At 10pm well have a full round up of the days news. First its kidnapped saudi arabias missing princes. In the penthouse of this luxury hotel, a saudi prince is preparing to visit the powerful relatives. It is a meeting that will change his life forever. Sultan bin turki bin abdulaziz has been publicly criticising the saudi royal family. Now he has been invited for a conversation. Early in the morning, Prince Sultan is driven to a palace on the outskirts of geneva. It belongs to his uncle, king fahd of saudi arabia. Prince abdulaziz bin fahd is the kings favourite son. He has invited his cousin to breakfast. They are joined by Sheikh Saleh Al sheikh, the saudi minister of islamic affairs. Abdulaziz asks sultan to return to saudi arabia. He says he will be protected and everything will be resolved. Sultan refuses. Abdulaziz excuses himself to make a phone call. Then, the al sheikh also leaves the room. Sultan is left alone. Suddenly masked men rush in. They beat sultan and handcuff him.
All were critical of the saudi government, and there is evidence they were abducted and flown to saudi arabia. In the penthouse of this luxury hotel, a saudi prince is preparing to visit the powerful relatives. It is a meeting that will change his life forever. Sultan bin turki bin abdulaziz has been publicly criticising the saudi royal family. Now he has been invited for a conversation. Early in the morning, Prince Sultan is driven to a palace on the outskirts of geneva. It belongs to his uncle, king fahd of saudi arabia. Prince abdulaziz bin fahd is the kings favourite son. He has invited his cousin to breakfast. They are joined by Sheikh Saleh Al sheikh, the saudi minister of islamic affairs. Abdulaziz asks sultan to return to saudi arabia. He says he will be protected and everything will be resolved. Sultan refuses. Abdulaziz excuses himself to make a phone call. Then, al sheikh also leaves the room. Sultan is left alone. Suddenly masked men rush in. They beat sultan and handcuff h
Calls that a prince, and certainly in so doing i definitely picked up on the fact that there were members of the regime, the royal family, who were very very much against what he was doing. Sultan said the saudis had frozen his assets so he could not pay his hotel bill or his staff. Then came the meeting on the 12th ofjune. Everybody was awake. Prince sultan was as well. The tension started to ramp up, you could feel it in the air, it felt very much like it was going to be a make or break situation. Eddie had no idea this would be the last time he would see sultan who was about to be abducted and flown back to riyadh. Seven months later, injanuary 2004, the prince resurfaced. In a call to an arabic news channel, he said he was under house arrest. He described his experiences and named those he had held responsible. Years later, sultan approached clyde bergstresser, a lawyer in boston, and told him his story. It belies any credit to see that this was anything other than the abduction de
Did once i was down and couldnt move anymore is i just started to pray. And ill tell you it gave me an unbelievable sense of calm knowing that at that point it was in gods hands. But i prayed for very specific things. I will tell you pretty much every one of those prayers was answered. And they were some pretty allenging chairs i was putting in gods hands. He really did deliver for me and my family and it just gives you that renewed faith and understanding that the power of prayer is something that you just cannot underestimate. So im definitely a living example that miracles really do happen. The first place i want to go to thank true angels along the way starts with the United States apitol police. When i was elected majority whip as you know the elected leadership has a security detail. If anybody ever wondered why were assigned security detail, i surely found out that day. Let me tell you, i want to specifically mention crystal griner and david bailey. Crystal and david were assign
Earlier today, majority whip Steve Scalise returned to the House Chamber for the First Time Since he was shot in june at a congressional baseball practice. He thanked the capitol police, his doctors and family as he recalled the day of the shooting. Well show you those comments now. The speaker the chair wishes to mark the return to the chamber of our dear friend and colleague from louisiana, mr. Steve scalise. Our prayers have been answered. His bravery and his familys strength have been such an inspiration to this house and to the people it serves. America is grateful for this moment. He chair now proudly asks, for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition . Mr. Scalise to speak out of rder, mr. Speaker. The speaker the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. Mr. Scalise thank you, mr. Speaker. You have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the peoples house. As you can imagine these last 3 1 2 months have been pretty challe