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Is embedded with kurdish forces along the sinjar border. what are troops doing to assist in this fight? is it limited to air strikes? >> reporter: we are told that they are not down on the ground in the front line. and that pretty much tallies what we saw ourselves. didn't see mysterious u.s. presence within the normal peshmerga troops we saw. they seem to be out in the hills actually directing the air strikes as far as we can tell. today at about 9:00 -- sorry, yesterday night at about 9:00 now local time we saw the first moves in that lit up the sky frankly coalition air strikes, one after a...

Talk to the prosecution about that. it has nothing to do with us. >> governor christie in cedar rapids, iowa, thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you, jake. >> wolf blitzer's here with a preview of "the situation room." wolf, obviously bombs blew up in beirut today. isis is claiming responsibility for the attack. you have former nato supreme allied commander wesley clark to talk about what this means for the larger war on terror and the war against isis. >> it looks like isis not only going after various targets in iraq and syria, which we all know about. but clearly now expanding...

Bombings today. >> jim sciutto, thanks. and joining me is republican congressman ryan zinki who serves on the house armed services committee, he was also a navy s.e.a.l. commander in iraq at s.e.a.l. team 6 completing more than 370 missions. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> always a pleasure. >> isis is claiming responsibility for these bombings in beirut. what is the significance of this? >> well, isis is not down and out. isis is flexing its muscle. if it's true that isis brought down the russian plane, and if it's true that isis conducted suicide bombings in lebanon, you know, they'...

Turkey. but there's a lot we can do and should do. >> we should also point out of course that isis has been conducting horrific terrorist acts in syria and iraq for years. but striking a major tourism spot such as sharm el sheikh which you just alluded to bringing down the plane potentially and now perhaps this horrific suicide bombings two of them in an international city like beirut, this is putting innocent people in harm's way. innocent people from outside the war zone. i mean, this could really involve other countries in the fight theoretically. >> well, and you look at what isis probably...