Is expecting a baby. I like baby stories. Im more of a baby watcher than a royal watcher. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Lets begin with the president and the saudis trading threats this weekend over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The president telling 60 minutes they will face severe punishment if they killed khashoggi during his visit to a saudi consulate in turkey and a saudi own news channel said that the u. S. Faces an economic bloodbath if it imposes sanctions on saudi arabia. For the latest developments lets bring in diplomatic International Diplomatic editor nic robertson. Hes 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 doesnt happen without somebody senior taking the box and saying, its okay, we had a statement from saudi officials saying that they would double down on any action taken against them in a very clear
First time. And this morning, mom. Just met with turkeys president and is sitting down with the foreign minister to discuss the u. S. Based journalist presumed killed at the saudi con slot in consulate in istanbul. Yesterday he met with the Saudi Arabian king salman and crown prince. Overnight he told reporters the saudis promised to figure out what happened to Jamal Khashoggi. Told me they were going to conduct a thorough, complete investigation. They made a commitment to hold anyone connected to any wrongdoing that may be found accountable for that, whether they are a senior officer, official. They promised accountability. Including a member of the royal family . They made no exceptions to who they would hold accountable. Three sources tell cnn that a saudi team sent to interrogate and possibly abduct khashoggi from his istanbul was organized by a highranking officer in the main saudi intelligence service. Our International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson live outside the saudi consu