political response, we'll find out in the hours to come. we are expecting a very strongly worded statement at the very least, coming from the upper echelons of the russian leadership in the hours ahead, wolf. >> yeah, i'm sure we'll get that statement, probably sooner rather than later. we'll see if it's only a statement. matthew chance in moscow for us. thank you very much. don, it's very interesting that this new american president has now done, with the launching of these missile strikes against syrian targets, what the previous president, president obama, didn't do, and the -- and it opens up a whole new area of potential escalating confrontation. >> we're talking about that and what happens back in 2013, when the former president wanted to go to congress to get approval and then congress didn't act on that, but also, want to talk about the reaction to how russia might react to this. i want to bring in fareed sa car ya and james marks.