responsibility for rockets fired into israel over night from lebanon coming as israel and iran trade threats following a deadly attack on an israeli-managed oil tanker. we have reporters in both countries. first, want to go to hadas gold who joins us on route from jerusalem to the israel/lebanon border. a lot going on where you are hadas. reporter: john a lot going on. 19 rockets, according to the israeli military, were fired from lebanon into israel just a few hours ago. ten were intercepted by the iron dome system. right now we have no reports of casualty and the israeli military saying they re responding by firing toward where the rockets came from, but this is a very serious escalation because hezbollah, the iran-backed militant group that essentially controls southern lebanon have taken responsibility. they have not taken responsibility for attacks into israel in at least two years and they have not taken responsibility for rocket attacks since at least 2006. now, the israeli mi
this is such a sensitive time. we have rockets this morning. we have a relatively new government in israel as well all of this a very sensitive moment while the iran nuclear talks are potentially on hold. very sensitive, very volatile and will continue to watch it. john? hadas gold, thank you very much. let s head to iran where a spokesman foreign ministry responded to iran. fred pleitgen is joining us. reporter: the iranians angry at some of the things the israelis have been saying and throwing threats right back at the israelis. in fact, one of the things that happened a day ago is that the head of iran s very powerful revolutionary guard corp., the general went down to that area to the persian gulf where some of the incidents had been taking place and he said that iran was ready for anything if the israelis chose to attack. he said the iranian forces down there, which are massive, they have navy forces, surface to air
this isn t that easy a change for him. he was a very, very good relationship. how long do you think he ll stick around? that i don t know. i can t tell you that. but i can say that we ve had a very good relationship. and we ve achieved a lot together. so i like john a lot. i like him, and i respect him. errol lewis, cnn political commentator and anchor for spectrum news with us now. errol, she d, you know, things happen sometimes. he likes him a lot, but things happen. do you read anything into that? yeah. this is not great news when you re john kelly. you don t want to hear your boss say, when asked if he s going to stay around, i don t know. it seems here that john kelly s publicly state intention to stay for a year, that will time out in july, will be the end if not sooner. all right. let s listen to what he said about that former white house communications director hope hicks when asked if she was coming back.
replacement for chief of staff john kelly. sources say the president has been privately polling aides and advisers about possible replacements for months now. several people considered to be on a list to replace him, including office of management and budget director milk mulvaney, and the vice president mike pence s top pick, nick ayers. they spoke about the possible departure on air force one. a wonderful man. john kelly, four star, wonderful man. and don t forget, this is a big change for him. you know, this isn t that easy a change for him. a very good. how long do you think he ll stick around? i can t say that. we have a very good relationship and achieved a lot together. i like john a lot. i like him and respect him. now the washington post is reporting that the pentagon s looking into how much it would cost to scale back or transfer u.s. troops in germany. a pentagon spokesman tells cnn,
reporter: that s right. he addressed those rumors yesterday telling reporters that those reports were fake, that he has a great relationship with john kelly. he did note that it has been a challenge to be chief of staff, to switch from being head of homeland security to becoming the president s key person in the white house. the president kind of spoke openly about that yesterday. here is more of what he said. he s a wonderful man. john kelly, four star, wonderful man. and don t forget, this is a big change for him. this isn t that easy of a change for him. we have a very, very good relationship. how long do you think he ll stick around? that, i don t know. but i can say that we ve had a very good relationship and we ve achieved a lot together. i like john a lot. i like him and i respect him. reporter: and we should point out that sources have told cnn that now for months president trump has been talking to