collided midair in northern germany the pilots of the 2 combat planes are said to have objected bolton jets belong to the german air force the aircraft has been in service for 16 years. also coming up if a little earthquake in turkey as the opposition wins control of istanbul thousands celebrate as the victory deals ace.

bolton, the national security adviser, announced the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and a number of other assets, they announced even more, patriot battery, an air defense system, a number of jets and other assets to the region. this is all in response to what the u.s. maintains is a credible thread of threats from iran. they really emanate in three different areas. one is in the maritime environment. that's what we're seeing here today, potential attacks against tankers and commercial shipping throughout the gulf of oh man, the strait of hormuz and into the north arabian sea. another threat steam is in saudi arabia. that may have manifested in what we saw yesterday, an attack on a saudi airport in southern saudi arabia. some sort of a missile that resulted in more than two dozen people being injured. of course, the third is in iraq itself, which seems to be more of a threat against americans there from iranian backed shia militia groups, hallie. this has been going on for a number of weeks. tensions remain high. >> you have it all happening as the prime minister of japan, shinzo abe is meeting with iranian's supreme leader, s. >> that's right, hallie. it's more of this war of