A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r. T. H. Q. In moscow and should joining us this hour. The u. S. Is introducing a major sanctions against iran including the countrys Supreme Leader thats according to media reports the escalation comes in response to irans downing of a u. S. Military drone which the Islamic Republic says violated its airspace but washington has expressed doubts over who is really to blame for the attack. We expect the president to announce an additional round of sanctions in response to irans downing of an american unmanned vehicle the president also had doubts as to whether or not the downing of our Unmanned Aircraft was actually authorized at the highest levels but were not convinced that it was authorized is at the highest levels. The drone downing prompted a furious reaction from washington preparations to strike iran were minutes away from being put into motion before donald trump intervened he later claimed he wasnt calling off the attack
Thank you all so much for joining us. Well see you back here tomorrow for special coverage of trumps trial. 9 30 a. M. Eastern, right now seen a news night with abby phillip starts echoes of the vietnam era for this generations protest movement. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening. Im abby phillip in new york tonight, americas universities are losing control of their campuses suspensions, arrest, tear gas. Schools across the map are cracking down now on propalestinian protests but should they or by doing so, are they setting a precedent that undercuts a Fundamental American Tradition and an american right. Breaking tonight, cnn, with this dozens of arrests at the University Of Texas Austin Campus were officers are apparently using force to take people into custody students from inside and encampment. There are alleging that Police Deployed mace and other socalled chemical munitions. Now, take a look at where this is happening. Just over the last two weeks, columbia is the epicenter
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Were hearing that the twotime president ial hopeful has been holding some meetings while vacationing in South Carolina. Lets go to michelle kosinski, our senior white house correspondent. I guess if youre the Vice President and looking at these poll numbers, maybe youre thinking, possibly, possibly. What are we hearing from the Vice President . Reporter absolutely. You have to know hes been thinking about this for a long time and his son beau who just died in may urged him to take this chance and run with it. But then the timing was so terrible personally for him. So you know hes been thinking about it but now we are getting word that hes been reaching out while on vacation this week to a few close friends, advisers, politicos, trying to get a better lay of the land as to what it would look like if he did make that decision to run now. No one really knows and over the last several weeks people that weve talked to have said they dont know. These are people close to him that say he reall