nahomi, let me ask you about this. you wrote, you know it's terror hype when the pentagon calls a press conference to use action movie terms such as apocalyptic. is that what you think is going on here, terror hype? >> we can't know what is true about a lot of these assertions that are being made because the news media is not verifying them or confirming them or asking for more evidence or more accountability which is their job. you just can't say there are 100 americans fighting or there are 800 british people fighting. the pentagon asked for $500 million from congress in a time of peace when there are no -- there's no war. you know, congress hasn't declared war which is what our constitution obl dwa cons stitution obl galts congre to do. >> josh, let me ask you about this mp you're interviewing sources and writing about war planning for the daily beast. have you seen evidence of a threat from isis, not just an interest in attacking but ability to attack. >> yes. i think it's too cute for the administration to hype th