it's got a lot of oil, since the demise of the shaw, it's been in an adversarial relationship, not just with us but probably equally as importantly with the arabs and suni arab nations. trump inherited that problem. it can't be resolved easily. it takes patience and using every element of u.s. national power and our allies as influence, but we've -- we're going into this thing, again, it's impulsivity on the part of the president making decisions. i can guarantee an acting secretary esper wasn't in the room, i would be probably surprised if secretary pompeo was there. this is all off the cuff. >> in fact, the reporting of the "new york times" has got on this cites multiple senior administration officials who were involved in or briefed on the deliberations. the white house did decline to comment as did the pentagon. no government officials, however, asked "the new york times" when the "new york times" asked them about this to withhold the article. we know today that the president called leaders from congress and both parties to the situation room, we didn't know what was going on there. are we in a position to