there's not -- there use to be a clear idea of where the united states stood on issues like this one. that clarity is now gone. if you're looking for the glass half full, you turn to congress, hardly the place for optimism traditionally, but senators have issued statements criticizing saudi arabia, demanding that the president conduct an investigation. insisting -- senator rand paul has threatened to bring a vote to stop arms sales to saudi arabia. so there is some pushback at least from congress. but from the white house there is a little bit of this and a little bit of that, and that is not useful. >> quickly. >> the congress even with the mcnitsky act it will be about 120 days before it's put in place. saudi arabia has an economy that