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The dallas metro. van zandt county fire marshall just held a news conference. that is where were getting details, as we learn more, although the pictures say so much dont they? we pray pour them. well get you more information. well move on now. new questions about what many people see as a major snub of president obama by saudi arabias new king after king salman announced, he will not attend this weeks white house summit of persian gulf states at camp david amid growing tensions with iran. thr...

Building close relationshipwise multiple american presidents but in a surprise move the new king of saudi arabia is announcing hes skipping this summit. the white house says its not because ofny sub tan tif disagreement. >> there have been some speculation that this change in travel plans was an attempt to send a message to the united states. so the message was not received because the feedback weve received from the saudis has been positive. >> the decision comes at a time when the new king has...

By the way, what it sends a message about is the fact that they dont trust this administration on what theyre doing with iran. theyre already moving to amass a nuclear proliferation to protect themselves. i think it shows you just how incompetent this president, how ir regarded he is. that our major ally in the region isnt going to come. besides israel. but our major arab ally. this is going to affect oil and everything else. >> you think it will? >> it has to. i think you cant miss that message...

It is so important to have the long view of this iran-united states relationship. tell us what was going on in the 80s? >> thats right. martha, they called it the tanker wars, from 1986 to 1988. the u.s. navy and iranian navy and then the iranian revolutionary guard corps, their navy were all fighting, basically a proxy war in the straight of hormuz and the persian gulf right where the current navaltercations are taking place. there are a few parallels. one when the tanker war was happening unit...

Heavily on our partners on the region. >> the loyalties there, yemen has always been conflicted youve got conflicts within the tribes conflicts between the tribes. you have this proxy war between iran and saudi arabia. we had the best footing there possible. we had a special operations task force that was there, that had to leave and we left about $400 million worth of equipment by the time counting on other nations to come to our aid -- >> tough choices. benjamin collins thank for joining us. ...

Invaded yemen, at the very least intervened into a foreign country, what is going on there do you think? >> i think this is all another outcome of the iraq war, the war and the way in which obama administration left iraq, left iraq as a very weak state and changed the balance of the power in the region in irans favor. and this has set off this geopolitical competition between iran and the gulf states and turns local grievances into this regional proxy war were seeing in yemen. >> bottom line, ph...

Obviously, the people that are supposed to be carrying out military operations. and i can understand when it was a small operation why it would be done by the intelligence agency such as u2s and other reconnaissance aircraft for many years. now its reached the point where its an integral part of the conflict and a very essential one. so i think it should be conducted in oversight and administered by the department of defense. >> i want to turn to iran. as you know, earlier in the week there was ...

Governments overseas to carry the political message, the religious message that can lead to peace but i dont think we can win again these groups. >> when you look at the widening regional dimension, so if you look at whats going on in yemen where saudi arabia has intervened really essentially invaded yemen, intervened into a foreign country, what is going on there do you think? >> i think this is all another outcome of the iraq war, the war and the way in which obama administration left iraq lef...

An impossible situation. i think iran is sitting fat and pretty. think of what they just did. their standing in the region has risen. they got the united states to move an aircraft carrier all the way from the persian gulf through the arabian sea into the gulf of aden just for them all right? >> look we have strategic equities in yemen. we dont want iran expanding, continuing to expand its influence and starting a proxy war in the middle east. thats whats happening in part of yemen because the h...

The air assault coupled with a block aid was meant to stun the rebels who forced the yemeni government to exile. the houthis took to social media pleading for an end to hostilities. >> we call for the complease cessation of the brutal aggression on yemen, the resumption of political dialogue under the auspices of the united nations. the crisis has been heightened by the presence of iranian and u.s. warships in the region. sparking new fears of a proxy war between nations in the midst of nuclear ...