provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable mark r. warner, a senator from the commonwealth of virginia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on friday, 11:00 a.m. on friday, have made clear that there are provisions we follow and will always follow those provisions >> i hope you will accept my apology. [laughter] it is important to be clear that is because we saw the situation change, i think the promise of the question is that the situation has been static. it hasn't been static. in april to make clear humanitarian assistance we saw an increase in the sustained for a period of time but not long enough and he came back down so we are going to respond as they happened. when military assistance increases at an acceptable level you will see us raising concerns only see it on the ground and humanitarian assistance at the lowest it's been, it's appropriate to intervene. >> israeli arguments provide fuel for ham