defendants, but it's a light sentence. joining us now nic robertson. do you think other folks could bring us up to speed now on what look at this and say we could the saudis are considering. make get off fairly easy here and let's get this over with? >> it's interesting you say that. because 14 days at what will be a minimum security facility doesn't seem like a great deal. i happen to think that the >> reporter: the satellite has showed the massive burnoff. serious punishment in all of these cases is taking place right now. it's the fact that we're having when the smoke clears, you can this conversation on an international cable outlet and see these precision strikes one the damage to reputation in my view far exceeds whatever the after another. time will be for any of them. so the precision here and the >> so michael, also on your show direction of these strikes, it appears to come sfr the this weekend, a discussion that northwest. of course it was the houthis in i'm fascinated with which has to do with college athletes and should they be paid or receive yemen way in the opposite some compensation. direction who originally claimed i think people nre. they sent ten drones to attack most cases, no one's talking these facilities. it doesn't add up. about a salary, per se. that's what the saudis are mulling. but in some cases they're saying should they be allowed to earn money when the school uses their likeness or a company uses their