Final column, including his chilling warning about arab governments silencing the media. Lets get to it. First from the fox news deck this thursday afternoon, President Trumps treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says he will skip an Investment Conference in saudi arabia and this move appears to be the Trump Administrations first rebuke of the kingdom after the apparent murder of Washington Post columnist jamal khaishoggi. Inside a saudi consulate. Secretary mnuchin said he made the decision after meeting with president run the and mike pompeo. Pompeo met with saudi leaders this week. Today he said he told the president he should give the saudis more time to try to figure out what happened. Heres what we know happened. 16 days ago, jamal khaishoggi went into the saudi consulate in istanbul and 16 days later, theres still no evidence that he ever made it out alive. Turkish officials have released details of what they report to be his last moments alive, torture, beatings, a bone saw, the removing of his fingers whether after his death or before, we dont know. And then the removal of his head. The hacking up took more than seven minutes. With so horrific, the doctor doing it suggested playing music to drown it out. At first, the saudis claim khaishoggi left the consulate on his own and then there were records that they were considering admitting that khaishoggi died there. But that it came at the hands of a rogue element. The New York Times has reported that four of khaishoggis interrogators have ties, direct ties, to the crown prince and new surveillance evidence from pro turkish government newspaper show a saudi Intelligence Officer that traveled with the crown prince at the consulate the day that khaishoggi disappeared. In todays editions, the Washington Post reports that the Trump Administration and is saudi royal family are searching for a mutually agreeable explanation for khaishoggis death, one that will avoid implicating Mohammed Bin Salman. Hes 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 mnuchins participation in this davos in the desert conference, reevaluate they did and decided that he will pull out. I dont know if its a rebuke orb more of a prudent p. R. Move. Doing anything with saudi arabia right now has become somewhat radioactive. The secretary tweeting out this morning, just met with President Trump and secretary pompeo. We decided i would not be participating in the future Investment Initiative summit in saudi arabia. Many corporations have already pulled out like google and fox. The white house didnt have a lot of choice here. The president was being criticized for giving cover to the saudi leadership, a charge that he denies. It would have been problematic for mnuchin to go and attracted criticism from a congress that is putting a lot of pressure on President Trump. It is a significant move to pull the treasury secretary. The markets didnt like it. Mnuchins announcement exacerbating a down trend that started earlier today. The white house is sensitive about the relationship between the United States and saudi arabia. Talking about the president s concern about people pointing fingers at saudi arabia over the khaishoggi disappearance. Secretary state mike pompeo reminded us of the longstanding relationship between the two countries that morning. Its important for us to remember, too, we have a long strategic relationship since 1932 with the kingdom of saudi arabia that is an important Counter Terrorism partner, they have custody of the two holy sites. Theyre an important Strategic Alliance of the United States. We need to be mindful of that as weld. During that appearance in front of the west wing earlier today, the secretary of state alluded to decisions that may face the president depending on the outcome of the saudi and turkish investigations find. 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. Theyre seeming to poke holes in the turkish narrative. As far as the turkish investigation, here in istanbul, investigators finished their search of the consulate generals evidence. Turkey claims to have evidence of the murder. Theres focus on one man. Hes claimed to be saudi intelligence. Hes been seen with the crown prince on one international tour. And now newspapers puts him at the consulate the day of khaishoggis disappearance, apparently entering hours before khaishoggi himself. One highranking name, general asiri. He served as a saudi spokesman in yemen. He trained in the u. K. And the u. S. Hes a v. P. Of saudi intelligence. Reports now suggesting he may have been the one that ordered the interrogation of khaishoggi. That was the narrative that we heard a few days ago. The saudis are preparing to suggest this is an interrogation gone wrong. May have been sanctioned by the you saudi crown prince. Shepard theres reports that one of the members of that hit squad that went over to the consulate died in a mysterious car crash already . Also news just breaking today, shep, of course a lot of eyebrows being raised. Perhaps this is the second execution in this whole saga. He was 31 and a lieutenant in the Saudi Royal Air force. They say he was among the 15member hit team and some reports saying this was a mysterious traffic accident. Again, no one has offered specific time or location. It all adds to the mystery surrounding these 15 that came to turkey. For the saudi investigation, as i said, that has picked up pace following secretary pompeos visit. Im told the men named by turkey have been interrogated by saudi authorities. Some of them are denying they were anywhere near turkey at the time. One of them claims to have been in new york. Another one claims he died a couple of years ago. So competing narratives going on at the moment. Everyone is waiting for hard facts. At the moment, turkey has more evidence. As secretary pompeo saying, they want to give saudi arabia a couple more days to complete their investigation. Shepard and come up with a mutually greed upon explanation. Ben hall live in turkey. Some context now on crime and punishment in the companies in question. In saudi arabia, the punishment for murder is death, period. Beheading to be specific. By law, executions normally happen at 9 00 a. M. In a Public Square done by a professional executioner with a sword. Not just for murder. Also for rape and terrorism and treason and espionage and athiesimn. Sometimes after the sword takes off the head, the body is crucified. In 2009, the Saudi Gazette reported after a gang leader was convicted of robbing a jewelry store, the Court Sentenced him to beheading followed by crucifixion. The headless body nailed to across and left in public for three days. Could a member of the royal family face execution . Two years ago the king ordered the execution of a young prince who shot and killed a man in a desert brawl. Its not a regular occurrence. But its also not without press debt. Thats where saudi law stands. Now consider the particular case of jamal khaishoggi. The movies make it seem like if you walk in an embassy or consulate, youre on their soil. The truth is somewhat more murky. The reality is that the reported killing of jamal khaishoggi could fall under turkish law even though its alleged to have happened inside the saudi consulate. In turkey, the penalty for murder is not death by life in prison. Still thats getting ahead of things. Because the turks can only search the premises with saudi approval. And the Vienna Convention provides certain protections for consulate workers, protections that would not extend to the 15man team that flew from saudi arabia to turkey to intercept jamal khaishoggi. So the turks could interrogate and arrest them under turkish law except all 15 are now back in saudi arabia. Turkish authorities have reportedly not attempted to contact them or anyone else in the consulate at the time. So this investigation falls at the tricky intersection of International Law and sovereign strength with two powerful regimes determined to protect their own interests. Few clear answers about how the family of jamal khaishoggi can eventually find truth. And perhaps justice. Theres little rest for a single dad, and back pain made it hard to sleep and get up on time. Then i found aleve pm. The only one to combine a safe sleep aid, plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. Im back. Aleve pm for a better am. Vo to capture your personal are uinformation. 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In it, khaishoggi said part of the problem is arab nations dont face enough punishment from other countries when they do things like lock up critics or take over newspapers. Those actions he wrote no longer carry the consequence of a backlash of the international community. Instead, these actions may trigger condemnation followed by silence. As a result, arab governments have been given free reign to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. The editor of the piece said she received it from khaishoggis translator and assistant the day of the columnist disappeared. She said she was waiting to publish it hoping he would come back and be able to work on it with her. The Washington Post editorial page columnist fred hyatt joins us. Thanks for coming. Thanks for having me. Shepard tell us about the decision to post. Well, it was both hard and easy, shepard. Hard, as you say, it meant admitting to ourselves that jamal was unlikely to come back and help us edit it. Thats something that we havent wanted to admit. Easy in the sense that it was such an amazing statement of what he believed in, what he had been fighting for most of his life, why he went into exile and apparently if what were hearing is true, the values of what he gave his life for. Shepard khaishoggi was critical of the saudi king and the crown prince who has been accused of sending the hit squad to turkish consulate. At the same time, he was for the what the crown prince was advocating, the reforms. Yes. Its unfathomable that this crime was taking place and why a lot of us here at the post had a hard time believing this was true. Jamal was a patriot. He believes the middle east needed a brighter future. He needed the reforms to succeed. He saw himself as a constructive critic that was saying if you want to open up the kingdom, if you want to be more than just an oil petro state, you have to rely on the vibrancy of your own people. To do that, you have to have to let them speak, exchange opinions. The kingdom would be stronger if you allowed that. That was the message that he was delivering. Its why we translated there piece into arabic and some of his other pieces. He wanted this message to his own people and the region. He very much saw it as in the interest of his country. Shepard selfimposed exile last year. Explain why and how he came to the post. He didnt want to leave his country. He had been a journalist there for many years. Saudi arabia has never been a democracy. Theres always been some restrictions. But in 2016, he began to see and 2017 when the crown prince was tightening his grip, i think jamal began to see it was different than it had been before. There was even the limited space that had existed in the past was going away. He said, i dont want to leave my country but theres a lot of my countrymen that cant speak up at all. Theyre in prison or muzzled other ways. So i have an obligation to speak up. He went into exile. He knew he was taking risks. Although i dont think he could have imagined anything like this anymore than the rest of us could. Because people at home were less and less able to express opinions. Shepard he wrote as part of this column that was released last night that the arab world is facing its own version of an iron curtain imposed not by external factors but through domestic forces for power. During the cold war, Radio Free Europe played an Important Role in foster and sustaining the hope and freedom. Arabs need something similar. Is this something that he talked about often . Is this part of his message . He did. You know, in 2011 when there was the brief arab spring, i think he saw like a lot of people that arabs are no different than anybody else. They want the dignity of freedom, they want to express themselves. Until then, theres this mix of oh, the arab dont want democracy. Of course, everybody wants that dignity. When the arab string collapsed, he began to think especially last year, talked to us and others about creating some kind of platform where these voices could be heard. Some way that we could reach people in these countries where their own press is not allowed to speak with a diverse debate. Shepard fred hiatt from the Washington Post. The thoughts of us are here with you and yours at the post. Thanks for coming. Thanks, shepard. Shepard President Trump says he may sends troops to shut down the border with mexico. Hes warning by twitter and what its really all about still to come. Many of you have served our country honorably. One of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan for up to 100 of your homes value. If you need cash for your family, call newday usa. With automatic authority from the va, we can say yes when banks say no. Give us a call. Call now 18553761361. Of course he prefers the pearl white to the cherry red. 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