am am >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia and news and informatio captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: prince alwaleed bin talal is here, he is chairman of the kingdom holding company, saudi investment firm, he founded more than 30 years o, today it has billions invested around the world in a wide range of industries, including banks, hotels, real estate, media and technology. time magazine once called him the arabian warren buffett, the largest foreign individual investor in the united states with substantial sex in news corp and citigroup, i am pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> it is a pleasure to be here. >> rose: so let's talk first about syria. >> bashir like all of the other 21 leaders in the arab league consists of 22 countries, they are all my friend, my friends. clearly, more importantly, the syrian people are also my brothers and my friends. i think unfortunately that syria may have reached a point of no return with what is happening lately. there is a very grave situation. i be