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Spider marks. thank you general for joining us. >> sure. >> how significant of an escalation is this in your opinion? >> well, from the iranians, clearly this is escalatory. we anticipated this them doing this. i'm confident from the u.s. eystad and from the coalition side that there is very little likelihood we would escalate and try to be a more aggressive than we presently are as barbara described in terms of the deterrent effect of our presence and increased presence in the region. look in the straits of hormuz there is nothing that everer issen pb randomly happens. it's orchestrated by th...

Dictator assad he got him with other muslim countries into the coalition. the war was a success, it lasted only a matter of days and light casualties on the coalition side. i think he turned out to be the right man for the challenges that met him when he was in the office. >> sandra: brit, it's sandra. finally if i could, i wanted to show this exchange with chris wallace and the former president about sending troops into combat and what that was like. >> it's got to be the hardest thing for any president to send troops zboo combat. >> no question. nothing compares with it when you send somebod...

Or renew their calls and demands for a cease-fire within 30 days in yemen. there has been a dialing down in the violence. and gist in the last few hours, there has been a statement published by the leader of the iranian-backed houthi rebels clinging onto the port city of hedada. that statement said, in part, they are prepared -- this is the houthi rebels -- to end their drone attacks and their use of long-range missiles as a sign of good will. there was an offer of good will that came from the saudi-led coalition side, which about a week ago agreed to allow the medical evacuation of about 50 w...

New dimension. that's the key. a longtime reluctant neighbor squarely in the fight. >> nick p paton walsh reporting for us. >> i want to bring in retired lieutenant rick francona. how realistic is it to seek to clear the isis threat out of syria? is it a game-changer? >> the involvement of turkey at this level is a game-changer. everybody on the coalition side is really pleased the turks are now involved. many would say finally involved. we've been waiting for this for a long time. the turks have the second largest army in nato. they are very capable armed forces and much is deployed down to t...

Surface-to-aramis aisle sites that the libya's man could bring down they're going to have to look at all of that and decide how much of it across this coastline of libya they got, how much is destroyed, and when it will be safe for pilots to begin to fly ore libya in this no-fly zone configuration. but, you know, it's really interesting. you've seen both sides rapidly put their cards on table here. the coalition side going for these very precise unmanned cruise missiles to go after these targets. and look on the other side of your screen. the libyans with their ground weapons in tripoli puttin...