interest you know it's sort of strange normally you wouldn't expect congress to say look into what the bahraini government is doing given that we have such close close its eyes usually are you know the government are our government takes an interest in what other sketchy government is doing only want to be broken relations with them right so now in egypt or sort of on the road a bit before we were happy to have you're being sold to the right well a true position name that most of us have never heard about obviously an important one out there chris thanks so much for joining us tonight. well still to come governor here in the u.s. marines are tool time award after asking people in her state of brain and happy hour carmageddon turns into a huge bust plus c.n.n. honors nelson mandela on his part a very strange way to stick around for. discovery . they come. to the. big splash in the world of high. products. he says he followed russian invaders to broaden their big breakthrough. spotlight on story on technology update. we. covered. all right it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight it go

you know it's sort of strange normally you wouldn't expect congress to say look in so what about bahraini government is doing given that we have such close close its eyes usually are you know the government are our government takes an interest in what other sketchy government are doing only once we have broken relations with them right now in egypt or sort of the broader but before we were happy to have your big sort of the well a true position name that most of us have never heard about obviously important out there chris thanks so much for joining us tonight. and still to come the governor here in the u.s. marines are told time award after asking people in her state her brain and happy hour carmageddon turns into a huge bust last c.n.n. honors nelson mandela on this very day very strange way to stick around. you know sometimes to see a story and seeing so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and here's some other part of it you realize that everything you saw. her was a big. relief . and you know. five. feet. we are right. well. we have a. safe ready freedom.

so, but the bahrainis, two-thirds -- my memory is two-thirds of the rainy shiites are arabs, of arab descent. they are not persian. and, their main shiite operation party was the more moderate one which is demanding a majority government so that they can rule. they will tell you that this is sort of a fabrication of the bahraini government to say that they are just, the shiites are in the hands of the iranians. i think the iranians will have some influence and i don't think it is going to become as you were saying a satellite of iran but i think it will certainly take its distance from saudi arabia particularly after being invaded by saudi arabia. so it will certainly be a more friendly to iran. what that will turn into overtime could be a real problem for saudi arabia because there is a 60-mile causeway that connects bahrain to the eastern province in eastern provinces where all the oil is and that is world the saudi shiites are. so there is a lot of interaction between shiites and bahrain and saudi shiites in the eastern province. so in the long run i think it would definitely end

the bahrainis, 2/3 of bahraini shiites are arabs, they are not persian.main opposition party the more moderate one, which is demanding a majority government so they can rul.e they will tell you that this is a sort of a fabrication on the bahraini government and say they are in the hands of the iranians. i think the iranians will have some influence, and i do not think it is going to become, as you were saying, a satellite, but i think it will take its distance from saudi arabia, after being invaded by saudi arabia to keep the -- so it certainly will be a more friendly stake to iran. that will turn into overtime to be a real problem for saudi arabia because there is a 16- mile cause of it annexed bahrain the eastern province, and that that ishe oil is, and where all the saudi shiites are. in the long run i thinking it will definitely and the tilting towards iran. >> unfortunately for saudi arabia, bahrain is a domestic political issue, and it is a red line for them, i think. i just wish the saudis were willing to give a little bit of breathing room let som