area, the u.s. has some time to respond before the israelis carry that out. s that may be one of the reasons they gave the heads up. but remember, the u.s. has been er pretty firm, publicly, and presumably privately with israel in the recent days that they did not want any kind of response here that would lead to an escalation, steph. courtney, thank you so much.k please stay close. if you get any further updates, please join us, we will be on late this evening. let s bring in the conversation my colleague, matt bradley is joining us from beirut. what can you tell us where you are? is there any reaction on the ground to what has been reported? as you know, stephanie, we have precious little information. we are still trying to get so much more information. everybody here in beirut and yb really throughout the middle east is just waking up to this news and i think for a lot of folks here, the big question is going to be whether or not this whole thing spells out beyond iran s borders