calling for an investigation of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. a forensic probe linked his whatsapp account with the hack of jeff bazos cellphone. investigators believe the spyware was sent to influence the reporting. he tweeted a photo of himself attending a memorial service for the slain journalist. nick paten walsh joins us live from london, and what can you tell us about this? >> a story of two of the worlds richest men locking horns here. but detailathize u.n. share is some ways extraordinary. essentially suggesting way before the death of jamal khashoggi back in 2018 a video was sent from a phone which was used it seems by the crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman. that's what they allege to jeff bazos' whatsapp account. now video according to the united nations report which hasn't seen the phone itself but relies upon research commissioned by jeff bazos from a reputable consulting firm which the u.n. has four separate independent experts verify and say they were happy with essentially that video contained something which caused

when mohammed 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 whatsapp 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. investigation concluded reason medium to or high certainty that the show also of the hijacking was a videophile sound to me sto me. out of 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

what they found was after this whatsapp exchange with mohammed bin salman, an unsolicited message comes that, large volumes of data start vacuuming out of the phone. there is no direct view to the potentially malicious code that would be at fault, but they did note the very suspicious timing element of that message arriving and suddenly a lot of data leaving the phone. scarlet: why would the crown prince want to hacked jeff bezos's phone? matt: his security consultant has raised the well-known crackdown by bin salman on saudi dissidents, among them jamaal khashoggi, working for the jeff bezos-owned "washington post at the time, later murdered by saudi agents. it was before that, but the , from jeff bezos's security consultant's perspective, they may have been looking for leverage against political opponents. scarlet: what about the technical -- joe: what about the technical aspects of the hack? what are the concerns it raises about whatsapp and the use of that phone as a vector for hacking someone's phone? and other security questions that this has brought up, if this is even possible.

you follow mohamed bin salman and events in saudi arabia quite closely what's your take on the sort of relationship regardless of whether there's been a hacking or not the fact that the head of amazon and the washington post and the effective leader of saudi arabia would be forging a closer relationship. i actually take a different view of the relationship i really don't think that this latest a box which in normal circumstances would cause a rift is likely to cause a huge rift between saudi arabia and the u.s. certainly not with the trumpet administration i i think that. in the states right now we are really in the midst of the pre-election there is very little that appears to assail trump's. standing and i think this is really not going to be one of those things that he cares about and therefore. i think he will just it will just be business as usual between washington and saudi arabia and actually if anything if paul strict was to go by donald trump tends to side with saudi arabia and mohamed bin some of even though it would be and is an american citizen involved i think yes that's

calling for an investigation of saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman.a forensic probe linked his whatsapp account with the hack of amazon ceo jeff bazos' cellphone. investigators believe the spy wear was sent to influence a "the washington post" reporting on saudi arabia after the murder of jamal khashoggi. on wednesday bazos who owns "the post" tweeted a photo-sim alphaattendi of himself attending a memorial for the slain journalist. nick paten walsh joins us live from london. it's really -- it's just a remarkable tale. >> reporter: extraordinary. most of this occurring before the chilling murder of jamal khashoggi in istanbul allegedy that had hands of saudi agents. it's important to remember saudi arabia says these accusations are absurd, and there is some part of you which will probably ask yourself why would one of the richest most affluent men in the world, the crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed bin salman actually as it's alleged be involved in pressing send on a file which enables electronic fingerprints straight back to him in hacking of th

what is being alleged is that a phone belonging to the saudi crown prince, mohamed bin salman, sent app tojeff bezos soon after they met in los angeles in 2018. that video allegedly contained malware, which infected his phone and allowed what is called the ex filtration of gigabytes of data, large amounts of data, to come out of his personal phone. there has been a very forensic analysis commissioned by the amazon boss, jeff bezos, which they believe with a high degree of probability has proved it has been hacked. the saudis are denying this. the reason is there was surveillance by the saudi authorities on those they considered hostile to the crown prince, jamal khashoggi, who was murdered in istanbul, for example. this was carried out by a man who made several approaches to hacking firms in italy and israel to buy intrusive surveillance that could actually hack into your phone or anybody else's, and download what was in there. that is the allegation. the saudis have said it is absolutely absurd and they deny it. frank, thank you. the regulator of health and care services in england h

expertsjeff bezos because un experts say they have information implicating the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman bezos is known as the founder of amazon and the owner of the washington post and the owner of the washington post and the saudi journalist who was murdered, jamal khashoggi, worked for the post. it's absurd. the idea the current prince would have to jeff bezos's phone is silly and my understanding of the un report, it isa understanding of the un report, it is a statement based on a report by a private company that has not been vetted and that has in its own conclusions no hard evidence to substantiate the claims it's making. let's hear more from our security correspondent frank gardner. so the allegation which the saudi authorities strongly deny but the allegation is that in may 2018 a phone belonging to saudi arabia's crown prince sent a whatsapp message with an mp4 video and that contained spywa re, with an mp4 video and that contained spyware, malware which infected jeff bezos's phone allowing the saudis to download huge quantities of data from that. why do they think that? because

the united nations links saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman to the 2018 hacking of jeff bezos's phone. we will have details and calls for an investigation. plus, smaller and cheaper. apple suppliers will start assembling a new low-cost iphone next month. bellwether, texas instruments out with earnings. looks like a beach on the bottom line. shares rising in post-market trading, extending record highs. first, united nations experts are calling for an investigation into allegations that the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, was involved in the hacking up the cell phone of jeff bezos. officials say information suggests bezos's phone was hacked following a whatsapp exchange with the crown prince. saudi arabia's finance minister spoke with bloomberg on the sidelines of the world economic forum in davos. --i think the embassy assessments last night saying this is absurd. they called for an investigation so they will know what happened. taylor: a report by u.n. experts says the alleged attack may have been an effort to influence or even silence the reporting of the washington post, wh

president trump hears today from the, essentially the number three in saudi arabia, bin salman, the brother of crown prince mohammed salman where he meets with secretary of state mike pompeo, is going to be one of -- is going to be one of support for the killing of soleimani, a call for de-escalation. but, you know, from a saudi perspective, they need a strong ally in the region, united states. they're going to want to understand what the united states's next moves are. but there is no indication that pompeo and mohammed bin salman are working on a diplomatic track with teheran at the moment. the message pompeo will get will be one of de-escalation, but, you know, the saudis find themselves potentially on the "frontline" of de-escalation. that may be something they support the united states killing soleimani, they essential don't want to see this get out of hand any further. >> nick, stand by. let's show this image again live in teheran just so our viewers can see what's happening, those who are waking up here in the united states. this live image from the capital of iran. 11:51 in the morning and look at that, the

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nature and extent of their responsibilities at the highest level of the state including by mohammed bin salman . short time ago jeff bezos the owner of amazon and the washington post tweeted a photo of oneself with jamal khashoggi fiancee from when they were unveiling a plaque last october marking the one year anniversary of g.'s murder and it had the hash tag jamal the wall street journal meanwhile is reporting that saudi officials close to crown prince mohammed bin salman have said they were aware of a plan to hack into businesses phone but not of any attempts to blackmail him the newspaper ads that sourdough khatami a former advisor to the saudi royal court was involved in the hacking effort as part of a broader intimidation campaign against jamal when i speak to jodi westby about this she's the c.e.o. of the consultancy global cyber risk and she joins us live from washington judy very good to have you with us so it's alleged that jeff bezos is foley was hocks through his what suffolk county just explained to us for is how the systemic the possible what sort of spyware is used for this type

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 cybersecurity experts that wect con reached a similar conclusion. the likooelthat the hacking originated from the whatsappun acowned by mohammed bin salman is very high, and it is, in fact, t only hypothesis that could explain the hacking. our conclusion was reinforced to the very robust ocess undertook in order to check theb conclusi the foreign expert ond that led us today to release this informationnform the public but also to send a warning to and ensure that the wakeup call is being made, that we are working, confronting,c facing a tology that we are not controlling. >> reporter: i nt to get to that technology alittle bit later, but i do need to read you what the saudi government has said.as you've seen, the saudi official told us the kingeddum rejected your conclusions and that "saudarabia does not conduct illicit activities, and here's what

airport suggests he messaged mohammed bin salman on whatsapp. the u.n.ing evidence that jeff bezos' phone was hacked. this.arabia denies the u.s. government plans to limit visas to pregnant women to stop a practice known as earth tourism, where some foreign nationals enter the u.s. to have children so they can become american citizens. pregnant women applying for visas could be required to prove they have a specific reason for travel such as a medical emergency. the most recent figures from 9003 hundredut children were born in the u.s. to mothers who lived overseas. the state department said it was challenging to provide exact numbers, but that ays. [music p playing]

report linking the saudi crowned prince mohammed bin salman to 208 hack o the richest man in the world, jeff bezos. head of amazon, at "the washington post." u.n. experts saying they believe the crowned prince was trying to influence if not silence "the washington post" reporting on saudi arabia, all starting with "the post" publishing harsh criticism by jamal khashoggi in 2017. two months later, the saudis bought a spyware company. in march the crowned prince meets with president trump at the white house. the next day the saudi leader invites bezos to a private dinner in los angeles. at that april dinner bezos and the crown prince exchange phone numbers to correspond on whatsapp. on may 1st, an encrypted video file from the crowned prince's account is sent to bezos through whatsapp, which technical experts say infected bezos' phone. khashoggi was killed in october by saudi government officials with the cia concluding with high confidence the crowned prince was behind the plot the next month a photo is texted to bezos to the phone with an image resembling a woman with whom bezos then m

nbc's andrea mitchell >> reporter: the shocking new report linking the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman to the 2018 hack of the richest man in the world, jeff bezos, head of amazon and the "washington post." u.n. experts saying they believe the crown prince was trying to influence, if not silence "the washington post" reporting on saudi arabia all starting with the post publishing harsh criticism by saudi born columnist jamal khashoggi in 2017. two months later they bought a spy wear company in march the crown prince meets with president trump at the white house. the next day the saudi leader invites bezos to a private dinner in los angeles. at that dinner they exchanged phone numbers to correspond on what's app on may 1st, an encrypted video file from the crown prince's account is sent to bezos through what's app which technical advisors say infected bezos's phone. khashoggi was killed, with high confidence the crown prince was behind the plot. the next month a photo was texted to baezos' account of a woman with whom he was having an affair, then exposed by the national enquirer. he co

the second part of it is my theory is that mohammed bin salman and saudi arabia would actually like toore like iran. they want to be he wants to be more like the tough guy, more like soleimani, and i know that will shock people in both countries but i'm an equal opportunity critic and i think both countries have done a lot of damage in the middle east. >> trevor: before we go, if you are looking at iran, looking a the what happened with soleimani, how iranians are reacting, both the leaders speaking out and those in parliament, is there any indication of how iran is being to move forward from what has happened? >> i think there is something coming undone in the region. 40 years after 1979 people are protesting, not only in iran but also in iraq and in my own country of lebanon. people are protesting corruption, this he are protesting mismanagement of their countries, of their economies. they want a different future. they want what everybody wants am they want hope, they want dignity, they want justice. and i think that iranians want that too. and i think that we are capable in the regi

the day's other news: un experts say they have information to suggest the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salmanhe phone of amazon boss jeff bezos, and they are demanding that the crown prince is investigated for continuous, direct and personal efforts to target perceived opponents. saudi arabian authorities have dismissed the claims as absurd. also making news today: prosecutors opening the trial of harvey weinstein have described him as a seasoned sexual predator who abused his power in hollywood to prey on vulnerable and aspiring actresses. the former movie mogul denies five charges, including rape and sexual assault. a transgender soldier in south korea says she will sue the army after it dismissed her following her sex change. byun hui—soo joined the army as a man but had gender reassignment surgery last year. she has accused the military of deep—rooted intolerance. the army says she is unable to continue service. hundreds of schools were closed on wednesday in the thai capital, bangkok, because of the high level of air pollution. the burning of undergrowth in surrounding rural areas is bel

the highest echelons of power, mohammed bin salman, the saudi crown prince, it's alleged by the un thatd, jeff bezos, perhaps try to hack his phone and obtain details in a whatsapp message that he perhaps opened, spam practically and to be honest the main question that comes to my mind is if you have a tech genius likejeff to my mind is if you have a tech genius like jeff bezos to my mind is if you have a tech genius likejeff bezos having his phone hacked, how can our phones? you think that he would be wise to all this if it did happen or not, the saudis tonight and say this is all absurd. if it did happen, the saudis tonight and say this is allabsurd. if it did happen, can my phone be safe? identical to cause hysteria. we know him as the richest man on the planet and amazon but he is the billionaire owner of the washington post and that is very much the core of the story with saudi arabia. it is interesting, it raises questions for whatsapp and reassuring users. that is another interesting aspect of the story and what operating system is bezos using on his phone? why was he not savvy?

commissioned by bezos, an mp4 video file sent from a whatsapp account used by saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman infected bezos' phone and caused a massive and unprecedented exfiltration of data. the saudi government said the allegation that the crown prince hacked mr. bezos' phone was absurd and called for an investigation. danya bacchus, cbs news. >> garrett: there is much more ahead on tonight's "cbs weekend news." why a court rule that an arizona woman has to donate her embryos to strangers. plust, how doctors are urging patients to pay it forward to reduce their medical debt. and later, why this bull is surprising seniors. start farxiga now. farxiga, along with diet and exercise,... ...helps lower a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. although it's not for weight loss, it may help you lose weight. do not take if allergic to farxiga. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include rash,... ...swelling, difficulty breathing or swallowing. stop taking and seek medical help right away. tell your doctor right away if you have... ...red color in urine, or pain while you urinate... ...or a genital a

khashoggi was brutally assassinated, a killing the cia says was ordered by saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman according to the report the crown prince also allegedly sent bezos another whatsapp message with a picture of a woman closely resembling his mistress lauren sanchez. two months later their affair would be revealed by text messages printed by "the national enquirer." this morning the saudi foreign minister is dismissing it. >> the idea that the crown prince would hack jeff bezos' phone is absolutely silly. >> reporter: in the meantime, bezos has remained silent about the accusations only tweeting this picture from khashoggi's memorial service. the justice department would not comment on the case only saying the u.s. will investigate malicious activity included if it's sponsored by a nation state. >>> in medical news, stress has often been linked to going gray prematurely. now there's new science to back it up, at least in mice. harvard researchers say the sympathetic nervous system which activates our reaction to danger affects the stem cells that determine hair color. those cells in m

the nature and extent of the responsibilities at the highest level of the state including by mohammed bin salman . earlier jeff bezos tweeted a photo of himself with fiance and mailing a plaque last october marking the one year anniversary of his murder at the hash tag jamal house democrats are trying to convince the senate to remove president onil trump from office they open there are argument in the impeachment trial on wednesday with 2 warnings and at the upper chambers republican majority history is watching and so are the american people heidi jocasta reports from washington d.c. please be seated this was the 1st of 3 days the impeachment managers have to present their case that president trump tried to pressure ukraine to get dirt on joe biden and withheld u.s. security aid as leverage nevertheless the documents and testimony that we were able to collect paints an overwhelming and damning picture of the president's efforts to use the powers of his office to corruptly solicit foreign help in his reelection campaign if this conduct is not impeachable. then nothingness i would rather go the l

prince mohammed bin salman allegedly sending bezos a video file on whatsapp, seen here in this image obtained by vice news. when opening the file, it allegedly allowed hackers to break into bezos' phone. the crown mrins allegedly sending another whatsapp message with a picture of a woman clo closely resembling his then mistress, months before his affair was revealed to the world. khashoggi was murdered in october 2018 inside the saudi embassy in istanbul. the saudi foreign minister tonight dismissing allegations of the country's involvement in the hack. tonight, a justice department official would not comment on the alleged hack, other than to say the u.s. will investigate malicious activity, including if it's sponsored by a nation state. the fbi declined to comment, david. >> all right, pierre thomas with us live tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> president trump overseas making headlines, appearing to downplay the injuries suffered by u.s. service members in the iranian missile attack on a military base in iraq. after first reporting no injuries in the january 8th attack, the pentagon

working for the united nations say they have information to suggest the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman phone of amazon boss jeff bezos. they are demanding the crown prince is investigated for continuous, direct and personal efforts to target perceived opponents. saudi authorities have dismissed the claims as absurd. environmental activists are saying the contamination of drinking water in the united states with man—made chemicals is far more serious than previously estimated. tests commissioned by the environmental working group have for the first time found toxic chemicals known as pfas in the drinking water of dozens of american cities. some of these chemicals have been linked to cancer, liver damage, and birth weight problems. the italian foreign minister, luigi di maio, has resigned as leader of five star, the biggest party in parliament. he will stay on as foreign minister. he told party supporters in rome that it was just the end of a phase. the party won a third of the seats in march 2018, but faces losses in important regional elections this weekend. to rapturous applause from

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nature and extent of their responsibilities at the highest level of the state including by mohammed bin salman . a short time ago jeff bezos tweeted a photo of himself with fiance and veiling a plaque last october marking the one year anniversary of g.'s murder and the hash tag led speech alan fischer is across the story for us from washington d.c. alan the u.n. wanting an investigation and the u.s. congress also wanting to get involved and set. ron wyden who is a democratic senator from oregon he has written to jeff bezos just in the last few hours saying you'd like some more information about the hike that jeff bezos has been talking about he says that this is part of a growing trend of saudi arabia hacking using tools to try and get information the timeline here is very important jeff bezos believes his phone was hacked around me 2800 that's a number of months before the death of jamal khashoggi although he was writing critical comments critical columns in the washington post at that time but it's also our own that time that jeff bezos was doing a tour around in the middle east because he w

nature and extent of their responsibilities at the highest level of the state including by mohammed bin salman . well earlier jeff bezos tweeted a photo of himself with g.'s fiance unveiling a pluck last october marking the one year anniversary of his murder that had the hash tag jamal the chinese central city of war high and is in public transportation locked down as the government tries to contain the spread of a deadly virus or public transport in and out of the cities being shut down including planes trains buses and ferries residents have been told not to leave the city and advised against gathering in public 17 people have died since the coronavirus outbreak began last month more than 570 cases have been confirmed let's go live now to adrian brownies in hong kong so adrian how much of a shutdown is really in place because i understand private vehicles can still go in and out right. yeah and actually i'm in hong kong international airport sammi and behind me we have some of the passengers who have just arrived on one of the last flights to leave who hand that flight left at about 11 am lo

coming up in the next hour, the united nations links saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman to the 2018ff bezos's phone. we will have details and calls for an investigation. plus, smaller and cheaper. apple suppliers will start assembling a new low-cost iphone next month.

it's no surprise that the brother of crowned prince mohammed bin salman of saudi arabia took a trip to meet with president trump yesterday. and urge calm. i think a lot of allies officials diplomats i have spoken to. the feeling is that the u.s. didn't game out the consequences. of what could happen after the killing of soleimani. these countries did. and you have seen the iranian talking about any country that is allied with the u.s. specifically the uae is worried. and the message is calm. the inability of iran and the u.s. to read each other is the problem. a lot of countries are trying to get in the middle and mediate. you have pakistan making an effort. who have mediated in the past between the u.s. and iran. are likely to get involved. as are countries like the swiss who represent the u.s. protecting power. because the u.s. doesn't have an embassy there. europeans. everyone is thinking about consequences. iran striking one of the countries or the announcement today it was going to suspend any cooperation in the nuclear deal. europeans concerned about that. and one final point you

mohammed bin salman, the brother of saudi's crown prince, essentially the third most powerful man in the country here headed to d.c. to meet secretary of state pompeo. saudi of course hosts to many, many u.s. troops already, manning anti-systems and most of those -- so saudi arabia looking to the united states to get a sense of what is going to happen next, what president trump's red lines may be with iran, what iran might do to essentially to escalate this further. but the message from here is yes they understand the reasons the united states kills qassem soleimani. they also here in saudi arabia believed him to have been a force for evil in the region. but they do want to see a deescalation. they are worried about the potential for war in the region at the moment. we heard from the iraqi prime minister yesterday saying that soleimani had been bringing to him a message from tehran in response to a message that the -- has been passed through assault and battery to tehran. so back channel efforts of deescalation were already under way in the region here. of course the saudis oil refin

mohammed bin salman was behind one of the most prominent critics, that assessment rejected by the saudirnment. this new investigation alleges the hack also reports a pattern by mbs to crush his critics. >> reporter: new calls this morning for an investigation into crowned prince mohammed bin salman after an explosive report alleging mbs may have been involved in a hack on the phone of jeff bezos, the world's richest man and owners of the post. part of an eh port, they say, to influence, if not silence, the "washington post" reporting on the kingdom. bezos and the crowned prince exchanged phone numbers in an april dinner in los angeles. after months of reporting by jamal khashoggi, weeks later, he was sent a link used by mbs which technical experts say infected his phone. there was data leaving the device in the hours and months after receiving that video. khashoggi was murdered in istanbul in october 2018. u.s. intelligence agencies believe the prince was behind that brutal murder. a month later, bezos was sent a photo from the crown prince's account of a woman resembling bezos's mistre

volatile region, that, for many, many years, the united states has sided with saudi arabia, led by mohammed bin salman who is a murderer and a demagogue. he is our ally. i think what we do is use our diplomatic power and our resources to demand these people, whether they like it or not, are going to sit in a room and they're going to start working out the differences they have because i think the american people are tired of getting sucked into wars that are a result of their differences. >> stephen: but the differences are just not political differences, they're also religious differences because the united states is take sides now in a sunni-shia divide that has gone on for years. >> we have been the allies of saudi arabia since way back when and i think the people understand the leadership of saudi arabia murdered journalist jamal khashoggi, cut him up. they will crush anybody who fights democracy for saudi arabia, includes women who are third-class citizens. i'm not suggesting any of this stuff is easy, it is not. but we've got to use our diplomatic power, our financial carrots and sticks to get p

report this week uncovered evidence linking mohammed bin salman to the hacking of amazon's ceo jeff bazos' cellphone. cnn has previously reported kushner the president's son-in-law and the senior advisor and saudi prince use "watch what happens" to communicate raising concerns security information nay be vulnerable. the white house is down-playing the warning calling the saudis a partner and ally. >> i would say you need a burner phone if you're friends. >>> the united states has declined the united kingdom's request to exextradite the wife of an american diplomat who struck and killed a teenager last year while driving on the wrong side of the road. a states department spokesperson says granting extradition would set a troubling precedent for diplomatic immunity. a spokesman for the dunn family said they won't stand for the decision warning their next move will be, quote, ferocious. >>> there three americans who died fighting australian wildfires from the air have now been identified. first officer paul clyde hudson and a flight engineer were water bombing bush fires in new south whales

infiltrated bya whatsapp message from an account apparently belonging to the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salmanmay 2018. in a tweet, saudi arabia's embassy in washington described the now is our cyber security reporter joe tidy. what has emerged so far about this? we have heard previously thatjeff bezos's team has said that the saudi arabian authorities were responsible for hacking his phone, an allegation that was put back in march and i we re that was put back in march and i were hear more details from the guardian allegedly and how that happened. as you say, it was a p pa re ntly happened. as you say, it was apparently a funny conversation on whatsapp between the crown prince and the amazon founder in may of 2018 and as part of that conversation and unsolicited file was sent from the crown prince's phone tojeff bezos which was said to bea phone tojeff bezos which was said to be a video file and it is thought that this video file was how the malicious software entered the amazon founder's phone and we don't know what type of software it may have been. of course the saudis are denying this who

according to reports, an account tied to saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman may have played a partl phone. the attack occurring after the amazon founder reportedly opened a message on whatsapp that had come from mbs' personal account reportedly containing a video that included a malicious file that then infected the iphone of the world's richest man. hackers extracted, quote, large amounts of data from bezos' phone in just hours. bezos, of course, also the owner of "the washington post," the former employer of jamal khashoggi who was murdered by members of the crown prince's inner circle. any more developments on that, we'll get it to you. i thought whatsapp was unhackable. connell: especially jeff bezos. just don't click on stuff. period. i make that happen. i delete them before i open half the e-mails or texts -- liz: don't delete from me. connell: you're on my do not call list. no, just kidding. [laughter] speaking of amazon and hacking, one of the stories we're going to talk about next hour related to both. you know the ring doorbells, there's been so many stories about people

reports jeff bezo'' cell phone was hacked by an infected video file sent by saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. the hacking reported occurred in 2018 and included large amounts of data extracted from bezos's phone only hours after he received the video sent by the saudi crown prince. jeff bezos is the head of amazon and the owner of "the washington post," which reported extensively on the murder of its columnist jamal khashoggi. the cia says prince mohammed sayson ordered -- the cia prince mohammed simon ordered khashoggi's killing. the saudi embassy denies that the kingdom hacked bezos' phone. in boston, an iranian student attending northeastern university was detained at the airport and then deported from the united s states, despite arriving to boston's logan international airport with a valid student visa sunday. 24-y-year-old mohammad shahab dehghani hossein was deported monday, even though a massachusetts district court judge granted him an emergency stay of removal. in response, the aclu of massachusetts said -- "given the trump administration's xenophobic policies and cbp's troubling p

lauren: it is allegedly crown prince mohammed bin salman. tied to him. >> we don't want to connect any dots but we have to throw the dots out there. it is linked to the saudi crown prince. we don't know if he was chatting with him. saudi arabia is real, they've been able to infiltrate we could say the what's app messaging with video files. it could have been a friendly like, oh, hey, look at this funny video had that i found that was sent between two friends or two associates and that opened up the back door. cheryl: or two billionaires. >> two really wealthy people. lauren: this has implications from wall street and silicon valley and overseas. >> a lot of us i think have gotten comfortable with how secure or de devices have become over the years. here, we've had issues several times with some of the messaging apps where a corrupted oral teared file is -- or altered file is an access door for hackers. not good. i feel like we're going back to the late '90s where we have to remind people, don't open e-mail attachments. cheryl: staying with t

a hot topic at the white house today, after yesterday's report that saudi crown prince mbs, mohammed bin salman, hacked into amazon ceo jeff bezos's phone. to blake burman at the white house. blake, we understand that you were able to ask white house deputy press secretary whether the white house has a reaction to the possibility that the crown prince of saudi arabia hacked into the phone of jeff bezos. reporter: it is an unbelievable story, when you talk about if not the world's wealthiest individuals, one of the world's wealthiest 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

the death of jamal khashoggi and the consulate in istanbul, he gets a message seemingly from mohammed bin salmanture of the woman he's alleged to be having an affair with with the phrase, agreement -- sorry. software license agreement or something like arguing with women. you have to just click on them and i aagree. and essentially ignore them. later on he gets a message saying, you've been warned by some saudi activists about your cybersecurity. don't worry about that. essentially things to suggest that the account that seems to have been used by the saudi crown prince has an intimate knowledge of hiss private messages. we're looking at a u.n. report which makes a serious accusation. a source close to the investigation says they haven't had their hands on the phone physically, but they have had four separate experts look through the assessment done by jeff bezos' security consultants and seem to agree with it. this has wider ramifications too. we asked for a comment on whether donald trump feels it's bad the saudi prince may be connected. also, too, for suggestions that his son-in-law jared kus

united nations experts are accusing the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman of personally hacking jeff bezos' cell phone in 2018 in order to influence or silence "the washington post's" coverage of saudi arabia. bezos is the owner of "the washington post." at the time of the hack, the newspaper was reporting critically on the assassination of its columnist jamal khashoggi, whose murder has been linked to the crown prince. this is the u.n. special rapparteur on extrajudicial killingsgs, agnes callamard. again story places yet the crown prince of saudi a araa atat the heartrt of the campaign that resulted d into the k killg of j jamal khashoggigi. and as you may r recall,l, my investigation into the killing shortal k khashoggi stopped of determining the natature and the extent t of the role e of te crown prince. i suguggested there were several options from him ordering ththe killing t to him engaging in n e rt of criminal negligence by failing to protect mr. khashoggi. amy: a new study shows the tapwater in 43 cities across the united states is contaminated with toxic chemicals kno

the guardian said the crown prince mohammed bin salman may have been directly involved. the newspaper reports mbs as he's known is video chatting with bezos when the pile was sent and after that chat bezos's phone up loaded gigabytes of data to somewhere. the saudi government called this allegation absurd. our intelligence agency said he was also behind the murder of a washington post writer. and we know mbs regularly talked to jared kushner in the white house and we know kushner uses what's app. kushner has a close relationship from mbs. in fact a disturbing number of american officials use what's app to conduct official government business and we know that because we've seen the text forr for instance we learned it was discussed the trump team via what's app. it could clearly be hacked is a concern and secondly is we shouldn't be using private apps to conduct government business. both for archival reasons. >> so many people use it but when you think of government officials -- >> no. >> thank you very much. >>> so many people love to go out to eat. >> yeah, they do. and

nature and extent of their responsibilities at the highest level of the state including by mohammed bin salman. well only i jeff bezos tweeted a photograph of himself with jamal khashoggi fiance from when they were unveiling a plaque last october marking the one year anniversary of his murder and it had the hash tag jamal all right in washington d.c. the 2nd day of doldrums impeachment trial is underway in his opening statement the democrat adam schiff who's acting as chief prosecutor in the trial said the transactions show that he believes these above the law democrats have 3 days to make their case before trump's team get 3 days to deliver their rebuttal trial could potentially and next week trump is all but certain to be acquitted 20 senators from his republican party need to vote in favor of his removal so far none have said that they will do that in an unprecedented fashion the president ordered the entire executive branch of the united states of america to categorically refuse and completely obstruct the house's impeachment investigation such a host cell obstruction of uncrushed congress

the saudis, i'm not surprised that president trump had an unannounced meeting with mohammed bin salman'sunger brother. the saudis are probably the most vulnerable. we've got our whole fifth fleet sitting in bahrain, and things could happen. the iranians will take their time. their proxies will take their time and strike whenever they please. >> i'm old enough to remember the fight against isis, which ended on sunday. it may be a quaint notion to ask, are they just going to be hanging out doing whatever they want to do? >> well, i mean i think there's, you know, some issues here that i'm sure have been raised repeatedly throughout the day if what happens with the u.s. forces right now that are forced to be in a cowering position, a retreat position when they've been working for midably with the iraqi forces to continue to defeat isis. remember who else was helping us to defeat isis was qassem soleimani, and we had a meeting of the minds at least in their defeat. so i think that that's something that we have to keep an eye on. another thing to think about is isis not only in iraq but in sy