certainly concerned. i've talked to people on capitol hill members of the house intelligence committee are looking at measures the u.s. might take. so far the impression is the security we have in the u.s. post 9/11 is much better than what you would have overseas. but that's not to say people aren't looking at it. because if someone successfully commandeered a giant airplane, everybody's got to look at their security procedures going forward. >> this dearth of facts. cnn mid east analyst former ambassador to the united states joins us now. why are you on high alert right now? >> israel is a tiny country. it's situated along the coast. a jet that's been hijacked flying at 600 miles will take about a minute and half to cross the entire country of israel. it's where israel's most populated cities are right along that coast. so israel has close to zero margin for error in encountering