that has very good reason to be playing different sides of the field, as well. they share a large natural gas field with iran, that does make it a little more delicate. as president trump has wisely decided to move away from president obama s policy favoring iran to the sunni regions, that it s going to naturally cause a conflict with those countries that do have good relations with iran. it is really in america s interest that is all be worked out peacefully. i think you heard that with what rex tillerson was saying. please, just work this out. they did it three years ago when i got some commitments from qatar in terms of not finding the muslim brotherhood so much. they need to do more. bret: last word. that s exactly right. this is saudi arabia emboldened by its ties with donald trump. that recent trim has emboldened them to take action. bret: when we come back, getting the to-do list done, no matter what.
look. john bolton, former u.s. ambassador. a lot to go through here quickly. give us a sense strategically why is this so important? there has been a split within the gulf cooperation council, the six oil producing monarch east on a number of key issues for some time. this is the strongest step that the saudis have taken to date against one of the kind of dissenting members qatar. not only with their funding of terrorists, but also their policy visa vaoe iran and the nuclear weapons program. they share a big natural gas field with iran. they ve been of the gcc members probably the most open to dealing with tehran and most supportive of the tehran regime s nuclear efforts. so this is something that has bothered the other arab states
some of these countries. qatar is one of the countries that has very good reason to be playing different sides of the field, as well. they share a large natural gas field with iran, that does make it a little more delicate. as president trump has wisely decided to move away from president obama s policy favoring iran to the sunni regions, that it s going to naturally cause a conflict with those countries that do have good relations with iran. it is really in america s interest that is all be worked out peacefully. i think you heard that with what rex tillerson was saying. please, just work this out. they did it three years ago when i got some commitments from qatar in terms of not finding the muslim brotherhood so much. they need to do more. bret: last word. that s exactly right. this is saudi arabia emboldened by its ties with donald trump. that recent trim has emboldened them to take action. bret: when we come back, getting the to-do list done, no matter what. it s ok that ev
area about 40 square miles and is located off the coast of egypt. it s potentially the largest natural gas field in the entire world holding an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. while it may not have a direct impact on oil prices just yet, gas prices keep dropping down 20 cents in one month. coming up in the newsroom, a vote in ukraine s parliament provokes a violent backlash on the streets. we ll take you there next.
who take a shower after work. global warming could be partially to blame for a massive hole in the earth in northern sbeer i can t. television aired helicopter footage of a giant hole. it s hundreds of feet wide and is located about 18 miles from the region s biggest natural gas field. people are scrambling for explanations. one australian scientist says it looks like a collapsed pingo, which is a huge chunk of ice under the soil. other scientists say the area s unique geology could be the reason. they say a natural gas pocket, combined with water and salt could have produced a large explosion p if the permafrost were punctured by climate change-induced thaw. a team is scheduled to arrive on wednesday. they plan to take samples of soil, air and water from the scene. the fundamental questions remain why? and how? dr. reese halter, author of the