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Escalation and whether other predominantly sunni countries will also join the saudis in also cutting off ties, john. >> fred, we're also expecting a news conference from the iranian government. i guess you've been to tehran a lot. how often do these guys hold news conferences? and what are we expecting from this? >> it's a fairly regular occurrence to have press conferences from the government. it is something that does happen on a regular basis. it's interesting to have seen the reaction that came out of tehran. on the one hand, you still have the demonstrations going on. you still have the v...

Going to be supporting the islamic state. it's better to have the bully on your side facing iran than to be alone. and the saudis are very anxious about their future and the future of the royal family. and the muslims are pushes hard on the royal family to do something about the shia, because the execution of the sheikh, he was a nonviolent man. everybody sort of agrees. and there's been no case that has been made he was involved in terrorism. >> there were four shias executed out of the 47. and the shias were included in that for the hardliners, right? >> he was an important man. there is gen...

Bahrain, sudan, and the uae have also severed or cut back diplomatic relations with iran. fred, i guess the question is, what's the next move here for the saudis? what happens next? >> well, for the saudis, we're going to have to wait and see whether they'll continue to up the ante. it was very interesting, since they cut their diplomatic ties on sunday to see what they did on monday. and then to see them actually continue to escalate the situation with the saudis came out and said they believed it was the iranians who were undermining the security of saudi arabia. of course, on the one hand w...

Hotel there is an extra podium just in case vice president biden decides to join this debate. if he does, it will make for fascinating political television. >> all right. he's welcome if he wants to get on the stage. jim acosta, thank you so much. do not miss the first democratic presidential debate right here on cnn this tuesday night at 8:30 p.m. eastern time. poppy? i cannot wait, john. thank you very much. we will return live to las vegas in just a moment. i want to let you know there is finally a verdict in a controversial trial from washington to tehran. "washington post" reporter jaso...

Bit of a political earthquake one that's being felt from washington to tehran. as you pointed out, the associated press is reporting tonight a so-called side deal will essentially allow iran in the p 5 plus 1 nuclear talks to use its own experts to inspect a site, this is important, allegedly used to develop nuclear arms. that's usually done by the iaea. that's the international atomic energy agency. but according to the state department, the way this is all constructed is still consistent with the position that the iaea will take the lead in investigating iran's nuclear program. >> we're conf...