skilled all without knowledge of the ground in an there will be that focus on the crown prince mohammed bin salman of the officials that has been sacked was a very, very close adviser of crown prince mohammed bin salman. we will come back to you if there is any more development out of the united states. we're joined from new york byjoel simon of the council for the protection of journalists. thank you for being with us. i would like to kind of reiterate again because we talk about the geopolitical effects and they are significant, at the heart of these, isa man significant, at the heart of these, is a man who has lost his life and thoughts are with those who knew him and his family. that is exactly right. what has resonated across the world is the human dimension of this crime. this was an individual who was well—known to journalists and people who follow saudi arabia. the manner in which he was killed is so brutal. to hear the saudis now claim, first, after lying and saying he was alive and the now claimed that he was killed in a fight is simply not credible. it is a really evidence of a cover—up

"the new york times" reports four of the saudi men are linked to crown prince mohammed bin salman's security detail. one of the men, maher abdulaziz mutreb, has traveled frequently with the crown prince, including on his recent trip to the united states. according to "the washington post," several other of the saudi suspects have ties to the saudi security services. amy: the reporting directly contradicts president trump's claim that "rogue elements" might be to blame for "the washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi's disappearance. on tuesday, trump refused to criticize saudi arabia over khashoggi's disappearance and probable murder. he told 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." trump's comment came as secretary of state mike pompeo travel to saudi arabia tuesday to meet with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. he said the saudi leadership strongly denies any knowledge of what took place in their consul

adele ajuber added crown prince mohammed bin salman was not aware beforehand. he called the eldest son to express condolences. >>> our nick robinson joins us now from istanbul with more on all of this. nick, how likely is it that jamal khashoggi's body will ever be located? >> reporter: well, what we are hearing, the latest if you like, from the foreign minister in saudi arabia, is that they don't know where his body is. and as they have the men that turkish investigators would most like to question, the 15 minute turkish investigators say were the hit squad that came from saudi arabia the day jamal khashoggi disappeared, it would seem the preponderance of information should still be with those people in riyadh back in saudi arabia. but it's not clear if those are among those 15 people or among the 18 that the saudis have detained. but the trail here on the ground does seem to be running somewhat cold now. >>> the trail for jamal khashoggi's body is going cold. video released the turkish media over the weekend reveal the hours before his death. this is saudi's

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in part because of a visit from saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman.er obtained by the "washington post" that is. the general manager wrote bin salman didn't say there himself but due to our close industry relationships we were able to accommodate many of the accompanying travelers. of course, the public doesn't know the full extent of trump's business ties to the kingdom because he has not released his tax returns or other financial information. >> it would certainly be very easy for foreign officials to drop a whole lot of money without us knowing about it unless or until we see the business records and conceivably tax returns as well. >> reporter: we do know from his 2016 financial disclosure trump had 144 registered companies with dealings in more than two dozen countries. 8 of them were saudi related companies. all of those companies have since been dissolved. >> the terrible situation -- >> reporter: as the cries for the president to take action grow louder americans are left to wonder what is driving trump's decisions? >> now of course the large

during the photo op, crown prince mohammed bin salman stressing the strong ties between the two countries. >> uneventful. >> i hope you didn't have jet lag. >> so far so good. >> thank you for hosting me. >> you are -- so we face our

by the crown prince mohammed bin salman. these reports certainly go along with the reports in turkish media over the last couple of weeks. they firmly have believed he died in the consulate. that appears to have been backed up today. absolutely. and, you know, the saudi side of the story in the last few weeks, especially right after the disappearance, was insistently confirming that jamal khashoggi entered the consulate and left the consulate after he finished paperwork. now today this story is completely different. it remains to be seen really whether there are recordings or videos of what happened inside the consulate, as the turkish side has been saying over the last two weeks, that they have evidence and proof of what happened inside and they have the backing of this story. but now that the saudis admit that it seems there is a backing

have close ties to the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. republican senators, meanwhile, are lining up to hold saudi arabia accountable with lindsey graham threatening to, quote, sanction the hell out of the kingdom, and marco rubio telling cnn that the united states will lose its credibility on human rights if it fails to act. republican senator ben sasse says the saudis have a lot they need to explain. sasse is a frequent critic of president trump and he's just published a new book "them -- why we hate each other and how to heal." in it senator sasse wrestles with the anger kicked up by america's deeply divided political scene. he's joining me now from washington. senator, welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. >> your book comes at a very opportune time because this tribalism is sucking up all the oxygen, and it also comes at a time when some of that tribalism seems to be spilling out into this current case. i want to know first and

cnn this could not have happened without the knowledge or the direction of mbs, the crown prince mohammed bin salman. by calling this explanation credible, the president defies or reject the u.s. assessment again. why? >> i don't think he's going to get a lot of support on saying it was potentially a credible explanation. i think that's why he followed up with the notion that it is early in the u.s. investigation.

as the right—hand man to crown prince mohammed bin salman, and the deputy intelligence chief of intelligencepresident trump has been speaking in the last few minutes. this is some of what he had to say: full 100 and $50 billion, there has ever been anything like it, the last thing i want to do is say we are not going to supply you with that. —— 450 going to supply you with that. —— a50 billion. going to supply you with that. —— 450 billion. if going to supply you with that. —— a50 billion. if you are the whole thing up, with the military lives 600,000 jobs, now you are talking about as $110 billion, you are talking about over a million jobs. about as $110 billion, you are talking about over a millionjobs. i would rather keep the millionjobs, andi would rather keep the millionjobs, and i would ratherfind would rather keep the millionjobs, and i would rather find another solution. but this was a good first up solution. but this was a good first up today, right? lindsey graham said he is very sceptical of the saudi narrative. do you share that scepticism and do you intend to

and how will this affect crown prince mohammed bin salman?n wondering. based on initial statements, there does not seem any probability at all that the fault will be placed on him. that was kevin sullivan speaking to us that was kevin sullivan speaking to us earlierfrom that was kevin sullivan speaking to us earlier from riyadh. that is —— with bring you up—to—date, which is saudi arabia saying jamal khashoggi died in the consulate in istanbul after a fight broke out. riyadh also says that 18 saudis have been arrested and that they had sacked two senior officials, and that crown prince mohammed bin salman is to head a ministerial committee into restructuring the intelligence agency. we will stick with this over the next few hours, and a little later in the programme we will have some more analysis from the united states. at least 60 people have been killed after a train smashed into a crowd celebrating the religious festival of dusshera in northern india. hundreds of people had spilt on to the tracks near the town of amritsar. this report by

is the crown prince, mohammed bin salman.nce being sidelined or is that he essentially what he is going to be a keyjob, is it more power being put in his hands? how do you think now the international reaction, obviously it is way too soon, we had lindsey graham reacting, but these details are literally coming out the last hour, iimagine literally coming out the last hour, i imagine embassies and countries and government around the world will be drafting statements, their reaction, but we have a case where we have turkey insisting, through its media over the past two weeks, that this death happened here and that this death happened here and that has been the assumption and now we have it confirmed from the saudi side, it is very difficult to see how allies of saudi arabia can in any way justify what has happened. how allies of saudi arabia can in any wayjustify what has happenedlj think any wayjustify what has happened.” think as we were hearing there from istanbul, what will be key is our these alleged tapes going to come out

he told journalists he'd spoken to the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, but expressed his doubtsbout riyadh‘s version of events. saudi arabia claims mr khashoggi was killed in a fight. president trump's comments came as turkey promised it will, tomorrow, reveal everything about the death of mr khashoggi, who was murdered in istanbul at the beginning of the month. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins has the latest. these are the latest pictures to emerge of jamal khashoggi, emerge ofjamal khashoggi, arriving at his flat in istanbul with his fiancee shortly before the visit to the saudi consulate where he was murdered. now look at this picture, turkish investigators believe this is one of the saudi hit squad, chosen as body double, wearing very similar clothes. later the double was apparently seen safe on the streets of istanbul after the murder. could this be part of a huge saudi cover—up? significantly, president trump is now suggesting he doesn't buy changing saudi stories. after speaking again to the crown prince and also hearing from his own american investigators. in s

saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman at a business forum in the saudi arabian capital.he murder of khashoggi, he said that the incident was a painful one for his country and he vowed to punish the culprits. it's this been three weeks since the journalist disappeared after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul. after saying they were not involved, the saudis are admitted mr khashoggi was killed inside the building but blamed it on rogue agents operating without the knowledge of the country ‘s leadership. for one exiled dissidents, he says many inside the country do not believe that. people feel betrayed. even the minority who used to trust this government or trust mohammed bin salman, there are many people on twitter who can see that there is a lot that has changed after this incident and especially when the saudi government said yes, we did it, that was the tipping point for many people. the us president donald trump has called the whole affair a fiasco and said the whole affair a fiasco and said the cover—up was terrible. he also reiterated the saudi arabian positio

some have talked about the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, and the clown prince jared kushner, why they're so close. although, it should not be confused with the u.s. not supporting saudi arabia. you had saudi arabia -- you had president obama visiting saudi arabia something like four times. president trump's first foreign visit was to saudi arabia where he did the famous sword dance, etc. >> well, the history of this relationship goes back after the second world war and the discovery of oil in saudi arabia. the united states did not have any interest in arabia at the time, as it was called, until by ans discovered american company. and it is the oil company that brought the u.s. government into saudi arabia, rather than the other way around. so we have the oil, we have the money that needed to be protected after the signing of a contract for further exploration of the possibility of oil on the soil of arabia. some the united states government was brought into protect the interest of the corporation. the oil company that discovered the oil and started pumping it. and the united sta

the accusation is that he was killed on the order of crown prince mohamed bin salman.o ruler of saudi arabia. he has tried to reassure the americans and other allies, but it is looking thin. this appalling killing in istanbul seems to be all the evidence points to it being ordered and carried out by people close to mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia. i don't think he would have done this if he had not thought he had licence from the us administration to frankly behave as he wished to do so. the allegations facing prince mohammed bin salman are based on circumstantial evidence and leaks from turkish security, but there is also hard evidence that he is reckless. for three years, he's been fighting a war in yemen, disastrous for civilians and the international standing of saudi arabia. his blockade of qatar, saudi arabia's tiny neighbour, was ill thought out and ineffective and while he gave saudi women more rights, he has locked up women who have campaigned for the right to drive. the prince has shown himself to be a young man in a hurry, intolerant of

the accusation is that he was killed on the order of crown prince mohamed bin salman.e facto ruler of saudi arabia. he has tried to reassure the americans and other allies, but it is looking thin. this appalling killing in istanbul seems to be all the evidence points to it being ordered and carried out by people close to mohammed bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia. i don't think he would have done this if he had not thought he had licence from the us administration to frankly behave as he wished to do so. the allegations facing prince mohammed bin salman are based on circumstantial evidence and leaks from turkish security, but there is also hard evidence that he is reckless. for three years, he's been fighting a war in yemen, disastrous for civilians and the international standing of saudi arabia. his blockade of qatar, saudi arabia's tiny neighbour, was ill thought out and ineffective and while he gave saudi women more rights, he has locked up women who have campaigned for the right to drive. the prince has shown himself to be a young man in a hurry, intoler

hackers posted a doctored image of khashoggi wearing an orange jumpsuit, with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman standing behind him holding a bloody sword. bin salman has the letters isis written on his clothing. this month, the heads of the world bank and imf joined a boycott of the conference after top executives from jpmorgan chase, uber, ford, blackstone group, siemens, "the new york times," and every other major western news media organization pulled out. the trump administration had said mnuchin, the treasury secretary, would also pull out of the conference, though he would end up showowg up in riyadh. we'll have more on the death of jamal khashoggi afteter headlins with journalist rula jebreal, whose new cover story for newsweek is headlined "jamal khashoggi secret interview: the saudi journalist's views of islam, america and the 'reformist' prince implicated in his murder." we will speak with rula jebreal in rome, italy. in yemen, health officials are warning of possible new outbreaks of contagious illness like cholera and m maria due t o stagnant waters left behind after tropical storm

someone close to the inner circle of mohammed bin salman, the crown prince. that's really the crucial point here, anderson. the person who ordered this operation is close to the inner circle of the crown prince. therefore, it becomes much more difficult to believe that this kind of an operation, which is bold and brazen even by saudi arabian standards, could be carried out without at least a sort of tacit nod of approval from the top. now, we're also hearing from these sources that the operation went wrong. one source saying that apparently, the operatives tried to tranquilize mr. khashoggi. they gave him an injection with a tranquilizer. the presumption being there was some kind of a reaction or it went wrong. mr. khashoggi died. they then made the determination the best course of action was to carve his body into pieces, though we do not yet know what happened to those pieces. and we're also hearing from our sources that the leader of the operation then made the determination that the best course of action was to try to cover it up. we heard that substantia

more than it hurts them. >> reporter: the president says he would like to speak to crown prince mohammed bin salmanman republican senator lindsey graham said was "toxic" and a "wcking ball." congress will be involved in crafting a response to the khashoggi killing, with senior republicans suggesting the expulsion of saudi diplomats, targeted sanctions, or cur tailing any future arms sales. >> the democrats want to throw open your borders to deadly drugs andtehis the president has been out west holding rallies in summit of republican candidates fighting close midterm races. >> let's take back the senate, and we will change the world as we know it! >> reporter: also in nevada today is former vice president joe biden, supporting democratic candidates and fueling speculation of a potential 2020 presidential run. >> it's a conscious effort to divide the country. but we can't thereto work again. >> reporter: president trump also announced today he is withdrawing the u.s. from a nuclear treaty with russia, which dates back to the reagan administration and the soviet union. a national security spokesperson

secretary of state met with king solomon before sitting down with crown prince mohammed bin salman the man the turks believe ordered an operation against journalist and u.s. resident jamal khashoggi he made no public comment but the state department issued what's called the readout of the meeting afterward seeing the secretary and the crown prince agreed on the importance of a thorough transparent and timely investigation that provides answer is because i don't want to be understood as details began to emerge about what the turks believe happened to the writer donald trump tweeted just spoke with the crown prince of saudi arabia who totally denied any knowledge of what took place in the turkish consulate he was with secretary of state might pompey or during the call and told me that he's already started and will rapidly expand a full and complete investigation into this matter answers will be forthcoming shortly in an interview with an american t.v. channel the president says there will be problems if the saudi leadership was aware of the operation in istanbul and it depends whether or

where mohammed bin salman had millions to lobby, to spread propaganda, and we see it in the media. 18 months ago bin salman was the great reformer. he was the young prince who was going to rebuild saudi arabia, to fight terrorism, to create moderate islam. suddenly the mood changed in d.c., and jamal khashoggi was writing critical pieces. and, therefore, the saudi regime worried about jamal going too far. >> well, let me ask you, mr. ozhan, you knew jamal well. you've written an op-ed. you say in about two weeks' time, or a week now, you would have been on a panel together. what will happen given that people did look at prince mohammed bin salman as a reformer and maybe they still do? what will happen to turkish/saudi relations or saudi/u.s. relations if it is laid at the saudis' door? >> yeah, you're write. >> yeah, you're right. i was supposed to be with him two weeks from now, actually, just one week from now as of today. he was a humble guy. i should say something about him. he was not only humble, he was not a threat to the saudi regime at any extent. he was critical but he worked for that country for years. he has experience working with the saudi

secretary of state mike pompeo meeting with the saudi arabia crowned prince mohammed bin salman todayhas a history of doing things that might get people scared, including those he imprisoned in hotel lobby. some were family members as he was consolidating power. so the question again are we hooking up with the wrong guy? and is it time to see if we can find an alternative to that guy as if we have a choice? retired four star general a fox news senior strategic analyst jack keene. general, good to have you. we can't pick and choose our friends nor our enemies. already a number are saying in congress we can't let this guy get away with this assuming is he behind "the washington post" journals disappearance and death. >> yeah. i certainly understand those feelings. a sense of moral outrage and profound disappointment that our members of our government feel particularly after president bush's revitalized the relationship with the sunni arabs, particularly the strategic anchor there, the kingdom of saudi arabia to be sure and largely the counter, the very aggressive moves that the iranians

saudia arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman says those responsible for the murder of the us basedhashoggi, will be brought tojustice. he was speaking publicly for the first time since the journalist was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago. here, the prime minister said the men suspected of killing mr khashoggi will be banned from entering britain. tim willcox reports from riyadh at the centre of a diplomatic whirlwind, crown prince mohammed bin salman swept into a conference this evening. up until now, he had never spoken publicly about the death of jamal khashoggi. translation: the incident that took place is very painful for all saudis. especially ordinary saudi citizens that believe it is painful for any human in the world. today, the kingdom of saudi arabia is taking all legal measures to complete investigations jointly with the turkish government to reach results and bring those guilty to justice. after denying everything, saudi arabia finally admitted the killing of mr khashoggi, in its consulate in istanbul. the foreign minister said it was a rogue ope

so where does the responsibility lie crown prince mohammed bin salman is not only heir to the throne and de facto leader he's also the minister of economy minister of defense and chairman of the council of political and security affairs which the general intelligence agency reports with all his portfolios there is an undeniable responsibility on the crown prince then they are the sacked officials we mentioned a tiny end of the theory where close aides to bin salman and by their own admission they don't act on their own they take their own insurrection from the crown prince paddy kohei now has more on us developments from washington d.c. . it looks like this is shaping up to be a critical week when it comes to the u.s. response to the death the murder of jamal khashoggi the u.s. congress has been talking about this pretty much nonstop they are demanding that u.s. president donald trump take some strong action the president trying to said let's see what happens on tuesday when they hear from turkey i think the best description and explanation of exactly how the two of the ministers is

two senior officials have been sacked, one of whom is a senior aide to crown prince mohammed bin salmane saudi king has asked the crown prince to restructure the country's intelligence agency. jon donnison has the latest. after weeks of denials, saudi arabia is changing its tune. the admission that jamal khashoggi is dead finally came on state tv. speaks arabic. more than a fortnight after the journalist walked into the saudi consulate in istanbul, never to be seen again, the saudis now say he was killed in a fight that broke out inside the building. speaking in arizona, president trump said the saudi explanation was credible. saudi arabia has been a great ally, but what happened is unacceptable. we are going to see that they have arrested, just for the people at the table, a large number of people who had to do with what happened in the consulate. reporter: you consider the saudi explanation credible? i do. many disagree, including within his own republican party. senator lindsey graham said to say he was sceptical about the narrative was an understatement. saudi arabia announced it wa

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and crown prince mohammed bin salman told "bloomberg news saudi arabia" has "nothing to hide."elaine? >> quijano: roxana, thank you. coming up next: health officials in minnesota sound the alarm after six children are diagnosed with a rare paralyzing disorder. and later, the cage could not contain their rage. a brawl breaks out at a u.f.c. fight. u.. is krvment fight. >> quijano: health officials in minnesota are telling doctors to be on the lookout for a rare disorder called acute flaccid myelitis, or a.f.m. it attacks the nervous system and can cause paralysis. there are no known treatments. 38 cases have been confirmed in the u.s. this year. six children were recently diagnosed in minnesota. here's kate raddatz of our minneapolis station, wcco. >> we usually would see, you know, zero-to-one case in a year. >> reporter: state health officials are trying to figure out why there has been a surge in cases of a.f.m. in the last month. the disease was originally discovered in 2014, but typically affects fewer than one in a million children. >> we're not clear what is the cause. we

later today, at an investment conference in riyadh, the crown prince, mohammed bin salman, will speakforn salman, will speak for the first time in public since the story broke. he was the man jamal kashoggi since the story broke. he was the manjamal kashoggi criticised in his new pays per columns. and the grisly death of the generalist may yet decide his fate. naomi grimley, bbc news. our correspondent mark lowen is in istanbul. what is the latest as you are hearing it, mark? jane, there are reports this lunchtime that the saudi authorities are not allowing turkish investigators to search a well in the garden of the saudi consulate in istanbul, where there is some speculation that perhaps some body parts of mr khashoggi may be buried. that will only add to the frustration in the turkish government, in ankara, that the saudis are not cooperating fully with this investigation. so i think turkey will take some pleasure, some reassurance, from those punitive measures of washington and a slight hardening of the line from donald trump although with this president you don't know if he is changi

walls so that makes it easier so where does responsibility lie for all of this well crown prince mohammed bin salman is not only to the throne he's also the minister of the economy minister of defense and chairman of the council of political and security affairs to which the general intelligence agency reports so with all of those put fairly is there is an undeniable responsibility on the crown prince and as we mentioned khatami and a sciri been solomon's very close aides and by their own admission they do not act on their own they take their orders directly from the crown prince. all right let's go live now to our correspondent charles strategies outside the saudi consulate in istanbul and charles as we await cheese day and president edwin saying he's going to reveal all of the turkish evidence there's been a fairly wide ranging telephone conversation hasn't there between president edwin and president trump of the united states. yes there has been the respective leaders spoke on the telephone about a number of issues including syria and indeed the man that certainly the turkish president accuses of

the high-level intelligence official close to crown prince mohammed bin salman in saudi arabia who several sources believe was behind organizing this operation, whether it turns out to have been a botched or sanctioned operation. what happens happening on the ground reveals an awful lot which goes to the precise point of what secretary of state mike pompeo is here to talk about, what has been said, the utmost importance that the saudis give a transparent and clear investigation. we've heard this from the foreign ministers from the g7 already today and overnight. what is happening here on the ground is key to that. when the turkish investigators went into the consulate, the saudis had painted over everything. not only had cleaners gone in, but things had been painted over. the consul general, a key witness to everything here, disappeared yesterday. left the country, went back to saudi arabia. just before his house and his vehicles were about to be searched by turkish officials who believe that there are clues to khashoggi's disappearance there and the whereabouts of his body. from a turkish

saudi arabia's de facto leader crown prince mohammed bin salman has described the death of the journalist the killing, he told an investment conference in riyadh thatjustice would prevail and all culprits would be punished. a so—called celebrity hunter has provoked anger after posting

saudia arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman says those responsible for the murder of the us—based was speaking publicly for the first time since mr khashoggi was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago. here, the prime minister has said that saudi arabia's explanation for the death of mr khashoggi lacks credibility. president erdogan of turkey has said mr khashoggi was the victim of premeditated political murder. tim willcox reports. at the centre of a diplomatic whirlwind, crown prince mohammed bin salman swept into a riyadh conference this evening. up until now, he'd never spoken publicly about the death of jamal khashoggi. translation: the incident that took place is very painful for all saudis, especially ordinary saudi citizens, and i believe it is painful for any human in the world. today the kingdom of saudi arabia is taking all legal measures to complete investigations jointly with the turkish government to reach result and bring those guilty tojustice. after denying everything, saudi arabia finally admitted killing mr khashoggi, a former royal insider in

have ordered the dismissal of a royal court advisor, seen as the right—hand man to crown prince mohammed bin salmanand the deputy chief of intelligence. president trump spoke a short time ago. this is some of what he had to say: "$450 billion, there has never been anything like it, the last thing i want to do is say we are not going to supply you with that. if you add the whole thing up, with the military and 600,000 jobs, now you are talking about $110 billion, you are talking about over a millionjobs. i would rather keep the millionjobs, and i would rather find another solution. but this was a good first step today, right? reporter: lindsey graham said he is very sceptical of the saudi narrative. do you share that scepticism and do you intend to speak with the crown prince or the king in the next day or two to get their side? yeah. before i start making those calls i will speak to the crown prince. i have spoken to the king, i want to speak to the crown prince. i think we are getting close to solving a very big problem. again remembering, people around this table know better than anyone, they hav

that's crown prince mohammed bin salman. >> reporter: congress now demanding that the white house stop the saudis from buying billions in u.s. weapons. but mr. trump says that would hurt american workers. still, critics say the president ignores the saudis' terrible human rights record, unlawful killings, torture and arbitrary arrests, just as he embraces a rogue's gallery of dictators like putin, duterte in the philippines, erdogan in turkey, even saying he fell in love with kim jong-un. telling cbs's "60 minutes" -- >> presides over a cruel kingdom of repression, gulags, starvation, reports that he had his half-brother assassinated, slave labor, public executions this is a guy you love? >> i know all these things. i'm not baby. >> i know, but why -- >> that was andrea mitchell reporting. >>> as you just heard, secretary of state mike pompeo is heading to riyadh for more answers in this case, and what he learns could have major international implications. we're told that pompeo has just touched down moments ago. let's get more on. this let's go straight to washington, d.c. and tracie

killing of foreign minister has called death a grave mistake the saudi king and the crown prince mohammed bin salman who many accuse of having ordered his killing have offered their condolences to. continuing to give contradictory explanations about what happened to model child begins our coverage with this report from istanbul. on sunday turkish president was a seemingly sort of learned pool officially releasing the details of how he was murdered and by whom. we're going to make it clear what happened to jamal khashoggi and god willing on tuesday i will have a group meeting and hopefully by then i will be able to find out what happened earlier yet another narrative was presented by saudi officials who had on saturday finally admitted to killing the journalist albeit by accident this time an unnamed senior official told the reuters news agency that special she died of suffocation after agents sent to negotiate his return to the kingdom put him in a chokehold and covered his mouth after he tried to resist by the afternoon the saudi foreign minister either debate had another story true telling us pro

saudi arabia's de—facto leader, crown prince mohammed bin salman, has described the death of the journalistcannot be justified. in his first public comments on the killing, he told an investment conference in riyadh thatjustice would prevail and all culprits would be punished. the crown prince has faced international criticism since mr khashoggi died during a visit to the saudi consulate in istanbul. the conference has been boycotted by many big companies and governments because of the killing. abdulaziz almoayyad is a saudi dissident living in exile in dublin. he's part of an online activist network called the bee army, which they say helps saudis access information which might counter the state line. thank you for being with us today. how does the bee army function? how do you reach your supporters? supportersjoin a do you reach your supporters? supporters join a telegram group. then we send them some instruction in how to be safe and how to deal with these cyber security with knowledge and being covered from government eyes “— knowledge and being covered from government eyes —— telegram.

jamal khashoggi has been a strident critic of the new saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who hasly disappeared or brutally murdered? the high—profile journalist and saudi dissident has long been a thorn in the side of his government. he hasn‘t been seen since entering the saudi consulate in istanbul last tuesday to get marriage papers. his turkish fiancee waiting outside sounded the alarm when he didn‘t emerge. turkey says it believes mr khashoggi was killed in the consulate in a premeditated murder involving a saudi hit squad who removed his body. the saudis called that baseless, touring a camera crew around the consulate, opening cupboards in a bizarre attempt to show the journalist is not inside. they claim he left the building and don‘t know where he is. translation: i would like to confirm that the citizenjamal is not at the consulate nor in the kingdom of saudi arabia, and the consulate and the embassy are working to search for him, and we are worried about his case. the turkish president said police are examining cctv footage, and called mr khashoggi a friend. and, after t

the whole view of saudi arabia's young crown prince, mohammed bin salman, as a reformist is being rippede 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 izmir when andrew brunson arrived to board a military plane. he was sentenced to three years in jail in a case that badly strained ties between the us and turkey. he was arrested over alleged links to political groups, including the banned gulenist movement, after a failed coup attempt in 2016, but a court released him because of the ti

it suggests a weakening of the crown prince, mohammed bin salman. he's been badly damaged by this. he hangs on as crown prince is a good question. it looks like he'll remain in his office but there is a serious attempt notjust on the part of dissidents and activists and so on to weaken him, but also on the pa rt on to weaken him, but also on the part of very powerful members of the royalfamily part of very powerful members of the royal family who feel sidelined by him. in addition he has a very powerful adversary in the turkish president, erdogan, who opposes mohammed bin salman butt wants to retain good relations with saudi arabia. he will not push this for a sidelining of mohammed bonzart on. the tragedy for khashoggi is that he thought that turkey was a safe place, and he was thinking about setting up a new life there with his fiancee. indeed, reports are that he had purchased an apartment in istanbul. istanbul is a safe haven for arab politics and culture. many who had to leave their country because of uprisings are in this city and he thought this would be a good place to stay

they are known to be close to crown prince mohammed bin salman, there was close communication with themed bin salman. it is quite clear, given the nature of the saudi government, that authorisation could only have come from a very, very senior position. that, of course, is a very serious allegation. you are right. are you disputing any of what i have just said? there's no doubt about who did it because the faces are there, there is no doubt about the proximity to the government, and any further accusation has to be proven. they have just found the body parts, it is said. there is talk of there being tape recordings, or recordings of conversations, which if they were to be revealed could be absolutely conclusive, but we have not heard them yet, so president erdogan has made a statement today and i think it is quite clear that there is more information to come out and i think we have to wait for it to come out, for perhaps countries to collectively react to this, rather than ministers sitting in a studio, speculating about the latest report. some countries have acted already. germany has