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He said its for nobody else to suggest whether heer should or should not run. i read him the tweet from the president and don jr. he said he believed the president was being influenced by washington establishment voices. he says hes here to prove everybody wrong in this race. nobody is going to get him out, even if jeff sessions were to join the race. hes staying in here. he fervently makes the case that the 2017 election was stolen from him, even though he was not able to provide any instances ...

Chuck, are you with us? >> i am, andrea. >> congratulations, that was extraordinary. we watched a piece of it. tell us what was your big take away? >> well, i can tell you about his decision about iran, he had enormous confidence about his decision not to do list. you get this sense and this is what i am still not fully, you just talk to him. he was cautious the whole day about this. i think thats where i think is interesting as we continue to learn more of activities at the pentagon and state d...

Congressman alyssa slotkin who services on the armed services committee and previously worked at the cia and pentagon. this was a very measured president trump with chuck todd. extraordinary description, expanding on the bare bones of that tweet from earlier today giving the context. and i have to say that john brennan, one of his harshest critics earlier on this program said he did the right thing by pulling back that strike. >> reporter: it was remarkable, andrea to hear president trump talk a...

Dissension. what are they telling you? >> reporter: let me read you this statement from an senior administration official. this official does underscore that point, which is, quote, there was complete unanimity amongst the presidents advisors and d.o.d. leadership on an appropriate response to irans activities. the president made the final decision. so broader context here. we know that there are various different perspectives here behind the scenes of this administration. the president has talk...

Loss of life, something he tweeted about. those 150 lives, according to his military generals that would have been at risk and, from his own calculation, and from his own retelling of it, that was too far for him given the fact that this was an unmanned drone that was shot down. this goes back to something you and i have been discussing since yesterday when president trump spoke in the oval office. he said if this had been a manned drone, the response would be much different. our calculation wou...

Escalation. >> you know, i actually very much disagree with secretary panetta we should have gone through with that strike. the reality is weve been on this path of escalation with iran since trump pulled out of the nuclear deal. if we cross the hurdle into a shooting war, were hitting targets inside of iran. their interest and capacity to respond is widespread. they could respond in afghanistan, they could respond in iraq, they could respond in the straits of hormuz, they could respond against ...

Rehema ellis is in st. louis with details. bring us up to date. >> reporter: i should tell you andrea, today was the deadline for the state department of health here in missouri to come into court and tell the judge whether or not it would issue a new license for planned parenthood or not. not surprising to the planned parenthood the state said no its not issuing a new license for abortions to be performed here. but abortions will still be performed in the state of missouri because there was a p...

Talking about that too much. youll find out. so really underscoring that initial tweet that we saw from president trump today, making it very clears it is the administrations position that that drone was in international airspace, not flying in irans airspace. again, when pressed on what specifically the response would look like, the president reiterating youll soon find out. so continuing to dangle that possibility, clearly discussions going on here behind the scenes about what, if any, respons...

That can certainly indicate that the rules of engagement are a moderated response, moderated eggsing lags. it reflects the presidents thinking, certainly and perhaps not the thinking of his national security adviser. >> tlaert, andrea. look how the u.s. military has responded as the tensions and really whats become a game of chicken has continued to go on. first the u.s. surged an aircraft carrier headed to the region. they accelerated the deployment, they brought in additional bombers, addition...

Support. we have an election coming up. i think nancy pelosi is going to do the right thing. >> will that be the end of tariffs on canada and mexico? >> well see. they have to do what they have to do. we understand that. we cant have big tremendous shipments of certain products. we understand that very well. >> we were very pleased with the lifting of tariffs on steel and aluminum. >> theyve been lifted. if theres trans shipping, ill call justin and hell take care of it. if he doesnt take care o...