International pressure on saudi arabia over the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist. Saudi arabias king spoke with turkeys president by phone sunday about Jamal Khashoggi. The two reportedly agreed to create a working group to investigate the case. Now, khashoggi has been missing nearly two weeks. He hasnt been seen since he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul on october 2nd. Turkish Authorities Say khashoggi was murdered inside the building, a charge the saudis have vehemently denied. Senior Officials Say they expect to get more information from turkey this week, and President Donald Trump has threatened severe punishment if it turns out the saudis were involved in khashoggis disappearance and, indeed, responsible for his death. Well, jamana is outside istanbul and sam is in saudi. What seems to be two divergent narratives in the kingdom. Can you explain . Reporter yeah, becky. If we go back to the statement that came from donald trump when he said that there could be harsh punishment towards saudi arabia if there was foul play with regard to mr. Khashoggi, the saudis hit back very rapidly with a very unequivocal statement put out through the Saudi National news agency. This was what the first part of this narrative said. The statement said, the kingdom affirms its total rejection of any threats and attempts to undermine it, whether by threatening to impose economic sanctions using political pressures, or repeating false accusations that will not undermine the kingdom and its staunch positions, and aries lamb i can and international status. The outcome of these weak endeavors like their predecessors is demise. Very unequivocal statements coming out of unnamed officials here in riyadh. Now, that was fairly swiftly followed with an oped by the general manager of el arabia, the saudiowned news website here, that took the whole idea further, becky. Talked about the dangers that saudi arabia could drive the price of oil up to 200 a barrel. This would be a self piece of selfharm against the United States economy. Saudi arabia might even give some kind of military base to the russians in its territory, a very, almost extreme position. But, again, published in a saudi news website, saudiowned news website. Then washington woke up, and the Saudi Embassy there immediately swung almost 180 degrees with a series of tweets, the tone of which i can read you is very fascinating how this whole thing swung away. It said in a tweet out of its official Embassy Twitter account, to help clarify, recently issued saudi statement, the kingdom of saudi arabia extends its appreciation to all, including the u. S. Administration, for refraining from jumping to conclusions on the ongoing investigation. Ask that, of course, is into the investigation into the disappearance of the Washington Post columnist, becky. A completely massive swing, and reminding the reader, if you like, that although the United States has made these threats, the United States has also not reached a conclusion because the United States hasnt, like so many others, seen any hard physical evidence one way or the other, becky. And then at the end of the day, there was a statement put out, joint statement between turkey and saudi arabia, in which the Saudi King Salman thanked the his brotherly president , mr. Erdogan in turkey for agreeing to establish a joint working committee, and insisting that nothing could a fray the brotherly relationship between the two nations. I think possibly a sign there king salman trying to get a grip on the situation. Becky . Ill discuss that with a guest ive got here with me in a moment. I wonder why, you think, when we consider what is going on with the narrative from saudi arabia, why everyone isnt on the same page. Is it clear . Reporter it is clear in a sense that the reason for that, i think, becky, is that it is all very, very murky. People not just in saudi arabia, but weve seen a similar vacillation in the United States there. Nobody has seen the evidence that has been leaked into the turkish media, suggesting that mr. Khashoggi was disappeared or murdered allegedly by the saudis. Somebody somewhere, perhaps in a very small cell, does know the answer. But ive been talking to very sear yen officials and i think theyre quite genuine in saying, nobody quite knows how to react because they dont quite know what theyre reacting to. There are questions that are asked of saudis of their own government as to why, for example, there is no cctv footage from inside the consulate when Everybody Knows such an environment would have that. On the same token, they cast great suspicion on anything coming from turkey. Lets face it, hardly a champion of the rights of journalists. Its one of the World Leaders of locking up journalists. So it is a sense of genuine unease. There is possibly a tension between the king and his son here, becky. Sam is in riyadh. Jamana outside the consulate just about 20 minutes or so from here. Lest we forget that the mystery at the center of all of this, the disappearance, jamana, of the Washington Post columnist, the turkish authorities threw leaks to the media say they have evidence about what happened to him in that consulate behind you. But that evidence hasnt been released, sam rightly pointed out. Why . Reporter well, thats the big question, becky. And i think pressure is mounting on turkey right now, especially after you saw all these strongworded statements from saudi arabia yesterday. Not necessarily directed at turkey, but perhaps more the United States and the international community. But saudi arabia really standing its ground with their narrative, saying that these are all baseless allegations. And then you had what seemed to be this coordinated move, all these statements coming from Different Countries in the region, other countries that have a Good Relationship with turkey also, taking saudis side saying this is a campaign against saudi arabia, calling this lies and rumors and saying that there needs to be evidence i think were seeing a lot of pressure on the turkish government to say what they have. They have this criminal investigation going on for ten days. And as you mention, most of what we know is all these leaks that are coming out, unnamed officials really speaking to the various media organizations. So, at the same time, you know, you had this stand from the turkish government, not really coming out publicly, not blaming saudi arabia, perhaps an indication that they want to try and resolve this diplomatically somehow, and this is why people say we are hearing all this talk. Yesterday also mentioned again between the call between king salman and president erdogan talking about this working group, perhaps to find a way to resolve this situation. So well have to wait and see because a lot of people are concerned. Human rights activists weve spoken to in the region concerned this could really undermine any sort of credible investigation into what happened to Jamal Khashoggi. Of course, the turkish government, the foreign minister over the weekend, saying this working group will not impact their criminal investigation, becky. Jomana outside the consulate and sam in riyadh. Im joined by ambassador matthew, the former senior u. S. Official covering turkey. Given your experience with the turkey and your deep understanding of the wider regional order or disorder, as the case may be, how do you explain, or at least assess the developments over the past 24 hours . Well, the Main Development i think is the phone call between king salman and president erdogan here. If you note, president erdogan has pretty much stayed out of the news on this one, and he is known for his, shall we say vociferous statements from time to time. So, hes back in. The turkish government, in fact, announced the phone call. They wanted to show something is happening. What could be happening . Number one, the fact that it was king salman who got involved rather than bin salman, his son, maybe shows that the king isnt so happy with the mess that his son has gotten saudi arabia into. In washington, we see u. S. Senators now turning up the heat. Senator marco rubio, in fact, said if the investigation shows that, in fact, drab was responsible, then there will be some form of sanctions. The white house is saying similar things, trying to figure out whether or not treasury secretary mnuchin will go to this big davos in the desert. So i think what turkey has done is positioned itself in a dangerous, but a potentially advantageous position. It can go public with more details if it looks like thats going to win more support from washington. Or if need be, it can help quiet things down if washington doesnt respond in turkey relations the way ankara would like. As you rightly point out, president erdogan isnt one to stay quiet on things on a regular basis. How will this Administration Deal with the next stage of all of this . Yeah. Well, first of all, they are being really careful, right . I mean, even though turkey saudi relationship is tense, saudi arabia is a giant player on the world stage, not just because of its oil production, but also because, yes, it is the holder to the keys holder of the keys to the holiest sites in islam. It is a sunni majority country, as is turkey. So i think president erdogan and turkey are going to try to play carefully, avoid an outright confrontation if possible. And ultimately i think theyll follow the lead of the United States, even if President Trump is reluctant in terms of showing such leadership. Washington has bought itself a bit of time, hasnt it . Secretary of state mike pompeo had said, look, we are going to look at developments through the week that effectively gives him a whole working week. This has been a huge story with Significant Developments over the weekend. But its only in a few hours from now that washington will wake up and start thinking about how theyre going to deal with this. Buying that time and youve been in this business for a long time. Buying that time, buying a week, thats a long time in terms of diplomacy, correct . Absolutely. We say its a long time in politics. An awfully long time in the world of diplomacy. Much can change in that week. I think washington is hoping there will be change, that there will be greater clarity. My guess is washington would very much like for it to be seen that maybe the story isnt as horrible as we think. Maybe it will come out that poor mr. Khashoggi died of a heart attack inside the consulate and people in the consulate panicked. But a week is not unusual in my experience, having worked in the white house, having participated in some of these really highlevel decisions. Because this is a huge one. To break with saudi arabia, which has been a cornerstone of u. S. Policy and strategy in the middle east for decades, that is a huge cornerstone under this trump administration. More than ever. A significant relationship. Yes. Its a bromance, isnt it . Yes. A bromance between a very small cohort of advisors to donald trump. One being his front and center, of course, his soninlaw, and the crown prince. Exactly. Its the first foreign trip that President Trump made. Similarly, around muhammad bin salman, there is a small circle. They are not the most Popular Group of people in saudi arabia, to say the least, because they are forcing such change on the system. So those two circles are very close, yeah. Matthew, ambassador, thank you very much indeed for joining us with the greatest of respect. There you go. Rosemary, as you can see, i mean, a lot of discussion here about what we may or may not read into the developments over the last 24 hours, but certainly there is some movement, as sam was rightly pointing out. There seems to be some disconnect between the messaging coming out of the kingdom, meantime here. We have yet to see any further evidence or yet to see any evidence at all of just exactly what happened in that consulate. Washington buying a little bit of time at this point, expect to see more developments as we move through the waking day in the u. S. Yeah, we certainly need some more answers. Becky anderson, we will return to you in just a moment. Many thanks as always. 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He touched on his relationship with north korea, russia, and even his own west wing staffers. The first lady yes. Melania, she said that there are still people in the white house that she doesnt trust and that you shouldnt trust. I feel the same way. I dont trust everybody in the white house. Ill be honest with you. You go to a meeting, do you have to wonder, is he wearing a wire i usually go not so much a wire. Im usually guarded and i think im guarded anyway. But im not saying i trust everybody in the white house. Im not a baby. Its a tough business. This is a vicious place. Washington, d. C. Is a vicious, vicious place. Mr. Trump also weighed in on the future of his defense secretary, james mattis. What about general mattis, is he going to leave . Well, i dont know. He hasnt told me. We have of i have a very Good Relationship with him. I had lunch with him two days ago. I have a very Good Relationship with him. I think he is. I think hes sort of a democrat if you want to know the truth. General mattis is a good guy. We get along well. He may leave. At some point everybody leaves. People leave. Thats washington. Well, joining me now from hong kong is glenn shive, executive director of the american hong kong center. Good to have you with us. Pleasure. So, lets start with those comments from the president where he says he doesnt trust everyone in the white house. Who do you think hes referring to . And is this how previous u. S. President s have felt about their white house advisors and staff . The question was about his white house, and he took it really to talk about washington. So he went from the inner white house issue to the outer environment in which the white house operates and say its a vicious place. So, he says, im not a baby, and really, hes conveying a sense of hes tough and hes guarded, but he doesnt trust everybody even in his own white house. He has to acknowledge that. He doesnt talk about how unusual is that, though, that a president wouldnt trust those within his own white house, people he selected to work within his inner circle . Well, theres been a record high turnover of staff in the white house in the first two years. You know, as i say, he doesnt talk about them working together as a team. He talks about loyalty upward to him, and thats the key for him. And what did you make of what President Trump said about defense secretary mattis in that 60 minutes interview, saying that mattis may leave, but everyone eventually leaves . What was your reading of his choice of words . Most president s, of course, would say, absolutely not. Hes on the team. Of course. Of course. Do you find that strange . I did. I mean, it is he called him sort of a democrat, but i like him, hes a good man, we have good rapport. Rapport, of course, with him being the key issue. It didnt talk about, you know, what he believes in and where we agree and disagree and exactly, there wasnt a sense of we as a team dealing with these issues. Its just a sense of do we get along . And, you know, all people leave, and so, you know, no big deal. Right. And lets just listen to what President Trump said again in that 60 minutes interview about president putin and russia. Lets bring that up. Do you agree that Vladimir Putin is involved in assassinations, in poisonings probably he is, yeah, probably. I mean probably . Probably. But i rely on them. Its not in our country. But why not they shouldnt do it. This is a terrible thing. Of course they shouldnt do it. Do you believe, do you believe that the russians interfered in the 2016 campaign . Election . Well, they meddled, but i think china meddled, too. Why do you say china meddled, too . Why do you say why dont you just say the russians meddled . Because i think china meddled also. So, two significant statements there. We hear President Trump say Vladimir Putin was probably involved in assassinations. Lets deal with that, that part first. Right, right. Thats fairly incredible, isnt it . He was really having to be pushed by leslie stahl to say thats not a good thing. I mean, the president must know, its not a probable thing. He just wants to cover it for himself to say, well, we really dont know. Do you know . So, he sows doubt in the questioner rather than speak clearly to the point of we know this. We know that he does know this, so why does he say probably . That is a kind of always he gives himself wiggle room with regard to putin. Why is that so . I mean, that is the big question, isnt it . Because then, of course, they went on to talk about the meddling in the 2016 elections. He admitted there that russia had meddled, but china meddled as well, he said. Thats right. What did you read into that . Why bring china into the equation there . Again, it seems that hes not prepared to say its just russia alone. Thats right, its change the subject. If hes awkward and uncomfortable at some point, move on to something else. And its a moral equivalent. So, if russia did it, well, china did it. Well, then its not so bad that russia did it. And, besides, we think chinas worse at this. And so where do we go with that . I mean, he doesnt have evidence that hes showing about china. Its making the china relationship more difficult, but hes still in a sense protecting with this notion of moral equivalence that its not just russia. Everybody does it. And now everybody is doing it to everybody, and thats the new world were in. I think that there is something he doesnt think in terms of moral issues. He thinks in terms of power. And he thinks in terms of american power, American Economic power, and wherever theres issues like in this question of skripal in england and the issue of putin, hes just saying, well, thats terrible, but it didnt happen to us. Right. So, its out there, its somebody elses business. Its not americas role to deal with this directly. Glenn shive, thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate it. My pleasure. And President Trump and the u. S. First lady will travel to florida on monday. This, as cleanup operations are underway in the florida panhandle. But Authorities Say it could take months before life returns to normal after Hurricane Michael ravaged the area. The storm killed at least 18 people and wiped out entire towns along the gulf coast. Many people are living in dire conditions, having to wait in long lines for food and water. Florida governor rick scott saw the devastation firsthand in mexico beach. The small Coastal Community was practically obliterated by a direct hit from the monster storm. The governor says its time to take the most dangerous parts of the storm seriously. I think a lot of people just dont realize how lifethreatening storm surge is. 14 foot of storm surge, 10 foot, 9 foot, 6 foot can kill you. You can see right here, homes just picked up. If they werent demolished like most of them here, if youre on the beach, look at they were demolished. Storm surge is so dangerous for people. And i hope, you know, if anything people learn from this is that take storm surge way more seriously than people have in the past. Thousands of rescue crews are in the area to help the people who lost everything. The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi goes far beyond a diplomatic rau. We will look at the Global Economic impact and how it could send World Markets into a tail spin. We are back in istanbul in just a few minutes live from there with our Becky Anderson. 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Cancel anytime and your books are yours to keep forever. Audible. The most inspiring minds. The most compelling stories. Text listen5 to 500500 to start your free trial today. A busy waterway here in istanbul in turkey. Global commerce on the move, and theres just about as much diplomatic traffic bouncing around as well. Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Im becky an der son anderso turkey and cultural center. Im Rosemary Church. A set back for german chancellor Angela Merkel in bavarias election. Her ally, the Christian Social Union has lost its absolute majority in the state legislature. The left wing greens were boosted to second place. The farright alternative for germany came in fourth. The u. K. And European Union negotiators went home sunday without a brexit deal. Officials say they made progress, but a number of issues remain, including protecting the open border between ireland and northern ireland. The u. K. Is set to leave the e. U. On march 29th. Nicaragua police are accused of man handling protesters sunday. Video shows officers grabbing, shoving some demonstrators. Nearly 40 people were arrested. They say the protest marchs happened without prior authorization. Human Rights Groups are condemning the violence. The king and ultimate authority in saudi arabia now involved, speaking to turkeys president on sunday about the disappearance here in istanbul of a prominent saudi journalist. We understand that they talked about setting up some kind of group to look into the mysterious vanishing of Jamal Khashoggi. Now, turkish officials believe he was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul. Saudi arabia vehemently denies that claim, but still right now, the list of Business Leaders pulling out of an important saudi Investment Conference keeps getting longer and longer. The huge American Bank j. P. Morgan chase Just Announced its chief executive jamie dimon who is close to the american president , wont go. Ford says its executive chair is no longer attending even though they say that is due to a scheduling conflict. All that really important because the conference is a key part of the kingdoms brandnew vision 2030, a massive social and economic effort to completely transform the country. Meanwhile, u. S. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin still plans to attend the event, but that may be later in the week. Well, cnn is one of the so, it is a very important subject. Regarding secretary mnuchin, i spoke to him last evening. At the moment, he is intending to go because of the importance of the issue of ending terrorist financing. But, again, along with the president and the general investigation, mr. Mnuchin will makeup his mind as the week progresses. Cnn is one of several Media Outlets who pulled sponsorship from the conference, cnbc and the financial times, bloomberg. Khashoggis disappearance is having an impact on saudi arabias stock market. Will the World Markets be next . Anna stewart is in london covering all the angles. Monday trading, of course, the first opportunity for investors around the world to reflect their assessment of the weekends events. Whats the story out there . What we saw over the weekend was that quite a plummet for the saudi stock index. It came down from 7 at one stage. Eventually it closed slightly further up, but it was still down 3. 5 on the day. Today its open ever so slightly higher, which suggests maybe some tensions may lift, but a lot of this was around rhetoric. A lot of investors are trading on the uncertainty what is going to happen with the diplomatic fallout between saudi arabia, the United States and other international markets. Will sanctions come on . If there are sanctions, what will the retaliation be from saudi arabia. All this uncertainty becaudid c something of a sell off yesterday. It was fueled by the oped of general manager of al arabia the saudi news channel. He said the United States i am imposing sanctions, could rise cause oil to rise to 100, 200. If we look at oil prices their ever so slightly higher, they are already rising on the risk of irans sanctions. The idea there might be less oil in the market. So we will be watching the oil price today as well as saudi index. In terms of the fallout from europe, we now expect it to see much there in terms of the european markets. Were seeing much more in terms of Brexit Issues and italy, plenty of stuff for investors to worry about around the world as well as u. S. Interest rates. But yes, definitely a lot of pressure on that saudi market. Anna stewart on the story for you out of london. Well watch those markets and we will monitor how the financial world assesses what is going on. As i say, as we move into what will be monday morning trade, the first real opportunity for the Financial Markets around the world to react to what we are seeing. Im joined now by the chair of contemporary middle east studies at the London School of economics. Firstly, just how do you explain or at least assess the developments over the past 24, 48 hours for us . Well, i think, becky, what you are seeing now is that saudi arabia is pushing back. Its trying to flex its muscles. Its signalling that its willing to retaliate if the United States basically imposes sanctions. It has the ability and the willingness to disrupt the world economy, in particular in terms of petroleum. Thats what the saudis are trying to say. Remember, becky, in the month of october alone, saudi arabia has produced on average 10. 7 Million Barrels of oil a day. 10. 7 Million Barrels of oil a day. Given what saudi arabia is saying, if you impose sanctions on us, think what is going to happen, not just to us, but to you, to the United States and the world economy. The second thing is that saudi arabia, the second piece of saudi strategy is king salmans call to president erdogan yesterday. I think this is a very important move on the part of the saudi leadership. What saudi arabia is trying to do is to convince the turkish leadership not to go public with any, if turkey has to go public officially, i mean. Because turkey has been releasing and leaking information to the media in the past ten days. So, the question is really what saudi arabia is trying to do, in a nutshell, becky, is to limit the damage and absorb the shocks, because the story has done a great deal of damage to saudi arabia in the past ten days. Well just have a look at what is going on in a regional basis. We must continue to ensure that we dig, as everybody else is, for any evidence on exactly what has happened to Jamal Khashoggi who stands at the center of all of this. Some gulf states and youve been alluding to this, like the u. A. E. , painting saudi arabia now as a target, not as a perpetrator in all of this, fawaz. They call the entire sort of saga a fierce campaign, tweeting the repercussions of political targeting of saudi arabia will be dire on those who inflame it. The success of saudi arabia is the first option for the region and for its people, and that sentiment reflected over the past sort of 24, 48 hours and a slew of other regional allies of the kingdom including the palestinian leadership, a deafening silence from doha, qatar, frozen out of this club now for months, and being accused of being inciting force behind much of the media reporting that the media reporting of anti, sort of saudi sentiment weve seen over the past 10, 12 days. How do you assess this . This is a much this is a very polarized region. Weve talked about this for years now between the two of us. How does what is going on here at the epicenter of all of this sort of impact this wider regional story . I mean, i think when i youre absolutely correct, becky. You have really summarized whats been happening in the past 80, 48 hours. When i say saudi arabia is pushing back, not just in terms of basically implicit threats on the officially, but you have saudis allies. Not just you mentioned the United Arab Emirates and palestinian leadership, jordan, egypt, bahrain, the arab league, the islamic world league. They all come out and support saudi arabia because the saudi narrative is that this is part of a conspiracy against saudi arabia, that basically there is a kind of a campaign, systemic campaign on the part of saudi, the antisaudi voices in the west. And also aljazeera now, they accuse aljazeera of masterminding the campaign against saudi arabia. But the big story is the following. What we are witnessing now, i see sadly and tragically, we keep talking, you and i, and many observers about the saudi iranian cold war. But, in fact, what we might be witnessing is a broader cold war now. You have what i call the nonarab block made out of turkey and iran, and to a lesser extent, qatar, an arab state, and the arab block. The arab block is made up of saudi arabia, egypt, united emirates, bahrain, this particular fault line will likely define the geo politics of the region in the next few months, next few months. My take on it, becky and this is just a qualification to what you and i have said is that turkey and saudi arabia, even though they are on opposite sides, they have a vested interest in preventing a rupture in relations between themselves. My take on it is that the turks are trying very hard to extract as much concessions from the saudis, and the saudis now are trying to find a way to coopt the turks. The reality is now turkey stands on the opposite side of saudi arabia, to a lesser extent with iran. So this is really the geo politics of the area, and thats why my take on it is even though President Trump talked about some powerful punishment for to saudi arabia, against saudi arabia, i dont think the americans and the western countries will likely take punitive measures against saudi arabia, because the interest, the economic and Strategic Interests are very big, very great, and thats what saudi arabia is trying to remind its western allies, particularly the United States fawaz gerges out of london with insightful analysis as ever. Thank you. Rosemary, we continue to dig. We are short on evidence on exactly what has happened to jamal, but very long now on, on this everevolving and deepening rift that is this region of the middle east and beyond. Back to you. Thanks so much, Becky Anderson joining us live from istanbul. Appreciate that. Well take a short break. 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So, ian, what is the significance of the reopening of this crossing, and what might it signal . Reporter well, rosemary, essentially, this is syrias reengagement with the region where you have not only the Border Crossing behind me thats opening, but you have the one as you mentioned in jordan. I have to tell you, i was here just this last summer and you could see heavy fighting taking place just across this front tier. About 100, 200, 300 meters away, we were watching artillery strikes take place. Today the Syrian Regime is very much in control. There is quiet along this frontier. You can actually see just a little while ago, there was a ceremony on the syrian side. We heard the National Anthem being played. The syrian flag now flying over their side of the Border Crossing. This is a unique crossing, though, because israel and syria do not have relations. The u. N. Operates this Border Crossing. They have about a thousand sole jerds, really, that monitor this disengagement zone that spans the entire part of the israelicontrolled golan hietsz. Weve been seeing some soldiers as well. A lot of them are from fiji. I talked to one soldier who said he was excited today. But it really does mark syrias change in their civil war where you do have the Border Crossing here in the golan reopening. But also that one in 1y0rd an. Ian lee bringing us that live report from golan heights. Many thanks to you. We will watch those developments. Well take a very short break. Were back in just a moment. I have some very happy news to report. Meghan, the duchess of sussex is pregnant. Kensington palace has confirmed prince harry and his wife are expecting their first child in early 2019. Now, this news comes as the couple is in australia, kicking off their first overseas tour as a married couple. Prince harry and his wife meghan will also visit new zealand, tonga and fiji over the next 16 days. Their trip coincides with prince harrys invictus games, an olympic style tournament for military personnel wounded in action. Well, pope francis has canonized semen new catholic saints. Among them archbishop op oscar romero and pope paul 6. Cnns vatican correspondent David Gallagher has the details now from rome. A day of celebration at the vatican has pope francis declared seven new saints, including two women. Founders of religious orders in germany and spain, and a young boy from naples who died at the age of 19 of bone cancer in whom pope francis said was an example to young people of humility and courage. Perhaps the most well known of todays new saints was pope paul 66. He oversaw the changes in the vet cann council bringing the Vatican Church into the current world. The archbishop op assassinated in march of 1908 while he was saying mass in el salvador, and pope francis was wearing the bloodstained belt of the archbishop op that he was wearing on the day that he was assassinated. Heres what one priest from el salvador told us about the importance of saint romero. Translator the prophetic strength of romero, his social message always current, his defense of the poor and the most vulnerable of society, without doubt, is a message that we need to reconcile for our country. Reporter over 07,000 people were in st. Peters square for the celebration including dignitaries from around the world. Queen sophia of spain, the president of italy, el salvador, chile, and panama as well as many others and some 5,000 pilgrims from el salvador who had come to celebrate their newest saint. Deli gallagher, cnn, rome. The original Everything Store has declared bankruptcy after 132 years. U. S. Retailer sears has been struggling for years, but the final straw was a 134 million debt payment due monday, a debt it could not pay. Sears Parent Company which owns sears and kmart stores says it intends to stay in business. It plans to keep Profitable Stores open along with its Online Shopping sites. And finally this hour, so much for meetings being boring. Bank workers in Southern China got quite a shock when a giant python crashed a morning staff meeting. It fell from the ceiling, barely missing a womans head. The workers scrambled to get away and so did the snake. Wildlife wranglers eventually caught it and took it to a consara vegas center. That certainly made for a very interesting day there. Thanks for watching cnn newsroom. Im Rosemary Church here in atlanta. For our u. S. Viewers, early start is coming up next. And for everyone else, the news continues next with our max foster in london. Stay with cnn. Have a great day. Today is the day youre going to get motivated. 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