. >> i want to start with you and pick up where richard ingle left us off last hour, essentially talking about the root of what we saw yesterday goes all the way back two weeks ago, 13 days ago to the attack the israeli attack on iran and damascus. why, why would at the point in time that we are finding ourselves in in the world with hamas at israel's doorstep, why would israel take such a step and as richard ingle suggests that folks in the region have noted, what netanyahu wants is the wider conflict with iran, what say you jeremy? >> there is a view inside israel and i think many in the u.s. national security community that iran really is the reason why there has been so much instability in the middle east so if you look at just the october 7 attacks were of course hamas is the proxy receiving funding from iran but also the violence and perpetrated by groups against u.s. forces and killing three u.s. troops back at the beginning of this year and attacking ships in the red sea. iran is really the reason why there is so much conflict in the region and so israel is saying we got to kind