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Excluded. >> were back with general mattis, the former commander of the u.s. military central command. he says, you heard him, hes pretty alarmed right now, general mattis. peter king saying he cant rule anything out, an attack overseas or an attack here at home. when you heard that, what went through your mind? >> well, i would just echo the comments, that were taking exactly the right steps here. clearly we have a serious threat. weve taken the steps that are prudent. remember, were up against...

Were continuing our special coverage. right now the worldwide u.s. terror alert that was imposed today. lets get a little bit of perspective on whats going on. retired u.s. marine corps general james mattis is joining us on the foam. hes the former head of central command in charge of the entire middle east and south asia. general mattis, what do you make of this worldwide terror alert, if you will, including the shutting down of 21 u.s. embassies and consulates in north africa, the middle east,...

Young men to go do the fighting, then youre in a situation where its hard to find the needle in the haystack, but were very patient people, and we will stay on the hunt. i have no doubt about that, and the lads are good hunters, and well just -- well make certain that he doesnt sleep well at night for his remaining days. >> general james mattis, united states marine corps retired. the former head of the central command, thanks very much for joining us. >> youre welcome, wolf. up next, dr. sanj...

I dont believe hes made the decision. if he does, im not completely confident that we would know immediately. we might know soon. but i dont think wed know right away. >> do you think the israelis would i have no out the they would. >> would the u.s. help israel in an operation like that? >> that one i dont want to speculate on. i mean, we make our own decisions. we arent in lock step with another country, even one that were as committed to the survival of as we are of israel. but i think it wou...

But is the status quo acceptable? bashar assad with the russians equipment and the hezbollah leader announcing that they are all in? and, of course, the iranian revolutionary guard on the ground, supplying them, not only supplying them, but training syrians in iran and sending them back. this is a terrible, unfair fight. >> there are a lot of people who watch this, as you know, and who say, look, this seems like another iraq. this seems like it could be a quagmire, another afghanistan. to that y...

Ground, supplying them, not only supplying them, but training syrians in iran and sending them back. this is a terrible, unfair fight. >> there are a lot of people who watch this, as you know, and who say, look, this seems like another iraq. this seems like it could be a quagmire, another afghanistan. >> into one that i know, including the general, the commander are asking for boots on the ground. in fact, they believe it would be counterproductive to do so. second of all, i think that you can l...

In syria. we can identify who these people are. we can help the right people. is there some risk involved? absolutely. but is the status quo acceptable? bashar assad with the russians equipment and the hezbollah leader announcing that they are all in? and, of course, the iranian revolutionary guard on the ground, supplying them, not only supplying them, but training syrians in iran and sending them back. this is a terrible, unfair fight. >> there are a lot of people who watch this, as you know, ...

Abdullah of jordan was down in tampa, florida, on a very unusual visit to central command. he had dinner there with general lloyd austin, as well as a special operations commander. those are the people, since his country neighbors seering and neighboring israel, king abdullah of jordan is vendor, as you know, about this conflict spilling over in his kingdom. hes also allowed the u.s. to base 200 u.s. military personnel in his country, which is an unusual public announcement by the pentagon that ...

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Follows through on his stated commitment and interest in having this matter investigated. >> shepard: the defense secretary, chuck hagel, announced last week that intelligence concluded with varying degrees of confidence the syrian regime had used chemical weapons, including nerve gar -- gaspar rein. president obama said that would be a game-changer if through. jennifer griffin is at the passenger. what does the u.s. military plan to do if they need to? >> the pentagon and central command presen...