consequences, test the waters, go ahead of him, and then once it's safe, he proceeds. >> i mean, it would be nice if we're going to get involved in one of the bloodiest civil wars we've seen in some time, as i say, tens of thousands of people have been murdered and tortured and now we're saying we're getting in to some extent, we're increasing -- so far we've been sending food packages. now they're talking about stepping up, not boots on ground, but something short of that. what is it? it would be great if we could talk to the commander in chief about that. it would be great to hear from him. on what exactly he is thinking about before he goes and, you know, talks to the friends in europe about what they think. but so far, that's not happening. chris, thank you. >> yes, megyn. >> we'll have much more on this when our full panel joins us at 2:30. where is our commander in chief? what is he considering? why doesn't he discuss it with the american people before he talks about with it the g8? the assad regime reportedly has