in these airstrikes. the french forces trying to degrade isis' fighting capabilities. now, the arrival of the charles de gaulle aircraft carrier in the eastern mediterranean almost triples the number of aircraft that the french can use in their arsenal to strike at isis. that brings it up to 38. and so they have been talking -- they have been hitting these targets not only in syria but also iraq, as well. but the french, we have seen stepping up the number of airstrikes as well, hitting dozens of targets. and at times we're hearing they're hitting the same targets multiple times. that could mean because it is a large target or also isis wants to target and go back and reclaim it. now we're hearing from u.s. officials that this is not some sort of linear process. that targets come up and when they're do they're assigned aircraft to bomb it.