Centcom Down News Today

Reaction this morning. joe, what are you hearing? >> reporter: so far crickets from the white house as it has been all morning, and we have gotten that statement from centcom down in tampa filling in some of the blanks. probably the most important thing they said are that the this was an unprovoked attack the u.s. called it. and an asset in international airspace. the white house isnt saying too much ability this, its pretty clear they dont want to get ahead of the president in case he decides t...

Elsewhere that can do great damage to u.s. forces and assets elsewhere outside of iran. >> from your experience, the top advisor to the president right now would be either john bolton or the secretary of state. there is no -- theres an acting defense secretary. the one whos leaving, the president hasnt loved to begin with. the one whos coming in is new to the job. where is pompeos head at this moment when the president is asking for his options? >> secretary pompeo has been suspiciously quiet th...

Analysts claim that the centcom, which actually is in command of all the forces there in iraq, centcom down in florida, took some of their intel and manipulated it, cooked the books, to make it appear that the progress being made by iraqi forces on the ground and u.s. air strikes was more than was actually being achieved, that there was more progress in the fight against isis. now, according to some military officials, this sounds like among the thousands of analysts that it appears there were a...