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Softbank says its nearing its goal. the softbank ceo promised half of that money to the u.s. would create 50,000 jobs for that tech fund. just two days into his visit to the middle east, there is a new potential conflict of interest for the trump administration. saudi arabia and the united arab emirates pledging $100 million to the womens entrepreneur fund. thats a concept proposed by ivanka trump. the program is supposed to support women in the middle east with capital and access to networkin...

Kong this hour. an drushg the question is is there any way to determine with certainty whether donald trump did indeed play a role. have a hand in this. >> at this stage, no, george is the short answer. we have to take donald trumps word that it was indeed only his election that guaranteed masayoshi son putting $50 billion into taking investments to 58 some 50,000 jobs over a four-year time frame. what we do know, though, where the money is coming from, masayoshi son told "the wall street journa...

If i get too close, hell freak out. over time if i keep doing this hell eventually fall in love with me. >> reporter: it was the first technology start-up to get the backing of the tech fund. >> we wanted to create a robot that could do a lot of things they do in science fiction movies but be p cheap enough that people like us could afford them. right now were focused on selling robots to hackers and kids, which interestingly is how the pc got started. >> reporter: its start-ups and visionary en...