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President trump is set to meet with senior military leaders just a few minutes from now. He says all options are on the table after earlier today he condemned the suspected Chemical Attack this syria and said his administration would be making major decisions on how to respond in the next 24 to 48 hours. We will have much more on that, including the president s unprecedented criticism of putin. But first, the other news thats breaking right now thats tied to russia in a whole different way. The ...

Considered. Otherwise have done it and its shown to make the lives of sex workers safer. Back when he was asked in march, he said he didnt have an answer for that. Thats going to wrap up this hour. Ill see you tomorrow morning on today. Andrea mitchell reports starts right now. Big mistake, President Trump with a stern message for iran after iran shoots down an unmanned american drone in what the u. S. Is calling an unprovoked attack over International Waters and iran claims violated their airsp...

>> the white house pumping the brakes on mass mailing, half 1 billion tests after the isolation guidance. lucas tomlinson joins us from the nations capital with the latest. what is going on? >> in an audio briefing, half 1 billion tests will be distributed for free beginning next month but the contract is yet to be completed. earlier this week president biden says his administration has been ramping up testing but admitted is not enough. >> president biden: went from no over-the-counter tests to...

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Will have an audio briefing only with response. lets watch together. >> thanks for joining us on short notice. we just want to get some information out to you guys. we have a lieutenant general, joseph, who is the commander of u.s. air forces central command. he is calling us from the center. he is going to make a brief statement on last night shoot down, and he is not going to take any questions, but we hope to come back to you with more information later today. [indistinct question] >> hello. ...

When asked whether he planned to strike back against iran, he said youll see. sort of leaving a little innuendo there. i think even that is perhaps saying too much. typically in the situation, they dont want to box the president and until theyve debated the military options. >> melissa: what do you make of them not taking any questions? you heard them shouting afterwards questions, saying ony arent you taking any questions? >> there is nothing normal about the way this pentagon press corps has b...

That, then they shoot down the american drone over international waters. what they are doing, he says, is testing the president. you see what happens when the last president was tested in syria, and there was no response. he says if we dont respond to this, just wait until you see what happens with north korea and russia. thats the case that he was making. >> harris: god help us. so i want to point out a couple things about the camera, which we dont control, by the way, getting a closer view of ...

On iran. has conducted covert action against us and now encroaches on our territory. we dont seek war, but will zealously defend our skies, land and waters. well take this new aggression to the u.n. and show the u.s. is lying about international waters. so the iranians from their side at least are saying theyre also quite confident that they believe this drone was shot down over their territory. john, just another word from the iranians because they have some very, very strong language throughou...

Altitude, approximately 34 kilometers from the nearest point of land on the iranian choice. this dangerous and escalatory attack occurred in established air quarters between dubai and muscat, possibly endangering innocent civilians. thank you. >> colonel jack jacobs, you just heard that audio briefing from the air base. lets talk about what your interpretation of this. i was going to ask you, what are the chances that a global hawk could drift into iranian airspace? >> well, anything is possible...