saudi arabia. [laughter] i devoted my time to trying to figure this country out precisely because i think it is the one arab country that is truly strategic not only because it is the world's largest exporter of oil which sustains the western way of life, but because saudi arabia, i am convinced, will be critical in the ultimate resolution of what is the proper islam which is going on now between the radical jihadists, if you will, and the more modernizing muslims. and that very battle also goes on inside saudi arabia. to try to understand the society, i knew that it's like someone coming here to write a book about america. you wouldn't be able to go to washington and and claim to understand america. so i had to be confident that i could get outside of riyadh, their washington, and jeta, their new york. and i was permitted to over those five years. i went all over the country, and i saw all kinds of people, a lot of the royal family but also very poor people, men, women, young people, old people. a

so young saudis do worry just normal ordinary saudis, about what will happen. will these cousins, if you will, quarrel with each other when the time comes? because there are three basic units in the kingdom, a defense ministry, national guard, and the huge interior operation that watches people and guards the oil facilities. so a lot of saudis fear that some out each of these is run by a prince, three cousins, but they will perhaps fight with each other, which has happened in the past among the royal family. it's what brought down the second saudi state in the late 1880s. so if you're just a normal saudi talk about what is my plan b. and most people don't know what their plan b is. so there's a lot of nervousness, a lot of frustration. and because this is a country that has no experience whatsoever with self-governance, or even individual responsibility or civil society, they don't, most of them, a few talk about democracy, but most of them simply want what they describe as justice, and what they say they mean by that is a government that is more transparent, m

saudi arabia bought it out and nationalized it in the 1980s, and today, saudi aramco is the custodian and power. >> saudi aramco is a massive complex along the persian gulf, hundreds of miles east of the mega projects. over 16,000 people work here at the company's compound, which is like a little country with its own security force, schools, hospitals, even its own airline. abdallah jum'ah is president and ceo of saudi aramco. so this is your headquarters. >> this is our headquarters. >> and how big is aramco? >> saudi aramco is the world's largest oil-producing company. >> and in 2008, it was the richest company in the world, worth some $781 billion. >> this is the heart of our operation. this is the nerve center. >> it keeps going. look at this. this is gigantic. he gave us a tour of the company's command center where engineers scrutinize and analyze every aspect of the company's operations on a 220-foot digital screen. >> every facility in the kingdom, every drop of oil that comes from the ground is monitored in real time... >> in this room? >> in this room. and we have control of

saudis live on less than $1,000 per month.so indeed the wealth disparity has thinker among the lot of saudis. there is a young bird prints to tries to open up and revive the economy. the risk is it produces a backlash among the conservatives who don't want more changes and openness and opportunity for women that they say is the road to ruin. if you got to a religious back class -- backlash modernizers. said to that backlash, the author is the leader as a way to control this is to revert to the religiosity of the '80s and '90s after they attacked on the math:mosque saudis turn the country over to the religious fundamentalists than 20 years of that bread the tears that produced 9/11. so the saudis understand that but and say it could not happening again, but it is hard to do entirely rule out. the fourth option is chaos that leads to a collapse sparked by something like into the shed and saudis are passive but young people increasingly question why can't we have more? why does the royal family take more than their fair share? it

she says japanese fashions inspire saudi women. >> we hear about japan. we know it's something that has to represent confidence. when it comes to fashion, many girls here really adore japan and the way they dress themselves and they kind of try to emulate them in that way. >> reporter: this woman is the president of a tokyo-based cosmetics company. this is her first visit to this part of the world. she has come to learn firsthand about what saudi consumers want. >> translator: i've realized this is a country of deserts. what matters for them is protecting their skin from dryness and uv rays. >> reporter: she says the trade fair has helped her understand how to pitch her products. >> translator: i found they are even kenner to maintain the beauty of their skin than japanese women are. they have a strong aesthetic sense. >> reporter: opportunities are gradually opening up for saudi arabian women. more of them are working outside the home and pursuing higher education. japanese marketers are counting on such trends to reach consumers in this growing market.

she says japanese fashions inspire saudi women. >> we hear about japan. we know it's something that has to represent confidence. when it comes to fashion, many girls here really adore japan and the way they dress themselves, and they kind of try to emulate them in that way. >> reporter: this woman is the president of a tokyo-based cosmetics company. this is her first visit to this part of the world. she has come to learn firsthand about what saudi consumers want. >> translator: i've realized this is a country of deserts. what matters for them is protecting their skin from dryness and uv rays. >> reporter: morita says the trade fair has helped her understand how to pitch her products. >> translator: i found they are even kenner to maintain the beauty of their skin than japanese women are. they have a strong aesthetic sense. >> reporter: opportunities are gradually opening up for saudi arabian women. more of them are working outside the home and pursuing higher education. japanese marketers are counting on such trends to reach consumers in this growing mark

secretary of state john kerry had set off for saudi arabia in order to touch base with the rulers ofthe gulf monarchies including bihari and of course kuwait in just a few minutes we'll be looking into why the united states is a light itself with some of the region's most controversial. technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future of harvard. sometimes you see the story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know. is a big. deal to. you. so good to have you with us this evening i'm lucy kaplan of and of course you're watching r.t. well after his two day trip to egypt john kerry met with the foreign ministers of the gulf cooperation council has held talks with the region's leaders in saudi arabia this before flying to the u.a.e. and qatar well it speak now live with journalist neil clark a contributor contributor to the british guardian newspaper who has written extensively on the middle east sir thank you for joining us welcome to the progr

how did saudis look at each other, what was the society like, how did they look at their rulers, how did they look at us. and as i speak about saudi arabia, everyone constantly asks me why did you do that, why did you spend five years month after month going there dressed in my long, black clothes? my editor asked me that, actually, when i turned in the manuscript. she said, you know, why did you do this? and i said because it's interesting, and she said paris

why are we allowing the saudis to vet saudi applicants and jump to the head of the lines without going border patrol in the united states, is absolutely disturbing and bizarre and i think congress ought to hold hearings about this. >> we also do vetting. there's an issue about the saudi screening since our congressional research service describes them as a problematic ally in combatting islamic extremism and as you point out former florida senator bob graham, was co-chair with congressional inquiry coming out, i'm convinced there's a direct line between some of the 9/11 terrorists and the government of saudi arabia, we don't have that much faith in their screening when they tell us, this person can be fast-tracked and skip the line. we do our own screening here before we give them the special access pass. why shouldn't we feel okay about that? >> well, in fact, under the enhanced visa security program, that applies to saudi arabia after 9/11 and those countries that were considered to be major proponents of islamic terrorism, saudi arabia was not allowed to vet its own people. we vette

and we'll look at other, including the saudi connected.n he was convicted it was so politically charged the attorney general had to travel to saudi arabia and meet with both the king and the family of this convicted man. so, we will explore this in greater depth in just a bit here. president obama criticizing israel over its treatment of palestinians who live in the west bank, saying they should recognize palestinians' right to self-determination and justice. here is video of president obama arriving in the west bank earlier today, where he met with palestinian leaders. and meanwhile, the president was in israel and two rockets fired from gaza striking the southern's parts. it did not cause much damage and no deaths reported and believed the rockets may have been a show of protest. coming up right here on "america live," colonel of ralph peters will share his thoughts on what he says is the bigger story of what president obama may not have said yesterday about israel. and he is apparently on the same page as charles krauthammer was last ni

and by the end of the decade, we may exceed saudi arabia to be the world's number-one oil producer. we'll certainly gave saudi arabia a very good race for its money. >> here in texas, unconventional oil and gas drilling is helping to fuel the state's economy, directly and endirectly, creating nearly 580,000 jobs last year, and expected to account for 930,000 jobs by 2020. according to research from i ihs cera, over 1.7 million jobs areç tied to unconventional oi and gas development today, extending to every one of the lower 48 states, and rising to 3 million jobs by the end of the decade. building more pipeline capacity, including the key stone xcel pipeline, stretching from the canadian tar sands to the finer rich texas coast is also expected to drive employment growth.

futures and water derivatives and securitised water to make it something that only a sheikh and in saudi arabia accept all the water guy who's not in the top ten richest guys in the world ha ha ha ha ha all the while you little ponsonby you know the top ten on the forbes list hall ha i also think i was over. and citigroup bailed you out all the one wad saudi arabia turkey or whatever that you think you are you're a fake so two point six million californians relying groundwater so we're looking at the sinkhole of the cost therefore that has to go into it and in this case it looks like farmers are going to have to eat the cost monterey county farm bureau executive director norm groot said additional taxes or fees and expense of regulations would place an unwise burden on an ag industry already struggling in recent years who said he hadn't fully n.y.c. report in its recommendations but said local farmers have been bracing for a fertilizer fee and this is something we've seeing in europe of course with this horsemeat scandal as well sinkholes is the farmers are saying that they're not actual

saudi arabia. >> yes, exactly. this is why we have to be critical. when you have a state where for example it is said it's impossible for a woman to drop. to have access -- >> rose: islamic perceptions of islamic principles. >> exactly. interpretation which is a narrow literalist unacceptable interpretation of islam. nothing in islam can support this position. so this is why. we need to say look instead of having people from the west say do you know what, there is a in the majority of the muslim society because we are wearing stuff more than yesterday. that's not the point. lib rations for women have nothing to do with the way you dress it has to do with two things. the first access to education. and second, access to the job market. if you can get a job. and with the job having the same salary from the same skills because we still in the united states of america are dealing with these issues. that sometimes a woman get the same job with the same skills but less salary. >> rose: okay. you've said that tunisia. tunisian is true democracy coming out of

or from the european union or from turkey or from saudi arabia in the sense of supporting them in the way the libyan opposition has supported the opposition wants the d. and i think they have to establish a. support within them and they're now getting involved in training there and the u.s. is now getting involved in training that's. the point that's not support and that's not weaponry ok matthew general weapon matt if you jump in and you use. the rebels and then you train them to use them and that's not that's not arm support that's that's really semantic nonsense the fact the fact is they have no weapons from the west there's a you can't deny the facts the desperate for those weapons they don't have those weapons matthew go ahead. sure i mean we i think it's worth keeping in mind that john kerry said recently you know the u.s. would not be providing direct military support because he is he and other american officials are concerned about where these weapons are going to end up and you know . i think it's also worth keeping in mind that obama has changed his mind on this before and t

unfortunately some of the supporters of the syrian opposition the united states the europeans the saudis seem determined. to intensify their armed support their military support for the opposition that's going to make it very hard to get serious diplomacy going and it's going to keep the violence rolling along and is it too late for diplomacy no. not evil we should give diplomacy every chance for as long as possible and i think what currency what does the syrian opposition want to play because there's a syrian opposition want diplomacy and what. we have the evidence to support the fact that. has gone out of his way has upset his own rank and file in his own followers to open negotiations with a butcher a stage regime in damascus is no two ways about it this is a regime that's killed its own people maimed its own people and despite. fact that the syrian national council and even if an army or elements within it and al qaeda supporters inside the country that are hell bent on destroying the regime are going out of his way and repeatedly offered in the last two months with the us support i

department of homeland security has quietly made it easier for saudis to terne the united states. they will soon qualify for trusted traveler status. that was passengers who are considered low risk, bypass customs after they provide fingerprints and also passports. many law americas fear it jeopardizes security. brand new reports out revealing that jay leno is out and jimmy fallon is in. the tonight show will move back to new york next year with jimmy fallon as the host of the show. nbc is reportedly building a new studio for fallon inside 30 rock. >> heather? >> thank you very much, heather. jay leno may be looking for a job soon, but yesterday we were talking about veterans and yesterday was national hire a vet drain. here wi -- hire a veteran day. cheryl casone is here with more. >> i am double checking my web site. this is vet career fair.com. i want to give a shout out to them. they have been working closely with fox and friends in particular to bring in veterans in particular. some veterans are disabled they have issues faras far as travel. others are still on active duty in

osama bin laden born in saudi arabia. bin ladens are all over saudi arabia.government friendly, but a lot of times their curriculum is not, anti-americanism much part of it. yet, this was a shocking announcement in january, a program dealt with by janet napolitano and prince naaf, a handshake agreement they have moved up in status. >> steve: apparently department of homeland security is about to give saudi arabia trusted traveler status. what that means is currently the global entry program includes canada and mexico and south korea and the netherlands. now to that list they're going to add saudi arabia so that if you are a saudi arabian traveler, you will be able to go through the global entry process and essentially bypass customs. you can go through really, really fast. but given the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers are from saudi arabia, a lot of people are going, wait a minute. you got to be kidding. >> alisyn: of course. not only that, there hasn't been much progress since september 11. it's not as though they've made all sorts of reforms and that they

be transferred back to saudi arabian prison. have you been able to identify any connection or are you looking at a connection between clemens' murder and that particular case? >> we are looking at that particular case. again, looking at all possibilities. and we have to look at were there any motives? were there any threats against mr. clemens? and so certainly, you know, would anybody have a reason or a vendetta? so we're looking at that case. again, haven't received any specific information at this point in time that would cause us to solely focus our efforts on that case. but it certainly is a possibility and we have to, again, look at all avenues. >> all right. thank you very much, undersheriff paula presley for joining us to night. we continue to follow that story until there are answers. "outfront" next, vice president joe biden came out big time in support of an assault weapons ban. harry reid killed the bill. democrat v. democrat next. a man who served 22 years in prison for the murder of a new york rap yi bbi is release

arabia recently hedge fund in saudi arabia went bankrupt the saudi the saudi citizens and investors were bailed out and all the forces with rome under the bush so there are not many places you can actually go to where you go to switzerland very hard these days can you go to china what is the status of their banks so i think when you restore the rule of law in cyprus or you save cyprus still sorry going to be a good place to be. messages pink i wish we had more time with you belgian m.e.p. thank you very much your metaphor has definitely been taken on board and i'm sure they'll be more talk about that in the coming days. it was a it was an advise for free thank you. the hunger strike at guantanamo bay continues to gain momentum as human rights groups on criticized for ignoring the plight of the prisoners forty two days on as new detainees join the protests u.s. officials maintain inmates have never been mistreated an attorney who has represented several guantanamo bay prisoners says many of them remain behind bars even though they were cleared long ago. there are one hundred sixty si

the saudis are more concerned about terrorism than anybody in the middle east.o in that sense they're a pretty good gamble. but -- >> neil: you hope all the authorities in place are on the same page. >> inside saudi arabia there are also the extremists. so it makes me nervous and i hope this was well-considered and i hope we have some checks and balances. >> neil: i know i sound like i'm sticking with a bone here on this issue, what happened with this guy. but if that had been a bad guy, and he had made it to the cockpit, he could have slammed the door behind him, and he could have piloted that jet to god knows how. how quickly would thats have been able to stop it? >> i don't know if they would have stopped him. the choice of taking a plane town, when you have innocent people -- dick cheney had to face that choice when i was running around lower manhattan. dick cheney was sitting in the white house, trying to figure out do we take planes snout there were seven or eight planes -- >> neil: the possession was we would. >> yeah. but you don't want to have to make t

national coalition which is backed by the unites by the west and by the islamist regimes of turkey saudi arabia and qatar and then there's the domestic syrian opposition which is comprised of about twelve political parties who want political reform political changes and they want to do so with the syrian government's no completely opposed to foreign intervention in syria and they're completely opposed to taking our arms against the syrian government i think is very much alton's forward and says in the western realize that when western media and western politicians say the syrian opposition is actually to syrian opposition but in order to question what is it say to their. resignation we simply shows how divided house regularly noted the syrian national coalition is and that's no surprise given that it's quite simply a ragtag organization which is made up of started many different groups and largely occupied by islamist groups so i think it's very dangerous for western powers to actually invest any trust in the syrian national coalition and on the wall so who has actually voted these peopl

surpassed saudi arabia as the world's biggest fuel producer. we kicked saudi butt.at to see you. as i understand this, all right, crude oil, gasoline, biofuels, we beat the saudis in november and we beat them again in december and it looks like a new trend. you b.u. it? >> i do buy it. we can keep doing it over and over and over again provide the industry has the access to the natural resources that they need. here we have a problem. on state and private land we're doing very well. on federal land we're going backwards not forwards. net production on federal lands is now down from four years ago and permits for federal land production is also down by some 50% from four years ago. that's not a good sign. >> okay. i agree with that. we'll get to that. i want to know this. if we continue to produce, let's use the private sources, let's use the private stourks shale, fracking and so forth. won't we stand a decent chance of busting up once and for all this opec price cartel. isn't that what's going to happen here? >> absolutely provided, larry, one thing happens. we need

so they kept them inside and blew them up always so when they pan and i don't know one or more from saudi arabia. going to lurking there that i'm. not that i'm not going to go.

the end of the decade, this nation is expected to become the world's top oil superpower, outpacing saudi arabia in terms of production. >> with a combination of hydraulic fracturing otherwise known as fracing and horizontal drilling, the u.s. gas position has been turned around and today the united states is the largest producer of natural gas in the world, and by the end of the decade we may exceed saudi arabia tonight world's number one oil producer. we'll certainly give saudi arabia a very good race for its money. >> reporter: here in texas unconventional oil and gas drilling is helping to fuel the ate's economy, directly and indirectly, creating nearly 580,000 jobs last year and expected to account for 930,000 jobs by 2020. according to research from ihs sierra, over 1.7 million jobs are tied to unconventional oil and gas development today, extending to every one of the lower 48 states and rising to 3 million jobs by the end of the decade. building more pipeline capacity, including the keystone xl pipeline stretching from the canadian tarsands through the middle of the country to the

in turkey information about troops and counter intelligence in countries neighboring iraq such as saudi arabia and the gulf arab states he was the one who confirmed there would be no attacking from turkey guided by this information we relocated the adnan division from the mosul region closer to baghdad thus fortifying positions of the troops around the city the u.s. counter intelligence suspected we had a source in the department of defense and was deliberately exposing tons of all sorts of information but we knew which of the information was true we had information that the americans would invade as soon as they amassed seventy five thousand troops in the gulf about a month ahead of the invasion we sent a report to the command staff informing them that the american forces stationed in the gulf had swollen to seventy three thousand in strength coming close to the benchmark for launching the invasion at the same time the americans were faking leaks to make us believe the invasion would start somewhere in april may but we were certain that this would kick off any day now. does that mean t

secretary of state that is ation against iraq it is ironic given that turkey saudi arabia and qatar whoare strategic allies of america have been the ones responsible for the bloodshed in syria after their support for the syrian minutes and in the fall when the full model of cash weapons and islamist fighters so it's hypocritical for the us secretary of state to make it such a criticism of the syrian national coalition which is backed by the united by the west and by the islamist regimes all the saudi arabia and qatar is quite simply a ragtag organization which is made up of so many different groups and largely occupied by islamist groups so i think it's very dangerous for western powers especially invest any trust in the syrian national coalition and on them also who has actually flew to these people in certainly the syrian people haven't voted them in so i think they're very they're completely out of touch with the reality on the ground in syria the anger a strike among part prisoners at guantanamo bay and today forty eight their plight still struggling to garner wider attention attorn

you know saudi arabia and israel don't have any problems with each other as we know because those two countries are more concerned with well saudi is control of money and and security and stability in israel and saudi act as a proper counterweight for each other in the middle east but there's not going to be a massive change the big change that we're looking at is a shift there is a shift away from this kind of like allegiance to israel that is on capitol hill in washington d.c. splits appearing because americans are realizing that it's not in their best interest it's not in american interest to follow israel's agenda so therefore aipac is not it's not beneficial for aipac to be running the government and want to anymore as i have for the past thirty years on the other impact is going to impart to get some of his international nuclear talks with iran written recently we saw a glimmer of hope that talked about having more talks ahead what kind of impact would a reinforced u.s. is many partnership have on attempts to find common ground without that. that would have a negative impact. wh