the question with the uae deal, is this just them driving a hard bargain?o jam down dassault from france? they'll also fielded another offer from boeing. this is just one giant arms dealing bazaar for who can send any kind of fighters to the united arab emirates cheaper. they are trying to play these three defense contractors off each other to get the lowest price. either way, for the moment, it is bad for bae. calls went out this morning on the share down anywhere from 3%- 5%. we will see where this deal was priced in and what the stock does when it opens. >> let's talk about saudi arabia. bae holds their discussions with the saudi's. is that a more important deal? the stock is now down 3.6%. moving, 3.6%.k is that could be both on the uae deal, but also on the saudi deal. the saudi deal is bigger, 72 jets. that means about $7 million. bae has said that they're pricing and ability to get this deal done have to do with their billion pound share buyback. if they do not finalize this deal by the end of the year -- excuse me, by the beginning of next year, the

text of the following events are fictional and no offense was intended to the people of sa black and uae critics and uae authorities have said that they are becoming increasingly sensitive to even the mildest forms of criticism and that this case has exposed problems with the restricted internet laws in the gulf nation. in a race against time international organizations are renovating heavily down the syrian refugee camps in iraq to prepare for winter. last month more than two hundred tents had been destroyed the tomatoes came to the committee and the two hundred thousand syrian refugees due to heavy rainstorms ten days after the healing of the st temple on the feast of new ones and united nations high commission for refugees u n e c r and other organizations recently assembled the road tens of thousands of kurds from syria have flooded into northern iraq since they were targeted by stomach extremists in the audience refugee camp was quickly built a lead maternity shoot or to be done ahead of winter the town was set up in an image a seat at the mouth that was tying into the pudding depth

what did it really entail and how did the uae respond to it?> reporter: we are talking about a 29-year-old from minnesota, now living in dubai as a consultant, and in his spare time he makes videos spoofing life in the uae. let's take a look at his latest creation. >> when you say it, throw it. you see? >> okay, so this is grandmaster martial arts sheikh here. he's teaching his combatants the art of battle. what are his tools, a headdress, shoes and twitter. it's kind of stupid, right? >> yeah. >> this got him in jail. he was arrested under this new cybercrimes law which prevents use of technology, making it illegal to use technology to criticize the government. he landed in jail in april after months of detention and a trial, he was just found guilty along with his friends for a year, and now he was a year in jail and for threatening national security for this stupid video. >> so we were talking about the gentleman who is in the gray teeshirt here. when i think of the uae, sort of being so restrictive, that's not exactly what i would think of

the uae says, we are not really interested. i thought there was a bit of a rational exuberance here. i wouldn't say it is a huge shock, but the messaging was certainly somewhat confusing. >> very briefly, u.k. has a long relationship with saudi arabia. that is a longer-term story. >> that is interesting as this is the second year they have not been able to close what they call the salon contract. it is about pricing and price negotiations. s hasead of bae system said repeatedly he won not sign a deal that doesn't make financial sense for the company. for the second year, not to get this done, it is a bit worrisome. >> thank you so much for all of that. systems.t from bae >> let's go to shopping of a different kind now. bleak numbers, with just a few days until christmas forcing many retailers to offer steep discounts. with more from london, caroline hyde. sentiment, not that good. we brits spend more than anybody else so that is serious. >> it is serious. usually in britain we go a bit bonkers for christmas. ramps up by usually

. >> the deal with the uae fell apart and a potential separate ine to saudi arabia is also trouble.nichols has the latest. >> prime minister's david cameron's effort to bring more defense industry jobs back to the u.k. has hit some turbulence and stalled out because talks with the united arab emirates .it a breaking point the uae announced the talks have stopped. this is part of buying 60 jets for $6 billion. there is a separate pricing dispute with saudi arabia. it does mark a big reversal for cameron. two or three weeks ago at the dubai air show, there was talk that the deal was on track. bargaining byhard the united arab emirates. they may be looking to other customers. to be --d be using bae for a better deal with france. let's watch the stock price this morning to see how much this deal was priced in and whether or not the stock takes a hit. angle to this and there is also this saudi deal. is that more important to the bottom line? >> we are talking about more jets, 72 jets. bae has hinged their stock repurchase program on to finalizing this deal and they have said that if this

it said in part he was charged under the uae penal code. his plight has also reached washington. this was sent to secretary of state john kerry from minnesota governor mark dayton. it says in part, the conditions surrounding his confinement are very serious and call for immediate action. please take any action possible to assist mr. cassim. >> what happened in court is they got yet another court date. the next court date is december 23rd and we'll be there to see what happens. back to you. >> sara sidner reporting for us. thank you for that. jeffrey toobin is joining us live. sara mentioned in her report about the emirate penal code and i thought you could shed some light on that when you can get locked up for satire. >> they don't have a first amendment to the constitution like ours. there is not freedom of speech. >> okay. >> and this is one of the paradoxes of the modern world where the internet is everywhere. you can post to youtube which we think of as an american company but it's not american in the sense of where it reaches the uae has a much more restrictive sense of what

at the top and that the uae the day because you'll want to paint that he'll be out of the succession flood protection and the safety of the men and that adding a baby at his action packed fun you can think. but beyond that. he teased him what's up with the kidney and so she got me meant that daddy built in desk. east timor's to block them out. statistics released by the government still had one thousand two hundred to team teach with interested in getting to do so but this year as compared to seven hundred and sixteen on a frosty a demanding baby c b don't feel any safer today and the statistics to back. but the event of the last year had me dreaming more confident about to put in crimes against them. hence the nice even number of duplicate kinds of me and some duplicate one of the key he did it. i've been writing here. if he misses me. turkey comment on this some logical that so my mind's eye was caught with an aggressive he is the son of a change in his optimistic attitude to end up in india last month the media and party cannot influence the political warm and gentle mist. well it

tlts said in part he was charged under the uae's penal code. anyone charged with a crime under the laws the uae is entitled to the fair trial protections contained in the constitution. his flight has reached washington. this letter first on cnn was sent to secretary of state john kerry from minnesota governor mark dayton. it says in part "the conditions surrounding his confinement are very serious and call for immediate attention. please take any action possible to assist mr. cassim." sara sidner is injoing us live with the very latest. first of all, are what did respect from these proceedings today? what has this accomplished in do they think this somehow gets him any closer to getting out? >> that is the question. the family does not have the answer to it. we went to the court hearing today. it lasted all of five minutes. five gentlemen were standing up there including cassim. at the end of the proceeding he said to them come back december 23rd. so that is all we got from the court today. the family was hoping beyond hope perhaps today would

he is charged with violating the uae's new cybercrime laws for posting a parody video on youtube.s story and joins us live from there. what is the latest there? >> we actually went into court today and we watched the proceedings which lasted about three hours because a lot of other cases that came up. but we can see these five men who are all charged under this same cybercrime law that was updated after the arab spring and some analysts say a reason for that, that the government became pretty concerned after seeing what happened in the arab spring and started to clamp down on certain things that went out online. this case has baffled a lot of people. the american and his friends, the family of cassim says, look, it was just supposed to be funny. a lot of people have watched this video online on. we ourselves have gone through it with a fine-tooth comb and very little in there that would suggest any kind of threat to the nation. however, it is being looked at very differently by uae authorities and if you sort of get some idea of what they were trying to say, they were joking about

but what now is your message to the uae? a comedy video with no intent to harm anybody, and it was made clear that it was a fictional video, it was a comedy video with no intent to harm. and it was pretty clear and he's already been in there for eight months and there's no reason why he has to -- he should have to spend any more time in jail. we don't feel that this is justice. >> and important note, at the beginning of the video it says very clearly this is an act of fiction. before the video even airs you can see that clearly. shervon, thank you for coming in. i wish it was under different circumstances. we will continue to follow this story. >> thanks very much, kate. >> all right. >>> let's he'd over to miguel marquez. >> good stuff there, kate, thanks. >>> here's a heed liadlines. two members of an all women punk band is freed. they were found guilty of hooliganism in 2012 after performing songs critical of vladimir putin. last week they approved an amnesty plan. one woman said her release seems more like a publicity st

taxing those remittances is a huge revenue stream for the uae. so, now i don't think that's quite workable and qataris aren't going to do it or release they have announced that they want to do it but what i think the situation of migrant workers is extremely complex and i don't think we can say that based on the anecdotal evidence that we hear we can therefore generalize that all workers are in a dire predicament. having said all of this, i realize that i'm explaining or trying to talk about an extremely complex and very emotionally charged subject in a couple of seconds and which i can't do justice to but i think it's important to keep in mind that there are people who make a lot of money and there are people who are exploited and whose passports are confiscated and work in horrible conditions and have to go back to horrible camps but at the same time there are those who are much better off, working as migrant workers in qatar than they would he have a state. again the question of if it's so bad why do they keep coming back i think it's an impor

bae's losses down now nearly 5% after it lost out on a contract to supply jets to the uae. but its loss was dassault's gain. bae confirming after the market close no longer in the running. and dassault aviation up 2.78%, as well. let's get more from stephane on that. hey, ross. after losing an important contract in brazil, dassault is more positive about its outlook. this morning, the ceo of dassault says he was rather confident over the jet fieder in india. me dehli is going to buy 126 aircraft plus 67 options, which makes a total of 189. this would be a great competition for dassault aviation after the french contract. the french minister is confident about the outlook. getting a contract in india but also in the gulf country saved precisely that getting a contract in the united arab emirates seems more likely now that they have ended their negotiations with the country which is looking at potentially buying 60 aircraft. getting international contract is crucial for dassault aviation. they need to offset the negative impact of the austerity measures in france. the french

so although kuwait or the uae might have equal amounts of wealth, or even more wealth, they don't have the centralized and agile decision-making and leadership. but also the other characteristic of qatar is that it has an incredibly wealthy find vision. there is a vision that characterizes the qatar leaderships activities and agendas that in many ways lacking in other parts of the arabian peninsula, and across the persian gulf. it's a vision that initially was motivated by survival strategy. that is hyper active diplomacy which mention in a minute, was initially motivated by a survival strategy when they shake came to power in 1995, there was an almost irrational fear that qatar would be gobbled up. it would be trampled and overwhelmed by saudi arabia, or by developments in iran. so qatar's engage in incredibly hyper active diplomacy to ensure its survival. and then they realized that it wasn't survival that they needed to worry about. it was getting a place secure on the global map. and that building on that position within the global map to enact qatar's larger position within the gl

bright colors and carried uab flags with some having portraits of the country's leaders the two emirates uae has a flourishing car culture with a booming laugh tree on the market and police famously have lamborghini is to keep up with reckless drivers. you may is national day celebrates the unification of the seven emirates formerly british protectorate under one flag on the second of december nineteen seventy one the euro key store minister has visited to go to discuss security concerns ms afghan account of profits last year american combat troops to drop off to the two countries failed to reach a deal since the us to talk to coach has been plagued by sectarian violence. vi. he is. and if that. also the with you afghanistan is troy's to saudi security agreement with the u s afghan president karzai is resisting closing the deal to allow the presidential elections in april twenty fourteen there are concerns that without an agreement afghan forces could struggle to cope with the ongoing taliban islamist militant insurgency following the al qaeda inspired beyond eleven attacks on new york and t

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the latter echoed statements that aren't being released by one of this the holocaust the spokespeople uae and open left center and when she found it and present it unfold from grunting and the state's cotton on humanitarian grounds now in terms of response from the good german government under the medical folks person makes a statement saying the german chancellor welcome to make ella because he hits included and praised the hand stitching kinship with awoke to be the best trade diplomats this had put it in order to secure that she also spoke about the work of the german governments and russian governments had done behind the scenes in cooperation and to allow become what it called steve to come here and spent his first night of freedom in ten years in berlin in this open letter said from that list of articles he he he outlines his immediate funds in its immediate funds are quite simply family and friends he wants to spend time with is his loved ones and his mother is very very sick she has been receiving treatment even though in full and the fruits that sometime the funds but his mother

the total amount in return the us and european countries to these international sanctions against the uae president wolf. the other one got the nod will still be waiting for civil purposes he regularly come in i supported it heals well washington made a statement that the deal helps to see the middle east some more securely to richmond got to the prime minister of israel has noted that the pupils of the world. john kerry said that the us is to have a common goal. good deal the first step to stop the dogs he hoped negotiations progressed after the moderate middle son caden was elected as president the first round of negotiations held in geneva on nov seven through the night did not bring any results. the ministry's fourth when affairs of the united nations security council member countries agreed to get it on the right for peaceful out. cover the iranian nuclear program will be taken for control in exchange of peace and international sanctions against cuba. experts say that the next step is to convince israel and saudi revealed that the new deal will help to put the iranian program under s

give way on enrichment the uae, saudi arabia, turkey, egypt all saying, are you kidding? iran gets to enrich we don't? i think all barriers are off then to nuclear programs around the middle east and elsewhere. >> dickerson: wonderful. thanks very much. we'll be back in one minute with our authors panel. ♪ man: [ laughs ] those look like baby steps now. but they were some pretty good moves. and the best move of all? having the right partner at my side. it's so much better that way. [ male announcer ] have the right partner at your side. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. >> dickerson: we turn to authors, doris kearns goodwin and scott berg is the author of a new biography "the president who followed those two men" and "new york times" reporter peter baker who written "days of fire" is here. about bush and cheney in the white house. thank you for joining us.

ambassador to the uae as well as the ambassador from the uae to try to expedite his release. >> now,e know he's been sentenced to one year in prison. there is a lot of confusion how much time he will actually serve. he's already been in prison behind bars for eight, almost nine month. our report -- nine months. our reporter says that one of the uae nationals arrested wi e cassim. what are you hearing? >> i heard the exact same thing from his brother yesterday. and i believe that it's true and that one of these has been released. they got shorter sentences. it's our understanding they got eight-month sentences which is also, we think, unfair. the point of it is, i try to look for the silver lining here. if we're starting to see some releases, maybe it improves his chances of either being loifd by being deport -- released by being deported which may be part of the sentence, and trying to expedite that process so he can come home to his family. also, the credit he gets for time served. he's already been in jail since april for simply posting a video. and so we're trying to figure out ho

. >> reporter: he continued to tweet his opinion about other cases in the uae but on december 12th hisd went silent. that was the day after he appeared on cnn about the case. his family said he was reassetted. it seems to us he had been arrested for his tweets and maybe his aimportance in the report on cnn. we asked multiple uae officials for comment on the case but they have not returned the calls or e-mails. family members hope that they will finally be freed after their mechanism court hearing scheduled for monday. it is not clear when the man who spoke up for them obeyed will have his day in court. >>> a mild day today around the bay area. get used to it. and the dry and mild weather that is. here is the day planner. on the mild side temperatures in the 40s. chillfully spots, away from the coast line and not as cold as we saw out there this morning. and then into the -- another round into the 60s. look at the temperatures tomorrow morning in the 30s and napa and fairfield. and 42 in oakland. and san owe say and 60s. the south bay and palo alto. lots of 60s. 64 in concord and liverm

the uae has done something similar with the uae red crescent.gulf countries understand that citizens want to know. so i think they've taken these strategies as sort of a way to be, to turn that into really active philanthropy. >> if i may, there's a bigger picture issue as well, which is -- one of those is a specific recommendation that indicates that charities, ngos are deemed to be a vulnerability in the counter terrorist effort to do things like this procedure talking about may well be driven by the fact that actually controlling where charitable monies are going to not just with a going but what they're being received from is something which the global threat finance committee if you look at very closely. is not the forum for the other unintended consequences for the but actually monitoring where charitable donations are going, where they are being transferred to is viewed by many people as a vulnerability. so trying to control that or corel -- corelle that or make that go through safe corridors where you know where the money is going, you k

. >>> there's still huge capital inflows to reaches like the uae. it's about strength within the sector. the global islamic economy summit in dubai. and joining us now. yusef. >> good to see you, ross. remember, dubai is still the top regional safe haven. if you look at dubai's benchmark stock exchange, it's almost doubled so far this year. remember, as well, that when dubai won the right to hold the world 30 expo 2020, all it did was boost the ongoing rally even further. now dubai has its eyes set on becoming the center of what it call tess global islamic economy. i sat down with mark mobius from franklin templeton investments to get some perspective as to where dubai figures in comparison to the rest of the region. >> saudi arabia is the biggest market. and if they open, they could become a real breakout nation. but right now, obviously, the uae is the place to be. >> earlier in the week, a report was published shoed showing that dubai's property market was still the fastest growing in the world outpacing hong kong, china. but mobius was confident

. >> even for our part here at cnn, we have reached out repeatedly to the uae officials to try to getand have not heard anything. how are you? >> tired, and scared for my brother. we're only 13 months apart, so we're very close. so to not have him close by to us and not have access to him is -- or easy access to him is terrifying. >> and even after all these months it still remains the same, huh? >> uh-huh. >> is there a next step for you guys? what's next? >> really, just looking to support, trying to put pressure on getting him back as soon as possible. this is just ridiculous. just get him out of there. get him home to us. that's all we want. >> jean, do you remember what your first thought was when you got the information that your son was being detained and especially when you found out what he was being charged with and why? >> right. my first thought was actually despair and that has remained with me all these months. it's a feeling at the bottom of my stomach. you know, it's the pit of my stomach. i feel some kind of despair, not knowing where this is all going to end. >> is t

it is not just the question of the israelis, the gulf, the uae and the saudis are quite upset about this accord because they see iran as a rising power. as the arab world melts down you have three truly consequential powers in this region today, and they are all nonarabs, iran, turkey and israel. the reality is the saudis in the gulf are very worried as the israelis are about the rise of iran. the problem for us is that we really have bad options and worse options. i just don't see how this interim agreement leads to an end state where the iranians agree to moth ball let alone put beyond use a hundred billion dollar nuclear infrastructure. frankly i don't see the congress lifting the banking sections. i would bet where we will be six, eight, ten months from now are more negotiations and maybe another interim agreement. >> that's a longtime within which they have been pretty blunt. the centrifuges will spin and they will still have some activities. they will let us see some plants , but maybe not all of the nuclear plants. i wonder what else we can do. the sanctions are very effective. th

the uae has done something similar with the uae red cross. -- red crescent.gulf countries understand that their citizens want to help, so i think they have taken these strategies as sort of a way to turn that into really active philanthropy. >> there is a sort of bigger picture issue here as well. recommendations from the financial actions task force. one of those is a specific recommendation that indicates that charities, ngo's, are deemed to be a vulnerability. things like the proceeds you are talking about may be driven by the fact that actually controlling where moneys are going -- not just where they are going but where they are being received from, it is something that the global finance community looks at very closely. there are unintended consequences of that. actually monitoring where charitable donations are going, where they are being transferred to, is viewed by many people as a vulnerability. so trying to control that or corral that to make that go through safe corridors is something countries are heavily incentivized to do if they want a clean b

this apparently, quote, defamed the uae society's image abroad. >>> a pr executive, celebrity, and ate lawmaker. what do they all have in common? they tweeted and the twitterverse fought back. next, why the mob mentality has the power to sink anyone. >>> welcome back. bottom of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. did you catch the seahawks/cardinals game. they beat the seahawks by seven points, ending their home field winning streak. seahawks fans predictably upset. many took to twitter to voice their displeasure. one notable tweet from a washington representative. tweeted, losing a football game sucks. losing to a desert racist wasteland sucks a lot. yeah, some folks in arizona and beyond, not too happy with that tweet. also making waves in the twitterverse this weekend, comedian steve martin tweeted out a joke that many of his followers slammed as racist. he deleted the tweet, issues an apology statement, and then justine sacco. the twitter faux pas took the internet by storm this weekend. the now former pr executive tweeted before hopping on a flight, going to africa. hope i don't get a

the uae has done something red cross.h the uae gulf countries understand that their citizens want tohelp, so i think they have taken these strategies as sort of a way to turn that into really active philanthropy. sort of bigger picture issue here as well. from theations financial actions task force. one of those is a specific recommendation that indicates are charities, ngo's, deemed to be a vulnerability. things like the proceeds you are talking about may be driven by the fact that actually controlling where moneys are going -- not just where they are going but where they are being received from, it is something that the global finance community looks at very closely. there are unintended consequences of that. actually monitoring where charitable donations are going, where they are being transferred to, is viewed by many people as a vulnerability. so trying to control that or corral that to make that go through safe core doors -- c is something countries are heavily incentivized to do if they want a clean bill of health from the fatf. >> another question. >> thank you. i'm with the

six foreigners and two uae citizens are sentenced to a year each by a court in eadowabi and even though youtube video stated at the beginning what people were about to see was fix -- fictional and they were talking about penalties for challenging authorities and they said the ruling was painful and unfair. palestinian prisoner was on hunger strike for nine months has been freed and he was originally sentenced for 26 years and they report he is seen as a symbol of resistance for other hunger strikers in israeli jails. >> a significant moment here in jerusalem for the longest hunger striking palestinian prisoner also seen as a hero. he has just been released from a prison in northern israel. his nine-month hunger strike forced the israeli government to shorten his prison sentence from 17 years to only 8 months in exchange for ending his strike. >> translator: israel has tried to humiliate my people by detaining my again. i had two options, die on a hunger strike or gaining my freedom because i would not have let the occupation defeat my people. >> reporter: and he was sentenced to 26 year

. >> do uae to a cookie before every sentence? >> is a pretty systematic thing. i've been taught by people who did this, when they describe what they do, most of them seem have an end point in mind. i knew if the book was due in so many months, i had a very good outline. i knew what my chapters were going to be. i knew the points i wanted to hit in the chapter. i did the math, three weeks per chapter. i think having deadlines allows me to live with some sentences that otherwise i would be finessing the rest of my life. the first book and randomly open to any page and point to a sentence, i will do this sometimes, and look at it and say, what was i thinking on that one? nonetheless, the cumulative effect is, i got the story right. reasons i know that is because of the reactions of soldiers since that book has come out. mails,ow, writing e- hundreds of them by now, saying a version of, i was in war, came i know what it's like, don't want to talk about it, can't talk about it, i read your to peoplei give it and say, read this thing, and then you know what i'm talkin

new york times" they have won the right to enrich, just as we in a hard fought battle with emrates, uaenproliferation effort talked them into foreswearing the right to enrich. others in the region are watching the way we handle iran. what do you think of these negotiations as far as they have gone so far? >> well, look, you do have a first step. the idea of having a first step agreement is not that it somehow has transformed the situation, not that it produced a breakthrough we're going to be confident we're going to transform uranium nuclear program and turn it into one inherently a peaceful one nor somehow a loss on the brink of becoming a nuclear weapons state. what the agreement does is stop the clock. that creates the basis for pursuing diplomacy over the next six months without it being under the pressure of iranian nuclear program advancing. it does provide them limited relief. it doesn't change architect you're of the regime. in a sense what it does is provide a cap for a cap, gives us a chance to see if we can negotiate a deeper deal. i think the key to in insuring that, in fac

in local law that making a comedy video, making fun of teenagers in the suburbs was a threat to the uae'sficials in the piece setting up this interview we heard from senator amy klobuchar who said we need to raise awareness and keep his name in the headlines to draw attention to this. are you getting enough help? do you need more help from u.s. officials? >> the more help the better, obviously. it's been eight months, and he's still in there, so any help that we can get at this point, any support that we can get to help raise awareness at this point would be very, very helpful. >> and shervon if you could talk to officials in the united states and especially in the uae, what would you say to them? what do you want them to know? >> that this is such a silly situation. we just don't understand why it has gotten to this point. young man makes a stupid comedy video, gets thrown in jail for eight months. surely, you know, it shouldn't have gotten to this point, so please, let's do what we need to do to get this over with. >> you call this a silly situation and your mother has said that she wan

you go to kuwait and talk about politics in a way you can't in saudi arabia or in the uae. political parties, political groups are legal, freedom of association, all sorts of political activity that we would recognize ngos, all legal in a way it's not in the gulf. that's the initial condition. the second component of that was a very, very weak counter terrorism financing law passed in 2002 that failed to criminalize counterit -- counter terrorist financing. the most extreme case, caught sending a thousand dollars to al-qaeda, the kuwait government had no tools in the tool box to go after that person. given that, kuwait really emerged assort of a place in the gulf war where people knew that this could happen in an easy way. i think something that i have grown to understand more as i become more, you know, deeper involved in researching this is that the networks sort of existed in kuwait that exist in kuwait for the financing on syria have likely shifted for a decade or longer before syria. we now have access to those because a lot of the people have children to broadcast fun

you can going to can talk about politics in the way they've cannot in saudi arabia or the uae. political parties and groups are legal. freedom of association -- all sorts of political activities that we would recognize. it is illegal in a way that it is not in the gulf. that is the initial condition. wassecond component of that a very weak counterterrorism financing law. that was passed in 2002 and failed to criminalize counterterrorist finance. that meant that if someone was sending $1000g -- to al qaeda, the kuwaiti government has no tools to go after that person. given that, kuwait really emerged as a place in the gulf where people knew that this could happen. that i that's something have grown to understand as i have become more involved in this is that the networks that have existed in kuwait for the financing on syria have existed for one decade or longer before serious. we now have access to them because a lot of these people have children to broadcast on social media in a very public way. it allows us to literally map out the social network of these groups. very clear t

if you listen to what is coming out of saudi arabia the uae and the gulf countries in particular if anyone is diverting things that we have is a tacit alliance between israel and saudi arabia where there both obsessed with the iran issue. one could argue and this is unprovable that each one has its interest in diverting its attention from domestic issues which is the israel palestinian thing, saudi arabia in the wake of the arab spring not wanting people to focus on that is jen left his chest air countries want to talk about the israel-palestine russian only israel wants to talk about iran and there's complete disagreement about what's going on in the region. they are much more recessed about the iran issue right now that at the government level than they are with the israeli-palestinian question. >> over here, the lady. >> thank you very much. when i was at john's hopkins had the privilege of having the general comment and speak to my class about chinese-u.s. military relations and when he was finished the i asked him ,-com,-com ma what kind of trust building exercise could the u.s. and c

two, number one, and number two, if you look at our strongest allies in the middle east, saudi ifbia, uaeordanians, -- the total investment of the united states, it is hundreds of billions of dollars a year. the common theme with our allies was let us get us right. you have endangered our national security for your allies that invests hundreds of billions is dollars in the united states for the iranians that have no friends in the region, other than the syrians come and invest how much in the united states? nothing. and so we have upset a very delicate long-term strategic alliance in the middle east for our allies. and israel as well. i think israel has made themselves known on the deal. when you talk to our middle eastern and arab allies, they are equally upset. by doing this deal that somebody is try to sell all avoiding conflict, you have make -- you may have escalated the possibility that israelis have to do something and escalated possibility that the saudi's and others believe they will have to acquire nuclear weapons in order to be a big allies sitting factor against iran -- a stab

to go to kuwait and talk about politics any way you can't in saudi arabia or the uae. political parties and groups, freedom of association, all sorts of political like devotees we would recognize of all in a way that is not in the gulf. so that is the sort of financial condition. the second component of that is very weak and counterterrorism financing law passed in 2002 that failed to criminalize the finance which was caught sending some of the most extreme case is still sending a thousand dollars to al qaeda. they had no tools in their toolbox to go after that. so given that, they emerged as a sort of place in the gulf where people knew that this could happen in an easy way. i think something that i have grown to understand is i have become more deeply involved in researching it is that the networks that exist for the financing of syria have likely existed for a decade or longer before syria. we now have access to them because a lot of these people have chosen to broadcast in a very public way that allows us to literally map out the social networks of these groups but

number one, and, number two, if you look at our strongest allies in the middle east -- saudi arabia, uae, qatar, the jordanians -- the total investment of the united states, it is hundreds of billions of dollars a year. the common theme with our allies was let us get this right. you have endangered our national security for your allies that invests hundreds of billions is dollars in the united states for the iranians that have no friends in the region, other than the syrians, and invest how much in the united states? nothing. and so we have upset a very delicate long-term strategic alliance in the middle east for our allies, and israel as well. i think israel has made themselves known on the deal. when you talk to our middle eastern and arab allies, they are equally upset. by doing this deal that somebody is try to sell all avoiding conflict, you may have escalated the possibility that israelis have to do something and escalated possibility that the saudis and others believe they will have to acquire nuclear weapons in order to be a big a stabilizing factor against iran. we may have kick

. >> and the uae is the second biggest economy in the middle east after saudi arabia and so much smallerut so much more concentrated. >> fun stuff. happy new year there in dubai as we get ready to celebrate here in the united states as well. let's talk about the markets and where we have been and where we're heading into the new year with rob stein from astro investment management, ben willis here at the big board and bob pisani and rick santelli in chicago. rob, an incredible year. give us your assessment of what 2013 means for 2014. >> sure. 2013 was a year where the economy trubed along, did a little better. but the big story i think was the risk premiums changed. we went from uncertainty to visible risk. that's what propelled the markets. the economy did better, but did it do 30% better? unlikely. it was the change in risk premiums. in 2014 i don't think you'll se premiums change. we had a head wind. government and government spending which i think probably made a 2% head wind in gdp and that's not going to be here in 2014 to the same degree so it's possible that we can offset some o

. >> the arab spring really worried the leadership of the uae. >> reporter: only the government knowsar, they're not making any public comment. >> we'd just like him home. >> reporter: as we understand it, his next court date is in about sixdays. we'll be watching and let you know what happens. kate? >> all right. thank you so much, sara. we'll follow that one up. >>> next up on "new day," emotional ttimony in the trial of the montana bride accused of murderer her husband. what made her break down i court? >>> we'll never forget the images of elian gonzalez being hauled away to go back to cuba. now almost 14 years later, what does he say about the united states? we'll show you what he told cnn. >> look at him. [ male announcer ] every inch. every minute. every second -- we chip away. making the colors of earth and sunset skies into rich interior accents. or putting the beauty of a forest in the palm of your hands... it will take you to another place... wherever you happen to be. this is the new 2014 jeep grand cherokee. it is the best of what we're made of. well-qualified lessees can

the website funnier guy released a video urging the uae to free chez for doing something they do allubmitting this in support of chez. >> reporter: will farrell and other well-known comedians are banding together to fight for the release of american citizen shazan shazankazem. >> if anyone deserves to go to jail, i do. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: casem has been locked up for eight months after posting this video online, he filmed it with several friends, all are being held. they intended it to be a parody about would-be gangsters on the not so dangerous streets of a dubai streets. he was living and working in dubai. now his concerned family in minnesota has desperately been seeking answers as to why he's still behind bars. >> he's going stir crazy. >> reporter: for weeks cnn has been searching for answers as well. this is sarah with cnn cnn. can you tell me anything about the kasem case? they confirmed he is incarcerated and charged but would not give specifics on his case. it said in part mr. cassimwas tried under the penal code. his plight has reached washington. this letter first on c

and just in the last few months also to the uae, other middle eastern countries.is the way that they have seen us turn on our some of our allies and start helping outside enemies. now, this deal with the iran, for example, where we are trying to show leadership, actually we're preparing the middle east to be a powder keg. while we are making this deal with iran which includes from the u.s., wendyer isman also the policy director in north korea in 94. when the clinton administration cut them a deal to give them nuclear power plants in return for a promise not to pursue newt nukes, would he all know how that went out. wendy sherman is the lead negotiator on this deal. our friends see what we are doing. we are about to allow iran to have nukes regardless of what is said. and so you have got saudi arabia. turkey, all these other countries, yeah, turkey another country you have got all these allies of ours going wow, we are going to have to have nukes. we have never felt the need to have nukes before. if iran is going to have nuclear weapons, we have got to have them t