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The country finally admitting 2 1/2 weeks later that "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi died in its consulate in turkey. but a source just telling cnn saudi arabia does not know where khashoggi's body is. the sources say the body was handed over to a local collaborator after the killing. the saudi government claims that an argument broke out in the consulate and quickly escalated into a violent fistfight. that is how khashoggi died. that's according to saudi officials. well, that's very different from turkey's version of what happened. turkey is saying khashoggi was tortured, murdered...

"washington post" is reporting that cia officials, officials, have listened to the audiotape, which confirms that jamal khashoggi was murdered, and his body was dismembered. >> okay. ben weederman, also gruesome and very troubling, and it is difficult to report on, just as it has been very difficult for all of our reporters to try to get information. thank you very much, ben. appreciate it. president trump vauing severe punishment if saudi arabia is responsible for khashoggi's death. let's go now to cnn's white house correspondent boris sanchez. boris, what is the latest messaging coming fro...

Undiplomatic activity, wound would have thought that if a man dies within the consulate, you would call an ambulance, report it to the police, but no, this seems to be indeed an operation, as i said before, somewhere between keystone cops and a texas, and the texas chainsaw massacre, full of holes like swiss cheese. but not a lot of people here in istanbul seem to be believing the saudi version. we did hear the head of the turkish arab media association here saying that jamal khashoggi was slaughtered by bloody murderers. so if anything, the saudi statement has added increased emphasis on the ...

Saudi may have played a surprise role in the. announcing he is stepping down from a speech given in riyadh, saudi arabia. he cited fears of assassination attempt. ben weederman is in beirut. what do we make of this? that he stepped down due to fears of an assassination attempt. but the lebanese army said they found no proof of such a plan? and what part did saudi arabia play in all this? >> thing is no doubt that saudi arabia had some influence to say the reason to announce his resignation on saturday. now keep in mind that that was his second visit to the kingdom within just five days. and hi...

Disturbing tweets from the u.s. president. but from the north korean side i've been reading all day long the dispatches from the kcna, the korea central news agency, the official news agency of north korea, and there's no letup in the tone of rhetoric there. the last dispatch i read was a report of the opinions of north korean's living in china calling for a shower of nuclear bombs to cure president trump's madness in the words of that dispatch. >> very uneasy in many parts of the world over this issue. ben weederman bringing us up to date on that issue. we are following break news this hour...