but the number of participants is dwindling delicious business leader to pleasure the event is this man seaman c.e.o. joe kayser he announced his withdrawal following pressure to respond to allegations of saudi involvement in the killing of journalist to malta shoot a turnaround since last week when qasr said he was still planning to attend in a statement posted on his linked in profile he said i will not attend the future investment initiative twenty eighteen it s the cleanest decision but not the most courageous one and it s not a decision against the kingdom or its people it s a decision based on how much responsibility one can assume at one time for now the truth must be found and justice must be served. cases one of several business leaders who find themselves in a moral quandary in the run up to the study conference but the wording of his statement especially his eagerness not to condemn his would be host is a reminder that for many companies this is primarily
hanging it on leadership in the house. aren t they the only ones really who did like this bill? brett: well, the president said he liked it the vice president said he liked it the white house said they liked it. they said it was the bill, the chance that republicans. they don t get a vote. they needed to bring, and paul ryan told the president i have one i can bring to you that you can go sell and he didn t have it. brett: sure, he did not have the votes. and he said that the president tried mightedly to try to get many members to come over to the yes side to make nos into yes. remember, he was in the oval office with members of the freedom caucus and the republican study conference where he said all these people here were all nos and now they are yeses. so he was invested in getting to yes, the president was. remember this is a presidential leadership issue when you lay out your agenda, yes, it was the house of representatives and paul ryan who had the strategy of doing is it th