doesn't he have to -- even though they say all options are on the table, they've essentially said, we're not going to put boots on the ground. we're thinking about a no fly zone. the president has to be prepared for further options. isn't that right? >> i think it certainly is a consideration. whether the president wants to do it or not right now i think there is the expectation that if you start to add weapons to this and you're the united states, then where do you stop? now, in the 1980s, president reagan put advisers into lebanon. we added weapons, trained the lebanese forces and brought the battleship new jersey in there and then we pulled out. and so there's a precedent for not getting all of your objectives accomplished. in the clinton administration, the objectives were accomplished. we'll just have to see how this works. >> general clark, thanks for that perspective. we're continue to following this breaking news and go live to our reporter in damascus later in this hour. next, a mandatory evacuation for colorado's second largest