how important is the saudi arabian king's trip. it is about investment. n have been partners for a long time. as china tries to diversify its energy supply chain, saudi arabia is another source. and so the saudis wa nt to another source. and so the saudis want to die loot the influence from iran, and the chinese want to diversify their energy supply chain. whether it is a toy or a medical device, 3d printers are capable of august creating anything. they have become increasingly important in manufacturing and many other industries due to their diverse of —— their versatility. the sector is growing at 26% a year. timothy mcdonald recently visited a 3—d printing factory in singapore. there is lots of excitement around 3-d there is lots of excitement around 3—d printing. it is supposed to be the next big thing in medicine, manufacturing, and design. but does it really live up to the hype? is it good for something more than printing a simple toys like this one? for more, we speak to this man from the 3—d printing association in hong kong. what can you tell us a

it is a weeping sore on the arabian peninsula. saudia and the united arab emirates have set a lot of store by this and it would perhaps signify a greater coalition between the us and those gulf allies, potentially against a resurgent iran. although i think, as far as resurgent iran. although i think, as farasi resurgent iran. although i think, as faras i am resurgent iran. although i think, as far as i am aware, the accusation is that iran is backing houthi rebels, but i think iran denies that, doesn't it? iran denies it, saudi arabia denies it is a proxy war. it is two sides of the same thing. but in terms of the humanitarian crisis, as you say, has that pulled the international spotlight on yemen yet ain? international spotlight on yemen yet again? because obviously it is not just in yemen, it is in south sudan and somalia and other areas. there is real pressure. the spotlight has been turned up, it is very dim. as you say, it is one of those areas that doesn't get a huge amount of coverage, i think partly because of the difficulties.

what is the state of the saudi arabian national guard right now? >> we are ashley going program. lab our ground brigades, brigades, we are adding three more. they wantdetermined to put two out onto the east, the eastern sector. we are standing those up, and they will be completed by november, 2018. additionally, we are adding, for the first time, aviation within the saudi national guard. we are building three operational brigades and one training brigade, something similar to a center of excellence, fort rucker, where they can run their own flight school and transitions. we have finished the first brigade, and that will be complete in spring -- this spring, when we receive the 12 little birds. currently it is made up of mike models -- echoes, and when that brigade is beginning this completed, it will have 12 more -- is completed, we will have 12 morning will finish my 2033. jen: a 20-30 -- 82030 modernization plan. what are the challenges? >> the challenges are to make it work for the saudi national guard, and it is good to be back to the kingdom is that what we are doing -- mode

saudi arabia's king salman has met prime minister shinzo abe in tokyo — the first visit by a saudi arabiang tojapan in 46 years. the japan times reports on the pair agreeing to push forward on special deregulated economic zones in the middle eastern country to attract japanese investors. "intel enters the driverless car race" — that's on the front page of the financial times this morning. the us chipmaker has agreed to a 15 billion dollar takeover of an israel company that develops "autonomous driving" systems. and finally, robot cops in dubai. gulf news says that the uae is set to get its first police robot in may — and that police officials there want to make robots 25% of their police force by 2020. joining us is david buik, market strategist at investment bank panmure gordon. thank you for being with us. what an eclectic bunch of stories we have today. we always try and please, you know? what a shock this was for us and the government, and nicola sturgeon on all of the front pages. she is a piece of work. her timing is brilliant. anybody worried about the wooden spoon department, unbel

saudi arabia's king salman has met prime minister shinzo abe in tokyo — the first visit by a saudi arabian

the saudi arabian king riots in indonesia where he is expected to pump money into the country‘s oil sectorthe owners of snapchat see their company valued at $24 billion in a share sale. welcome to asia business report. it has been a highly anticipated state visit. saudi arabia‘s king salman is in indonesia as part of multi— stop tour around asia. the saudi king is expected to announce investment deals totalling more than $20 billion. around $6 billion of that will be pumped into state owned refineries, and it is the second oil deal we over saudi arabia this week. earlier the country invested $7 billion into a refinery project over in malaysia. saudi arabia is the world‘s biggest exporter, much of its crude going to customers in asia. i asked why saudi arabia is so particularly interested in this region. saudi arabia has a lot of money to throw around. it would like to diversify its own economy and bring some of the expertise it has in oil refining to this region, malaysia and indonesia are producers of crude oil, but they don‘t have that much refining capacity. indonesia in particular has

the saudi arabian embassy in britain said he was a homegrown ex-con with a violent straight. he apparently taught english in saudi arabia twice and returned on a visa in 2015 before coming back and eventually launching the deadly attack on westminster bridge. several people are recovering from their injuries after the attack. elms was known for having a violent temper, convicted for violent crimes. details of how he became] radicalized are still not clear. isis claimed responsibility for the attack for stop police say that all but one person remains in custody. airlines haveay to comply with the order banning large electronics from the cabin of some u.s.-bound flights. passengers on turkish airlines must place laptops in bubble raab, -- in bubblewrap, then they are placed in a special case under the airplane. the u.k. implemented similar restrictions after concerns of explosives in larger electronic devices. it was supposed to ease the burden for parents, but some have serious concerns about an uber pilot service. we will explain. loss, spring has sprung, but josh's tracking

the saudi arabian embassy said he taught english in the country twice, each time with a legitimate workisa. he eventually settled down in a quiet neighborhood in birmingham but packed up and moved three months ago. he hadn't been heard from since. police had been working to determine his motive and if he had any possible accomplices. two men are still being held in connection but not charged at this point. seven others who were arrested have been set free. >>> the lights went out at iconic landmarks across the globe today to celebrate the world's wildlife foundation's earth hour. tokyo, new delhi, indonesia and the philippines dimmed raise awareness about climate change and responsible youth of the earth's limited resources. in australia sydney harbor bridge and the same sydney opera house, they also went dark for the 10th anniversary of earth hour. >>> tonight the lights will also go dark to mark earth hour at the national cathedral. the fairmont washington and harbor and the city of rockville, maryland. >>> howard bernstein says it's going to get a little bit cooler soon but right now

saudi arabians are not on the list.ut facts like this. that is why i suspect there'll still be challenges to this in the court because people believe that it's inconsistent, moorly designed to play to the base in terms of being rude about foreigners and that it's really not going to achieve what it's designed to do in any case. thank you. police say 13 potential terror attacks have been thwarted in the uk in the last 4 years. the uk's most senior counter—terrorism officer has also revealed that more than 500 investigations are being carried out at any one time. an appeal has been launched to get members of the public to report any suspicious behaviour. daniel sandford reports. checking on a huge bag of fertiliser he planned to use for an al-qaeda bombing campaign against nightclubs and shopping centres. this was 0mar khyam in 2004, unaware he was being watched by police. a woman working at the storage warehouse had tipped off detectives, potentially saving hundreds of lives. if you have a concern about something you hav

. >> the nine airlines are royal jordanian, egypt air, turkish airlines, saudi arabian airlines, qatar airways and emirates. homeland security is making an official announcement later today but sources tell abc news that it's the result of newly evaluated intelligence and affects about 50 flights into the u.s. each day. reporting live at sfo, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> fbi director james comey set the record straight, disputing president trump's claims he was wiretapped by president obama. here's abc news. >> reporter: the president rallied in kentucky. rallied in kentucky. >> we will make america great again. >> reporter: unfazed by the high drama on capitol hill. >> the fbi as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. >> reporter: the testimony from fbi director james comey offering two black eyes to the trump administration, first revealing an ongoing investigation now in itself seventh month. >> that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the

charles: i want to show you a photo of the saa saudi arabian . it has under fraud movement sensors. 5 million fiberoptics. you can't dig under it or go over it. some walls can be impenetrable. >> it looks expensive. come conservative wonks are concerned that it won't have an impact on the amount of illegal immigration coming into the united states. just spending money on a wallaby itself won't necessarily stall what the president talked about. not only amping up border security. but also aid to the countries that have systemic problems that aid to people immigrate together united states. just building a fancy wall is not going to be enough to get to the root of these problems. charles: i would like to see these countries take the initiative top reef ignite their own economics. what about the idea that wall in conjunction with trade policy, currency policies, things that would actually create middle class economics south of the border without them having to come to this country. >> free trade and the free flow of currency is a fantastic policy. th

shortly after the fighting began, the saudi arabians were the coalition and joined the war, bombing targetsrontline continues to shift the battles leave behind a long lasting scars on many families who have been caught in the fighting. 0ver over 10 million yemeni children have been affected by this conflict. according to unicef, there are 1.6 million children displaced, half a million children displaced, half a million at risk of starving and thousands have been injured. many children shows signs of distress. the destruction caused by this ongoing war can be seen across the country. but for children like these two, it is the invisible skys that will be hardest to heal. —— scars. the new chief executive of hong kong says that healing divisions in the territory will be her priority. she was elected by a specially appointed committee of nearly 1200 people, most of whom were loyal to beijing. she had the backing of the chinese government and was expected to win. united airlines has faced a barrage of criticism after it barred two teenage girls from boarding a flight for wearing leggings. a thir

following tom ince from the saudi arabian oil minister, the boss of bp was there, planning low oil priceserritory we are in. james is returning later. he will talk more about the budget and what george osborne is up to, earning a pretty penny. still to come... the inside track on the irish company trying to open the doorfor track on the irish company trying to open the door for childhood trains. quite literally. we will explain that in a moment. you are with business live on bbc news. first, here in the uk, lots of corporate stories. the supermarket group morrisons reporting a rise in annual profits and sales. the bradford —based group saw an 11.6% rise in profits to some £337 million for 2016 but it has warned of uncertainties ahead. all of the details for us. talk us through the numbers. on the face of it, they we re numbers. on the face of it, they were pretty good. total revenue up 1.296, were pretty good. total revenue up i.2%, reasonable performance. like—for—like sales up one for 7%. underlying profits up a very strong 11.6%. investors do not seem that impressed this morning. morri

. >> the nine airlines are royal jordanian, egypt air, turkish airlines, saudi arabian airlines, qatarways and emirates. homeland security is making an official announcement later today but sources tell abc news that it's the result of newly evaluated intelligence and affects about 50 flights into the u.s. each day. reporting live at sfo, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> fbi director james comey set the record straight, disputing president trump's claims he was wiretapped by president obama. here's abc news. >> reporter: the president rallied in kentucky. >> we will

last night, the saudi arabian embassy in london confirmed he had worked there as a teacher around ten. the police investigation into wednesday's attack has been swift. it brought them to this hotel in brighton. masood stayed here the night before he carried out his deadly attack which took the lives of four people. described as a nice guest, he said he was visiting friends. in manchester, a car was taken away by police. there were further raids and two people, both from birmingham, remain in custody. the police investigation will now focus on finding out if anyone helped khalid masood to carry out his attack and at what inspired him to commit mass murder. earlier i spoke to our correspondent nick beake, who gave us the latest on the police investigation. well, the two men mentioned who remain in custody are both from birmingham. one is 58 and one is 27. they were arrested under terrorism legislation. so in theory the police have got two weeks to question them before they're charged with any offence, if indeed they are. 11 people in all have been arrested after the events of last wedne

last night, the saudi arabian embassy in london confirmed he had worked there as a teacher around tengo. by then, he had converted to islam. the police investigation into wednesday's attack has been swift. it brought them to this hotel in brighton. masood stayed here the night before he carried out his deadly attack which took the lives of four people. described as a nice guest, he said he was visiting friends. in manchester, a car was taken away by police. there were further raids and two people, both from birmingham, remain in custody. the police investigation will now focus on finding out if anyone helped khalid masood to carry out his attack and at what inspired him to commit mass murder. with me is our correspondent nick beake. nick, bring us up—to—date with the investigation so far. well, it is worth stressing that this was a nightmare scenario for the police and security service on wednesday because they realised the man who carried out this act was someone who wasn't really on their intelligence radar and so they moved quickly making those arrests that we saw, but as you asked

the saudi arabians want to gain back some of that market share and build up their alliances with chinaly considering what is happening in washington and the clouds ofrshadowing the reaction trump towards the middle east and that uncertainty. saudi arabia wants to build on times is doing that through trade. economics is part of this diversification of the saudi economy. they want to use some of china's infrastructure skills on the ground. the king will be here until the weekend. that saudi aramco ceo is part of that delegation. what is he hoping to get out of the visit? strongere is a 1500 allegation that is accompanying the saudi team. part of this is about trying to sell at market the likely ipo next year. around this 5% stake in the energy giant. there is interest from chinese banks who want a role in this. there are some very strong interest from the hong kong stock exchange, they would like to be one of the two exchanges out of saudi arabia that may be taking part in this. we know he said he is working very hard to try to secure that. it is a marketing event here in china. it is al

the saudi arabian embassy said khalid masood visited saudi arabia three times and taught english there for two years. police say masood killed four people in the heart of london. this was near the parliament building this week. one of the victims was grew up in maryland. kurt cochran made a friend a better person, he said. >> a guy that challenged my faith. took my faith to another level by challenging me about it. >> that's pastor tim mcgregor you just heard from there. he says he still thinks about cochran's last words to him. quote, don't let your faith get in the way of caring for humanity. >>> and it's time for spring cleaning. we'll show you where you can safely get rid of those unwanted and old documents this morning. >> looking like a good weekend for it too. one of the warmest weekends we've seen in months. we've got tom tracking the best time to get outside and when to prepare to maybe pull out the umbrella as he's trackg some rainin >>> good morning. a great day to get some outdoor exercise. bike ride, hike, or a quick run. maybe some kayaking. temperatures by noontime will

the saudi arabian embassy said khalid masood killed four people in the heart of london in the parliament building. one of the victims was an american who grew up in maryland. a. >> a guy that challenged my faith, took my faith to another level by challenging me about it. >> so that was tim mcgregor right there. he says he still thinks about cochran's last words to him. quote, don't let your faith get in the way of caring for humanity. >>> all right. clean out your desk and start to clean for spring cleaning. we'll show you where you can safely get rid of unwanted and old documents this morning. >>> it's one of the warmest weekends we have seen in months. we have tom tracking the b know when rain might get in the way of your plans. 6:12 on thisaturday. s >>> good morning. starting off this saturday morning, it's cloudy and cool. live view from the storm team 4 tour camera overlooking northeast washington in the foreground. in the horizon is prince georges county. a lot of clouds around, no rai evening. between now and then, look at our temperatures. what a traumatic warming. in fact, as w

emirates, saudi arabian airlines. those are just some of the airlines affected. travelers had mixed feelings today at dulles airport. >> a lot of people time management skills. i'm always on my laptop. >> i think it's okay for now. you have to get an end result and see what it produces in the future, i guess. >> >> as of now there is no specific threat. the airlines have 96 hours to comply with the new rule. >>> despite 450 tips, investigators are no closer to finding a kidnapped girl from tennessee. >> an amber alert has been issued for elizabeth thomas. police believe she's being held by her former teacher tad cummins. he groomed her in an effort to sexually abuse her. police believe he is keeping the teen hidden from public view and possibly far from tennessee. >>> vandals have struck a section of the dakota access pipeline. somebody burned a hole, possibly with a blow torch in an aboveground section of the that's burning an oil pipeline with a blow torch. >> yikes. >> brilliant. >> it happened at a site that has no fencing or security. the $3.8 billion pipeli

the united states and i have to depend on saudi arabian oil.othing that has anything like this a standard. and you can see donald trump making the argument why we putting ourselves a disadvantage with this sort of thing trying to do at the impossible goal of 54 miles per gallon and putting our workers out of work as alisha has just described. >> paul: the answer to that is climate change right? that is with the environmental groups say. this is a bigger problem, so giving a threat that you have to have the standards to drive the automakers to electric vehicles otherwise they will never do it. >> you just put your finger on everything that was wrong with the obama economy. for the last eight years. maybe not everything, there were more things but if you were going to be driven by this idea of a yet unknown horrible consequence coming down the road, and a science that people are viewing as a religion, and the economy is going to come second. what i love about this story that donald trump put his finger on why we really do lose jobs. we do it beca

curveball at you and ask you to respond to the report that came ahead of you where we heard the saudi arabianrince who was on visit here saying he's willing to put boots on the ground. saudi boots on the ground. what do you think about that? >> i think it's about time. it's great. the fact that we do a tremendous amount for saudi arabia. they need to do more. they should be taking a lot of those syrian refugees. they should be taking people who are in turmoil in that part of world. instead of coming here and creating quite frankly unrest in syr syria's immigration problems. i hope they see in president trump someone who is strong, who is a man of his words. he wants to get rid of isis. isis wants to go after the saudi princes just as much as they want to go after us. that's a good thing, that they're stepping up. >> melissa: sir, thank you for joining us. u.s. department, state department facing a major reduction under president trump's new budget proposal. secretary of state rex tillerson traveling overseas, now defending the president's cuts, calling the current level of spending unsustaina

will take matters into their own hands whether than referring to us like the sort of thing the saudi arabians did when they invaded yemen. they will take matters into their own hands or arm themselves because they will not have confidence in america's help. that will reduce stability on the world and all of which blows back to us. week not insulate our -- we can -- selves from what goes on out all. one way or another disarray in the world will undermine the american economy and american society. >> moderator: is it because there really isn't another country, or group of countries, out there to take this on? you yourself and i would like to read it you have a great quote. no other countries or group of countries has either the capacity or mindset to build a global order. >> guest: as a virtue of being true, i agree with whoever wrote that and i believe it was me. there is no alternative. china is not ready and able to do it. russia is more of a tear it downer than a builder upper. most countries are too concerned with themselves and narrow self interest. it is one of the things that worries ab

in an exclusive interview james rosen sat down with the saudi arabian foreign minister to get his takeaid administration and how it compares with president obama's. >> closing out his second year in saudi arabia's top diplomat is excellent safe or myrlie the ambassador to the united states from 20,722,015 told "fox news" in an interview at the embassy that it's reached one of its high points just in january. would he think of donald trump? >> i think that he has vision and i think he understands the importance of having america's and the role. >> we have communicated in no uncertain terms with every player in the region that is a red line for us. when president obama declined to enforce the red line he has drawn against serious use of chemical weapons america's arab allies respond with disbelief and anger while the ambassador left no doubt that three outside the obama presidency bringing the country to new love and damaging credibility across the middle east. >> when there's a vacuum in international system it instills a vacuum and we saw the iranian doubling down in syria and north ko

last night, the saudi arabian embassy in london confirmed he had worked there asa london confirmed heked there as a teacher around ten years ago. i then, he had converted to islam. the police investigation into the attack on wednesday has been swift. it brought in to this hotel in brighton. khalid masood stayed here the night before he carried out his deadly attack which took the lives of four people. described as a knife guessed he said he was visiting friends. in manchester, a car was taken away by police. there were further raids and two people, both from birmingham, remain in custody. the police investigation will now focus on finding out if anyone helped khalid masood to carry out his attack and at what inspired him to commit mass murder. our reporter alexandra mackenzie is outside scotland yard for us this morning. can you bring us date with any developments? well, hundreds of police officers are involved in this investigation and what we have seen so investigation and what we have seen so far is a real gathering of evidence stop the ii so far is a real gathering of evidence sto

. >> reporter: the nine airlines impacted are royal jordanian, egypt air, turkey airlines, saudi arabianirlines, kuwait airways, qatar airways emirates and it affects about 50 flights into the u.s. each day. homeland security is expected to make the official announcement later today. reporting live at sfo, matt keller, abc7 news. >>> fbi director james comey set the record straight disputing president trump's claims that he was wiretapped by president obama. he also kwconfirmed the fbi is an ongoing investigation looking into any links between the trump campaign and the russian government and if there was any int interference in last year's election. comey also refuted the president's tweet about wiretapping. >> director comey, was the president's starmt that obama had his wires tapped tower a true statement. >> the department has no information that supports those tweets. >> comey believes the russians will be back to meddling in elections in 2020 and possibly even next year. >>> the president's pick to be the next u.s. supreme court justice is in the hot seat this morning. this is is s

saudi arabian crude is much more expensive than what you get in the u.s.roblem, one of the least effective solutions to this is appealing to people's sense of -- allrism or fairness truism and fairness and that is what opec is doing in texas, talking about your producers and trying to get them on board. whether that will be effective is a question. the market is really hoping for an extension of the opec production agreement and we will have to wait until may to see that. will get an extension of the production cuts . we have a call from pioneer saying that oil prices will tumble to $40 a barrel if opec does not extend its fact -- extend it pact. >> it is amazing. around this time last year at davos, january of 2016, the saudi arabian oil minister said they did not think they would need a production agreement at all. now, fast-forward months later, not talking about one agreement but potentially to. the reason the agreement has not worked and boosting prices as much as people have expected, i think you can go back to behavioral economics. the show producer

last night, the saudi arabian embassy in london confirmed he had worked there as a teacher around tenago. by then, he had converted to islam. the police investigation into wednesday's attack has been swift. it brought them to this hotel in brighton. masood stayed here the night before he carried out his deadly attack which took the lives of four people. described as a nice guest, he said he was visiting friends. in manchester, a car was taken away by police. there were further raids and two people, both from birmingham, remain in custody. the police investigation will now focus on finding out if anyone helped khalid masood to carry out his attack and at what inspired him to commit mass murder. alexandra mckenzie is outside new scotland yard. good morning. are we expecting any further updates from the police? we're not sure. this time yesterday there was a police statement, but we're not expecting that today. this is the third full day of this massive investigation involving hundreds of officers. so far it has been about gathering evidence. we have seen 11 people arrested, all but two

credit agricole considering a sale of its stake in saudi arabian lender, a deal that could fetch $2.4us go straight to our mideast finance reporter for details. matthew martin is in dubai. why would credit agricole want to sell now? is this sale high strategy or not? the creditll, agricole is a group under some pressure to refocus and simplify its structure and emphasizes core markets where it can drive growth out. these minority stakes banks have held in lenders in the middle east, those have come under pressure. we have seen a lot of the international, european, u.s. banks try to exit those and sell them off to local banks which are much more in growth mode. part of that is the thinking that is driving the credit agricole's view of this. at the same time, the saudi economy is coming under some pressure. quality is that your rating as the government goes through some austerity measures and consumer lending slows down, so this is also, if they are going to exit, then exiting now is a good thing before we see the saudi economy slow down even more in the coming quarters. so, good timing

saudi arabian embassy visited them three times teaching english there.olent crimes at least twice while he was living there. he converted to islam and it was after a prison stent. he drove his rented suv across the crowded bridge on wednesday and stroke pedestrians and mowing them down. he attacked a police officer, fatally stabbing him with a knife before he was shot dead by police. four people were killed in this terrorist attack and more than twodozen others were injured . this is the latest horrors part by radical islamic terrorism. >> thousands of people are gathering in london today to protest the decision by the uk to leave the union. dozens of british nationals living in rome holds their own demonstration in the protest, days before the former star of the two-year negotiating period.the event organizers say the mark was for the 40 percent of the public who voted to remain in the union. those who are unable to cast a vote. >> i think it was very important to the union. i think the staples out of it. >> i am very ashamed. >> we believe in britain a

people in saudi arabia and arabian peninsula keep caminiti -- camels for racing and beauty camels and keep them as pets especially in january and february when the camels calf, you get the mers virus and some people get and it go to a hospital and may die in the hospital but often pass it on to doctors and nurses or other patients. >> host: has brazil done a good job containing zika? >> guest: no. zika is all over brazil and have not been able to stop it. no city in the western hemisphere has successfully stopped the spread of zika except miami, and miami stopped a very small limited outbreak in three neighborhoods, and they did it by multiple, multiple applications of pesticide, adult -- that kills adults adults ane in the water and going to people houses to throws these tableted in swimming pool and get rid of standing water. miami is the best city in the world for fighting mosquito-spread diseases. >> host: peggy in denver go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: yes. i've never heard anybody say what the life expectancy might be for the mike mike -- mike row -- mike row

last week, bloomberg spoke with the saudi arabian energy minister to talk about supply cuts and why they past may? >> it is a sign inventories are still above the five-year average for example. the markets are still not confident in the outlook. if we don't see companies and investors feel good about the health of the global oil industry, then we want to signal to them that we are going to do what it takes to bring the industry back to a healthy situation. onx: that will have impact how long those cuts will be extended. you can see the oecd inventories the blue line, the red line is the five-year average. they have a long way to go, 200 97 million barrels above that five-year average. our guests.ow how long does it take to draw those inventories down to the five-year average? >> i'm not sure we will ever draw them down to the five-year average. the saudi oil minister's family is living in an earlier era in which there was essentially opec eventuallypply and inventories would fall. what has happened is the market has moved on. first, there are many passive investors who, we call them spec

i tried to stop selling bombs to the saudi arabians. the majority keep giving them to them. so nato, should we expand it? perhaps. what we should do is make 2 clear that the nato treaty is not an open-ended treaty to go to war anywhere anytime. before we go to final passage, i will offer one amendment. this amendment will be blocked because they do not want debate and because they will be embarrassed if they have to vote against this amendment. but realize what this amendment asks. my amendment states that nothing in the nato treaty particularly the article 5 promise to come to the rescue of anyone attacked, none of of this can happen without an official vote to declare war. so what does my amendment stating? the constitution, article 1, section 8, says we don't go to war without a vote and debate. you know what they'll do to get around it? i think you can assume this is what they're against the constitution because they're not going a how the amendment. how long would it take? it takes 15 minutes to vote around here. i'm about done speaking. we could have one 15-minute vote

the saudi arabian embassy in britain affirmed that he taught english in saudi arabia in 2005 and 2008 the embassy said he did not have a criminal record. in england he was convicted at least twice for violent crimes. last wednesday he drove the rented suv across london's crowded westminster bridge and hit more than 2 dozen people. he then jumped out and stabbed a police officer to death and was shot and killed by police. >>> salvage operations are underway off the coast of south korea. the vessel has been on its side at the bottom of the sea for 3 years. investigators say the ferry was structurally unsound and overloaded for it think. more than 300 people lost their lives they were mostly teenagers on a school trip. salvage teams are hoping to find 9 bodies that were never recovered. >>> 18 people were hurt and i mall after one of the longest as greeters and the world broke. took out the surveillance video. you can see escalator starts running backwards incredibly fast. people start piling up at the bottom. unable to gain their balance. witnesses say it was going twice as fast as norm

two wars going on-- the saudis and iranians fighting each other as the proxy war, there's the houthi rebels and so forth. and then there's this fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> a defense official was explaining yesterday kind of a civil war within a civil war. but what the u.s. is really concerned with primarily is fighting a.q.a.p. in central yemen and along the coastal yemen. that includes the area where the january 29 raid was. there's about maybe upwards of 3,000 known al qaeda fighters in this area, so the idea is to kind of-- somebody in the pentagon said kind of get after it, but use indigenous forces and emrawties and saudis to do it. u.s. forces are kind of-- they're involved on the ground. the pentagon's loathe to kind of acknowledge that, but there is some presence there. but they don't appear to be doing a lot of ground combat right now. >> sreenivasan: did anybody from the pentagon says that the intelligence gathered from the raid on january 29 is contributing to any of these air strikes? >> right, they actually made a point of saying the intelligence from that raid did not driv drie these strikes over the last few days. they're ki

emirates and saudi arabiams in yemen and do their long-term objectives in yemen align with their own? >> before the civil war, it was my estimate we had a good focus on al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. i believe al-qaeda had an opportunity to prosper and become stronger and resilient and continue to pursue their objectives so you have seen us renew our focus on that. we are doing that with variety of partners with the eau and saudi arabia among the principle partners we are working with. with respect to long term presence that is probably a better question for them. i don't have insight into their strategic calculations but i think long-term commitment is usually necessary in most of these areas to usually change conditions. >> in syria, russia has doubled down on the long term commitment going back to the '50s. it seems russia and iran are in attack in syria. russia provides the air power and the iranians through hezbollah provide a lot of ground forces. do you see evidence of a broader regional alliance between russia and iran? if so, what are its manifestations? >> well i think there perhaps could be. i am not sure i see specific indications of that in other areas but

why did they say that when the is being dairy sources came out and said, wait a second, actually saudi arabian production fellas month that confusion about what that means, is that a signal by saudi arabia that done with the production cuts? that got the market worried. that is why we took a hit. back to you. david: good explanation, phil. thank you. nicole you have been watching stocks dive today. what happened. >> it was worst-performing sector of the day. energy names, marathon, rig, transocean, devon, chesapeake with down arrows. all 10 sectors was lower but energy was the worst of the bunch. there is nervousness in the market tomorrow. we have the fed so there is that wait and see mode. watching valeant that came under pressure. that dropped 10%. bill ackman, said forget it, droned out and sold his big stake in valeant. you know what? lost close to $4 billion doing so by selling that stake after trying to rescue it for some time. we turn to the airlines. airlines came under pressure. don't forget we've seen thousands of cancellations, delays. that go into tomorrow. a look at united contin