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Little bit of decision space. as i said, hell get criticized for this. its not the same thing. and now itll be really interesting to see what they do today and the decisions that they make and the kinds of discussions they have. because i think abbys right. theres a great deal of chaos over what the policy is and the strategy for iran. now they have a little bit of a chance to take a breather and figure that out. >> the presidents language on this, if you listen to the words he said, very specif...

Including iran, are far more sophisticated than they were. that they could shoot this down at that distance with that accuracy is not insignificant and is an escalation. its a very dangerous time right now. what worries me, john, is the presidents decision space gets further limited and smaller. some of it is on his own doing in the fact his own team is not on the same page but also now the iranians are closing that decision space and pushing him into a corner. >> you have a test of wills. about...

On how iran is responding across the board? >> i think commander are quite used to seeing rhetoric. >> it issay, its a drone that can stay up for many, many hours, and survey territory. they have very much want to see what iran is up to so they are adamant. they are hopeful of putting out the coordinates of where the u.s. says the drone is. i suspect that the two sites will never publicly agree on that, but you know, right now, the pentagon very adamant, could it have been a mistake? the preside...

Therefore, its hard to imagine that they have constructed or are thinking about realistic off-ramps to decrease the temperature and to give iran a way out of this that doesnt result in confrontation. the other thing is it doesnt appear to me that they are doing anything other than closing down their decision space rather than opening that up. >> interesting point. well hear from the secretary of state any moment. well bring you that live. coming up for us, senate republicans caught off guard b...

Shake-up in the iranian revolutionary guard. >> yeah. >> the president sitting down with the swiss. the message for that meeting at the white house would see at least in public to say that the president wants to put the emphasis on diplomacy right now. is that a fair reading? >> i think show. we dont a lot of other urgent bilateral meetings with the swiss at this moment and this one is really centered on around and they have done back channel negotiations for us in the past and provide a level o...

Course there are plenty of americans not to mention innocent north and south koreans right there. >> and their families. and it doesnt have to go nuclear, this conflict. theyve got plenty of conventional capabilities to wreak a lot of damage and cause a lot of casualties. what i really dont understand about all this is that the president is actually intentionally closing down his own decision space and the decision space of the people working for him on his team. we still have i believe, and at ...

President is actually intentionally closing down his own decision space and the decision space of the people working for him on his team. we still have i believe, and at least i want to believe, that we still have some maneuver space for diplomacy here. but every time he does this he keeps closing it down. and hes closing down kim jong-uns maneuver space, as well. everyone stay with us. we have a lot more to talk about in our breaking news and the presidents shocking tweet, challenging north k...

Security team on this issue and he just doesnt seem to be on the same page, at least publicly with the rest of his team. im glad to hear sarah sanders say all options are on the table. i know thats where secretary mattis and secretary tillerson as well as ambassador haley want to be. every time the president says stuff, fired and fury, only one thing will work, he is actually not closing down his own decision space and maneuvering space, they do sound rather threatening. he is closing down the s...

But bob makes a good point. youre helping close down pyongyangs decision space. one of the things we aught to try to preserve is the maneuver space there, as well. >> admiral, let me ask you about one of the military decisions. the defense secretary in south korea said hes willing to review plans to bring back american tactical nuclear weapons to south korea. the last ones were removed decades ago. do you see that as a realistic option? >> i dont, john. he was speaking a little you have the cuff...

Lead to miscalculation and miscommunication and thats concerning. i noted that general dunford is on route, in the region, is going to be meeting with chinese officials. he has been sounding what sounds like more measured tones, talking about military force being the last resort and needing to be diplomatic pressure and other types of pressure brought to bear, but he of course is there to provide military options should those be needed. and thats absolutely appropriate. i do think, though, this ...