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American attack aircraft now flying missions over iraq. they are launching from u.s. aircraft carrier in the persian gulf. back in washington, there are reports president obama is considering putting some small teams of special forces on the ground in iraq, which is not the same as combat troops. the president met with congressional leaders for about an hour late today to discuss the options and that is where we pick it up tonight, with the powerful lineup on this story. lieutenant colonel oliver north is here on the possibility of the u.s. going boots on the ground into iraq. the most devasta...

From the navy showing the planes launching. it's important to note that f-18s are not a traditional surveillance aircraft. they are attack aircraft. and they make a lot of noise. as one u.s. official put it to me, it's not so much about looking as it is about being seen, a show of force, if you will. the uss bush aircraft carrier group was moved into position in the persian gulf this weekend. general martin dempsey was on capitol hill today where he revealed that the u.s. was already flying manned flights in iraqi air space. >> you know, we've maneuvered a great deal of both manned and unmanne...

Destroy. walk us through what's happening with those as zblesets. >> if you could put the f 15s, the air force is moving f 15s into lithuania and poland. we have the positioning of high-speed attack aircraft. we also have the usstruxton, a destroyer which has left from the eastern, about to go through the bosforus into the region. >> at the same time we have these russian moves, some of which are pretty aggressive. ways going to joao a satellite map after sebastopol. these three russian ships have moved in. is that how a blockade works?

Capabilities and possibilities. joined by jim sciutto and retired army major james spider marks. appreciate all of you being with us. general marks, the u.s. is moving assets into the region. talking about fighter jets to destroyers. walk us through what's happening with those assets. >> what we see right now, jim, thanks. if you could put the f 15s, the air force is moving f 15s into lithuania and some f-16s into poland. we have the positioning of high-speed attack aircraft. we also have the "uss truxton" a destroyer, which has left from the eastern, about to go through the bosphorus into the...

Closer to europe. i wonder how high fears are this country could end up divided? >> it's definitely possible. depends how strong a deal putin makes and can buy off the pro western interests to come back to a neutral position and many leaning slightly towards russia. at the end of the day there is a bifurcation of the population in ukraine and you can see it splitting into two. there are also tremendous international forces to prevent that. for hundreds of years the international community tried to keep countries together, and you've sat in places like pakistan, iraq, afghanistan, countries tha...