saudi women are legally disband. and they are still not permitted to drive for conservative saudi men to equality for women is anathema. alyssa is it religion forbids women to show their faces in . most of them is difficult and dangerous for them to drive with a pale face and i wasn't so there's also a safety aspect of how it can be so good. sydney the second is a dangerous ocean is nothing but trouble on the street harassment of kidnapping they're all so ridiculous and there isn't an argument in its own about basic human right and there's no argument that that i even answered too i mean i just laughed and i think that joke you know that they're nothing fancy to. you cannot answer to any body that deprives you from your basic human right elbow twenty minutes. the idea of a true she is a psychologist and photographer and saudi arabia's most prominent women's rights activist today she's making two students were filming a documentary about their title saudi women are battling old traditions that are being upheld today b

arabia or the change with them qatar i was asking you about efforts that both saudi arabia and qatar have applied to change other countries to change syria you know better than i do that saudi arabia finances a lot of. insurgency let's call it that way insurgency activity is in serious i would call it terrorism saudi arabia also has interest in egypt saudi arabia also has an interest in libya and unfortunately they have a lot of money a lot of power to employ a man died vision for those countries so they're not giving really the people of. their own choice there they're trying to implement. it leave they have a lot of money. well why do you see a lot of money as a misfortune this is a photo and saudi arabia and emirates and other gulf countries in fact taking a lot of steps to help the arab world and the development of the investment and so on so i don't see i don't share your view without their say unfortunately so you see the saudi i see to it all seems this idea as i was listening to the fall of the aid for the by saudi arabia to egypt is set in the polls that but what about the h

islam is the state religion and the saudi version is especially conservative on the saudi wahhabi sect is considered by many to be similar to the taliban in afghanistan. i love that hat on i e e and women must be completely covered from head to toe. there have been some changes but these come with a snail's pace we has a few vocational colleges for women the women's integration into the world of work and their contact with men outside the family is frowned upon the students to we're still getting used to the idea the teachers union and school but this is the most teens did it at maximum. yes trying to make him understand that that's not enough money should go their way in the top and straight to where it was so odd. and that's it just a few years ago when practically unthinkable for women to be in without a male guardian. and the students you want to work what a bowl. winning the need to achieve here teams. and the have bluetooth post. you can no more excuse not to be a more extended to skate. we returned to medina all true. showing the documentary makers some of her photographs. they

it is a positive signal the deposit of faith by saudi our site you agree that you can convince the saudis that it's gonna be alright it can be it tried to get the glow of pres obama will hear next month when he loves me out is that there is extreme skepticism about whether the rest over the reins of doing in the middle east can be reined in. if there is this nuclear agreements taking them to read for decades before the americans could sit down with the iranians and come to some agreement i don't see how being six months for these questions can be resolved with the clean up went the traditional allies in the states of being locked out of this discussion the saudis up through a very angry that they eat these in negotiations before conditions actually begun with a well that also conducted behind the backs of the sun is no way the americans to treat the tradition alive. bear in mind that it is this region that has helped the americans it is this region. it stands to lose a great deal if a property right and wrong. and it doesn't. as i think saudis and the rest of the causes of the people of t

/saudi relationship right now. >> reporter: that's right and i understand that the saudis in recent monthsr the -- this deal that the u.s. and russia brokered over the chemical weapons in iran, when they saw that the syrians were not giving up their chemical weapons, that they're going to be stepping up their support to the opposition and basically the message to the administration has been, look, we're not working with you on this. we're going alone, we're going to work on behalf of our best interests. if you look at what's going on in egypt, as you said, the saudis are the ones, along with the united arab emirates, that are making up the difference in terms of the aid to the egyptians that were cut over this -- over the attempted coup of president morsi. and so the saudis more than ever are going it alone. don't see the u.s. as a very reliable ally. and i think president obama wants to go back and try and reconnect. one of the things that a lot of arab experts have said is, saudis are really used to a very close relationship with u.s. presidents and you really haven't seen that between s

the pakistani military chief was in saudi arabia. there was talks that the two sides may hold military manoeuvres. a growing relationship strategic and economic. >> live for us there in islamabad. thanks for that. >> an indian anticorruption campaigner resigned from his position after politicians blocked a law to investigate fraud. >> in office seven weeks, the chief minister. kejriwal makes an ultimate statement. >> today my government resigns, if i have though sacrifice 100 times to get the bill i will >> the bill had powers to investigate public officials. legislate juniors from other parties argued the proposal is unconstitutional, because it has not been approved by the federal government. >> arvind kejirwal is disrespecting the law. hitler and mousso leany were like this. this is dictatorship. >> if you read the last line of the lieutenant governor's letter, it mentions that the bill cannot be mentioned in the house until it has his approval. kejriwal reformed a party to spectacular success. he challenged utility companies whil

it's -- saudi arabia is huge. so with all the money the saudis have, they still have to deal with serious problems. >> well, marwan, once again, i have to thank you for being so thoughtful, so insightful, and always wonderful to have you here. [applause] congratulations. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> is there a nonfiction be author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> next on booktv, hugh hewitt talks about the elements that go into obtaining happiness. this is about an hour. >> thank you, jonathan, quite a lot, actually. it is always great to be back at the nixon library, especially on the eve of the 101st anniversary of former or president nixon's birth, especially to celebrate with friends of the library who come often. as many of you know, in late 1988 the phone rang. i was working for president reagan in his administration, and on the other end was former president nixon asking me to come back to your baa linda to o

-saudi partnership is as important today as it's ever been.many of my colleagues and former colleagues in the audience have lived through lots of charging times in the gulf and in the middle east, but i think the array of challenges across the region right now that animates the efforts of both united states and saudi arabia is probably as complicated as any i've seen in the three decades that i've been an american diplomat. objectively, there's a great deal to be gained by working together in dealing with the challenges, even though we are bound to tactical differences. even though there are bound to be mutual suspicion some time to time. but whether it's in dealing as mentioned in my remarks with the challenge of gulf security and the continuing challenge posed by iran's behavior on the nuclear issue but also well beyond it, a huge challenge of syria and the consequences a continuing civil war has for the rest of the region, the challenge of supporting very complicated transition in very different places across the region, whether it's in dan

saudi arabia next month. hugo chavez is accusing washington of plotting with antigovernment protesters. it came on the same day that leopoldo lopez reappeared. newly two weeks of antigovernment demonstrations. a big challenge to the rulers. before this, we can talk to edward a rios, who is a venezuela specialist. how are these protests? >> they are a threat to the government in the sense that they can lead to something larger. what they are now is a social corruption. but she has not yet shown her face. the other thing is, finally something is happening. the entire economic situation. >> this called for the mass lopez.- leopoldo ,> he first went into politics and then he created his own political party, an important party in venezuela. , he wont point on several local elections. he has differentiated himself in strategy. shouldegy the opposition take. he says the opposition should elections and build itself up. he sees this on the street, as he calls it, a more viable solution. >> thank you for joining us. a

saudi arraign has gotten a lot of criticism, but in march, president obama is going to saudi arabia on a "fence mending trim." ten the the criticism in the report, where we heard the current acting hundreds of lashes being given to someone in saudi arabia. will president obama say this should not happen. we aren't going to stand by your side, if you whip someone repeatedly for speaking out on human rights. >> when someone like this comes out, is it a subject of conversation when leaders meet. >> sometimes it is. and i would say it always should be. my job, and others in the state department are always putting the human rights points on the agenda, for the president, for the secretary, for other leaders. sometimes it makes it in, and sometimes it doesn't. a range of plays where we out to be seeing more. >> another short break, and when we come back, we will focus on al jazeera's global day of action, in h support of our four degrees still being detained in egypt, this is inside story. i must begin my journey, which will cause me to miss the end of the game. the x1 entertainment operatin

what rebel groups it likes i mean they call them moderates i still don't know who they are and the saudis are pouring in all kinds of military hardware i mean you're sitting in geneva trying to find a peaceful resolution and you have all of this money all of this equipment guns and violence going into the country or how can you talk about peace when there are outside parties fueling it on. well to two answers to that there are two comments one is that yes there are there are certainly proxy elements important proxy elements of of this conflict you have the united states on one side and the saudis here and you have russia on the other side and the iranians so i mean you have a you have you have proxies right to the right and proxies to the left but proxy warfare you can't simply say let's stop doing the proxy warfare you that's just talking into the wind you can't simply say let's have peace that's talking into the wind the way you get to pieces you don't wait for necessarily for a cease fire or even for the end of proxy warfare or you start the talks right now . brahimi leaves and he says

saudi arabia has gotten a lot of criticism in this report, but in march president obama is going to saudi arabia in march on a quote/unquote fence mending trip. and giving someone 600 lashes, will president obama say to the king of saudi arabia, this should not happen. our relationship will impacted by this. we will not stand on your side for whipping someone for speaking out on human rights. >> when something like this comes out from state department is it a conversation when leaders meet? >> sometimes it is, and it always should be. my job and others in the state department are always putting the human rights points on the agenda for the president, the secretary, and other leaders. there are a range of places where we ought to be saying more. >> we're going to take another short break. when we come back we're going to focus on al jazeera's global day of action in support of our four colleagues still being detained in egypt. this is inside story. al jazeera america. we open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the

iam glad you brought up relationship with that with the saudis that is relationship that washington's views as very strategic of sutter it is an important player in the region and a player that is not at all that happy with the ongoing negotiations engagement but washington is currently having with its arch rival in the region the hat on. so the president has a lot of soothing to do there especially that the saudis broker openly with washington in the past year on several issues one of which was syria they were very disappointed how present on bomb backed away from conducting air strikes on not on syria at a time when french president along seemed to ready to go inside is very much appreciated that president obama threw that ball in the laps of congress and then backed away from it but also on egypt where it began a very important and pivotal country in the region and where on the side arabia has been more firmly backing the president of the eos are the military there who might become president and general cc. any americans have a very different point of view to the same number of iss

>> saudis are incredibly worried about this deal.y have made all kinds of newses that down the road, if iran gets a nuclear bomb, they're going to get a nuclear bomb. piece with iran, they go for a nuclear bomb. and last thing you want is a nuclearized middle east, whether iran or saudi arabia, going for the bomb. once one country gets it, a lot of other countries make a run for it. israel, other countries. you don't want to see that happen. and that's a huge concern. you really want to calm the saudis down and say this deal doesn't mean we're going to be bffs with iran. >> and the other issue we're waiting to see if news will be made will be on syria. what are we thinking could come from this, if anything? but what do we think might go on behind the scenes in terms of the concerns of saudi arabia? >> saudi arabia was really upset at the deal that we did with russia to get the chemical weapons out of syria. and they just -- they feel the u.s. has pledged for a long time to get assad out, president bashir al assad and have not done an

bae lands a deal in saudi arabia. it agrees on a new higher price for a long-awaited typhoon jetfighter deal. good morning. welcome. you are watching "the pulse" live from bloomberg european headquarters in london. i am guy johnson. francine is off today. let's tell you what we have got coming up. we are live with carlsberg's ceo. with clashes in the ukraine escalating, we are going to talk to him about the brewer's big presence in this country and what it means for him. is istails on what happening in the ukraine, the violent clashes taking lives. the number of dead continues to climb after the bloodiest episode of the three-month standoff. ryan chilcote joins us with the of contextnd a bit that we need surrounding these stories. these pictures are amazing. ring us up to speed with the latest development. >> bloodiest day in these protests in three months now. bloodiest day in ukraine's 25-year history, 25 people killed, 350 injured. both sides increasingly entrenched. last night we had the police telling women and c

>> i think it is quite possible we will surpass the oil production of saudi arabia.hink it's more important to the psychology of u.s. policy making than it really is to world oil markets. >> the amount of oil produced now is way up from what it used to be, and yes, i suspect in the next couple years we'll pass saudi arabia and russia. >> will the u.s. get to 10 million barrels a day? it's possible but better than even money that we won't. >> reporter: the opinion of energy and gee logical experts we interviewed ran the course. there are a sea of oil wells popping up all over the country. some traditional, and some used for hydraulic fracturing or fracking. unlike conventional oil that can be tapped right up through a well bore in the ground, fracking involves moving horizontally interest a layer of shale rock 7,000 feet under ground. after the bore is cased with steel, the rock is shocked and blaster with water, sand ex chemicals creating cracks in the shale that release trapped oil and gas. it's causes places look north carolina, south texas and even california to g

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after all the united states certainly does not share the views of saudi arabia but saudi arabia is consideredone of america's closest allies. i was warned in the soviet union and i remembered vividly in 1959 i was still quite small but i remember on russian tv i saw vice president richard nixon appearing with nikita khrushchev the soviet leader at the first american exhibition in moscow and there were very interesting exchanges between khrushchev and nixon. nixon said to khrushchev at that time he said mr. prime minister i understand that you believe that americans are going to live under communism and that is what khrushchev had stated. he said this is fine as long as you accept that you have your system, we have our system and we don't have a right to change them by force of coercion. you are aware and 2013 sometimes you get an impression that the american position is that they are not under good relations. it would actually require other countries to move closer to our political system and believes. to what extent is it a problem in u.s.-russian relations and do you think the obama adminis

saudi arabia is one of america's closest allies. i was born in the soviet union and remember in 1959, i was still small, but i remember on russian television seeing vice president nixon appearing with the soviet union. there were interesting exchanges. and nixon said for the time, prime minister, i understand that your belief is that americans are going to leave on communist and he said that is fine as long as we accept you have your system, we have ours, and we will not try to change them. this is 1959. here we are in 2013, and you get the impression in order to have good relation we require other countries to move closer to our beliefs. do you think the obama administrati administration has the might mix on human rights? >> this is a constant issue in u.s.-soviet and u.s.-russian relations. the russians always say we criticize them for things we don't china or saudi arabia for. russia is a european country, they are a member of the counsel of europe, and signed on to conventions of agreements where they are supposed to adhere to t

if a guy brings us his story is saudi arabia being gay could be punished by death. so jail time the last four years ago the employees of the saudi consulate the los angel is found out that their colleague ali off the series is gay saudi arabia has stripped syria of his diplomatic passport and insisted that he could back to his homeland syria turned to the u.s. government for silence and you would think washington that claims to be vigorously defending gay rights around the globe would at the blink of an eye help this gay saudi man guaranteed persecution want to up to this day a serious status has been up in the air and i'm joined by his friend ali thank you so much for coming thank you and having a diplomat himself is not willing to speak publicly at the moment mr sciri says that if he goes back to his country he could be killed in broad daylight as he said why do you think is he was stalling that his asylum for the united states is experiencing a. phenomenon where it is willing to violate its own domestic laws to please the saudi monarchy and this is what the obama

china is saudi arabia's number two trading partner.i don't know the figure but over five years from 2007 to 2012, trade was up about 188%. there is a need definitely not only for trade finance but for other forms of lending in that market. >> cheers, thanks for that. else get you over to what is going on. less than two months into 2014, global investors have pulled more money out of emerging markets than all of last year. what are people telling you? is this expected to continue? >> yes. that is the sense in the market. more selloff expected. capital outflows are showing no signs of abating. we saw stocks, currencies from developing nations rise this month. that is probably just hariri. here is a look at the fallout so far. $4.5 billion withdrawn from funds last week. that brings the total for the billion. shy of $30 for all of 2013, the amount was $29.2 billion. take a look at the msci emerging markets index, down 4.5% this year so far. short sellers increasing bets, em stocks will extend their decline. retail investors led the exit.

saudi arabia expressed frustration that the u.s. is not doing more to support the rebel forces. >> eight were killed in violence in nigeria, including a christian family of seven. it's the latest violence to hit the region. earlier this week more than 40 were killed when gunmen stormed a church. it was suspected that boko haram was behind the attack. >> this is all that's left of the church that was attacked. the attackers came through the door, some on motorcycles, and some jumping out of vehicles, and attacked the parishioners on both sides of the church. the violence was so intense the roof of the church practically caved in. many of the parishioners tried to escape through the windows, but they are basically barricaded because of fears and concerns about security in this area. some of the parishioners dashed to the back of the church. you can see there's a window there. we understand some people did manage to escape and fled into the bush. many met their death here in the church. those that survived, that got out alive, are bein

moving on to lead the saudis the bundle is not much fun that a copy of missing persons is nearing it's not all bought activists see threats by the country's intelligence agencies have increased. not much all the lights of religion the sleeplessness is just the ease of use only see some of our activists who said he would stage a sit in outside the un headquarters and the capper to the brutal attack and has pt attempts and seventy minus one is from above and participants a dvr and the bishop of security he continued his officers to abandon the march. two lessons of moscow's in the punjab province. the indy mediation has become a new duty of the monarch of the above listed. it's a good ally. which leaves me with the sun meaning that it didn't was that door and i will astound me with the village hall for jess's began tumbling into the concrete and docile cool book and even in seeking god and of course abducted by security forces and spy agencies but which affected his team some eighteen thousand people have gone missing in the pasta news from the province. i kissed me on appeal keypad mini

great news out of saudi arabia.re symptomatically what is happening in the wider industry with defense budgets being cut. >> saudi arabia is good news and important for bae in the long term. relationship is critical. good news for them. essentially, what investors were looking for was good news and state, they are getting good news and another decline. i think folks were hoping maybe the decline from the western spending, retrenchment in the u.s., looks like 2014 will be the bottom. >> throughout this period, the u.s. contractors have done incredibly well, the market has taken a benign view. is this an indicator of an area -- maybe we are going to see a revision and a new look at this sector. >> one thing i think companies including bae have done, they have been aggressive on cost cutting. defense deals are long-term, you know if the budget is cut now, the money does not disappear for years. 2 years or 3 lockheed martin, bae, they have all announced site closures, consolidation. that's would ha -- that is what has b

the saudis want to see action and not words. they are distressed tone the geneva deal and over the nuclear weapon's program. and they are worried about iran's support for terrorist like hams and hesbollah. and there is a huge range of issues to cover and on the iranian front there is not much difference between the position of saudi arabia and the position of israel. one of the few things that bring them together. 500 million is the first deposit in the iranian bank account. but over the weekend mr. ambassador, you had the foreign minister of iran saying they are not willing to give up research on centerrefuges. this country hasn't changed at all. >> they anyhow what they were doing when they negotiated the againeva deal. and in exchange for unfreezing the assets. what they are saying this is the deal you agreed to and you can live with it. just this morning the press is reporting the chief eu investigator said it may take longer to negotiate a comprehensive solution and we should take the time necessary. that is reading out of

. >> saudi arabia's billionaire prince is beating buffett. that story is coming up. good morning to our viewers in europe, good evening to those in asia, and a very warm welcome to those just waking up in the u.s. i am guy johnson. i am francine lacqua. this is "the pulse," live from london. step for mankind, one giant leap for bloomberg television. breaking down the business of zero gravity. to our top stories, francois hollande's visit to the u.s. begins today. politics, taxes, and technology top the agenda. man is pretty joins us with more. this is very important -- manus cranny joins us with more. this is very important after his personal scandal. >> no drama obama white house. on a more serious note, the protocol is not top of the agenda for francois hollande. the worst ratings of a sitting president, below 20%. a personal mulling -- a personal mauling in the press over his private affairs, and in the press someone who increased millionaires. he has 70 industrialists with him. -- apany that kerry i company that carries more people, alston ceo. iran, theria, ukra

in saudi it's about 9.7 million, three times more. new production facilities cost billions to bring online and venezuela has issues that the saudis don't place. saudis can afford it, they can't. 800,000 of venezuela oil a day or consumed domestically at highly subsidised prices, as low as a penny. you can fill up your car for the same as a candy bar here. the deposit in caracas is unable to turn a profit. as part of a pact in former hugo chavez made with caribbean nations subsidised oil flows to cuba, jamaica and haiti. venezuela has been a top supplier of oil in the united states. but the recent shale boom in north america led to experts dropping to 28-year lows. venezuela borrowed between 40 and 50 billion from the chinese to pay for social spending. the latin american company is in the process of paying its asian partner back in oil, roughly 300,000 barrels a day going over. increased shipping costs keep the costs down, and all of that doesn't leave room for the oil giant venezuela to make money on the raw resource. this combined w

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the president is hoping to pacify saudi concern over the interim nuclear deal the u.s. struck with iran. saudi arabia has expressed frustration that they are not doing anything more to support rebels in syria. >>> a battle between protesters and the government in thailand. >> this is exactly the sort of buildup to sunday's election that everybody in thailand had feared. these people moving down this road here are anti-government protesters. they are coming from one of the central bangkok stages. just a few meters down the road here. also in the area is a pro-government group. as these protesters have been moving down hire, there has been a lot of gunfire coming from somewhere and also explosions. there is very little security in this area. some soldiers unarmed. and some police. but very little security at the moment. as you can see, the protesters moving down this road. this was an area of bangkok the security forces both military and police have warned could see violence on election day. we haven't even reached a day yet and already a lot of gunfire and explosions her

many times the saudi's will feed intelligence to the u.s. that is intended to benefit the regime in saudi arabia and not necessarily the stated aim of u.s. counterterrorism program. they rely on a tour is the corrupt units within the yemeni -- they rely on the tour is the correct units within the yemeni military. often times they'll use the u.s. aid to target yemeni dissidents or to be used in defense of various factions within the many state. the short answer is, yes, there's a limited u.s. military human intelligence presence on the ground, but most of it, the overwhelming majority, is outsourced to the majority is lee -- notoriously corrupt saudi regime inside yemen. >> when we come back after a minute, we will continue with jeremy scahill as well as glenn greenwald. they have just co-author their first piece for their new online publication called the intercept. we will link to it at democracynow.org. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] recorded in 1964 singing "what did you learn in school today?" this is democracy now!, democracynow.org,

saudi arabia expressed frustration that the u.s. is not doing nor to support syrian rebel forces. >> a leak by former contractor edward snowden shows editor of "the guardian" destroying documents that edward snowden sent to them. the broig ordered -- british government ordered the paper to turn over the documents and legal action if the leaks were published. they watched the journalist destroy the computers in the "guardian's base: >> secretary of state john kerry is meeting with top opposition leaders of ukraine in germany. they want the west to demand the ukrainian government stop its use of violence. we have this report from a protest leader who claimed he was abducted and tortured. the images may be graphic and disturbing. >> when the police arrived to arrest him opposition activist dmytro bulatov was recovering in intensive care, a matter of hours after surgery. >> protesters and members of parliament were on standby to prevent him being taken into custody. including vitaly klitschko. >> translation: absolutely absurd things ar

saudi arabia is considered one of america's closest allies. i was born in the soviet union and i remember vividly back in 1959, i was still quite small but i still remember the vice president richard nixon appearing with khrushchev and there was very interesting exchanges between khrushchev and nixon and dixon said to khrushchev at that time mr. prime minister i understand that you believe that americans are going to live under communism. that is what khrushchev stated and he said this is fine as long as we accept that you have your system, we have our system and we will not try to change it. so this is 59. in 2013, now sometimes you get the impression that the american position is that in order to have good relations we actually require other countries to move closer to our political system and our beliefs. to what extent is it a problem in the u.s. russian relations in the obama administration with a the focus on national interest in human rights or would you prefer to see it differently? >> guest: this has been a constant issue in u.s. sovi

elsewhere in their region hope could be behind these lapses organizing it all in your opinion it's saudi arabia there is no question about this group that are sponsored by some members of the monarchy the royal family they are sponsoring this because it's essential it's crucial for them to topple assad because allow him to say only in power because then they would do there would be some backlash in the future if they allowed him to stay on because they've already stated that they want to topple him and of course iran could be next so i definitely say saudi arabia this movement their. defense consultant line from birmingham in the u.k. thank you so much for your views here in our international. and stay with iraq the country's army has stepped up its bombardment on the city of fallujah reportedly had a full on the ground offensive. that the city was seized by militants connected to al qaida in early january and has been under intense shelling for days the government's been holding off from sending in troops to give local tribesmen time to oust insurgents security in iraq has been getting

close to saudi arabia they keep quiet about it. i haven't seen. one single time that has condemned over your eyes well these were the scenes of the second anniversary of bahrain's uprising with thousands protesting peacefully in the streets this time it is already a lot noisier with the opposition planning a three day long protest and the authorities beefing up security. and. we reiterate our main demand secure all unlawful rights without any hesitation we are ready to make new sacrifices for this in the name of our homeland we will demand just retribution for all those who killed our sons and those who ordered the killings last month bahrain's crown prince selman called for another round of negotiations to end the violence but with two failed attempts already and the world family refusing to budge and protesters demands hardly anyone in this gulf state believes there may be any breakthrough soon alexy russia ski r.t. human rights groups have repeatedly sounded the alarm over the brutal tactics used by cranes police against protesters julie le ale

the pakistani military held manoeuvres with the saudis. as you mentioned, there is the prospect that the saudis may be interested in buying the jointly produced fighter yet, the jf 17. >> anti-government demonstrators in ukraine have entered a third month. women are playing a role and defending the capital's main square. we have this report from kiev. >> 20-year-old yuliaz as come to join the revolution, at the command center. new recruits are here vetted. he is ukrainian and lives in london. anunlikely member of the opposition women's brigade. the first time i seen how they burned the buses. i went to the. it's a dangerous situation. what are you prepared to do. >> not sure when we'll be in the country. >> she is among several hundred women eager to play a role in ongoing protests. that means being ready to fight. before being allowed to police the barricades, julio and others receive basic training. >> for these young recruits being trained, how to avoid arrest and what to do in a riot situation. if there are any more clashes these young

twelth now a saudi was never an active member or a contributor to that group and he has been living in legal limbo in virginia for years as a result of this section of the immigration law so some lawmakers have become vocal supporters of this change to the law in a press statement senator patrick leahy said quote the existing interpretation was so broad as to be unworkable it resulted in deserving refugees and asylum is being barred from the united states for actions so tangential and minimal that no rational person would consider them supporters of terrorist activities but not everyone agrees with the obama administration's recent move senator jeff sessions released an opposing statement saying that it is deeply alarming that the obama administration would move unilaterally to relax admissions standards for asylum seekers and potentially numerous other applicants for admission who have possible connections to insurgents or terrorist groups we need to tighten security standards for asylum not relax them even further so this move a. more inclusive immigration standards comes after the p

it seems as though saudi arabia hasn't even fallen asleep, let alone awakened yetment. [laughter] yet. and they do, nonetheless, have a considerable capability for mischief fueling sectarian conflict in syria. they're not responsible alone for that, but they're certainly instrumental. and with the possibility of any moderating influence of the united states which now is on the verge of energy independence, what's going to happen to saudi arabia and what sort of impact are they going to have on the rest of the arab world? >> saudi arabia has made it clear that in general with the exception of syria they are against what is going on in the arab world. they don't see this as a historical transformation process. they see this as an arab inferno, a revolutionary process that is going to really ruin the arab world, etc. and they see the world, i think, in terms of two prisms, be you will, a sunni/shiite prism and a status quo change prismment -- prism. and these are not always, you know, converging. and so in most, in most of arab world they see it in terms of status quo vers

the saudis have major problems with the israelis on any number of issues. i'm not sure we are looking at an overt honeymoon between the king of saudi arabia and prime minister of israel. it is an interesting reflection about the u.s. role. >> and the fact israel has to consider every option to keep itself from any nuclear strength of iran. i have to leave it there, aaron. sorry. promise you'll come back though. >> i will. >> thank you so much. this is such an important issue. >> sure. >>> we have new details on a baby boy kidnapped from his wisconsin home. the infant was found alive and well in a plastic storage crate outside an iowa gas station during frigid temperatures yesterday. the suspect kirsten smith pretended to be pregnant then stole her half sister's baby. >>> all of this severe winter weather has caused a real emergency healthwise. the recent snowstorms forced the cancellations of nearly a thousand blood drives in 33 states. the red cross is saying they are desperately in need of blood donations. among the worst shortages, type o-negative, the u

however, in terms of saudi nationals, it's still around 11.7%.break that number down even further, about 30 ers of the unemployed are young people. if you break that down .look at male versus female, male unemployment is around 2.8% and the rest of that is female unemployment. how are they going to create sectors for women to go into? when i speak to women in saudi arabia, professionals, they say we're sick and tired of hearing the story of women coming out of saudi arabia is whether or not we can drive. it's a much bigger picture. in terms of what's happening in saudi arabia, check it out. >> what time is it on tonight? >> 2300 cet. >> we'll look out for that. >>> if you, like hadley, drive an aston martin, obviously probably be taking it back to the showroom. they're recalling cars made since 2007. a chinese supplier was thought to have used a fake plastic piece in the accelerator. all of its right hand drive models built since may 2012. i said earlier there wasn't any -- to this. nothing has happened, but aston martin have said it may cause so

it's not saudi arabia, it's not attorney. it's more the democratic and china. i'm not sure that giving it -- >> host: is more democratic than china is frankly i believe it is your you do have different political parties. the range of views in the parties that are in the duma may not be that wide, and they are certainly more internet freedom. there is a really rule of law. there may be more rule of law in china in some ways but russia, i think russia and china are rather different stages of political development. >> host: we will take a short break. >> on the go? afterwards is available via podcast to itunes and xml. visit booktv.org and click podcast on the upper left side of the page. select which podcast you would like to download and listen to "after words" while you travel. >> host: when you talk to russian officials, they often would tell you there is a tendency in the united states, and more broadly in the west, and sometimes without good evidence. you mentioned in your book a man called -- a man who was a former agent officer of the kgb, the federal secu