. >> compared to riyadh, yes.ression is encouraged. >> her books are banned in many countries in the region. she is regularly threatened with rape, stoning and murder. she is jumana haddad, cultural editor of lebanon's biggest newspaper, "al nahar." >> yesterday i had my first web tv show about sexual freedom and you cannot imagine how many hell's doors have opened just because i dared say that girls are allowed sexuality just like boys. we pretend to be a democracy. this is kafta with yogurt sauce and cranberries. >> fried. stuffed grape leaves. >> yes. tabbouleh. the famous tabbouleh. >> the fact that lebanon and beirut works at all. all of these religious groups, this is a fully functioning more or less by world standards. >> fully functioning. >> yeah, this is a -- >> we don't have a president. it's going to be a year now that we are without one. >> it's sort of awesome. >> don't you think that the main reason behind you seeing this as thrilling, exciting place to live in is that you're a visitor and not someo

at the various leader summits of the last two years at camp david and riyadh, the united states with our gulf partners reiterated the carter doctrine in terms of the u.s. commitment to security of the gulf. i think it's worth exploring, as the report suggests, looking at expanding the nuclear umbrella in the event that iran proceeds to break out. and i think that's something that the next administration should take a close look at. i also commend the report's idea that it should seek prior authorization from congress and aumf if iran violates the deal. i think it's a good idea. unfortunately, i think it's very unlikely because it's hard to see congress authorizing the war that we're currently in, let alone one that's theoretical, but i think it's something we should definitely pursue. third, partner capabilities. we need to focus on enhancing partner capabilities in the middle east. that's something that's been a big project of the obama administration over the last seven years. working with our gulf partners and our israeli partners to ensure that they have the means to protect them

that in fact the saudi's will prioritize the vital relationship between the united states and riyadh in a way that would deter them from taking any sort of action in terms of proliferation. clear in many ways that the saudi's are concerned with current u.s. leadership. they are acting more independently, more assertively, especially this generational change. the defense minister took a must role,ssertive regional especially in the campaign in a yemen. in our research, richard and i heard many regional countries concerned that the saudis may be overreacting and may be stimulating instability and even blowback to their own interests by doing this. it's a very delicate balance the u.s. has to pursue, and is trying to pursue in the obama administration. on one hand, showing our support for the security interests of our partners, including saudi arabia. providinger hand, not too much support for actions that the u.s. believes may be going a bit too far. i think the u.s. knows, and certainly president obama has stated, that it will be important in the long run to achieve a balance in the r

that in fact the saudi's will prioritize the vital relationship between the united states and riyadh in a way that would deter them from taking any sort of action in terms of proliferation. clear in many ways that the saudi's are concerned with current u.s. leadership. they are acting more independently, more assertively, especially this generational change. the defense minister took a must role,ssertive regional especially in the campaign in a yemen. in our research, richard and i heard many regional countries concerned that the saudis may be overreacting and may be stimulating instability and even blowback to their own interests by doing this. it's a very delicate balance the u.s. has to pursue, and is trying to pursue in the obama administration. on one hand, showing our support for the security interests of our partners, including saudi arabia. providinger hand, not too much support for actions that the u.s. believes may be going a bit too far. i think the u.s. knows, and certainly president obama has stated, that it will be important in the long run to achieve a balance in the r

riyadh. and it is important for two very large and influential countries. to be able to find some motive and i think we are hoping that some of the more rational actors inside of iran will recognize that there needs to be some type of accommodation with the saudi leadership and saudi governments and my engagements with the saudis, they are interested in pursuing that if they feel as though the iranian leadership is genuinely interested in pursuing something other than antagonistic relations. >> is that something the u.s. is trying to persuade them of? >> i think one of the real motivating factors behind the jcpoa. stoppingaddition to iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapon program was to clampdown tensions that were rising as a result of the program with the open aim of having the gulf states, the ones in the region, find a better way to communicate with one another first of all and secondly, to see whether or not there could be some repairing of the relations. in the past, there have been times where different leaders were able to work together. there are areas

riyadh has reduced from 50% to just under 10%, amid plans to burn more natural gas.ipaolo is with me, tracking the story. this is a shift, isn't it? what did you make of the top line? anthony: the big shift we saw was actually on the gas. we know that saudi arabia has been looking at gas supplies run number of years now. they have enough to meet current demand, but they really need more gas to expand, power supply. so they would increase the amount of natural gas used as the power from about half of the 70%. that is a big jump. they did not lay out plans where it would come from. there are projects already in course. but some people we spoke to said that is maybe not enough to bring on the amount they are talking about. with that added gas supply they are looking for, they say they can scale back the renewable energy component, because they will not need as much as they have in the past to me that power demand. manus: they have gone at this often, lifting gas quite the bilateral deals. and you and i got together, before i interviewed, talking me through gigawatt's an

. >>> and starwood has agreed to build two hotels in saudi arabia to make the capital riyadh more attainab attainable. they were taken over by marriott. our colleagues in the u.s. have a busy day and will speak to the ceo of marriott international at 4:50 cet fellowed by the president of hilton worldwide at 5:20 cet. and richard solomon will be at 8:15 cet. >>> janet yellin prepares to take the stage in philadelphia later today. friday's jobs report means the fed fund futures are indicating a 6% chance of a hike next week down from 21% just a few days ago. let me give you a look at how the foreign exchange markets are performing. and we have the dollar index off just over 1.5% last week. they have a majority of that taking place on friday after that payroll's number. i can give you a quick look at how euro dollar is performing to give you a sense of how the dollar is moving. the euro/dollar coming any moment. a touch off today, 1.1354. we are joined by the managing director and head of global ethics strategy at yuni credit research. i'm sorry if i got your name wrong, i'm not great with gr

saic, a question for bob and rich. , whatr meetings in riyadh were you hearing from the indi's impossible next steps nuclear cooperation? washington correspondent for arab league. my first question is for the authors of the report in the second is for you, your excellency. the first is the experimental reactor in france. i understand that it is part of an agreement that iran will have to -- have the opportunity to get involved in projects like that. i know they are pushing to become involved. what is your perspective on how this might solidify or undermine the agreement. and my question to you, with the united arab emirates -- would the united arab emirates consider becoming a partner in this project? i know they are always looking for new funding. >> of dave davidson, no affiliation. the economic and political situations in pakistan, are there any disincentives for them to not cooperate with saudi arabia in moving forward in nuclear development? yousef: let me say something about the state of the u.s.-saudi nuclear agreement. discussions have taken place on and offer a number of years. s

maybe an override from riyadh and they lost their energy minister.y have a new oil minister who spoke today about stabilizing the market, the need to marshall the countries together. what does that mean in practice from saudi arabia's perspective? >> they're clearly going through a generational shift. from their perspective, they have a whole host of new challenges that they have to balance. there's the reform agenda of the deputy crown prince and the royal family and how does that align with saudi aramco. in the past they had a conciliatory approach to opec. but in this state of play they have their own privates and their own economic reform they have to pursue. i think it's more important to focus on the fact that i think that from their perspective, opec as an organization is not as relevant. >> so clearly iran would like to return to the presanction outlet levels that it had. is there scope that tehran was calling for for some sort of deal at the national level that allows them to expand but brings overall production levels down? >> i think at th