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Seem to be fairly quiet. israeli officials have said the balls in syria and irans court. they dont want to escalate the situation any further. but there are two takeaways from todays events. first off, this is the first time an iranian drone has allegedly entered israeli air space since the beginning of the civil war. also, when we spoke with israeli officials about when the last time an israeli war plane was shot down, they really were scratching their heads. one official said it was likely bac...

The other incident also is their ability to take down israeli war plane. the last time something like that happened, they said its been over three decades since 1982 when the last time a plane was taken down in combat. and so israel has enjoyed a fair level of air supremacy in this area. this is a below to it. iranians are saying its ridiculous their drone crossed into their air space, but its quietly tense. they say the balls in the court of syria and iran. its up to them to see what happens ne...

Morning for whoever is supplying them with weapons. >> translator: regardless of who delivered that rocket system, it seems that they are walking hand in hand with terrorists and we will share it with all the world when it is confirmed. >> cnns ben wedeman is tracking events in syria from neighboring lebanon. he joins us live from beirut. ben, another story that weve been focusing on. i want to hear from you the latest information you might have on that russian war plane that was shot down satur...

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Allies in east asia. >> what we talked about is the delivery system which is what they are working on right now so fiercely. >> theres one other thing that you with george will in a previous segment. that is the use of cyber. were not very good on defense but we have an exceptional offensive capability. weve done it before with north korea and theres no reason, and theres a good argument that we should keep doing it until we do get their attention. >> colonel, thank you for joining us. the pen...

The u.s. >> it flew erratically and closely, making it very unsafe. most of the time theyre routine, most of the time theyre perfectly safe. but when it happens like this, its a real problem. u.s. doesnt know what to expect and you never know when theyre going there was a syrian drone t went dangerously close to u.s. troops. what do you have to say about that? >> flying close to where u.s. troops were, armed, not turning back, coming straight at them. so a u.s. war plane rolled in and did fire a...

Deconfliction that has to go on there. its hit and miss. what goes on here probably takes this into a new chapter in terms of whether or not all of these forces that are engaging in syria can develop effective ways of trying to avoid some kind of direct conflict between those forces. >> yeah, its been many, many years since u.s. war planes have engaged in air to air combat, a war plane from another nation. but heres a sense, very sensiti sensitive issue that is emerging. how concerned are you ab...

Welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer in washington. there are rising tensions right now between washington and moscow. russia now says it will treat all u.s.-backed jets or drones flying over parts of syria as potential targets. this after a u.s. fighter jet shot down a syrian war plane, that allegedly bombed u.s.-backed rebels. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is monitoring this very dangerous situation. whats the latest youre hearing about...

What the chairman said today, we need to pay attention to that. he talked about that communications between the militaries is still ongoing. they are going to do what they can to restore this deconfliction arrangement and he also said its not helpful for anybody for the rhetoric to get hyperbolic or shrill, lets work on communicating and trying to rachet down the temperature. >> is this an escalation from the u.s. perspective now in the trump administration that the syrian jet fighter going into...

Towards racial equality 53 years ago today. should news break out, well break in. great day on the dow. even better on the nasdaq. 1.5%. cavuto will have details starting right now. >> tensions escalating after the u.s. shoots down a syrian fighter jet targeting u.s.-backed forces. now russia is saying theyre going to target us! welcome. im trish reagan in for neil cavuto. russian forces say they will treat u.s. planes as targets after a syrian jet was shot down. lets go to kristin fisher with m...