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Weve seen images of the missiles. and the assessment is, of u.s. investigators on the ground here, we understand now, working with the saudi investigators. their assessment is missiles are low-altitude xruz missiles, assisted by drones. they were flown from and took off from bases inside iran. inside iran, close to the border with iraq. these groan-assisted cruise missiles, flew a trajectory, across the saudi desert, from the north. some of the missile systems falling short. and other indication...

The missiles fired at these sites hit their targets. that some of the missiles fell short of the target in the desert to the north of these sites, the because they fell in the desert not all of these weapons systems exploded, which allowed investigators both u.s. and saudi weapons expert investigators to make a more detailed forensic analysis of the undamaged parts of these systems concludes that they are iranian manufacturer, that they do appear to be cruise missiles, low flying cruise missiles...

Will, fell short of their target. they came in from the north. they havent fully exploded. theres evidence on the ground that investigators can get their hands on and analyze. u.s. weapons experts are on the ground and recovered. what they are also assessing is there is a high probability, and this is the assessment of saudi arabia and the united states, that the weapons were fired from bases inside iran. close to the border with iraq. and then, down over kuwait and down into saudi arabia, and h...

Whether or not this is an opportunity to kind of rebuild the coalition that was dealing with iran. if he uses it as an opportunity to rebuild that coalition in dealing with iran, then i think it can be a very effective device in terms of trying to figure out what pressure we put on iran as a consequence. >> theres been a big focus on military action, if thats a possibility or if its not, and the president has really dialed back his talk about it. but over the weekend he had said the u.s. was loc...

Additionally, additionally now, theres a high probability that both the u.s. and saudi investigators believe that the weapons were fired from iran from bases just inside iran, next to the border with iraq, flown over iraq, through kuwait and onto saudi arabia. so the unofficial word, if you will, would be that the weapons took off and were fired from iran. the official position is theyre still investigating that, and the saudis trying to bring international support saying that they would welcome...

>> the president today said, "i prefer not to meeting him." iran said that there is no possibility of a meeting at the u.n. president trump suggested that any retaliatory military restraint. irans chief of the air force saying that military bases are within range of iranian missiles. >> u.s. officials told fox today that it appears that the attack came from the north through iraq and kuwait, which is why it wasnt detected by missile batteries. they are aimed to the south to counter the threat fr...

Im somebody that would like not to have war. we have the strongest military in the world, but i dont want war with anybody, but were prepared more than anybody. >> reporter: today the national security council met with the president. there are military options. >> you certainly could strike revolutionary guards, core sites. you could hit bases. you could hit various sites that the military is already aware of >> reporter: other options a u.s. cyber attack against iran or targeting iranian ships....

And talk about snakes and mosquitoes and they would still cheer him. its a performance. its a rally. its untethered from the truth and the facts as rallies so often are. he think can he go there and expand the map. its actually kind of a sign of d desperation. hes grasping at a state where he thinks he might have a chance. so hell go there and do a road show and talk about the trillions that arent there and hide the fact that the wall will zap money away from these day bases. >> you can go to an...

Beto had done a fabulous job on capitalizing on that interest, with on that passion on the left. and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are going to have to find a balance between getting something done, leaving room for the 2020 candidates to disagree on the issue on what they want to do, and delivering for their bases. >> but, i do wonder if, again, how theyre approaching president trump on this. could it work. could that eventually lead to us seeing background checks being passed by the senate? >...

Kinessette. if they wanted to form a government they would have to incorporate a wide group of supporters including arab israeli voters who may, according to the opinion polls, end up with 12 seats. that would make them a very significant coalition partner ruling out of course their participation with the right wing coalition, possibly participation with the left wing. what we can be sure about all of this is no matter how much people motivate their bases, all of the polls indicate that theres g...