that fired three missiles. >> yeah, we are joined again by cnn military analyst, retired general mark hertling. general hertling, your response to hearing that this was a drone strike? apparently, according to local reports carried out with three missiles. this is obviously city in beirut and we understand that the translation is suburbs. but nevertheless, this is a highly populated area. what do you make of this kind of attack being carried out there? >> yeah. i was in that area a long, long time ago. >> boris, about ten years ago. and it is highly populated. it is a typical middle, middle eastern suburb with a lot of concrete buildings narrow streets but when you're talking about the fact that it was potentially or at least the idf is saying it was a drone strike again, i go back to what i said earlier. that's a very good thing because it shows a limited kinetic operation against a specific target as opposed to a massive campaign either by air or ground against multiple targets? it gets in beirut. the thing i've been very concerned about is an incursion into lebanon by the israeli defense fo

but it's kind of right out of a spy novel yeah, certainly. >> all alright, lieutenant general mark hertling, always great to see you. thanks so much. >> great to see you, jessica. thank you. >> so the come president biden working the phones right now as he speaks with a number of democratic caucuses, all as he rally support around his reelection bid, we have new reaction from lawmakers who were on those calls that's next it appears that despite my sinister efforts, employees are still managing their own hr and payroll. >> why would you think near humans deserve to do their own payroll? because their livelihoods depend on it, because they have bills to bay. hear me now return the world of hr and payroll to its rightful place of chaos or face as tsunami want to save on some of the biggest names in streaming on the network made for streaming? x marks the spot. now you can add the new xfinity streamsaver™ that includes netflix, peacock, and apple tv+. that's xfinity streamsaver™ for just $15 a month. all your favorites. all in one place. only from xfinity. for more watching and less spending...

that's what we're trying to get to our panel joins us again, and i want to go to retired general mark hertling, who was patiently awaiting as we were processing all of this news. >> general karine jean-pierre, those spoke of a diplomatic solution to the tension between israel and hezbollah. but many experts have pointed out that any solution without a ceasefire between hamas and israel is likely not going to last how critical are those two components to actually moving forward with a stable situation on the northern border? for of israel with lebanon well, anytime you're talking about a conflict, boris, you have to have some kind of political end state in this case for israel, a political end state is getting rid of hamas, protecting their citizens from strikes from various tourist organizations, getting there hostages back and finding a forward solution in hamas or in gaza rather. >> so all of those things are part of a potential political solution. and i know that's what the united states has been working harder and doing. when you're talking about the shift from a focus of attention on hama

joining us now, cnn military analyst retired us army commanding general mark hertling. general, good to have you here. thanks so much first. >> where would you put your level of concern in terms of this this conflict today than this specific one escalating into an all-out war between israel and hezbollah jessica. >> it's good to be with you to always end what i'd say is from the very start of this war, i've had concerns about a two front war with israel. not only in gaza, but also in southern lebanon with hamas this only exacerbates that the fact that it was a strike on the golan on heights, it was another strike. and for those of us who monitor the daily back-and-forth fire versus counterfire between hezbollah and the israeli defense forces. this has been something that's been occurring every single day in a morning update, i get from the israeli defense forces, i see that they have had more missiles and rockets launched from lebanon into israeli territory. they've often described their strikes back at those locations. but what we're talking about now is multiple civil

is cnn global affairs analyst kim dozier, and cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general mark hertling. good to see you both. general on the f-16s. let me ask you, being delivered to ukraine right now, ready to fly this summer? how much of a difference could these make well, they, they could make a very big difference, kate, if you're, if they're used corrected correctly, lots of people have been discussing this for months, but the better question is not will they make a difference? >> but how can they make a difference? and the reason i say that is because the f 16 is a multi-role fighter. which means they can be used in an air to air role shooting down other airplanes. they can use in a close support role, air to ground supporting troops on the front line. and they can also be used in a deep strike role, which means i can go behind enemy lines bombed targets, hit them, and just, you know, basically, disrupt the battlefield but i'm saying all those because it's one thing to get the aircraft. it's a much different thing to use the aircraft properly. russia has been anticipating this. t