And im George Howell from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Newsroom starts now. Well, tensions between iran and the u. S. Appear to be escalating yet again just as things were starting to quiet down. In a tweet the u. S. President warned that if iran wants a fight it would mark the official end he says of that country. Mr. Trump also told tehran not to threaten america again. But he did not provide context. In the meantime the u. S. Ally saudi arabia also warning iran against reckless behavior as it calls it but the kingdom says it doesnt want conflict either. Listen. Translator saudi arabia does not want to warn the region and is not seeking it and will do its best to avoid it. But at the same time if the other party chooses war then we will respond with all strength and determination and will defend itself and its interests. This week saudi arabia accused iran of ordering drone strikes on two oilpumping stations in response to alleged iranian threats countries of the Gulf Cooperati
We begin with two very different messages from the white house aimed at the middle east. One message speaks of peace. The other speaks of war. For the palestinians talk of Economic Opportunity if theres peace with israel. But for iran theres this threat from u. S. President donald trump via twitter. If iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran. Never threaten the United States again. Well, cnn is on the ground covering these stories from across the region. Our hadas gold is live in jerusalem and Senior International correspondent Fred Pleitgen is in irans capital tehran. Fred, lets start with you. What is being made of this threat coming from the u. S. President , a man who just days ago said well, i hope there wont be war with iran . Now were seeing this threat via twitter. Whats going on here . Reporter yeah. And the interesting part of, it rosemary, is it comes as President Trump, as you said, at the end of last week continued to reiterate that he actually wants tal
In january 2016 was false. And in another development the president is really not going to like a federal judge to hand over the financial records to congress. The president sought to block his subpoena for the records issued by the House Oversight committee. That as theyre directing the former white House Counsel to don mcgahn and defa subpoena. And chairman jerry nadler threatening quote serious consequences if mcgahn fails to appear and the clock is ticking. Lets bring in the players here. Jennifer rogers, max booth. The author off conservatism, why i left the right. Max, you first. In the face of continued stone walling by the president and the justice department, jerry nadler says there will be serious consequences, he ez, if mcgahn fails to appear. So thats what he told my colleague. Chris cuomo. He ill play this and then well talk. Well, the president and his behavior is making it more and more difficult to ignore other alternatives, including impeachment and well have to consid
His subpoena for the records issued by the House Oversight committee. That as theyre directing the former white House Counsel to and chairman jerry nadler threatening quote serious consequences if mcgahn fails to appear and the clock is ticking. Lets bring in the players here. Jennifer rogers, max booth. The author off conservatism, why i left the right. Max, you first. In the face of continued stone walling by the president and the justice department, jerry nadler says there will be serious consequences, he ez, if mcgahn fails to appear. So thats what he told my colleague. He ill play this and then well talk. Well, the president and his behavior is making it more and more difficult to ignore other alternatives, including impeachment and well have to consider that and all other alternatives. What do you think of what nancy pelosi saying hes goating you. I dont know and even if he goating us, he may be wrong to do so from his point off view. But were going to do what we have to do to pr