think president clinton once said if they struck, that there would be a cataclysmic response. >> it's difficult to know from his statement today, anderson, whether he's referring to a physical threat or a verbal threat. clearly they have now issued a verbal threat in response to him today with this making assessments or sessing carefully examining potential plans they haven't exactly directly threatened guam but they're looking at it. we have to take it seriously. it's u.s. territory. there are 160,000 plus american citizens on that island, about 12,000 troops and families, two military bases. it's a strategic hub for the pacific region. what's not clear is whether they can actually hit guam with effectiveness or precision. again as general hertling said, we've got take these threats seriously and have to be ready for that. so the rhetoric certainly did amp up today in a very unhelpful way. it was all avoidable. the president simply didn't need to go there today.