. >> warner: is that how you see it, chris boucek, this is the end game?ntually. >> warner: a short one though. >> i think this process can go on for some time but eventually there will be a negotiated settlement between the regime and the opposition and president saleh will leave. he can't stay in power. >> warner: what happened this weekend? how do you interpret that? this sort of back and forth? he gives a statement saying he accepted the proposal and then he gives this interview to the bbc? >> i think oftentimes in yemen people say things in public which is different than what they say in private. i think that this is all about maximizing one's position ahead of the eventual negotiated settlement. i think that's what we're seeing. >> warner: let me follow up with chris for a minute. you don't think that this is the final negotiated settlement, this proposal that the bcc brought and supposedly it's been signed off. >> i think this will likely be what it will look like. i think the timing has yet to be determined. i don't think the president has endorsed