delta force, defer to colonel reece, is not at threat there. have to get engaged in combat to protect our troops. >> jim, let me ask you, former delta force commander, have you heard, do you believe reports that delta force is in action in iraq? >> well jim, here's what i do know. we have special operation forces in there and even the president said the other night, we will take our special operation forces if need to and to conduct a manhunting for senior leadership and the isis command and control aspect. just like we did with the saddam regime just like we did with zarqawi. we have to try to knock off and capture or kill the senior leadership in these aspects. only certain units do that do it very well and it would not doubt they're positioned but again these are intent-based operations and they have triggers to when they are. we're not just going to rush those type of units out there to do those things on a whim. the intelligence has got to be there and be a strong indication of when to go especially if we can get a guy like baghdadi who's

these guys were from delta force. slipped over hills and landed is like apocalypse now. >> so what have you discovered? >> is supposed to be hunting to the embassy. >> i was sent they're mainly to look for the hostages. they had completely disappeared. they had disappeared. and. >> the chief of station. and he completely disappeared. he was it over the head in his apartment coming out for thrown in the back of the car disappeared in the southern suburbs. you have a question of the embassy in april 83 which 83 which was blown up by a gmc pickup truck and managed to get and underneath the portico and exploded and it was the 1st suicide bombing against the united states which was a a huge mystery to us at the time. it mystified the fbi that the guys who had made the explosives actually right around the firing device so they're was know signature on the bomb. there always signatures on bonds. there was none on that. the truck and truck and been stolen the suicide bomber we cannot identify. such a thorough explosion that t

when i used to work with delta force many years ago, they had a requirement.nce. and they needed a u.s. soldier with eyes on the target. in a case like isis you can't do that can't get people in there. and the military doesn't like these things when the intelligence isn't 100% right. you almost have to see the hostage, not just see what the defenses are before you go in. people remember desert one, we went into iran and it was a catastrophe for the military because they had the crashes in the desert and the rest of it. so it's always risky. it's even riskier in a place like syria where you can't put people on the ground. >> the director peter, of the national counterterrorism center here in washington testified up on capitol hill today about the growing number of foreign fighters joining isis in iraq and syria. he sid more than 20,000 fighters from 90 countries, 3,400 from western countries, 150 from the united states have joined isis on the battlefield. you buy these numbers? >> i do, they're not surprising. the head of special operations command last month g

when it does, it's amazing. 2005, army delta force operators rescued an american contractor. who had been kidnapped and held for almost a year. he was rescued about 15 miles outside of baghdad. in 2009 there was the incredibly tense and dangerous and dramatic rescue of captain richard phillips held by somali pilots. u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s were successful in saving captain phillips. just a couple of years ago, navy s.e.a.l.s rescued two americans held in somalia. at the time the obama administration called that rescue, quote, a daring raid that will be the hallmark of future u.s. military missions. when we are successful at going in, and saving american hostages, it's an amazing success, and they're stories that we tell forever. but sometimes that kind of rescue operation fails. one of the most harrowing new details that was just reported today in the wake of that isis propaganda video and the murder of that pilot that we all saw the film of yesterday, one of the most horrifying things reported today concerning isis and the remaining hostages that they hold was this detail. the o

>> reporter: cnn analyst and retired delta force commander james reed was also a sniper.d grueling tours of duty in the battle of fallujah. reed said the "american sniper" film did a good job of capturing the stress the snipers endure on the battlefield, and once they come home. >> it is a very intensive ph.d. level work that snipers have to do. they're with themselves or a spotter. so one or two people. they're by themselves. everything is on them. it takes a very psychologically strong person to do that. >> reporter: these days john mcfee is far from the battlefield. he might not have liked the "american sniper" movie, but understands why millions are flocking to see it. >> people support soldiers. people want to know what it's like. anytime a movie comes out that is even remotely close or true people are going to go check it out. >> reporter: and erin that is a view from the snipers. here in stevenville, texas, where the trial of killing chris kyle two years ago, the jury has been picked. ten women and two men will hear opening statements and the testimony and the evid

as the delta force. you for your service to our country. these heroes remind us that although victory is never certain, where there is courage, where there is unity, where people are willing to sacrifice their own comfort to help save the lives of others, victory is possible. it is our privilege to present the congressional gold medal to the world war ii veterans of the 1st special service force and to recognize the enduring partnership of canada and the united states. may god continue to bless both of our countries. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the assistant democratic leader of the united states senate, the honorable dick durbin. [applause] >> welcome to all of you heroes from both canada and the united states who come here today for this great honor. you may have heard that we had a little snowstorm in chicago over the weekend. more than 19 inches of snow, more snow in 24 hours than we usually see in two or three months. and yesterday morning, while the snow was still falling, the wi

and they were like, what are you going to name this kid, delta force? 're like, wait a minute, this is pretty cool. and he was shocked to learn there was a woman named delta burke. >> jimmy: he was? i guess that would rule out the name meshock as well. >> he thought he made it up. >> jimmy: had he never been to the airport before? >> no, he knew that, but, you know, he's so cute. >> jimmy: he is adorable. he really is. your little girls are adorable also. >> i like them, yeah. >> jimmy: i hope so. i like to keep track of the birthdays and gifts and stuff like that. >> yeah, you're good at that. >> jimmy: i saw it was lincoln's birthday coming up on michaelen da -- my calendar. and i thought it's too soon, it turned out it was abraham lincoln's birthday. >> we got about eight or nine texts saying happy birthday lincoln videos, that is how we distinguish between friends who are phoning it in. >> jimmy: anyway, i got the deceased president a bubble mower. are your girls like you were? do you see, of course your little baby you wouldn't see much of anything,

army's elite delta force. all right. good evening, general. your reaction to these attacks in denmark? >> well, here's a news flash, judge. this is going to get worse. the united nations now has a resolution called 1618 which would make any disparagement of islam or the prophet muhammad a hate crime or hate speech. this has -- this was proposed ten years ago by the organization of islamic cooperation. 56 muslim states, plus the palestinians, and it has been supported by hillary clinton on behalf of the united states. if they pass this, which they've already passed it in the human rights council, if they pass this, this is going to apply to all the member nations of the united nations and this whole situation that you see today is going to get worse. >> all right. when you say that it would apply to all the members of the united nations, this essentially restricting the first amendment right of americans and free speech, a foundation of this republic, are we saying that u.n. resolution can affect our ability to say what it is we have a right to

we have army rangers navy seals, special forces, delta forces. we have these special operations units capable of being able to do a night operation. they show up at night leave before the morning, take out a high-value target. they can get intelligence. so a lot of people may be thinking of that large conventional fight from the past. but this is unconventional battlefield and we have the resources to bring the fight and win. >> congressman, don't mean too switch gears. there is a protest going on behind you or below you? >> i appreciate you saying that. i'm trying my best not to turn around but there is something going on behind me. >> code pink or something. we'll see. you were cool as could be. thank you congressman. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> do you think it's a big deal this guy never finished college? got close but never finished. ever wonder live the main stream media is so fixated on what he did in college? great scot. i think this guy is a front runner. ♪ nineteen years ago, we thought "wow, how is there no way to tell the good f

he's also the author of "foreign and domestic," a book that releases today, in fact about a delta force team in afghanistan. also with us the senior international correspondent who is in erbil, iraq. ben, i want to start with you. this terror group is referring to these christians as enemy crusaders of islam. >> this is the standard reference by isis to any christians. and what we understand is what happened is around 4:00 a.m. local time isis fighters entered several syrian villages. they entered the homes and abducted according to the syrian human rights network, somewhere 2w50e7b 70 and 100 people. as you mentioned, women, children the elderly. according to the syrian observatory for human rights another organization that monitors the situation in syria, 90 syrian christians have been abducted by isis. now, there are reports, for instance that isis in fact isis fighters were overheard on their radios talking about capturing what they called crusaders. now, we understand from the syrian human rights network that around 700 families have fled that area. they've taken refuge in churches

we have probably the three best hostage rescue teams in the world, the delta force seal team six andostage rescue team. the issue is not can we, it's where are they. i have had the opportunity to rescue some hostages, and i always knew where they were. the big problem is intelligence, and we've lost our intelligence sources over the last several years, particularly in yemen. and so we're in the position to now of where are they? can we get them out? yeah, we can get them out, but we don't know where they are, and that's because of lack of intelligence. jenna: you say one of the things we should be doing, and it's ironic -- we'll mention it because it's important -- you say we should be staying silent about these folks. >> absolutely. the more we talk about what we do and how we do it, i think after the osama bin laden raid, we talked way too much about what the operation consisted of and what hoped us, and -- who helped us and that hurts us. if we compromise sources and methods by making public announcements, it's more like, say, a show and tell situation from the white house, the ha

. >> reporter: july 2014, navy seals and delta force commandos to an abandoned oil refinery near raqqaa. where they think mueller, james foley and others are held. no one there but find strands of hair believed to be mueller's. fire fight ensues and the mission lasts two hours. former seal john mcguire not on the raid but knows how risky it was. >> it's never perfect. and the situation and the training are not exactly perfect. >> reporter: even with all of that and the risks involved, both congressman gosar and senator mccain said they failed kayla mueller's family because despite the exhaustive efforts, she wasn't returned home safely. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> dig deeper with retired lieutenant general and cnn global affairs analyst james reese. colonel reese, a mission like the one to rescue kayla and other hostages, i would imagine got to be the most difficult thing to pull off successl lys y successlyfully. what are the elements? >> speed, surprise, and violence of action. the fourth element here is the hostage rescue force had to cross a boundary into enemy territory that i

also with us now lebanon columnist and lieutenant colonel james reese, retired delta force commander lieutenant colonel and former military attache to syria. michael, an attack in paris, arrests in belgium, now an attack in denmark, saturday's attack was very similar to what we saw in paris, an attack against free speech and anti-semitic attack. you heard what she said. it was an attack against their ideas and freedom of speech. how severe is the threat particularly for jews? >> i think it's rather severe. it's not just a terrorist organization any longer. we're well beyond the post 9/11 period. one of the things isis is trying to do is one-up al qaeda. al qaeda still has these claims to fame of waging these spectaculars and committing attacks against western targets. isis which now rules an expansive territory the size of great britain, does not want al qaeda to steal its thunder. it considers itself the growing jihadi concern. so this competition is being played out in the streets of europe. and i'm sorry to say, it will come to america as well. >> and you heard, john miller the ny

there are american troops in kurdistan and iraq right now, delta force, which are bombarding isis positionsthink he just wants to -- wants some sort of legal backup for this. but what he's telling me is, this is an enduring conflict. we're talking about a 30 years war, a 100 years war. isis is part of a pandemic. it's all over the world. and no one knows when it's going to come to an end. will it sustain itself? i don't know. they keep saying there's thousands of fighters flowing into iraq and syria from central asia, from europe. where does this stop? will ground troops stop it? will the air campaign stop it? it's difficult to tell. >> you get the sense that the u.s. is leading the way, but it needs to do something. you could argue that isis wouldn't exist if -- during the bush years, the u.s. didn't invade iraq. how responsible is the u.s. for the creation of isis? how much blame should the u.s. shoulder here? >> we should take about 90% of the blame. isis and the islamic state, al qaeda in iraq or syria, didn't exist before 2003, before the invasion. we are responsible for it, but that d

delta force commander.rt with the words from senator john mccain, saying that there is no military solution, but the ukrainians need the weapons. what's your response? >> victor, good morning. you know, it's a very -- i'll tell you right now, this issue in ukraine literally can be worse than what we're dealing with in isis in syria. one of the problems right now is if we try to push lethal force or lethal weapons into the ukraine, one of the problems is the ukraine's army is a conscript army, and they just don't have the aspects to start picking up these higher-tech weapons. so we're going to have to send trainers in to do that. this issue is very difficult for what's going on in europe right now because the economic aspects, especially with the oil and gas that russia holds with the pipeline going through the ukraine, like i just said, this is going to be a more difficult situation than what's going on in syria and iraq right now. >> and there are financial struggles in russia, yes, but we saw this precipi

delta force commander, and michael, the spokesman for the osce special monitoring mission in ukraine. colonel reese, i want to start with you. and first i want to put to you something that the german defense minister said at this conference. and she asked two questions, and i'm just going to give them to you to answer. the questions are, are we sure that we would be improving the situation for the people in ukraine by delivering weapons? are we really sure that ukraine can win against the russian military machine? what do you think? >> victor, good morning. i think the answer is no and no. we're not sure. one of the problems we need to do diplomatically right now is the bottom line is this. the russians have come in. they have taken this large swath of land. and if we think we're going to push them out right now with lethal force, it's not happening. we need to diplomatically be in there talking with the russians. what we want to do right now is hold this line is what we need to do, where it is. we need to hold it. we need to make sure there's not a humanitarian disaster going on with

but i'd feel a lot better if there were american forces on the ground you know something like delta force to back these guys up. because, wolf, it is not just the islamic state and the recruits of europe and central asia and the rest of it. you also have former saddam officers have not come over to baghdad at all and defending the city and they are trained and they're capable. you have a lot of tribes as well. sunni an i rab tribe rab tribes and the outcome of this offensive on mosul, it's going to be a tough fight. >> house to mouse, street to street fighting and a lot of casualties all around. ben, here's what intrigues me. you're there. you know this area well. the iraqi army not necessarily all that good and they were a total failure last year. the kurdish fighters courageous brave, but fighting with old equipment. artillery pieces going back to world war ii as we documented here on cnn. you know the strongest military might be those pro-iranian iraqi shiite militias. tens of thousands of them. they don't want isis either in iraq. they want to take over. they're backed by iran as i sa

i want to bring in james reece, a former delta force colonel and provides security to companies in them astounded to hear no plan evacuations at this point for the al asad air base and 9 miles away isis has taken an entire city. an entire city. not an air base and 320 prized victims that isis can't wait to get their hands on. >> yeah. good morning, ashleigh. we don't want to run. right now, we have got those soldiers out there embedded. they're training the iraqis. we have a lot of security and keep this in mind. if we have americans out in the red zone i'll call it, that, you know, they're within striking distance or in direct fire of the enemy mortars or rockets, we will have an air cap up all the time providing close air support if need be to repel an attack. what we don't want to see is isis is 10 miles from us. we better bail because that doesn't make us look good. >> bail is one way to say it. i'll say run like you did earlier. is it a case of moving, not bailing, but moving or reinforcing which is a very ugly word requiring more boots on the ground if it's americans and iraqis i

delta force commander lieutenant colonel james reese. isis they are savages but they are savvy. might they seek to exploit this political dysfunction taking place in the united states? >> michael, good were mooing. do i think they will try to yes. do they have the ability right now, no. they don't have the reach right now. they would like to get it. but this exploit or this friction point within our government right now could cause an aspect of where a lone wolf could have an effect on this because right now as the governor said we've got unfortunately our great people of dhs we're supposed to do their jobs trying to figure out what bills are going to pay at the end of the week when they are cut off of money if we don't pass this. >> to pay attention to the newspapers this past week in the united states is to perceive that isis is on the ascent. i'm referring to that alleged threat against the mall of america. i'm referring to the outing of the identity of jihadi johnny. referring to the three from brooklyn the incident in canada as well. is that a proper perspective that indeed

army rangers, green berets navy s.e.a.l.s, delta force, marines capable of operating at night. >> i knowo say. they're going to say there needs to be boots on the ground whether it be u.s. boots on the ground or arab boots on the ground but somebody needs to fight isis face to face. they're also going to say in these countries with unstable governments there's really no way to defeat isis because that's the problem, those unstable governments, and we're not really helping those governments become stable are we? >> well i don't think that we should have any type of occupation whatsoever. there should be no enduring ground presence. when we debate whether or not there should be troops on the ground in one respect you can say we already have troops on the ground. we have -- i had one gentleman show me a picture of their grandson from baghdad. he's in the air force. he was carrying a rifle. he was wearing boots and they were on the ground. we have special operations forces capable of operating at night and turning nighttime into daylight. they can come in at night. they can take out a high v

known as the delta force, some force, some of whom are with us today.crifice comfort for others victory is possible. it is our privilege to present the congressional medal of honor to the veterans of the 1st special service force and recognize the enduring partnership of canada and the united states. may god continue to bless both of our countries. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen the democratic leader of the united states senate. [applause] >> welcome to all of you heroes from both canada and the united states who come hear today for this great honor. you may have heard we had a little snowstorm in chicago over the weekend. more than 19 inches of snow, more and in 24 hours than we usually see and 24 months. the wind blew at 45 miles per hour. someone asked, do do you think they we will make it to washington? i said, not even an historic blizzard. the "devil's brigade" from being here and i honor them today. [applause] louis knox in the front row had a tough time getting into the service. the day after pearl harbor he volunteered to serve i

marsh who was an army doctor with the famed delta force.by the 2001 movie "black hawk hawk down." a mortar shot nearby nearly killed him. people praised him. >> do you think this saved your life and now you're helping them? >> in some ways yeah there's a giveback. i get a positive feel when i take care of people. that smile on a child's face or the handshake from a truck driver, thank you, doc, that means a lot. >> reporter: dr. marsh's clinic is no longer gasping for air, and neither is cheryl neighbors who just an hour later was back in her truck heading down the road. for "cbs this morning," vicente i aransas, racine, virginia. >> what a good man. >> i like dr. marsh. >> cheryl put it in perspective. i'm driving 80,000 pounds of rolling death. >>> a 12-year-old boy did his report on his favorite rock star. we'll tell you what gene simmons is saying next about him on "cbs this morning." narrator: gas prices are down helping middle class families. but now, the white house wants to impose title ii regulations on your internet meaning new go

known as the delta force, force, some are with us today.e are willing to sacrifice there own comfort to help save the lives of others victory is possible. it is our privilege to present the congressional gold medal to the world war ii veterans of the 1st special service force and to recognize the enduring partnership of canada and the united states. may god continue to bless our country. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen the assistant democratic leader of the united states senate the honorable dick durbin. [applause] >> welcome to all of you heroes from canada and the united states to come hear today for this great honor. he may have heard that we had a little snowstorm in chicago over the weekend. more than 19 inches of snow more snow and 24 hours than we usually see in two or three months. yesterday morning the snow was still falling in the wind was blowing. someone asked, do you think louis knox and casey are going to make it hear to washington? i said, nothing, not even an historic blizzard is going to stop the devils brigade from bein

as the delta force.here people are willing to sacrifice their own comfort to help save the lives of others, victory is possible. it is our privilege to present the congressional gold medal to the world war ii veterans of the 1st special service force and to recognize the enduring partnership of canada and the united states. may god continue to bless both of our countries. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, the assistant democratic leader of the united states senate the honorable dick durbin. >> welcome to all of you heroes from both canada and the united states who come here today for this great honor. you may have heard that we had a little snowstorm in chicago over the weekend. more than 19 inches of snow, more snow in 24 hours than we usually see in two or three months. and yesterday morning, while the snow was still falling the winds were blowing at 45 miles an hour, and someone asked do you think lewis knox and casey selsky are going to make it to washington? i said nothing -- not even an historic

army rangers, greenber raise navy seals marines delta force. when we talk about boots on the ground we're not talking about an enduring occupation. no one is talking about that. i don't support that. but i tell you what i do want. for a member of isis to sleep with one eye open because they fear an army ranger may be visiting their house or their fellow terrorist's house to put a round of lead between their eyes. we have to cut off logistics, command and control, we have to find their funding streams and figure out how to cut them out. we need to increase our intelligence gathering abilities. these are all critically important. american exceptionalism isn't about strategic patience. american exceptionalism is about instilling fear in an element that does not respect weakness. they only respect strength. understanding if we wait five years what we're going to be up against is 100 times greater than what it is right now. i want to support the president's use of force. i was want to do my due diligence. i want to know how many troops which troops.

. >> reporter: july 2014 navy s.e.a.l.s and delta force commandos move in by helicopter to an abandonedhe isis stronghold of roqqa. they get to a building where they think mueller and james foley and other hostages are being held. no one is there but they find strands of hair believed to be mueller's. a firefight ensues. the mission lasts two hours. former s.e.a.l. john mcguire was not on that raid but knows how risky it was. >> intelligence we do the best we can with what we have. it's never perfect. it's not a perfect world. the situations and the training are not exactly perfect. >> even with all of that and with all the risks involved both the congressmen and senator mccain have told reporters they feel they failed kayla mueller's family because despite those exhaustive efforts, she was not returned safely to her home. >> were senator mccain and the congressman satisfied with the way the obama administration actually handled the kayla mueller case? >> for the most part they say they were. they both acknowledge that the administration had limited intelligence because of the situation

army rangers, green berets, navy s.e.a.l.s, marines delta force. when we talk about boots on the ground we're not talking about an enduring occupation. no one is talking about that. i don't support that. i'll tell you what i do want. for a member of isis to sleep with one eye open because they fear an army ranger may be visiting their house or their fellow terrorist's house to put a round of lead wean their eyes. we have to cut off logistics, command and control. we have to find the funding streams to figure out how to cut them out. we need to increase our intelligence gathering abilities. these are all critically important. american exceptionalism isn't about strategic patience right now. american exceptionalism is about instilling fear in an element that does not respect weakness they only respect strength. understanding that if we wait five years, what we're going to be up against is going to be 100 times greater than what it is right now. i want to support the president's use of force. i also want to do my due diligence. i want to know how many

army rangers, green berets, navy s.e.a.l.s, marines, delta force. when we talk about boots on the ground, we're not talking about an enduring occupation. no one is talking about that. i don't support that. i'll tell you what i do want. for a member of isis to sleep with one eye open because they fear an army ranger may be visiting their house or their fellow terrorist's house to put a round of lead wean their eyes. we have to cut off logistics, command and control. we have to find the funding streams to figure out how to cut them out. we need to increase our intelligence gathering abilities. these are all critically important. american exceptionalism isn't about strategic patience right now. american exceptionalism is about instilling fear in an element that does not respect weakness, they only respect strength. understanding that if we wait five years, what we're going to be up against is going to be 100 times greater than what it is right now. i want to support the president's use of force. i also want to do my due diligence. i want to know how ma

delta force commander lieutenant colonel james reese. thank you for being with us.s around city of mosul as we heard. if that continues, the pentagon could recommend sending u.s. ground troops. do you believe that will happen? >> christi, i do, but again, we've talked about this for several weeks now. i believe that those ground troops will be enabling troops, close air -- people who call close air support, people who can work with the isr, to do the -- some of the intelligence piece, i do not think you're going to see front line units going in and fighting side by side. probably special forces that are there in their train and assist mode to help bring the iraqi force, make sure they are synced between the battalions but i don't see a brigade of u.s. forces going in and fighting side by side with the iraqis. >> we know this week jordan released video showing the world, basically, the country's operations against the terror group, they posted video of soldiers writing messages to isis on bombs, of women working on planes, there's even a pilot giving a thumbs up befo

fight, with bobby ghosh cnn gloeshl affairs analyst and lieutenant colonel james reese, former delta force commander and former and chairman of tiger swan. let's look at the state of play. let's begin there. all life matters, any time these murderers put somebody on video, and take their lives in any fashion, it's wrong. however, numbers sometimes count. they can exacerbate. 21 christians all right you're going want to talk about why they seem to be targeting enemies that technically they can't take on. the pope says the blood of these christians is crying out to be heard. you hear cardinal dolan, the big cardinal in the u.s. saying we stood up as catholic leaders 40 years ago in ireland and said this must stop. you're not catholic and today northern ireland is peaceful. the muslims must do the same. bobby, what do you see in isis targeting groups it seems, right going after the jordanians with what they did to their pilot. they had to know what the response would bebe. what they did with these christians they had to know what the response would be. what's the play on each side? >> it's te

lieutenant colonel james reese is our cnn global affairs analyst and former delta force commander andounder of tiger swan and michael weiss is the author of "isis inside the army of terror." michael, you've studied isis and interviewed dozens of isis fighters. is the abduction of these 150 christians another gruesome chapter and we'll is see them have the same outcome of the 21 egyptian christians or is isis up to something different? >> i suspect it's the former. they may want to negotiate with the vatican for the release of the christians. al nusra, who were formerly part of isis they kidnapped several christian nuns several months ago in syria and used qatar, our ally qatar as an intermediary to negotiate for their release. but al nusra tends to be much less draconian with the way they rule over territory in syria. with isis, if you're a christian, you're in a very tough spot if you're captured. >> colonel reese, why is the assad regime allowing isis to rampage through syria and abduct people and take over towns? >> the bottom line this is the assad regime is just worried about the

to "track" and lieutenant colonel james reese, the founder of tiger swan and former commander of delta force. is jordan's public commitment to being relentless against isis a turning point? >> think we're going to see a more aggressive campaign. this was a fight that the regime believed in but the public was rel tlif hostatively hostile to. i think now you see the country of jordan as a whole is very strongly invested in this. i think the fact we have a new and nor aggressive defense secretary in ashton carter is going to lead to new forms of aggressive action against isis. >> colonel reese, will jordan's relentless campaign against isis be able to make a difference against isis? >> it will. it will and i believe it can. however, they have to have support. jordan has a great military but jordan is one of the poorer arab nations compared to the uae and saudi who have the oil so they're going to need some financial support. they're going to need some extra weapons and extra enabling equipment. but jordan has the resolve and they have the military to do it. >> peter, the uae and morocco have an

delta force commander.'re going to walk us through it because we're on the map and you're going 0 explain the chronology of how we got to this point. let's start with a year ago, march of 2014. that's when russia annexed crimia explain what happened there. >> the bottom line is crimea down here in the peninsula, very critical strategic, because that's where russians had before one of their sub bases down there, it sits on the black sea, very strategic. not giving it back. >> that's when it got our attention. that vladimir putin was up to something. >> and it seemed as though maybe he would stop with that but then he didn't stop. >> correct. >> so it moves on. then in april, a month later of 2014 what happens in donetsk. >> what you have is down here in the southeast corner along the border of russia the area that russian separatists forces and we believe spetznatz, very similar to what we're doing in iraq special forces advising and assisting, down in this area down here. that i think will be the next annex

army rangers, green berets navy seals, delta force, when we took about its on the ground, we are not talking about an enduring occupation. no one is talking about that. i don't support that. but i tell you what i do want. for a member of isis to sleep with one eye open. the fear of putting a lat -- a round of lead between their eyes. logistics, command and control. they need to have the funding streams to cut them out. we need to increase our funding abilities. these are increasingly important. american exceptionalism isn't about strategic patience ran out. it's about excess solution that only respects strength. if we wait five years, l what we are going to be up against the will be 500 times greater than what it is right now. i want to support the president's use of force. i also want to do my due diligence. i want to know how many troops. what are their missions? who is in charge? the president talks about necessary and appropriateness. to him, what is necessary and appropriate? i received a letter from someone who is watching and their people at home watch these hearings. he says

delta force commander, lieutenant colonel james reese, founder and chairman of tiger swan. mosul, it makes a lot of our best fighting men and women in the u.s. go ooh, not mosul. first question to you -- colonel, why do i know about this battle so far before it begins? loose lips sink ships, what's going on here? >> yeah chris, you know i heard everyone yesterday discussing oh my goodness oh my goodness we're telling them we're coming. first off, everyone knows this is coming. the iraqi forces are coming up the tigress river valley. the peshmerga are already outside of mosul. we have to keep one thing in mind -- mosul is a huge city. this is going to be a heck of a bloody fight when we finally get in here. one thing the iraqis the iraqis want to do -- we have to stop putting our western strategy on this is -- the iraqis wants to be able to give some time for the populace if they can get out of there, get them out of there. so they're not having the populace inside this fight. >> that's a key thing. i know that you say that the implications going on here are huge. people don

we'll talk more about this with cnn global affairs analyst and delta force commander, retired lieutenant heard from fred who said lots of surveillance cameras everywhere and eyewitnesses, you have to wonder if they feel intimidated and really say everything they think and feel there. do you trust that the general public says when putin says an investigation will happen that it will indeed happen? >> good morning. it's difficult, especially in russia. with all the issues happening throughout the years and the destabilization ongoing. president putin runs a pretty tight ship over there. bottom line this was a contract hit. you know like everyone has talked about, a lot of cameras there, a lot of police a lot of people so someone was tracking this. someone knew how to do this. especially driving up behind a car, getting out six shots, four in the body it's a contract hit. >> do you feel like in any way this further complicates, even the u.s. commitment to try to get to the bottom of what is happening in ukraine and russia's role. and now there's this investigation. and president obama even

proximity in the sense that i really want to be on air force one not that -- are i like air force one over deltaand us airways obviously but more importantly i miss sort of that group. and i remember, i didn't get get it at the time but i remember when coach k said, you know, this group will never be back again. for that and for that and for him that was really kind of a sad thing. i didn't really understand it and i was a senior because i was actually leaving. it was really very similar. i ended up leaving the white house. it was kind of the end of a team for me. i do miss it. but i think people are still nice to me. me. i don't get the cold shoulder. vacations. >> would you just be allowed to go back and? the end of the era. i don't know. who knows. you never know. good question. >> you came up hear. for president and then sort of when did you figure out that he was planning? did you think it was a good idea? when during the primary? >> that's actually a really good question. i would've told you there is like a a 0 percent chance that he would run for president in 2,008. no chance. so so that

delta 2 rocket. >> nasa successfully launched a satellite from vandenburg air force base. and it is on a three-year mission to track the amount of water locked in the earth's soil. help people brace for floods or help farmer's prepare for drought. the launch could be seen from the bay area, kpix5 viewer in pacifica took these pictures. he saw the streak of light above his house at 6:20 this morning. >> did you know there was once to plan the space shuttle from the west coast from vandenburg, after the challenger disaster in 1986, they scuffle the plans because they would have launched the shuttle over the continental u.s. so, away went the vehicle assembly building, which is still built and in place down there. back in the bay area, temperatures really warm at the beach and around the bay. as a result, beautiful, warmer than opening day on the baby far with readings approaching the 70s along the beach and exceeding them in some places. it was an amazing day for the last day of january. right now, concorde has 73 degrees. santa rosa 77 degrees. even as we approach 6:00 toni

i mean, i like air force one over like, delta and us airways, obviously -- [laughter] but more importantly, you know, i miss sort of that group. and i remember -- and i didn't get it at the time, but i remember when coach k. used to say it every season, you know, this group will never be back again. and for that and for him that was like really kind of a sand thing. and i didn't -- sad thing. and i didn't really understand it until i was a senior because i was actually leaving. and it was really, you know, a very similar feeling when i ended up leaving the white house at the end of 2011. you know, it was kind of the end of a team for me, and, you know, i do miss it. but i think, you know people are still nice to me. i'm not -- i don't get the cold shoulder. you know? i have vacations. [laughter] it's, like not all bad. >> follow up to that would be would you just be allowed to go back in? i mean, are you still -- now that you're out like, is the door closed, you know what i mean? is that the end of the era? >> i don't know. the guy that took my job is really good. [laughter] i don't know t

force against protesters. mending their ways we bring the strategies of niger delta. plus new delhi's promise to stop corruption. first to breaking news. shots have been fired at a copenhagen cafe where freedom of speech meeting was being held. the french ambassador had were there. we bring you these pictures now. a shooting at a copenhagen cafe. we don't have any more details other than that, but when we find out more we'll obviously let you know. let's take you four world leaders to negotiate the cease-fire deal. if anything what is happening on the grouped anything to go by, it's already looking shaky. there has been fierce fighting. >> it's hard to believe there is an cease-fire just hours away as they make a bloody attempt to recapture communities. robbing as much territory as possible has become the order of the day as the clock ticks down to a cause in hostileities. >> the militia are trying to solve tactical tasks. to widen the territories that they control. >> and clearing up this morning in the center of the city of donetsk after a residential block was hit