That is who merkel and hollande will be negotiating with in moscow with russian president , Vladimir Putin. Secretary of state john kerry leaving no question as to who he who the u. S. The Obama Administration and the west blames for the violence severe escalation of the violence in the east. Jim, has president obama talked about a timeline in terms of sending some sort of arms to rebels . Absolutely not. Because no decision has been made yet. There are more people in the administration who are in favor of that were told theyre taking another look at this. But ill tell you, theres not just disagreement within the Obama Administration. Theres disagreement within this western coalition. Angela merkel saying today as she prepares to go to moscow that theres no military solution to this crisis. Hidden in that is the message that they dont believe that arms will change the situation on the ground positively. One more thought, when i speak to u. S. Officials, they dont describe this just as
Sechlt l tch elser. Weve just learned that President Trump and gulf nation leaders have agreed to meet on an annual basis now. In your view whats the significance of that new agreement . Well, its significant and its part of a broader strategy that President Trump has said he wanted to pursue. He wants to try to create some regional stability and peace, combined with the fight against isis by working with the gulf states. Again, this is not totally new to President Trump. This builds out of several decades since the 1980s where saudi arabias been a key ally. But i think its been a successful trip in terms of cementing that agenda for now. Those gulf nations, that includes bahrain, kuwait, qatar, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates. How does this help set the next stage of his stop which is israel . Fred, they think that they the closeness with iran was something that really, really worried all the gulf states. Especially saudi arabia but everybody. The idea of the obamas treaty