well actually there's less tyranny in saudi arabia than other countries look i'm not saying to saudi arabia some free and open place their treatment of women obviously is terrible there but compared to syria where hundreds of thousands of being massacred by iran and hezbollah and the syrian government and al qaeda moving in and iraq in libya in tunisia yes saudi arabia is that beacon of stability compared to all the other in stable places they're ok brian if i go back to you but i mean. syria is unstable because of saudi arabia and it's exporting its jihad oh yes other oil that is so well documented none of the money go to brian but it's so well documented right now and it's one of the reasons why i'm doing this program is because the u.s. is supporting people that are against its own national interest brian first and we'll go to a mark go ahead ron. you know mark's comments are are somewhat laughable i would say remember when jimmy carter stood next to the shah of iran in one nine hundred seventy seven and said shah you are an island of stability in a sea of turmoil and the us premis

can pursue an independent foreign policy if you run for example were to get nuclear weapons saudi arabia would have nuclear weapons probably within a month because of their alliance with pakistan that many people think that pakistan got their nuclear weapons because of saudi money so if there is a nuclear arms race we will be right there after iran it's one of the reasons why i support the current iran deal because i think it is the best chance we have to prevent this nuclear arms race from happening but please don't pretend that saudi arabia somehow isn't independent somehow it's united a client state or a very unpleasant place has a provision in the interest of the fact of their joining with israel tells you that they're doing what they need to do to survive not because they like israel but because the enemy of my enemy is my friend ok brian this has nothing to do with a nucular rand does it it has it what it's all about is a detente possible detente with to run in the in the outside world the stop isolating it this is the worst nightmare for saudi arabia and israel since it's already

a loyal customer is saudi arabia, the largest producer in the world. stahl went to meet one of the most powerful men in the world, ali al-naimi, the saudi oil minister and de facto head of o.p.e.c., the oil cartel. >> if most americans had an opportunity to sit down with the oil minister of saudi arabia, the thing they would like to know is where you think the price of oil's gonna be, say, in about six months. is it gonna be up or down? >> you want my classic answer? >> no, i want your honest-- >> okay. >> appraisal and judgment. >> my honest judgment is, if i were to know what the price of oil six months from now, i would be in las vegas, okay? >> [laughing] he may be smiling, but this is a man with serious heartburn and vertigo. in 2008, the price of oil had been soaring and sinking uncontrollably. why did the price, in your opinion, spike in july? why did it go way up to $147 a barrel? >> basically, there was a-- what's called a fear premium. >> and the fear was that saudi arabia itself had peaked out, that you'd reached your ceiling of how much avai

israel and iran and saudi arabia in actual fact the fact is that despite saudi arabia and israel's obvious opposition to the recently signed geneva accord. the interim agreement iran's nuclear. program the united states went ahead and signed that accord even though it was very apparent that saudi arabia and israel were not happy about that so i think the fact that the united states has conducted under the obama administration diplomacy with iran in fact has done so secretly for the last. for over a year and has now signed an interim nuclear agreement and. intent or hopeful to sign a comprehensive agreement despite the concerns of saudi arabia and israel i think indicates that in fact the united states has pursued its own interests in the middle east and continues to do so i would point to another example where the united states pursued certain interests in the region with regard to egypt the united states you know albeit somewhat reluctantly but did ultimately support the overthrow of hosni mubarak in egypt despite the fact that again israel and saudi arabia were opposed to that so i don't

is a threat to saudi arabia and i believe many in saudi arabia agree with me of on this issue that this is a common challenge this is the common threat and we need to deal with this common threat together jointly and iran extends the hand of cooperation to the government and we are prepared to work with them. made an arrangement to visit the countries in the persian gulf region and those discussions were very positive i was prepared to go to saudi arabia then and i'm prepared to say here is that waiting for them to invite you. in forty arrangements to be made and whatever derangements are made so it's a question of when not if. obviously we've been iran and saudi arabia about historic relations we have no relations with them bastards or you level there is no no impediment basically you don't think saudis are afraid of iranian expansions and for example. does not have a history of expansionism iran is a country there is not use force against any other country in two hundred fifty years and it is in our national security interest to have a stable. and. peaceful area. both in the persian g

mis misinterpretation of reality i don't be fired the fact that saudi arabia for its own reasons without the american bickering but with their own reasons is supporting certain elements within the syrian opposition because the saudi arabian government is preferring now to try to blow. rather ok take care of the future with those groups will operate against saudi arabia it's quite clear ok daniel if i go back you in washington i agree with what we just heard here because you know washington these look they look at these nation states here and they look at suppose geopolitical interests or maybe a little bit of oil is thrown in there but you have the saudis there with a stack of money and it's just all about iran and you know and that's the prism that they see everything through and the united states continues to trip and fall and walk through a minefield in that region because they don't get the same interpretation because they don't understand they don't look at politics that way and their greatest one of their greatest allies in the middle east that's exactly how they think. sure you ta

it's interesting during the cold war saudi arabia. was able to put aside its differences with the united states over the israel palestine issue now the saudi arabia has such an im strong concern about the power of iran that it's again willing to set aside. the israel palestine issue and relegated to a second level of priority and even to. act in such a way is to invite for it is that it has an alliance with is it's really quite remarkable ambassador for me but i don't think our saudis concerns our ambitions and with just rivaling iran i know that you've been very complimentary of the about the saudi king abdullah your called him a bell of the grave for his efforts to reform the country and. you know trying to limit the influence of religious extremists extremists but it's no longer a secret that his house leaves much to be desired and much of the foreign policy decision making is now concentrated in the hands of friends bonder the chief all for our security services and his masses of operation a somewhat different at least when it com

time of nine eleven so yes that's the same interesting what did the government do to cover up saudi arabia's role after the fact. well the bush administration and the obama administrations did as much as they could to make sure that the courts sided with the saudis over the nine eleven families i think that's discrete feel absolutely absolutely disgraceful. what did they do to side with the saudis instead of the families. well for instance there's i said kristen brought wiser asked obama to release those twenty eight redacted pages he said he would look into it and get and never got back to her and alina kagan on behalf of the obama administration. brief with the supreme court i believe if i remember correctly asking them to protect the saudis to make sure that they could not be sued that's just one of the things that they've done. and of course you know flying out the family and they they claim that bin ladin was the black sheep of course we know that that isn't true also what's your response to people who say that the cover up was just a cover up of the incompetence of the. ministration fo

so didn't you say the same about saudi arabia. so. no known definitely not saudi arabia and iran are not in the same part of my opinion i think that they are trying to do something really trying to assist some rebel groups position groups within syria to make things right to reach the. go ahead jump in europe so i had jump in joe yeah that's absurd and not it did not interested in doing of i just said they were interested in their interests just go ahead joe saudi arabia is interested in their interest syrians are interested in their interests the americans are just in there and i was interested in their interests and are now is really just doing the right thing the right thing would be to end this war right away that's not happening but don't tell me that the saudis are on the good side of this and the iranians on the bad it's silly it's a sectarian conflict now of the saudis who are allied with the us and more of israel than the iranians are clearly but you can't use that bias of your position or. to talk about a war in which a

saudi arabia and hezbollah are fighting on opposite sides in the supreme council. saudi arabia's it to the lebanese army is seen as an attempt to counter iran's impact in lebanon which employs as the law were in syria and its spillover into lebanon has created a regional proxy war. as far as he was involved in this year the war has resulted in the deaths of some three hundred organizations operate it. we'll announce our forces are under equipped to face multiple security challenges challenges that have been underlined by the blast that killed two top former finance minister and close aide to an ex premier who was the key saudi al i understood angry mourners shouted anti hezbollah still in school his coffin was being brought into the box. use it's what made the long tradition of getting it bites and the band have turned their talents into a career primarily by stalin's for jewish immigrants to more contemporary names like ann landers and washington may get miss manners herself judith martin. she's been waiting for the key column since nineteen seventy dispensing pit

obviously we've been iran and saudi arabia about historic relations we have no relations of them bastards or you level there is no no impediment basically you don't think saudis are afraid of iranian expansions and for example. does not have a history of expansionism iran is a country that's not use force against any other country in two hundred fifty years and it is in our national security interest to have a stable. and. peaceful area both in the persian gulf region as well as beyond the persian gulf region so we're interested i don't think there is any strategic impediment to iran and saudi arabia working together one minute before the end of the show really quick question dallas conference coming up in a few days. president rouhani is going to be there so will be prime minister netanyahu is there any way they too could meet face to. all right thank you very much for this interview. with us good to be with you. millions around the globe struggle with hunger. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. against g.m.o. and we think that's. the. right products are pretty cool.

being it on in saudi arabia historic relations we have no relations with or you live there is no no impediment basically you don't think saudis are afraid of iranian expansions and for example. does not have a history of expansionism iran is a country that is not use force against any other country in two hundred fifty years and it is in our national security interest to have a stable. peaceful area both in the persian gulf region as well as beyond the persian gulf region so with interest. i don't think there is any strategic impediment to iran and saudi arabia working one minute before the end of the show really quick question dallas' conference coming up in a few days president rouhani is going to be there so will be a prime minister netanyahu is there any way the two could meet face to. all right thank you very much for this interview iraq's foreign minister mohammad jalloud sorry i tell you with us good to be with you. previously peacekeepers for our concerned with monitoring peace deals post conflict environment nowadays there are increasingly asked to operate in the. violence to meaning.

obviously we've been iran and saudi arabia about historic relations we have no relations and bassett or you level there is no no impediment basically if you don't think saudis are afraid of iranian expansions and for example. bell iran does not have a history of expansionism iran is a country there's not use force against any other country in two hundred fifty years and it is in our national security interest to have a stable. peaceful area both in the persian gulf region as well as beyond the persian gulf region so. i don't think there is any strategic impediment to iran and saudi arabia working together one minute before the end of the show really quick question dallas' conference coming up in a few days president rouhani is going to be there so we'll be israel's prime minister netanyahu is there any way the two could meet face to. all right thank you very much for this interview for mr muhammad. ali with us good to be. on june sixteenth one thousand forty one we had a graduation party at school and the war broke out. shops were always full of goods. in september leningrad was block

saudi arabia has an iran problem. iran does meddle, especially in the eastern province, but saudi arabia's biggest problems are internal and they have to do with issues the saudis have to solve. so i accept the caveat. the sunni world is convinced that iran has its hands at their throats. i mean, if you travel -- i spent a week in abu dhabi and dubai before going to tehran waiting for my visa and had a chance to talk to a lot of gulf arabs and the degree of anxiety about iran as they look at this changing process that's beginning is important. i think it's important whenever you're in a period of change to reach out to people who are your traditional friends and tell them what you're doing. communicate more. if i would fault one aspect of u.s. policy, it it is in this very turbulent period we have not been communicating enough to the various players, especially our traditional allies. >> thank you, david. right here? question? >> thank you, bill. i'm will emery. to come to a deal, there's got to be a quid pro quo and

. >> and uncertain future for thousands o deported from saudi arabia. >>> diplomatic activity is intensifying ahead of the so-called geneva 2 peace talks. hosting their syrian counterparts. meanwhile they'll decide whether they'll go to switzerland for the january 21st meeting. secretary of state john kerry has urged him to go, and he has told the assad regime that it remains a center aim of the talk. >> down kerry rejected syrian efforts to change the focus of geneva two from ending the civil war and installing an interim government to end terrorism. i called it an attempt to change history and said it wouldn't work. >> it defies logic to imagine that those who use brutality, how they could lead syria away from extremism to a better future is beyond logic or common sense. >> reporter: the syrian foreign minister tried to shift the focus of the conference when he accepted to attend geneva two. he wrote: >> reporter: kerry leaned on the syrian people to unite. >> so on the eve of the coalition general assembly meeting tomorrow to decide to meet in the peace conference, the united states for th

and i think saudi arabia wants to get back in the game, so to speak.u're seeing a more constellatory tone in riyadh this past weekend, meeting with king abdullah, meeting with the foreign minister. the talks are around what they can do to get behind the peace process and to find some middle east peace agreement. >> also, what is the view there about growing independence on u.s. soil? the u.s. has been the major customer for saudi arabia and here they are producing greater shale oil and a share of gat gas, as well. which means they reliance on saudi arabia reduces significantly. >> it is. the game is changing. and i think you've seen this over the last couple of years, a pivot to asia. you saw some fear in the gulf states. at this point, 85% of the energy is going to china or going to india. so i think you're seeing that as a major game changer. but at the same time, when i spoke to the finance minister, he said he had banked projections. shale oil couldn't be as big as the u.s. thought it was going to be. not quite as big of a game changer. >> hadley,

and from serb saudi arabia to turkey to iran they have to step back a bit i think should be on the program but i can in front of face expect from the german left party. of course from germany so the talk with the united states to get to know spy agreement looks set to fail lengthy discussions been ongoing since america's n.s.a. was exposed snooping on its ally at the highest levels leaving germany furious and comparing it to the notorious east german secret police one veteran of the organizations but peter oliver about whether the two organizations really do have anything in common. on finding out that the united states' attempt to private mobile phone and glimmer confronted president obama this claim. former offices in the east german secret police which was known as the stars we have a warning for the n.s.a. if they think must surveillance is the solution to a nation's problems who quote if it's even the best qualified and most advanced secret service cannot save the state we showed you that away from the professed shock of the politicians at the n.s.a. spying ability how does it compare

i just don't know what elections look like in saudi arabia but i suspect in a free election in saudi rabia relies on the moderate government. mike and speak more authoritatively than i can because i don't know the complexities of saudi public opinion but i'm reasonably certain that the experience, the experiment is the islamic republic launched in 1979 would be a -- c. i just want to say, and i'm careful. i notice he didn't ask me but i'm always careful in answering that question. when we hear this talk going around washington a lot washington a lot but somehow the iranians are naturally better allies than the saudi's and they think once that regime falls down that the iranians are naturally better allies which doesn't make sense to me. we would say that about any other people in the world that their opinions are more naturally moderate than the southeast are more naturally extremists. we are talking about different political issues in different cultural issues. that's one thing but to make the comparisons i think that is a touchy comparison that we need to rethink before we answer th

the region should give them a right to attend along with another influential regional player in saudi arabia but the foreign ministers of both iran and syria have been in moscow on thursday they met with russian president vladimir putin and also met with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov who says that successful talks are in the interest of the entire international community and that iran has a role to play like the syrian people and the people of iran we want to eliminate the hard bits of terrorism on syria's territory this is our unified position so it seems that with these talks now just days away the diplomatic wranglings have already begun. well after the high level meeting in moscow iran's foreign minister talked to r.t. sophie shevardnadze and he says syria's future should be decide its revoting and doubt the opposition's demands for his removal as a precondition for peace talks makes no sense it seems that there is a great deal of insecurity among those people who are setting conditions for even negotiations this should happen and that should happen this should be the outcome o

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saudi arabia has and iran problem.n the eastern province, but saudi arabia's biggest problems are internal, and have to do -- deal with issues the saudis have dissolved. so i accept the caveat. the sunni world is convinced that iran has its hands at their throats. i mean, if you travel -- i spent a week in abu dhabi and dubai before going to tear pay rent, waiting for my visa and had a chance to talk to a lot of gulf arabs and the degree of anxiety about iran as they look at this process, the change that is beginning is really important. and i think it's important, whenever you're in a very to change to reach out to people who are your traditional friends and tell them what you are doing. communicate more. if i would fault one aspect of u.s. policy is in this very turbulent period we have not been communicating enough to the various players, especially our traditional allies. >> thank you, david. yes, right here. >> thank you bill. to come to a deal there's got to be a quid pro quo. and i think the problems in geneva,

in saudi arabia it is unacceptable for women to ride bicycles, but wajta is a competitive girl and she doesn't care about the rules of society. >> i think girls in saudi they understand it's a very different world and there's so much that they cannot do and that situation makes them, they want to challenge it a little bit more and make them want to prove themselves, so they want better lives, they want better options. yes, a lot of girls are like wajta who have dreams or who want to be part of the bigger picture and they want to assert themselves. >> reporter: mansui says there are many obstacles to making the film that deals with empowering women. >> casting was an issue, also. it was difficult to cast, especially the young girl. we found so many amazing girls, and we thought we had them and they were called and they say we -- they just hesitate and they cannot come. that was very sad to see that they cannot pursue a dream because the society was very conservative. whenever i was out filming, they had a monitor for me and a walkie-talkie where i communicate with the ad and the actors

electionsnow what look like and saudi arabia. i suspect in a free election you see the rise of and in moderate government. -- aboutspeak about this more authoritatively than i can. i do not know that complexities are saudi public opinion. i am reasonably certain that the experiment of the islamic republic launched in 1979 would be rejected goal. >> -- would be rejected. but know you do not ask me i'm always careful in asking that question. we hear this talk about going around washington a lot, somehow the iranians are better allies. i think that one time that regime falls down, the iranians are naturally better allies. that does not make sense to me. we would not say that about any other people in the world that the iranians are naturally moderate than the saudi's are naturally extremist. if we are talking about different political issues, that is one thing. thinke that comparison, i that is a touchy comparison we need to rethink before we asked and answered. i am sorry. .ou have a question >> i wanted to note to see if you agree

terror magnet in fact he is holding responsible for this is that assad who is a countries like saudi arabia who reportedly has been lending list support to these extremist groups now what we are hearing more and more in the international community is that it is syrians themselves who need to decide their own future and that any means being put forward need to be supported by both sides the opposition has repeatedly said that they want the syrian president assad to step down but what is not clear is who will then be the figure to be the country out of crisis will it be someone from opposition and if yes in who exactly will that person be because even now as we're hearing from the u.s. secretary of state you have your extremist groups that have come to the fore and that are essentially be yielding even more and more power amongst those fighting assad's forces. paula big worry about the potential power vacuum or co frankly up there much appreciated policy or a middle east correspondent or maybe some the syrian government has officially confirmed its participation the geneva talks but one of th

the families he should not be sent back to saudi arabia. so really who is this man? e's a saudi national. he is wanted by saudi arabia. his group which he leads have been put -- and designated by the united states as a terrorist group in may 2012, and this group is responsible for a number of attacks not only here in lebanon but different areas in the region, including rocket attacks on israel, attacking japanese oil tankers in the persian gulf, and other targets here in lebanon as the bombing of the iranian embassy in november. so he is a very significant catch, if we may use the phrase, and lebanese investigators are very eager to interrogate him to get as much information as possible. not only the group, but who finances this group and they want to know as much as possible on how they can operate here in lebanon. also another issue is that iranians are very interested to take part in that investigation. we heard iranian officials discussing the possible of sending a iranian team here to take part in that investigation, but the saudis have been very reluctant in app