co commended for putting the conversation in place. we shouldn't under estimate the difficulty. they are far apart on the status issue. security and border and jerusalem. that will take a very heavy lift. the politics on both sides of the israeli side and in sessipan side are not moving to sett settleme settlement. the fact the president is engaged and putting a focus on this is a good thing. if you get people talking about it, it is good. >> and tony, before we get to a.b., why was the relationship fraught with president obama? we heard the abo. anybody but obama. people are welcoming in saudi arabia. people are welcoming president trump because they are happy to have this turn of a page. give us a little bit more context of what had gone wrong and what president trump can now