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That gina haspel listened to the audio of the killing of jamal khashoggi. we could learn more about what happened. we have cnn's nic robertson in istanbul with the latest. let's get this straight. an american official has heard this audio? >> reporter: yes. it may reveal what's been hinted at all along by turkish officials. that jamal khashoggi was killed soon after going into the consulate. it was brutal and torture and a beating and his body dismembered. that's what the leaks have been all about and is that what gina haspel will report to president trump and what else, if anything, will she ...

We have nic robertson in istanbul with the latest. nic, a pivotal day here. >> reporter: pivotal day indeed. president erdogan has shared information with trusted partners. verified information. a lot of people in turkey looking at the saudi consul-general's residence with new eyes this morning. why? this building here was a central part of the investigation of turkish authorities of the investigation of the disappearance of jamal khashoggi. this was the place that the so-called hit team that came from saudi arabia that killed him in the consulate and came here within a couple of hours of khas...

President trump says he expects gina haspel to brief him tonight or tomorrow. this afternoon the president stressed his administration is still gathering facts and says that saudi arabia has been a very good u.s. ally. >> they had a very bad original concept. it was carried out poorly and the cover-up was one of the worst in the history of cover-ups. >> this morning in a speech, turkish president ressep tape erdogan offered a broad outline of what he says investigators have uncovered. that a hit team traveled to istanbul, disabled security cameras in the saudi consulate and prepared to murder ...

Let's go live to turkey and bring in cnn's ben wedeman. what is the president saying? >> reporter: what we heard was really with the exception of the detail about the cameras inside the consulate is recounting what cnn and other news organizations have been reporting in terms of a timeline. then he did come out and asked a certifiy certify -- a series of pointed questions. he wants to know at what point downtown h did the hit team come to the consulate and kill jamal khashoggi. why was in not open to the turkish investigators to find the whereabouts about "the washington post" columnist. he sa...

Happened regarding this case. it goes back to the 28th of september when jamal khashoggi went to the saudi consulate to ask for this document that shows that he is free to marry. that is what set off this sequence of events with the saudis and the president said activated this hit team. but they were preceded by others who came to sort out the territory and figure out a plan, so to speak, so that what we saw is in his speech, he really just gave the presidential stamp of approval to this drip, drip, drip of bits of information coming from anonymous official sources here in turkey. the only thi...