government and economic problems. they did get more money from the international bodies, but really there's a lot of problems right now in ukraine and that is one thing they will have to discuss. i think syria, the push right now is to get as much decided before meeting on friday in new york at the united nations where they really want to go through and try to push forward on some type of transition. >> jill dougherty in moscow. nice to see you. keep us up to date. president obama calling on america's allies in the middle east to do more in the war against isis. the president is growing increasingly frustrated with countries like saudi arabia. he wants the saudis to help him form an arab coalition of ground forces to fight the terrorists in syria and iraq. we get more in morning from senior white house correspondent jim acosta.