jake sullivan, and he said the risk is real, end quote. jim, what are you witnessing on the northern border where you are? reporter: jim, one of those areas where the conflict could easily escalate, already what we are witnessing here is a low grade conflict but a conflict under way with fire from the israeli side into the southern lebanon side, and southern lebanon, hezbollah fighters into israel on a daily basis, and then there are iranian-backed proxies every day, and many communities here in the north along the border are either under mandatory evacuation where many people have fled of their own choice, fearing those rockets and those artillery blasts coming their way. my team and i, we found ourselves right in the middle of it along the israeli lebanon border just a few hours ago. have a look. towns along israel s border with lebanon are deserted now. from a roof we are shown where hezbollah fighters attempted to cross the israeli border a few days ago. they broke th