ability to reach the united states is just about there. so this game is pretty much over. and that really changes and limits the choices the president has, including whether or not he wants to try to shoot one of these down, if it's approaching american territory, whether he wants to go do a preemptive strike, or whether, as i suspect, we'll just end up living with it. >> julia, at a time like this where you have this huge crisis, it seems an odd thing to have a changeover at state to sideline or fire rex tillerson, and in any case, tillerson doesn't seem to be able to function. >> and he doesn't have a point man for east asia or point woman for east asia. he seems intent on getting the state department, driving out the most senior, most experienced diplomats, who will take decades to replace to get people up to snuff. if we ever get another chance to restaff these positions. but i think also, it's a weird