relying on reaction from one speech in one particular city at one particular time and you citing anecdotal evidence. the president's numbers are down. i tend to agree with a.b., but the chief problem for president obama he set his own expectations high. it wasn't just a matter of expectations being high, this is what he said he was going to do. he was going to give some speeches. they were going to be uplifting and the rest of the world would start to love america again. that didn't happen. it was never going to happen. it was a fairytale that he sold. i'm not at all surprised having to conduct u.s. foreign policy and not enough in my view be tough will mean he won't be as popular as he wants to be. >> shannon: and the issue with north korea with the threat?