NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT FRIDAY 11/2/2018

(UPDATES, EDITING AND EXPANSION THROUGH 8 AM EASTERN AT LEAST)

President Trump was in Columbia, Missouri last night on his pre mid-term election campaign tour speaking at an airport rally.

Trump urging support for Republican candidates like Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, who's challenging incumbent Democrat Clair McCaskill for a US Senate seat there.

Among the other US Senate races an unusual one in Mississippi where there's an "open primary special election" being held next Tuesday.   Two Democrats and two Republicans are running with the top two finishers set for a runoff three weeks later.

The two Democrats include former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy while the two GOP candidates are the appointed US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and State Senator Chris McDaniel.

 In a 2014 primary runoff with former Senator Thad Cochran, advertising  calling McDaniel a racist was used to draw in Democrats voters to help Cochran win.  That led to the cry "Remember Mississippi" among conservative activists.

President Trump has endorsed Hyde-Smith but so has the "Cheap Labor Express" US Chamber of Commerce.

At a rally in front of 400 people last night in DeSoto County, McDaniel asked:

"Why hasn't that wall been built yet?"

Robert Bowers, the suspect in last Saturday's massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, has pled not guilty to the dozens of charges against him and says he wants a jury trial.

Norway has called in the Iranian ambassador following the same action by Denmark earlier in the week.  Denmark recalled its ambassador to Iran and is calling on other European Union countries for joint action against Iran.

Earlier this week the Danish government accused Iran of plotting to kill an Arab separatist. Iran says the alleged plot was a false flag cooked up by Israel.

The alleged Iranian plot could be interpreted as an attempt to drive a wedge between the European Union countries and Iran.   Many EU countries still want to do business with Iran in spite of the new tougher sanctions being imposed by the United States effective this month.

The US has granted waivers on Iranian sanctions to eight countries including South Korea and Japan as well as India.   Iran has big oil customers in Asia.  Bloomberg Business is reporting that today with the official list set for release on Monday.

The "Washington Post" reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking to US government officials in support of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman following the Jamal Khashoggi murder in Turkey.

Israel's Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said today that the Khashoggi murder was "despicable" but co-operating with the Saudis against Iran was Israel's priority.

THERE'S LATE WORD THAT THE HATE CRIMES POLICE IN THE UK CONTROLLED BY THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY GOVERNMENT AND THE HOME SECRETARY SAJID JAVID ARE INVESTIGATING ANTI-SEMITIC HATE CRIMES IN THE OPPOSITION LABOR PARTY.

THE INVESTIGATION WAS REVEALED BY METROPOLITAN POLICE CHIEF FOR LONDON CRESSIDA DICK WHO SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BY LABOR MEMBERS MAY HAVE INVOLVED THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME, BUT SHE DENIED THE LABOR PARTY ITSELF WAS BEING PROBED.

A pro-Israel delegation of evangelical Christians were meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Riyadh Thursday.

The group includes former Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann, former leaders of National Religious Broadcasters and a former president of evangelist Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, Michael Little.

Leading the group was biblical prophecy novelist Joel Rosenberg, who lives in Israel. 

The "Jerusalem Post" reported the group received an official invitation from Saudi Arabia two months ago and had met with the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates prior to that.

There's been news leaked out regarding a conversation the Crown Prince had on October 9th, seven days after Khashoggi was reported missing, with Saudi Arabia claiming it knew nothing about his disappearance at the time.

Mohammed Bin Salman was denouncing Khashoggi as a former member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and dangerous in a phone call with President Trump' son-in-law Jared Kushner and  US National Security Adviser John Bolton.

Turkey's Justice Minister says Saudi Arabia needs to do more to support Turkey's investigation into Khashoggi's murder.   Among other things Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul says:

"We are looking for answers to the question of where the body is"

The "Instant News Alerts" Twitter page reported Thursday that Israel has warned Lebanon through France that rocket factories being built by the Iranian backed Hezbollah movement must be dealt with by the Lebanese government or they will be destroyed.

The Kurdish dominated Syrian Democratic Forces have ceased military operations against Islamic State in eastern Syria following Turkish attacks on Kurdish forces in the north.

The SDF wants the United States to intervene to stop the Turks.

President Trump says he's had a "very good conversation" with Chinese President Xi Jinping with trade being a major topic of discussion along with North Korea.  The President's tweet also said the two leaders will meet at the upcoming G20 meeting in Argentina scheduled for November 30th.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit Italy.   That word from the  Kremlin Thursday follows last month's visits by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's and Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who leads the "League" party.

The new Italian government supports the lifting of European Union sanctions against Russia.

North Korea's ruler Kim Jong Un will soon visit South Korea's capital Seoul.

That's the word from South Korea's President Moon Jae In.  He says that a diplomatic process is underway aimed at ridding North Korea of nuclear weapons.

Moon expects Kim to be visiting Russia soon and that the North Korean leader may even meet Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.