tranter with the president says he wants a action for sure, this seems like a stopping short of saying we will not go forward with the arms bill. we are acting against their own interest in russia and china could move forward with those types of sales. did the president make a point there? >> a lot of things to consider there. saudi's role in countering what iran is doing in the middle east. we have the saudi is coming u.s. allies come and see everyone has advocate for the iran coming out, condemning saudi arabia for what is happening. this is a big deal to the best thing to do is have the investigation and is true for saudi give us those in the response or the international community the names come to deal with them so that this can go away over time. saudi says it doesn't happen, the forensic evidence that someone was actually butchered in the consulate in istanbul, then the damage is out of control. eboni: big picture when it comes to saudi arabia. it seems to many the narrative has changed over the last two years. 2017 when they're allowed to drive and there seems to be in a regime

tranter but at least they have told you which is all the touting of progress when real north korea expertsear experts say when it comes to stuff happening on the ground in singapore, there is no progress. we are trying to put meat on the bare bones of the singapore summit communiquÉ. what i've heard is no progress, no success, no breakthroughs behind the scenes. we are trying to get north korea to delineate what steps it's going to do to the nuclear race. they always use very vague terms, which means very different things for the north in the united case. >> another national security source tommy this week that they are not in favor of the president meeting with kim for a second comment. it sounds like a lot of folks in the community don't think it's a great idea. why is president trump so gung ho on it? >> he sees himself as the chief negotiator, that he can do things others can't. the singapore summit was not a success. a number of mistakes made there. so yeah, the administration is trying to hold off the president summit. they are trying to get actual work done a hundred times getting p