response, that iran is trying to play it down as far as we can tell. if that means both sides want to draw a line, 0k, if that means both sides want to drawa line, ok, that if that means both sides want to draw a line, ok, that might be where we are at. the problem is that these are incredibly high stakes. the potential for miscalculation and misinterpretation is huge. if you think about it there have been misinterpretations by both sides so far, since this particular exchange began, at the beginning of april, when israel reportedly they haven t acknowledge it consulate in damascus, the capital of syria. there have been miscalculations. australia has urged all of its citizens to leave israel and palestinian territories. american authorities have put out warnings for their own citizens. i have spoken to some of the international community here injerusalem who are thinking of evacuating their families. the risk is real. we still don t know the full facts and we don t know the full fa
i think, in terms of those misunderstandings, and the things that will concern israel , as they view what comes out of iran, what imaginations happen within the leadership there, which has a habit of acting by itself. one of the leaders they killed christmas day, israel killed christmas day, or believed to, they haven t taken responsibility, but they do believe israel was responsible for that. these hard-line elements will look to leadership for a response for the explosions today, for the killing of one of their senior leaders in syria in the past week or so. all of this creates that upward pressure, which then allows or generates an atmosphere where it is much easier to have these misinterpretations of the situation, of people s intent and missteps. nick robinson, jim sciutto,
misinterpretations or otherwise will undermine public confidence in the doj. they would have a hard time now, i think, reneging on that offer to send weiss before congress even though he has been since appointed special counsel because they have also argued that weiss all along has had the ultimate authority in this case to bring charges wherever and whenever he wanted. so given their past statements that weiss has been had this leeway all along and they were going to offer him up to congress to answer questions, i don t know how doj now, even with that special counsel weiss being appointed this position, how they could reneg on that. the white house nevertheless did not want to dip a toe in to the water and say whether or not they would support that. they pivoted to doj. said that s up to them. they answered that question. so really not an answer. martha: thanks, jacqui. let s bring in carl rowe, former deputy chief of staff to george w. bush and a fox news contributor and tom dup