these kinds of things. i was on a staff that was doing these kind of plans. this was not done freequently bt it's one to ask for plans and another one to act on them without the consent of congress, because it is the declaration of a war event and it would have been a proportional response but a response to notify several people within the administration that is going to take place. >> we will hear from mike pompeo in a moment. let me read you from a couple of sentences right from the "the wall street journal." it's unclear with the proposals were provided to the white house or whether president trump new of the request. let's listen to the secretary of state. >> we will not let iran get away with using a proxy force to