this was a response that was required in response to the commission of war crimes. i want to emphasize, this is the beginning, not the end. but the signal it has sent around the world is very important. >> reporter: so, of course, you heard him there comparing president trump to ronald reagan, actually, which is not something we've heard from senators mccain or graham very much in other situations. and we do know that the president did personal outreach to both of them. i talked to lindsey graham as well earlier today, and he said, yeah, the president called me around midnight. i told him i was proud of him, but this should, of course, only be the first step. there are other members of congress that are arguing if there are going to be additional steps in this, they should talk to congress about it first. but so far the appetite for a vote of some kind on this is just not there yet. we'll see if the trump administration escalates and if that becomes something that members of congress demand more aggressively. katy? >> it should be noted that senators mccain and graham are two of the bigge hawks in