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deaths from this so you see the saudis stepping back ratcheting down that military action. but, anderson i'm told from the u.s. perspective, it doesn't look like a complete end to saudi military action there going forward. >> all right. jim sciutto, appreciate the update. i want to talk more about what is happening on the ground and on the high seas. there is obviously a lot of tension and a lot of potential for tension in this conflict. joining us now is fareed zakaria, host of gps weekends here on cnn. also u.s. retired navy command, kirk lippold. he was the commander of "uss cole" when it was bombed a year before the 9/11 attacks. fareed how big of a potential flashpoint is this right now? u.s. warships in close proximity to iranian vessels? >> it could be a real flash point, because yemen is essentially unimportant. what yemen has become is a cockpit for the regional ambitions and region fall designs for the two great powers net region, iran and saud yaibi
and be there for the long haul and six days later they said it is all accomplished seems an abrupt end. the first stage is over. they have gotten the ballistic missiles that they see as a threat to saudi arabia and the neighbors in the regions doesn't mean it is an end to all military action by saudi arabia in yemen. but it is a significant step. so keep in mind the folks uncomfortable with this saudi arabiay air campaign iran among them called it a genocide not that saudi arabia is obeying iran but this is a sensitive military operation and there were civilian deaths from this. so you see the saudi stepping back ratcheting down the military action. but i'm told from the u.s. perspective, it doesn't look like a complete end to the saudi action going forward. >> jim scuitto, i appreciate the