President trump vowed to pull out of a decadesold Nuclear Treaty with russia. One official says this could be a very dangerous step. We are on it this morning. Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward is in istanbul. Clarissa, you look at these pictures here and it seems to provide pretty convincing evidence this was no rogue operation but a planned one, a premeditated one. Reporter thats right, jim. And its ironic that this comes the day after the Saudi Foreign minister told fox news that this was a rogue operation, that the killing was unintentional, that this was a mistake. Turkish officials here are telling us, no, this was premeditated murder. They say the saudis flew in a body double to pose as Jamal Khashoggi leaving the consulate to cover up the killing. Cnn, as you said, has obtained exclusive surveillance footage. This is part of the investigation that the government is carrying out and it appears to support that argument. Check it out. At first glance, this man could
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Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to viewers here and around the world, im george howell. Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Our top story, an explosive new story by buzzfeed had official washington going full speed with talk of possible impeachment until special Counsel Robert Mueller suddenly pumped the brakes. This story strongly suggested obstruction of justice by the president. It was out for almost 24 hours before muellers Office Issued a rare statement saying it had an issue with some of the reporting. The catch here is that it didnt say exactly what the problem was. It also did not say the article was wrong, only that some details missed the mark. Heres what it says. It alleges the president directed his then Attorney Michael Cohen to lie to congress about a proposed trump tower project in moss rou. The editorinchief ben smith tells our colleague Anderson Cooper he stands by the reporting. You know, obviously, we stand by the reporting in this story. We spoke to as
Amy klobuchar on whether we should believe the president on passing new gun safety laws. And what were learning about what could be the worst Russian Nuclear disaster since children noble. All chernobyl. All in starts now. Its been more than two days since Jeffrey Epstein, accused of sex trafficking, was found dead by apparent suicide. Investigators are trying to figure out what happened. He was accused of troosking girls as union at 14 for sex, and faced 45 years in prison if convicted. Part of the reason why the death ofevery epstein is so surprising, it was just last month when he was found injured in his cell, semiconscious with marks on his neck. He was on suicide watch at that time. It was three weeks ago, did you sweet spite that sources say he was not on suicide watch at the time of his death. The guidelines for epsteins jail unit called for correction officers to check on inmates every 30 minutes. That did not happen. According to an administration official, quote, a number of
Viewers last night and today about a story we did on the back half of last nights show where our guest was a nuclear expert. The story was about a mysterious explosion that happened thursday, last week, in russia. I know from the feedback that we got from you guys that the news as of last night about that explosion, as we were able to present it here on the show, wasnt just dramatic news about a big explosion, it was very concerning news. I could read that in your feedback. Well, the story has become considerably more dramatic and more concerning today, so i want to start tonight with a little bit of an update on that. Now, as i mentioned, the explosion in question happened last week, thursday, in the far northwest of russia on the white sea at a military site. And after whatever it was that happened there, russian authorities put out an initial statement admitting there had been a fatal accident but provided very few details on what had happened. They said two people had been killed i