witnessed also the emergence of major cleavages with the opposition. the assassination, brutal, cold assassination of weren't of the top military commanders of the rebels by a rebel unit tells you a great deal about the lack of unity in the opposition of the rebels and also it tells you a great deal about how ga doff hey been able to survive for as long as he has in the last six months. >> all right. fawaz and reva, thanks for the lightning tour. we'll spend more time on the israeli/palestinian question which obviously is not going away way. thanks for sharing your thoughts today. ed president is focused on jobs but will the crises over seas throw another wrench in his plans? and shouldn't he be able to walk and chew gum at the same time? we'll talk about that next. coming up on "hardball," iowa fight night. the battle between the two leaders of the republican party. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um...