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Bit more tricky. >> what we're witnessing is a growing list of some irritants in the region that have been there for some time and obviously they have now bubbled up to a level that countries have decided they needed to take action. >> so far there's no indication that the thousands of u.s. troops stationed in qatar or their military operations will be impacted. u.s. officials say. qatar is home to thousand of u.s. troops and is vital because the u.s. conducts air operations out of the air base and runs are an op center coordinating all air combat missions over iraq and syria. defense secretar...

They get him, here's a rundown of what's going on in sweden, not i saw it on tv, let's make some policy about it. >> you've been the person waking up the op center to tell the president or colin powell or condi rice to tell a president, this is what's going on, what's note going on. that was your job. >> yes, we woke up george schultz to tell him hostages were being released in beirut. you can bet we didn't call him at the first possible newspaper report. you get one of those every night. it was when we knew something was going on, we check it out, talked to our people in beirut and we'd wake ...

Director of the global health protection center here at the cdc. >> only about 30% of countries even self-report that they are able to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. that's through international health regulations. we're working around the world to try to improve capacity so we have partners everywhere to respond quickly. >> reporter: within this organization, how many threats, if you will, are being assessed, evaluated? >> one of the things we have in our division is the global disease detection operation center or op center. let's use for example the 24-month p...

Special ops forces watched the battle in ramadi from the op center, so you can watch it in live time? >> yes. you can use those drones to get realtime video feed, not only to watch iraqi forces move, but when u.s. special forces engage in raids, those drones give you a realtime feed back to show what is happening during the raid. by the way, we have also seen some reports about isis acquiring drones, which are readily available over the counter. so this is a revolutionary way to watch war unfold as it happens, carol. >> that is fascinating. barbara, isis is using civilians as human shields and...

Scheduled to be with world leaders and that might be a very appropriate place to consider how this conversation goes forward. meeting in person with some of his allies and other world leaders who are all grappling with these issues. >> going to be be a lot of pressure on this president to determine what needs to happen to deal with isis not just around the globe but in that region, the origin of this scourge of terrorism now. we want to get to our next guest, the former secretary of homeland security tom ridge. nice to see you. of course you were the nation's first director of homeland secur...