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Leiberma leibermann. thank you, sir. the washington monument will we open to visitors after being closed for years for generations. melania trump will attend the reopening of the monument which was closed after a 2011 earthquake damaged. it reopened after $15 million worth of repairs after an elevator snapped. first, a look at global markets. you can see mostly higher. checking futures at this hour, you can see they are leaning lower. a look at the energy sector after those bombings in saudi arabia this weekend. you can see crude is up again. so, the second rate cut from the fed sparked so...

He is signaling the trump administration will use next week's u.n. general assembly to rally support. on wednesday, the defense ministry released weapons that may have been used in the bombing. let's go live to saudi arabia and bring in nic robertson. nic, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. secretary of state mike pompeio has left now. he left without giving a press conference with saudi officials. it was on again/off again with the saudis that this would happen. it does underscore the effort from saudi arabia. the brother of the crown prince, the powerful crown prince, the former ...

Community believe that now? >> i think we have a common understanding. we are working with our allies to stop iran from their hostile act. >> reporter: the saudis feel the pressure how to respond. they don't get the international support they need to do something. a lot of pressure domestically, as well. and not only that from regional alies, as well. saudis thinking about how they're thinking about, you know, how others in the region will want them to respond and what they may also do, in terms of escalating other countries like israel will feel under increased threat when they see the capabi...

Opponent. and election is october 21st. mike pompeo in the middle east, showing ining support fo saudis after a crippling attack on their oil fields. >> anytime you have an act of war in this nature, there's a risk this could happen. >> the term act of war is a clear reference to iran. there's a high probability that saturday's attack originated and launched from an iranian base. iran denies it. pompeo says he is in the middle east to build a coalition to deter iran. on wednesday, the defense ministry released weapons that may have been used in the bombing. let's go to cnn's nic robertson.

Arabia does not want an escalation of conflict in the region. this is before the attack. does not want the united states triggering a regional war. the bottom line here is, saudi arabia and the uae have way too much to lose. and this attack exposes that. the question then is, what do you do about iran and the use of these drones and missiles? >> nic in riyadh for us. thank you so much for that. former national security adviser john bolten lashing out at president trump in new york. bolten slammed the president's approach to iran, north korea and afghanistan. and, quote, didn't have anything ...