congressman darrell issa is going to join us fresh from today s hearing. he can tell us about the efforts to find a balanced and practical approach to immigration reform. the very latest with details today on the quest for immigration reform. jon. jon: we ll be talking about it. right now what may be the most high-profile involvement by america yet in the syria crisis. close to the syrian borderer, american batteries of patriot missiles in turkey go operational today. the move described as defensive in nature after syrian shells have hit towns and killed civilians in turkey, a nato ally. greg talcott streams live from a base in turkey, he s the only american network correspondent reporting from reporter: jon, that s right. as of today the u.s. is now militarily involved, at least to some degree, in the syria conflict. at the turkish military base behind me, we watched today as the patriot missile battery here was turned on, some 400 soldiers from oklahoma, texas and elsewhere are n
keeping syria s civil war within its borders is the rain nato and the united states are putting pate i don t patriot missile bas in turkey. as of today the u.s. is militarily involved to some degree in the syrian conflict. a u.s. patriot missile battery is operational in a turkish city 30 miles from the u.s. border. u.s. deployment is aimed at defending nate ally turkey from cross border syrian action. we re in a defensive posture. turkey is essex possessed. lasts october shells hit a turkey border town killing five people. they cannot down surface to air missiles including scuds which could be more deadly. could they have chemical
the idea is to protect turkey, a nato ally will be from a missile attack. and troops will stand at the ready in case syria tries to use chemical weapons on its own people. general jack keane joins us. what have we moved over to syria and what is it significance? we don t know the total number of batteries. but the dutch are providing patriot batteries and the germans and the united states out of europe, i would imagine. megyn: i m sorry to be obtuse. but when you say battery what do you mean? it s a missile battery. the element that fires the missiles and they have a command and control facility that guides the missile to the target and
hezbollah was indeed behind the latest drone. the iranian-backed group bought a lot of their more sophisticated weaponry from iran. lately iran has been showing off their unmanned aerial vehicles including a drone-like bomber they showed off about a year ago. in the past 48 hours we ve gotten a lot of news from the iranians. no confirmation they were behind this dron. but they said the drone got so far into israel shows quote, the weakness of israel s air defense systems. israelis have not been saying much but doing a lot. we have the patriot missile battery deployed up near haifa. we heard reports from lebanon that israeli fighter jets buzzed strongholds in southern lebanon. so far no retaliatory strikes, meaning no bombing runs or strafing runs by the israeli fighter jets but clearly a show of force by the israelis, jon. jon: drones come in all sizes.
nation was involved with. contamination. federal officials still investigating where the fungus came from and how it got into the medication at the pharmacy. jenna? jenna: still so many questions about this story. more as we get the developments. jonathan, thank you very much. reporter: certainly. jon: and new information now on an unmanned drone shot out of israeli airspace over the weekend. right now hezbollah is quickly becoming the leading suspect. the group known for its arsenal of iranian weapons and for targeting israel with similar aircraft in the past. leland vittert live from our jerusalem bureau. leland. reporter: right now we can confirm that the israeli air force has put a u.s.-made patriot missile battery in northern israel to defend against any future drone strikes or drone launches. right now the israelis are very worried about. this is a significant step forward for whichever enemy of the jewish state has long range, over the horizon