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Radical shia interests. i think that to some degree we see a proxy conflict going on not only now but in the middle east, north africa region but expanding pond those boundaries. i think rouhani is right to be worried about security but at the same time you have leader contact it matters but i continue want to over hype that. there are ways in which leaders communicate and coordinate with the important matters of the day. this incident is not derailing all of the potential talks and deal making on syria. >> i think we should also make note i want to read a quote here from the foreign ministry ...

>> one of the challenge s i've had throughout this heartbreaking situation inside of syria is that you'll have people insist that, you know, all you have to do is send in a few truckloads full of arms and people are ready to fight. then when you start a training program and it doesn't work, people say, well, why didn't it work? or if it had started three months earlier, it would have worked. in a situation that's has volatile, with as many players as there are inside of syria, there aren't any silver bullets. >> steve clemens, no silver bullets, no good choices. >> i think the president descri...

Navy aircraft carrier to the gulf. we already have war ships that are positioned there ready to intercept any iranian vessels that may be carrying weapons to the shiite rebels. "the uss roosevelt" sends a very strong signal. the civil war in yemen now seen as a proxy conflict between iran on the one side and the saudis arab allies and the u.s. on the other. there came reports saudis are saying they are ending their bombing raids. we are working on that story as we speak. jennifer live at the pentagon for us. >> reporter: well there is major news out of saudi arabia. state-run tv saying the sau...

They've seen a lot of problems there inside their border with yemen. now iran supporting a group taking big parts of control of that country. this is really a huge potential problem. >> it is a huge problem. there are about 6 million living inside saudi arabia as well. so the notion that there's a tight border there, it is a porous border. you have very large population inside. saudi arabia is directly engaged. most of the middle east looks already like a proxy conflict between iran and saudi arabia. this is direct right on the border. we are seeing a meltdown happen in real time. >> steve, i ...

Bad actors. and to be fair, many of your own officials who we've just talked about plus u.n. officials have been warning about this backlash for a long, long time. most people believe this is precise what would happen. if stopping terrorism is america's fundamental national security prerogative, was this a failure? >> well, i think it's too soon to tell you about let me just quickly add that originally this was a rebellion by syrians themselves. and it was clearly assad's goal to turn it into a battle with terrorists. there weren't terrorists initially. and what has happened partly because of ...