us. this scribe to us put into context for us how significant is it that the e.u. picked him specifically and tell us little bit more about sets off well this is a very difficult time for him because as you mentioned he's just ended his long hunger strike unsuccessfully for him he didn't achieve what he wanted he wanted freedom more than if himself before the ukrainian prisons in russia he's a filmmaker who is native to crimea when rush took over he was very vocal in his opposition to that and within a few months he was as you said charged and also convicted of terrorist offenses amongst other things and sentenced twenty years in jail is now north of the arctic circle north of the arctic circle all right. a lawmaker. he explained a little earlier on why the use legislative body awarded oh i get it sounds awful with the procedure sacrifice he spoke today about your news earlier and then we're going to continue our conversation i think the first

nic, let's start with you what are you learning about the investigation in turkey? >> we're just hearing not the information minister, trying to ramp up support for turkey. he has said the saudis are not cooperating, to help them push through their investigation, which in essence is getting inside the konts laconsulate be to be able to do the forensic tests in the area they believe khashoggi was murdered. if saudi arabia is going to say something publicly about this, that doesn't allow for the possibility that jamal khashoggi was killed inside the consulate, then that isn't going to be enough to placate in any way turkish sentiments here whatsoever. and the key at the moment is getting the access for the turkish investigative team, the forensic team, to get inside the consulate and do their work. and right now the words from the foreign minister seem to indicate an impasse. we've seen a tweet as well from president erdogan, directed at president trump, talking about the release of the pastor, saying this is showing the judiciary here in turkey operates properly, wit

. >>> our international diplomatic editor nic robertson has been following the story live in istanbul. thank you for being with us. the turkish president in a position to apply a great deal of pressure on saudi arabia and the overall investigation. the question now is there a sense that pressure might get him what he wants? >> reporter: it doesn't seem to be. you know, the saudi minister of foreign affairs said this was murder. but what we have heard from saudi officials is a shifting narrative, but one that comes back to that point that it was the murder of jamal khashoggi committed by rogue elements and the foreign minister this weekend said very clearly that these are saudi nationals, these 18 people in detention, they were detained in saudi arabia and the saudi justice system is quite capable of trying them. the saudi justice minister last weekend said this was saudi arabia's responsibility, the crown prince mohamed bin salman said the same thing. we're seeing, you know, a deep division between turkey and saudi arabia on the issue of jurisdiction. we're expecting today the chief p

sarah, we heard nic talk about the skepticism. president trump, though, signaling that he believes what the saudis are saying. >> reporter: that's right. president trump was quick to accept that explanation from the saudis about what happened to jamal khashoggi even though both republicans and democrats are expressing the deep skepticism that saudis are telling the truth here. saudi leaders are saying they knew nothing about khashoggi's fate, and he similarly elevated the saudi party line last night when he said that these arrests represent an important first step for saudi arabia and said that their latest explanation sounds credible to him. take a listen. >> i do, i do. i mean, it's, again, it's early. we haven't finished our review or nefrinvestigation. buff i think it's a very important first step and happened sooner than people thought it would happen. >> reporter: that was the president speaking yesterday in arizona. and the president's acceptance of the saudis' latest statement has been raising eyebrows because it comes aft

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nic, this is just an extraordinary story.sinations on foreign soil a lot, oftentimes it has to do with the russians. the fact the saudis may have gone into a diplomatic space, which is technically their territory, and carried out a killing is just extraordinary, is it not? >> it is. they're pushing back for that reason, very strongly. the turkish officials who are speaking publicly about this are hinting that they may be able to bring forward some evidence that would substantiate their claims. but at the moment, the burden does seem to be on the turkish authorities' side, to prove this nefarious activity they're talking about happened. but it's still a mystery. the saudis, from their point of view, many in saudi arabia feel this is a political play by president erdogan in turkey and therefore the burden of proof, you know, lies with turkey here. but of course, there are many people looking at this and saying, well, he may have stepped over a line here. even his own diplomats weren't expecting him to do it. the turkish authori

john kirby, you heard nic robertson report from istanbul, turkey moments ago that khashoggi's watch,en he walked into the consulate, the saudi consulate in istanbul, that his i watch was transmitting recordings from inside the consulate. that's damning evidence if they have that. >> that is damning evidence. i don't know about the technology, how easy it is to get into that thing to record, but it is really important if there's such evidence that they bring it forward, they make it a part of the investigation at the appropriate time, that they be as completely transparent about the evidence as possible. >> why has the u.s., the trump administration at least so far, rebecca, been reluctant to issue a very firm declaration, a very farm statement? >> well, of course, we don't have all of the information yet, wolf, but you also can see this very sort of transparent cost benefit analysis playing out with the trump administration and with president trump. on the one hand they recognize or seem to recognize that this is potentially egregious, that this is the sort of thing that the united s

. >> cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson joining me now from istanbul, where khashoggi disappeared, and what is being said now? >> reporter: fred, getting to the bottom of it, as the president said, is in the turkish, in the minds of turkish officials here reliant on completing an investigation. and a key part of that investigation is getting inside the consulate, because they believe that they've got, and they have shared with intelligence agencies, their allies around the world, evidence, audio/visual evidence from inside the consulate that they say clearly demonstrates that khashoggi was brutally assaulted. that he was tortured. and that he was killed. so central to getting to the bottom of it, for turkish authorities is getting inside the consulate. and right now, we know they are talking with saudi officials to try to achieve that. the saudis said they were very grateful that the turkish authorities were going to work with them on this issue. but we have literally in the past couple of hours heard from the turkish foreign minister who is in the u.k. and probably tr

rick -- nic robertson live in istanbul with the latest. >> reporter: eerdogan said the chief prosecutor to come to istanbul on sunday and meet with his counterparts and perhaps that will tidy up some of the discrepancies, and the continuing narrative of what they say happened. we also heard eerdogan put himself out in front of this today saying it's up to saudi arabia now the say where the body is, who the collaborator was to helped the saudi hit team in murdering and then disposing of the body, who that collaborator is. also very importantly who ordered this 15-man team to come to saudi arabia, to come to turkey for the hit. what we heard from officials so far is it doesn't include the crown prince, and eerdogan is saying don't think we don't have other documents. tomorrow is another day, seeming to imply if the saudis don't get their story straight he will make this evidence available, and it's a drip, drip, drip of information from turkish officials and the turkish president issuing essentially the threat to the saudis. >> nic, thank you for staying on top of the story for us. >>> pr

that's expected to get worse as displaced people slowly return to their homes archaea of correspondent nic has been to meet the people behind the dangerous and painstaking efforts to clear those mines. it may look calm now but just a few years ago these fields so intense fighting between ukrainian government troops and russian backed separatists. over and over again the front lines shifted each time the retreating troops left mines and booby traps behind them. it's now up to civilians to pick up the pieces halo trust is an international ngo and the world's largest humanitarian mine clearance organization the challenge it faces in ukraine are unlike any other conflict own. just what makes you queen different is that we have a real problem with trip wire traps and our organisation hasn't come across anything like them in other countries our experts have had to come up with new ways of dealing with them. it's back breaking work. a grenade and a trip wire that's all it takes a few summers after the traps were laid the weeds have grown tall making them almost impossible to spot clearing these t

connected you very much for that nic romagna ok rescue coordinates nation operators there with the. mediterranean. now some other stories making headlines around the world today britain's defense minister has said russia is behind a series of indiscriminate and reckless cyber attacks around the globe kevin williamson called the alleged attacks the actions of a pariah state british and australian officials have now for the first time blamed the russian military intelligence agency known as g.r.u. for the incidents. the white house has received an f.b.i. report on the sexual misconduct allegations against brett kavanaugh ordered by president trump last week the report will soon be sent on to u.s. senators they're examining claims made by two women against the supreme court nominee a senate vote on kavanagh's nomination is expected after the review. and u.s. authorities have arrested a navy veteran suspected of mailing suspicious envelopes to the white house and the pentagon. is now investigating why william clyde allen the third allegedly sent cast or seeds in the mail they're dangero

s are ukraine correspondent is that nicholas that connally welcome nic why is oleg sense of case attracting so much attention. good evening phil well he has been in jail now for four years remember this is man's a filmmaker who was very vocal participant in the protests here in kiev in late twenty thirteen and then when russia moved to an ex his home region of crimea he was also very vocal in his opposition to that takeover and within about two months of russia taking of crimea he had been arrested and was then charged and later found guilty of preparing terrorist attacks as the russian authorities say against russian targets of crimea and also being a member of a band ukrainian nationalist organization. this is a case that isn't going away anytime soon this is a case that's still very present in the national magination here in ukraine their constant campaigns events and all the publicity around this and being a filmmaker this is a case that is attracts a lot of attention from creatures around the world now he's given up his hunger strike does not mean he's given up on his demands from russ

, because ultimately, john, as you point out, this is an issue of moral credibility for the u.s. >> nic, what reporting do you have about how turkish officials are feeling, that's despite presenting all the evidence they say they have, and president trump still appears to be on the side of saudi arabia or giving them the benefit of the doubt over turkish officials? >> there was concern with the official i spoke with last night and they were not sure how the meeting with secretary of state pompeo would go, and the lines in particularly was that the country was committed to a transparent and speedy ve investigation, but what they say and this is what they have been telling me now for over a week is that if they don't see the transparency coming from saudi officials, essentially they will leak this sort of information we are seeing leaked out. cnn told me last night by a senior turkish official that khashoggi's body was dismembered shortly after he walked into the consulate, and passports have been part of the hit squad on the day of khashoggi disappeared. turkish officials hope they can c

nic robertson joins us from istanbul. first of all, the increasing information pointing to the saudis in line with the president's increasing defense of the saudis. >> yes. and i think the way that that is being felt here in turkey is that perhaps president trump is a little out of step. i'm not sure if that was communicated to secretary of state mike pompeo when he met with the turkish president and foreign minister here earlier on today. they were concerned about the way the united states might respond to whatever secretary of state mike pompeo heard in turk turkey. what he did hear was that statement from saudi officials saying from crown prince that they were committed to a transparent investigation. secretary of state mike pompeo say tg wing it was important to them time and that they worked to allow this thorough transparent investigation. as you say, in the past 15 minutes here, the saudi consul general's house has been investigated. their experience going in to the consulate was one that revealed to them at least

nic robertson is joining us as well. our international diplomatic editor. because she's such a face for the united states on the world stage, are you hearing reaction from around the world? >> no, but i think it will be perhaps a little while before we do because governments and diplomatic channels will want to take a measured response and see who nikki haley's replacement is going to be. but if you look at the example of britain, nikki haley's relationship with theresa may, the british prime minister, earlier this year, nikki haley was a welcome ally and a welcome voice for theresa may at the white house because she wanted to see a stronger push on russia. she wanted to see sanctions from the united states on russia for what russian operatives were doing, poisoning citizens living in britain. so you know, the skripal poisoning, for example. nikki haley played a key role there, and that was important to the uk. somebody that could be relied upon to have a similar view to british officials. she was outspoken, if we look back in august on the deteriorating hu

nic robertson explains how khashoggi rose to prominence in the sawed kingdom and then fell from favororter: jamal khashoggi, a leading saudi journalist, and former government adviser, came from humble roots. getting his first boost studying journalism at indiana state university. benefitting like many of his generation from a saudi government grant for u.s. education. returning home, he reported for sau saudi and regional newspapers. his first break came in the late '80s, an overseas assignment to a warzone, afghanistan. at the time saudi intelligence services were working with the cia to oust the soviets. a source close to khashoggi says he got to know many of the young saudi jihadists flocking to the fight including osama bin laden. he had connections and caught the attention of the then saudi intelligence chief. the pair became close despite khashoggi's sometimes critical reporti reporting. following the 9/11 attacks, khashoggi dared to ask the question few others would. why did 15 of our young men attack america in so brutal a way. in 2002, the saudi authorities battled code on th

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