Pulse of Saudi Arabia - CNBC interview Erin Burnett and Bruce Fenton

March 11, 2011

The so called "day of rage" in Riyadh Saudi Arabia - moving markets. In this clip Erin Burnett asks Bruce Fenton if there were protests in Saudi Arabia as a result of the Arab Spring and unrest in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere in the region.

Also covered women driving and other issues and over contentment with King Abdullah and the government, recent volatility and the markets.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• saudi arabia
• protest
• crackdown
• eastern province
• shia
• shitte
• sunni
• reforms
• violence
• peace

[alhabbo]

another typical corporate financier that tries to sell us BS about things he doesn't know nor understand.

[BruceFenton]

@alhabbo like what?

[alhabbo]

@BruceFenton like arrests made on the day of rage. Khlaed al Johani, arrested because he asked for freedoms on tv, Faisal Ahmed who has been executed for organizing the protests, and finally next time u get on CNN, maybe u should talk about the saudis going in Bahrein and brutalizing its population who were demonstrating against a tyrannical govt. But hey, everybody love the King, kids are playing in the streets, u even went shopping! everything is just fine. u my friend are another 1%er...

[BruceFenton]

@alhabbo 1% does not make much sense as a focus of protest---  all I did on this was say what I observed-- where were you-- were you there? if you are from Saudi then you of all people know that the misconceptions are significant and severe-- if you were not there then you might not know all you think

[GMCvancouver]

That's The Real picture of Saudi Arabia , Thank you so much Bruce, i'm in ur country and u r in my country :)

[BruceFenton]

@GMCvancouver welcome!

[alwagdan]

good report..

me as a saudi person..i'm so happy about the situation in saudi arabia..

of course we have some issues,but our government will resolve them and figure them out.

we love our king..there are alot of positive changes since he became a king..

thanks alot for giving the correct picture about our country,i wish you a long and happy life..

[cooool49]

i adore our king

the king of saudi <3

[abdull85]

Saudis want the house of Saud to stop stealing their money.

[alwagdan]

@roro890890

next days will come with a lot of positive things..

yesterday the saudi government made a new decision to allow the women to vote in the next elections..and the saudi government provided about 500000 jobs for women to work at women cloths stores in the next three years..

the future is much better than now..changes are happening very fast..

[BruceFenton]

@Muslimgirl191 thank you!