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>> so they maintain that, in fact, the boxer did shoot down an iranian drone. its interesting at the beginning they didnt acknowledge it was iranian, but then later central command, which is the u.s. military command that controls that region came out and said they believe its iranian. a couple things about this. the u.s. maintains that the drone was coming within a threatening range. its interesting that president trump specifically used the word defensive action against the drone. because, you...

For fraud as part of the huawei misconduct. >> shannon: thats a whole distinct international situation that has to be addressed as well. >> message to the chinese, you want her to be released we better have a trade deal. >> shannon: were standing by. before the end of this hour they could break from the talk and maybe get some indication. michael, thank you very much for always giving us perspective. a fox news alert. the air force deploying a squadron of advanced f-22 raptor fighter jets to qat...

Today on "meet the press," in which he said he didnt pull the trigger, launched the strike, because he didnt want to kill up to 150 iranians, the u.s. was engaged in a kind of offensive operation, a cyber attack, specifically targeting the command and control systems that iran allegedly used to target two oil tankers in the persian gulf a couple of weeks ago. the operation was apparently coordinated through central command, which has responsibility for military operations here in the middle east...

Ready to go and, in fact, it was spun up and was pulled back. i actually think the military advisers, probably the chairman and potentially the commander of central command, were the ones that were persuading caution, and the rationale behind that is certainly when you spin up a strike with tomahawk missiles, sea-launched missiles, even aircraft, you can give a guarantee of what percentage will hit the target and what the target effects will be. what you cant guarantee as a military leader is wh...

And two subsequent request for forces came from gin mckenzie, who is in the region, monitoring the intel, who is see iing the defense department to shift to other theaters. i dont know if i have enough resources to meet what i think are these threats. the military is at a moment of at least in central command, the command that is in charge of that region. they are portraying these moves as defensive moves. clearly there are democrats on the hill, for example, who worry that -- about the security...

Either. in the total central command operation if you include yemen, somalia, syria, afghanistan, iraq, and all -- egypt, libya, there are military -- u.s. military forces in many countries in the area, and theyre all influenced potentially by iranian militias that are also nearby. so you cant just consider whats going on in the straits of hormuz against navy ships or in airspace over the straits. it has to be where there are also iranian militias that are influenced because they get weapons and...

Just noted, that the strike was ready to go and, in fact, it was spun up and was pulled back. i actually think the military advis advisers, probably the chairman and potentially the commander of central command, were the ones that were persuading caution, and the rationale behind that is certainly when you spin up a strike with tomahawk missiles, sea-launched missiles, even aircraft, you can give a guarantee of what percentage will hit the target and what the target effects will be. what you can...

All right, breaking this morning a u.s. drone shot down by iran. central command moments ago called it unprovoked. how will the white house and pentagon respond. joining me now is democratic congresswoman jackie spear. congresswoman, have you been briefed on this latest attack? >> no, not yet. but certainly before the day is out we will. >> centcom put out a statement calling this unprovoked. in the statement they said the drone was flying in international airspace. nevertheless, it comes at a v...

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. ...

No reason to fly this aircraft over iranian airspace. in a couple hours, if not the matter of days, exact coordinates of where the aircraft was operating will be released. >> harris: weve just learned that there is a plan for the white house to brief on iran, bipartisan, bicameral congressional leaders in the situation room at 3:00 p.m. eastern, just to further the reporting here. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is now being pushed back, timing is unclear on that. this is not taking prece...