Brunson, you see in this photograph, here, in the middle, touched down at joint base andrews in maryland a short time ago. The presbyterian pastor was charged with being a spy and trying to overthrow turkeys government but a Turkish Court chose to release him well ahead of schedule. Cnns Sara Westwood is at the white house and joins us with more. A pretty big turnaround by the Turkish Court. How did we get to this point and haz he already made it to the white house . Reporter this is something that the Trump Administration has spent months trying to accomplish, that is convincing the turkish government to release this pastor who has been held in detention for more than two years. The Trump Administration had seemed close in the past weeks to securing brunsons release in july. Trump threatened additional sanctions against turkish leaders and ratcheted tariffs on steel and aluminum exports and the economic pressures that trump had but on turkey was starting to cause the turkish currency to plummet and causing Major Economic disruption, that sources tell cnn, the turkish government recognized how serious the situation was, and finally moved to release brunson. Now, last night, at his rally in ohio, we saw President Trump touting the release of this pastor as a win for his administration. Brunson is due to meet with trump in the Oval Office Moments from there. So were likely to see the president continue this victory lap on securing the pastors release. Fred . And what do you suppose that meeting is going to be like . Have you been told anything about, you know, what is planned . Is it strictly a meet and kbree greet . Lunch . What . They will be in the oval office. There will be cameras present, so we will have an opportunity to hear from both the pastor and the president. There will be an opportunity to pose a question to the president. And one unanswered question about this whole situation is what kind of concession if any the president made to secure brunsons relief. We dont know if the tariffs on steel and aluminum for example will be lowered now that brunson has come back to the United States. Those are some things that the Administration Still has to answer. Sara westwood at the white house, thanks so much. Of course, when that meeting happens, we will try to inform you as much as we learn about it. A mystery surrounding a missing saudi journalist deepens. President trump now vowing severe punishment if is saudi arabia murdered Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi. International outrage is growing as leaders are demanding answers from saudi arabia. Here is what we know right now. At the beginning of the month, khashoggi was in istanbul, turkey, ready to go to the saudi consulate to get documents allowing him to get married. On october 2, khashoggi left his phone with his fiance, when he went to the consulate, and went inside. But never returned. Never came out. That same day, turkish authorities believe several saudi men arrived in istanbul, just hours before khashoggi entered the consulate, and they believe they were connected to his disappearance and possible murder. So far, there has been very little reaction coming from the white house. But now, President Trump is speaking out about the journalists possible murder. Jamal khashoggi, the journalist, the saudi journalist, was he murdered by the saudis, and did the prince give the order to kill him . Nobody knows yet. But we will probably be able to find out. It is being investigated. It is being looked at very, very strongly. We would be very upset and angry if that were the case. As of this moment, they deny. It and they deny it vehemently. Could it be them . Yes. Jared, your soninlaw, got on the phone and asked the prince. Did he deny it . They deny. It they deny it every way you can imagine. In the not too distant future, i think we will know an answer. What are your options . Lets say they did. What are your options . Would you consider imposing sanctions as a Bipartisan Group of senators have proposed . It depends on what the sanctions are. I will give you an example. They are ordering military equipment. Everybody in the world wanted that order. Russia wanted it. China wanted it. We wanted it. We got it. And we got all of it. Every bit of it. So would you cut that off . Well, i tell you what i dont want to do. Boeing, lockheed, raytheon, all of these companies, i dont want to hurt jobs, i dont want to lose an order like that, and you know what, there are other ways of punishing, to use a word that is a pretty harsh word, but it is true. Tell everybody what is at stake here. You know, this is well, there is a lot at stake. There is a lot at stake. And maybe especially so because this man was a reporter. There is something, you will be surprised to hear me say that, there is something really terrible and disgusting about that, if that were the case. So we are going to have to see. We are going to get to the bottom of it. And there will be severe punishment. Cnns International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson joining me now from istanbul, where khashoggi disappeared, and what is being said now . Reporter fred, getting to the bottom of it, as the president said, is in the turkish, in the minds of turkish officials here reliant on completing an investigation. And a key part of that investigation is getting inside the consulate, because they believe that theyve got, and they have shared with intelligence agencies, their allies around the world, evidence, audio visual evidence from inside the consulate that they say clearly demonstrates that khashoggi was brutally assaulted. That he was tortured. And that he was killed. So central to getting to the bottom of it, for turkish authorities is getting inside the consulate. And right now, we know they are talking with saudi officials to try to achieve that. The saudis said they were very grateful that the turkish authorities were going to work with them on this issue. But we have literally in the past couple of hours heard from the Turkish Foreign minister who is in the u. K. And probably trying to bolster support for turkey there right now, the Turkish Foreign minister has said that the saudis are not cooperating the way they should be to allow this investigation to go forward. So to get to the bottom of it, turkey so far has been putting pressure by dripfeeding information about what happened here, dripfeeding it in the local media here, but the Nuclear Option for them, we are told and i spoke with a Government Official earlier, would be to release what they claim is an audio recording of what happened inside. They say they dont want to do that. However, to get the answers that President Trump wants, it is going to have to be, it seems, a forensic investigation in that building, that saudi arabia doesnt seem yet prepared to allow anyone to do, fred. And so, nic, how could, you know, in other ways, how could, i guess, turkey have some leverage here . If not releasing more tapes, how could turkey get the upper hand here . Or even potentially retaliate against any resistance coming from saudi arabias cooperation . Well, a spokesman for president erdogans Political Party here has warned that there will be very strong consequences if they get to the bottom of it and find, as they believe, that the saudis are culpable. So that leverage comes from being very public, in a way, by dripfeeding information, and putting pressure on saudi arabia, and sharing with allies the intelligence that they believe that they have, which they say is evidence of his murder. So if that evidence is convincing for lets say their partners in the cia, or with mi6 in the u. K. , or in france or in germany, then that is the sort of pressure that they can bring to bear on their friends and partners around the world, to put pressure on saudi arabia. So that is where the pressure points lie. And the longer that saudi officials dont let turkish investigators into this building, the stronger that pressure will become. Because the evidence so far is that turkish authorities are prepared to continue to dripfeed information to create that pressure. Nic robertson, thank you so much. Joining me right now, david road, who was kidnapped by the taliban back in 2008 while working for the New York Times. He escaped a few months later. David, good to see you. So this really does come close to home for you, in terms of a working journalist, you know, overseas, and being met with threats. And what thoughts come to mind for you . As we read that khashoggis fiance, what her account was, that he didnt feel he would be welcomed back in saudi arabia, and knew that what he was doing as a reporter was dangerous. So what comes to mind as you hear about this kind of reporting and reflecting on your own experience, being held against your will, before you escaped . If the worst Case Scenario is true and he was murdered, the blame lies entirely with the saudi government. It is outrageous that he would enter the consulate to try to get a wedding license, and possibly abducted, and if he was murdered, it is just abhorrent. I just feel for him and his family. Hes never been accused of doing anything untoward. He was simply a dissent living outside of saudi arabia, and if the crown prince of saudi arabia ordered this, it is an astonishing violation of diplomatic norms, journalistic norms, and there is pressure on the Trump Administration to do something about this. And what do you suppose are the parameters of what the Trump Administration can do . You heard in the 60 minutes interview, the president says if then there would be severe punishment, but he also said, and reminded that hes got some business deals that were significant with saudi arabia, and he doesnt want to talk to boeing and tell them that those deals would be off, as a result. So what are the parameters for the u. S. . I think theres far more that the president can do. He has personal business with the saudis. He has talked about these defense contracts. But i feel like the president has mocked the Prime Minister of canada about dairy subsidy, mocked Angela Merkel in germany. He savaged these longtime american ally, yet he is holding back on an authoritarian regime, saudi arabia, luring a journalist into their consulate, and potentially murdering him. And in the end, it is all about money. And that is what the saudis expect. That International Norms dont matter any longer, that essentially the United States will turn a blind eye, because they want money, and thats just a very dangerous sentiment that plays into lots of stereotypes against americans, in the middle east. Frankly even fundamentalist groups who say, look, the saudis can buy off the americans. So it is a critical moment to do the right thing. Is it worrisome that just listening to that small portion of the president alluded to his importance, where he places some importance on money, on what will come, the benefits that will come from these financial deals, but his initial response earlier in the week, versus what is being said on this 60 minutes interview, he does seem to be showing some real concern for the journalist as well. I just think on a base level, and i want to be respectful of the president , but the rule of law, basic standards, are more important than any amount of money. And it is just astonishing and very dangerous that an american president is like oh, we will let this murder go away because of some financial transaction. And again, he savages other european and longtime american allies, and then he goes soft on these authoritarian leaders, so this is a real test for the Trump Administration. I hope the president will do the right thing. 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This is truecar. Welcome back. The head of fema is expected to tour hurricane damage in the hardhit Florida Panhandle soon and provide an update on rescue and recovery efforts. This, as we are getting a stunning firsthand look of Hurricane Michael making landfall. All right, this is pretty dramatic. These images coming into cnn, now showing the force of the hurricane, as it slammed into mexico beach, florida, and the power of that 155 mileanhour wind. The death toll now standing at 17 across four states. Nearly 900,000 homes and businesses in seven states are still without power. And in parts of the Florida Panhandle, it might be months before power is back on. For the very latest now, lets go to cnns Martin Savidge in mexico beach, florida. Martin, what are you seeing from people there . Reporter it is another difficult day of recovery efforts. It is under way, frederica, we can show you right now, by the drone what is happening, literally, well a couple dozen feet away from our position here. But we are going to keep a respectful distance. They are using a cadaver dog. This is in also association with the search and recovery teams that are out there, that have come from all across the country to aid in this effort and it is not just buildings they have to go through but what remains of the homes, and there was a report that there was a couple that actually stayed behind in a beachfront property, and they have not been heard from or at least have not been accounted. So this is why they have been focusing on this specific area. They have the dog that has been brought in. And they are also searching on foot. You can see also a tremendous amount of debris. If we can bring you back to where i am, i will show you another angle, you can see the destruction in the background, they have been through a lot of these buildings. It is this stuff that they are working their way through. This is clearly somebodys, i dont know, deck, dock, porch, whatever, there is debris like this all over. It is huge. Certainly too big for anybody to lift. So this has to be searched as well. Somebody actually just a few minutes ago, crawling under here, and checking it out. And time and time again, theyve got all sorts of walls that have come down. Theyve got just huge, large pieces of debris. This is not just a matter of lifting a mattress or a piece of plywood. There is a real massive amount of structures that are just destroyed and any one of them could hold unfortunately a victim. They know that they had about 286 people that did not leave. That number could have fluctuated. Some people at the last minute might have fled. And what they are doing is trying to work against that list now. Where did those people live . And are they still there . But the problem has been the communication chaos, the debris, just the whole general destruction has been so massive, that you really cant find people. Even if you go to what used to be their home. When they search, they leave marks like this. This is a piece of paper that has the date and the time it was searched and zero zero means of course, that nothing was found here. And then they move on. This effort is going to go through at least day to day. Maybe longer. And the city says until it is done. There is no way they can start allowing residents back. For now, residents are told dont come. It is not just the right time as they work on what is a grim task. One body found yesterday. A few more to be found today. Martin savidge, thank you so much from mexico beach, florida. And meantime, were Just Moments Away from an historic meeting at the oval office. President Trump Inviting pastor andrew brunson, who was just released from turkish custody, while oneonone in the white house. 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