john lemere is still with me. thanks to all of you. if i can pick up where raf left off, the long-term plan, the realistic expectations for this trip for the meetings ahead of president biden right now? >> i think on the one hand president biden is to show that sympathy and solidarity and unwavering support since the massacre by hamas. with that said there's no doubt the president and his team want to understand more deeply what is israel planning. everyone understands the ground offensive that will come at some point, but what's the day after look like? if we listen to the president's speeches they want to retain some sort of window for a bolstering of palestinian authority. how can all of this be put together into a framework that israel gets to strike back at hamas, degrade its capabilities, secure the country, at the same time leave open this window for some sort of diplomatic activity that the president would like to see. >> what are the chances that that happens? obviously you have pictures going out around the world of this incr