wider war in the middle east, again, you've just come back from there, secretary of state has been doing massive shuttle diplomacy. what is your feeling about the status at the moment? >> from the very beginning of this conflict we've all been worried about escalation, of a wider war. that is why president biden sent two aircraft carriers to the region to deter hezbollah from getting in, to deter the iranians. so i think we have to be constantly on the watch and urging all the parties in the region to make sure that they don't take unnecessary es escalatory actions to take what is already an awful situation and blew it up even more. >> in the issue of ukraine which the united states has supported incredibly along with nato allies for nearly two years now, there are some dire stories coming out from the ukrainian battlefield about how they're running out of just about everything they need. what is it going to take -- is