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And this morning lawmakers in washington and the white house were out in full force to put their spin on the negotiations and a potential deal. doug mcelway has been watching the talks unfold and joins us live. doug? >> hi leland. administrative and domestic pressure is leaning on them to reach negotiations in the talks. as you said, benjamin netanyahu said, quote, corroborate all our concerns and then some. those concerns are domestically where the lessening of sanctions against the israeli reg...

Country. >> but theyre backed or allied with irans government, and this is a situation for the u.s. on the one some would say ostracizing israel. then the u.s. fighting against or maybe taking a role against iran, via the houthis. to protect yemen. what say this about the u.s. in all this? >> i think too many people truthfully are making this into a proxy war and looking at it between riyadh versus tehran, the houthis backed by the iranian rebels. this is more of an internal and parochial confli...

Friendship to saudi arabia its support to saudi arabia particularly in this effort to beat back those iran-backed houthi rebels who have pushed out the current president. president obama emphasizing that the u.s. supports saudi arabias efforts there. its being joined by ten other countries. in terms of the actual support that the u.s. is giving to saudi arabia, heres how a spokesman describes it. quote, while u.s. forces are not taking direct military action in yemen in support of this effort we...

>> so were fighting with iran against isis and then with saudi arabia against iran. [ bleep ]. we did it. it took decades of destabilizing conflict was befinally figured out how to fight a proxy war against ourselves. >> jon stuart trying his best to explain the mess involving the u.s. in the middle east. it is kind of a confuseing mess. am i okay to be confused al and cokie? >> totally. you need a scorecard. >> saudi arabia is against iran. egypt and turkey are likely to come in. syria with ira...

An illinois national guards man and his cousin arrested for conspiring to carry out attacks on behalf of isis. they say he was arrested at midway airport on road to cairo to fight for the islamic state. an fbi investigation revealed his cousin planned an act of terror on a military facility south of chicago and he was arrested at his home in aurora. the plot discovered by an undercover fbi agent who friended him on facebook. developing now, saudi arabia launched new air strikes in neighboring ...

Mountainous land locked country that needs to be resupplied constantly with fuel brought in by contracting companies that have no bid contracts and costs that are limitless. iran has in many ways wantsed to draw the kingdom of saudi arabia into this proxy war. it has wanted iran to -- saudi arabia to get more involved in this fight. iran is trying to rearrange the map of the middle east right now. it is taking more territory and securing better alliances in iraq. it is taking more territory and ...

Rebels in yemen. they are fighting for control of aden yemens second largest city and are getting support from the u.s. the situation is sparking concerns that the u.s. and iran are in a proxy war just as the deadline for a nuclear deal with tehran is days away. want to go right to cnns barbara starr live from the pentagon. barbara, the u.s. is in a strange position here. both countries fighting isis in iraq on opposite sides in yemen. tough situation between the u.s. and iran here. >> reporter:...

Europe even in bulgaria. so that all remains to be seen, wolf. >> what about whats going on right now, general clark, in yemen? the saudis have put together a coalition with egypt, jordan the united arab emirates qatar bahrain. theyre clearly trying to go in there and fight what they regard as iranian proxies, these shiite houthi rebels. it looks like a proxy war, if you will. >> it is a proxy war. but this is going to be a very tough problem for saudi arabia and egypt to solve because theyre no...

Egypt pledging war ships and troops. wolf blitzer talked to the saudi ambassador who detailing the objectives. >> we are prepare for all in the kingdom and outside the kingdom. we are prepared to defend yemen and degrade the abilities of the houthis. >> reporter: christine, ultimately this is a proxy war. yemen backing the rebels and then saudi arabia and arab partners backing yemens president as well as the sunni tribes backing the president too. >> ian lee in cairo, thank you. in iraq u.s. l...

Specific goals and objectives of the saudi campaign. and id have to know that to be able to assess the likelihood of success. >> reporter: the u.s. military involvement, as sensitive as it gets. saudi arabia is backing beleaguered yemeni president hadi, who has fled his country. the rebels are backed by iran. the u.s. worries terror groups will exploit the chaos. >> theres a lot at stake here, particularly with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and isis both active in yemen. but lets face the fa...