khashoggi issue has , inly released, jamal many ways was the straw that broke the camels back. people gave mohammad bin salman on the benefit of the doubt. he was a reformer and he was doing things that people thought were good in terms of the economy, social liberalization, bringing women into society. people were willing to overlook an awful lot of these things. , i think has a particular resonance here in washington, london, and new york because so many people knew him personally and he was very well regarded and well-liked in many quarters of this town. host: did you ever meet him? guest: he came to the middle east institute and did some roundtables with us. figurea very well-known around town, participated in many activities, conferences and other things. so, jamaal was a well-known person. i think this personalizes the issue for many people. right, it isr is an accumulation of things. host: germantown, maryland, independent. caller: it is not just one thing, this is -- as an american legal resident who has a couple of children who live here, i think they might be citizens

inly: you have got the reins the meantime. bob swan, as always, thanks for joining us. back to you.e: our thanks. coming up, president trump due to speak at the white house. the arrest ofs the suspect in the recent attempted mail bombings. we will bring this to you in a few moments. this is "bloomberg." ♪ vonnie: our stock of the hour is another victim of the war year in home building. -- poor year in homebuilding. mohawk reported earnings below estimates. here is romaine bostick. >> not a lot of people know about mohawk but chances are you live somewhere, you have a mohawk floor, one of their brands is within your home. people are not buying homes at the pace they were before. people are not renovating at the pace they were before. that is weighing on companies like mohawk. vonnie: new-home sales are not up. you would think that might mean people are renovating. >> that is the narrative. the idea that people stay and try to improve them. we're not seeing that, not yet. other companies that have reported, fortune brands, which also makes flooring but also make kitchen cabinets. they

inly: what was different terms of how this hardware was compromised from the previous report? tom: previously, this has to do with ethernet connection. this is what we used to connect communication networks. that is different in this case. similar is that the supply chain originated in china and has to do with hardware. and supermicro is once again the company at the heart. researcher said supermicro is a victim and they are not the only one that is used as a conduit. we are pursuing all of those angles. supermicro continues to deny even the latest story saying the security of our customers and integrity of our products are core to the business and company values. we take care to secure the products and supply chain security is an important topic of destruction -- topic of discussion. you found apple and amazon denying the original story, usn u.k. government officials saying there is no reason to doubt the company's denial. tom: the companies have talked about their involvement and they said we did not discover these chips in our networks. we have had to wait at against what w

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dropped out inly a more gentle way compared to some of the other business leaders who left.was a compromise. they met on the sidelines of the conference, but did not go to the conference itself. however a lot of softbank , executives remained at the conference. >> we have seen many top executives opt to stay away from the conference, but have continued business relationships with saudi arabia. do you think that the turn of events could change the relationship between foreign businesses and saudi arabia? or do you think it will eventually be business as usual? >> you know, i think that the money is too hard for people to turn away. hoping thatle were it would blow over, but when it didn't blow over and it got worse, people got scared. a lot of startups have a progressive viewpoint. to have this money impact their perspective of what is going on is a challenge. but the double edged sword is that for saudi arabia to progress, they have to make these investments. so i think it will be a lot of difficult decisions for startup entrepreneurs and investors. sara given the scrutiny,

i don't think any are protesting the verdict, they're celebrating, marching inli rity, in remembrancelaquan mcdonald. >> van dyke was originally f charged wirst degree murder, the jury convicted him on second degree murder. i understand thasugsted they believed he did believe his wife was in danger but that believeso was unrble. i know you heard some of the jurors talk about their verdict. what did they sayeir decision turned on? >> well, they say a number of shings. so one of them whe option to convict on second degree murder instead of first degree murder. the jurors said they felt tha jason van dyke actually felt he was in danger, that he and the officers faced an imminent risk and that's what they convicted on second degree instead of first degree. they say van dyke's testimony wasn't credible, said he had a hard time recalling wht happened the night of the incident and a lot of what he said didn't match the vieo, specifically when van dyke testified he saw laquanom mcdonald, is perspective, raise that knife in his direction, they say the .ideo does not bear that out then there is

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