Tensions escalate between Iran and the U.S.

Iranian officials have called the killing of General Qassem Soleimani an act or war and vowed revenge. Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins CBSN to discuss the tension building in the Middle East.

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