>> jill, let me -- there are plenty of americans i'm sure, that number of 2,300 who said they wanted to leave, that was before violence started to break out. the world has changed here. the situation on the ground has changed. i know for a fact there are americans who want to leave who are scared about going to the airport. if the state department doesn't have an answer for it now, perhaps you can ask them tomorrow what they would advise, are they trying to set up anything, a place where american civilians can go to, to get an escort to the airport? i want to bring in dr. faoud ajami and john king in washington, as well as hala.