now, don baer, who is the president tonight as he makes this address primetime? who's he speaking to? to the american people? to congress? to syria? to russia? to the u.n.? to all of the above? i mean, what basis does he have to cover in his speech tonight? >> my answer to that is yes to all those audiences. principally primarily he's speaking to the american people. he has to be able to rally support amongst the american people. if heck do that, members of congress are going to have a comfort level and come along. obviously he's speaking to the people in that chamber. he's trying to help them understand that paradoxically, the only way that you can achieve a peaceful outcome here is if there's a credible threat of force and the president has the ability to use force as necessary in order to keep this process going. you know, there's no question he's going to be sending a signal to our adversaries around the world and maybe those handful of allies that we have with regard to this issue to say to them we're serious about this. now, i do -- >> i'll let you finish.