two days later, jeff bezos receives a text from a whatsapp text from mohammad bin salman saying whate being told is not true which begs the question of how did he know he was being told anything? how convinced are you from having reviewed the report that the saudi crown prince may have been himself personally involved in the hacking of mr bezos's found ? involved in the hacking of mr bezos's found? fairly convinced. i wish to respond to the creek street address for the foreign minister of saudi arabia. fti is a company of some of the leading experts in cybersecurity contrary to what the prime minister said. the company was vetted actually by the fbi because the investigation was part of an ongoing fbi investigation. they followed the strongest approach in order to protect the chain of evidence. in addition to their own work, we have done —— approached for independent cyber security experts and asked them to review the findings and conclusions of the fti study. they did that over several days of exchanges, including with fti. they identified alternative hypothesis, they discussed thos

britain's "guardian" reports jeff bezos' phone was hacked by saudi crown prince mohammad bin salman. tal forensic analysis shows bezos' phone was hacked in 2017 after receiving a what's app message sent from mohammad bin salman's account. a huge amount of data was extracted from the phone. nine months later the "national enquirer" published intimate details about bezos' private life including text messages. saudi arabia calls the report absurd. the united nations is expected to release a statement about the hacking later this morning. >>> the "los angeles times" reports the l.a. city council voted unanimously to vote the 2017 and 2018 world series to the hometown dodgers. good luck with that. this is a symbolic resolution that comes after mlb said the houston astros cheated by using video cameras to steal opposing teams signs in 2017. that was the year the dodgers lost to the astros in the world series. the boston red sox meanwhile are also being investigated for a similar misconduct. the dodgers lost to the sox in the next year's world series. baseball officials had no comment on the

un human rights experts say they've seen evidence to suggest the saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salmanbelonging to the amazon founder, jeff bezos. they've demanded an investigation into the claims, which the saudi authorities have dismissed as "absurd". the guardian newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying bezos‘ phone was infiltrated by a whatsapp message from an account apparently belonging to the prince in may 2018. with me is our security correspondent frank gardner. this is an extraordinary story and quite a complicated one. explain to us quite a complicated one. explain to us out this has allegedly come about. one day they'll make a film about. one day they'll make a film about this but i suspect it probably will not be showing at cinemas in saudi arabia because it implicates two very powerful, very rich man. jeff bezos the chief executive of amazon but also the owner of the washington post and saudi arabia's crown prince mohammad bin salman. the allegation with the saudi authorities have very quickly and some would say sufficiently quickly denied is that in may 2018, the crown

crown prince mohammad bin salman is alleged to have sent an encrypted video file via whatsapp, whiches. it was revealed that the introduction of gdpr in 2018, the eu has imposed 114 million euros in fines, with regulators in france, germany and austria handing out the biggest fines so far. is it a bird? is it a plane? yes and no. it's a pigeon bot. researchers at stanford university have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. the team believe their findings could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors‘ own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissions, accidents and congestion. and finally, spending too much time on your smartphone? google suggests popping it in an envelope. google envelope is an app used in conjunction with a paper cover you can print out at home. the combo can dumb down your device so it can only make and re

crown prince mohammad bin salman is alleged to have sent an encrypted video file via whatsapp, which was revealed that the introduction of gdpr in 2018, the eu has imposed 114 million euros in fines, with regulators in france, germany and austria handing out the biggest fines so far. is it a bird? is it a plane? yes and no. it's a pigeon bot. researchers at stanford university have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. the team believe their findings could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors‘ own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissions, accidents and congestion. and finally, spending too much time on your smartphone? google suggests popping it in an envelope. google envelope is an app used in conjunction with a paper cover you can print out at home. the combo can dumb down your device so it can only make and receive

mohammad bin salman said we give it to some syrian. trump says skeptically, just some syrian guy walking around istanbul? back toays, i will get you. at the end of the call, president trump says, look, we have your back, essentially. this has basically been his point of view. he is willing to give them a pass pretty much for anything. they invaded yemen. they kidnapped the lebanese prime minister for two weeks. imprisoned dissidents, businessmen. qatar,ockaded oil rich their neighbor that is a close american ally with a very important american military base. and he just stood by them through thick and thin. jamal khashoggi, is murder, a "washington post" contributor were two american kids living in virginia, he stood by them on that. there is a heartening example of believing your own propaganda. trump has repeatedly said that we would lose hundreds of millions of dollars in arms sales if we criticize them. that is not true. our arms trade with saudi arabia's long-standing. b, the numbers are not the hundreds of billions of dollars tha

why do you believe mohammad bin salman would likely personally be involved?s what the evidence is pointing to. the forensic investigation conducted by our firm and backed up by four independentri cyber se experts that we contacted reached a similar conclusion. the likelihood that the hacking originated from the whatsapp account owned by mohammad bin salman is very high commandt is the only hypothesis that could explain the hacking. ouconclusion was reinforcedhe throughobust process we undertook in order to check the conclusi by the initial forensic expert anto that led us elease this information, to inform the public but also to send a warning and show that a wake-up call is being mwee, that re working confronting technology that we are not controlling. nick: i want to get tohat technology a little later but i do need to read you what the saudi government has said. the saudi officials told us, the kingm rejected your conclusions and tit "sa arabia does not conduct illicit activities." here is what the saudi foreign minister had to say earlier. >> the idea tha

saudi crown prince was involved in hacking bezos' phone a report said the saudi crown prince mohammad bin salmannner in los angeles in april 2018. they exchanged numbers and the prince sent him a file over whatsapp that immediately triggered what they're calling massive unauthorized ex-filtration of data. this all stems from leaked photos and text about bezos' extramarital affair with lauren sanchez. bezos long claimed the saudis leaked those images as revenge against "the washington post" for its support of the journali journalist jamal key showingy, who was murdered in 2018 the saudi government said this is absurd and we called for the investigation to have all of the facts out. they said last year all of the materials came from sanchez's brother, michael sanchez "the wall street journal" reporting last year michael sanchez got paid $200,000 for those texts and photos what's interesting here also is during that swing through silicon valley when bezos met with mbs, the crown prince also met with tim cook with this google founders, with bill gates, with oprah, with lots of other people who i'm s

you and experts say they ha information that implicates the saudi iran -- saudi prince mohammad bin salmann hacking the phone of amazonus jeff bezos, and there is an investigation for efforts to target perceived opponents. the allegation is that a message sent from a phone number known to be used by the crown prince was part of the cyberattack and 2018. here is one of those you and experts. >> the first implication is that we are all extremely vulnerable to this kind of hacking. the fact that the richest man on earth with a high level resources, very high level of resources and protection, could be hacked and forth m without noticing it, i think ithould be a wake-up call to everyone, in saudi arabia.doing business ros: saudi arabia lenies this tion. let's hear from its foreign minister. >> the idea that the crown prince would hack jeff bezos's phone is absolutely silly. my understand of the yuan report isis not actually a report but a statement based on the report by a- private company my understanding of the yuan report -- of the u.mn. report. there is no hard evidence to substantiate the

> reporter: according to the report, amazon billionaire, jeff bezos, and saudi crown prince mohammad bin salmanhanged messages on whatsapp before, but the message sent in 2018 set in motion a chain of events. the u.n. says an mp4 video file sent from an whatsapp account used by the crowned prince infected bezos' phone and caused a massive and unprecedented exfiltration of data. the flow of information out of "the washington post" owner's phone jumped by 29,000%, and he would soon get messages from the account signaling that he was being spied on. the saudis weren't happy with "the washington post" coverage of the kingdom and their columnist, jamal khashoggi, a critic of the regime. five months after bezos' phone was hacked, jamal khashoggi was killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul, for which the saudis ultimately took responsibility on "60 minutes." >> o'donnell: did you order the murder of jamal khashoggi? >> ( translated ): absolutely not. this was a heinous crime. but i take full responsibility as a leader in saudi arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for

when mohammad bin salman met jeff bezos in 2018 it was meant to be the start of a closer relationship big strange numbers they sent messages on one sap but a security report commissioned by bass or says it was during this exchange that saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman hacked the billionaire's phone giving him access to private information any shoulder expert who conducted before and seeking investigation concluded reason medium to or high certainty that the show also was a videophile sand to me stone is. our common account all and by the crown prince just a few months later washington post columnist jamal khashoggi was murdered in saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul it's at this point some experts argue that saudi arabia tried to use back data to extort based oss and to influence articles in the washington post some of his private messages and photos were published by an american tabloid newspaper bezos issued a statement accusing that paper of politically motivated extortion he also drew a connection between the publisher's owner and saudi arabia the kingdom however d

crown prince mohammad bin salman is alleged to have sent an encrypted video file via whatsapp, whichintroduction of gdpr in 2018, the eu has imposed 114 million euros in fines, with regulators in france, germany and austria handing out the biggest fines so far. is it a bird? is it a plane? yes and no. it's a pigeon bot. researchers at stanford university have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. the team believe their findings could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors' own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissions, accidents and congestion. and finally, spending too much time on your smartphone? google suggests putting it in an envelope. google envelope is an app used in conjunction with a paper cover you can print out at home. the combo can dumb down your device so it can only make and receive calls or transform it i

crown prince mohammad bin salman is alleged to have sent an encrypted video file via whatsapp, whichtion of gdpr in 2018, the eu has imposed 114 million euros in fines, with regulators in france, germany and austria handing out the biggest fines so far. is it a bird? is it a plane? yes and no. it's a pigeon bot. researchers at stanford university have built a robot bird using real pigeon feathers. the team believe their findings could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors' own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissions, accidents and congestion. and finally, spending too much time on your smartphone? google suggests popping it in an envelope. google envelope is an app used in conjunction with a paper cover you can print out at home. the combo can dumb down your device so it can only make and receive calls or transform it into a ph

united nations experts say they've seen evidence to support claims that the saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salmanlved in hacking a phone belonging to the founder of amazon, jeff bezos. the experts said the allegations were "gravely concerning" and demanded an immediate investigation. the un team say the hack may have been an attempt to influence coverage of saudi arabia in the washington post, which is owned by mr bezos. one of the paper's columnists, jamal khashoggi, was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is here. i suppose the direct question is, how credible are these allegations? the two un investigators seem to think they are credible and the crown prince was involved. this is a story with juice crown prince was involved. this is a story withjuice ingredients, basically sex lives and video tapes. what is the allegation? that in may 2018, the saudi crown prince allegedly sent a whatsapp message to jeff bezos, the well‘s richest man. they sent him some malware, some spywa re they sent him some malware, some spyware through a video

digital evidence suggests mohammad bin salman's message led to the breach.ations are absurd and has called for an investigation. governments can't tackle climate change alone. companies also have to take charge according to blackrock's larry fink. he thinks dealing with the challenge requires long-term planning. last week, he outlined a plan for blackrock to adopt climate considerations in managing it $7 trillion in assets. it is not going to be fixed by a central bank. it will be fixed by accommodation of public and private. laura: boeing says it has grounded 737 max won't be clear to fly into the middle of the year. that is six months later than previous planned. it has faced recent setbacks. moreoftware will require work and some wiring needs to be shifted, but it will be u.s. regulators who make the final decision on when it is ready to fly again. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. anna: thanks very much, laura wright in london. co

individuals, jeff bezos, a private american citizen, and the report that the saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salman, reportedly hacked into bezos's cell phone in 2018. i did ask the deputy press secretary hogan gidley a couple questions today. one, first off, what is the white house response to all of this, and then secondly, should american businesses, should american ceos, should they have reservations, at least does the white house believe they should have reservations about doing business with saudi arabia. this was his response here. listen. >> saudi arabia is obviously a partner and ally. i'm aware of the reports. i don't have any more information than that. we obviously take those situations seriously and so when we have something more, i will let you know. reporter: the white house says they should -- the situation should be taken seriously. the pressutreasury secretary st mnuchin when asked about this said quote unquote, absolutely when asked whether american ceos should be doing business with saudi arabia. by the way, gidley was asked about whether or not there could be an investigation,

story the nvestigators lay out: mohammad bin salman metn prince "washington post" owner and aamazon founderf bezo started messaging bezos on the phone application whatsapp.an saent bezos an mp4 video that contained software, allowing bezos's phoned to be hacked.ju hours later, the phone started uploading all of bezos'a privat and messages. five months later, saudi agentsh murdered "gton post" columnist jamal khashoggi. investigating, salce again sent bezos messages, this time about bezos' affair that hadn't yet gone public. bezos described it as "blackmail," and today, the u.n. dcribed it as salman's likely personal attempt to "influence, ifot silence," the "washington post." one of the investigators is the u.n. special rapporteu summary executions and extrajudicial killingss callamard, and she joins me now. lcome back to "newshour" thank you very much. why do you believe that mohammed bin salman would likely personal be involved in this? >> that's what the evidence is pointing to. the forensic investigation conducted by the fti conservancy firm and backed up by four independent cybersecuri

trump has deployed them to saudi arabia to provide essentially security for his partner there, mohammad bin salmanso we have seen him do things like pull back. a few hundred u.s. troops are having an enormous impact in syria. that has certainly led to the killing of some of our kurdish allies who fought with us. there are going to be reemployments of u.s. troops in africa where they are trying to keep terrorists and insurgencies from developing. he is pulling back troops and then he is pouring thousands of troops to deal with this threat from iran that he has created by pulling out of the iran nuclear agreement because, again, he is responding to the impulse from saudi arabia or he is trying to protect our embassy. but the reason saudi arabia has been more threatened by iranian provocations and the reason that the iranians are lashing out inside of iraq is because of donald trump's decision to be more confrontational with iran. so he is not getting the effects he wants. we are not even focused on the fact that their nuclear program has resumed. and he is trying to have this talking point that he's

in may 2018 after he received a message sent from received a message the saudi crown prince, mohammad bin salmanon is that mr bezos's phone was hacked in may 2018 after he received a whatsapp message sent from crown prince mohammed bin salman‘s personal phone. it's claimed that the message contained an encrypted video file, a file which when opened infected the phone with spyware. an investigation revealed that the billionaire's phone secretly shared huge amounts of data afterwards. the saudi authorities have dismissed the claims as "absurd". earlier, our security correspondent frank gardner explained the allegations. it really is a story that has everything. it is very damaging potentially for the saudi crown prince because they came out saying that they are gravely concerned by the allegations. what are the allegations exactly? well, that following a dinner in hollywood that jeff had with the conference, the exchange phone numbers and at the time, the man was murdered by the agents, he was publishing very critical articles in the washington posts so they had an interest in what he was doing. t

and to his credit, mohammad bin salman, the crowned prince who really runs the country, has made a big religious police back in the barracks, he's allowed women to drive, he's liberalizing the society. at the same time, he's also an authoritarian who's invaded yemen and presided over the murder of jamal khashoggi and the blockade of qatar and other things. >> but you don't think he would send 21 terrorists here? >> he certainly wouldn't do it intentionally. he himself is actually trying to secularize and put this genie back in the bottle. but it does go to what bob was saying. the society has quite a number of saudis volunteered to fight for isis. so you do have this kind of jihadist kind of mentality that continues to exist there. and it's shocking to me that it was people who are vetted, who are military recruits were able to come here, in that number. that is pretty shocking. >> you know, and bob, to your point, let's leave iran out of it. because i think that, you know, it's an easy case to make that they're a bad actor in the region. i can't think of any other country, other than

prince mohammad bin salman allegedly sending bezos a video file on whatsapp seen in this image. allowed hackers to break into bezos' phone and download massive amounts of data. the crown prince allegedly sending another message with a picture of a woman closely resembling his then mistress, lauren sanchez, months before his salacious affair was revealed to the world. khashoggi was murdered in october 2018. inside the saudi embassy in istanbul. the saudi foreign minister dismissing allegations of the country's involvement in the hack. a justice department official would not comment on the alleged hack other than to say the u.s. will investigate malicious activity, including sponsored by a nation state. the fbi is declining to comment. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> thank you, pierre. >>> when we come back, mr. peanuts' untimely demise and how he's being remembered this morning. >>> plus dolly parton just became the internet meme queen, because of course she did. "the skinny" is next. "the skinny" is next. y" is next. ew. right? that's why febreze created small spaces. pr

from the phone started with an infected oneo file sent via whatsapp the personal account of mohammad bin salmans on clear -- it is unclear if they hack affected sensitive amazon information. optimism a recovery may be under way. gdp increased one point 3% expanding at the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2017. south korea is pinning its hopes on an export turnaround and trade tensions thought between its two biggest trading partners, the u.s. and china. and more than 5 million cars are being recalled here in the u.s. honda is calling back almost 2.5 million older vehicles for defective air backs -- airbags by the now defunct takata group. toyota has recalled 3 million cars over a faulty control unit, and airbags as well as seatbelts. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm su keenan. this is bloomberg. rishaad: just getting a report of another coronavirus case in macau at the moment. sends china -- sands china still moving up. selina wang is our china correspondent. where do things

finding investigators digital evidence it suggests that mohammad bin salman's message was likely breachedi arabia says the allegations are "absurd" and it is calling for an investigation. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in i'm than 120 countries, viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. you so much,nk viviana. onare getting breaking news stock used to run the exchange. he was pretty instrumental, one of the first coming out at the time when he was at the london stock exchange, saying how many job losses the u.k. will go through in case of a hard brexit. that is a case we like to keep very closely. will step down as the chief executive of the hedge. currentlyons are quite high, particularly in the tech sector. that is according to the chief executive of barclays. he said vigilance is needed in the case of a correction. i do believe there is a sense that for the next 12 months at least, maybe 24 months, we are going to have economic growth. it may be slow, or slower in places like china and germany, but there is

mohammad bin salman is probably doing more. next, the president of the united states.♪ the meetings of the world economic forum it davos as we say -- at davos, as we say good morning to you. here, atalk about perfect day as we await the president of the united states in a widely anticipated speech with a whole different energy than what we saw three years ago. dramatically different. francine: we spoke to a number of people and the question is will he come and try to antagonize people? they put the swiss franc on sayr fx watchlist but many he is here because he wants to please the crowd. he likes to please the crowd and i thought by the general participants as he will try to get a victory lap by business people without antagonizing anyone. tom: tell me what we are doing in london? what do you want to do? let's go to new york city, extremely busy newsday. viviana: we are going to stay with donald trump. in a few hours, he becomes the third president if each -- face impeachment in the president -- united states. mitch mcconnell's rules would give the democrats two days t

the defense -- deputy defense minister of saudi arabia, the brother of mohammad bin salman is on hisay. gulf states really concerned and coordinating about next steps. >> so, elise, let's both play devil's advocate here. obviously, a lot of people concerned about the coming iranian attack. but what would you say to the fact that iran has been back on its heels for quite some time? that the sanctions actually have ravaged the economy in iran. there has been unrest, which of course has disappeared for the short while. but will most likely come back. and part of that unrest came from a population who was suffering economically, who was tired, much like donald trump supporters, tired of its country extending itself across the region and the world. is it possible that after the loss of this singular man, this singular force in iran's militt actually the iranians are going to have to be actually more cautious in whatever response they make moving forward? >> well, it's absolutely true, joe, that the regime has been kind of a little unstable for some time, and you have seen protests against

crown prince mohammad bin salman is alleged to have sent an encrypted video file via whatsapp, whichs could inspire future aircraft wing design. quite the coup! how would you feel about sharing a ride in a driverless car without a steering wheel? the origin, made by general motors‘ own crews, is also missing pedals and a rear—view mirror. its developers, which also include honda, hope that multiple—occupancy electric vehicles will reduce emissions, accidents and congestion. and finally, spending too much time on your smartphone? google suggests popping it in an envelope. google envelope is an app used in conjunction with a paper cover you can print out at home. the combo can dumb down your device so it can only make and receive calls or transform it into a photo and video camera with no screen, although it only currently works on the pixel 3a. will it work? answers on a postcard. now, much earlier than normal, we find ourselves in oscars season. it‘s the academy awards in a few weeks‘ time. and between now and then, we are going to be meeting the people behind the most innovative dev