went alone, hitting where rick is stanting right now. an imminent threat was thwarted, they said, fwby this al qaeda group. that was taken out as well. they were expecting it to be just isis. we'll have more about the coalition of the arab nations joining the mission, we'll have christiane amanpour help explain who shepping and why. more analysis on this al qaeda offshoot in syria, who was also on the target. what was this imminent threat? we'll get to it. >>> breaking news this morning, we're seeing the first pictures of air strikes launched against isis targets in syria overnight. you can see the drama yourself with missiles launched first from the sea, and then by air, five arab nations helping the u.s. with this military action. jordan, saudi arabia, bahrain, qatar and the united arab emirates. why these countries? and what do we make of the ones that did not take part? we're joined by chief international correspondent, christiane amanpour. you look at the five nations that are in this with the u.s., what is, i guess how significant