won't know, i think, until 2018. but this we do know, this war is going to continue for a long time. eric: and your money would be -- [laughter] >> yeah. i have enough trouble analyzing the present. i think why i'm not making predictions about the future, eric. [laughter] eric: judy, good to see you in the studio. >> thank you. arthel: smart answer. okay, we're going to go to conor powell now in jerusalem with more and secretary of state rex tillerson's mission there in saudi arabia today. conor, what can you tell us about it? >> reporter: yeah, arthel, secretary of state tillerson arrived here in the middle east in an effort to try to find some common ground between the saudis and the iraqis. there's a major test right now for the united states in the region, and that is iran specifically trying to build a larger coalition to confront tehran. the trump administration, of course,s has aligned itself very much with the sunni-arab bloc, countries of saudi arabia, i kuwait and the uae against