TODDLER ON THE DRESSER? >> HOW DID THE TODDLER GET ON
TOP OF THE DRESSERMENT IT.
IT’S ALL WEIRD.
>>> SPECULATION IS GROWING ABOUT
THE FATE OF JOURNALIST KHASHOGGI
AS WALKING IN TO THE SAUDI
CONSULATE IN ISTANBUL.
>> THE COLUMNS FOR "THE
WASHINGTON POST" WERE A
SOMETIMES BITING CRITIQUE OF THE
SAUDI GOVERNMENT AND ESPECIALLY
THE CROWN PRINCE.
QUOTE, SAUDI ARABIA WASN’T
ALWAYS THIS REPRESSIVE.
NOW, IT’S UNBEARABLE.
SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE
WANTS TO CRUSH EXTREMISTS.
BUT HE’S PUNISHING THE WRONG
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE IS
ACTING LIKE PUTIN.
SAUDI ARABIA IS CREATING A TOTAL
MESS IN LEBANON.
SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE
ALREADY CONTROLLED THE NATION’S
MEDIA.
MEDIA. NOW HE’S SQUEEZING IT EVEN
FURTHER.
FURTHER. AND HERE’S ANOTHER.
SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE MUST
RESTORE DIGNITY TO HIS COUNTRY
BY ENDING YEMEN’S CRUEL WAR.
THOSE ARE JUST A FEW --
>> OF THE THINGS HE’S WRITTEN.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT DOESN’T
PUT HIM IN THE RANKS OF MOST
CRITICAL PEOPLE OF SAUDI ARABIA.
HE WROTE WHAT SAUDI ARABIA CAN
LEARN FROM BLACK PANTHER THIS
SPRING.
SPRING. THE ARTICLE ENDED ASKING, WILL
CROWN PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
WHO LIKELY WILL SOON BECOME KING
OF HIS COUNTRY USE HIS POWER TO
BRING PEACE TO THE WORLD AROUND
HIM?
HIM? >> NOW THE COLUMNS ARE GONE
AFTER THE FINAL IMAGE OF HIM
WALKING INTO THE SAUDI
CONSULATE.
CONSULATE. THE FINAL "THE WASHINGTON POST"
BEARING HIS NAME THAT WAS THIS
BLANK PAGE WHERE HIS COLUMN
WOULD HAVE APPEARED.
>> WE’LL TAKE A QUICK LOOK INTO
SAUDI ARABIA’S RECORD ON HUMAN
RIGHTS AND PRESS FREEDOMS.
PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO
THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A BOILED
DOWN LOOK AND IMPORTANT.
LET’S START WITH WOMEN’S RIGHTS.
THE CROWN PRINCE MADE A SHOWING
OF ALLOWING SOME WOMEN TO DRIVE.
WOMEN CAN ATTEND SPORTS EVENTS,
BOTH HAILED AT VICTORIES, AND
PARALYZED PERSON TO WIGGLE THE
TOES.
TOES. IT IS A START.
NOT ALL THAT MUCH.
WOMEN ARE STILL HELD UNDER MALE
GUARDIANSHIP WHERE A MALE,
HUSBAND OR FATHER, APPROVES
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, CHAPERONS HER
ABOARD, CHECKING WITH THE MALE
GUARDIAN WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME
AND CONTROLS AN ABILITY TO OPEN
A BANK ACCOUNT OR SIGN A LEASE.
THE TESTIMONY IS LESS THAN A
MAN’S IN COURTS AND CAN BE
LISTENING FOR NOT
ARRESTED FOR NOT LISTENING TO
THE GUARDIAN.
THE GUARDIAN. PEOPLE CAN BE ARRESTED FOR
VAGUE, UNDEFINED CRIMES.
BECAUSE THERE’S LARGELY NO PENAL
CODE.
CODE. THE COUNTRY RELIES ON SHARIA AND
A BLOGGER SENTENCED TO 1,000
LASHES FOR A WEBSITE ADVOCATING
FREE SPEECH IN THE COUNTRY AND
OTHERS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR
PROTESTING AND WORKING WITH
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANIZATIONS.
ORGANIZATIONS. THE KINGDOM ALSO HOLDS CLOSE
TIES TO WAHHABISM THAT’S
CONSIDERED ULTRA CONSERVATIVE
AND FORMS THE UNDERPINNING OF
THE IDEOLOGY OF ISIS.
>> ISIS.
>> ISIS. >> 9/11 VICTIMS LONG TRIED TO
SUE THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT FOR
ALLEGED KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVEMENT
ON THE ATTACKS.
ALLEGATIONS THE SAUDIS DENY AND
THE UNITED STATES DID NOT ALLOW
TO HAPPEN.
TO HAPPEN. THIS IS PROBABLY WHERE THE
RUBBER HITS THE ROAD RIGHT NOW.
THE U.S./SAUDI RELATIONSHIP.
IT IS A FEEDBACK LOOP.
>> TURN UP THE VOLUME FOR THIS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO THE ISSUE IS, THE UNITED
STATES SELLS THE KINGDOM OF
SAUDI ARABIA DEFENSE PRODUCTS.
THE UNITED STATES BUYS OIL IN
RETURN.
RETURN. JUST LAST YEAR THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SIGNED A
BILLION-DOLLAR DEAL TO SELL
MISSILES TO THE SAUDIS.
THE UNITED STATES OVER THE TIME
HAS IMPORTED AN AVERAGE OF
810,000 BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. CURRENT PRICES, THOSE IMPORTS
WORTH MORE THAN $10 BILLION TO
SAUDI ARABIA.
SAUDI ARABIA. >> THAT’S THE STUNNING THING,
ALI.
ALI. SAUDI ARABIA, THE CROWN PRINCE,
THE ROYAL FAMILY, BEHAVE NOT
NECESSARILY LIKE THIS ABOUT THIS
SPECIFIC JOURNALIST EVERY DAY.
BUT THE ATROCITIES WE’RE TALKING
ABOUT ARE COMMONPLACE.
YOU SEE THAT BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP?
RELATIONSHIP? >> THAT’S WHY.
ALL MONEY.
ALL MONEY. >> WE’RE OKAY WITH IT.
>> BOTH COUNTRIES MAKE A LOT OFF