do you expect this to escalate? >> i don't think at this point that israel expects it to escalate because when you look at prime minister benjamin netanyahu's trip to china that went ahead as planned, he didn't even mention what's going on in syria right now on his first day in china. seems as though they're taking preventive measures in part of the country where they think there could be retaliatory actions. i don't think the expectation is for an immediate, imminent escalation to a regionwide situation at this point. >> josh, people like you and me and hala have been parsing something that president obama said a few weeks ago, the red line, where there was a story in "the new york times" over the weekend saying it was an ad libbed red line. let's listen to what the president said about chemical weapons used by the syrian regime? >> we have been very clear to the assad regime but also to