of the treasury secretary. he remains on the agenda for this conference later in the week. the white house may end up pulling him depending how this meeting with secretary of state pompeo has in riyadh over the next couple of days. >> what's the -- what is pompeo there to do as far as you can understand? >> as far as we know, chris, he's been sent by the president, by trump, to try to get to the bottom of this and find out what's going on, what happened in that consulate in istanbul. but i'm not sure he's going to hear anything other than what king salman told president trump and other than what prince muhammad, mbs told donald trump last week, vehement denial. there does not seem to be any indication that pompeo can do a true investigation on the ground there. >> sure. >> but of, course, he could be there to workout a deal if the saudis were to own up to this interrogation gone wrong cover story. >> what does it do for the region, for journalists from the region around the world, and political dissidents around the world that this is happening in