to discuss the situation in saudi arabia i'm joined by ali alyami in washington he is the executive director of the center for democracy and human rights in saudi arabia in dubai we crossed robert jordan is a former u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia and now a baker botts and in london we go to bill body out one he is the editor of the al goods are already newspaper and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you mr ambassador in dubai how would you describe what's going on in saudi arabia right now in light of the uprisings and what some people are calling the arab the arab awakening in the region. peter i think there's a lot of anxiety right now i just came back from a visit to both riyadh and the interim. there is concern of course particularly about the shia they have waged there's been a problem for friday i think it remains to be seen and i thank you that would be but there's a car non-issue amount of anxiety about us walsh about the lack of jobs to some degree about corruption and to s