remember, saudi arabia is a member of g-20. saudi arabia is the biggest economy in the middle east. saudi arabia should be compared to the bricks countries. saudi arabia should be compared to the japan and united states. the stock market in saudi arabia is beyond any suspicion or doubt. that's what has to be -- that what has to happen by "forbes" before we engage in discussion with them. >> and have you seen any negative implications in saudi arabia as a result of what they published? >> not really. thanks god the integrity of kingdom holding and the integrity of bin talal is beyond the rumors of a magazine that a suit is very much in doubt. >> let's move on to some of our other investment, prince alwaleed, because you have knee-deep stakes in news corp., 21st century, one of the leading investors there, as well as citi. talk to us about news corp., 21st century. are you keeping both stocks post-split? >> yes, i am very glad of the move that my partner, my friend rupert murdoch have taken in splitting the empire, the conglomerate empire of news corp. into two parts, the publishing c

that the two countries qatar and saudi arabia are actually competing in exporting hard line islam to the region and thus you know it all comes out to control who will control the region through hardline islam well let me tell you something actually decided it be a lot but could not do anything on its own there is support from different parts of the word for these things as russia supporting syria so that it is a gaze so it's like a game it's like a football game everybody tends to put the ball in the other. person's field all governments feel it's a game of power and and this is blankly you know name and naming get down to the court and distilling every single. agenda and the region to the core it's not that did it because it's about this thought about it that it's not about it's about who has more power and that and whether it is by islamic agenda by democratic agenda and what evidence you can put to it it is a fight for power. so we're going to take a short break now coming up next what's up for levanon and saudi arabia how watertight is it when it comes to revolutions stay tuned.

saudi arabia u.a.e. and gather in bahrain and oman were all able to haul out their checkbook and deliver a little bit of what people were asking for ramped up the social programs they were able to decrease unemployment's social spending in saudi arabia is a grand thing are also triggered by delays owners and so to unleash jihad is seen to syria is well ok documented well that's i mean. obviously obviously that's. on lease jihad us into syria send troops across the causeway to bahrain i mean obviously they're foreign and domestic policies are are rather different not so but never when there's a border to be crossed charlie do you want to weigh in there and let's let's go let's let's remember the world is not a perfect place and the art of foreign policy is not a perfect place and there's no necessary consistency between how you deal with one nation state versus how you deal with another. in a lot of this stuff i remember henry kissinger once at a conference i was at you know said listen he says you have a

all right so we're going to take a short break now coming up next what's up for levanon and saudi arabia how watertight is it when it comes to revolutions stay tuned. wealthy british soil the sun. is not on my list for. the markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. i would rather i asked questions to people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question more. the civilized world produces more food than it needs. while people die of hunger in other countries. millions of victims every year. where a meal is the most about nutrition. oh yeah. the band is flood or droughts to blame. and it was a bad year without a train to madness we couldn't clods anything with the one who would it all there was great hunger at the joints are. above is a good help comes too late and without good intentions. charity diplomacy and business going out to. a land. where all tol

extremist way if you were up to you would be the first thing that you would change for women in saudi arabia. the very first thing well the first the very first thing is just establish. a woman. you know recognizing women as a human being. having. put on that list of. equal . and punishment and rights this is the first. which called for. rewriting of the. constitution or writing a constitution that because you have laws we don't have a constitution you are a very outspoken person how does the saudi royals react to that aren't you afraid that you may be called back to saudi arabia and punished for what you're saying or for you for what you're fighting for i do not. if you go out afresh and you say something. for the just as a truth i'm not fighting said that it be and i'm not fighting the law and i'm not fighting the government i'm not fighting the king i'm not fighting anything i'm calling quote unquote therefore that's what i'm calling for i'm not going in thought of that you should i respect my kink i respect my government for the government for the very wise men and. good abia that is a l

yemenis's no end to the returning from saudi arabia. they are angry. this man was born in saudi arabia and lived there most of his life. >> we were deported in a bad way, we had no right to go back for even our belongings. they told us we have nothing anymore. >> yes, ma'amny officials confirm that thousands of expatriates have been deported this enew law is going to cut the number of foreign workers entering the country. >> if you are not working with the original sponsor and they tissue they arrest you and destroy your paperers -- papers and then deport you. >> millions of yes, ma'amnies live just across the board for the saudi arabia and send home $2 billion annually a huge help for their country's economy. so for most yes, ma'amnies the expulsion of their countrymen bad. audi arabia is >> these deporting as will not only affect us economically, it will increase unemployment which will in turn affect security. the impact will not be confined to yellen -- yemen alone but will affect the entire region. >> many yes, ma'amnies remember their culture of

in london you want to apply that because you know you have saudi arabia and qatar in the united states. but they have very different interests in syria radically different. been pushed into a corner and you made the remark. the republican establishment has from the beginning been trying to portray him as a lily livered president who's been leading us from from the behind that's the phrase he's leaving us from behind so in order to appear tough he said that this is a guy that had so we're going to still is a guy that has a weekly kill that starts. that's right he you know in or in order to appear tough he made the statement which i think i think he's regretting he said if assad uses chemical weapons that's a red line that immediately created an incentive for people who want to induce american intervention and they forged evidence saying assad used chemical weapons which frankly is is insulting to the intelligence intelligence of every ordinary citizen because chemical weapons were last used in iraq. and for the chemical weapons to be used saddam hussein had to fly fourteen sorties i thi

diplomats are very depressing find syria that's a very depressing thought that saudi arabia would be playing that role kelly go right ahead because there are certainly fueling on the hardest activities in syria absolutely i think this i mean this sounds very trite but it all depends on your point of view. when you you ask the question of whether we should or i think you asked the question that whether we should be still arming the rebels well if you want to continue the the military stalemate yeah i think continuing to support the rebel groups whether those weapons get in the wrong hands or not will continue the civil war the ongoing conflict and prevent assad from have. thing at all to make victory this the ultimate detriment is that the people who will suffer the most most. if you are a science group. on the other side the russians iranians it would be better to get this to a bargaining table stop arming the rebels so that assad would continue maybe getting that momentum on the battlefield and feel as though he is in control enough to come so the talks if he is in control of those

unofficial truce between saudi arabia and israel is.ause, remember, sabia has a king -- saudi arabia has a king, but unlike other monarchies where you go from father to son, in saudi arabia you go from brother to brother. they're now all in their 80s or 90s, and so while they might have a truce with the jewish state today, tomorrow they could be just as hot tile as iran -- hostile as iran is. of. jenna: and we're just touching on the surface, aren't we? there's so many different ideological and ethnic and religious differences in the region, gives us something to talk about next time, and we never really seem to run out of things to talk about, michael. great to have you, thank you. l. >> thanks, jenna. jon: screaming volcanos, not a new rock band. it is actually the sound scientists detect just before a volcano explodes. why it could one day save lives. jon: a new discovery could help scientists predict when a volcano is about to blow its top. just before alaska's mount readout erupted in 2009, it admitted a series of -- emitted a seri

in london you want to apply that because you know you have saudi arabia and qatar in the united states. but they have very different interests in syria radically different. been pushed into a corner and you made the remark. the republican establishment has from the beginning been trying to portray him as a lily livered president who's been leading us from from the behind that's the phrase he's leaving us from behind so in order to appear tough he said that this is a guy that had so we're going to hear earlier states is a guy that has a weekly kill that stuff. that's right here you know in all in order to appear tough he made the statement which i think i think he's regretting he said if assad uses chemical weapons that's a red line that immediately created an incentive for people who wanted to induce american intervention and they forged evidence saying assad used chemical weapons which frankly is insulting to the intelligence intelligence of every ordinary citizen because chemical weapons were last used in iraq. and for the chemical weapons to be used saddam hussein had to fly fourtee

and saudi arabia in addition to the money for the mosques sons preachers and sons literature and tries to promote its own very radical brand of islam that is totally foreign for the country of kyrgyzstan and what you have is the battle between the indigenous and foreign islam and these two versions of wisdom a very very different. well i think what i was trying to mainly explain is that social manifestation of islam is different from one country to other you spoke about his stand in the mud to people but also if you're next you look next door to his because where you have more a gradient society says has to settle society you'll not find a big difference between the kind of his version of the spec version and in kazakhstan you have also in the mud the people that said to people so central asian understanding is quite different because it has it's all references all through the centuries this what i'm saying to thank for say thing it is now a time i may be through your going ization create a legal framework for islamic countries to be able to protect that version of islam that indigenou

and saudi arabia in addition to the money for the mosques sons preachers and sons literature and tries to promote its own very radical brand of islam that is totally foreign for the country of kyrgyzstan and what you have is the battle between the indigenous and foreign islam and these two versions of wisdom a very very different. well i think what i was trying to mainly explain is that social manifestation of islam is different from one country to other you spoke about his stand in the mud to people but also if you're next you look next door to his book stand where you have more agree and society says has to settle society you will not find a big difference between the kind of his version of the spec version and in kazakhstan you have also in the mud the people that said to people so central asian understanding is quite different because it has it's all references all through the centuries this what i'm saying to the say thing it is now a time i may be through your going ization create a legal framework for islamic countries to be able to protect that version of islam that indigenous

country like egypt by if i think your comments earlier reflect how complicated it is you spoke about saudi arabia supporting jihadi is the challenge is that a lot of these people who are in saudi sorry in syria egypt or i know happened in the regime egypt had an election that's the difference between the two isn't it and the u.s. policy is not trying to tell the egyptians what to do it's you know this is this whole argument over well how do you respond to a coup well look the egyptian man military and the egyptian people are sorting this out i mean for me the most important metric was the appointment of interim civilian authority within days of this taking place had the military taking control and not appointed an interim authority i may have i would probably have a much different view but given the situation i mean you can't have it both ways you can't not be involved you should be an electricity sign you should respect elections right but i think the administration's been clear that you need to there are appropriate ways of doing and it hasn't been playing you call it a lot of you don't mind it

this is a smuggling town on the border with saudi arabia and yemen. or centuries, the town has thrived on gunrunning and the drugs smuggling. bearing a european migrant found dead at the border. thousands of ethiopians, sure every month in yemen hoping to cross into saudi arabia and find work. this man is a people trafficker. he ferries migrants across the sea. he will make $300 per migrant from the trip from africa to yemen. he missed a a cut of that to the military. in yemen, people trafficking is big business. we have heard repeated stories of soldiers working with people trafficker's. when theyre robbed come ashore and some are sold through criminal gangs. the gangs run water called torture camps. -- what are called torture camps. brutal story is common. thousands of ethiopian migrants are being kidnapped and beaten and their families must pay a ransom to release them. his father was told to wire $250. he did not have the money. we found him at this refugee camp. we also found esther. she is 17. she walked 300 miles from ethiopia to djibouti. ther

country like egypt i think your comments earlier reflect how complicated it is you spoke about saudi arabia supporting jihadi is the challenge is that a lot of these people who are in saudi sorry in syria. but in the regime egypt had an election that's the difference between the two isn't it and the u.s. policy is not trying to tell the egyptians what to do it's you know this is this whole argument over well how do you respond to a coup well look the egyptian man military and the egyptian people are sorting this out i mean for me the most important metric was the appointment of interim civilian authority within days of this taking place had the military taken control and not appointed an interim authority i may have i would probably have a much different view but given the situation i mean you can't have it both ways you can't not be involved you should be an election inside you should respect elections right but i think the administration's been clear that you need to there are appropriate ways of doing it hasn't been going on you call it a view to mine and it doesn't call it a coup they w

country like egypt i think your comments earlier reflect how complicated it is you spoke about saudi arabia supporting jihadi is the challenge is that a lot of these people who are in saudi sorry in syria egypt or i know happened in the regime egypt had an election that's the difference between the two isn't it and the u.s. policy is not trying to tell the egyptians what to do it's you know this is this whole argument over well how do you respond to a coup well look the egyptian military and the egyptian people are sorting this out i mean for me the most important metric was the appointment of interim civilian authority within days of this taking place had the military taken control and not appointed an interim authority i may have i would probably have a much different view but given the situation i mean you can't have it both ways you can't not be involved you should be an electricity side you should respect the elections right but i think the administration's been clear that you need to there are appropriate ways of doing and it hasn't because when you call it a view to mine and it doesn

country like egypt i think your comments earlier reflect how complicated it is you spoke about saudi arabia supporting jihadi is the challenge is that a lot of these people who are in saudi sorry in syria egypt or i know how to do regime egypt had an election that's the difference between the two isn't it and the u.s. policy is not trying to tell the egyptians what to do it's you know this is this whole argument over well how do you respond to a coup well look the egyptian man military and the egyptian people are sorting this out i mean for me the most important metric was the appointment of interim civilian authority within days of this taking place had the military taken control and not appointed an interim authority i may have i would probably have a much different view but given the situation i mean you can't have it both ways you can't not be involved you should be electricity side you should respect elections right. now i think the administration's been clear that you need to there are appropriate ways of doing and it hasn't been playing you call it a have you come on it doesn't call

extremist way if it were up to you would be the first thing that you would change for women in saudi arabia. the very first thing well. the very first thing is just establish. a woman a woman you know recognize in women as a human being. having. put it on that list. of equal. and punishment and rights this is the first thing i would call for. rewriting of the. constitution or writing a constitution that because you have laws we don't have a constitution you are a very outspoken person how does the saudi royals react to that aren't you afraid that you may be called back to saudi arabia and punished for what you're saying or for you for what you're fighting for i do not if. if you go out afresh and you say something. for the just as a truth i'm not fighting said it i'm not fighting the law and i'm not fighting the government i'm not fighting the king i'm not fighting anything i'm going to quote unquote reform that's what i'm calling for i'm not going to put of evolution i respect my kink i respect my government for the government for the very wise men and. that is a lot and a lot of men and w

, we're about to produce more than saudi arabia.here's no country that produces more oil compared to their reserves than america. awe the other countries produce less oil and they have more to produce. so we're doing a good job, people. >> john, take him on. >> i love jonas. he's my friend, but he's completely wrong. look, the monterrey ale might be a big porti of saudi arabia in california that takes away the california deficit. we're not sticking one drill into that. the utica shale in new york would erase the new york deficit. we're not sticking one drill bit in that either. we have oil all over this country. we are not tracki fcking anywhe because we don't have an epa who will stand up and say, we need to do this or this to make it safe. it's all the above angs. we don't have that because we have no plan. there's been four environmental studies on the keystone pipeline. all are clean. we aren't doing it for wha reason reason. who knows? >> steve, maybe you know. >> i'm with anwar and keystone pipeline. but with fracking causing

saudi arabia's king abdullah has welcomed the move by the military here. it appears at least that in saudi they see a new dawn. and regional reaction, we'll get it. mohammed jamjun is standing by in beirut. started with that reaction from saudi arabia. a surprise or not? >> reporter: well, surprising, becky, in that they issued the reaction as quickly as they did. usually, saudi arabia's a bit more cautious as far as issuing reactions to big moves like this. but the saudis came out quite boldly this morning as the big sunni regional power player, congratulating the new interim president in egypt. a statement from king abdullah of saudi arabia went on to say "we strongly shake hands with the men of all the armed forces, represented by general abdelfatah al sisi who managed to save egypt at this critical moment from a dark tunnel. god only could apprehend its dimensions and repercussions." no secret the saudis had been quite concerned the past few days about what was going to happen in egypt. today we've also heard from the united arab emirates. the uae issui

saudi arabia's king abdullah sent a message of support to the new interim council and the military and incoming leader who, as i say, will be installed in the next half hour or so. let's get analysis on what's going on here. we have the professor of middle east politics at a&m. what is happening now? >> i think we are waiting to find out thchlt is a profoundly historic moment in egypt. it's still early in cairo egypt. it's going to be regulatory in understanding the speech last night. >> he'll be installed as interim president. what do we know about this man? >> not a lot. there's speculation about his background. he's someone who was appointed by mubarak. again, as with everything else in the process, more questions than answers. >> what do you make of the reaction from the international community? let's start off with you. >> i think the u.s., as you mentioned, the statements from barack obama last night has been conscious and restrained, which many people think is quite smart in reaction to the fluid nature of events right now. the international community is waiting to see. this is

the king of saudi arabia says we strongly shake hands with the men of all the armed forces -- bashar al-assad has praised the crew -- coup. he said what is happening in egypt, political islam -- he says anyone -- the syrian government considered -- continue its weakland --barton ofhoms -- weekend .t's bombardment of homs after taking a strategic town. of the first cities to rise up against al-assad. it has seen some of the worst fighting in the two and a half year conflict in syria's opposition coalition is meeting in turkey to elect a new president. the acting leader is expected to get the job. other contenders include senior figures. the opposition has been criticized for failing to unite ahead of those peace talks in geneva. france has apologized to bolivia for refusing to allow the president's jet into its airspace. resident morality has arrived back in bolivia to a hero's welcome. several european countries expected u.s. whistleblower edward snowden was on board. south american leaders are planning an emergency meeting over the issue. this is an open provocation to the continent

some letters about this catch because it is significant when especially some material came from saudi arabia it is important to stop this kind of act if it is just how the government knew about it this is a catastrophic. situation the saudi government is doesn't know about it is much worse and of course there are suspicions that assad himself his military views chemical weapons on both sides just as guilty as each other. well in that area some of the stories there were news and some reports two three weeks ago from sort of most of the shelves in being used in their will which led to some sort of. heavy breathing. difficulty in breathing so then well maybe testing. and they have not completely. a right to how to mix it properly under suited. me was a quick tour through into this area i am sure of course they have been in television in that area i just briefly what was the one question your political activist that you see a political solution in syria just briefly place. well i see they're carrying out a war on terror oh i believe this. terrorist who are coming from all over the taliban also a

is that possible in saudi arabia? what happens to that relationship if it's not?, i think in regard to our position, i mean, we're going to be a player. the united states is going to be a player in the years ahead. and, you know, already, we've displaced the west african opec member barrels that have to find a new home. they're looking to sell it out to venezuela -- to china, as is venezuela, as is all of opec, it seems like it's the same power point in terms of what their future marketing strategy is, sell it to china. and to the extent, you have any concerns about china's energy growth going forward, you know, that's not going to be there. so i think what you'll see are bumps in the road. you'll continue to see the good ole oil boom and bust that we've gone through, and unfortunately, that could be very damaging for the u.s. production as we saw back in 1998 when prices got down around $10 a barrel. so, you know, we have to be careful of what we wish for in terms of breaking the back of the folks, but i have to say, to me, the saudis have been talking about dive

more influence for saudi arabia within the syrian opposition. he has multiple challenges ahead of them. he will need to regain the trust of rebels inside the country. activists fighting the regime and injuring a harsh bombing campaign. they have grown weary of the opposition leaders, calling them irrelevant and a failure. control over different level groups -- a rebel groups inside syria. the international groups have grown skeptical of the syrian opposition, who are seen as divided and unable to take control on the ground. his most urgent task will be giving them the access for the government census that has allowed the president to regain control of strongholds in the last few months. they will have to come up with a unified solution before talks with the syrian government. >> the first moving pictures from san francisco. fire at san77 on francisco airport. the crash landed after the tale of the airplane detached, and the airplane basically flipped over. it was on route to the united states and there is no word on casualties or injuries at the

saudi arabia will be right in the middle oo it. lou: and part of what is happening here is a change and the national dialogue and the administration's focus, which had been leading into the summit in california with the chinese president about the cyber attacks that china is carrying out against the united states. along comes edward snowden. the summit is literally blown out. suddenly it's about u.s. surveillance. we continue at this point -- here we are as we move toward the middle of july, and still there is very little public focus on the cyber attacks would continue unabated. and the focus remains, if you will, u.s. surveillance. when are we going to see a shift here? surely the administration has the capacity to say, we are going to restore the dialogue that we embarked upon a month ago. >> well, the administration unfortunately is in a defensive mode dealing with this issue. they lifted up to general keith alexander, the director of the national security agency to be the spokesperson for the investigation. these are really po

we talk to parents everywhere, saudi arabia, all these different places. and our view is no matter what society you go, kids are coming online. faster and younger than any other time in history. and they are coming online so fast what they're doing and saying says how mature they are. parent needs talk to their kids about the pornts of online privacy and security years before sex and whatever strange laws in whatever country. >> you know, we talk in the book in some length about the question is there a delete button the internet. some conclude there's not. it sets up some serious problem. a classic example, i think the way i would describe it, these examples swrielt -- violate the american sense of fairness. a high schooler commits a minor crime in america, goes to juvenile court, if they have their sentence, they serve, they become a adults, and these are behavior well, they can petition the court and say i would like to have my conviction expunged. assuming the court agrees they can truthfully say have you ever convicted of a crime. they can say no. the

we talk to parents everywhere, saudi arabia, all these different places. and our view is no matter what society you go, kids are coming online. faster and younger than any other time in history. and they are coming online so fast what they're doing and saying says how mature they are. parent needs talk to their kids about the pornts of online privacy and security years before sex and whatever strange laws in whatever country. >> you know, we talk in the book in some length about the question is there a delete button the internet. some conclude there's not. it sets up some serious problem. a classic example, i think the way i would describe it, these examples swrielt -- violate the american sense of fairness. a high schooler commits a minor crime in america, goes to juvenile court, if they have their sentence, they serve, they become a adults, and these are behavior well, they can petition the court and say i would like to have my conviction expunged. assuming the court agrees they can truthfully say have you ever convicted of a crime. they can say no. the

attitude toward saudi arabia the same. attitudes toward turkey and russia the same. nothing moved by iran. why did the iran numbers move in november of 2012? the pupil is april of 2012. -- the pugh -- pew poll was in april of 2012. they were not seeing iran at that point through the prism of the united states. they were seeing it through the prism of israel. they were seeing it in a different way and they came up with different answers. 77% of pakistanis have a favorable view of iran. they had different numbers on each than we did. i do not think 50% of some arab countries support a military strike. our numbers were different than that. if you are planning a military attack on iran and you want to go with the pew numbers, you pay the price for it. i am not sure what we find out -- found out was not true. i know what your view is of it. i remember dealing with liz cheney and telling her that saudi arabian men were more supportive of women having equal rights. she said, i met four saudi arabian women and they disagree with that. i said we interviewed 1000 and they had

. >> why is the interim government getting money from saudi arabia amongst others all of a sudden? >> that is an interesting question. saudi arabia and kuwait have promised a white large amounts of money. -- promised quite large amounts of money. both say that the muslim brotherhood have their own way overruling. they regard the muslim brotherhood as a dangerously moderate force. they are rewarding the military for getting the muslim brotherhood out-of-the-way because they have feared that the success that the success of the muslim brotherhood in egypt might inspire a similar movement in their own territory. two-monthas only a supply supply of imported wheat left. how dire is the economic situation which led to those protests against mohamed morsi? >> the millions of dollars that the saudi's and the uae are offering would be helpful. this is where bread is not just a foodstuff but they politically motivated thing. can be raisedty and bring down government. i would imagine that they are directing their greatest attention to quickly getting enough grain in the granaries. >> when you

maybe our friends in saudi arabia are not so friendly. maybe this terrorism had its origin in the saudi arabia -- again about syria an example of overreaching. , may behe major reasons the major reason china and russia are not willing to help us to participate is because we forced regime change in libya. libya was a in humanitarian help to the rebels. then there came a point where the rebels were advancing and get off he called for a cease- fire -- and qaddafi called for a cease-fire in in negotiating a settlement. we said no. we want a regime change. in syria it is exactly the same thing. we should call for the cease- fire for a political settlement and not for regime change. >> i think that is absolutely right. >> i am glad to hear this. this is something positive. you would say call for a cease- fire now, stop beating up on a assad. on makes, oint that amitai what is it that we want out of syria? we have reached the point that we want -- the worst things not to happen.the worst thing about syria happening is there would be no more refu

of theor the stability fragile economy as saudi arabia expelled thousands of migrants. egyptians of deposed president protesting in cairo thousands have turned in a district in the capital. the military says it will respect peaceful protests. the african union has suspended egypt from all activities following the military coup. police in peru have fired teargas and water cannons at students. they're angry about efforts to reform the university system. latin-american leaders are demanding a public apology from european countries. they're angry because the bolivian president's airplane was forced to land in vienna. and with snowden was suspected of being on board but he was not. let's return to the mass protest in egypt. isenior political analyst with us. there are thousands of people there. they are angry. they voted this man in democratically. he is nowhere to be seen. how do you think this will play out? >> there is more than one scenario. it depends entirely on how the egyptian military that suspended the constitution will take the preventive measures it deems necessa

i noticed today the president called the leader of saudi arabia. how important is it that that relationship be worked out? >> it really is dynamic. egypt, as you say, it's been the main partner in the united states in the region, largely because of its peace agreement with israel forged in the carter administration but over the years they seem less and before their al own borders. you see non-arab aboutors like the iranians and turks also playing a bigger role in that sense egy has eclipsed to some extent its traditional role but it is critical to any long-term relationship between israel and its wreeg region and that's why we continue to give them that money. gwen: watching democracy work out is tough back here at home. at this hour, the texas state senate is set to accomplish what a dramatic filibuster accomplished a few weeks back. it was -- it would -- it would force abortion clinics to operate under the same regimen as hospitals. how many other states are we talking about? >> well, at this point, just halfway through there year, over a dozen s