From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. As I speak on Friday, Saudi TV is reporting that on October 2nd, journalist Jamal Khashoggi bled to death after a fist fight inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Turkish officials say he was murdered and dismembered there by a team sent for that

purpose. Earlier this week, President Trump suggested rogue killers may be to blame. But at every turn,

the Saudi crown prince has been implicated. One of the suspects who ended with the suspected hit squad

two weeks ago is Maire

Moutreb, a former bodyguard of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a diplomat who is often

seen traveling alongside the Royal.

The New York Times is reporting that one of the suspects was a frequent companion

of the Crown Prince.

Three others linked to his security detail.

And of course there's the forensic doctor reportedly carrying a bone saw.

The real head scratcher remains.

Why is Donald Trump doing Saudi Arabia's public relations work for them?

And do his comments about rogue killers match the information he's been given from his own intelligence agencies?

Another head scratcher is why for so long, the American press seemed to be

doing the Saudi Royals PR work too. 32-year-old Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince better known as

MBS, arresting many of his own cousins in a sweeping crackdown on corruption.

Guarded as one of the most conservative countries

in the world, Saudi Arabia is an authoritarian, absolute monarchy, where women's rights are

extremely limited. But under MBS, things are changing rapidly. He is emancipating women,

introducing music in cinema, and cracking down on corruption.

In effect, he's leading a revolution from above.

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