defense secretary djibouti right now. very latest on the defense secretary s trip. secretary of defense mattis undoubted came to djibouti on president trump s drive to crush terrorism. 4,000 u.s. personnel stationed in djouboti and immediately to the southeast on isis-linked al shabab and somalia. in somalia the rules of engagement against al shabaab have been changed from self-defense in the obama administration in what they call additional precision fires. the u.s. is also said to be concerned about the ongoing construction of a chinese naval base in djibouti miles from the
embassy in yemen enflaming the tensions with the rivals. what will it take to ratchet down the tension that ramped up since the execution last weekend? reporter: quite a few countries coming behind saudi arabia. cutting diplomatic tie was iran. somali was one and djouboti is another. the saudis are saying iran is interfering in the domestic affairs and iran is saying you are making a bigger issue out of there. you have bigger problems and you want to divert tension. a lot of international pressure to step back. iran saying stop interfering in our affairs. what does that look like and what will it on the ground? that is hard to make certain. we will see heightened tension