faced severe backlash and barred from travel abroad, but criticism has largely been muted since king salmane allowed to drive, however the kingdom only has a handful of driving schools and the waiting list is months long. >>> we all have somewhere to go and want to get there fast. engineers are developing high-speed tube travel and looking to revolutionize how we get from point a to point b. hyperloop. reporter: as the lead engineer systems at nasa, she's just trying to get us there faster. >> so this is technology really out of science fix. >> it's technology inspired by science fiction but actually a science fact. reporter: called hyperloop or tube travel and will allow humans to go faster than the fastest high-speed train, even faster than the fastest planes in the sky. so you'll be able to get from kansas city to st. louis or new york to washington in 30 minutes or less. >> yes, what we're doing is targeting the peak speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour which is roughly 700 miles per hour. reporter: the tubes create low pressure environment, almost completely cutting out drag, but the mot

we've seen it with king salman in saudi arabia.w, we've seen it in a lot of places, especially with vladimir putin. and you have to juxtapose it with the lack of discussion that we saw on human rights in singapore. kim jong-un has 100,000 or more political prisoners. that's the size of a city like south bend, indiana, or gainesville, florida, and it really didn't merit a lot of attention. it certainly wasn't a pre-condition to the meeting. so i think there's concern when the president speaks highly of these leaders and praises them that it's -- it's an abdication of the moral leadership that the u.s. often provides around the world and presses leaders to do better on human rights and to do more on, you know, forcing democratic institutions. >> in general, as ken says, there is this history of president trump talking about autocratic leaders. he talks about the great control they have, the great power, these sorts of things. in this instance, i'm wondering can you see any connection, any potential connection between president trump

importers, the associated press is reporting that saudi arabia has confirmed that the president and the king salmanl market but they discussed quote, stability, the country did not mention that 2 million barrel mark that was set by the president. arthel: switching gears, fans of soccer sensation cristiano renaldo are heartbroken this afternoon as uruguay defeats portugal in round 16 of the world cup 2-1, the final. meanwhile, the french are moving on, advancing to the quarter finals after blasting argentina 4-3. france remains unbeaten against south america teams, winning their ninth straight. eric: how about that. arthel: there you have it. eric: it keeps on going. a lot of people are visiting our nation's capital as we get closer to the 4th of july. if you have never been inside the capitol building, tonight we will give you a rare glimpse inside of that interior that often is not shown on tv. and get ready for a scorcher. man, that heat wave is hitting parts of the nation. how hot it is going to get and who is going to get hit the hardest, straight ahead. >>> there are dangers that can be associ

the future king of saudi arabia, crown prince mohammed been salman, mbs as everyone calls him.s year he struck out on a tour of the western world. >> it's a great honor to have the crown prince. >> reporter: meeting with president trump at the white house. >> thank you, mr. president. >> reporter: it's all a tremendous pr push to install what he called "pmoderate islam that is open to the world. saudi arabia, an ancient land rooted in tradition and bound by a strict all-encompassing interpretation of islam. but today this country is changing. >> reporter: last fall we traveled to saudi arabia to see the transition firsthand. at the time women were still banned from driving, but they were learning any way they could. >> this is a racetrack, and it's one of the only places where you'll see women driving. go-kar go-karts. >> you love driving. >> yes. >> reporter: out on the track, wadd shows me the ropes. a natural. she's been coming here ever since it opened. >> who won? >> you. >> i won. is there anybody among your family or friends who say waad, you should not drive? >> yes. my

salman rushdie, with writing firebombings by a dictator, bookstores were fearful for the safety of their employees and customers so they began pulling the satanic versus from their shelves. stephe kingalled up the head of a chain of stores and gave him an ultimatum. you don't sell the satanic versus you don't k cell stephe king. [applause] >> of course the store reversed course. you can't intimidate, you can't let intimidation stop books, king said. it is as basic as that. a fierce opponent of censorship, he is spoken about the dangers of pulling books from the shelves of schools and libraries and in an age of new assaults on the press and truth, stephen has taking his public platform and transformed it into a vehicle of unfiltered dissent. stephen calls it like he sees it and has become a clarion voice of unvarnished, sometimes harsh truths. some people can't take it. would rather not hear the truth. when donald trump -- [laughter] -- backed to block stephen king on twitter, stephen didn't cow for a moment, came right back to the pres. declaring him blocked from seeing stephen king's next film. stephen is a champion and personal exemplar of what pen america stands for. the freedom