the area after khashoggi's disappearance. >> thank you very much. this search in turkey coming after president trump is shifting his stance, at least somewhat, on the apparent death of jamal khashoggi after days of denial from the king and crown prince that they were involved. the "new york times" suggests a saudi role in this incident but stopped short of laying blame. later he talked with other reporters. >> reporter: do you think jamal khashoggi is dead? >> it certainly looks that way to me. it's very sad. it certainly looks that way. >> reporter: what are you considering for possible consequences for saudi based on those -- >> well, it will have to be very severe. it's bad, bad stuff. but we'll see what happens. thank you. >> joining us now, one of the reporters on the "new york times" story, michael schmidt,