. >> they are talking about navy frigets. negotiations are still ongoing. a senior administration official says not to expect any major announcements. the u.s. wants saudi to stop supporting the more extremist of the opposition groups in syria and they will urge restraint in yemen as the civilian casualty count grows. the president made that request before without result. it didn't stop the u.s. from recently providing additional $500 million worth of bombs and bullets to replenish the arsenal last month. the relation between the u.s. and saudi arabia is changing because of falling oil prices. >> from being a price taker in the global oil market, the u.s. is increasingly the price maker because the global swing producer now is actually u.s. shale production. and, therefore, the u.s. is far less dependent on the saudi arabia or the region or opec. >> they have to figure out what the relationship will look like. >>> let's take a closer look at the saudi u.s. relations. saudi arabia has been critical of u.s. diplomatic efforts with iran. in yemen, the u.s. sup