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king salman made the comments in moscow he met with vladimir putin as the two leaders expressed their satisfaction over the developing relations between the two countries. speaking at an event in moscow, king salman expressed his hope for future cooperation >> translator: we're convinced that there are great opportunities to expand and invest by economic cooperation between our countries in order to create conditions for i investments and trade and economy that produce specific features of our countries in their interests, and in order to develop trade with the program, vision of kingdom, 2030. >> hadley gamble joins me to discuss this further it's obvious, this relationship is not just about oil. >> it's simple when you create a power vacuum in the region, you have the potential to realign the world that's what we're seeing here between saudi arabia and russia. it's not new it's been building over the years. we've seen a lot of promises of billions of dollars of investment from saudi arabia to russia something like $10 billion, of which $1 billion has been recognized the saudis need

with that king salman meeting with mr. putin -- we've got king solomon meeting with mr.day. they say they are not discussing russian participation in an iranian ipo. saudi arabia and russian have come and energy interests, and the talks on energy corporations are ongoing with russia. there's an interest that they will extend that deal. anna and i started the day with this. dollar.uld be buying the oldla every fourth quarter, it rises by 3%. we just talked about trump. it suits trump to have a soft dollar, but here we are. the data says we get a rally in the fourth quarter. do during the rally? >> i do think we get another -- do you join the rally? >> i do think we get an upward direction. earlier, it could go very far. the market didn't want to extend. of course, if we do get some positive surprises on the fiscal front, then that could push the dollar further, but the market remains skeptical. i'm talking about tax reform. trump and various republicans have indicated we can have tax reform a christmas, but very few people in the market are prepared to believe that. if we

. >> saudi arabia's king salman had a little glitch. the golden escalator there leading from the 747 came to a grinding halt. >> ah-oh. >> the king and his aides look a little puzzled. what do you do next? you walk, right? >> what do these stairs that don't move? they're just stairs. after about 20 seconds they finally decided to walk the rest of the way. >> don't you hate when that happens? >> i wonder at what point they thought, okay, just another second, they'll get it working. >> maintenance, it's all about maintenance. >>> coming up, we're check in with jeopardy's newest star. can austin keep his win streak going? >> we'll find out. but first, the new reaction from one of the biggest power brokers in hollywood amid allegations of decades of sexual harassment. you're watching "world news now". you're watching world news now. ialmost everything. you know, ke 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x. i'm lucky to get through

rolling out the red carpet forking salman, the first time a reigning saudi arabian -- red carpet for king salmane first time a reigning saudi arabian king has come to russia. and a brazilian member of the olympic committee has been arrested, accused of helping arrange a bribe to secure the games for rio de janeiro. and nasa astronauts have successfully conducted a space walk to repair parts of the space station. two astronauts replacing an aging arm to grab the visiting spacecraft. two more walks are planned to carry out further maintenance. now, northern germany has been hit by a massive storm, leaving at least seven people dead and forcing the cancellation of trans port services in many areas. the german weather service says that the wind could reach hurricane strength. authorities are telling the residents to take shelter. correspondent: the magnitude of the storm has caught germany off guard. in the winds have lashed -- and the winds have lashed hamburg, uprooting trees, smashing onto vehicles with fatal results. the roof was torn off this building. wow -- while in berlin, shoppers had to sc

>> convergence of two energy superpowers, the saudi king salman beginning talks with vladimir putin in it is the first time a monarch from saudi arabia has ever visited russia. of kinges ahead salman's planned trip with president trump's next year. what are the problems of a closer saudi arabia-russia unity? >> it is a potential problem for the u.s. because in saudi arabia, one of the key allies in the region and putin looks like this to change in the country's position. obviously, the oil supply agreement between opec and russia that has succeeded in keeping prices stable is driving them up and has been a success. it looks as though russia will agree to extend it as saudi arabia has asked for until it -- the end of next year which is , what putin indicated yesterday. in addition there will be , possible cooperation on syria, another major issue for the two countries. ♪ ♪ david: welcome back to "bloomberg best," i'm david westin. president trump's outline for tax relief is under the microscope on capitol hill and for that matter on wall street. in an exclusive interview with bloomberg'

news reports on improving relations between russia and saudi arabia, following a trip to moscow by king salmanper says although the two nations have been on opposite sides of international conflicts, most notably in syria, their respective leaders still managed to sign a slew of investment deals. what stories are sparking discussions online? it is ironic that japanese it is ironic thatjapanese gardens are trending online. they are of course known for their tranquillity, but that's because tokyo is sending green fingers to every corner of the world, to spruce up those japanese gardens that have sadly fallen into disrepair. there are some 500 traditional gardens scattered across the globe and some need help. japanese gardens were often planted to repair friendly relations after world war two. a prominent opposition leader from cambodia has called for international sanctions to be imposed on the government of prime minister hun sen over his increasingly authoritarian rule. mu sochua is the most senior politician in the cambodian national rescue party, after its leader kem sokha was arrested last

he held an unusual joint meeting with king salman, the saudi foreign minister, and iraqi prime minister haider al-abadi. tillerson says he urged the leaders of both countries to cooperate further to isolate iran and rein-in iran's influence in iraq and the middle east. he called for iraq to disband iranian-supported militia forces to counter what he called iran"" malign behavior,." saying it's time for them to "go home." tillerson's trip includes stops in qatar, pakistan and india. >> sreenivasan: after creating the environmental protection agency in 1970, president richard nixon announced a vision for energy independence that included building 1,000 nuclear power plants across the country. that didn't happen. the nuclear industry's plans to expand were stymied over safety concerns following the accident at three mile island in 1979, and over disputes about how to dispose of spent nuclear fuel rods. today, 99 commercial nuclear reactors are operating in 30 states. in tonight's signature segment, newshour weekend's christopher booker reports that climate change is giving some nuclear pow

saudi arabia's king salman issued a decree last week allowing women to drive for the first time.june next year, the gulf kingdom will remain the only country in the world with such a ban in place. the announcement has pleased activists, but also created a potentially huge new market for car makers. now, prince harry says he hopes to expand the invicta schemes in the future, saying the sky is the limit. speaking at the closing ceremony of the event for injured service personnel and veterans, he congratulated the competitors for the example they had shown the world. the final day of competition in canada in the game is set up by prince harry in 2014. 70 nations, 500 participants, a week—long event that helps wounded service men and women with physical and psychological rehabilitation. the closing ceremony, then, a star—studded ending, with some of music's biggest names and recognition for one of the game's biggest stars, a multiple medal winnerfrom the biggest stars, a multiple medal winner from the uk. biggest stars, a multiple medal winnerfrom the uk. the former biggest stars, a

king salman bin abdulaziz meets with vladimir putin in moscow. king is looking for an understanding that russia will agree to extend an agreement curbing oil production. russian influence grows in the middle east. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. bloomberg. puerto ricanice of bonds trembled yesterday. marketst trump rattled after speculating he might wipe out the territories $74 billion debt. showing you the fall in general obligation bonds. it fell to $.32 on the dollar. recovering a little bit. could these comments from the president affect investors bottom line? we are joined at by rebecca spalding. this had a huge impact. >> absolutely. it really spooked markets. inch mark tumbled to record lows after his comments. it came back a little bit once mick mulvaney said maybe you shouldn't take this literally. the market which doesn't have a lot of liquidity to begin with really freaked out over this. that showsreporting he actually has a plan for this. >> no. the

as a mortalsee iran threat and in fact they just king salman spoke about a ron paul's role in the regiondestabilizing the middle east. the russians will find that very hard to square. on the one hand keeping friendly relationship with the saudi's but at the same time they want to maintain their ties with iran. mark: briefly on the oil supplier call. is this dealer between russia and opec going to last? and yesterday seemed keen on expanding it. henry: he did. the russiansink don't want to extend it for too long. 2018 andned the end of it's not clear whether they will agree to maintain the current , but of production curbs certainly they understand it is having a positive impact and therefore they are willing to continue for some time. mark: henry, thank you for that. isay, the european close next. we are 35 minutes away from the and of the session. are you on medicare? do you have the coverage you need? open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time to get on a path that could be right for you... with plans including aarp medicarecomplete insured through unitedhealthcare. call toda

saudi's king salman got off his plane in moscow on an escalator when it stopped. went step by step and reached the ground. >>> irma was the best hurricane ever. those words tonight from one man in ft. myers. pea lost his yellow lab five years ago on the beach. when hurricane irma blew threw he got a call. he had lost a lot of weight. we're happy to report he is better. >>> very, very nice. coming up, bitter pill. >> today's announcement regarding birth control and what it means for women all over the country. straight ahead in a live report. >>> infection outbreak. the puppy problem sending people to the hospital in 12 states, including one in our area. >>> back to the 80s. the weekend is off to a warm start. it could include some showers. plus what tropical storm nate is going to bring here. ahead, my first alert forecast. >>> coming up, all new at 5:00, costume crackdown. what zombie lovers are banned from bringing to a popular event in new jersey this weekend. paulsboro's a very proud community. it's been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and th

. >>> now the big story, saudi arabia's king salman arrived in moscow for talks with vladimir putin. both countries are expected to sign joint investment deals worth $3 billion the trip marks the first time a saudi monarch has visited russia the oil minister of saudi arabia told geoff cutmore on a opinional that the recent relationship between russia and the kingdom was crucial when it came to influences production levels >> this partnership between russia and saudi arabia has c catalized cooperation of an unprecedented coalition of 24 countries. it has breathed back life into opec, which found itself unable to single handedly swing production as supply was per social securi persistently high in 2014 with inventories slowly rising ahead of demand. >>> the saudi minister went on to add he's not getting carried away by the havenrecent uptick n global oil prices. we are not getting complacent or celebrating soon, until we get the balances to where they belong and ensure we have adequate supply, adequate capacity, and we keep our eyes on the road, as we bring the global energy markets in

. >>> well, when saudi arabia's king salman travels, he does it in style.urage, a huge plane, and even a golden escalator to get him to the tarmac. but on his first trip to russia, there was a bit of a problem. the escalator malfunctioned, and he had to walk down to the bottom. the king met with russian president vladimir putin on a trip expected to focus on energy and the conflict in syria. got a little exercise there. thanks for joining us for this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm natalie allen. be right back with more news from around the world and right near in the u.s. >>> tracking hurricane nate, while puerto rico recovers from its battering by maria, the u.s. gulf coast now braces for an impact. >>> president trump referred to a gathering of his military leaders as, quote, maybe the calm before the storm. the white house trying to figure out what he meant-r about that. >>> and more disturbing details by the las vegas gunman police say his car was loaded with explosives and ammunition. but they still don't have a clue to his motive. we're live in atlanta, we

>> i was honored to be part of king salman's delegation to russia it's an enormous opportunity that theingdom and russia can develop. especially the energy industry russia has the highest reserve of gas this will give us opportunity to look at how can we leverage this abundant resources for our industry we are entertaining some opportunities with russia and hopefully it will materialize soon >> we'll have to leave it there. the ceo of saudi basic industries back to you. >> thank you very much for that interview. >> let's switch gears. angela merkel's party is raising budget concerns. an internal paper says the government can invest 30 billion euros over the next four years, but proposals could cost 100 billion euros, this as the bundestag reconvenes following the general election annette is watching this story can the jamaica coalition, as we call it, can they stick to the black zero that the cdu is so proud of >> if they will fulfill all their promises, it's a clear no. count them altogether, that was an exercise done by the ministry of finance, that would cost them some 100 billion eu

it also comes ahead of king salman's planned trip with president trump's next year.the outcomes of this unity? what are the potential problems with a saudi arabia, russia alliance? it is not good for the usa, he looks at it as a way to change his country's position in the entire middle east. succeededussia have in keeping prices stable, driving them up has been a success. it looks as though russia will agree to extend it as saudi arabia asked for until the end of next year. this is what putin indicated yesterday. in addition to that, there will be possible cooperation on syria, which is another major issue for the two countries. ♪ ♪ david: welcome back to "bloomberg best." i'm david westin. president trump's outline for tax relief is under the microscope on capitol hill and for that matter, on wall street. in an exclusive interview with erik schatzker, larry fink discussed what he does and does not like about the proposal. >> there are a lot of merits in what was being proposed, but let's be clear. what is being opposed is a large expansion of our deficits. ourrding

vladimir putin met with saudi arabia's king salman. this is the first time that saudi leader has visited russia. they're working on an agreement to curb oil production. global news 24 hours a day. powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. crumpton, this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm julia chatterly. scarlet: i am scarlet fu. joe and i am joe weisenthal. is what'd you miss? the house adopting the budget resolution for 2018, but the unity may not hold as details of the framework come or clear. people are treading cautiously to avoid an immediate independence from spain, but that is not stopping them from apearing in top court with parliamentary session. the u.s. commonwealth says it will run out of cash by the end of the month, adding another wrinkle to the complicated role of the u.s. government in its debt crisis. julia: what'd you miss? between spain and catalonia taking another turn. they have a parliamentary debate on monday. the spanish governmen

crude oil edging higher as led me up and saudi arabia's king salman reassures oil walls. bloomberg. ♪ ♪ scarlet: from bloomberg world headquarters in midtown manhattan, this is "bloomberg markets." markets are closing. gold lost steam today. it was at its high at 6:00 a.m. 1%.h by one third of the near-term fate of a metal and that of the u.s. dollar will probably be determined by tomorrow's jobs data. traders will get clues on the economy strengthen likelihood of a fed rate hike once the payroll report does come out. even as it is expected to be distorted by the hurricanes. moving to oil prices, rising the most in a week as the world's signaledil exporters continual to cooperation to lift prices. saudi king solomon made a historic trip to see vladimir putin. today, the king expressed a desire to maintain output cap's, agreed to with russia as well as other producers. julia: thanks so much. let's stay on the oil market. even as a president vladimir putin says russia is open to extending a deal with opec to the end of 2018 in the interview with us yesterday, the u.s. has s

king salman's first visit to moscow show their joint determination to take action for the oil price. president putin, brent crude rose for the first time in eight days. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg. ♪ we are counting down to the open japan. south korea still closed for a holiday. trading in australia has been going on for half an hour now. we see rebounds up 1/3 of 1%. .bout 0.6% gain on the asx 200 sophie kamaruddin looking at these aussie shares. it is an understatement when it comes to the asx, especially oil rebounding. >> the sydney bar -- the sydney market has been range bound. they could see the first weekly gain and three. taking a look at the imf breakdown, and those the prize to see miners in the top spot. anticipated slowing growth in china. energy isnsumption of seen to improve next year. i want to show you this stock, copper and gold mining resources, a two day jump. this morning, copper has reached a value, helping drive gains so far this friday. offsett

. >> russian president vladimir putin and saudi arabia's king salman are meeting at the kremlin todayg oh things this is the first official visit of a saudi monarch to russia and i'm not qualifying that since. >> first ever. >> apparently. amazing. >> opec and russia getting closer together. there were comments saying that, yeah, this gives additional heft to everybody who's not the united states and the global oil market. >> nice room. >> it is if you like gold. >> equifax's former chairman and ceo richard smith heads back to the hill for a third day of testimony. smith is set to appear before the house financial services committee in just under two hours. for a preview of that discussion let's bring in congressman luke messer, a republican from indiana, and a member of the financial services committee messer is the gop policy chair and congressman, thank you for joining us today. >> glad to be here. >> what have we not heard from mr. smith lately that you would like to hear >> equifax has a lot to answer for. of course 140 million americans have had their personal information compro

cnbc news update iraq's military says the forces have captured the town of hawija saudi arabia's king salman meeting with russian president putin in moscow. it's the first visit of a saudi official to moss do you. >>> houston is reaches out to victims of hurricane maria, sending pallets of much-needed supplies to puerto rico. while they are still in need in houston, it is rerewarding. >>> and they may haves discovered the remains of st. nick las that's your cnbc update for this hour over to jackie deangelis >> did department of energy reporting natural gas inventories built in those inventory of 42 billion cubic feet compared to the five-year average 93, it's substantially less that's why natural gas prices are trading higher, but trading higher most of the morning, really unchanged since we got this number out. interesting to note in the last week we're down just a little more than 1%, flat for about the month level, but still up 5% in the last three months. remember, we were trading well over $3 not long ago, two weeks ago. people are expecting these prices to kind of flatline and bounce a

with -- king salman is meeting with vladimir putin and russia.he president of catalonia is keeping the country guessing about the breakaway region's next move. he spoke last night, but did not say when or if he will declare independence. catalan voted independence in an illegal referendum on sunday. he has agreed to taking part in -- with theks in spanish government. the spanish economy minister rejected that offer. >> we would be setting a very dangerous precedent for all of europe. of that will have more interview later in the show. inbal news 24 hours per day more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. tom: thanks so much. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities. up.ks up, up, up, the curve not moving much. bureau with some strength. i think oil has moved one penny over the last 24 hours. next screen. extraordinary vix. it would be amazing to get back the vix.andle on sterling with some real weakness. francine: sterling with some weakness. the euro is edging higher. spanish stocks seemed to be recovering as the cattle and president seems to b

saudi arabia's king salman is in moscow in first visit to saudi monarch to russia.l producers. well, a new twist in our issues with north korea. some north koreans have been force today work at seafood processing companies in china, those products have made the way to the united states. small portion of the salaries, the rest is taken by the north korean government which continue to develop nuclear weapons. south korea says that the kim jong un regime is believed to be sending tens of thousands of workers around the world and bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars back to the government. former equifax ceo smith under fire following the massive data breach that affected 145 million americans. senator criticizing the company's business model and how it makes money from consumers. >> if just one million of them buy one more year of monitoring through equifax at the standard rate of $17 a month, that's more than $200 million in revenue for equifax because of this breach. equifax did a terrible job of protecting our data because they didn't have a reason to care to

level, low vol advertisement alix: we're getting another headline saying king putin is arriving king salmanudi arabia. what are you making of that? if we have a closer unity between a saudi and russian government what, did you that mean? >> cooperation and talking is great well need more in the world in particular around that. alix: to take away from jih olitical risk? david: good point. this is bloomberg. ♪ emma: u.s. oil exports hit a record high last week but it won't last for long. gulf coast oil refiners are still recovering from hurricane harvey. lower demand from them forced crude to seek overseas market. it is expected to supply once u.s. refineries come online. e-commerce shopify fell 12%. the most ever after sit ron research said it was short the stock. richon calls shopify a get quick scheme. shopify isn't commenting. and google is introducing a second generation of consumer electronic device. that will be google branded phones, laptops and speakers. one of the devices is a surprise at $249 lightweight camera called google clip. it can be clipped on to table and chairs and used a

his royal highness prince salman is the future king of the country. you have an incredibly beautiful country. you have the resources. but you are having radical ideas, some might say. recently you were asked if you would soon allow women to drive. you are allowing foreign investment in your beautiful country. why now? what triggered this change in thinking? >> first of all i don't want to get out of this topic and discuss politics out of the scope of today. but i'll be brief. saudi arabia was not like this prior to '79. you have the awakening sproj spreads after '79 for many reasons. today is not the right day to discuss them. we were not like this in the past. we only want to go back to what we were. the moderate islam that is open to the world, open to all the religions. [applause] 70 percent of the saudi people are less than 30 years old. and we'll not a waste 30 years our lives dealing with extremist ideas. we'll destroy them today. [applause] we want to live a normal life. a life that translates our moderate religion. our good customs. we coexist

yesterday i spoke with royal highness, prince salman, the next king, the public investment fund is whatas well, he addressed the strategy to eliminate extremism and the answer went viral. listen to this. >> we want to live a normal life, a life that translates our moderate religion, our good customs, we coexist and live with the world and contribute to the developing country and the world. steps that we have taken in the past that are clear. i believe that we will eradicate the rest of extremism very soon. maria: meanwhile the other big names include steven mnuchin, steven is with me and mark wineberg was with me and ceo of london stock exchange group will be here. also mohamed el-erian. joining me from new york, college's business and economic professor brian brendberg, fox business dagen mcdowell, investment strategy lindsey bell. good morning, everybody. dagen: good morning. [laughter] maria: we've got -- i thought there was a little bit of a delay. dagen; you mentioned earlier the top stories that you're watching, give us a treat to what's on your radar today. give us a hint. dagen:

king. stephen: they need a burger token. julia: thank you for joining us. coming up, saudi crown prince salmanng a sea of social change. how a new city will differ from life in the west of saudi arabia. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: "what'd you miss?" lman hasown prince sa plans to build a new city on the red sea coast, with women able to jog in public wearing gym clothing, work alongside men come and play instruments in a music ensemble. over $500 billion from the saudi government as part of the prince's push not to repeat the country's past mistakes. , ourng us to discuss guest. -- joining us to discuss, our guest. >> most global financials are beating attract to the desert giveseek to not only speeches in here important conferences about this, but there is just so much money at stake. the saudi's are talking about a $2 trillion fund. you have the world elite trying to get it back. extremely eye-catching about this new city. the firsts is not time we had a dramatic, megacity announcement from saudi arabia and this attempt at economic reform and changing the views of the country