BLITZER: One again we're waiting for the White House deputy press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, to come out and start taking questions from reporters. She's in for Sean Spicer today. We're going to bring you that briefing live once it starts. But right now I want to get to another major story we're following, accusations of supporting terror now creating a rather deep rift among some powerful Gulf states. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain, they are some of the key nations now cutting ties with Qatar alleging the country has ties to terror groups, specifically ISIS and al Qaeda. An Iran state news agency claims President Trump is fueling the conflict following his trip to Saudi Arabia two weeks ago. I want to bring in our international correspondent Ian Lee. He's in Istanbul, Turkey, watching this. Ian, what sparked this fight right now between these Gulf states?</s>IAN LEE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, this has been brewing for quite some time, but you named a number of the reasons why it has come to head. Another one is the</s>BLITZER: All right, Ian, I'm going to interrupt - I'm going to interrupt for a second. We'll try to get back you to. Unfortunately, your audio is coming in and out. Hard to understand. Stand by. We'll try to fix that. But we're going to stay on top of this story, the diplomatic dustup that's unfolding in the Middle East. Right now, the latest on the terror attack in London. Joining us is Zalmay Khalilzad. He's the former United States ambassador to the United Nations. Also a former ambassador to both Afghanistan and Iraq. Mr. Ambassador, thanks very much for joining us.</s>ZALMAY KHALILZAD, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: Well, Wolf, it's good to be with you.</s>BLITZER: It's pretty extraordinary that there Arab states are severing ties with Qatar. How do you explain that?
Rift Between Gulf States and Qatar.