Wanted this, and as they wake up this morning, what this is the reaction there . Well, it is about 6 00 in the morning here, john and people are going to be waking up to this, and it is running as an urgent banner on the jordanian state television, and we expect that many people will be welcoming of this, and we have heard the calls on this on the streets of amman, and the hometown of the jordanian pilot. And the people have said that they wanted a response and the military and the government said they would retaliate and saying that their revenge would be equal to the tragedy of the jordanian people. What we know so far john prshgs the jor dandanian government, they are saying that two of the people convicted in jordan who were on death row were executed at dan. They are Sajida Al Rishawi, and she is the former member of al qaeda in iraq who was involved in what is described as jordans 9 11 the deadly hotel bombings of 2005 when three hotels in amman were bombed, and her vest failed t
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in iraq. so far in response the u.s. has sent two ships to the region, an aircraft carrier and more recently an amphibious ship that carries osprey combat helicopters. the situation isn t just a concern for the united states but also for shia in iran. when asked if cooperation is possible, secretary of state john kerry had only this to say. will you reach out to iran? and how can that country be helpful? or is that like entering into a hornet s nest because that will enflame the sunnis? we re open to discussions if there s something construct they ve can be contributed by iran. joining me now to discuss the options on and off the table is former u.s. ambassador to morocco and current middle east adviser to counterextremism mark ginsburg. ambassador ginsburg, i think one of the great ironies of what we did by going into iraq is we did make it a closer ally of iran, the two countries formerly being enemies when iraq was sunni led. what is the possibility that we could win