Russian Missiles Misfire, Land in Iran
HARLOW: We are getting breaking news just into us here at CNN. The governor of Oklahoma just admitting that corrections officials in her state may have used the wrong drug to execute a prisoner. Charles Warner was executed back in January and, according to the governor of the state, the mix up only came to light after state officials stayed the execution last week because they were sent potassium acetate instead of chloride. At the time of his execution, there were reports that Warner had said that, quote, "My body is on fire." We will bring you more on that disturbing development as soon as we have it. Another story we're following closely, a shocking incident in Russia's military intervention in Syria. Two U.S. officials telling CNN several Russian cruise missiles fired from the Caspian Sea aimed at targets in western Syria have crash landed in Iran, specifically, we're told that it was four of them. They never made it over Iran into Syria. It's not clear where they landed in Iran or if anyone was hurt. Joining me now is Jill Dougherty, former CNN Moscow bureau chief, who has extensive knowledge on Putin and his thinking here. First, your reaction to this, the fact that it appears, according to two top officials, these missiles didn't make it, they landed in Iran.</s>JILL DOUGHERTY, FORMER CNN MOSCOW BUREAU CHIEF: Number one, you have to look at those reports and ask whether they are correct. I don't see anyone on the record making that statement. So it would be good to look for some confirmation. If it is true, and again that's a big if, it would be very significant after all the Russians have been touting the accuracy of their weapons. That was one very big thing that President Putin was talking about with his defense minister. And then also just the implications of what could happen if missiles like that go astray in some country. Apparently, according to these unconfirmed reports, landing in Iran, crashing in Iran, what if it had hit some populated area. So there are a lot of concerns about this. Just have to see how it plays out. But I can tell you here where I am, which is the Baltics, that used to be part of the Soviet Union. They are now independent countries. They are part of NATO. So people here are looking closely. A lot of concern from NATO about how quickly Russia was able to move in forces into Syria. So NATO is making strong statements. The secretary- general saying, NATO is here, we have your back. We're on the ground. And actually the U.K. is bringing in 100 troops that it is permanently stationing in the three countries here in the Baltics. The implications of what's going on in Syria are spreading to other parts of the world.</s>HARLOW: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said today that, "We have seen increasingly unprofessional behavior from Russian forces." This is building on comments he said yesterday saying, "The U.S. is not ready to cooperate on airstrikes in Syria," calling the Russian strategy flawed. Do you see, Jill, any Russian strategy that the United States would agree with? And would operate alongside?</s>DOUGHERTY: At this point, it doesn't appear that is going to happen. One of the key elements is the fact that the United States policy is to have Assad out of the picture. The president of Syria and the Russians want to keep him in the picture. At least at this point, until there's something that potentially could take over. So I don't see a meeting of the minds at all. The rhetoric is very strong and very aggressive on both sides.</s>HARLOW: Jill Dougherty, thank you for the analysis, as always. I appreciate it. Coming up next, the American hero who helped thwart a train attack in France -- you remember those images very well -- now hospitalized after being reportedly stabbed near a bar in California. We'll have that. Also, at any moment, Donald Trump will be hosting a rally in Las Vegas at any moment. We'll see if he reacts to the breaking news out of Capitol Hill this afternoon. We'll bring some of that to you live. Stay with us.