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That, you know, he really is going to stand by his chief of staff following that, you know, really spectacular, you know, press conference that kelly delivered from the white house podium on thursday. rick: it was very powerful. morgan, appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thanks so much for having me. rick: secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia pushing to end the gulf crisis. earlier he held a rare joint meeting with the leaders of iraq and saudi arabia in hopes of brokerin...

Wont know, i think, until 2018. but this we do know, this war is going to continue for a long time. eric: and your money would be -- [laughter] >> yeah. i have enough trouble analyzing the present. i think why im not making predictions about the future, eric. [laughter] eric: judy, good to see you in the studio. >> thank you. arthel: smart answer. okay, were going to go to conor powell now in jerusalem with more and secretary of state rex tillersons mission there in saudi arabia today. conor, wh...

That, you know, he really is going to stand by his chief of staff following that, you know, really spectacular, you know, press conference that kelly delivered from the white house podium on thursday. rick: it was very powerful. morgan, appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thanks so much for having me. rick: secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia pushing to end the gulf crisis. earlier he held a rare joint meeting with the leaders of iraq and saudi arabia in hopes of brokerin...

Arthel: secretary of state rex tillerson in saudi arabia. hes meeting with the saudi king and iraqs prime minister trying to broker a new alliance aimed at countering irans growing influence in the region. conor powell is live with the details. reporter: secretary of state tillerson was last in the region in july. they have grown worse in the last few months being problems for the administration. hes trying to convince iraq to distance itself from iran. the trump administration has aligned itsel...

Administrations have threatened to veto such criticisms of israel but they admonished with a presidential statement. a weaker non-binding alternative that called them i will legitimacy instead of illegal but that was not good enough for the arab bloc. despite a call to mahmoud ahmadinejad urging the resolution be pulled abbas. >> we agree about the folly and i will gentlemen jit mass of continued israeli settlement activity we think its unwise for this council to attempt to resolve the core issu...

Israel but they admonished with a presidential statement. a weaker non-binding alternative that called them i will legitimacy instead of illegal but that was not good enough for the arab bloc. despite a call to mahmoud ahmadinejad urging the resolution be pulled abbas. >> we agree about the folly and i will gentlemen jit mass of continued israeli settlement activity we think its unwise for this council to attempt to resolve the core issues that divide israelis and palestinians. >> the proper mes...