with news that could furtherer ratchet up the tensions. the pentagon is saying t ining s getting ready to send ships to syria. i want to go straight to the pentagon to barbara starr. i was listening to your exchange there in the pentagon briefing earlier today. you were pressing them a bit. tell me about the exchange. reporter: there s been a bit of confusion. there s a urth vessel that turned back to russia. it was a bit of a surprise when the pentagon announced it has information that three warships from russia were headed to syria. i want you to have a listen to what they had to say. the russian military is preparing to dispatch some we think it has supplies and perhaps personnel to their base there. we have no indication that these vessels and that material is being sent to syria for any other puose than the russian military has acknowledged themselves that it s for re-supply and with protection to have that at that facility. what reporter: so far the russian gove