ambassador edleman, let me start with you. president trump called this a cover-up today. secretary of state mike pompeo talked about visa revocations and also plans for sanctions. is the response from the u.s. today appropriate giventhhe nature ocrime and the seriousness of this crisis? is well, nick, i think it appropriate. i think the administration at the outset was trying to put the best possible face on this because of the importance it attacheso the u.s.-saudi relationship, but i think they bcognize now that there is a head of steilding up on the hill. there are a lot of people who have supported the kingdom saudi arabia and its relationship with the united states in the past, like lindsey graham, who are quite concerned about this, and i think the administration is trying to get ahead of what will undoubtedly be aimportant push r sanctions. i'm not sure they're going to be able to get ahead of tha because as your piece noted, auis is major crisis in the u.s. relationship, certainly the biggest one since 9/11. if evidence is found tat actually links mohammad bin lin

to talk about that weurn to eric edleman, u.s. ambassador to turkey during the george w. bush administration. he's also held senior posts at the defense department, and on e staff.e ho and henri barkey served in the state department's policy planning office during the a inton administration. he is noofessor of international relations at lehigh university. after the attempted coup in turkey in 2016, there were a number of false reports in turkish newspapers that he was one of the coup plotters. welcome to you both. ambassador edleman, let me start with you. president trump called this a cover-up today. secretary of state mike pompeo talked about visa revocations and also plans for sanctions. is the response from the u.s. today appropriate given the hnature of the crime ande seriousness of this crisis? >> well, nick, i think it is appropriate. i think the administration at the outset was trying to put the best possible face on this because of the importance it attaches to the u.s.-saudi relationship, but i think they recognize now that there is a head of steam building up o

back together: tommy, edleman and gronk.. the patriots decimated the ailing colts 38 to 24.. throwing his 500th career touchdown pass. so why is that bunk? because the rules have become so tailored to protecting the quarterback and the recievers.. that stopping them has become a joke. ( darya )such a joke that 9ers cornerback richard sherman says the nfl may as well just put flags on the quarterbacks.. ( darya ) the 49ers will have their best chance to shut down the offense this weekend cuz they are playing awful arizona.. the carinals are oh-and-4 and this is their rookie qb's first road start. as for the raiders, they play the chargers. you'll have to drive down to so-cal if you want to go to that game. (