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>> one of the units belong to the army. its supporting us in case of any movement on the other side. >> reporter: its close, about a half mile to the border. >> thats right. >> reporter: they are close. no sign here of an impending saudi ground force invasion, but to the east in the mountains, one border guard has already been killed, and several injured in a recent houthi attack. the yemeni rebels have also threatened to invade, attack islams two holiest sites. here thats dismissed as just talk...

Well-trained disciplined fighting force and airstrikes is an unbeatable combination. but the problem we have. we are only doing airstrikes in syria and the truth is we have no strategy whatsoever to defeat isis in syria. there is no ground force. if we dont have a ground force there will be is no strategy to defeat isis in syria. jamie: are there groups we dont even know about? they are so fractured at this point. >> while they are in different countries, there is no one controlling them. what t...

Yemen, given the divisions, given the size of the country and the size of the population. this is not going to be an easy place to pacify. its an enormous enormous undertaking. and saudi arabias military strength is located largely in its air force. its not located in its ground force. the idea that the saudis and this constellation of sunni arab states would impact an expedition nair force that would succeed on the ground youve got to be skeptical, given their lack of military prowess and the n...

And also shia militants have them provide the ground force while we provide air support and special forces to wipe out and destroy these terrorists. >> im sure youve seen those reports, mr. chairman that the u.s. left behind in yemen for the -- what once considered yemen military $500 million worth of military equipment at various air bases including in the capital and a lot of that equipment now in the hands of these houthi shiite pro iranian rebels. how worried are you about this dwoemtd? >> w...

And afghanistan. we should not understate this is a marginal issue. >> the white house pointed to the international coalition saying it has a robust military component. >> thank you james. joining me now is general jack keen, chairman of the institute for the study of war. good to have you here tonight. >> good to be here. >> i thought we had an effort to degrade and destroy this group, but it is hard to see it. >> youre absolutely right. obviously theres a plan to reclaim the territory in iraq....

But it is hard to see it. >> youre absolutely right. obviously theres a plan to reclaim the territory in iraq. some of that has been unfolding before our eyes. the iranians are obviously leading the effort. if they continue to lead the effort we run the very real risk of losing iraq to the iranians. there is no plan to defeat isis in syria. this administration does not have any plans to do that. theres no ground force to do that. theyre deferring that to another administration which means the ki...

>> i think its a possibility. but the fact of the matter is thats and totally different culture and totally different environment. the lavant will always be the calling card for radical fighters. that will continue to be the main drawing card. bill: there is pressure on boko haram in nigeria. is that pressure enough? >> here is the issue. we have no plans to take away the isis sanctuary that exists in syria. there are no plans. we have no ground force to do it. even if we are able to reclaim all...

And so talk to us about the gains made in tikrit. it is good that we are not being relied on entirely for the fight. >> i think king abdullah is right. the ground forces need to be muslims. preferably sunni muslims. and to the extent that locals can take care of the military ground force aspects of the problem, this is great. >> so boko haram, the big news this week, as they pledge their allegiance to isis and they are accepting that. why did they take a week to accept that? does that suggest th...

Just seeing what youve seen on the front lines? >> look two very different battle grounds here theres iraq and theres syria. in iraq yes, i do think theres a pos nate that change can happen and we can defeat them you not by iranian-backed shia militia militia. that feeds into the underlying problems n syria, i dont know what kind of a ground force can possibly do that and certainly cant leave it up to the syrians or any of the others. >> when you mention iran, obviously, the iranian-backed force...

Not -- bill: secretary of defense ash carter isis spreading and growing more dangerous. lindsey graham, republican on the senate armed services committee with me. good morning. draw a distinction for us between the point that carter is making now about isis growing in influence and a story this morning in the "new york times" suggesting that isis is being driven out of certain parts of iraq. is it possible that its both right now? >> absolutely. they are -- the majority of the forces in syria bu...