Somber in keeping with tradition. King salman takes over a country surrounded by turmoil, particularly in yemen to the south and iraq to the north. Lets bring in cnn live from jordan. Before we look at the challenge ahead for the if you king what will happen today because the ceremonies continue it dont they . Reporter yes. Over the next several days max, the royal court will be open for those who are coming to pay tear respects to the royal family and to the saudis. We are expecting this in the next several hours to see the arrival of World Leaders and dignitaries, will you go King Abdullah of jordan here who cut short his visit to the World Economic forum, the president of ee swript and also Prince Charles will be headed to saudi arabia and also Vice President joe biden yesterday announcing that he will lead in the coming days a president ial delegation that will be going to saudi arabia. So today we expect to see more of those World Leaders and dig thaers arriving to greet the new k
Good evening. We begin with breaking news. A new account of the disappearance of the u. S. Based saudi journalist, one involving his killing inside the saudi consulate in istanbul at the hands of a team organized by a highranking saudi Intelligence Officer with close ties to the inner circle of the kingdoms crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman. One of our sources describes what he or she says may have been an accidentally lethal injection followed by what is described as an amateur coverup which included according to another source efforts to keep the saudi government in the dark. Yet even as chilling and damning as that sounds, the question remains is that just a cover story forring . Far worse and potentially more damaging on the world stage . Was Jamal Khashoggi murdered by a hit team and then as a turkish official told us today, was his body cut into pieces to be disposed of in ways as yet unknown or unrevealed . There is certainly a lot to raise suspicion. Remember, yesterday cnn saw
Story for something far worse and potentially more damaging on the world stage . Was Jamal Khashoggi murdered by a hit team and then as a turkish official told us today, was his body cut into pieces to be disposed of in ways as yet unknown or unrevealed . There is certainly a lot to raise suspicion. Remember, yesterday, cnn saw a cleaning crew enter the consulate before turkish investigators went in. Remember also that turkish investigators once they got inside said they found evidence of some kind of cleanup, including painted over surfaces and toxic materials, unquote. The turks also say they have audio and Video Evidence of what went down, including khashoggis death. Also today, they released passport scans of seven saudis they suspect of being part of an alleged 15member Saudi Hit Team which is reported to have included an autopsy specialist with a bone saw. Any or all of those things argue against this new botched abduction and amateur coverup story. Whatever the truth, though, an