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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 w...

Saudi arabia are not identical to those of the united states. >> really the only interest the u.s. has in yemen is one of yemen being used by al qaeda andarabian peninsula, used as a location for terrorism. >> precisely. our only concern is that the power vacuums don't develop so deeply that al qaeda or isis could get there. frankly from a real politic perspective for the united states any order is fine in yemen. we just need order. >> commander lippold, the u.s. is casting this deployment as a show of force. but anytime a u.s. aircraft carrier and the ships that travel with it are in those wa...

Is if ambassador stevens' family knew that we were sitting on information about the people who killed their son, their brother and we could look them as a government in the face then we are messing up. me are messing up. -- we are messing up. >> judge jeanine: commander lippold, you reaction to that ? >> we as a nation have to be strong enough to look at the fact that there were flaws in the entire investigation surrounding benghazi. have a thorough investigation into it and be he open and honest. put the politics aside. we do not need to be putting people in harm's way for the sake of this na...

Family knew that we were sitting on information about the people who killed their son, their brother and we could look them as a government in the face then we are messing up. me are messing up. -- we are messing up. >> judge jeanine: commander lippold, you reaction to that ? >> we as a nation have to be strong enough to look at the fact that there were flaws in the entire investigation surrounding benghazi. have a thorough investigation into it and be he open and honest. put the politics aside. we do not need to be putting people in harm's way for the sake of this nation's security and not gi...

The way it is playing out on the 17th of september. that is the problem here. this record is so detailed now with so many pieces missing. these guys have to fill in the pieces and they will be excoriated. only their real friends will stick with them. there will be a whisper campaign and things said about them and one of the things going on the hill for the past few days is a vetting because these guys have to go through a vetting just like anybody that is going to be a witness to make sure there is nothing in there background that can be used against them. they will use any detail, any flaw in...