joining me now is firas maksad.dle east institute. from your sources come working tells about the status of those mediation efforts? i tells about the status of those mediation efforts?— tells about the status of those mediation efforts? i mean, what we're hearing — mediation efforts? i mean, what we're hearing is _ mediation efforts? i mean, what we're hearing is that _ mediation efforts? i mean, what we're hearing is that they're - we're hearing is that they're pretty close and the fact is we have been here before and the fact is, the deals never, is not too different than the deal that was on the table back in the spring get back injuly but the spring get back injuly but the conditions as changed and what has changed is the amount of pressure that is palpable from the area and with the handle from joe biden to donald trump, returning from the region, perhaps the surprises that both teams donald trump and joe biden are working in very coordinated fashion and president biden very much was moving on the same thing h