against assad earlier this month, or it might have been a planned smaller attack and something went wrong. kate? barbara starr at the pentagon starting us off this morning, thanks so much. syria s ambassador to the u.n. we know says his country is preparing for war. cnn s fred pleitgen was the only network correspondent reporting from inside syria, he was there until just a couple hours ago and joins us now from beirut. fred, what can you tell us this morning? reporter: apparently the syrian military is emptying out some of its main buildings, for instance the headquarters of the air force and the headquarters of the army, that s according to media reports. it s difficult to verify that. the other thing that appears to be happening, they appear to be moving some of the artillery pieces out in the mountains around damascus used to shell rebel positions in the past, all of this out of fear of u.s. air
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