POPPY HARLOW, CNN ANCHOR: All right, we do have some important breaking news just in. CNN has learned the U.S. may start moving battle tanks and troops into eastern Syria soon to protect the American forces already stationed there. This is according to a defense official that is familiar with the plan. Let's go to the Pentagon. Barbara Starr joins me. What else do we know, Barbara?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, good morning, Poppy. What we know now is that there is a plan for specific number of U.S. battle tanks, very heavy weapons and troops to man and support them to move into eastern Syria, potentially relatively soon. That's what we're being told. We are not being given the details because if this really takes place it will be, of course, very sensitive for them to move in there to maintain security for them as they are on the move. The issue at hand right now is there are already troops in this eastern Syria area. This is in and around the Kurdish oil fields that the president has talked so much about, either protecting or controlling. Right now the troops that are there are not scheduled yet to come out as part of the withdrawal. So those tanks, these additional troops will go in and protect them. But this would be very high profile because who else would have armored tanks in the region? Well, that would be the Syrian regime, the Russians and possibly the Turks. Would the U.S. really fire against them? Poppy.</s>HARLOW: A key question. Barbara, thank you very much for that reporting. We have a brand new CNN poll this morning. It shows three quarters of Americans are very concerned about the ongoing situation in Syria. And despite the president's claim that ISIS is defeated, almost 70 percent of Americans are worried that our policy in Syria will lead to a re- emergence of that terrorist group. Meanwhile, the majority of people don't approve of how the president is handling his job as commander in chief. While just 31 percent say leaders from other countries have respect for the president. Who is the Democratic presidential frontrunner right now? That depends on who you ask.
U.S. to Move Military into Eastern Syria