let's go live now to jeddah. saudi arabia and iran of course rarely see eye to eye on anything. how will saudi arabia react to this? >> well, the first reaction is coming from the u.s., where the saudi foreign minister said that the iranians shouldn't play politics into this tragedy. he called on the iranian leaders to be more sensible and thoughtful for the victims who fell, saying also that the kingdom has nothing hide and that they will share the results of the investigation but have to wait to see the results. they also stressed to the kingdom has invested a lot of resources into expanding and making the pilgrimage easier for the muslims who come to perform the hajj ritual. of course it comes a day after saudi arabia said the kingdom was not to blame and this was beyond human control, so therefore, the saudi's shouldn't be held responsible for it. >> how long is the investigation into the stampede going to take? do we know anything more about the in theties of those who lost their lives? >> we don't have a confirmation about the nationalities. what we have is that every cont

jamal is a saudi writer and columnist and joins us live from jeddah. good to have you with us on the show. what is the reality here? how much is saudi arabia taking in? >> the reality is if saudi arabia arrested every syrian na arrived when the crisis began, there would be tens of thousands, up to a million. my calculation was 500. that's what i heard from sources. this is a serious number. sued is helping in the refugee camps, and they do not want to be refugees. the ones in saudi arabia. they are with fabulous, finding their way to work. our economy, our business infrastructure cannot absorb more refugees or syrians. >> the money is there to help refugees if needed. >> yes, of course. >> how do they make the journey to saudi arabia. how do they get there? >> most of them come on visiting visas, they have relatives. the relatives of life, and they often overstay. saudi arabia do not send them back. it allows them to stay even though they stay illegally in saudi arabia. it allows them to go to schools, hospitals, and a couple of days ago they issued a

. >> thank you omar salah there speaking from jeddah, on his way to mecca >>> now, the united nations say the war in syria, an extra 1 million people by the end of the year will be displaced. it will lead to more syrians fleeing to europe to seek asylum. thousands are expected to march through london, hoping to convince politicians] that britain should welcome more refugees. live to barnaby phillips. a lot of people expected to turn out for the march. feelings are running high. >> let's see how it goes. a few thousand so far. i suspect organizers hope it will fill up. they hope 80,000 would turn up. you it's too early to draw conclusions. the mood, traps you can hear them cheering is euphoric. coincidentally the labour party elected a new leader. i know you'll talk to my colleague about that. many are supporters of jeremy corbin. for the march to have an impact it needs to movened the left of british politics. if david cameron is to pay attention and feel out of step with the british publish. i've been looking at it, here is my report. >>> children who arrived in england without their

a stunning 11 million diesel cars popular models like the beetle, passat, jeddah and gulf contain software rigged to evade emission controls. the company is promising to pay for repairs but many car owners are skeptical. the cheat beginning at an emissions testing stations. the controls limiting emissions would then switch on but after the test, the controls switched off again meaning the car would emit illegal levels 40 times higher than allowed. >>> the drug company which hiked the price of a life saving drug 5,000 price says it will lower the cost. the ceo who became a target of widespread public outrage refuses to say what the new price will be. the company obtained rights to sell the drug in august. from $13.50 per pill to $750. >> also dropping the price for an amazon prime membership to celebrate its five emmy wins, the online shopping giant is offering prime for $67 down from the usual 99 but the offer is only good friday and it's only good for new members. >>> instagram has hit a milestone reaching 400 million users sharing 80 million photos a day. it's enjoying global appeal. 75%

the accident may have happened during high winds and rains >>> live for us in jeddah - what are you finding out there, omar al saleh. >> well, the investigation is under way, but we are hearing reports that largely the investigation will blame the incident on the bad, whether the strong winds and rain, heavy rain. by the way the weather forecast for today. there might be bad weather to come on medina. so i hope another crane does not fall. the other problem we are hearing is not a problem. progress of saudi authorities. all the damage that resulted in that incident is being cleared. they were finished cleaning in that part of the ground for days. they are adamant that this will not affect the hajj pilgrimage. it is suspended. it's like a bridge allowing the pilgrims to walk around. that path is surrounded, and that's why i think it's the reasoning behind that part of the ground. >> they bring it in. the executive director at the research foundation, joining us from birmingham. good to have you with us. if the incident is down to bad weather, it's a concern, considering there's crane's there

and 2015, these so-called clean diesel engines that were so commonly used in some of these gulf, jeddahll as the audi a3. they said they have halted sales of their 2015 models as well as certified preowned diesel cars in the u.s.. angie: this was specific engineering of a car to perform a certain function during the test only. how much did the ceo know about this and how much pressure is he under right now? >> analysts are saying, he was the ceo. basically, he was in charge of development. either he knew and he pretended not to know or he didn't know if he wasn't doing his job, because his job is to know what they are doing. he is under a lot of pressure, not to mention that this revelation comes just days before the board meets in order to renew his contract through 2018. this will be a pretty serious case where the ceo will have to defend whether he knew, and if he did, when and what he knew about these allegations. angie: coming up next, behind the times. our next guest says hong kong employers may lose out on some of the top talent from around the world if the city doesn't amend law

used inne is commonly models such as the gulf, jeddah, -- golf, jetta.this all very personally. fresh out of this bored room bust up with his former chairman. this one seems a bit of a tougher not to crack. shery: you have to convince u.s. consumers you did not do anything wrong. it is a pretty messy situation. he is coming out of this fresh battle with the former chairman and this scandal hitting days before vw's board meets in order through his contract 2018. analysts saying, he was the ceo and he is in charge of development. either he knew about it and he hid it or he did not know about it. rishaad: did not know what his developers were doing. that is grounds for any politician -- shery: he is saying he is personally sorry and he just released a statement saying he will do everything necessary in order to reverse the damage this has caused. this is a first priority for him. no way to putis an optimistic spin on this. rishaad: a multibillion-dollar payment in fines, damage to the diesel market share, and pariah status in the u.s. with the government as

the jeddah has a lead nox trap. the system was there. it is just not active as much as it needed to be. ask, we are to talking about 11 million cars. what does this mean for the owners. >> you are dealing with clean diesel, performance and cost. more important we what is this strategy. does diesel work? not only with the low numbers or even wheres. the diesel penetration is much higher. is this a single technology interimrward. matt: director at the center for alternative fuels, emissions cafe. that would be a fun acronym for the cafe standards from the west virginia university. fascinating story. >> think about how is -- biggest business is for the german economy. one in seven germans work in the automotive industry. volkswagen has 6 million employees globally. this could, if it goes wrong, severely affect german exports and even affect your rope. it is a big enough problem to really affect the currency. looking at the other top stories we're following up this hour. a historic day in washington on capitol hill, pope rance is addressed a