months ago in the last such use, which was unmet by any punitive measures, i was told that they were very, very afraid, the syrian opposition was very afraid that if it wasn't met, then a terrible new catastrophe with chemical weapons would happen. of course, that has happened. we also heard tweets from here in britain whereby the foreign secretary william hague even though their prime minister was defeated in his attempt to join this military action, he said obama, the president, made a very, very strong speech today. we've also heard that the president of france assured the united states, assured president obama that he stands ready to punish the perpetrators of these chemical weapons attacks. that's what's going on right now. but nobody really knows what the next step may be. perhaps we'll wait to see what happens when the chemical weapons investigators publicly reveal their takings, whether that might add momentum to then continue this attempt to hold the perpetrators accountable. john? >> we know the president's speech was broadcast in syria.