so but now the situation is pretty good and i think obama and king abdullah speak almost on a monthly basis. >> rose: how could that relationship be improved? >> well, it could be improved if you can extract the causes of friction and the right, main cause of fricke nun is the palestinian situation because this is a problem we have in our region, and i imagine it is very much ready to have to have a peace with israel. the question is, could israel afford to have peace? could they have peace without having israeli government chance because of the right wing movement that is part and parcel of this government? >> rose: you think the palestinians are split as well, though. i mean, benjamin netanyahu has his conflicts with the likud and especially the foreign minister but so it is with the balance sinian community, fatah and hamas are not exactly on the same page. .. >> but we are seeing early indications hamas is getting close to fatah, you know,. >> rose: because they are moving toward fatah? >> they are moving toward fatah because also they are seeing there is no hope in what they are

>> saudi arabia under the leadership of king abdullah is taking major moves at the social, economic andinancial level which has helped the saudi people a lot. more has to take place on the political front to involve the people and have them participate in the system. >> let me ask you about the happenings. more news of the day, if you will, your highness and that's about iran. president obama tightening sanctions on rye ran, freezing all iranian government assets held or traded in the united states. do you believe this is appropriate? >> i think putting pressure on iran from the united states or the european union or the world in general is very important. iran is a renegade country. it is fortunate put pressure on them before we think of military action. i believe -- we should engage antalk to them and see if we can reach a solution and i think a solution is possible with them. >> let me get your take on oil supply in the world today. saudi arabia is in a wonderful position. how much does it take to produce in your country, $3, $2. >> average is 5 to $6. >> here we are at $97 a barrel.

role in certain moments and given the context and as i said, if you look around the region today king abdullah of jordan is one of the -- is one of the few leaders in the region who is focused on this. cares about this and has a relationship with abu mazen and has a relationship with the israeli prime minister. >> so i think it makes sense to continue to try for the political process. what i want to suggest is even if you try for the political process, i think from an israeli standpoint it's important for them to be thinking about what are the steps that they can take that will help to validate those palestinians who were engaged in a state-building process who believe in non-violence, who believe in co-existence because if you'll have elections they're going to compete against those who reject coexistence and who believe in violence and from a strategic standpoint israel has a long-term interest. >> appreciate it. >> in having those palestinians who believe in non-violence become validated and become more credible. look, i would always like to see whatever steps the israelis take, i would lik

saudi king abdullah he had on flee the country.e was arrested in malacia where he is awaiting extra diction. we have tape of a spokesman of the committee discussing this very matter. >> greg: no wonder they hate us. that is goat i'm pretty sure. look, you are prettier than a pony made of flowers. saudi arabia is our ally. >> it's great we can laugh about this, but this is a serious problem. it's the subject of my book. hundreds of thousands of innocent muslim people are being targeted because of free speech and it's not just happening in islamist countries but it's happening in the west. they are in hiding because they were targeted with violent threats and lawsuits. worst things about hillary clinton is to do about the same thing here, despiteful dialogue. i'm happy that we're bringing attention to it. i'm shocked. >> gregg: he benefited, he has not dated an unattractive woman sense. >> he is stunning. >> i think our readers are excited about the things that you do. [ laughter ] >> greg: bill, what were you going to say? >> the se

they have the support of king abdullah of saudi arabia, who rarely speaks out like this in public. >> ( translated ): we are in frightening days and, regrettably, what happened at the united nations, in my opinion, is an unfavorable move. the confidence of the whole world in the united nations is undoubtedly shaken. >> reporter: today, there was even a small demonstration in isalli, a suburb in the center of the capital, damascus. hundreds have been killed in syria this week, but it's not quelled the uprising. >> sreenivasan: in washington, the state department said it has information that some in the syrian elite are trying to get their money and families out of the country. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost 89 points to close at 12,801. the nasdaq fell 23 points to close below 2,904. for the week, the dow and the nasdaq lost about half a percent. the chairman of the house financial services committee, spencer bachus, confirmed today he's being investigated by an ethics panel for insider stock trading. "the washington post" reported today that the office of

that the saudi government, king abdullah in saudi arabia says it is essential that we support the syriann and begin arming them. that's powerful. if turkey, syria's northern neighbor, says this situation on our border is intolerable, turkey cannot live with it and we're going to take steps, those are the people that are going to act first. then the united states naturally and properly follows along. i don't think there's anything to be embarrassed about when you say following along. this is a time when the region has to make decisions and take the lead. >> david ignatius, thank you very mitch. >>> still to come, the attorney general jim hood. he's out front. and boats and "boudicca." [ male announcer ] we know you don't wait until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insig

that the saudi government, king abdullah in saudi arabia says it is essential that we support the syrian and begin arming them. that's powerful. if turkey, syria's northern neighbor, says this situation on our border is intolerable, turkey cannot live with it and we're going to take steps, those are the people that are going to act first. then the united states naturally and properly follows along. i don't think there's anything to be embarrassed about when you say following along. this is a time when the region has to make decisions and take the lead. >> david ignatius, thanks to come. >>> still to come, the attorney general jim hood. he's out front. and boats and beaut ka. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with

king abdullah of saudi arabia asking for help. we talk about iran being his number one ally. >> reporter: russia is their most important ally. it's not clear why the russians are doing this in the sense they don't have a big economic relationship. my own speculation is it's partly this is the one cold war relationship that has survived in the middle east. and the other part is, of course, if the principle is established that when you have protests in the street the u.n. secures council can go in and intervene while there are protests on the streets in moscow, there are protests on the street in st. peters burg. >> turn you attention to the presidential campaign and foreign policy issues. i had a conversation with rick santorum yesterday after he said in a speech in indiana that the united states is throwing israel under the bus because he has a long-term plan to make friends with iran. i pressed him on that. i want you to listen. >> the president who fought tooth and nail against putting sanctions on iran and only ca pit lated at

so he goes to see king abdullah, then he goes to the airport applies up to see the sultan of brunei, and then he flies on and goes to see putin in moscow. he spent most of his time in airport culture line. and actually there are some fairly spectacular airports around the world. tom friedman's point is when you're in singapore, or hong kong, you fly back to lax or newer, as thomas l. friedman always said, it's like flying from the jetsons to the flintstones. this is his preferred pop-culture analogy. this is riding 101 by the way. it's often a good way when you're getting with complex issues to find a pop-culture analogy that will make you giddy way -- the trick is not to use the same over and over which is what thomas l. friedman does with his jets in an flintstones. he said before 2001 after afghanistan, he said in america, in afghanistan the taliban were the flintstones and america were the jetsons. and the jetsons always beat the flintstones but actually that's not true. you know what the flintstones and the jetsons are. but in the flintstones are the classic. the jetsons are sor

that the saudi government, king abdullah in saudi arabia says it is essential that we support the syrianition and begin arming them. that's powerful. if turkey, syria's northern neighbor, says this situation on our border is intolerable, turkey cannot live with it and we're going to take steps, those are the people that are going to act first. then the united states naturally and properly follows along. i don't think there's anything to be embarrassed about when you say following along. this is a time when the region has to make decisions and take the lead. >> david ignatius, thank you very mitch. >>> still to come, the attorney general jim hood. he's out front. and boats and "boudicca." [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any a

you can walk over to saudi arabia and hold hands with king abdullah and we've done that.g gas as fast as it can. global demand is skyrocketing. there is a critique in the obama administration. we shouldn't be investing in whatever we don't know is the tomorrow the industry of the future. shouldn't be shutting down the keystone pipeline but what your gas price is you just can't put on president obama. >> if you pass the keystone pipeline gas prices would still be $3.65 today. one thing dangerous for him and administration is the payroll tax holiday, two tanks of gas has just taken away your payroll tax. >> $4 a month was the selling pitch on that? >> the keystone pipeline is the political achilles heel. i agree with christine's analogies. i think this is 90% iran, is the cause of the price spike. but if you are a republican politician i think you can legitimately say there is no good reason to block keystone and in the medium term that is a way to increase america's energy security. >> sort of is the gas and long-term issues. >> i think that's one that can predict it. >> n

role at certain moments and given the context and as i said, if you look around the region today, king abdullah of jordan is one of the few leaders of the region who is focused on this, cares about this, has a relationship and also has a relationship with the israeli prime minister. it makes sense to try to continue for the political process. what i want to suggest is even as you try for the political process i think from the israeli standpoint it is important for them to be thinking about what are the steps they can take that will help the late the palestinians engaged in the state building process who believe in nonviolence and believe in coexistence because if you are going to have elections they are going to compete against those who reject coexistence and believe in violence. and from a strategic standpoint i would say israel has a long term interest in having those who believe in them on violence become validated and become more credible. i was always like to see whatever steps they take i would like to see the parallels and reciprocity. but i can say if you are going to have elections th

look around the region today, king abdullah of jordan is one of the few leaders in the region who is focused on this, cares about this, has a relationship with maasen and also has a relationship with the israeli prime minister. so i think it make sense to continue to try for the political process. what i want to suggest is even as you try for the political process, i think from an israeli standpoint it's important for them to be thinking about what are the steps that they can take that will help to validate those palestinians who are engaged in a state-building process, who believe in nonviolence, who believe in coexistence? because if you're going to have elections, they're going to compete against those who reject coexistence and who believe in violence. .. >> so you can show, i wrote a piece on this a couple weeks ago, so when it comes to area a., maybe they're being phased up if you come up with a set of criteria that allows you to do that. area b, you increase the palestinian police presence and some other responsibilities. area c, you've done a lot of work on, and one of the th

at certain moments, and given the context, and as i said, when you look around the region today king abdullah of jordan is one of the few leaders in the region who is focused on this, cares about this, and has a relationship and also has a relationship with the prime minister. so, i think it makes sense to continue to try for the political process. what i want to suggest is even as you try for the political process a thing from the israeli standpoint it's important for them to be thinking about what are the steps they can take that will help validate those names who are engaged in the state building process who believe in nonviolence and coexistence because if you are going to have elections they are going to compete against those who reject the existence and believe in violence and from the strategic standpoint i would say they have a long-term -- a long-term interest in having those who believe in nonviolence become validated and become more credible. i would always like to see what the first that they take i would like to see the parallel and reciprocity. but i can say if you are going to

king? remember this guy prince abdullah was holding hands with president bush. this guy nearly made out with him, you are talking to me about bowing down to saudi kings. please! how are you going to get prices down as president? that's nonsense. president obama had a big idea on what's causing the gas price spike. let's listen to that. >> oil is bought and sold in a world market and just like last year the single biggest thing causing the spike right now is instability in the middle east this time around iran. when uncertainty increases speculative trading on wall street increases, driving prices up even more. so those are the biggest short term factors at work here. >> see, that is nearly exactly right. now, some of you watching or who knew the show might be saying right, you always support the president, right? then you haven't watched the show very much. it's mainly the oil speculation. why am i saying i know for sure the republicans wrong on this and it's not because we didn't do enough domestic drilling. we did key stone oil line and the drill baby drill the