daily global oil production. if about the strait were to close because of the threat of ongoing attacks, it would be a massive blow to the world s economy. just this week, iran s foreign minister said his country does not want an armed conflict. and the retired general says the u.s. doesn t want such a conflict either. i m confident that from the u.s. side and from the coalition side that there is very little likelihood that we would escalate and try to be more aggressive than we presently are, as barbara described in terms of the deterrent effect of our increased presence in the region. in the strait of hormuz, there s nothing that serendipitously happens. it s always been a focus globally. these events are orchestrated by the iranians. we can expect more going toward. coming up in the next hour, we re speaking with general hurtling, former commander, for his opinions, as well. this morning, millions across the country are
spider marks. thank you general for joining us. sure. how significant of an escalation is this in your opinion? well, from the iranians, clearly this is escalatory. we anticipated this them doing this. i m confident from the u.s. eystad and from the coalition side that there is very little likelihood we would escalate and try to be a more aggressive than we presently are as barbara described in terms of the deterrent effect of our presence and increased presence in the region. look in the straits of hormuz there is nothing that everer issen pb randomly happens. it s orchestrated by the iranians. something that the defense intelligence director said robert ashley asked about this. and he said iran is going into recession and the glide path they are on is more of the same. what you see is an attempt to break the status quo is to look
dictator assad he got him with other muslim countries into the coalition. the war was a success, it lasted only a matter of days and light casualties on the coalition side. i think he turned out to be the right man for the challenges that met him when he was in the office. sandra: brit, it s sandra. finally if i could, i wanted to show this exchange with chris wallace and the former president about sending troops into combat and what that was like. it s got to be the hardest thing for any president to send troops zboo combat. no question. nothing compares with it when you send somebody else s kid, somebody else s son or daughter, whatever it is into harm s way. on a personal level how do you live with it? well, you it s respect, you pray, and you rely heavily on a team of experts. but in the final analysis, you
or renew their calls and demands for a cease-fire within 30 days in yemen. there has been a dialing down in the violence. and gist in the last few hours, there has been a statement published by the leader of the iranian-backed houthi rebels clinging onto the port city of hedada. that statement said, in part, they are prepared this is the houthi rebels to end their drone attacks and their use of long-range missiles as a sign of good will. there was an offer of good will that came from the saudi-led coalition side, which about a week ago agreed to allow the medical evacuation of about 50 wounded houthi rebels as a precondition to meeting. there are meetings hoped for to be held sometime over the next couple of weeks somewhere in sweden. but this is a major breakthrough in a conflict that really has
new dimension. that s the key. a longtime reluctant neighbor squarely in the fight. nick p paton walsh reporting for us. i want to bring in retired lieutenant rick francona. how realistic is it to seek to clear the isis threat out of syria? is it a game-changer? the involvement of turkey at this level is a game-changer. everybody on the coalition side is really pleased the turks are now involved. many would say finally involved. we ve been waiting for this for a long time. the turks have the second largest army in nato. they are very capable armed forces and much is deployed down to the syrian iraqi border. so, it is a game-changer as nick said. do they have the capability to go into northern syria and create this buffer zone? yes, they have the capability if they have the political will to do it. but i think we need to be a