secretary kerry will go that far but the administration says that they are prepared. they've made it clear that other countries have to do what they want to do. the united states will do what it thinks is in its own interest. you're likely to hear that type of statement from secretary kerry. he's the person at the beginning of the week was laying out the argument already calling this the attack of moral obscenity and laying the bases for some super bowl type of response and also talk about the efforts for build support. >> let's go to the pentagon where we have barbara starr. the defense secretary chuck hagel has talked about syria. we heard about it a second ago. the u.s. desire to have an international backing.