response to the a question, that s why it was off script but it was not sort of discussed. that administration officials were taken aback when they heard him say that, they knew what happened it would box him in a bit on the red line issue. rich? it is at astonishing. you can t be president of the united states and use the very loaded phrase red line without having a very specific purpose in mind and a very specific response if someone actually crosses the red line. he apparently went out there and said this white house officials are all but saying it was a gaffe. he repeated it and other people in the administration repeated it. the initial statement had tech call qualifier, a whole bunch. but subsequent statements they left the qualifier out. this is really appalling because it exposes the, undermines of the credibility of the united states in the starkest way possible when very dangerous people around the world take notice of this kind of thing including iran. martha: a big pictur