it to level with the american people the cost and benefit. it is a matter of letting us know what we're in for if this is what we're doing. i think that's something the president owes all of us who are sitting by and watching him do this but then don't understand what plan b is. sean spicer said a red line is barrel bombing in syria. assad barrel bombs on a daily basis. are we going to bomb syria every time he does that? we need to know what the strategy is as is american people. >> shannon: the president will have to make that case to congress if he goes and asks for a war authorization. if we're moving in that direction. would it be helpful as julie said for him to make this case to the american people, public address or better to stay close to the vest and let the military action speak for itself? >> it is always important for the president to be communicating to the american people and the direction that he or she in the future want to take our country and how they