by which he delivered that line, were they on to something? >> they were trying to send a message but it was not, not getting through to putin. and, the speech that putin gave at united nations says you can't do anything but support the assad regime in direct contrast to that. remember that president obama really lost a lot of clout after drawing the red line in syria about chemical weapons. once that happened, once chemical weapons were used and u.s. didn't do anything, then you had the issue of president obama saying dozens of times, that bashar al-assad's days are numbered. they are numbered. the numbers seem to be going up though. bill: indeed. bret, thanks. see you at 6:00. full analysis then. bret baier in washington, d.c. ten minutes past. here's patti ann. patti ann: back in 2012 mitt romney warned about something like this. here was the president's response. >> when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat