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Zone. >> reporter: yes, thank you. we also have new information on what happened in that incident today. i can tell you from my time on the ground this is really something we were afraid of when we were there as well. it seems as though the crew was on the western fringes of misrata. they were in an area that was sort of contested. out there with a couple of the rebel fighters when their group got hit by either an rpg or rocket propelled grenade or a mortar. it seemed that tim hetherington died on arrival at one of the few makeshift clinics. i can tell you from having been on the ground there,...

Assad is proxy. i think the president is taking bold action and taking the right action. it is difficult, difficult choices. there are no easy choices. but i think to do nothing now would be the absolute worst. >> you know, on this point about iran, congressman radel, denis mcdonough talked about this question as to whether or not this is a proxy essentially for iran. i want to play that sound for you and get your thoughts on the other side. >> sure. >> i think it is very difficult for us to know exactly what is happening in teheran. but what we do know is, to communicate with them, we have to...

Looks at that and says, aha! the natures could be trifled with. >> i think it's very difficult for us to know exactly what is happening in tehran. but what we do know is to communicate with them, we have to be very clear, very forthright. this is an opportunity to be both with the iranians to make sure that they understand that they do not have greater freedom of action. they do not have greater operating space to pursue a nuclear weapon which would destabilize that entire region, threaten our friends and allies and ultimately threaten us. >> is this more about iran than it is syria? >> this i...