mohammed jamjoom said behind closed doors with its partners. why this public display of strength? >> i think what we've seen since king salman took power this past year and his son mohammed ben salman became defense minister, this is very significant and speaks to a deep seeded insecurity or a concern about internal security in saudi arabia. thus i think constant drum beat of executions and these executions themselves are very much designed to send a strong message to both the extremist sunni population as well as those shiites who have designs on destabilizing saudi arabia that none of that wrl b will be tolerated. >> king salman whether he was in the united states, said he was not in favor of the iranian nuclear deal. how has this nuclear accord with iran played into the saudi includes? calculus? >> the loyalty to them, the u.s. is tilting towards iran in an effort to bring iran into the international community make it a good citizen again at the expense of our gulf allies. and that is i 30 the underlying anxiety or the accord itself on balance of i think has seen a positive. but what it suggests about the united states continued ability to work closely and guarantee the s