. ♪ ♪ >> anthony: oman defies expectations.ogic of the world, exist. but it does, and it's incredible. the sultanate of oman is an absolute monarchy. a predominantly islamic state and a vital strategic choke point in the world's oil supply. it is surrounded by some of the trickiest and most contentious powers in the region. and yet here it is, relatively small, tolerant, welcoming to outsiders, peaceful and stunningly beautiful. but oman is facing uncertainty with succession issues and declining oil reserves. the question of what's next is a big, if often unspoken, one. >> anthony: so pre 1970 this was a very different, very different, place to live, very different country. >> bin sulaiman: quite simply there was nothing. we had only three schools all over oman, and only for boys. we had only two hospitals. >> anthony: for the whole country? >> bin sulaiman: yes, for the whole country. and 9 miles of paved road in muscat. >> anthony: and what happened outside of muscat was really of no concern to leadership. >> bin sulaiman: ab

. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ oman defies expectation.o the cruel logic of the world, exist. but it does and it's incredible. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this is an absolute monarchy. a predominantly islamic state in a vital strategic choke point in the world's supply. ♪ >> it is surrounded by some of the trickiest and most contentious powers in the region. and yet, here it is, relatively small, tolerant, welcoming to outsiders, peaceful, and stunningly beautiful. but they're facing uncertainty with succession issues and declining oil reserves. the question of what's next is big but often unspoken one. so pre1970, this was a very different place to live, very different country. >> quite simply, there was none. we had only three schools all over and only for boys. we had only two hospitals. >> for the whole country. >> yes. >> and nine miles of paved road. >> and what happened outside was really of no concern to the leadership. >> absolutely. yes. ♪ >> he's a businessman in the sun of a triebl leader. he's the kind of guy who will likely be prominent in the

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what made you decide to explore oman?ead a little bit about it, some military history, a little known conflict over the straits of hormuz what was possibly strategiccally more important than vietnam ever was that intrigued me and as i started looking more into the country i found more to interest me. it ended up being one of the most surprising, enchanting and interesting places i've been. i think people should go there in droves. it's beautiful. coasts, mountains, incredible desert. the empty quarter and really great extraordinary people and culture. >> unique in the sense that unlike other countries in that part of the sfwhorld is that what i'm hearing? >> as a gulf state, it's very different than abu dhabi or dubai, a very enlightend sultanate in that they've only moved into the modern war recently with the sultan who wisely pumps what oil money they had into infrastructure, schools, hospitals, raising the quality of life for average omanis, and as importantly, keeping the architecture, the physical look, and the cultu

--oman has always stayed on the side. i think other countries have been happy to play that role.ke some kind of last ditch attempt had been made. nothing came of that and kuwait will have to follow. egyptaudi, the uae, and -- these of the big economies. kuwait's role is less significant from a customer point of view. -- has been ambiguous of late. could they fall in line with the rest of the group? gcc or the measures announced are carried through fully in terms of access to the access, it will be extremely severe and i think the repercussions of that have yet to be only understood. will qatar come to heal? i don't know. certainly a big political crisis. >> thank you for the extra perspective. let's bring back our special guest from this morning. -- we could see a quite a bit of weakness up to the latest developments. for investigators -- investors have cash out. companiesns to qatari in stocks now? it is a very integrated part of the world. >> i think the easiest thing to say is the markets will be down today. that is the short-term implication. they longer-term remains to be se

of the most beautiful, most friendly, generous, hospitalable places i've ever been, talking about omanr anchor of this program sat down with him to find out about his trip to oman. >> you're going to have a one-party rule with an absolute ruler, a monarchy, you could do worse an oman. the sultan there transformed his country almost overnight from a nation with two hospitals, almost no schools, no roads, still stuck in the 17th century essentially, and took what limited oil resources they had and pumped them back into infrastructure, education, the things that omanis needed. they practice an extraordinary form of there's a mix of cultures that could be tricky in a mismanaged nation. people speak swa leely, farcy, arabic, as you mentioned, they have a rich tradition of traveling and trading with the far east. so all of those flavors have come back there. it is an extraordinary beautiful country. unlike the other gulf states, no skyscrapers, modern buildings, they have knowingly and carefully preserved their culture, architecture, the way things look and feel. it is really a unique and sp

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we are not in oman. we just opened kuwait. there are other places we still need to be present in. getting back to the financing issue and the road forward, our bonds in the future for you at all? guest: haven't thought about it. right now is important to raise equity funding. careem box is more of a priority going forward? how much more growth do you see their? give me a percentage. this is how much is is going to deliver to my bottom line. guest: the current version of box is a pilot. as you know, is an ad hoc delivery service. you can deliver anything from point a to point b. people are using it for all sorts of interesting things, getting coffee or food, delivering a key that they forgot at home. people are starting to understand this and ideas that we institutionalize in the product. over time, the view is that it should become as big as our core ridesharing service. tracy: that is it for this "best of bloomberg markets: middle east." we will be back next week with a special edition of the show sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. in the uae on bloomberg television. ♪ coming up on, blo

. >> they think it would be a bad oman to cut it off.em people think he's a deity. but he says he just has his friends and his friends are good to him. you see him playing here. >> what happens when he's out playing and, like -- >> somebody grabs his tail? >> nobody grabs his tail. when he goes to school, everything is covered up. he says there's no reason to cut it off. i don't mind it. but there was another boy in india who had something similar happen to him but he recently cut it off. >>> all moms brag on some level. >> but a real mom does the mumble brag. brags and then tells the truth. >> shady. >> find out what the mumble brag is all about. >> your kids are so cute. they're just darling. >> they look like their father, whoever that is. two kids barfed in class today. it was so gross. lysol disinfectant spray kills 99.9% of bacteria, even those that cause stomach bugs. one more way you've got what it takes to protect. >> some of them were able to guess what restaurant the blended food came from. that is impressive. >>> when a cat j

the first cargo ship has arrived omani port.m an it will head to doha directly from oman.uerto rico has voted in favor of becoming america's to the first state, on a turnout of less than a quarter. and ite is nonbinding would require approval from the u.s. congress in washington. the move is supported by the territories governor, who hopes it might help solve the island's economic crisis. the british prime minister has told her conservative colleagues that she will serve them as party leader as long as they want her. theresa may said she was the person who got them into this mess and will be the one to get them out of it. her position is a fragile one, having lost a majority in last week's vote. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. laura k.: band played on in theresa may's backyard. strangely, business as usual. at the front tonight, even after her personal disaster of the election, the prime minister seemed relieved enough to chat. after she had fessed up her mistakes to mp's. >> theresa may said she had got us into the situation and will get us out. >> humble

alliance of the six gulf countries -- saudi arabia, kuwait, bahrain, qatar, united arab emirates, and oman. as you said, it has been in existence since the end of the iranian revolution in 1979, and that triggered, provoked a response on the arab side of the gulf to band together for a common defense and security needs. years, last 30-plus these countries have been working together. but there is a misconception about the gcc, that these are monolithic, that they all share ,he same political security, and economic views of the world. and that is a little bit of a misunderstanding, because in fact, they are different, and they do have different perspectives. but the bottom line is that from a u.s. position, from where we are in terms of our own interests in promoting security and stability in the region, the gcc is and has been forced to support us come to work with us, to cooperate with us on these issues. host: and when the president, one of a series of tweets that unfolded, said, "during my recent shift to the middle east i stated there can be no longer cunning of radical ideology could p

is there a particular reason why this process with your announcing today did not take place for the oman obama administration did you drop the ball in the obama ministration contract could you explain a little bit. >> this is one of those problems i talked about last week with all of you. i think it's manned the administration has been going on for decades. i can count no fewer than seven blue-ribbon commissions that have recommended that we move in a direction like this, the commission on care which was a $68 million study came out with this recommendation and so, people have felt that this was a direction that they should be moving in and i will tell you that it is hard to make decisions. there's a lot of built in movement to keep things the way they are. so, while in the last administration we considered this, and we looked at a number of things, i think, it really was this administration and the president needs to do business differently that allowed us to move forward with this type of speech and speed. yes, sir. >> at what point number one. >> when does the veteran actually began t

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saudi arabians, qatar, oman, uae. >> eric: i don't know about that.p i'm not necessarily willing to take. >> eboni: let me -- explain it to me, douglas and curtis. when you talk about working with the russians, we were forked with evil before. i get you, curtis. you talk about why people are so gung ho about getting involved in syria, it comes from the empathy, the compassion. this is a brutal dictator killing his own people, killing babies. we know there's a relationship between russia and sod. help me figure out how to reconcile the joint effort with russia on isis. i get that but then putin and assad. >> curtis: the concept of regime change has failed. iraq, failed. >> kat: why would you do it again then? >> eric: you just said we should be working with these people to destroy isis. >> kat: what we already are doing, american forces and allies are already not just taking isis territory but we are holding it from the regime. how is that not an invasion? >> curtis: the russians will not shoot down american fighter. i'm sure the russians said that tha

has united kuwait, saudi arabia, bahrain, qatar, the united arab emirates and oman. goal: to put the wealthy, predominantly-sunni nations of the persian gulf behind common cultural, political and military objectives. but overnight, long-simmering tensions between qatar and several of its fellow members, and other regional states, burst into full-fledged diplomatic crisis. saudi arabia, bahrain, the u.a.e. and egypt, among others, broke off diplomatic contact and suspended commercial ties with the qatari government. for more on these dramatic developments i'm joined by joyce karam, the washington bureau chief of "al-hayat," an international arabic daily newspaper. joyce, thank you very much for being with us. why did this happen? >> well, as you said, judy, this is a very dramatic escalation. we have been covering tense relations between qatar and saudi arabia and the u.a.e. for a while, but it's never gotten to the point where they're not only closing embassies, sealing off the border, blocking airspace and maritime access to qatar. qatar, as you know, is a country s

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oman from indiana, walorski, and the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. neal, 20 minutes. trol the chair recognizes the gentlelady from indiana. mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, i unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2847, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady is recognized. mrs. walorski: thanks, mr. speaker. today i rise to support the improving services for older foster care act. in fiscal year 2015, almost of foster h aged out care, meaning they left foster care without a permanent family connection. of them are often poorly prepared for adulthood and lack ome of the basic skills they need to be successful adults. last year the house passed the amily first prevention services act, a bill that would improve the lives and children and families by making sure children can stay safely at home and not enter foster care in the first place, fewer to m