. >> a chance to say thank you >>> students and donors gathered together at the ritz carton hotel to. it was an opportunity for scholars to say thank you for everything the organization has done. >> for this fullback eddie williams, tonight is a homecoming. he's about to deliver the keynote address for the gala at the ritz carlton in san francisco. >> it is surreal to be on this. >> reporter: 18 years after he was a scholar dreaming of a brighter future. >> i'm so honored to be here. >> reporter: tonight the room is full of young people who survived turbulent lives and have come out on top guided by their mentors. the month is one of them. when he met him he was president of the black student union at santa clara high school and captain of the basketball team. what many did not know was that his mother was struggling to pay the bills. >> it was not easy at all. right into franklin and marshall college and five years later he takes the stage at the gala with an up date. >> i received a full-time offer at the new york times and i am the first of my family to graduate from college. the

homecoming, is he about to deliver the key note address for the students rising above gala at the ritz-carlton in san francisco. >> it's kind of surreal, to be honest. >> 14 years after he was an sra scholar sitting in the crowd dreaming of a brighter future. >> i'm so honored to be here with you, guys, thank you so much for having me. >> the room he will address is full of young people who survived turbulent lives, tax and come out on top guided by their mentors at students rising above. da month hartnet is one of them, in 2014 he was president of the black student union at santa clara high school and captain of the basketball team, his mother was struggling to pay the bills. >> it was not easy at all. i pushed through it. i strived. >> right into franklin marshall college, now 5 years later he takes the stage at the students rising above physical a with an update. >> after graduation i received a full time offer at the new york times and i am the first in my family to graduate from college. >> students rising above executive director line a martin these are successes that fueled the sra over

fundamentalist doctrine that the world health organization was covertly spreading anti fertility drugs to ritz vaccines. the united nations and the nigerian government has dismissed the allegation but the remus persist. pakistan's government has recognised that polio workers are in need of protection. police officers are starting polio workers in the field we also have police personnel on call so they can respond quickly in an emergency situation. but police escorts have also come under attack in the past in the current climate there's simply no way to fully guarantee the safety of pakistan's polio workers nevertheless shirazi mr time and to carry on. with. the death of my family members has given me courage. i will continue working until pakistan is polio free. i am a member of this team and i will remain a member in the future as well in tell a seven hundred. she says she won't stop until every child under the age of ten has been immunized. from one muslim nation to one with the wild largest number of muslims indonesia this country isn't usually associated with judaism but there is a jewish

he will give the keynote address at the ritz-carlton in san francisco. >> it is kind of surreal to beest. >> 14 years after he was inn an sra scalare dreaming of the future. tonight the room he will address is young people who survived push length lives too and guided by their mentors at students rising above. he is one of them. when we met him in 2014 he was president of the black student union at santa clara high school and captain of the basketball team. >> what many of his classmates didn't know then, his mother was struggling to pay the bills. >> it was not easy at all. i pushed through it. >> right into franklin and marshall college and now five years later, he takes the stage at the student's rising above gala. after i got an offer at the new york times and i'm the first in my family to graduate from college. >> students rising above says these are the success stories that have fueled sra over two decades. >> we have alumni that are change makers, data scientists. we're celebrating a lot tonight with our students. >> on this night 75 students stand waving pennants with the name

. >>> up next, one of the founders of the ritz-carlton group joins us with his take on luxury spendingh of the hotel industry. >>> but before the break, take a look at shares of tesla, one of this morning's biggest movers, down nearly 3% barclays cutting the price target it is currently trading $277 a share. back after a quick break >>> what does the future hold for the industry joining us this morning in a cnbc exclusive interview, the co-founder of the ritz carlton hotel company. he's out with a new book, "excellence wins, a no nonsense guide of becoming the best in a world of compromise. great to have you here congratulations on the book. >> thank you >> we see a lot of leadership books. how is yours different >> i can only tell you that i had it in 14 countries and awarded the best in each country, each location, we were the absolute leader. i'm trying to tell how we accomplished that. it's not me. it's many people it applies to any industry it's the same everywhere >> which is? >> concentrating on -- understand your market truly understanding your market. if people connect employe

rounded up with all those saudi princes and businessmen by crown prince mohammed bin salman, put in the ritz-carlton hotel. but from his lawyer, his lawyer says there's been no due process applied to his case, that he doesn't know why he's being held. in fact, the lawyer wrote to it u.s. state department in january of this year. i'll read you that letter that his lawyer wrote to the state department in january. and it reads, without explanation he was transferred to a saudi prison where he's been held for nearly a year, during which he has been permitted little contact with the outside world. it's believed that the doctor has been and is tortured at least psychologically during his imprisonment. the family obviously very concerned for his well-being. national security advisor john bolton has said that there has been u.s. consul access to him. >> from my understanding is we have had american consular access. beyond that we don't really have any additional information at this point. >> sources i've talked to about his detention say that he's not the only one who's believed to have been beaten during h

the torture that we heard about fatahi in the ritz carlton hotel is not specific to him.to others who were in that hotel. >> five months ago and a day, jamal khashoggi was murdered. nic robertson, thanks very much. >>> all right. top of the hour. good morning, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. as we speak, 81 people are mulling how to respond to a brand-new demand for information from the house judiciary committee. while the president, who is not on that list, responds as he often does. this morning, he says that the dems have, quote, gone stone cold crazy, obstructing justice, he says, by launching a big

detention say he's not the only one who's believed to have been beaten during his detention at the ritzlton and is not the only saudi being locked up at the moment without due process, without recourse to finding out even why they're being held. he was known, fitaihi was known as a motivational speaker, not just a doctor in the community but a motivational speaker. and somebody who stood up for civil rights within the saudi community. >> nic robertson. and saudi officials have not returned cnn's request for comment. but in a statement to the "new york times" which first reported the story, a spokesman for the saudi eliminatmbassy in washing denied any mistreatment of detainees saying "the kingdom of saudi arabia takes any and all allegations of ill treatment of defendants awaiting trial or prisoners serving their sentences very seriously." >>> huawei's cfo is accusing canadian officials of violating her rights during her high-profile arrest in december. meng wang xiao has filed a civil lawsuit against officials saying they detained searched and questioned her without advising her of her

s moving out there still very busy anthe ritz and bridge. the slowdown, here's feels back to marina. so it doesn't look a whole lot better averaging about 15 minutes into the north bay, the bay bridge traffic slowly traffic they see here this bill through the maze at one point it was on all connectors that's no longer the case. now it's to about west grand so i'll take that that is an improvement but you're still averaging 17 minute softer fremont street on city streets in san francisco. this is the area that you want to stay away from right here second and brian so there's an eye injury accident that still under investigation now this involves a dump truck that struck a pedestrian so brian and second is close traffic backed up in both directions at second you may want to consider brannon or even harrison street instead of using bryant street. we don't know how long that investigation will take that person was already transported still have things close minutes to the finance left. >>governor gavin newsom has announced california the governo

area students who have overcome tremendous odds >>> students rising above held the annual gala at the ritz carlton hotel in timber cisco. donors and students mingled over dinner and enjoyed a silent auction. the event featured speakers like san francisco mayor london breed and tonight she commended the organization on reaching its 20th year. >> students rising above really provides the kind of support that will ensure that these len theywillexcel. >> the event raises money for students rising above scholarship.'s. and that is it for us at 1030. >> we will be back next with elizabeth cook. kpix news at 11 continues. >> good night.

while lead to tie him it was beaten and shocked with electricity cheering his imprisonment at the ritz carlton in riyadh he was one of hundreds of people arrested in twenty seventeen as part of a white a crackdown on corruption by the kingdom is still believed to be held by riyadh saudi officials have denied any mistreatment of detainees muslim worshipers that the al aqsa mosque compound back in control of a meeting hall that had been closed for sixteen years by an israeli court but after years of neglect the site now needs much needed renovation and that can't go ahead without israeli approval but it's myth reports now from occupied east jerusalem. was was this was a rare success for muslim worshippers who'd faced down israeli police over access to a hole in the axa compound the mercy gate was sealed by the police sixteen years ago because a court had banned a hamas affiliated group that met here the group was long ago despondent says alexa's custodians but the police have consistently refused to unlock the chains so the worshippers did but at the mercy gates is an integra part of a a

ritz-carlton. it included a reception, dinner and auction to raise money to grant more wishes for critically ill children. some of the auction items included a day with the giants and a private movie screening. >>> larkin street youth services held its paving the way gala last night. the goal, to raise $1 million for programs for homeless young people. larkin street works with 2200 people each year to put a roof over their heads, provide education, employment and health services. >>> weatherwise we've kind of seen it all overnight. we've seen rain, it's been cold. lisa, now, it's looking sunny and clear out there. >> isn't that nice? got rid of the rain as you were sleeping. live doppler 7 confirms that. the san joaquin valley looking pretty soggy and the bay area plenty of clouds. there's the system moving through the northern portion of the state. we get a break for the weekend. late sunday here comes the next system. so two more systems to arrive next week, but they're going to spread out over a

they have cadbury, ritz crackers, many others. t 40% oir business is in developing in emerging markets. if you look at certain markets like india, their scale is really unsurpassable by other companies,ryo they have very deep roots in these markets op andwill propel both bottom line for years to come. >> so i'm curious, you're pickingfood. is it because of the value you see or are these just cla defensive plays at this cycle in the bull market? >> i mean they should be relatively defensive in the scheme of the market, but that's not why em pick. theyery good businesses that have some interesting things going on with all of them that we think can serve as value the next couple of years. >> ifhe global economies are slowing down, is mondelis vulnerable because of the amount of sales they get overseas and from emerging markets? >> to an extent. s when y the emerging middle class in all of these emerging markets, one of the first things consumers do is buy bnded food and beverage products. i don't think that would be one of the areas

this was at the ritz-carlton half moon bay. more than 1.2 million americans have type 1 diabetes. good job, raj. looks like it was a really successful event. >> yeah, working even when he's not working. >> exactly. and jeff, you'll be working tonight. the late hour. a lot of rain. >> yeah, rain right now. it's going to clear out tomorrow. we get sun, clouds back sunday, more rain next week. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: welcome to "the tonight show," and here's your host, jimmy fallon! ♪ [ cheers andla

drugs you can look away if you like but i wish you could see the faces of people no matter what ms ritz says who can get the drugs now justice was served but in another fashion the c.e.o. mr scrawly was convicted on two counts of securities fraud and sent to seven years in prison the price of daraa primero ever has never lowered all of this seems to point to the fact that big pharma has got the u.s. public in a position of weakness for someone infected with hiv trivago it could be life or death needless to say people in such circumstances are pretty ripe for being get out but this raises a bigger question how much freedom should influential corporations have especially when they are receiving so much government assistance in order to do their work caleb oppen r.t. new york latest on brit's books a conundrum now the small in the u.k. problem is still failing to find a clear path to leave the e.u. and peace of five to eight options to choose from on the table in a vote wednesday but none of those ideas gave the clear majority they holding a second referendum maybe revoking article fifty a

alleges that when he fatah he was beaten and shocked with electricity cheering his imprisonment at the ritz carlton in riyadh he was one of hundreds of people arrested in two thousand and seventeen as part of a wide a crackdown on corruption in the kingdom cold balkan field is the director of advocacy at the project on middle east a mock received he says fatah is u.s. citizenship might help his case in washington i think with this case there's more likelihood that you see some involvement with this administration really that one incidence of political prisoners that they're willing to get involved with are those that are u.s. citizens and frankly president from prides himself on this right prides himself on his ability to get people like the and others out of jail and so this really should be an easy case for them to pick up and hold some news from nigeria more than fifty people are missing after an oil pipeline exploded in the southern parts of the country the blast caused a stampede and resulted in a huge spillage near the memo on the niger delta it's not clear if the pipeline which carri

ritz. wwith your man cave.?! is that a sabertooth tiger over there? no, it's mr.-dubs. order beers and crush all the wings. that's! march! madness! buffalo wild wings. roaarrr! ing ] wake up! hey jordan... move! that's what happens when people don't eat carbs. they start seeing satan. where you always this mean? i wish you were little. [ screaming ] where are my boobs? i paid fifteen g's for those things. child protective services. where is your father now? in hawaii. that's president barack obama. they think we all look alike. oh! what is this? the kids menu. would you like this kids foot up your... uh, uh... ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: well, that's our show for tonight! thank you so much for tuning in. now here it is... your moment of zen. >> check this out caught on camera. strong winds literally carrying a man away as he tries to prevent a large outdoor umbrella from flying away. this is in turkey. up, up and away with the winds go here. ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) ♪ - ♪ i'm going down to south park ♪ ♪ gonna have myself a time ♪ both: ♪ friendly faces

he has not since taking office he has not admitted that there there was and that there is that the ritz and how do you explain his behavior towards the report the mo the report does not explain that either. i think again we want to look at there are a variety of things going on one of them is you can be compromised in ways that are not unlawful there can be awful. but still not but still not unlawful forms of cooperation like the trump tower negotiations going on during the presidential campaign business opportunities being explored. and denied during the campaign was so we've got basically someone who is not necessarily in the hands of a foreign power but this would be someone who had no possibility of getting a security clearance at a lower level and you're talking about maybe a behavior that is not criminal but it's behavior that up until now has been considered inappropriate for a u.s. president and that is something that i am i correct in saying that a lot of people a lot of democrats on capitol hill will probably expecting moeller to render some type of verdict or judgment on inap

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crackdown a couple of years ago in which a number of prominent saudi individuals were held at the ritz carlton hotel on the instructions of the crown prince muhammad been solomon now the television sufficient as quoted by the new york times are not revealed and no names are given the cia itself has declined to comment but certainly what the time does report does reveal is a pattern being carried out by saudi arabia of which jamal khashoggi was just a pot according to the reports of this group was carrying out operations well before the murder of jamal khashoggi it does name a couple of members of the group headed by solid i'll call tawny a close associate of the crown prince and a man who was allegedly at the consulate when jamal khashoggi was murdered he is one of the eleven that is believed to saudi arabia is has charged with the murder saudi arabia continues to insist that this murder was carried out by what it calls a rogue group unlike president trump and his administration at a very close relationship with the saudis so how is this latest revelation like it's a play out than. wel

newspaper alleges that while he was beaten and shocked with electricity chairing his imprisonment at the ritz carlton in riyadh he was one of hundreds of people arrested in two thousand and seventeen as possible wider crack down on corruption by the kingdom still believed to be held by riyadh saudi officials have denied any mistreatment of detainees well saudi arabia's public prosecutor says it will put several female activists on trial despite an international outcry they are accused of working to undermine the security of the kingdom while campaigning for women's women's right to drive him home it has mall. it was last june that women in saudi arabia were given the legal right to drive a car up until then it was the only country in the world that banned women from getting behind the wheel but about the same time security forces were also cracking down on the women activists who had been calling for these reforms mothers grandmothers retired professes they were all accused of undermining the kingdom security civility and national unity demonized on state media and branded as traitors. a numb

. >> mbs imprisoned hundreds of princes and wealthy business men at the ritz carlton. >> we drive innder police escort. >> it was called a crack down on corruption. >> no one enters without official permission. >> what appeared to be cell phone video emerged, showing a chaotic scene in one of the world's fanciest hotels and it was a shake down in power play of all his potential rivals. >> it was about control. >> there were reports of torture and one death which the government denied. meanwhile, even as mbs finally gave women the right to drive, saudi police arrested the leaders of the right to drive movement. and again, there are credible reports that some of the women were tortured. >> it's a new level of aggression and brutality that has been unprecedented. >> this is an authoritarian absolute monarchy. >> there was one world leader who loved the prince's style. donald trump. a president with no previous foreign policy experience saw saudi arabia as the linchpin of his middle east plan. >> donald trump had no ambassador in saudi arabia. he did not understand the religious dynamics

. >> mbs imprisoned hundreds of princes and wealthy businessmen at the riyadh ritz-carlton of all places>> we drive in under police escort. >> it was called a crack down on corruption. >> no one enters here now without official permission. >> what appears to be cellphone video emerged showing a chaotic scene in one of the world's fanciest hotels. >> and it was a shakedown power play of all his potential rivals. >> i think it was really about control. >> there were reports of torture and one death which the government denied. meanwhile, even as mbs finally gave women the right to drive, saudi police arrested the leaders of the right to drive movement. and again, there are credible reports that some of the women were tortured. >> it's a new level of aggression. a new level of brutality that has been unprecedented. >> this is an authoritarian absolute monarchy. >> there was one world leader who loved the prince's style, donald trump, a president with no previous foreign policy experience saw saudi arabia as the linchpin of his middle east plan. >> donald trump had no ambassador in saudi ara

. >> mbs imprisoned hundreds of princes and wealthy businessmen at the riyadh ritz-carlton, of all placese in under police escort -- >> it was called a crackdown on corruption. >> no one enters here now without official permission. >> what appeared to be cell phone video emerged showing a chaotic scene in one of the world's fanciest hotels. >> and it was a shakedown power play of all his potential rivals. >> i think it was really about control. >> there were reports of torture and one death which the government denied. meanwhile, even as mbs gave women the right to drive, saudi police arrested the leaders of the right to drive movement. and again there are credible reports that some of the women were tortured. >> it's a new level of aggression. it's a new level of brutality that has been unprecedented. >> this is an authoritarian absolute monarchy. >> there was one world leader who loved the prince's style. donald trump. a president with no previous foreign policy experience saw saudi arabia as the linchpin of his middle east plan. >> donald trump had no ambassador in saudi arabia. he did

there weren't two hookers peeing in donald trump's bed in the ritz carlton in moscow. now the u.s. attorney is encouraging every one of these witnesses, some 80 plus witnesses just to start, to go in and plead the fifth. why would anybody ever want to be a part of this circus and what is clearly a perjury trap hiring a lying conspiracy theorist schiff. even david axelrod gets it. they are now headed down a dangerous path and clearly abusing their power. axelrod warning, guess what, it looks like a witch hunt. bloomberg warning, this lunch leftward is not going to end well for the democrats. and democrats are now literally grasping at straws, unhinged, motivated by one thing, hating trump every second, minute, hour of every day, just like their friends in the media mob. trump/russia collusion a lie. based on a clinton bought and paid for russia lie document. how ironic. which is why the hate stream media, constantly they pivot. that story is not true. let's go to the next lie. that's go to the next conspiracy. now that they're over their russia collusion conspiracies. that's dead an

doctor who we now know was arrested and thrown in the ritz carlton.n sent to regular saudi jail. apparently has been tortured. there have been no charges, no public discussion of it. the u.s. seems to -- the trump administration does not seem to be pressing hard. what i'm puzzled by is the brutality, the torture for a regime that described itself as not being repre sieve. why would they do this to an american citizen? why would they do it during the trump administration? it seems an in sut and rebuke to an american administration that's been very supportive of him. >> he's a saudi citizen also. >> he has dual citizenship. >> yes. under international law, in either country you're a citizen of that country. >> i'm not talking about the legality of it. why would you disrespect the trump administration by doing this? >> i don't think they see it as such. under saudi law, you are not allowed to name and shame, so to speak, somebody when they're arrested or even when they're indicted. you're only allowed to do that after judgment comes out. what happens is

he was imprisoned along with the others in the ritz carlton hotel. and tortured. his lawyer says he was transferred to jail without due process and wrote pleading for help. it is believe that had he has been and is tortured at least psychologically during his imprisonment. washington post journalist tweeted how can someone like doctor he would not survive to find the answers. he was brutally murdered by saudi firms whom the cia conclude were acting on orders. the young crown prince still enjoys president trump's favor. only last week was courted by his mideast envoy and son-in-law kushner he has had to wait over a year to get the public's attention. >> we have lad counselor access meaning they have had voited with him. beyond that we don't really have any additional information at this point. >> officials have so far not returned the request for excellent. they told the new york times they take allegations of ill treatment of defendants awaiting trial and prisoners serving their sentences very seriously thanks for watching. >>> happening now breaking

remember, they reported that donald trump had two hookers in his suite at the ritz carlton urinating on his bed. it never happened. as so many other lies told by the media. they're celebrating the sentencing of a 69-year-old man over charges that had absolutely zero to do with president trump or his campaign. and they take apparently great joy in all of this. we'll have more on this later in the program. joining us now to react to our top story, america first action senior advisor, sean spicer, darrell parks. you know what i see happen, democrats didn't have the votes yesterday to rightly condemn, darrell, congresswoman omar. and then ocasio-cortez, she was supporting omar. and then they come up with this ridiculous resolution. we'll just condemn everything, but we won't mention congresswoman omar that's causing the action in the first place. you know what i see? i see a very scared, frightened speaker of the house that knows that she will either do what this new extreme element of her party says or she will lose her position as speaker. >> let me say this, sean. i think that the spe

/saudi citizen who has been held at the ritz carlton.e has been tortured and beaten while in jail. listen to what john bolten said to our jake tapper just this week about it. >> as of this moment my understanding is we have had consular access meaning american diplomats have visited with him. beyond that we don't have additional information at this point. >> what do you want the administration to do about this? >> i want the administration to do more than a consular visit. i want to insist that his detention be ended and to be a full investigation as to the allegations of torture. look, you can't have a united states citizen detained and allegedly tortured by a foreign government whether it be the saudis or anyone else. so i think that if this detention and allegation of torture was in any other country we would have a far more robust answer. >> it sounds like you're saying you think that because of the important relationship in the region with saudi arabia that the president points to, you think that they are going too soft on saudi whe

. >> can i speak how much we love the ritz carlton in bora bora. >> i don't think we're allowed take the perks. >> i know. >> it's smart. >> it's going around the social influencers. >> it's great to see that. >> their command center. >>> let's turn to the weather now. do you like it out there? >> it was a little chilly. >> but it was sunny. >> deceptively chilt. >> looked like another day of flip flops. >> with the sun. it is beautiful in bora bora, by the way. >> it is? >> s. phenomenal down there. >>hat airline? >> out there right now guys, pretty good afternoon. good day for sailing. this is actually the -- what was it again, guys? this was the pride of baltimore 2 look at that. >> beautiful. >> two masted ship out there. pret good looking ship on the chesapeake bay. and the next couple months it'll be packed with boats. off in the distance the beautiful bay bridge. again, i cannot wait to start crossing the bay bridge heading to the beaches. out thereight now 51 degrees. dropping to 39 by 11:00 tonight. it'soing to be a chilly night once the sun goes down rlly going to see cool

he was first detained alongside hundreds of other prominent saudis at the ritz carlton in riyadh where he was reportedly electro-shocked and whipped. amy: this all comes as the senate foreign relations committee held a confirmation hearing for retired four-star general john abizaid to become u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia. the u.s. has not had in ambassador there for two years. abizaid, who is of lebanese descent, served as the head of u.s. central command from 2003 two 2007, overseeing much of the first four years of the u.s. occupation of iraq. abizaid's first combat experience took place in 1983 during the u.s. invasion of the tiny caribbean island of grenada. during wednesday's hearing, abizaid defended the u.s. relationship with the saudi kingdom. >> it is difficult to imagine a successful u.s. effort to undercut sunni extremism or keep iran in check without engaging in partnering with the kingdom. this is not to say i am unaware of the challenges facing the u.s.-saudi partnership today, the war in yemen, the senseless killing of jamal khashoggi, rifts in the gulf alliance, alleg

when he arrested people in the ritz carlton, trump said this is a good thing. understands the historical force the united states has played in the middle east which is to rein in the worst tendencies of the autocrats and encourage reform. he's almost doing the opposite. >> there is a parallel between saudi arabia and north korea when it comes to gross human rights violations. the president refuses to criticize the crown prince for the death of jamal khashoggi. now over the death of otto warmbier. >> he talked about how north korea is a big country with many hundreds of thousands of prisoners. he can't possibly know what's going on. it's a small police state. nobody would dare torture an american without him knowing. the president stood up for human rights and foreign policy. the reason it comes to united states is we are the emblem of mode modernity, the symbol of progress because the president talks about the issues. in a way it erodes america's soft power with the world. >> we can't wait to see the inside story. thank you very much for proving it with us. you

itself so many questions have been raised over the last year or so given the murder as well as the ritz a lot of people questioning whether or not they really want to get involved here, but certainly with what we've seen over the last 24 hours, the dow inclusion and ftse russell emersion market index, a big bump up for the saudi market they're anticipating $30 billion in asset funds to come through over the next year or so a lot of excitement still just for those externally getting involved in the saudi market finally, but also for the saudi company listed on the exchange >>> let's get a check on the top headlines outside of the world of business. francis rivera is in new york with the latest there. good morning, francis. >> hi, dom good tuesday morning to you. there's a massive inferno that's raging at a petro chemical plant outside houston spewing clouds of black smoke into the air. >> five more counties are included as the historic flooding continues to devastate the midwest and the plains the flooding cut off communities across the state rescue crews have been working to save humans

fitaihi, a harvard-trained doctor, was reportedly electro-shocked and whipped while detained at the ritz carlton in riyadh. fitaihi was arrested alongside hundreds of other prominent saudis in 2017 during a government crackdown ordered by crown prince mohammed bin salman. he is still in detention and it's unknown whether he has been charged with any crime. south korean president moon jae-in called on the u.s. and north korea to resume denuclearization talks after the much anticipated second summit between the two leaders fell apart last week with no deal or substantial progress made. moon called for three-way talks between ththtwo koreasas and t u.s. this is moon speaking in s seoul monday. toi ask you to find ways improve the dialogue between north korea and the united states through the development of interest korean relations within the framework of sanctions. amy: on sundnday, presesident tp appeared to shift blame for the failure of last week's talks in vietnam, suggesting he walked away from the summit because of former lawyer michael cohen's congressional testimony. this, despite

to arrest about 200 prominent businessmen and former officials, holding them captive in riyahdh's ritz-carlton hotel where many later said they weree tortured. new zealand broadcast the islamic cacall to prayer nationwidede and observed d two minutetes of silence as the natn marked one week since a whwhite supremacist terrorist attacked two mosqsques christchuhurch, killing 50 people. prime minister jacinda ardern, dressed in black and wearing a hijab, addressed mourners at a public park adjacent to the al noor mosque where most of the victims of last week's massacre were attacked during friday prayers on march 15. 42 killed. areompassion and sympathy body.ike one when any part of the body suffers, the whole body feels pain. new zealand mourns with you. we are one.. amy: the new zealand memorial was held as unknown assailants used sledgehammers to vandalize five mosques in the british city of birmingham. muslim groups say far-right extremists likely carried out the attacks. florida resident cesar sayoc pleaded guilty thursday to 65 felony counts for sending pipe bombs last year to prominent de

detention say that he's not the only one who's believed to have been beaten during detention at the ritz-carltoncked up at the moment without due process, without recourse to finding out even why they're being held. he was known as a motivational speaker, not just a doctor in the community but a motivational speaker, and somebody who stood up for civil rights within the saudi community. ana. >> nick robertson, thank you for that report. saudi officials have not returned cnn's request for comment. in a statement to "the new york times" which first reported on this case, a spokesman for the saudi 'embassy in washington sas the kingdom of saudi arabia takes any and all allegations of ill treatment of detainees, defendantis awaiting trial very seriously. >> fareed za ckaria stories of story of the kingdom of secrets. that's tonight at 8:00 p.m. here at cnn. transforming natural essential oils into a fragrant mist. simply adjust your setting for the perfect balance... and it gently fills the room. pausing, when it's just right. take in notes of nature... and experience the fragrant mist with air wick

rains move again just like jon said we have a web camera and what roads here at the ritz when centerell bridget still crawling at least from harbor up to the toll plaza, so don't forget those headlights and wipers and leave early because there are still plenty of heavy traffic all around the bay will check more bridges coming up john. you know robin the u. >>and the north face changing minute by minute up there this camera from timber on showing some clear skies out in the distance but some of those puffy dark clouds which is indicating where that rainfall is falling across parts of the north bay as you mentioned look at offshore some rain and thunderstorm activity sitting off of the north bay right now north bay is our best chance of afternoon thunderstorm activity later today. and right now are most active spot across the bay area, some showers up in the northern part of a napa county you do see that isolated spot words a bit heavier up around mount saint currently and some lighter stuff around them are in the headlines and into richmond itself activity winding down now still a cou

in november 2017, the government rounded up rival royals in the riyadh ritz-carlton, arrested the veryen who successfully campaigned forhe right to drive, and senior officials close to m.b.s. are accused of murdering khashoggi. >> they said it's a red line to criticize the saudi crown prince. well, killing a journalist in the saudi counsulate is not a red line? i mean, they have their own version of truth probably. >> schifrin: before abdullah alaoudh became a georgetown fellow, back in 2014 he was on a saudi scholarship university of pittsburgh. he says it also got canceled because he criticized the vevernment. how has the saudi ment targeted you while you're in the united states?hr >> i getts every day fromr twitcounts that a lot of people think somehow associated with the saudi government.od i mean, just i got, for erample, threat from a twi account saying that we going to lock you up, and we going to ofind you and we're going bring you back and put you in a cellext to your father. >> schifrin: alaoudh's father, salman, is an outspoken activist who has called for a change in the sau

this was at the ritz-carlton half moon bay. more than 1.2 million americans have type 1 diabetes. good job, raj. looks like it was a really successful event. >> yeah, working even when he's not working. >> exactly. and jeff, you'll be working tonight. the late hour. a lot of rain. >> yeah, rain right now. it's going to clear out tomorrow. we get sun, clouds back sunday, more rain next week. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: welcome to "the tonight show," and here's your host, jimmy fallon! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, that's more -- re than enough. thanks! [ cheers and applause ] we're running out of time. thank you, guys. hot friday night crowd. welcome to "the tonight show." give it up for the roots right there. [ cheers and applause ] you guys, it's the first weekend of spring. [ cheers and applause ] and what better way to celebrate spring than spending the next two days on the couch watching march madness? isn't that great? [ cheers and applause ] inside. that's right. the ncaa tournament is here. finally, a chance for college kids to drink and watch sports. you