investigative mode, they re not going to say very much. we re asking them the questions, what is the nature of the help that you re giving? what are you asking of the family? what are you learning? we re not getting answers to those questions at the moment. if the cooperation is as the saudis say it will be, the fbi should be learning now, learning more about alshamrani s time in saudi arabia. and that should help, along with social media activity, should go a long way to informing about his motive. and was he connected to other terrorists? what were his political and religious views? a lot of questions about what happened during his time in saudi arabia. appreciate you joining us. nic robertson, live for us in riyadh. at least five people are dead in the eruption overnight of an new zealand volcano, popular with tourists. officials say 50 people were on
this is, if you will, their opportunity to make that clear to the world. he says, he felt they were. but i also detected, they know they got a long way to go, with the u.s. support. that is going to be big. and add into the mix, just after the saudis put that material, the iranian equipment they had on display. the hutas in yemen said, we made those weapons, we can make them again. we have factories. we can make more. and threatening to double down. threatening more attacks on saudi and more attacks on the united arab emirates. the drumbeat goading them into some action. at the moment, the saudis do seem to be going down that diplomatic path and winning that support. thanks. in riyadh, nic, so great to have you this morning. and the show and tell, the saudis want to put that on display for the world to see. the patience being preached by this administration.
this reflects, i think, the position that we see the white house taking at the moment. all right. nic robertson for us in riyadh. that ic thank you for that, nic. iran is in denial. nick payton wash toton walsh i us. good morning. reporter: they re continually talking about yemen. remember from the very beginning they said the houthi rebels are using air power to often cause crisis. now, that has been, frankly, scorned by some u.s. and saudi officials in their interpretation of the events. but today rouhani said we do not want conflict in this region, but we must see who started the war and he says this all started
saudi leader to decide on the next step. they want no, quote, knee-jerk reactions to this. the source says it s very systematic. what happens with patience is it prevents stupid moves. nic robertson joins us live from riyadh, saudi arabia. nic? reporter: good morning. the white house seems to be in lockstep with the saudis at this moment, you know, strategic patience, strategic caution. the united states and saudi arabia both share a huge and growing, steeply growing concern about what they see as iran s gray maligned influence in the region, and what has happened here in saudi arabia is an opportunity for saudi arabia and the united states to build bigger international support for saudi s position. this is something that s been lacking in recent years. so we heard this morning the
investigation, let s build the big bad broad coalition and then decide how we proceed. both saudi and the u.s., of course, in incredible lockstep on the deep concern and anger about what they view as iran s destabilizing influence on the region. 11:06 there in riyadh, patience winning on the day. nic robertson, thank you. global oil prices dropped tuesday following that surge on monday, which sent financial shock waves around the world. why do prices fall? large lay because the saudis announced they will sharply raise it. john defteriodefterios. john, what s the time frame? it was going to be weeks. now it appears it will be not