- Secretary of State MikePompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia

meeting with the royal family

about missing Washington Postcolumnist Jamal Kahashoggi.

President Donald Trumpsent his top diplomat

after calling the king Monday.

- The king firmly deniedany knowledge of it.

He didn't really know, maybe,

I don't want to get into his mind,

but it sounded to me likemaybe these could have been

rogue killers, who knows.

- [Mark] Pompeo met with theCrown Prince earlier today.

Turkish leaders claim they have evidence

the Saudis interrogated, torchered,

and then murdered Kahashoggi.

The journalist is a Saudi citizen

and used to be an insiderwith the royal family,

but he became a critic andexiled himself to the U.S.

- I think he sent Pompeothere because he wants

the king to know, look,we're serious about this.

If you don't admit up to this,

or you don't come clean on this,

you're going to have some heavy sanctions.

- [Mark] Two weeks agoKahashoggi entered the consolute

to finish paperwork for hisupcoming wedding and vanished.

Turkish video reportedlyshows Saudi operatives

entering and leaving thecountry that same day.

So far the Saudis havedenied any involvement,

but the New York times is reporting,

they may admit the journalist died

in an interrogation that went to far.

Pointing the finger at anoverzealous intelligence official.

- I heard that report,

but nobody knows ifit's an official report.

So far it's just the rumor,the rumor of report coming out.

- Critics say that storydoesn't fit the facts

and is an attempt be the Saudis

to tame down the growing outcry.

Meanwhile a team of Saudiand Turkish investigators

went through the consulatein Istanbul, Turkey.

Some lawmakers want Trump to do more

in this diplomatic tension.

The president has repeatedlysaid, he would not stop

a major arms deal withthe Saudi Government,

saying that would have negativeconsequences on the U.S.

Mark Martin, CBN News.