i spoke to our correspondence, rebecca rita's in jerusalem and michelle at cook. now in washington. i began by asking rebecca how the nuclear threat from iran is shaping alliances in the middle east. bend the threat of iran as it is widely perceived across the region here is shaping alliances here in the region profoundly. i mean, you know, it's a little bit like the old adage, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. so we're seeing alliances or potential alliances that a few years ago seemed impossible. now, they are looking probably just a few years ago under the trump administration. we saw the ab hm accords. that was the normalization of time between israel and 3 of its arab neighbors. that was seen as a huge step in progress. and now we're looking at a potential defense lines. of course, that's not official yet, but that is being spoken about here on this tour of on president biden's who are of israel. and so we're talking about a defense, a mindful directly in relation to that iranian threat that received iranian from here in the region. so it is really couldn't be shaping this reg

these palestinians and saudis, the 1st you west president of his, at saudi arabia, al, reporter rebecca rita's is their app and korean appleton has been following proceedings. they, rebecca, could you tell us about what sort of change biden can bring about on this trip of his, his 1st as he was president. how well it's not expected that there's going to be any surprises, any major changes that they have been through this trip out. the main priority for president biden ease to sort of smooth relations between israel and its arab neighbors. namely, saudi arabia, which is where he'll be headed on friday. they're looking to smooth towards a smooth, a pos, a potential security alliance in the region, a middle east security alliance, if you will. it was already mentioned on the president donald trump, but there was no real head way. now the saudis and he has rallies, have been working at behind closed doors. sort of in the shadow is on something on, you know, close a tie for some time and a thought or hope that the district by president vine will bring that out into the open in terms of any real big