seems and we're talking about four billion dollars worth of trade here between canada and the saudi arabians one point two billion of that is actually what canada exports to saudi arabia so boo hoo really for the canadian standpoint no really big deal when you're talking about the big picture but look what the saudis have done ok so we can break this down quite easily we start with the ambassador of canada being booted out of saudi arabia then they pulled their ambassador from here and then they just started to trickle down into other sectors saying no new foreign investment or investment in canada no trade with canada nothing new can happen with canada and then of course the newest is when this my favorite favorite is we barley they're not allowing wheat and barley in from canada that all the numbers here quite big if you look one hundred thirty to two thousand tons of barley and sixty six thousand tons of wheat came from canada to saudi arabia last year but here's the funny part of it there's something called that canada we board and guess who has the controlling shares of the canada we bo

session following reports that the major backa seeking the company private was pulling out the saudi arabian sovereign wealth fund the chief executive you know last has said it could help fund a privatization deal is now in talks to invest in rival lucent notice she has rebounded later on monday but a still down more than twenty percent since musk tweeted his plans two weeks ago say he has secured funding u.s. securities regulators reportedly probing the veracity of that and other claims to check in with our financial correspondent so fisherman skee she's on wall street for us sophie seems like investors have lost faith in you know moscow is the latest . all of these have been too tough we the plan was to make everything is their protest such a take away the pressure of being a probably through this that company jobs by quarterly earnings short term profits numbers improvements in the performance as an automaker while for a month it is more about the future and about changing it it's about the vision the expensive version and so it's not easy to find investors who stick with you while your c

aramco — a claim the saudi arabian energy minister has rejected.te energy giant. the ipo is at the centre of crown prince mohanned bin and salman‘s ambitious plan to overhaul the saudi economy. on the bbc news website a danish vessel is breaking the ice on the arctic sea route, aiming to become the first container ship to tackle the usually inpenetrable route. melting of arctic sea ice has made the journey possible, and finally in the ft pennies used to be considered lucky but debate is waging on theirfuture. a report says most copper coins are only used in a single transaction before leaving the cash cycle presumably for a coinjar or down the back of the couch. should we quit copper? with me isjonathan charles, director of communications at the european bank for reconstruction and development. let get stuck into the. we have spoken it

the way was sentenced to a thousand lashes to be administered over twenty weeks for criticizing saudi arabian clerics now his sister summer is among a number of women's rights activists who've been imprisoned sparking protests from the canadian government and which in turn was met with a shop and immediate saudi response via state controlled television of. the kingdom used the canadian position as an affront to the kingdom but requires a sharp response to prevent any party in from attempting to meddle with the south and serve until. the canadian foreign minister makes it clear they will be no backing down. to canada's commitment to putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy has drawn some attention in recent days. i'm referring of course to the expulsion of canada's ambassador to saudi arabia. and let me be very clear with everyone here and with the canadians who may be watching and listening canada will always stand up for human rights in canada and around the world and women's rights are human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian gov

the saudi arabian sovereign wealth fund could help fund a privatization deal. they are now in talks to invest in rival lucid motors. tesla shares d dpped 3% on the news. they are down more than 20% since elon musk treated plans to weeks ago, saying he had secured funding. securities regulators probing the veracity of that and other claims. it is time to check in with our financial correspondent, sophie scimansky. it seems like investors have lost faith in elon musk. what is the latest? sophie: these have been two tough weeks. the plan was to make everything easier for tesla, to take away the pressure of being a publicly listed company, judged by quarterly earnings, short-term profits, numbers, improvements in the performance of the automaker. for musk, it is more about the future and changing it is about the vision. it is not easy to find investors who stick with you while your company is still not making any profit at all. he wanted to go private. the people started to believe that he does not have the money to do that. the saudi arabian fund seems to be looki

want to all private for people start to believe that he doesn't have the money to do that the saudi arabian front seems to be looking into a competitor as we just heard and then investors are also on top of that concern for marc harrold he tweeted something late at night this weekend and the board seems to be thinking of a number two to help him out and then huffington post founder area and i have thing tweeted he should get some sleep and mark replied very passive aggressive way. so you see in all of the news we're hearing that pepsi is set to take over soda stream i mean i hate to sound harsh allness one but why many people sort of a soda stream was rather outdated company these days. yeah i thought the same thing had been up at pepsico as two major reasons for this takeover first of all consumers don't want to drink sugary beverages and anymore not as much as they used to and they want to live healthier so photo stream with a soda stream they can basically accent their portfolio buy a drink with less sugar and then the second reason is less plastic so pepsico wants to limit the use of pl

but a saudi arabian blockade has contributed to starvation and disease, and a u.n. report found the saudi-led bombing campaign, carried out with u.s. support, has hit schools and weddings. and today, a bus full of children. kestate department spokeswoman today expressed concern over the ndr strike and called on the toudi-led coalition to atvestigate. jeff. >> glor: holly williams, thank you. in northern california, a mechanic helping to fight the wildfire near redding was killed today in a traffic accident. he is the tenth person to die in california's wildfires, or nearby. 14 large fires are burning in the state tonight. the biggest concern now is the holy fire south of los angeles. 20,000 homes are under evacuation orders and jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: this is just the latest front line, thousands of homes southeast of los angelesee the all-out aerial assault, the holy fire continues to explode in size, a fire that officials say was deliberately set. >> do you know how this fire started? >> i have no idea. i was asleep. i had two ear plugs in. >> rep

the question was, why would you run with the saudi arabians? they do not have an option. they want prices to be more than $65, especially given the upcoming sanctions. what we have seen right after tweeted anden trump started pressuring saudi arabia, there was response from saudi arabia. they are ready to cooperate with the u.s. to supply more oil to the market. redundanthe deal seem because there was an agreement made on june 22 and a couple days later, the u.s. interferes and saudi arabia agrees to break the deal. of this becoming less and less important but for the last few years and for the first half of 2019, this deal is in place. it's a very vague and abstract mechanism to regulated -- to regulate it. opec, it's basically that entity or institution that is controlled by saudi arabia and russia. in thatl the shots joint mechanism commission they have that regulates the caps. to that point, i think opec is becoming less and less important. as far as saudi arabia's gas imports from russia is concerned, it was just a proposal. it was a political statement by putin.yton

investment and expelled the canadian ambassador that was in retaliation for a canadian call to free saudi arabian activists who've recently been arrested the saudis accuse the canadian government of interfering in their affairs. well if he is anti corruption agency has some of the former prime minister najib razak for further questioning a few hours ago a luxury superyacht at the heart of the country's biggest ever corruption scandal arrived back in the country after being seized in indonesia the two hundred fifty million dollars croft was allegedly bought with money stolen from the state fund more news on the website. next it's my cuba. during a moment in time. snapshots of. other stories. providing a glimpse into someone else's work. on al-jazeera. you know there's no doubt that you know in the lead in. the ending i'm awake. at. night. and why and then he asked i have also. asked them to place here tonight in a way that one other day to day and the. novel by a young. man . and leaving long and never downloaded the bedouin basically now i must i don't understand that after the act and play a lea

two thousand lashes to be administered over twenty weeks to criticizing saudi arabian clerics. now his sister summer is among a number of women's rights activists who've been imprisoned sparking protests from the canadian government and which in turn was met with a shop and immediate saudi response via state controlled television of. the kingdom used the canadian position as an affront to the kingdom but requires a sharp response to prevent any party from attempting to meddle with the south and sovereignty. the canadian foreign minister makes clear they will be no backing down . to canada's commitment to putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy has drawn some attention in recent days. i'm referring of course to the expulsion of canada's ambassador to saudi arabia and let me be very clear with everyone here and with the canadians who may be watching and listening canada will always stand up for human rights in canada and around the world and women's rights are human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to susp

to a thousand lashes to be administered over twenty weeks for criticizing saudi arabian clerics now his sister summer is among a number of women's rights activists who've been imprisoned sparking protests from the canadian government and which in turn was met with a shop and immediate saudi response via state controlled television of. the kingdom used the canadian position as an affront to the kingdom but requires a sharp response to prevent any party from attempting to meddle with the saudis sovereignty. the canadian foreign minister makes clear they will be no backing down . to canada's commitment to putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy has drawn some attention in recent days. i'm referring of course to the expulsion of canada's ambassador to saudi arabia and let me be very clear with everyone here and with the canadians who may be watching and listening canada will always stand up for human rights in canada and around the world and women's rights are human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to suspend sales

is probably not a coincidence that the tweet about going private came shortly after news of the saudi arabian front buying a five person take in tampa and i mean there's a reasonably big chance that a lot of investors are going to stay invested in the private test as well which would make it more inexpensive and has lenders to take to go private and his most recent blog post wrote he left the july thirty first meeting with the saudis with no question that a deal with the saudis sober and fund could be close and that it was just a matter of getting the profits moving and this is why you were prior to finding secure in the august seventh announcement. so if you must be reporting from wall street there now shares in german chemicals giant buyer plunged ten percent on monday after last week's decision by a us court to order among some top which wire recently acquired to pay almost three hundred million dollars in damages during groundskeeper wayne johnson who suffers from lymphoma claims his cancer could have been caused by his contact with monsanto's roundup we killer the jury agreed ruling that

who's responsible the saudi arabian led coalition the coalition has been fighting hooty rebels on behalf of the yemeni government since two thousand and fifteen in a deadly proxy war the rebels are being backed by iran both saudi and iran and vying for power and influence not only in yemen but across the middle east this conflict has been unrelenting for civilians who are often caught in the middle even rights organizations say yemen has become the world's largest humanitarian crisis and peace is no way in sight that according to the united nations over ten thousand people have already died with over two million people displaced. last week the u.n. announced that new peace talks will be held between those involved in the conflicts these are likely to begin before september meanwhile the fighting continues. if. a grand who is the united nations humanitarian coordinator for yemen and we saw very distressing pictures from this attack yesterday the u.n. is calling for an independent and prompt investigation into this asteroid but will there be actually any consequences. what happened just to

remain volatile amid reports the major backer for taking the company private is pulling out the saudi arabian sovereign wealth fund that tests the c.e.o. musk said could help fund its privatization is now in talks to invest in aspiring rival lucid motors tesla shares dropped three percent on the news down more than twenty percent since musk tweeted his plans a fortnight ago u.s. securities regulators are reportedly probing the veracity of that end of the claim . and after more than a century behind bars the american food company biscoe is freeing its animals on boxes of animal crackers that is the popular bonham's animals nachas been sold since nineteen hundred two and pretty much the original box but an animal rights group has asked the basic ozone a model these for a new design that no longer shows the animals in cages now the new boxes feature elephant lion giraffe and gorilla or wandering side by side in a grassland with acacia trees in the distance also very realistic by the way this next namesake circus removed elephants from it shows a couple years back due to pressure from the same ac

a few days ago, the saudi arabians bombed another hospital.ranians economy, this will have an impact and your view is that ordinary iranians will suffer. is it not true now though that there are already economic problems in iran and there have been reports of u nrest and there have been reports of unrest since last december over a poorly performing economy? it is not just because of what the americans are doing now, it is because of what has been going on of late, is it not? the americans have been carrying out psychological warfare and economic warfare over the last few months and in england itself and britain in the uk you have brexit and you have all these discussions and you have all these discussions and all these problems that the country faces. imagine the us carrying out engaging in economic warfare, in such a way that the us is basically ordering britain, france and germany to abide by the demands of trump or else. this is what iran is facing but nevertheless, what is happening is that the us, trump has united the political parties in

who's responsible the saudi arabian led coalition the coalition has been fighting hooty rebels on behalf of the yemeni government since two thousand and fifteen in a deadly proxy war the rebels are being backed by iran both saudi and iran of vying for power and influence in yemen but across the middle east this conflict has been unrelenting for civilians who are often caught in the middle even rights organizations say yemen has become the world's largest humanitarian crisis and peace is nowhere in sight. according to the united nations over ten thousand people have already died with over two million people displaced. last week the un announced that new peace talks will be held between those involved in the conflict these are likely to begin before september meanwhile the fighting continues. let's take a look out some of the other stories making the news today u.s. authorities say a fifty one year old man has been arrested on suspicion of setting up a massive wildfire known as the holy fire in southern california's orange county forest clark faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if h

saudi arabia, the saudi arabian investment fund which was looking to raise money from the ipo or partobviously owns, they're not now making that money. there's question over how much investment this saudi arabia investment fund can do but the key thing they're looking to do is invest outside the oil industry in saudi arabia. with tesla, of course completely away from that industry. there's a lot going on in here, there's a long way to go. elon musk doesn't care what he says and when he says it. kind of like you in that sense. absolutely. let's talk about vienna, the first timea let's talk about vienna, the first time a european city has been ranked the most liveable. we've been asking people at home to tell us what makes any city liveable, what about you? food, if you can get good food in any place, that's number one for me. you're a political —— political and social stability, is that important to you? not if the food is good. crime? are we talking about the number of fast food places available? manchester saw the biggest improvement of any european city, rising 16 places to get to 3

volatile amid reports that the major backer for taking the company private was pulling out the saudi arabian sovereign wealth fund to that tesla c.e.o. in a mosque said could help fund a privatization deal is now in talks to invest in rival allusive motors tesla shares dropped three percent on the news they are down more than twenty percent since musk tweeted his plans two weeks ago saying he had secured funding u.s. securities regulators are reportedly probing the very last itty of that and other claims. and after more than a century behind bars the american food company now biscoe is freeing its out of moles on boxes of animal crackers that is the popular barnum's animal snack has been sold since nineteen zero zero two in pretty much the original box but animals have rights group peta has asked the base because owners want the least for a new design that no longer shows the animals in cages and now the new boxes feature a say a bra elephant a lion giraffe and gorilla wandering side by side in a grassland with acacia trees in the distance by the way the stacks tames namesakes circus which i

who's responsible the saudi arabian led coalition the coalition has been fighting hooty rebels on behalf of the yemeni government since two thousand and fifteen in a deadly proxy war the rebels are being backed by iran both saudi and iran and vying for power and influence not only yemen but across the middle east this conflict has been unrelenting for civilians who are often caught in the middle even rights organizations say yemen has become the world's largest humanitarian crisis and peace is no way in sight that according to the united nations over ten thousand people have already died with over two million people displaced. last week the un announced that new peace talks will be held between those involved in the conflict these aren't likely to begin before september meanwhile the fighting continues. authorities in belize have freed a correspondent detained on suspicion of gaining unauthorized access to computer systems of the state run news agency paul york because his russian service was one of a number of journalists taken into custody this week in what critics said was a crackdown

to a thousand lashes to be administered over twenty weeks for criticizing saudi arabian clerics. now his sister summer is among a number of women's rights activists who've been imprisoned sparking protests from the canadian government and which in turn was met with a shop and immediate saudi response via state controlled television of. the kingdom used the canadian position as an affront to the kingdom but requires a sharp response to prevent any party in from attempting to meddle with the south and serve until. the canadian foreign minister makes clear they will be no backing down. to canada's commitment to putting human rights at the center of our foreign policy has drawn some attention in recent days. i'm referring of course to the expulsion of canada's ambassador to saudi arabia and let me be very clear with everyone here and with the canadians who may be watching and listening canada will always stand up for human rights in canada and around the world and women's rights are human rights this new diplomatic meltdown comes on the heels of calls for the canadian government to su

maybe there was a saudi arabian sovereign wealth fund. the money is there.here is private equity money looking for a home, a lot of money out there lot of paper to be issued. so there is the demand, let's say, for deals, but when we look for lbo's, we look for companies, typically looking for more cash-rich than cash-start companies. this is typically not the company that does this, but let's see. we just don't have any details. if we know who the suitor was, or what banks were involved, how is that funding secured? what does that statement mean? that is a tell-all for how serious this is. right now, sounds like we have more of a statement of intent, a plan to make a plan. not really a deal where we know what's going to happen. ramy: that will drop shortly, and we will be bringing that to you as it develops. david kudla, doubling down on his shorts of the stock. let's get the first word news now. n hasca: washingto confirmed it will begin imposing 25% duties on another $16 billion of chinese imports in the next two weeks. customs will begin collecting the du

then the question was why would iranians agree with the saudi arabians? because they don't have any other option. they want prices to be more than 65, $70, especially given the upcoming sanctions. it's in their best interest as well. what we should seem right after the deal went trump started pressuring saudi arabia and there was response and saudi arabia that they are ready to cooperate with the united states to supply more oil to the market, it makes the deal seem redundant because there was an agreement that was made on june 22 and then a couple days later the united states interferes and saudi arabia agrees to break the deal. these guys are showing opec is becoming less and less important, but the fact is that for the last two years and probably for the next for the first at the 419, this deal is in place -- first half of 2019, using to regulate it by joint mechanisms, commission they have within opec, and opec within opec. basically that into the recitation is controlled by saudi arabia and russia. they call the shots in the joint mechanism commissio

posted a post in recent days saying that phrasing came from conversations he had had with the saudi arabiang the committee back to private. that is the focus of certainly all the attention on wall street and potentially a sec investigation. let's go to asia, now, where markets are getting a boost from the news that china and the us are to resume trade talks aimed at easing tensions between the world's two biggest economies katie silver is following the story in singapore. talk us through whether or not there isa talk us through whether or not there is a feeling that they will be some progress this time in talks between the two countries. i was a generally there is not a great deal of optimism. the announcement was made yesterday by china's commerce ministry. they say that these ongoing negotiations were at the us invitation. we basically noted that the chinese vice, as minister will be making a meeting with washington. this is the first sincejune. the clu b wa nts a this is the first sincejune. the club wants a lot. he wants a package. he wants an alleviation of the trade deficit, to lower

in response that, the saudi arabians are selling off canadian assets, no matter what the cost.ct, because we are seeing some of these countries now, spending huge amount of money, investing huge amounts of money abroad, and it looks like when the time comes, they are willing to use it financial pressure to put pressure on countries. it is an interesting tasks the position. —— an interesting juxtaposition. from what we have heard, there are some more progressive things happening, the lift on the ban of women's driving. it also seems that there has been this real crackdown in any form of dissent. there seems to be dozens form of dissent. there seems to be d oze ns of form of dissent. there seems to be dozens of saudi officials and members of the royal family in prison since he sort of came up, and now, this is a huge show of force by the saudis, calling for this woman's release. it'll be editing to see how other countries in the g7 respond to this. isjust nip back to the telegraph which has the story about how the uk's richest man has taken his £21 billion fortune to monaco, what

the sunni saudi arabians are the real problem.ieve we can do business with them. they are the persians. i think we really have gone -- >> jesse: the regime in iran. >> geraldo: bought and purchased -- >> candace: the oppressive regime in iran come i don't understand why america will be helping to fund or give cash to an oppressive regime. president trump is correct to take a high hard line on this p giving people money who would blow us to smithereens. >> geraldo: the way the saudis did? >> candace: thank you, donald trump. >> greg: geraldo. we talk about iranian terror, we say they are the largest state. it's very hard to say which one ones? >> candace: there can be more than one problem. they are all a problem. it is something we have to take care of. it's why we had a show of support with israel. there are only allies in the middle east. he has to tackle all of it. >> dana: you have the situation that you have now. don't you think, geraldo, that the saudis are trying to figure out a way? the iranians are not. >> geraldo: the sa

that country you see the united states has been supplying logistics intelligence and arms to the saudi arabian led coalition forces since their intervention against the who the rebels inside yemen began back in two thousand and fifteen this support went virtually unchecked or unnoticed by mainstream western news media and political figures until. mid august when a coalition air strike targeted a bus carrying forty innocent yemeni children on a school field trip using a lockheed martin made u.s. supplied missile and when confronted about the airstrike the saudis initially declare of the school bus was a legitimate military target. in response u.s. senator chris murphy a democrat out of connecticut tweeted out we just bombed a school bus we need to end this now and then a rare instance of a senator or a u.s. senator putting his bill where his tweets are murky actually sponsored an amendment to the latest defense appropriation bill that would have put key restrictions on u.s. financial and other support for the saudi led bombing campaign would have being the key to words here because despite the

what do you think is behind this delay, and are there implications for saudi arabian -- for saudi arabiaroduction at all as a result of this? ashley: this delay is not unexpected. i think even when they announced it two years ago, people were skeptical that saudi arabia would be willing to give up the confidentiality they have always valued in favor of a short term cash infusion. they have found a better way, and that is more money in the p.i.f., and they can do that by funding the salvo petro chemical field. and with some investment petrochemicals. it brings money into the country, and it doesn't require that they open the books and follow a lot of international regulations. julie: in that case, why even consider the aramco i.p.o. in the first place if there were better ways for them to spend their money and raise capital? how th javier: you need to put that in the context of what -- at the point of the start of this process, was the crown prince. he wanted to shock the economy. he wanted to shock the country. he wanted to get saudi arabia in the international arena. probably announcing

set up to combat extremism and the government did not give any reason for the closure that the saudi arabian government has very close ties for the former malaysian administration led by former prime minister runs up where not chip was found to have had seven hundred million dollars deposited into his personal bank account several years ago he said that money was a donation from the saudi royal family. much more to come including. sanctions on iran are a very bracing here in western afghanistan the weakened economy is pushing afghans home in their thousands. rights groups slam bangladesh over its handling of student led protests and the detention of journalists who report. hello there we're still seeing plenty of wet weather across the black sea and the caspian sea we look at the satellite picture we can see a great deal of just a few bits and pieces of gray cloud that's indicating that most of the cloud here is low cloud but it's still going to have some rather violent storms so a few showers during the day on wednesday but i think it's looking wet if the thursday some of us here particular

how is the saudi arabian press treating this?f this paper,ge they go through the list of countries and organizations that have praised the crown prince. in the canadian press, much surprise and indignation. argues it is mail not about canadian and saudi arabia relations but about reflecting regional and domestic criticism about saudi foreign policy, mainly about their invoking the possibility of backing jared kushner and the white house proposal for a israeli-palestinian peace process. >> very controversial issue. how is this being viewed in the american media? >> new york times has a scathing editorial and call the saudi moves backward desperate and say it is unnecessarily aggressive and intended to intimidate critics into silence. say, hardly whimper of protest from the donald trump administration. >> a deadly couple of days in chicago. over 70 people shot. worthy of a war zone the newspaper say. >> the summer season is killing season is what the "chicago tribune" calling the latest fat where scores of -- where scores were shot

and the government also recently announced the closure of a cent test set up and backed by the saudi arabian government to combat extremism and the government did not give a reason for the closure but the previous administration led by not had very close ties with the saudi government and in fact when it was discovered that not to pay seven hundred million dollars deposit it into his bank account several years ago he said that money was a personal donation by the saudi royal family. rescue teams in indonesia have yet to make it to some parts of lombok island as the search goes on for survivors from sunday's earthquake at least twenty thousand people have had their homes destroyed or damaged and the destruction of roads and bridges well that's making it difficult for emergency crews to get around magnitude six point nine quake has killed nearly one hundred people but many more feared trapped under rubble so more from. on long island. here at this mosque nobody has been found alive today rescue workers are really really struggling to complaining they don't have the right equipment there's a ve

now was that run-up based on the saudi arabian thing or based on someone might possibly be leaking thatare getting in as they're going private. i am telling you these are the questions that the shorts are raising, probably going to raise it with regulators in the next couple days. they're also going to raise the fact the way this thing was disclosed. twitter and elon musk, elon musk must be followed by 20 million people. liz: the stock is up 12%. >> how many people follow elon musk? generally when companies release this type of announcement, michael dell is the last major company that i remember going private in this way. liz: he's got 22.3 million followers. >> usually do it through a press release put on the website so everybody in the world can see it. obviously if the sec thinks there's an issue with fair disclosure, that's one of the disclosure rules that say everybody must get the information at the same time. i think what elon musk's lawyers would say listen this guy is widely known. liz: can we take a shot on the computer. we've got the blog that he had said he would now post, a

in a blog post today elon musk said the saudi arabian sovereign wealth fund approached him many times. musk said he thought a deal could b closed. in a volatile session, the stock closed higher. >> from electric cars to an iconic motorcycle company. harley-davidsons being targeted by president trump again. he said over the weekend in a tweet that he supported a boycott of the bike maker. that sent shares ofow harley today, extending its recent slide. morgan brennen has more on this escalating feud. >> reporter: what happens when the president of the united statess support the boycott of an american brand? hainey-davidson may soon f out. after hosting a bikers for trump event over the weekend, president trump tookero twi to slam the company saying, many harley-davidson owners plan to boycott the company as manufacturing moves overseas.th most companies are coming in this direction, including harl competitors. really bad move. the u.s. will have a level playing field or beer. it's the latest salvo in a war of words that has found harley at the center of a much bigger debate. >> i think

i can't speculate as to exactly what saudi arabian policy makers do not want to disclose by keeping the company private what i can say is it's very normal for his ations to consider remaining private or in fact going private in order to make organizational changes or perhaps await him to wait until a different time in order to in order to conduct an i.p.o. we saw that most recently with tesla and all of the conflict around their chief executives statements about going public and then actually backtracking so this is certainly a strategy that is used by organizations again i can't speculate as to exactly what policy makers do not want to disclose or if that is in fact their decision all i can say it is it is one strategy that organizations use and we'll just have to wait and see if the i.p.o. does go forward at a future date what types of details come come out indeed whether one is suspended or delayed what sort of messages does that send to the financial institutions who might want to actually invest in it or invest in the country in this case saudi arabia. sure well we have to remember

finally settled, tesla shares were up nearly $40, partly because of the plan to go private and the saudi arabian investment. it was that kind of a day. coming up at 6:00, a big risk now that the company faces if the plan doesn't go through. reporting live in mountain view, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> still to come, jane fonda leading the california me too movement, changes she's calling for today. >>> plus, new fears about self-driving cars. a new study suggesting they can help avoid crashes but can also cause them. >>> storm ranger is showing the smoke across the bay area. i'll have another look at our forecast and what's happening on the fire lines, that in seven minutes in a landmark bay area t an east bay man is suing "monsanto" because, he says, it )s weed ki . >>> closing arguments today in a land mark bay area trial. an east bay man is suing mond monsanto because he says roundup gave him cancer. >> the fact that monsanto hasn't brought a single witness to testify about all of this is glaring. it is astonishing. >> the man's attorney argued that decades of animal and human studies

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seems and we're talking about four billion dollars worth of trade here between canada and the saudi arabians one point two billion of that is actually what canada exports to saudi arabia so boo hoo really for the canadian standpoint no really big deal when you're talking about the big picture but look what the saudis have done ok so we can break this down quite easily we start with the ambassador of canada being booted out of saudi arabia then they pulled their ambassador from here and then they just started to trickle down into other sectors saying no new foreign investment or investment in canada no trade with canada nothing new can happen with canada and then of course the newest is when this my favorite favorite is we barley they're not allowing wheat and barley in from canada that all the numbers here quite big if you look one hundred thirty to two thousand tons of barley.