it was long enough to be in a death row in saudia arabia. this is a generation that is being defined by what they tweet in facebook. the stuff is not going away. >> the end of this question. the last two revolutions in which the web was dominated has been the advent of social networks and mobil. -- mobile those come together. what do you see as the next big thing is that your going to happen in digital realm? >> it will be something that emerges out of the fact that mobile computing is very close to being ubiquitous. it changes the way people interact with their world. what i'm hearing right now, what i am. that will foster some sort of innovation or revolution. >> do you think there will be natural interfaces'? machine intelligence, machine learning? >> we will talk about this earlier. -- we were talking about the turing test earlier. i do think at some point, probably sooner than we like, there would be some form of passing the test. the turing test is the test of whether, behind a closed partition, you can ask a series of questions and no

. >> it is interesting that saudia arabia and kuwait have avoided the conflict situation.i'm interested in a couple of words from either of you. is that just a matter of having a critical mass, or is it a fundamental difference? >> it is a fundamental difference. basically, saudi arabia has a shia and sunni population. they have had demonstrations, because they are very suppressed. those demonstrations have been put down. the reason they are putting put down is to make sure they don't spread. they have a sunni population and not one quarter has been given. the same weekend that nato intervened in libya, the saudis wanted to make sure that those people did not overthrow their government. the gulf states are extremely hard off, and there's no way it's going to happen. that is what they say. are there any more questions? >> yes? >> in libya, there were a number of high-profile journalists that were killed. can you speak of the danger of covering these types of events? >> yes, it is increasingly dangerous. three of my colleagues, they were killed in libya. chris and tim were i

that was called "prostitutes of the olympics" almost as soon as the two women who were competing for saudia were announced. interestingly, it was hijacked by supporters of sarah attar and wodjan shaherkani to give support for them, but clearly, one of the -- just to return to the basics in saudi arabia, the real problem is legal gender segregation and the fact saudi arabia has one of the most abysmal women's rights records in the world. the true problem is the legal system and the government policy to create an environment where women do not have basic rights and freedoms, and you see that in a climate that is created where threats and intimidation against women are acceptable. >> helen lenskyj, the think saudi arabia should have been banned? >> i do not have any faith in these issues being resolved at the level of world sport. i think they are with pernicious in the fact the ioc is massive hypocrisy. it is an amoral, set elected group of men and women, mostly men, who basically do not care about these human rights issues or their history of the last 20, 30, 40 years would have dramatically

in recent months, as the united states has stepped up our commitment, so have saudia arabia, japan, germany, the gates foundation, and others. and i encourage other donors, especially in emerging economies, to increase their contributions to this essential organization. and then finally, we all have a share in responsibility to get serious about promoting country ownership, the end state where a nation's efforts are led, implemented, and eventually paid for by its government, its communities, its civil society, its private sector. i spoke about how the united states is supporting country ownership, but we also look to our partner countries and donors to do their part. they can follow the example of the last few years, in south africa, namibia, botswana, india, and other countries who are able to provide more and better care for their own people because they are committing more of their own resources to hiv-aids. and partnered countries also need to take steps like fighting corruption and making sure their system for approving drugs a as efficient as possible. i began today by recalling the

succeeded by a friendly regime which has a strong secretary and an identity which aligns itself with saudiaa and other persian gulf countries. that is right. it is a little bit different in iraq. in iraq, and they do not mind saying the democratic majority come to power. it is the shi'ite. they do not want to see a strong iraq government. they certainly need iraq as an ally. the advantage which the country like iraq has as opposed to syria is that it has its own oil revenue. in some ways, it shields its way through iran's financial influence is. it is more difficult. host: what is iran's military strength specifically dedicated to this conflict? guest: overall it is pretty weak. the military expenditures are less than 2%. i remember a current head of the once said the air force of the united arab emirates is smaller than most provinces. the air force could destroy the iranian air force and a couple of days. in terms of military power, iran is pretty weak. how they have managed to influence the middle east has not really been as a result of what i would call their hard power. it is more thei

in recent months, as the united states has stepped up our commitment, so have saudia arabia, japan, germany, the gates foundation, and others. and i encourage other donors, especially in emerging economies, to increase their contributions to this essential organization. and then finally, we all have a share in responsibility to get serious about promoting country ownership, the end state where a nation's efforts are led, implemented, and eventually paid for by its government, its communities, its civil society, its private sector. i spoke about how the united states is supporting country ownership, but we also look to our partner countries and donors to do their part. they can follow the example of the last few years, in south africa, namibia, botswana, india, and other countries who are able to provide more and better care for their own people because they are committing more of their own resources to hiv-aids. and partnered countries also need to take steps like fighting corruption and making sure their system for approving drugs are as efficient as possible. i began today by recalling th

i said this was gonna to be in a death row in saudia arabia. this is a generation it's at the personal device already. as the technology gets better, all with your permission, these devices can help you decide where you should go, who you should meet, what your choices are. it is the intersection of mobile, local, and commerce on a single platform that was not possible until the last few years. the hottest area of investment right now is in this area, for the 22-year-old's who have come out with this model to see how lives can change. they are backed up by extraordinary intelligence. in are very good in needle haystack. we do what we're really good at, and their member everything and make a very deep conversations adn option.ls -- options. >> thank you very much. you can see why we invited them tonight. let's all proceeded to the gala dinner and we will have cocktails and honor our people. thank you very much. [applause] c-[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> watched

to what degree does saudia arabia allow the flourishing of a more vibrant democratic model in yemen with the kinds of institutions you site? >> saadia arabia has and more for yemen than any other country. it shares a border with yemen. they were one of the key drivers with in the gtc to force the agreement that called for this political transition to take place in the embedded in that agreement is political reform. whenever i go to yemen, i will go to saudi arabia. sometimes before and after. what the saudis and yemenis want to do is make sure we are working together. i have found only support coming out of saudi arabia to this senior saudi officials before yemen to continue along this path. yemen has a history of having a vibrant civil society. political opposition -- >> -- >> they have political parties that have been there for quite some time. now moving into this new phase, the saudis want to make sure that yemen is able to take advantage of the foundations that it has already and to make sure it evolves in a peaceful way and one that is, i think, consistent with what the area is try

khazali and daqduq plan the karbal karbala massacrd helped coordinate the attempt to assassinate the saudia arabian ambassador on united states soil. do you remember that? that's the same guy. despite this alarming track record and the obvious lessons to be learned from its previous mistakes, the administration recently insisted on engaging in negotiations with the taliban to release five terrorist detainees from guantanamo bay, detainees who were categorized as -- previously as too dangerous to transfer by the administration's own committee, the guantanamo review task force. and they were to be released in exchange for the taliban's promise in afghanistan to -- quote -- "begin talks with the afghan government." negotiating, i suggest, with terrorists is not a profitable enterprise. and that's what that in effect was. the three of these of the five have ties to al qaeda. another met with iranian officials on behalf of the taliban immediately following 9/11 to discuss iran's offer of weapons and support to attack u.s. forces in afghanistan. another detainee then under consideration, mohammed