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Differences are not really driven by sunni and shiites. they are much more the assad regime. a lot of this is the function not of religion, but population growth, corruption, poor governance. >> administration officials are pushing greater cooperation among gulf allies. though there are challenges. saudi arabia, egypt, bahrain, and the united arab emirates are blockading qatar, that entered its third year. at the white house, rich edson fox news. mike: former vice president biden back on the cam...

Jerusalem, as if any israeli will. bobby, you know more about the middle east than i do. i have to tell you, that part of the world is not easy. the immorality of a peace plan on a murder coverup is awful. >> yes, it is immoral, impractical and completely overestimates mbs, the crown princes ability to do good, underestimates his ability to do tremendous harm, through the two years he has been effectively in charge of his country, of saudi arabia, mbs has done enormous damage. he led his country...

Fighting terrorism ideology, when we are building schools, providing education for those in vulnerable societies. just in the eastern asia -- in east asia and central asia area, we are providing education for more than 7 million children there, in countries which are vulnerable. >> and how many u.s. troops do we have at the base in qatar now? ive heard the range from 10,000 to 12,000 troops at that air base, from which we fly our missions against isis in syria. >> we are hosting around 11,000 to...

Engage in dialogue based on principles between the gcs -- >> could you see the young saudi prince as a threat to your future? >> we see there is a diversion in the policy of saudi from -- and saudi and uae from the agreement which was the engagement. we see a sense of unpredictability in the policy of saudi and uae together in the region. there are a lot of chaos created in the region, a lot of crisis. qatar was just part of a bigger game plan, which were seeing happen in lebanon as well. >> tha...

Defense tried after the announcement of the saudi/kuwaitty embargo, uae embargo also against qatar, they tried to get this rolled back. then the president came out in that june 9th session and endorsed the saudi position. and theres been a lot of talk that its because of jared kushner, his son-in-law, because of the president, the way they were hosted in riyadh. do you feel you can break this connection between the trump family and the saudis and try to have your voice heard here in washington? ...

There are major shifts of u.s. allies in the persian gulf. signs from the ally saudi king to be replaced by his 32-year-old young son, mohammed bin salman, known for wooing president trump and jared kushner last spring and for his aggressive foreign policy for iran throughout the region, including an embargo against his neighbor, qatar, endorsed by the president himself. >> the nation of qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level. i decided, along with...

Illegal actions against qatar by blocking only land border by separating families and by also undermining and creating propaganda campaign. now, qatar has remained committed to a solution because we believe we have a bigger threat in the region. >> what is that threat? >> terrorism. >> because iran is sponsoring terrorism, no question about that, through hezbollah and other groups. >> regarding our relation with iran, our relation with iran is really unique. qatar is sandwiched between two big c...

Funding. they have to end that funding. and its extremist ideology in terms of funding. >> that was president trump last june, accusing qatar, a major ally in the fight against isis of the u.s., of financing terror. joining me now is the qatari minister of foreign affairs. thank you very much, mr. minister, your excellency, thank you for being with us. we wanted to talk to you to give you a chance to respond for your country against what president trump alleged. >> andrea, first of all, this is ...

The saudis, along with three other arab nations with cairo, they met after qatar rejected their list of more than a dozen demands to end their blockade of qatar. the four countries stay as a result of the violation and its continued interference in the affairs of the arab states and its support of extremism and terrorism and the consequent threats and security of the region. these were arab countries announced no new sanctions, they have been blockading qatar for a month and they say thats from ...