and hopefully get what the president wants politically but again doing what's most important, getting the foundation right and the foreign policy right. adds for mitt romney, he's fairly irrelevant at this point when it comes to foreign policy sphwhr rebecca, thank you so much for joining us this morning, bringing information to this historic moment. reappreciate it. as you mentioned, the president will be speaking today, this morning, in a couple of hours, 9 a.m. eastern time on this very subject. a lot has changed in that region. we've heard in reports up to a week this has been in the planning. we'll get more details. >> understanding that chuck schumer a few days ago u was saying the president doesn't quote the gravity of the situation heb does not understand it in talking about the syria decision. it will be interesting to get reaction from romney, schumer and others who have been critical of the president. >> and the point that rebecca made that a lot of things go on