john kerry tweeted out an extraordinary picture from his flight because he picked up most of the delegation who were joining the president. the president was flying from india. kerry was at rahm air force base in germany. if you look at this picture, it's coni did rice jim baker, sandy burger steve hadley, you know, this is a who's who of american foreign policy over decades. republican and democratic. and significantly it's the republicans who have had really closer relations with the saudis. the saudis have been very dismissive of especially the obama white house. >> and that goes a very long way in a place where relationships matter. the fact that you have this bipartisan relationship and delegation coming to saudi arabia to pay tribute to the late king, try to restart the relationship with the new king i think, is a testament to the long-standing relationship between saudi arabia and the united states. as you said when you're able to bring that many people from a diversity of political spectrums and ideas and administrations here in the u.s., it speaks a lot. i know that's definitely not lost on the saudis. they will certainly appreciate that in a culture that's steeped i