>> well, i think would be most appropriate for the congress to do in response is for speaker johnson to put on the floor tomorrow this supplemental that was passed by the senate by a broad bipartisan majority and promptly send it to president biden. that will send a strong signal by funding israel, humanitarian support, ukraine, taiwan, making it clear that after months of dithering, the house will act. what i think israel should do is pause for the moment consult with its close allies and partners assess the damage and the activity, and then decide what is the most appropriate response. president biden has forcefully engaged in this region ever since october 7 to try and avoid escalation to a regional war. as you just heard from christiane, we must be mindful that last sunday was six months in captivity for the hostages being held by hamas my hope would be that this remarkable display of an effective and forceful defense of israel by israel and several critical regional partners and allies will give them the room to make a deliberate and considered response in terms of their next st