perspective of those others in the region. what i think is so extraordinary here is that they confirmed to john kerry that he was coming. and then the foreign minister whom we all know from his years and years here as ambassador and before that as national security adviser to former king abdullah he was with john kerry in in paris on friday saying that the king was coming. so this snub is so in your face to not only not come to say you're coming and then not come, but to have reconfirmed at the highest levels. it's embarrassing to kerry and the white house. and i don't see any way that they can spin it. >> and yet michael crowley, in mr. hubbard's headline in the new york time despite displeasure with u.s., saudis face long fend inside city. and you goes down the piece, the fact thats, despite displeasure with u.s., saudis face long fend inside city. and you goes down the piece, the fact that u.s. fighters are still being used by the saudis in yemen.