hussein, the jordanian head of the u.n. commission of human rights to see a leading arab official criticize him is fight unusual. the saudis need to understand they have to pull back from this, they and the iranians have to try to reduce tonights as much as is possible now. >> saudi arabia says they were trying to fight terrorism. here's what we know about this shiite claieric. he was 56 years old, renowned. he called for the downfall of the saudi royal family. but that's different than terrorism. was he connected to terrorist activities? >> well, i'm not in a position to say that he was or was not. but i think most of the press coverage over the weekend coming from the middle east would say he was a virulent opponent of the saudi regime but the saudis went too far, both in executing shaikh nimr. and to set that tone and make that statement so early in the