the secretary state saying the united states is prepared to take appropriate action. as to exactly what appropriate action will constitute is going to be a very, very sensitive matter, shep. shepard: john roberts at the white house. thank you. team fox coverage continues. benjamin hall live in istanbul. ben? hi, shep. we have two investigations underway. we have a turkish one and now saudi arabia. saudi arabia sources seem to claim the results of their investigation is coming sunday or monday. they re seeming to poke holes in the turkish narrative. as far as the turkish investigation, here in istanbul, investigators finished their search of the consulate general s evidence. turkey claims to have evidence of the murder. there s focus on one man.
in today s editions, the washington post reports that the trump administration and is saudi royal family are searching for a mutually agreeable explanation for khaishoggi s death, one that will avoid implicating mohammed bin salman. he s among the president s closest foreign allies and also close with jared kushner. further, the post published the final column jamal khaishoggi wrote for the paper. part of it reads, arab governments have been given free reign to silence the media at an increasing rate. a warning all the more real from the grave. team fox coverage, benjamin hall live in istanbul. first john roberts live on the north lawn. john? good afternoon. we were told that the treasury secretary and the white house would evaluate mnuchin s participation in this davos in
investigation, international investigation. the saudi government can no longer remain silent and it is essential that our government and others push harder for the truth until we have a full account and full accountability. it cannot be business as usual with the saudi government. surveillance video showed khashoggi walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul two weeks ago today. we have not seen video of him walking out we are told because it does not exist because he was murdered inside. the u.s. ally appears to be at the very least involved and at very worse directly responsible for carrying out the murder in their consulate in turkey, a nato ally. we have team fox coverage now. benjamin hall is live in turkey and state department correspondent rich edson tracking new developments on secretary pompeo s trip. first to the chief white house correspondent john roberts live this afternoon on the north lawn. john? shep, good afternoon to you and breaking news from the white house the
immediately travel to saudi arabia in search for answers there. president trump: i just spoke with the king of saudi arabia who denies any knowledge of what took place with regard to, as he said, his saudi arabia citizen. he firmly denied that. i ve asked secretary of state mike pompeo to immediately get on a plane, go to saudi arabia. bill: team fox coverage leads this hour. rich edson at the state department on stand by but let s start live ray is in panama city, florida, as the president comes your way. what will he find out when he arrives? bill and heather, good morning. the president and first lady are set to land in about 90 minutes near destin, florida. they ll also tour the damage in georgia.
secretary of state, mike pompeo, is heading to saudi arabia, to meet with the king. saudi arabia is a u.s. ally and has very close ties to the trump administration. the crown prince and the president s son-in-law, jared kushner, are famously close. president trump has said the u.s. will get to the bottom of whatever happened to the writer. lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle say they will take action if they are not satisfied with whatever the president does in response. we have team fox coverage. benjamin hall live in istanbul, the city where khashoggi was last seen alive. john roberts is live on the north lawn. john? reporter: shep, good afternoon. the white house hoping to soon get to the bottom of what happened to jamal khashoggi. you mentioned the president is sending immediately mike pompeo, the secretary of state, to at least saudi arabia and maybe turkey. allegations in turkey that