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his royal highness prince muhammad bin salman building a $5 billion mega city. it is putting billions of dollars to work in the u.s. through a blackstone infrastructure fund. blackstone ceo steve schwarzman on what his fund p . maria: welcome back to the special edition of "wall street week." we're bringing you the highlights from the historic future investment initiative in riyadh, saudi arabia. the united states is teaming up with the saudis to combat the financing of terrorism. an issue that is one of treasury secretary steven mnuchin's most important priorities. he gave me an update on the progress of this important fight. >> we're here to open the terrorist financing targeting center, which this is something we sign a memoranda of understanding when the president was here. it's one of my single most important priorities, as you know, to fight terrorist financing and thrilled to be here in saudi. i looked at the three buildings today, they're ready to be open, and launching center the here with saudi co-chairing it with us. we'll be coming out with new sanct

the me too movement is i think -- might be up there with it as well as the crown prince muhammad bin salmanthe me too movement. we'll know soon enough, 7:30 on the today show, we'll get the reveal. >> there you go. >> john mayor was hospitalized for a the concert was postponed following that news. the performance is set for tomorrow in orlando, florida. the band has not said if it will go on as scheduled in light of mayor's recovery. but it's great to see john mayor taking the stage and doing his thing. my husband made the comment, i wish he'd make his own music once again. but he's not going to do that. we see him performing with dead and company. >> he's so good with that, his own music, the cover songs he can do is incredible. really one of the most talented musicians of our time. versatile. >> hopefully he'll get back on track. he's had throat issues as well with his voes. a lot of these things hopefully he can bounce back. >> he's a young man. he should. just ahead from frigid weather a ed for much of the east coast. the international olympic committee brings down the hammer on russia.

shut down in the 1980s during a period of ultra conservatism, but since the crowning of prince muhammad bin salmanng prince has been pushing for greater social changes like allowing women to drive. the new theaters are expected to open in march. >>> also a big morning in hollywood. >> yes. nominations for the 75th golden globes were just announced. nbc'sar up for us. >> reporter: the fantasy romance "the shape of water" took form as the golden globes front-runner this morning, seven nominations including best motion picture drama and best director for guillermo del toro. the best drama competition includes the coming of age romance "call me by your name," dunn kirk and "the post" and the smalltown tale "three billboards ". "lady bird" grabbed best musical or comedy also including acting bids for sarah ronan and laurie metcalf. >> who can reveal themselves to the cast? >> the disaster artist, the humorous horror hit, get out, and the circus spectacle of the great of the showman and i tania after the olympic skater tania harding. in "this is us" earned a nomination for best tv drama, sterling k. bro

the social media me too movement to uncover sexual harassment and assault, robert muhammad bin salman, president trump and the chinese president. >>> well, the australia house of representatives is holding its final two-week session of the year. the session is giving priority to lifting the ban on same-sex marriage. >> they want it passed this week after a majority of australians endorsed the change on the ballot last month. >> the message today to every gay person in this nation is clear. we love you. we respect you. your relationship is recognized by the commonwealth as legitimate and honorable, as anyone else's. you belong. >> lawmaker tim wilson is part of the group that wants this legislation passed while making his speech to the house he popped the question to his partner of seven years ryan bulger. he, of course, said yes. all smiles there. facebook is launching a messaging app for children and the protection for social media site for children and did you 2017? that looks fake. we have the overnight images that will wow you and we'll let you know when you can see the nt super m

sources familiar with his thinking is confident that his relationship with saudi crown prince muhammad bin salmanto the thrown will help convince the palestinians to accept the administration's proposal and stop the region from revolting and this is a gamble fueling some tensions with secretary of state tillerson. he's been embattled himself, reports that white house is trying to force him out, some tillerson allies think maybe kushner has been behind that. he denies that. now, tillerson is concerned that the saudi crown prince is trying to use his country's political cooperation and economic cooperation for the peace process to obtain a blank check from the white house to confront iran in the region, for these arrests that have gone down in saudi arabia, those -- in the anti-corruption drive and tillerson doesn't really believe that kushner understands what a tinderbox the middle east is. he's moving too fast, the crown prince is too young and that saudi actions will tip the region into chaos. now the white house insists there is no grand bargain there, they see the crown prince as a reformer, d

saudi's crown pris muhammad bin salman is seen as a reformer immense concern over the nuclear ambitions of kim jong-un. meantime chinese president xi jinping given a second five year term and his new powers as well in that country. now, of course, there is always a beltway option and it is hard to escape the conversation about president trump who is on the cover last year. and robert mueller, the special counsel whose russia probe brought four charges on people and who knows what that may mean for this man. >> we find out on wednesday. talk about a megamerger, pharma giant cvs is vying to buy aetna. this has the potential to reshape the nation's health care industry. consumer reporter susan hogan breaking this down for you what it means for you. susan? >> wendy, let's look at what it means in terms of locations first. cvs runs nearly 10,000 pharmacies and 1100 walk-in clinics. aetna is their insurer that covers 22 million people: by combining those forces you're going to see cfs using its locations for pharmacy, clinical locations they'll still sell traditional household goods. cvs and

honored to go on an historic trip to saudi arabia to interview the future king crown prince muhammad bin salman

secondly, muhammad bin salman, the crown prince of saudi arabia, who is the one who is making these tectonic shifts happen isn't -- >> do you agree they are tectonic? >> yes, they are. he's been trying to comfort abbas and the palestinians. he brought, according to reports, he brought mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president to riyadh and said to him, you will accept the israeli peace deal that is on the table in front of you, if you want me to still be your friend. far from -- >> far from a friend. >> far from being a -- he is shaking this up. his decision essentially to ally not only with israel but with the qods in israel is a development so startling that i don't think we have yet -- we have not quite processed the fact that the most implasable enemy of israel, the iran of 1975, the iran of 1980 is now effectively an ally of israel in the middle east. if this holds true, this whole conversation is moot because we are in a new era with totally new rules. >> i want to ask you about the optics of it. i happen to agree on sort of the seismic nature of saudi arabia's role in the region. but i

by saudi standards, the country's new crown prince muhammad bin salman is a reformer.en who feel more liberated. take a look at saudi arabia's stand-up comedy scene. in this ultraconservative islamic kingdom, they still find plenty to laugh at. though this is no democracy and there are red lines. >> sex and religion and trump -- >> politics? >> yes, exactly. >> reporter: his comic influences are american. dave chappelle, kevin hart and chris rock. >> i think from chris rock. nobody know. don't tell anyone. >> reporter: you stole a joke from chris rock? >> nobody know because -- look, i'm sorry, but nobody know. a few comics only. i apologize. >> reporter: many saudis are fearful of criticizing their government. but at this conservative mosque, some of the faithful told us they're disturbed by the speed of change and especially mixing between the sexes in a place where gender segregation had been the norm. there's always a possibility of a backlash from religious conservatives. but most saudis we've spoken to, both women and men, are hoping that doesn't happen. gayle. >

as it happens he is close friend and associate of muhammad bin salman, saudi arabia's 32-year-old crowns. now you know. >>> more than 100,000-acres burning in southern california. little containment thus far. it is the next 24 hours could pose the most danger from the santa ana wind. janice dean has that story, that part of the story coming up for us. >>> russia, banned from the 2018 winter olympics, all about doping. five-time winner swimmer dara torres joins us next. ♪ zar: one of our investors was in his late 50s right in the heart of the financial crisis, and saw his portfolio drop by double digits. it really scared him out of the markets. his advisor ran the numbers and showed that he wouldn't be able to retire until he was 68. the client realized, "i need to get back into the markets- i need to get back on track with my plan." the financial advisor was able to work with this client. he's now on track to retire when he's 65. having someone coach you through it is really the value of a financial advisor. stuart: we're up 43 points on dow industrials. closing back again at 24,200. loo