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The bluster and the brinkmanship. i dont expect to it result in anything. its unsettling. >> shepard: were alone outside the iran agreement now. can sanctions from the united states not supported by others in the agreement, can they have an effect? >> yes, they can. were trying to force countries to choose between doing business with us and doing business with iran. so the extent of these sanctions on the u.s. side has a far broader scope than you would anticipate by looking at the trade statist...

Middle east, donald trump knows who they are and exactly the types of denuclearization they are pushing. iran has been tampered by europe, given everything by europeans and no one challenged this country and it is time someone with some guts stand up to this guy. it is another refreshing step in the right direction. like we saw with north korea we will see the same backgrounds by the iranians and what the us people put trump in power would like to see with their leadership, strong national secur...

Responded to the president on twitter writing color us unimpressed. the world heard harsher bluster and weve heard it for 40 years. weve been around for millennia and seen fall of empires, including our own. be cautious, the iranians wrote. now that the u.s. has pulled out of the iran nuclear deal. economic sanctions kick in less than two weeks from now. that could be part of the conversation and well be monitoring the speeches here inside the u.n. and bring you highlights throughout the day. >>...

In 2016. she says the hoax is the allegation that trump conspired with the kremlin. >> just part of what we were following from the white house today. terry moran live at the white house. and terry, were also following the growing tension between the u.s. and iran. as you know, president trump tore up the nuclear agreement some time back. but over the weekend, we witnessed strong words from irans moderate president, hasan rouhani, warning the u.s. that "peace with iran is the mother of all peace...

Nuclear weapon. when we have specifics well let you know. >> doesnt president trump plan to move u.s. carriers to the -- >> i dont have specific announcements on that at this point. >> richard haass with the council on foreign relations. yesterday was irans lucky day. they look back in history, as they mentioned, donald trump threatened north korea, then donald trump gave north korea everything they wanted. donald trump made his secretary of state fly half way around the world to try to resolve ...

And now youre saying the iranians were on the ropes. donald trump attacking the iranians with bluster again just strengthens them at home? >> i think it does. hurting them economically, helping them politically. a real disconnect. secretary of state gives a speech and sunday calling for regime change in iran. the leadership corrupt. cites chapter and verse. suddenly the administration is discovered the value of human rights and democracy, at least in one country which is iran. so thats a real sh...

Pulled out of the jcoa he did not reveal an alternate plan to address irans nuclear ambitions? he seemed to bank on economic sanctions being enough to get them back to the table. is that still his plan b? >> look, as we said, the preside presidents number one goal is to the make sure iran doesnt get nuclear weapon. when we have specifics we will let you know. >> reporter: does president trump plan on ordering to move carriers or additional military resources to the region should iran continue to...

Always ends in weakness and groveling on his part? >> well, joe i dont think its thought through, because we dont have much of an iran policy other than economic pressure. were not willing to counter them around the region, be it syria or anywhere else. the short run, its actually good for the regime. the currency is plummeting, didnt get the benefits they wanted from the nuclear agreement, but this strengthens them for rouhani, for the foreign minister. this makes them look tough. people are ra...

Regret. >> not at all. >> years straining to identify a political moderate. some believe the president fits that bill. the truth is they are merely polished front man for the ayatollahs international con artistry. >> bret: big focus on this tweet. it never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. we are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. be cautious. ...

Abilities to make war. i dont know why we would ever -- how do we fight a war with iran? were going to go over there and fight there? were going tove aide them? what kind of a war -- >> i dont think trump wants to fight a war with iran any more than he wanted to fight a war with north korea. i think he thinks that bluster and bluff can get them to back down. >> regime change where youre going to knock off the ayatollahs with words? >> i think we have embarked on a slow motion regime change proje...