Im George Howell. The cnn newsroom starts right now. Its 3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Thank you for being with us this day. We begin with a cnn exclusive. New insight into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and one of the unanswered key questions. Why was he killed . Cnns nina dos santos has exclusively obtained ten monthss worth of whats app messages khashoggi sent to a fellow saudi dissident and they offer new clues into why khashoggi may have been killed. Reporter these are words you wont have read in Jamal Khashoggis columns. Instead, they are whats app messages never seen before sent by khashoggi in the year before his death. They laid bare his disdain for saudi arabias crown prince, saying, quote, hes like a beast, like pacman. The more victims he eats, the more he wants. In another, may god rid us and this nation of this predicament. The words were exchanged with Omar Abdullah aziz, a fellow critics in exile in canada. He believed that mbs is the issue, is the probl
Julie David Lee Miller joins us live in new york city. Any indication whats happening inside that meeting . So far not a great deal has been said but a few moments ago, julie, we noticed some activity. Some of the cars in front of this apartment house started to move. It may be an indication that perhaps the delegations are coming out. It may just be that someone wants to park their car. Were keeping an eye on it. The meeting has been underway for just about two hours time. Mike pompeo tweeted out a couple of photographs and also tweeted out a message that said welcoming back the delegation from north korea led by Kim Yong Chol to the second date of meetings in new york. Last night the vice chair kim and secretary had dinner at this apartment house used, by the way, by the deputy u. N. Representative. They arrived here this morning ignoring questions from reporters. A state Department Spokeswoman said secretary pompeo spoke last night with President Trump and the National Security advi
Were following the final journey of George Herbert walker bush on this day of National Mourning for the 41st president of the United States. We just saw the plane carrying his casket land in texas after a very moving state funeral here in washington. There it is. Special air mission 41. President trump attending the service along with all four living past president s, producing in the process some awkward moments as he faced the obamas and appeared to ignore the clintons. Mr. Trump under stress after important new revelations from Robert Mueller in his sentencing memo of Michael Flynn. The special counsel offering a taste of how much he has learned in the russia investigation and how much the president and all of us still dont know about the end game. Well cover those stories much more this hour with our correspondents and our analysts. They are all standing by. First, lets go to our senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny. Jeff, as america mourns president bush this day may have
Considering pardoning Martha Stewart. Jeff zeleny is on the ground. Jeff, explain the president s thinking here that hes considering pardoning people who all seem to be those he knows from the world of politics. Reporter this certainly is a new development. The president landed here a few moments ago. Behind me he is greeting a few military officials at Ellington Field just outside of houston. We are told by pool reporters on the plane that the president invited reporters up to his office on air force i which is a makeshift oval office, if you will, and he talked to these reporters for about 15 minutes or so. The part he wanted to put on the record was the new specific information about how he is thinking about pardoning former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich as well as Martha Stewart. This is certainly coming as the president is giving a lot of attention to pardons. Hes been doing it with more frequency. Of course, had an earlier tweet this morning, but it is the Rod Blagojevich pot
In just minutes, members of the bush family will be arriving at the funeral home in houston, texas. He will later make his final flight to washington aboard air force one, renamed this week as special air mission 41. He will lie in state at the u. S. Capitol rotunda for the cpublic to pay their respects. Thats a rare honor. The bush foun daugz sending out this picture of him and barbara surrounded by their grandchildren. They were family people to the core. Captions with his answer to what was his greatest accomplishment in life, he said without pause, quote, that my children still come home. Cnn is learning new details about the funerals planned for president bush. Jamie gangel has been following this closely. Its quite a week, lying in state at the capitol, a funeral at the national cathedral. We now can tell you who the eulogists are going to be at both services, jim. At the national cathedral, there will be four eulogists, as we have reported before. His son, former president georg