What happened to Jamal Khashoggi?

The World

Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi embassy in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Then, he disappeared. Khashoggi was a vocal critic of the Saudi government who became a legal resident of the US in 2017 as pressure on him mounted. Now details are emerging about what may have happened. Host Marco Werman gets more from journalist Borzou Daragahi.

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