i'm andrea terrentino. it's 5:00 o'clock in new york city and this is "the five". last month president obama made this declaration at the national prayer breakfast. >> promoting religious freedom is a key objective of u.s. foreign policy. and i'm proud that no nation on earth does more to stand up for the freedom of religion around the world than the united states of america. >> he said promoting religious freedom abroad is a priority fos america. now, today he is abroad in saudi arabia and a lot of people, including a bipartisan group of lawmakers, wanted the president to address human rights issuespr such as the kingdom's history of abuse against christians.of but according to seniorffic administration officials, thatug issue wasn't broughtht up. eric, is this really a big shocl that the president didn't bring it up? do you think back to his cairo speech when he had the opportunity to speak to theoppo muslim world about the atrocities against christians, against women, against gays, hea didn't do it then. why would he do it now? >> i can't imagine why he would do