have here? >> reporter: well, it certainly has support from allies such as israel, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, but with the european allies it's a bit trickier. the eu of course maintains that the best way to contain iran's nuclear program, weapons program, is to speak with the jcpoa nuclear deal. france and germany did not send their foreign ministers to this conference and the head of foreign policy for the eu is also not here. they did send high level delegations but it is something of a snub and it shows there is still a split between europe and the u.s. on this. the ultimate goal of this conference is still a big vague. it's not clear if there's going to be some sort of joint statement or joint communiqué. we do expect to see vice president pence making that centerpiece speech focusing on iran, but there are also a lot of other threads here, syria, yemen, as well as the