to turn it to domestic use, we will turn them and decide the idea was buns would be eliminated from riyadh we would beat up farming by using synthetic fertilizers. we would, cities it was believed were in crisis and the way to solve that was to knock down the old city. build, sort of top-down huge development projects. put up high-rise housing towers, surrounded by grass and m.d., maybe empty closets but basically to remove the old urban bread. adult animals would be fattened withpharmaceuticals, animals would be reengineered so that they were , they could fatten faster. and that was sort of accepted that this sort of technological or technocratic mindset was what was really driving the 50s. and all these women said i don't think this is the way forward. there's another way forward, it's a more holistic way forward. we need to understand the systems that support all of these things. it's also easy to forget, one of the things i foundraising was to remember and i hadn't really known this during the 50s , in 1961, a woman in many states, a woman couldbe on jury duty because she would be negl

the amc cinema riyadh is now open. the first film to be screened was "black panther." 40 seconds were censored to take out a kissing scene. all other films shown in the country will be viewed by government sensors first. it was band when saudi arabia adopted ultra conservative islamic law. >> some progress there, a lot of smiling faces at the theater tonight. >> yes, nice outside. sandhya? >> yeah, and only getting nicer if you like warm weather, dan and alma. break out the sun screen for the next couple of days and the shades. you'll be needing them. take a look at our time maps from our kgo roof camera. some fair weather cumulus clouds. a great day for sailing today. a little breezy outside. tomorrow the winds will relax and those temperatures will rise. today was warmer, but still below average for this time of year. we're going to switch things up and push those numbers above normal for april standards. take a look at live doppler 7 now. while most of you are clear, not all of you are. half moon bay reporting visib

oil really surged there were reports that a missile was intercepted over riyadh. it was up nearly over 2%. we have the facebook story and also the feds, right, on track for raising rates. we looked at oil, that was to the upside. we only saw a couple of dow winners, exxon and chevron, right? nobody talked about china and tariffs today. airlines, yesterday we heard from american. yesterday we heard from jetblue. heard from united and delta trying to give upbeat outlooks. yet this group is not coming out of the doldrums. united continental down 4%. american down 4%. couple stories, we're not buying. not believing in airline story at the moment. coupled with the fact you have higher oil prices which weighs on transportation stocks across the board. melissa: they're warning about airspace over syria as well for commercial airlines. that is not big story impacting the stocks connected to syria. nicole, thank you. david: we have jonathan hoenig from capitalist pig hedge fund. a fox news contributor. todd horowitz, the host of bubba trading. markets moving on syria conce

but this is the first fashion week to take place in riyadh. week to take place in riyadh. businesses from husbands and fathers. fathers. and women have been allowed to visit sports wheels. in a way that women can do in the west. beauty director at the daily mirror. how significant is this fashion week? week? step because of the cultural changes you have mentioned. you have mentioned. developing therefore western fashions? fashions? significance because people will pick up on that as well. pick up on that as well. produced stuff which is very fashionable in the west. fashionable in the west. any idea about what will be coming out of this week? out of this week? that is what makes it so interesting. interesting. conversation is about what is happening in the arab fashion world. happening in the arab fashion world. what about opportunities for british designers? designers? the british fashion industry is very successful. industry is very successful. around the world very keen to see what happens in the next few days. what happens in the next few

or other bilateral issues and particularly in 2015 when you criticized saudi arabia's gender policy, riyadh recalled its ambassador. i wonder if you think if they're on the road to self-correction with the new crown prince and his, for instance, lifting the ban on women driving and implementing or about to implement some more female friendly policies? >> we welcome every change that will show that countries around the world see this as a universal human right, that women enjoy the same rights as men, and i think it is important that also small steps are taken to demonstrate that this is the direction because women also fight for their rights in saudi arabia and in many other countries where they are not as advanced or have come as far as they've done in my home country, but it is not more owe less. my thinking is it is about these practical tools and instruments that checks on the discrimination against women that allows them to enjoy the same rights as men, but also make sure that they can have a say and that also the budgetary means goes to women and girls' needs as they go to men and boy

mbs summoned palestinian leaders to riyadh and essentially presented a plan for peace in the middle east that you can really only find on the kind of right wing in israel that bore very little resemblance to the old saudi plan. it's jerusalem basically gone -- and you know jerusalem is as sacred to the arabs as it is to the israelis so jerusalem was off the table, they ratified most of the settlements in the west bank, very limited autonomy to the palestinians and that was mbs, and it was mbs i should say right after jared kushner paid him a visit and departed. he pitched this plan and tried to ram it down the throats of the palestinians. they completely rejected it so i think it's kind of dead in the water. but what's remarkable is you have an arab leader who is willing to kind of toss the palestinians under the bus. it's kind of amazing. we've never seen this before. >> it's extraordinary. dexter filkins, a great read, that you can so much for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> the world's problems can seem insurmountable in an individualistic society like ours but as communities our

, for instance. >> joumana: compared to riyadh, yes, but unfortunately we cannot generalize this and say that beirut is a place where sexual expression is encouraged. >> anthony: her books are banned in many countries in the region. she's regularly threatened with rape, stoning, and murder. she is joumana haddad, culture editor of lebanon's biggest newspaper, "an-nahar." >> joumana: yesterday i had my first web tv show about sexual freedom, and you cannot imagine how many hell's doors have opened just because i dared say that girls are allowed free sexuality just like boys. and we pretend to be a democracy. >> joumana: this is kafta. >> anthony: kafta. >> joumana: yeah, with yogurt sauce and cranberries, it's yummy. >> anthony: then the fried kibbeh. >> joumana: kibbeh. >> anthony: uh, stuffed grape leaves? >> joumana: yes. tabbouleh. >> anthony: tabbouleh. >> joumana: the famous tabbouleh. >> anthony: the fact that lebanon, that beirut in particular, works at all. all these religious groups and different interests, i mean this is a fully functioning, more or less, by world standards

"black panther" was screened at the new amc theater in riyadh, the capital. it was seen by men and women. the ban was only recently lifted as the crown prince implements a number of social reforms including allowing women to drive starting this summer. >>> illinois senator tammy duckworth will now be allowed to bring her newborn daughter into the senate chamber and breast-feed her on the senate floor. that was banned until her colleagues last night unanimously approved a rule change that she had proposed. duckworth recently became the first sitting senator to give birth while in office. she said i would like to thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for helping bring the senate into the 21st century by recognizing that sometimes new parents also have responsibilities at work. >> i think they've reached a 20th century with that rule. >>> coming up, lebron's big night in the nba playoffs. >>> but first, david copperfield takes the stand and is forced to reveal the secret behind one of his big tricks. >>> and the so-called mastermind behind those annoyin

the president a year ago last summer said at riyadh with 55 head of state there. it was an his tore you can visit and a profound visit. the word he chose to use. he said i will stand with you against the major strategic threat in the region, iran. together we'll eliminate radical islam. i think he used the word violent extremism. but the major strategic threat in that region is iran's aggressive behavior having a major political and military ally in russia. i think we have to formalize the relationship and counter and confront these agressors in this region. >> you are the chairman of the institute for the study of war. is fighting against the chemical attack a different kind of war? >> you have to destroy the delivery systems of that tell cal attack. what we'll likely do is use cruise missiles, stand-off systems, they will come from surface ships and submarines. hopefully we'll bring some allies into participate. we'll take out all the struck around it. ifr if we want to -- if we want to take out the airfield, we have to bring in a stealth aircraft to do that. th

it all started with his 20 30th conference in october in riyadh, which is where he laid out his vision about diversifying away from the oil—based economy and a large part of that is entertainment. he wants to see entertainment. he wants to see entertainment come in. he knows that saudis have stories, stories to be told on film, and that is also where isee... told on film, and that is also where i see... you know, told on film, and that is also where isee... you know, iam told on film, and that is also where i see... you know, i am a governor of the bfi and i see a big role for the bfi and creative industries coming in to develop that market. let's talk about censorship. having spent three years in the middle east, i know you can't watch a film all the way through because inevitably some bits will be cut out for various reasons. these films could be about an hour in length by the time they have been censored in some markets, are you worried?” some markets, are you worried?|j have seen it before. laughter irana laughter iran a circuit in laughter i ran a circuit in egypt laughter ira

in riyadh — tickets for the hollywood blockbuster "black panther" sold out in minutes. voters in england will head to the polls on the 3rd of may for the first test of electoral opinion since last year's dramatic general election result. with seats on 150 councils up for grabs, john maguire is looking at the issues affecting voters. he's been to plymouth, a council which is hotly disputed between labour and the conservatives. that's one thing you can't change, is the weather. only mad dogs and plymouthians would be out on a day like this. but members of this community running and walking group, aptly named storm, is made of tough stuff. but not me. so we have taken shelter in a cafe to get down to chatting about the local elections. we put them into power, but they do not even ask sometimes what we can spend on. we pay council rates and taxes and everything else, but it would be nice to say what would you like to spend this £27 million on? i have lived here all my life. plymouth is a beautiful city. sometimes we do not appreciate it. all that seems to be happening is n

arabia have firmly denied any major security breach after reports of gunfire near the royal palaces in riyadh. state media said a small unauthorised drone was shot down at around 7:50 local time and that king salman was not at his palace at the time. authorities are now investigating the incident. north korea's announcement that it's suspending its nuclear missile tests has been given a broadly positive response. president trump tweeted it was "big progress", but russia and japan in particular, have been more cautious. kim jong—un says he's stopping the tests because he's completed his goal of developing nuclear weapons. from seoul, laura bicker reports. north korea's favourite news anchor is back. usually the famous ri chun—hee would be announcing the state's latest missile test. but today was different. kim jong—un has declared there will be no more nuclear or ballistic missile tests. he's also going to shut down an atomic test site to focus on building north korea's economy. in a tweet, the us president said, "this is very good news for north korea and the world. big progress. look f

sound a bit bland and diplomatic, but delivered by the new us secretary of state, and delivered in riyadh, in particular, it carries some weight. this was a reference to a very long running now and damaging dispute between the gulf state of qatar and its neighbours, saudi arabia and other neighbours, accusing the qataris le sommer being too close to iran, or supporting jihad groups across the middle east, and they are very traumatically isolated, qatar. now the americans have wearied of this, they don't like to see that sort of division in the ranks of their allies in the middle east. they are allies of course of saudi arabia, they have a major military base in qatar, and they want to see it coming together, that rift being healed. if that was to happen, there would have to be a degree of compromise, climbing down, loss of face, perhaps, on the part of the saudis, a concession that they couldn'tjust saudis, a concession that they couldn't just overwhelmed their neighbours diplomatically. no sign whatsoever of the moment that the saudis are prepared to go in that direction, but they may co

diplomacy but the fact that this new secretary of state said this new secretary of state said this in riyadh carries some weight. what he's referring to is the deep divisions between the gulf state of ca ptu re divisions between the gulf state of capture and its neighbours. saudi and other gulf states isolating qatar after accusing it of supporting jihadi groups across the middle east, and the americans don't like that split in the ranks of their allies. mr pompeo is saying that there needs to be some smoothing over of that deep diplomatic divisions. of course, there is divergences between the us on the one hand and the uk. france, germany and other nations on the other hand about the approach to iran and that deal of a couple of yea rs iran and that deal of a couple of years ago. what is that going to mean for any efforts to try to stop iran developing a nuclear weapon? theresa may talking to president macron earlier today and mrs merkel of germany. they remain very much wedded to the current nuclear deal that the west agreed with iran. they tried desperately to persuade mr trump to stick w

. $6 billion in reserves already to put a supportive floor on that riyadh. nowthese band-aid solutions or is this a potential turning point to start following the fed? >> i do not think they need to follow the fed. , they look across asia have learned partly from the asian crisis a decade ago that they need to have a good buffer of reserves. indonesia has built up reserves and now is the time to use it. but i think they are taking an eclectic approach. not just reserves, if they need to allow the currency to weaken a bit, they will allow that. protection all measures as well and they could potentially raise rates. i think they have a combination of tolls to use, but the key thing is the fundamentals. if you look at asia balance of payments, they are stronger than they were in 1997, even in indonesia, malaysia, india. they are nowhere near as big as they used to be. the big thing to watch in asia is domestic credit. domestic debt levels are very high and if we see foreign investors start to move out and market liquidity evaporate, we could see a widening of c

we also stand -- understand that riyadh has not some kind of counterattack. that is nothing new, but it comes within the context of syria. put it in context for me. >> it's not the first time we've seen something like this. in november when the minister resigned abruptly one afternoon, is difficult not to wonder whether it's a coincidence or not. some say it's not a coincidence, but it could be more opportunistic by the rebels who have stepped up their attacks since november. we see more missiles, one even targeting the royal palace during a cabinet meeting in december. yesterday they said whether theiles was aimed at defense ministry headquarters. you see them developing more technology and you wonder about the extent of outside assistance they're getting. three years into the conflict where they are still able to launch ballistic missiles and drones, according to them and the saudi authorities yesterday. >> in terms of the escalation of geopolitical risk, president trump under more pressure this time around that last year to take more risks in terms of any

saudi arabia says it intercepted a ballistic missile over riyadh and shot down two drones in another part of the country. showinge latest attack improved military capabilities more than three years into the conflict. the coalition fighting the goodies in yemen -- the who the houthismen -- and yemen. i mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet: coming up. julia: paul ryan's retirement. what his exit means for the gop. julia: this is bloomberg markets. willet: paul ryan says he not seek reelection. that raises questions about the future of the republican majority. at thejoined by larry university of virginia. great to speak with you. how fractured are we going to see the republican party? >> it is pretty fraction. -- factionalized. departure is an expected shock. you are shocked because of the day on which it is announced but it was expected. i don't know anybody who believed he would be serving in the next congress. most thought he would retire after the election. there are pluses and minuses. it is a signal that ryan himself does not expect the republicans to obtain a majority. but w

this is following talks in riyadh with saudi officials. towe did everything possible make sure the experts would be able to get to douma sooner rather than later. we can see this is very important and that there is an .ffective investigation mark: the foreign minister of saudi arabia said the kingdom is in talks with the trump administration about sending forces into syria. been underal has discussion since the obama administration. the indian prime minister and swedish prime minister met today for talks on trade, growth, global security, and climate. the countries announced a new innovation partnership worth $6 million. >> i am convinced this will be beneficial for both our countries. for job creation and for the climate. , the fiver lunch nordic prime ministers will be meeting for the first india-nordic summit. right-wing radio host, alex jones, is being sued. jones claims of the sandy hook shooting did not happen. the lawsuits claim the insistence that the shooting was stage led to death threats to families. saysawyer for el chapo his c

that is what riyadh is looking forward. we heard them speaking in time magazine that the saudi prince saying, prices looking to go higher this year, likely to go up higher next year. we will strike the right timing when it comes to initial public offering of their crown jewel, saudi aramco. they are looking for the price do support their policy agenda for vision 2030, on top of the ipo of saudi aramco. those two stories are playing into the market this morning. today we had u.s. data coming out about stockpiles building in the united states. we had a reading that it was expected higher. depending what we get today, we could see movement on the downtrend of oil. right now it is $70 a barrel for brent. the saudis will be happy when they arrive in new delhi this morning. haidi: the indian oil minister weighed in on the prices as well? annmarie: yes. the minister is looking the complete opposite of what the saudis want. he is the head of india's energy ministry. india is the third-largest consumer. not only are they a consumer,

a ballistic missile filed -- fired over riyadh. the political tensions in the middle east are responsible for the oil price going up. wti trader three cents a barrel. let's get to our reporter. what a day to be at the ief in new delhi as we have these geopolitical tensions. brent arising overnight and continuing this morning. i am now joined by iea executive director. thank you for joining me. let's start with that geopolitical tension. even though we have had the u.s. surprise inventory yesterday for federal data, 10 million barrels u.s. has over pass. geopolitical tensions are moving the market. what you make of this? >> this is usual. linked torkets are geopolitical tensions, especially if they are in the middle east. the heart of the global oil exports. this is something to be expected. it it willnues, continue to impact the oil markets in the oil markets. >> how high do you think it can reach? buth: i cannot forecast, this would be a reason to push prices up. year onlys like last had a strike on syria, we saw prices jump immed

some of that has been a little bit of follow-through from the missile attacks from yemen into riyadh the week before. tension in syria. associationink $5 with middle eastern dynamics. geopolitical risk in oil extends to venezuela with a collapse in supply there, increasing the compliances of the opec production. that i think is fully factored in. all thise bring in sanction business on the metal in aluminum is probably a function of the premium that the sanctions have put onto the price of aluminum. fundamentally we think it should be around $2100, so we are good $400 above that is that will probably persist until we get more clarity and see how the untilion unfolds in buyers can find substitutes across the aluminum chain. rishaad: thank you so much, mark. he's the global commodities strategist there. still ahead, cash crunch gain in india. how it is hitting the country's scandal ridden banks. chinese investors are jumping into u.s. startups. we take a look at which sector they are targeting now. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ haidi: this is bloomberg markets: asia. i am haidi lun in syd

a fiat -- theater opening and riyadh, "black panther." ban on theaters five months ago to open up the country. big blue in the red with ibm down more than 7% two years following disappointing earnings but beat estimates. full-year guidance came up short come a warning site that cloud growth is class -- casting a shadow over its turnaround. these reports are phenomenal. start?up to the wrong it is supposed to be one of the leaders in the cloud. it is far behind. >> one of the growth rates i was surprised about, currency about 14% and last year averaged 24%. ? does microsoft is growing faster. -- microsoft is growing faster. center andyour data you can use the public cloud. the numbers showing the hybrid cloud strategy is not as strong as we would of thought. vonnie: you have to be all in. you cannot suddenly do a u-turn after doing hybrid cloud and change strategy with the cloud. did they picked the wrong strategy? >> the strategy is right because they already have a love contracts in full data centers. -- a lot of contracts in full data c

saudi arabia says it intercepted a ballistic missile over riyadh. related attacks -- niu many rebels show -- yeme rebels show improved tactics. testimonychin's before the appropriations committee comes as president trump looks to renegotiate the nuclear core in tehran. >> if we do reimpose the sanctions, not only will there be primary sanctions, but secondary sanctions, and i believe they will continue to have a very strong impact on the economy in neuron. -- iran. sebastian: powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries, this is bloomberg. matt: thanks very much for that. let's talk russia. stocks open higher today. we had the rts bouncing back a little bit from big losses at the beginning of the week. this is the one-day chart. down 11.5% on monday. that's the benchmark russian index, and here, you see the ruble gaining a little bit of strength. it shows dollar weakening against the ruble, though as we showed you, the ruble had weakened so much on monday and tuesday that we have not seen such a drop in at least a year. not on

the marble experience will open in riyadh. news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. matt: thanks very much. to ones debt ratings cut level above junk by moody's investors service yesterday. that is after the u.k. bank separated its investment banking activities from retail operations to comply with new rules. stephan morse joins us now. still with us, iain stealey at jpmorgan asset management. talk first about what's going on at barclays, and then kind of get into the broader european banking picture, because morgan stanley also had an interesting note out yesterday, and deutsche bank has its issues here. what is the story with the company, specifically barclays actions? >> the overall credit rating has been downgraded one notch to one above junk, which means that moody's has seen some problems in the future with earnings in addition to some structuring issues around the bank separating its trading activities from its retail bankers required by u.k.

saudi arabia says it intercepted a ballistic missile over riyadh and shutdown two drones. it is the latest attack showing improved military capabilities three years into the conflict. president trump has signed a new law aimed at curbing sex trafficking. the law passed congress overwhelmingly. it weakens a legal's seal for online -- thousands filled a stadium today for a memorial service for winnie mandela, who died april 2 at the age of 81. the ruling african national congress for which mandela had a working relationship over the years is holding memorial events across north africa, including today's ceremony and an official funeral scheduled for saturday. it is just after 5:30 p.m. here in new york. paul allen now has a look at the markets. paul: all the major u.s. indexes ended up lower after some tension in the middle east with president trump warning that missiles are coming in syria. also the news that paul ryan will not be running for reelection. all the major indexes down. it is setting us up for a few declines in the asia-pacific when we get going. we will look at

amc is opening a theater in riyadh. the first film will be blockbuster "black panther." the ban was lifted five months ago, part of the crown prince's plan to open up the country. coming up, disrupting the disruptor. for year, discovery's ceo was upending the table to the landscape. this is bloomberg. ♪ -- four years discovery's ceo , was upending the table to the landscape. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: qualcomm has appealed a $1.2 billion fine imposed by the european union for loyalty payments to apple. the e.u says qualcomm offered significant amount of money and rebates if apple only used the company's computer chips. chinese investors poured $1.4 billion into private u.s. biotech firms in the first quarter. according to pitch book that's , about 40% of the more than $3.5 billion raised. this, as china looks to become a global leader in new medicine. it's unclear whether the trade rift between the two countries could slow the investments. march was a rough month for discovery communications. viewership across their spectrum of channels fell by 10%. that includes a

amazon is adding several jobs in riyadh, saudi arabia. this signifies it jeff bezos' desire to grow in the country. the crown trends met with amazon's c.e.o. in seattle last week. the 32-year-old heir apparent to the throne had planned to discuss a project for the minister of industry for amazon to build a data center in the country. this will be the first in the middle east for the world's largest cloud provider. saudi arabia's 30-year ban on movie theaters is coming to an end. is looking for a grand opening night in the kingdom. it was granted the first cinema license in saudi arabia and plans to open 100 locations there. they say theaters will not be initially segregated by gender, but some showtimes may be. the first movie to be screened in saudi arabia, marvel's black panther. coming up, the e.u. is rolling out new data privacy laws just as facebook tries to repair its trust with government officials. we will talk about the next steps. bloomberg tech's live streaming on twitter. check us out 5:00 p.m. new york, 2:00 p.m. san francisc

carcass across asheville's town square so thomas wolfe is not coming home again for almost 8 years riyadh and his family was caught by surprise. he had come home in september 1929. and his editor, maxwell perkins at scriveners and sons had told him he better alert his family to what was in the book. thomas wolfe didn't seemto have the courage to dothat. and when the book came out, his family was shocked. a little bit angered . the siblings were very upset . but his mother will finally say as long as he's a success at something, we're going to stand behind them. >> we believe this is the last room that thomas wolfe will ever sleep in in this house, it was in may 1937 when look homeward angel was printed. thomas wolfe can't go home again. and it's going to be almost 8 years before he returns to the city of asheville. and when he does, he sneaks in on a bus at night in the dark . he's not sure what kind of reception he's going to get from the citizens of asheville. but he finds that he's welcome home with hospitality. because by 1937, thomas wolfe is a rock star. his second book and sold ver

hot spot yesterday yemen's hooty rebels fired missiles at saudi arabia both at the capital city of riyadh and at the city of design a key oil producing site which produces four hundred thousand barrels of oil per day that's a lot even in saudi arabia while the saudis say they intercepted seven missile missiles both who the statement and the official saudi press agency statement said that one person was killed by shrapnel in riyadh and the increasing tensions have been sufficient to increase uncertainty about the future of oil supplies and move prices up the global benchmark brant crude traded at ice futures europe and london has shot up nine percent in the last three trading days to over seventy three dollars per barrel although prices went down just a little bit ago to seventy two dollars late in the day west texas intermediate the u.s. benchmark traded at the new york mercantile exchange nymex continues to trade in the upper sixty dollars range around sixty seven dollars we went to air will have the exact closing bell number at the break. and bank of america says it will no longer lend

feeling here in moscow is decidedly mutual fargus this week is russia's deputy foreign minister sergei riyadh cup one of the shows is a whole miscarry slide in the east west relations always the worst because. global inequalities. like this inequality. well. known to the media. joining the discussion and how few. things you. a music. show it's a once again you sat still. couldn't simply sat by. her late people had put big dreams on the big screen. play. the magazine on the dummy. and you accidentally shot some. stunning time to tell. how he would get out. with a little courage i was serious. i. shift this week on g.w. . it's no secret that the west is angry with russia on a whole range of issues but the feeling here in moscow is decidedly mutual my guest this week is russia's deputy foreign minister sergei riyadh cuffe what are the chances of halting this current slide in east west relations or is there worse to come. said going to have gone.

capable missiles they started with a thousand kilometers and up to two thousand roughly they can reach riyadh tel aviv moscow but they're working on far far greater ranges they're planning much longer range missiles to carry nuclear weapons so these files. conclusively prove that iran is brazenly lying when it says it never had a nuclear weapons program the files prove that. but here's what happened next. iran was faced with mounting pressure in two thousand and three you remember that that was following the gulf war so it was forced to shell project a mud. but it didn't show its nuclear ambitions so iran devised a plan to do two things first to preserve the nuclear know how from project. and second to further develop its nuclear weapons related capabilities that plan came directly from iran stop leadership is another document from the archives this is following the new directive of iran's ministry of defense minister. today's the director of the national security council following the new directive of iran's ministry of defense the work would be split into two parts covert and overt. a key p

. >>> saudi forces shot down a toy drone that threw too close to a palace in riyadh on saturday night. you can hear the gunshots in the saudi capital on this video posted on social media. the government said no major security breach but officials are investigating and security is tightened around the palace as reforms by the crown prince risk angering religious hardliners. >>> in nicaragua families are holding funerals for people who died. ten people including a journalist and a police officer, were killed during the mass protests against the government's plan changes to the social security system. it would lower pensions but create more money. here is the latest on this story. >> reporter: after three days of violence, the streets of nicaragua's capital are littered with debris and people throwing rocks and police shooting rubber bullets. the clashes have left at least ten dead and more than 100 injured. this man whose son died in the protest says riot police shot real bullets during a march. his son, he says, was not a protester but a passer-by going home from work. police have decl

they can reach riyadh, tel aviv, moscow, but they're working on far, far greater ranges. they're planning much longer-range missiles to carry nuclear weapons. so these files conclusively prove that iran is brazenly -- that iran has brazenly rided when it said it never -- lied when it said it never had a nuclear weapons program. the files prove that. but here's what happens next. iran was faced with bombing pressure in 2003. remember that. it was forced to shelf the project. but it didn't shelve its nuclear ambitions. so iran devised a plan to do two things. first, to preserve their nuclear know-how and, second, to further develop its nuclear weapons related capabilities. that plan came directly from iran -- [inaudible] here's another document from the archives. this is following the new directive of iran's minister of defense, today he is the director of the national security council. following the new directive of iran's minister of defense, the world would be split into two parts, coovert and overt. a key part of the plan was to form new organizations to continue the wo

and in addition to the strikes on riyadh, we had an attempt to target the facility in iran. one week after we had a houthi attack on a saudi oil tanker in the red sea. and so this has been a steady escalation on houthi attacks on key saudi infrastructure >> it is fair to say it's also a proxy for iranian attacks on that infrastructure? i only ask because -- >> no, absolutely. i mean. >> the concern. >> that is the concern that we have iranians providing the ballistic missile technology to target saudi arabia. the concern is is yemen a trip wire for military confrontation between the region's two big oil heavy weights. the concern about yemen is absolutely warranted this is the conflict that does potentially affect the oil market. >> if this gets rolling, further gains on a lot of these headlines or threats, it's kind of oil going up for the wrong reason from the market's perspective, economic perspective, right, adding geopolitical premium in there. how much right now is that kind of premium >> we've got a few dollars in the premium, but let's mac sure this is coming against

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feeling here in moscow is decidedly mutual my guest this week is russia's deputy foreign minister sergei riyadh cuffe what are the chances of halting this current slide in east west relations or is there worse to come. gulf welcome to conflicts on the russian government condemned in the strongest possible terms the combined western attacks the recent western attacks on syria but your foreign ministry spokesperson says something else as well as you said smart missiles should be directed at terrorists not against a legitimate government what exactly is legitimate about the syrian government that gases tortures and murders its own people i do think that you will agree with me that president asad and his government are elected by their people the history of their. struggle against terrorism is quite tragic and we don't even know how this situation would unfold in terms of if it would be possible to preserve syria as in total care of the country so you have for instance a politician here who's elected in murders and tortures people you continue to confer legitimacy on him i find that hard to believe

arabia right now, they have a bit of smoke after they intercepted two missiles over the capital city of riyadh, but so far over the skies of syria, nothing yet. let's look at individual energy stocks because you may own these, many are widely held at the moment. chesapeake, halliburton, and key energy services moving higher. ensco international up 6.5%. let's get to the facebook story, it grabbed the collective audience and attention. facebook adding to yesterday's gains, hitting a three week hi, on track to end in the green for a third straight session, up 1.5%. ceo mark zuckerberg just a few minutes ago got to stand up and walk out of the halls of congress as he wrapped up second and final day on capitol hill, at least for now. yeah, we're just below session highs. you can see for the week, this has done nothing but help him to be dragged in front of congress. you can look at it another way. congress did not land any very damaging blows. at least against the stock of facebook. >>> to this -- d.c. defense secretary james mattis is at the white house right now meeting with president trump. we

joe weigh in on that there because it is you know is this policy being driven by tell of even riyadh. well certainly riyadh and other gulf states from the very beginning and turkey wanted the overthrow of saud and that brings me to the point that whether you agree or like the assad government or not it's a fact that they were been on the defensive this is an uprising this was an attempt to overthrow a government so you're on the defensive so to invite iran n. and russia to help them defend themselves is a natural act of a government trying to survive this was not iran or russia invading syria of the iranians wouldn't come in if there were no attempt to overthrow the government so they they have every right as you pointed out to invite whoever they are any friends they had to help them survive this is not true and any government would do that now the israelis i mean hezbollah by the way i think is defending lebanon even lebanese christians and they don't know who would agree with much as they hate they may hate that well they may not like them but they realize that the lebanese army is

a last stronghold after aleppo and it led so i think that that is really zation in the capitals of riyadh and certainly in washington that this was the last and by the rebels themselves this was the last chance if they were going to try to reverse this tide so the rebels needed to bring the u.s. into it which is why it seems like they may very well have been behind and russia by the way behind this attack on russia warned by the way three weeks ago that this could very this could happen that there was a false flag chemical attack in the works i don't know if that's what happened but i certainly don't know that the syrian government did it but that doesn't seem to matter to people at nikki haley's syria did it and now we're going to see an attempt maybe by the united states to get deeply involved in this to reverse the tide and this is the last chance before the syrian government wins this war which they are on the verge of doing richard what national interest does syria hold because i mean you know when trump came almost exactly a year ago there was an alleged chemical incident and then h