meeting with senior us officials, including sect, f, secretary defense austin, secretary of state antony blake and, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. general mark, milly, president bonham postponed a meeting earlier today with israeli prime minister natalie bennett. we're hearing until tomorrow. also german chancellor angle merkel is canceled her trip to israel in light, of course of the ongoing situation. cobble nato chief install timber condemned. the attack tweeted, i strongly condemn the heretic, terrorist attack outside cobble airport. my thoughts are with all those effected in their loved ones, our priority remains to evacuate as many people to safety as quickly as possible. well, there were certainly warnings. we've been talking about this that it could happen. the u. s. embassy in cobble issued warnings to americans late wednesday to avoid going to the airport, and particularly the airport gates and to leave a mediately, australia, britain, likewise issue and comparable warnings saying there was a high threat of a terrorist attack. you know, and this is something that the