president's pick to replace rex tillerson as secretary of state, pushed back against his hawkish crotone, insisting war is the last resort. will this translates to any change in policy? columnist, elirg , how is it going so far? >> i think pompeo is doing pretty well, actually. even though there is some , i think he has the balls to get through and will not be a terribly controversial hearing. if anything, the person was going to replace pompeo as a director may professionally face more opposition because she is less known and she is affiliated with the program, and a lot of democrats and some republicans -- in the case of pompeo, he will have to questions, but he has done this before. he will get through as secretary of state. david: one of the big issues pending right now is syria and if the u.s. will strike syria. you have a column out right now shouldn'tmr. pompeo walk away from the hawkish reputation and maybe embrace it. eli: absolutely. i think there is a few things at stake. if it turns out we can confirm the attack in syria was in work of assad, which most recently and evidence