days after the u.s. navy, seals, a team there also worked along uae special operators to carry out a raid on an al qaeda compound and days after a suicide bomber struck a saudi naval vessel. as things accelerate there and there is a lot of action. the u.s.s. cole is confirmed patrolling off the coast of yemen. bill: this is enormously symbolic and perhaps more than that now. when you think about october of 2000 when the cole was blown up and attacked and it was largely overlooked because the u.s. election followed a few weeks later and the 37-day drag-out between al gore and george bush. many believe the beginning to nine 11 start evidence when the cole was hit that fall. to move it back into the area is hugely significant. shannon: maybe some response to iran. now the cole patrolling in yemen may be part of a bigger