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In saudi arabia and the united arab emirates on route to asia. last month four oil tankers were damaged by mines not far from where todays incident occurred. the distress calls came eight minutes apart. central command says the u.s.s. banbridge, part of the abraham lincoln strike group, rescued 21 sailors. that aircraft carrier rushed to the region last month amidst rising tensions with iran. the head of the american forces general frank mackenzie warned of an unspecified eminent threat from ira...

General mckenzie, the new central command commander, a marine four star general for additional forces for force protection. of the 1,500 that were requested, martin, as we break it down, and the pentagon held a briefing yesterday, that was truthfully a little bit confusing because the majority of those 1,500 troops that are going to be there are a 600-person patriot missile battalion, not battery but battalion that is already in theater that is being extended so what youre talking about, once yo...

Number of troops and well see how -- well see what happens. it will be about 1,500 people. >> now, with reaction to what the white house and pentagon say are threats from iran, i want to bring in john kirby who is our national security analyst. of course, a retired admiral. youve been to the pentagon and the state department and as spokesperson you understand these kinds of issues better than most, so break it down for us exactly what this is and why they say at the pentagon even that its needed...

And others? why not hold hearings to make sure they understand what the process is. to be doing that independently is ♪ what we need to have done. ainsley: if they agree with central command to send our troops over what else would be sent and what would that look like. >> the central command commander would take a look what are the threats he is having to look at right now. based on those threats he puts in a mix of forces and capability whether that is just ground troops. whether thats patrio...

Aircraft carrier and b-52 bombers to the region to guard against a possible attack on american interests. president trump has said he doesnt want to go to war. >> mr. president, are we going to war with iran? >> i hope not. >> reporter: one year after he pulled out of the iranian nuclear deal, the president is now urging iranian leaders to reach out to him. >> so, lets get right to martha raddatz with us live tonight. because martha, youre hearing from your sources tonight that this plan will be...

Theaters and, obviously, aegis destroyers have defenses for that. and it also explains why secretary pompeo ordered the evacuation of non-essentials out of iraq, because they believe there is likely a mass casualty threat to iraq and our personnel there. paul: i guess, also, danger of another benghazi, an attack on a u.s. consulate or an embassy, and you dont want that. >> the iranian proxies inside of iraq forced the closure of our consulate in basra a last year as the result of rocket fire. an...

Theaters and, obviously, aegis destroyers have defenses for that. and it also explains why secretary pompeo ordered the evacuation of non-essentials out of iraq, because they believe there is likely a mass casualty threat to iraq and our personnel there. paul: i guess, also, danger of another benghazi, an attack on a u.s. consulate or an embassy, and you dont want that. >> the iranian proxies inside of iraq forced the closure of our consulate in basra a last year as the result of rocket fire. an...

A little light instead of heat on the situation because theres a lot of heat going on. the biggest thing for me to focus on is the forces we are sending are being sent because the commanding general, general mckenzie of central command looked at the threat in the region and went to the national command authority and said id need additional resources to counter this threat from iran and irans proxies. he has asked for these forces. this isnt something the administration pushed the forces and said...

Situation because theres been a lot of heat going on. the biggest thing that is important for me to focus on is the forces that we are sending their are being sent because the commanding general, general mckinzie of central command looked at the threat in the region and went to the national authority and said i need additional resources to counter this threat from iran and irans proxies on attacking our forces. he has asked for these forces, this isnt something with the administration has pushed...

Exception. >> john: on the other side of the aisle, congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted to come of this law forces people to be pregnant against their own consent. it is horrifying. >> john: with conservative supreme court, state legislatures a real opportunity to revisit 1973 roe v. wade decision that has largely defined abortion rights for the past 46 years, but progressive see an opportunity to rally support among liberal base that does not want to see those rights taken away, bret...