they ordinarily would be at this hour. the king solomon is 79 which is relatively young by royal standards. the path he chooses for the kingdom will be vitally important to the united states of course the influence that saudi arabia carries in the arab and muslim world as well as the economic cloud it holds as the world s leading oil exporter. a lot to talk about now. nic robertson is following for us. and on the phone, chief international correspondent, christiane amanpour joins us as well. christiane let s start with you. obviously, the king was quite old when he officially took the throne but he was still considered a reformer. though a reformer in a very conservative context of saudi arabia. reporter: well anderson that s right. king ab doula was king far short of time he was ruler of saudi arabia since 1995. sort of dates back to when his predecessor king stod developed a debilitating stroke. he s the man the united states and the rest of the worltd has dealt with for
I have nothing else to say. boston globe reporter ben volen is here. good evening. is there any evidence to tie mr. hernandez with this homicide? you know what, greta. there is actually. the drama aftum of the day, aar hernandez, the helpa helicopter. aaron and the victim were together early monday morning after a night of going out. that s important. because police estimate the victim was murdered between 1:00 and 6:00 a.m. on monday morning, and now they have this video that kind of puts aaron hernandez together with the victim around early monday morning. like i said, after a night of going out. not too much of a window for this victim to have met many
Thank you, ben. thank you. let s bring in our legal panel, defense lawyer bernie grimm and ted williams. ben will stick around us with. let me ask you first, ted. your thoughts. well, yeah, very suspicious activity. i mean, we know that the timeline is very significant and important in this case, and they were together from friday to monday, and i was asking bernie earlier, any nexus between saturday to monday when the body was found? and from what i understand, thy were also together according to the reporter here. you look at the suspicious activity, destroying a camera, having a cleaning crew come in that morning, destroying the security system. that s suspicious activity. but i must say, he s smart in shutting up and not saying anything at this stage. bernie. the only reason he stopped perhaps obstruction his conduct, sit still, stop talking, don t do anything. look at this for opening
Thank you, ben. thank you. let s bring in our legal panel, defense lawyer bernie grimm and ted williams. ben will stick around us with. let me ask you first, ted. your thoughts. well, yeah, very suspicious activity. i mean, we know that the timeline is very significant and important in this case, and they were together from friday to monday, and i was asking bernie earlier, any nexus between saturday to monday when the body was found? and from what i understand, thy were also together according to the reporter here. you look at the suspicious activity, destroying a camera, having a cleaning crew come in that morning, destroying the security system. that s suspicious activity. but i must say, he s smart in shutting up and not saying anything at this stage. bernie. the only reason he stopped perhaps obstruction his conduct, sit still, stop talking, don t do anything. look at this for opening
Complex. i also heard one gunshot to the head. details sketchy right now. all from unnamed police sources. police are officially being very quiet about this. hard to sort through the facts and figure out what s true and what is just rumor at this point, but we know that the victim was killed at this industrial park, a mile away from hernandez home, it happened monday morning and there is video showing hernandez with the victim early monday morning. one quick question. is he cooperating with the police or not? actually, he s not. hernandez has not been cooperating. smashed his cell phone, destroying his surveillance tapes from his home security system, and also, reports that he brought in a cleaning crew to his house on monday during the day, and he is not he s doing everything he needs to do within the letter of the law, but not officially cooperating with the investigation as of now. ben, thank you. we look forward to seeing the globe s report tomorrow.