concerned that even though the situation in yemen is a troubling situation, the efforts of the president mr. hadi to try to stay in power and to try to push back against the houthis, whom the u.s. believes are being supported by iran, they believe that the saudi-led coalition has essentially been distracted by the situation and yemen has been putting more of its energies into one country's civil war for lack of a better phrase, rather than dealing with this regional threat, one that threatens to become a very global threat. so it's really an effort to try to basically have the debate on the public stage and not just have it through diplomatic channels. >> roslind jordan, washington, d.c. thank you very much. joining us now is chairman of the london school of democraticseconomics, this is a critical time for countries meeting in riyadh, roslind was mentioning lebanon, you have iraq, yemen and isil at the forefront of western leaders. what are you watching for from this meeting? >> most important is yemen. as you know, saudi arabia has been leading a coalition for the last nine months. against the