of nato for not paying enough tore the upkeep of the alliance. that s a topic that could come up in the context of this meeting. the other thing that s cooking is the nation s effort to bridge a pretty ugly dispute between saudi arabia and cutter. you ll recall that president trump thrust himself into this dispute earlier this week with a tweet in which he appeared to take sides with the saudis against the cutteries. subsequently the white house has been working hard to kind of smooth over that rift. can you te cutter is a major base for military operations. the president could talk about that as well should there be an opportunity to move past the comey issue. by the way, mark, nicolle wallace, former communications director in the bush white house is here with us in the studio as well, as is former new york congresswoman elizabeth holtzman as is katy tur.