those countries are algeria, oman, qatar, kuwait, thailand, norway and australia. the government of qatar owns this network. joins me from denver to discuss the article and what it suggests is david sorotta. david, thank you so much for joining us. slate said in a blog post today that in the end, quote, the ibt piece doesn't reveal any smoking gun evidence of a corrupt quid pro quo transaction. that's the end of the quote. the most you can say about this is the clintons didn't pay enough attention to the appearance of conflicts of interest. you have to get in line if you want to make that allegations. it seems like everybody is doing that right now. we haven't got a connection. it doesn't seem to be causal. >> well, i think the question of our article was is there a conflict with foreign governments pumping money into hillary clinton's foundation, at some point sponsors events and paying bill clinton personal money. is there a conflict between that happens and the state department having weapons business with those countries. i think that a lot of people in our art

officials from bahrain, kuwait, oman, qatar, saudi arabia, and the uae are there. only qatar and kuwait sent their top leaders. iran.the key issue is many arab states are concerned about the security applications of a possible deal to curb iran's nuclear program. joining us now from washington, william cowan, now the founder of the cowen group. welcome. it is good to see you again. the top issue we have mentioned is iran. what are the concerns that the saudi's in particular have of a possible nuclear deal with the iranians. william: they are very concerned as they should be. if you look at what iran has been doing over the last decade or two, they have been destabilizing the region. they have been promoting terrorist activities. they are very revolutionary and expressionists -- and expansionists. i have in building up the forces in lebanon. -- they have been building up the forces in lebanon. the have been destabilizing parts of yemen. they are in iraq in a major way now. all of the gulf states have a lot to be concerned about with what iran has been doing in the g

bahrain, kuwait, oman, qatar saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates.oothe their fears about our rocky but relentless negotiations with iran. the white house sent the invitation after iran and five other world powers produced the outlines of a deal, but supposedly prevents, or at least delays the islamic republic from making nuclear weapons. you might call it a negotiated timeout. such a degree meant it would relieve u.s. economic sanctions fence tehran in e change from blocking her path toward a nuclear bomb. the president must persuade the gulf states that america will have their backs against any threat posed by the other world ayatollahs. perhaps offering commitment, but not a formal defense treaty. expect to see more military aid offered to these states, like integration of their missile system and acquisition of the snoozy f 35 fighter jet. as the u.s. military mission expands, the complexity of identifying friend or foe is dynamic. win could only imagine the number flow charts at the state department. congress sounds adamant about approving any d

today with leaders and delegations from the gulf cooperation counsel countries, bahrain, kuwait, oman qatar. for the summit in maryland we'll go back to camp david live about 20 minutes from now where the president will be holding a news conference. we'll have that for you live in 20 here on sh cspan 3. until then, nancy pelosi who also held a briefing. >> morning, everyone. what a sad day. after yesterday, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by the train derailment in philadelphia, especially those families who lost their loved ones and now, we're still waiting to see for the unaccounted for. victims victims as well as those who were seriously injured. we look wardforward to an investigation on how this happened and how it must be avoided in the future and we must constant reminder that we must strengthen the confidence and safety in infrastructure. and in order to have safety in infrastructure, you have to have strong infrastructure. one aspect of that is the highway trust fund. we have five legislative days left until the highway and transit trust fund expires. 660,000 go

obama after a camp david meeting with gulf cooperation council countries including bahrain kuwait oman, qatar, saudi arabia, and the united arab emirates. [ applause ] >> the summit on infrastructure funding and policy continues. president obama has proposed a $478 billion infrastructure bill. current transportation funding is set to expire on may 31st. up next, vice president joe biden. [ applause ] >> welcome back everyone. thanks again for joining us today as we kick off infrastructure week. a great discussion so far. you know, we have conferences like these all the time but i think infrastructure is unique. it influences where we live, where we work, how we get around, it impacts everyone and everyone has an opinion. it was interesting professor kanter mentioned how much time we spend at bloomburg government debating plane versus train as we go to our headquarters in new york, my personal opinion is plane wins vast majority of the time. but i think we have a different perspective up here. as josh mentioned earlier, you may know the vice president occasionally takes the 75 minute, 108 mile

of the gulf states in attendance, saudi arabia, qatar u.a.e., kuwait, oman and bahrain, only two sent their heads of state. the most notable missing figure? the new saudi king salman. he backed out just days after the administration said he'd take part. though the white house denied his absence was a snub. the tensions over the west's pursuit of a deal to curb shiite iran's nuclear program before the end of june are obvious. if a deal is reached, many economic sanctions on iran would be lifted. gulf nations worry that will enable iran to make more mischief in the region through proxies like hezbollah in syria, and the shiite houthi rebels in yemen. the saudis have led a month-long bombing campaign there against that uprising. today, rhodes sought to provide assurance the deal is only about one thing. >> this is a nuclear deal we're doing on the merits of the deal itself, not as a part of a change broadly in the u.s.-iran relationship. >> reporter: today's summit also comes over how to conduct the region-wide fight against "islamic state" militants. and syria's civil war, where the gul

with the president at the white house and camp david gcc, saudi arabia kuwait, bahrain qatar united arab emirates and oman. senate passing what it calls the iran nuclear agreementact on thursday, just as the gcc sum starts. our coverage begins with our senior washington correspondent mike viqueria. >> two major events one on capitol hill the other at nearby camp david. on the hill, the house set to take up debate over the bill taken up with iran. after initially threatening a veto president obama has dropped his objection after the bill was watered down. it would only take effect if a final deal is reached and that deadline is coming up on june 30th. meanwhile, the interim agreement reached with iran last month has caused anxiety among u.s. allies in the gulf, who accuse iran of destabilizing the region and gaining power at their expense. also on the table at camp david increased military cooperation not only among the united states and gulf allies but among gulf allies themselves. the summit begins with dinner at the white house and continues until thursday at camp david. del. >> thank you mike. gulf lea

qatar and q 8. ill health was always going to keep oman and the aue sheikh ka alisha fa away. the biggest no show is saudi arabia's king salman aziz. saudi officials say he's staying in riyadh to oversee a cease-fire supposed to go in effect in yemen tuesday. the white house has sought to downplay any rift with riyadh or the other gulf countries, noting that saudi's crown prince and his defense minister would be at the meetings but that hasn't stopped speculation that monarch is snubbing the president, but a closer look at those who will be in the room may paint a more nuanced picture. the gulf region is currently undergoing a generational transfer of power. meaning leaders like the saudi crown prince mohammed defense minister mohammed bin sallman or the premier are key power brokers who shape jcc relations with the west now and into the future. with them around the table, the u.s. president will not only have the chance to better get to know the arab region's future leaders, but the opportunity to allay their doubts about washington's deal with iran. the uae's ambassador says