<p>CNN's Christiane Amanpour spoke with British military spokesman Chris Vernon while that battle was underway. She joined CNN anchor Bill Hemmer with this report.</p>
<p>HEMMER: One thing we learned today is about military jurisdiction between the U.S. and British forces and how they will divvy up jurisdiction and responsibility inside Iraq. We now know that the British will largely be responsible at some point soon for southeastern Iraq. This includes that port city [Umm Qasr] that sits on the Persian Gulf.</p>