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The u.s. >> it flew erratically and closely, making it very unsafe. most of the time they're routine, most of the time they're perfectly safe. but when it happens like this, it's a real problem. u.s. doesn't know what to expect and you never know when they're going there was a syrian drone t went dangerously close to u.s. troops. what do you have to say about that? >> flying close to where u.s. troops were, armed, not turning back, coming straight at them. so a u.s. war plane rolled in and did fire at that drone. it makes it the third shootdown in several days. a manned aircraft, two drones, a...

Deconfliction that has to go on there. it's hit and miss. what goes on here probably takes this into a new chapter in terms of whether or not all of these forces that are engaging in syria can develop effective ways of trying to avoid some kind of direct conflict between those forces. >> yeah, it's been many, many years since u.s. war planes have engaged in air to air combat, a war plane from another nation. but here's a sense, very sensiti sensitive issue that is emerging. how concerned are you about the rhetoric now from russia, that any u.s. or coalition plane flying overseer i can't potent...

Welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. there are rising tensions right now between washington and moscow. russia now says it will treat all u.s.-backed jets or drones flying over parts of syria as potential targets. this after a u.s. fighter jet shot down a syrian war plane, that allegedly bombed u.s.-backed rebels. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr is monitoring this very dangerous situation. what's the latest you're hearing about how the u.s. and coalition partners are responding to these latest russian threats? >> reporter:...

What the chairman said today, we need to pay attention to that. he talked about that communications between the militaries is still ongoing. they are going to do what they can to restore this deconfliction arrangement and he also said it's not helpful for anybody for the rhetoric to get hyperbolic or shrill, let's work on communicating and trying to rachet down the temperature. >> is this an escalation from the u.s. perspective now in the trump administration that the syrian jet fighter going into a target, the u.s. decides to knock it out of the sky, because it's been years since i remember a...

Towards racial equality 53 years ago today. should news break out, we'll break in. great day on the dow. even better on the nasdaq. 1.5%. cavuto will have details starting right now. >> tensions escalating after the u.s. shoots down a syrian fighter jet targeting u.s.-backed forces. now russia is saying they're going to target us! welcome. i'm trish reagan in for neil cavuto. russian forces say they will treat u.s. planes as targets after a syrian jet was shot down. let's go to kristin fisher with more. >> to give you how big an ideal this is, the last time the u.s. shot down a war plane was a...