involved during the nuclear negotiations. so that aside, what happened this whole story began with israelis bombing the iranian embassy. then the iranians responded. and as you know, most of the drones that the iranians sent were inexpensive drone. they were to distract attention from air defenses, and the iranians fired effectively at a handful of missiles that hit their targets both in the south and the north. so it was a limited strike -- >> what we saw was 300 ballistic cruise missiles, drones in total. was iran surprised by what western leaders and israel had described as iran's failure last weekend to make any impact despite the barrage of drones and missiles it sent israel's way? >> no, iran was highly successful. those drones that iran fired,