he will meet with saudi arabia's new leader king solomon and with other gulf state foreign ministers. national security correspondent joins us live from the pentagon with more on that. >> secretary of state john kerry is on route to riyadh to reassure the saudis who are sunni and in particular the new saudi king king solomon that the nuclear deal being negotiated by the u.s. and the p 5 in geneva will be good for the region of the this is going to be a hard sell to the saudis who kerry needs as part of the anti-isis coalition in iraq. saudis are terrified that iran is playing the west and will get a nuclear bomb. this will set off a nuclear arms race among sunni nations want to go keep up with shia iran. all of this comes as the coalition in iraq appears to be fraying. multiple senior military forces sell fox the u.s. coalition was not told about the large iraqi military operation into tikrit, saddam hussein's birthday. there's a great deal here at the pentagon that the operation is being held by the iranian leader of the guards and could force the commander. here is a photo of him on

king solomon came to power after the death of his half-brother. >> terrorists are wreaking havoc in the region. domestically and by way of cooperation with regional international partners to uproot terrorism. we're part of the world livings living its problems, facing the challenges and facing the same responsibility. >> hundreds of police officers who fought for student protesters in myanmar who were demanding greater freedoms when police forces moved in with batons. we have reports from myanmar's largest city. >> a tense stand often turns to a confrontation. for more than a week protesters have been camping in a town three hours drive north of the city. they're unhappy with the new election law which they say restricts academic freedom and bans them from forming unions. on tuesday local officials said that they would allow students to march but when the activists found out they would not be aid loud to hold banners and chant slogans along the way they became anger. they tried to breach the line, and dismantle a tent. it doesn't take long for the situation to descend into violence. hun

so this is the story of king solomon that a faction that says cut it. see if i care. but we have to be the ones to say no prepare you cannot do that. >> you are a liberal but one of the things you talk about in the book that is seen to date back to your experience in 1954 where you bring in mississippi part of freedom some more and - - summer. and hughes said then when you were 24 that you were not there to create a perfect world and you believed i believe it is either not here to build the perfect society just to venture that a man can live his life his own way. then you talk about the tactical importance to remain realistic. talk about that philosophy. >> negro was a term. but so within that african-american movement but in 1964 people made fun of mccain but remember the great play green pastures that was set in negro dialect at the time in the character that was caused -- called delawd in the is to call mccain delawd to mock him as high and mighty. but also most of us and this turned out to be the majority of black people and it has been replayed with the lgbt peop

this is the story of king solomon. that is the problem. >> obviously you are a liberal as one of the things that you talk about in 1954 when you were it in mississippi end you said then when you were 24 the you were not there to create a perfect world. that you've believe that i am not here to build a perfect society just ensure that he gets his chance to live his life the own way. but that tactical importance to stave realistic. >> will but i saw with the american movement but in 1964 if you remember the play green pastures and it was called delawd and then they started to mock him. but then most of us i think it has been replayed with lgbt people. those who were initially opposed the marriage is an institution that oppresses woman. so it was the same but we want to have the same. but others said for the tip of the spiffier if they have been excluded that they would rebuild it entirely different the. and the average citizen said i want to be like everybody else. to say they never had great support. but then if they th

this is the story of king solomon and you have a faction that says cut it and see if i care. that's the problem. we have to be the ones that say you can't do that. >> obviously you are liberal but one of the things you talk about in the book and it seems to date back to your experience when in 1964 you were part of freedom summer in mississippi. i guess you were interviewed by someone purporting at the time. >> a great sociologist named william mccord. he was a sociologist. >> you said then, and i guess you are about 24 that you are not there to create a perfect world and that you believed, i mean in leading -- i am not here to build a perfect society, just to ensure that the gets us chance to live his life his own way. can you talk about in that quote the tactical accordance of remaining realistic. if he could say something about how that philosophy -- to. >> i don't think that was the term. what i saw and there was a slip of the way in the african-american movement. in 1964 people said we are making fun of him. if you remember the great play green pastures which is set in d

this is the story of king solomon and you have a faction that says cut it and see if i care. that's the problem. we have to be the ones that say you can't do that. >> obviously you are liberal but one of the things you talk about in the book and it seems to date back to your experience when in 1964 you were part of freedom summer in mississippi. i guess you were interviewed by someone purporting at the time. >> a great sociologist named william mccord. he was a sociologist. >> you said then, and i guess you are about 24 that you are not there to create a perfect world and that you believed, i mean in leading -- i am not here to build a perfect society, just to ensure that the gets us chance to live his life his own way. can you talk about in that quote the tactical accordance of remaining realistic. if he could say something about how that philosophy -- to. >> i don't think that was the term. what i saw and there was a slip of the way in the african-american movement. in 1964 people said we are making fun of him. if you remember the great play green pastures which is set in d

the plane that brought in the new leader of saudi, king solomon, here to join the leaders, the arab pleadershere for this subject. this is the resort, red sea resort town, and this sharm el-. we should expect a resolution of what is a saudi led offensive which is targeting rebels and what happens here could clear the way for a ground invasion if the saudis see fit. they're calling this operation decisive or determination for storm sources on the ground. as you were talking to hakim, heavy and continuous shelling of what is believe today be weapons sides. an add ministry of defense briefing in the last 24 hours also announcing the saudis have been targeting the land along their southern border where they say rebels were mobilizing. this could be no small war. they're deeply concerned about the area along what is some 2,000 kilometer boarder with yemen. they're concerned about an iran stronghold where the rich oil deposits lie. the uae confirming they've been actively involved in the air. the caveat is that not all countries are supporting this offensive. algeria and iraq may vote against this

i met with king solomon who supported what we're doing. >> you're saying our allies in the region, theis the saudis, egyptians, others are perfectly comfortable on where the negotiations stand at this moment. >> no, i did not say that. they're not perfectly comfortable. they're nervous. they're apprehensive. of course they are. >> i can say, yogi, that last statement is absolutely true. the gulf nations, having just been there, are nervous. >> the gulf nations, many of them, could have given a similar speech that prime minister netanyahu did last week. he was not speaking for just israel, they have a concern about a nuclear iran and they can mettle freely in lebanon, gaza, other parts of the middle east. there's no question that these countries israel, the gulf states, are nervous. there's an unspoken part that functionally iran is an ally of ours which is a whole other level of complexity. we are saying we won't send in ground troops. iranian ground troops are fighting in many ways leading the fight in tikrit. we don't want to admit it, but they are our allies and doing more than we w

i'll be meeting with ing withing with king solomon of saudi arabia. there's a great deal of energy and effort being put into this. i'm confident over time we'll beat, we'll indeed degrade and ultimately destroy, isil. yes. >> let me read you a few comments from this week. a top fbi official testified we're losing the battle in countering isis online. director of national intelligence, james clapper, says this has been the most lethal year for global terrorism. the latest figures show more foreign fighters have joined isis in the past six months than have been killed. you said this week to congress that we're living in a period of less daily threat to americans with fewer violent deaths than any time in the last century. can you understand why the american people aren't feeling that? >> well i understand. orveg i of course i understand it, martha. people are thinking about the day-to-day vision of what is happening on the ground in syria, in libya, where 21 christians had their heads cut off. a soldier is burned, a pilot in a cage. where american journ

king solomon is far more ins trance gentlemen than the predecessor and that doesn't bode well in thea pretty scary picture, kent. especially when we talk about two major oil producers. what kind of premium do you think that warrants on the price of oil right now given we are just drawing $50 a barrel on wti? >> it remains to be seen, kelly. we must remember the second stage occurs rather quickly. we have have an incursion into yemen. egyptians are currently mobilizing on the red sea to mobilize that effort. in terms of premium itself i'm looking at 62 to 65 by the time we get to july and 72 to 73. anything is possible. >> especially this time of year. kent thank you for your thoughts. global energy symposium. we have an update i believe on that fire that has broken out in manhattan per the fdny. two patients transported to area hospitals. more on that story in just a moment. president obama, meanwhile, hitting the road to tout the economy. is there much to tout on economic data. robert wolf will weigh in next. he'll join us right here. and would requiring companies to disclose even m

demonstrators were seen stomping on pictures of saudi arabia's king solomon as well. >>> germany's famousee for foreigners to drive on. by next year germans are set to introduce a tax on the road which could possibly cost foreigners up to $140 per year. the germans will not have to pay. >>> back here at home amazon has launch aid new marketplace for on demand professional services. it's called amazon home services and it allows customers to browse purchase and schedule hundreds of professional services. >>> take a look at this. talk about man's best friend. well, a dog braved frigid waters at ohio's buck creek state park over the weekend to reach his stranded owner. the owner was pulled to safety. a happy ending. that's your cnbc news update at this hour. back to you, ty. >> a beautiful but dirty happy ending there. >> yes, exactly. >> you're right. >> a big move in oil as we move to the close. swraky deangeles live at nymex. hi, jack where i. >> hi tyler. remarkable action into the close here. i think we're going to settle somewhere around $48.60. a buck rally in the last ten minutes of

king solomon saying that they have no choice that they are exhausted all options, and that he and the iraq who said that it is nonsense to suggest that iran is behind the regional turmoil here and also suggesting that saudi have been hasty in the intervention in yemen. the secretary general ban ki moon here insisting that political dialogue is the only way forward to solve this crisis but, clearly, what we are seeing here is a lot of efforts on behalf of the yemenese the saudis and others here. the sense is one of concern amongst people behind closed doors, opening the idea of sectarian conflict going forward with an iran-saudi proxy war, and the context to this to remember that we have these talks going on in iran between -- in switzerland, sorry, between iran and the u.s. desperately trying to negotiate some sort of conclusion before the deadline to the talks on the nuclear negotiations and i think that you know there's been concern here and perhaps in washington as well this could really throw this into the works, but certainly the sense is spector of an all-out sectarian war here

. >> and saudi arabia's king has referred to the turmoil in yemen since taking the throne. prince solomon came to power after the death of his half-brother. >> the kingdom is standing up to terrorism. with regional partners to uproot terrorism. we are in a part of the world in its problems, facing its challenges sharing the same responsibility. >> hundreds of police officers have fought with student protesters in myanmar. they were demanding greater freedoms when security forces moved in with batons. 127 people have been arrested. we have reports now from myanmar's largest city. [ protesting. [. [ . >> reporter: a sentence stand off between protesters and police turn into a tense on it confrontation. they're unhappy with the new little egypt law which they saycanlaw. they became anger and tried to breach the lines and dismantle a tent. it doesn't take long for the situation to descend into violence. hundreds charged protesters are dragged into police trucks and student leaders are among those arrested. the police also attack a vehicle that was being used by the demonstrators police have r