he s a general. he s been around this all his life. anytime you have the situation, you re going to think about that. i think he doesn t want to be the guy that brings people in. all right, guys. thanks so much. joining us now from jerusalem is mike t mike. we know right now first of all that dawn is breaking, so we ll start to get a better idea of what the damage is. there are vehicles driving around the city of damascus right now with loud speaker blasting syrian nationalists songs. we ve got people who say the night sky was lit up orange. loud blasts could be heard all over damascus. the smoke was concentrated in the eastern part of this city. syrian state tv claim that scientific research centers were hit. what we re hearing from the pentagon is what they re calling