first abu dhabi bank down 3.2%. volumes are a bit softer.getting into the middle of ramadan. trade being taken off the table. cross over to our guest and get some additional perspective us to what is happening in terms of sentiment. is a specialist from the investment bank. in terms of what we are seeing with ramadan and with liquidity, it is not necessarily this aim story when it comes to the debt market, is it? doug: definitely not. this year is different because ramadan is not falling over the summer holidays. as far as tech market concerns, there is a lot of activity. there were a lot of market participants expecting more. we have another couple of weeks before the school's breakup. then i think things will slow down after that. the debt markets are open and most teams have people at the desk at the moment. it is business as usual. tracy: it has been a crazy year in terms of that market. we had records last year. looks like we are on pace to match that this year. one of the interesting trends that has emerged as we are ,eeing plain-vanil

we join her in abu dhabi. >> so, as you move from the mosque, right next to it is actually st.andrews church, so you can see the name on top. >> al-qasimi is minister of tolerance in the united arab emirates. she's a practising muslim, but has sought to reach out to members of other religions. here she's meeting with christian leaders, and not for the first time. >> i've travelled with some of the priests and the reverends from here to the vatican together. we went to national prayer in washington, dc, and we went to sheikh al-azhar as a visit with reverend andy here. and the idea is to say that we all are people. >> tolerance, she says, begins in everyday life -- by talking to each other, by listening, and by understanding. and trying to give others a sense of belonging. >> we've really experienced this in our church. the different religions get along peacefully, living side by side. i'd like to see more of this back home in germany and switzerland. there have been some good initiatives, but we could learn a lot from here. >> it's certainly a far cry from what we've heard from

abu dhabi has long-term visions. that is as simple as that.spending and oil prices is having a negative impact on demand in abu dhabi. yousef: in qatar off the back of the latest developments? we havee been -- craig: been more involved in moving money out of qatar. we are not involved in that market. yousef: let's go back to cairo. that has been a standout. when you look at government on yields, is that more of a demand the -- than it is a foreign investor story? that is where the egyptian pound comes in. craig: the residential market in cairo is a store of wealth and inflation. at the end of the day, egypt is largely a domestic market. --re is of course toryism toryism -- tourism. you have had a new structure that has opened up the airport terminal and security looks like it is starting to improve. things are starting to move positively in terms of the tourism sector. yousef: what are the reports of the next year? craig: cairo hotels or dubai residential. we think to buy residential is really at the bottom. it is hard to know how quick it wil

amount because abu dhabi doesn't care about the people of chicago. they just picture the abu dhabi investment authority board sitting around and going . but what about like the poor single mother in chicago who has to live drop or a kid to daycare and doesn't have eight dollars like her hourly pay for a fifteen minute parking spot was she going to. so the entire point. it was only a one man show. the entire point of a national infrastructure was initially for the common good you know for the common good like road for everyone to use water for everyone to drink jungle gyms for everyone to the point on when you're eighteen and it's midnight and you and your friends are. we've lost that promise of a country for all our citizens the corporations that own the levers of our state use them to squeeze every last dime out of us can you feel it can you feel the squeeze like a politician to run your body. and then and then we all still drive go through our jobs every day like i already know. how do ok. and then the mainstream media president trump tell us that

tracy alloway joins us now from abu dhabi.racy, remind us of how the tensions kicked off, or how they started to begin with, and what was the tipping point that led finally to this dramatic move? question,s a great and as you are waking up in london or new york, you haven't necessarily been following all the ins and outs of middle east regional politics. this seems like a big move, and it is. we haven't seen a diplomatic risk like this in the gcc ever, really. the approximate cost -- this comes amidst rising tensions over the past couple weeks. there have been long simmering disagreements between some gulf states and qatar over qatar's alleged support for groups like hamas, the muslim brotherhood, and of course iran. the most proximate cause for the most recent risk has to be some comments from qatar's ruler, criticizing mounting anti-iran rhetoric in the region. qatar says those comments that were published were caused by cyber hackers. it seems like some gulf states aren't necessarily buying that excuse. but it's also import

that is the fact that dolphin energy is 51% owned by abu dhabi's big sovereign wealth fund.seen natural gas used over the years by qatar as a tool, an instrument of statecraft. we will have to see how it plays out area -- plays out. yousef: there is a wider discussion about why the uae has not been shipping completely when it comes to qatar. it is a good point. the obvious answer is, they are rather reliant on qatari gas. they want the gas coming in, especially ahead of the hot summer season. a lot of uae industrial activity relies on natural gas for firing, smelting is highly reliant on natural gas. we have seen the abu dhabi port authority easing some of the curbs it had put against transport in the gulf sea. that is an interesting one. where they doing that? we are seeing a lot of logistical problems. no one wants their ship to be losing money because they are stuck at sea. --sef: moore re-action from we have more reaction. >> these sanctions can be escalated. if you take a look at the chart, ourthis viewers can see it is showing that bond prices across the gulf fell afte

for the latest, international diplomatic editor nic robertson is monitoring developments from abu dhabi. good morning. did this come from the pentagon, from what we understand at this point? >> reporter: from what we know at the moment, this was a statement from the white house. it hasn't been backed up by any evidence so far. but in a situation like this, one would be surprised if the white house or the pentagon were to be -- would want to publish photographs or evidence that they may have that they believe assad is preparing a chemical weapons strike. they would lose in part the element of surprise. perhaps surprising in part because president trump has said in the past that he would not -- he would not give warnings, he would just act. that's been the narrative until now. so far, nothing from the pentagon. obviously waiting to hear what they have to say. nikki haley, ambassador of the united states nations, being clear that it would be assad responsible, but not just him, as well his backers, russia and iran, as well. to that point, secretary of state rex tillerson talking yesterday

abu dhabi and new deli possible points traveling from the six banned countries of libya, sudan, somalia and yemen. this ban will go into effect at 5:00 tonight. anyone from those six predominantly muslim countries and have a u.s. visa will be allowed in the country. if they are applying, they must have a family member in the states like a parent, spouse, child, sibling, son or daughter-in-law. other relations like grandparents or grandchildren won't count. >> deciding what family member is a close enough family member based on their technical relationship to a person is absurd. families don't work that way. some people are raised by all members of the family. families are very dynamic and to assume that these sorts of family members are okay because they are close enough but these aren't based on nothing more than a title does nobody a service. >> that's why -- you might recall that many people at sfo and other airports protested the initial travel ban back in january. so far there's no indication of how many people if any plan to show up here today at sfo. reporting live here at sfo bo

abu dhabi has been our allies in the 1930's. qutar is the same thing. they were largest base there.audi arabia has been giving us the resources forever. this mix of trying to get a gauge on having them govern themselves is their issue. he is allowing it to be handled in their way. it is confusing to all them. he is getting immediate reaction to a trip that people said why we go there first? thanking the solution was to solve the palestinian-israeli situation and moving the capital to jerusalem. i think is doing an amazing job in an unbelievably illegal environment. >> coming up, president trump's tweets get no way governing. tweets get no way governing. tom barrack says -- tom: it is sending shockwaves. when it is off the cuff he is doing it for reason. >> he expects trump to start filling his offices. tom: the tax bill will be his greatest people hope, and it will be as bad as the naysayers think. ♪ >> the trump administration has been plagued by two medication problems. from embarrassing leaks, to embarrassing tweets. the constant barrage we get of next messaging of leaking, why i

abu dhabi has been our allies in the 1930's. qutar is the same thing. they were largest base there.audi arabia has been giving us the resources forever. this mix of trying to get a gauge on having them govern themselves is their issue. he is allowing it to be handled in their way. it is confusing to all them. he is getting immediate reaction to a trip that people said why we go there first? thanking the solution was to solve the palestinian-israeli situation and moving the capital to jerusalem. i think is doing an amazing job in an unbelievably illegal environment. >> coming up, president trump's tweets get no way governing. tom barrack says -- tom: it is sending shockwaves. when it is off the cuff he is doing it for reason. >> he expects trump to start filling his offices. tom: the tax bill will be his greatest people hope, and it will be as bad as the naysayers think. ♪ >> the trump administration has been plagued by two medication problems. from embarrassing leaks, to embarrassing tweets. the constant barrage we get of next messaging of leaking, why is it he has been unable to ge

be,anies like i would islamic bank, i'll allie long -- like abu dhabi, dubai islamic ilal --l-h guests likely to be tested upon default. or distress. they have a relatively strong profile. is not really a concern for the highly rated or good credit standing issuers. if you were to get an issuer appointing a point of distress or default, depending on how the court ruling goes, this could be an avenue in the future. we would havepate to wait until the court ruling to see what is the outcome of this before forming any sort of inferences about the future. anchor: the last thing an investor once is uncertainty about possible repayment or structures thereof. how long could this drag on? guest: i think there is a court hearing towards the end of the year. that there is much substance or rationale in this, given what we have seen so far in the uae. indeed, it could be a negative implication. i would expect it to go the same , honestly.stment all anchor: the impact of the gulf crisis on asset classes and so forth, it has already been suffering for a lack of momentum. this is not going to be an

latest, let's bring in international diplomatic editor nic robertson, monitoring developments from abu dhabi. nic, this is counter to what we've seen for the most part from the trump administration. they didn't want to telegraph anything they did in terms of military preparations, a different approach here. >> reporter: yeah. it seems to be so. that was how the strike happened last time. the 59 cruise missiles that were fired on to assad's air base where the chemical weapons attack was perpetrated from. no warning. it was a surprise to the international community, certainly a surprise to assad and his backers, russia and iran. and nikki haley said this time that not only is assad potentially going to pay a heavy price, but they'll be responsible -- there will be responsibility on the part of russia and iran. now, it's interesting today that we're hearing from the state media in syria, the syrian state media under president bashar al assad, quoting a mid level russian official as saying that there seems to be the -- we are witnessing a new and unpress denned and ridiculous provocation -- unpr

abu dhabi has been our allies in the 1930's. qutar is the same thing. they have our largest air force base. saudi arabia has been giving us the resources forever. this mix of trying to get a gauge on having them govern themselves is their issue. he is allowing it to be handled in their way. it is confusing to all them. but he is getting immediate reaction to a trip that people said, why we go there first? thinking the solution was to solve the palestinian-israeli situation and movi the capital to jerusalem. so i think is doing an amazing job in an unbelievably illegal -- difficult environment. >> coming up, president trump's tweets get no way governing. tom barrack says -- tom: it is sending shockwaves. when it is off the cuff he is doing it for reason. >> he expects trump to start filling his offices. tom: i'm optimistic the tax bill will be his greatest people hope, and it will be as bad as the naysayers think. ♪ >> in its first few months, the trump administration has been plagued by two medication problems. from embarrassing leaks, to embarrassing t

saudi arabia and abu dhabi even made moderate gains.ahrain, the united arab emirates, and egypt have all announced a severing of diplomatic relations and , and airof land, sea contacts with qatar. qatar airways is now banned from large chunks of airspace in the region while many middle eastern countries have stopped flying to delhi airport -- flying to doha airport. the food supply will also be affected. with an estimated $335 billion of assets and its sovereign wealth fund, a huge trade surplus, qatar is well-positioned to ride out the dispute. bryan: oil prices are reacting to the news as well. brent crude jumping over 1%. that number has since turned around. tensionare worried that in the middle east could complicate a supply cut. european markets wrap -- markets rallied on monday. sunday night's terror attack in england hurting airline stocks. german markets closed today for a public holiday. at about as hovering flat line. u.s. markets are still near record levels as alphabet shares broke through the $1000 mark for the first time.

cops shooting suspect in custody shot and this man is a suspected drug lord who was arrested in abu dhabi and extradited to face trial. by the way i mean. by what i know now by. all. the president accused the man's father a local mayor of been involved in the drug trade after his arrest he was shot in detention is something. new. to tell the little more than we. want to. thank you know. anything because of the. curve in the spin no size expected to reveal the names of several officials with toys to the drug trade so he's often seen in the bulletproof vest because of safety concerns. here. some fear for their lives behind bars but for all there is being in custody is safe right in the streets who. are going to come to nothing we are not going back here. now. this is the story as kaesong city jail the country's most overcrowded prison more than three thousand two hundred inmates are crammed into a space built for eight hundred most are being held on drug related charges. this man has been here since two thousand and eleven. i think all around. who have been . out of the knowledge of what's

the abu-dhabi based airline "etihad" and u-a-e's "emirates: say their last flights to qatar will leave early tomorrow morning. qatar is responding, saying there is no justification for this. the nation will host the 20-22 fifa world cup, and it's also home to a major u-s military base. happening today - standing strong against climate change. this morning, mayor muriel bowser wil sign an order reaffirming the city's support for the paris climate accord, despite president trump's decision to withdraw the united states from the pact. the agreement is aimed at reducing global carbon emissions. bowser is one of dozens of mayors that have said they are committed to upholding the accord. comedian bill cosby - heading to pennyslvania courtroom today. a sex assault case - decades in the making. the shocking testimony we could hear just hours from now - is coming up. at 5:xx time for at perdue, healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. like putting oregano in their water. it has natural antioxidants and we don't have to use antibiotics in their diet. perdue. over 200 products no antibiotics ev

and in august trump sells ugliest third of american citizens to abu dhabi.nd you might have heard the new york times has had a bit of a rough go of the truth recently so you'll read this in a couple of weeks new york times claims to be growing as new ten page corrections section paper. that that does it for our show but i want to close on a serious note tonight obviously the shooting this week in virginia was horrible and many are talking about how the shooter was a fan of bernie sanders and bernie has of course talked about political revolution i just want to say that though we do need a revolution in this country it needs to be nonviolent it needs to be cultural it needs to be an evolution of the mind besides being morally right historically nonviolent revolutions are the ones that actually last with that i bid you good night. the feeling of. the experience. that you get on the old. according to josh. will. come along for the wrong. i'm larry you're watching our. first student more. all the world's. and all the news companies merely players but what kind o

weeks later, his family discovered he was being held in solitary confinement without charge in abu dhabiia to spread false and misleading information. but we have discovered the uae has the power to monitor his private communications as well and all of its people all of the time. we do not know if ahmed mansoor it was targeted but we do do that the government bought a programme that can overlook the indications of citizens and keep them free years but the technology is developed in a surprising case. after months of investigation, we have found a company in denmark that is supplying countries with programmes so powerful it is classified as a weapon. bae systems is the developer of the technology. they refuse to talk to us about their product but we managed to track down a former employee who worked on the system. it would be able to intercept any communication. you can pinpoint people ‘s location based on cellular data, followed people around and they are far ahead with less recognition and the crypt in staff. bae systems and dodgers sold its technology to uae but also a number of countr

we get you more on the economic outlook for the region, with monica malik from abu dhabi commercial banks>> welcome back to the best of bloomberg markets middle east. it is saudi arabia said increase spending again? we spoke about the kingdoms economics. >> we have seen tensions before. in 2014. none oftive side is them fed into the economic side, economic policy, trade and so on. with kuwait as the mediator we hope that any impact on the economy will be not from the economic side. as you mentioned, oil. i think those are the areas of focus for us as economists in the region. the state of play when it comes to saudi reserves, this has the attention of experts in the field. your blue line, your white line is your saudi reserve dropping $500 billion for the first time since 2011. how do you explain this? bond sale should have contributed to an increase. what is happening here? is the cash burn too high? >> it surprised us. that 9 billion in april would have led to a slight rise in reserves. was an $8.5ead saw billion drop. that was not expected. we did see funds moving into the monetary dat

in april the government implemented new security arrangements for in-bound flights from abu dhabi, dubai and doha. passengers are now randomly selected for explosive trace detection tests prior to boarding the aircraft. mr. speaker, the number one priority for my government and every government must be to keep australians safe and protect our way of life. and that is why we're investing an additional $321 million to ensure the a.f.p. has the specialist capabilities it needs to address the criminal and terrorist threats in the future. it's the largest single funding boost to the a.f.p.'s domestic policing capabilities in over a decade. we recognize that law enforcement must be equipped with the resources to respond to new and emerging criminal threats. mr. speaker, so far this year we've seen the a.f.p. and its partners intercept record shipments of cocaine, 1.4 ton, d meth, these have sbn intercepted because of the resources, the training and the professionalism that they have. our police and security agencies, as honorable members know, have brought us 12 major australian-based terror p

there is enough evidence from fires in australia, abu dhabi, france and others to show there is a problem spreading fires are an emerging issue and it is coming on the back of modern methods of construction which are leading to the introduction of new combustible materials, vogts, a combustible structure. as the implications thinking it is natural people who live in tower blocks should be seeking reassurance because you only have to look at the website for insta nce have to look at the website for instance of the company that supplied the cladding to see plenty of other examples of projects where similar looking cladding has been going in. there is a big job for councils calming people's fears where appropriate but taking action where appropriate but taking action where it is necessary. the visits are starting. in derby fire officers going into buildings today to be sure residents about safety. there will be detailed inspections demanded by the government from councils across the country but that will not deal with concerns that materials can still be factor in a fire while meeting buildi

we have abu dhabi, we have qatar, here are some of those credit default swaps.ved sharply comparison to some of its peers. >> there are about 37,000 things on the bloomberg. we always enjoy showing you our favorites on bloomberg television. go -- q u i c go, uhis will give yo insight into our topics. >> actors are not like they were in the 80's and 90's. cyber criminals can be state sponsors, breaking into service and disrupting national elections. >> they introduce chaos and division. >> they could know in multinational landoll toporation by threatening release piles of sensitive data or they could be ages looking to expose the cia's on capabilities. these professionals are always finding new ways to gain entry into governmental, industrial and financial networks. the hackers get more sophisticated. here's the situation, in 2005, with a 5400 databases have been disclosed. the biggest think the adobe act of 2014. are the own once at risk. the u.s. has been battling an escalating cyber war with china and russia for years. multiple u.s. agencies concluded that rus

we spoke about the kingdom's finances with monica malec, chief economist with abu dhabi commercial banke have seen periods like this before however the positive side is none of these political tensions fed into the economic side, economic policy, trade, and so on. and with kuwait stepping in and being appointed as the mediator we hope again that any impact on the economy will be none, so from the economic side, we're focusing on our air -- on other areas, as you mentioned. oil, we had the opoke meeting. those are more the areas of focus for us as economists in the region. >> speaking of areas of focus, pulled up again the state of play when it comes to saudi reserves this has caught the attention of quite a few analysts and experts in the field. you see the blue line, that's your crude prices. the white line is saudi reserves dropping below $500 billion for the first time since 2011. how do you explain this? initially the bond sales should have contributed to an increase in those numbers. what's happening here? is the cash burden too high? >> well, absolutely it surprised us. $9 ad expe

. >> there's one more grocery store i shop atin abu dhabi.n speculation you might be interested in spinny's. is it true? >> i don't know. what i do know is you have to change your shopping habits. >> let's talk about what is happening back and debbie -- uae.u dabhi, in the retailers have been forced to slash prices. we, that is what we do, i would say and so far we have been managing to reserve our growth. very soon we'll be announcing our numbers. your revenue right now comes out of the uae, followed by saudi arabia, qatar. do you see any shift in this sort of structure? >> it will continue to be the case. we have a plan in quarter to make sure our revenue is continuing to be generated from depth and alsove sustainability and this is something we have been delivering against. be, iwill definitely would say, a readjustment in terms of some of the markets we are operating in that are specific to those markets. i expect maybe qatar will become less. that's possible, depending how the currency goes. but other than that, nothing substantive. are,

we have abu dhabi, we have qatar, here are some of those credit default swaps.e for you and moved sharply in comparison to some of its peers. >> there are about 30,000 functions on the bloomberg. we always enjoy showing you our favorites on bloomberg television. this will give you insight into our topics. here is a quick take on this week. >> actors are not like they were in the movies from the 1980's and 1990's. >> they want me to hack the planet. >> now cyber criminals can be state sponsors, breaking into servers and disrupting national elections. >> they were successful because he introduced chaos and division. >> he can be a nefarious collective, blackmailing billion-dollar corporations by threatening to release piles of sensitive data, or they can the agents looking to expose the cia's on capabilities. these elite professionals are always finding new ways to gain entry and e-government industrial and financial networks. as hackers get more sophisticated and so other safeguards protecting sensitive data. here is the situation. in 2005, 5400 databas

we're monitoring events from abu dhabi. >> reporter: good morning. this still very much a fluid situation on the ground. in fact even conflicting reports among iranian media. we can confirm two separate attacks according to state media. first in iran's parliament, second at a shrine. where the late leader of the islamic republic ayatollah khomeini is buried. there are images that have been put out by the custodian group of the body of the attacker neutralized outside of the shrine. inside parliament itself an ongoing situation. iran's press tv reporting that there's an attacker taken hostages inside of parliament. other iranian reporting one of them detonated himself. unclear if that person who detonated himself was the same person taking hostages. iran's own city security council is meeting to go over the response to the attack. this is extremely rare to happen in iran. firearms are heavily regulated. there aren't shootings like this in day-to-day things like in other countries. these targets, of course, are very symbolic. happening at parliament an

charlie: he has visited saudi arabia and abu dhabi? done?t remains to be what is the way out?heikh hamad al-thani: i believe the way out, if we activate the gcc first of all, because the gcc right now is frozen. charlie: it is not functioning. sheikh hamad al-thani: not functioning. the second thing is the united states, as allies for all the countries in the gcc, they have to stand the same distance from .he problem from everyone if there's any problem, the hesitatingl not be to say if there is a mistake. charlie: including anybody who alleges there is support of terrorism. sheikh hamad al-thani: definitely. we will not be shy from this. it is not our intention and will not be our intention. but you have to show me evidence. if you go to any court today, they need to see evidence. they need to see something to talk about it. everybody is saying we are supporting terrorism or financing. ok, show me one case. show me anything. case -- you have a charlie: how much financial support are you getting to hamas, who some people and others don't characterize as terrorism? hamas,hamad

abu dhabi apple delly noble shares have rallied 40% this week. 72%,s are still down about now poppingn the back of the goldilocks stake. a little risk bite, but not even close to making up those losses for noble group this year. let's get you caught up to date with first word news. paul: theresa may has pledged that eu citizens in britain can stay there after brexit. she laid out her position at a summit of eu leaders, saying she does not want to break up families or deport anyone. reject may'sely to insistence that eu citizens be adjudicated by british judges, saying that must be the role of the european court of justice. >> i hope there might be some room to think again about the brexit process and to prevent and over the cliff scenario, a no deal scenario come a which i think we'll have a big impact on oureconomy in the u k and economies, and it is still room to discuss the situation. trump has ended weeks of speculation triggered by himself by saying he did not tape james comey at the white house. he used twitter to say he did not make any such recordings. the president raise the

nic robertson from abu dhabi, thank you. >>> there's potentially explosive new reporting this morningat a longtime republican operative tried to get his hands on emails he believed were stolen from hillary clinton's private e-mail server, likely by russian hackers. part two of this "wall street journal" scoop is that the operatives suggested to others that he was working with michael flynn who later became the national security adviser. the general reports the veteran gop opposition researcher, peter w. smith, told associates and people he tried to help recruit him that he was "talking to lieutenant general mike flynn about the project." emails written by smith and one of his associates back up the story. flynn's actual role if he had any is still unclear. >> flynn was then a senior adviser to candidate trump in an interview with the "journal," smith said he knew flynn but never said flynn was involved. the 81-year-old smith died ten days after the interview. a trump campaign official says smith did not work for the campaign, and they had no knowledge of any involvement by flynn. falc

>> reporter: here in the united arab emirates, there are two main airports, dubai, abu dhabi.th is experiencing any great difficulties. they have passengers, for example, that transit through here from iran, one of the six, sudan, again, one of the six muslim-majority countries that were affected by the ban. they say the way that this has been rolled out this time, that there's been some advance knowledge ahead of this. that anyone who has correct documentation and shows up at the airport will be able to get on the plane. the passengers seem to understand it. the airlines seem to have enough information to go on. this isn't a case where people are getting on the aircraft and flying halfway across the world to the united states and suddenly find the document they have is no longer valid. that seems to be working. what isn't interpriddle is the way the -- interpreted is the way the family is interpreted. they're saying grandparents, grandmother, grandchildren, cousins, aunts, still part of that close family circle. that's the way family life is here for many in the middle east.

the crown prince of saudi arabia, and the crown prince of abu dhabi.m basically make sure he has an arab partner when discussing the issue with the palestinians. of course he has his father-in-law and his own friendship to the prime minister of israel. the planets are aligned. he needs to get good advice, making sure that bad guys, iran, hezbollah, will not be sabotaging this perspective. melissa: walid phares, always so insightful. appreciate your time. david: he wraps it up well. melissa: he really does. david: at bottom of the screen we're expecting a press conference from flint, michigan, where an officer was stabbed. are eyewitnesses that suggest that the stabber shouted "allahu akbar!," god is great in arabic. we hope to get that and or the questions answered on that. out of the break which we're going into. many prayers on capitol hill, good news for congressman steve scalise. the latest on the majority whip's condition after a gunman opened fire. the results are in, turns out resisting the president is not a winning campaign strategy. >> money

between the trump side and the putin side, it was organized by and hosted by the crown prince of abu dhabi. there he is in the oval office today. hi. while the president answers questions about firing the fbi director who was leading the investigation into his connections to russia. you know, the day after he fired the fbi director who was leading the investigation into trump and russia, the day after that firing the administration welcomed to washington the russian foreign minister so he could throw the firing of the fbi director in the faces of american reporters with a sneer. >> welcome. >> thank you very much. i want to welcome foreign minister lavrov to the state department. we can continue our dialogue that began in moscow with the dialogue he hosted from a very broad range of topics. thank you. >> does the comey firing cast a shadow of your talks? >> that same day the russian foreign minister turned up in the oval office, as well. u.s. reporters and photographers were not allowed any access to that meeting. we got these photos of that meeting because the russian foreign minister bro

>> as a gulf state, it's very different than abu dhabi or dubai, a very enlightend sultanate in thate only moved into the modern war recently with the sultan who wisely pumps what oil money they had into infrastructure, schools, hospitals, raising the quality of life for average omanis, and as importantly, keeping the architecture, the physical look, and the culture traditional oman very much alive as well as the -- rather unusual and unique form of islam there, embody -- embody muslims and it is almost nonsectarian in how they deal with the rest of the world. >> what about the food? is it traditional middle eastern food or is it unique to oman? >> it is also -- their cuisine is unique. legendary traders, voyagers, navigators, and sailors, early omani culture would trade with countries as far away as china and travel there. they brought back spice, flavors, influences from all across into far -- into the far east and their food, their culture and their blood reflect that. >> i'm looking forward to it. anthony bore dane, as usual, thanks for doing all this important work. we love, lov

disregard for their own monuments, so to speak, but to isis ideology because this is where abu bakr abu dhabis own speech to the caliphate. if that's what they can do to the monuments, what of it for human life still caught in the old city itself? tens of thousands are kept inside that densely packed series of alleyways that is the old city that al nuri mosque formed the gateway for. some kept in huge numbers in tightly backed basements. some peering their way through gaps in the walls, running for their lives. we've seen images for children desperate for water. there's a searing heat as i'm standing in here. it will intensify the week ahead as we move into the end of the holy month of ramadan. this is potentially the most harrowing time, sadly. as we heard the agencies talk about thousands of people escaping from the old city. possibly every day. it's simply unclear. the access is relative to much of the media but we're entering the most bloody chapter for the fight for mosul. george. >> searing heat there. 12-21 there in the day. nick paton walsh live. thank you. >>> just ahead, the man and

architecture and the look and the beauty of the country without, you know, they don't have, like, dubai or abu dhabie modern architecture. they -- they've seemed to have struck a delicate balance. >> it sounds like a country you would go -- i mean, you would go back to. it sounds like kind of a cool -- >> food's great. people are lovely, welcoming, proud. even the people who disagree with the sultan, would like to see a more democratic society respect, admire, are grateful to him. then just, again, it is unspeakingly beautiful. you know, i never do top travel destinations. >> right. >> i would say that that's -- oman has got to be one of the top travel destinations of the future. >> don't miss "anthony bourdain parts unknown" in oman 9:00 p.m. sunday here on cnn. we'll be right back. did you know that l'oréal actually invented hair color? so who better to care for it. color vibrancy haircare from l'oréal. protects color-treated hair and keeps it vibrant for up to 60 days. with an anti-oxidant and uv filter. color vibrancy from l'oréal paris. ♪ a lot of people have vertical blinds. well, if a lot of

was really listening for, you can't bring laptops in if you're coming from, you know, whether it's abu dhabitokyo. i didn't hear any of that, renee. >> right. and that's the key here. you know, everyone was expecting, you know, weeks ago, maybe even the month ago, that perhaps we'd see this laptop ban expanded, but what they are laying out here, brooke, is a way to avoid a laptop ban. and what the thinking is at the department of homeland security is if carriers and airports overseas do this, this is the only way that they can avoid that laptop ban. they believe all these measures, he laid out some of them, not all of them, they won't lay out of all of them for security measures but they believe fa that's if all the new measures that dhs is directing these carriers coming from overseas, if they follow them, they believe they will not have to do, at least at this point, a laptop ban. now will depend on the airlines to actually implement all of this. >> so what does this mean? i'm just thinking, it's summertime, people who are fortunate enough to be able to go to, say, london for a vacation th