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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...

Islamic government covering all the areas where muslims live today in the world. so lebanon is just going to be seen as another battlefield. >> isis has sympathizers inside lebanon and has attempted other operations there before including kidnappings across the border from syria. these attacks today come on the same day of a renewed offensive against isis in iraq, that involving kurdish peshmerga but also with u.s. support. >> jim, should we view this as isis expanding into another country outside of iraq and syria as we just heard in the piece? >> you should certainly. and kind of in a differ...

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'...