or not at that late time. i know for a fact he would have been briefed much earlier than that. look, the civilian casualty or even just the enemy casualty estimates as well as any collateral damage estimates by a munitions package is always in the up front of the brief that's given to the commander in chief or to the commander ordering or potentially ordering a strike. it's laid out right in the beginning. it's like the first powerpoint slide. here's what it's going to cost in terms of potential life. i'm confident that he had to have been briefed very early on for this. now, whether he digested it, whether he internalized it, where he understood t i agree with maggie, i don't think we know. maybe they did have to come back to him right before with another reminder. maybe he did ask for that. i don't know. or it's possible he's using it for an excuse for what might have been a politically motivated decision. i don't know. >> this president has defined his foreign policy to some