disaster can be remediated. that's what blinken's job is. >> so jonathan and sam, let's bet this around. a lot there in andrea's reporting. jonathan, starting with you when your beat -- biden white house was trying to tell reporters, look, we've got this. the most competent wet swings, there's always a lot more going on than what we can see publicly. they were putting out the signals, and it was intense, very quiet diplomacy. what's the chance gianna thin that that was the ticket, that that worked for joe biden this time around? >> first of all brian, this is how joe biden has operated with israel across his career -- to being vice president, and now president. where publicly, very supportive, but privately willing to be sharper with israel. willing to be more blunt of his assessment of the situation and