His press secretary at the briefing here at the white house a little bit ago. 1 00 or so. Let me highlight a couple of points made by the president. In quofrgss the Pentagon Team including courtney, whom you know well, the president did not need to authorize this kind of military action. This can be taken at the battlefield level. He was asked about this. Whether he still did. Whether he directed this and the president says Everybody Knows what happened. He went on to say that he is giving his military total authority in this situation. And this is the president essentially delegating responsibility for the fight against isis to the people hes put in place to lead. His pentagon and defense teams. The other question was by kristin welker, who has been there as the Television Reporter tasked with reporting back what happened. This is a rotating pool that happens on a rotating basis. And kristin asked if this is a signal to north korea. On saturday, if there is potential activity from pyo