we'll ask the renown economist and director of columbia university center for sustainable development is we've headliner, jeffrey sachs, the thank you so much for joining us and upfront. great to be with you. on april 13th, you're on launched more than $300.00 drones and missiles towards israel following a deadly is really attack on the iranian consulate in damascus. it's the 1st time iran has directly attacked israel, while israel's weighing how it's going to respond to around to attack and global leaders. at the same time, we're saying, hey, you need some restraint here. the us said that it wants to see these tensions deescalate. and that it wouldn't join is really in any military retaliation against your one question. for me is the us doing enough though to restrain israel? probably not at some level. i think israel will do something i it won't be helpful to anything. israel started this round of an escalation with the attack on the diplomatic compound in damascus. pretty brazen. i. i'd say more than pretty brazen, very brace and i rather illegal contrary to way at the geneva conve