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Atlanta. newsroom star "newsroom" starts right now. the united states president says he is not looking for a war with iran, but senior officials in donald trumps administration are refusing to take military action off the table. >> and thats raising concerns about the u.s. strategy during a time of heightened tensions in that region with tehran. the u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is on his way to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. he says that he wants to build a global coalition ...

Would simply say, look, our condition is that iran stop spreading terror across the region, top pursuing nuclear weapons, essentially the red lines israel has always tried to enforce when it comes to iran. but, ill emphasize this, natalie, israel will never criticize trump when it comes to his policy, whether thats iran or something else, at least not in the current environment. >> right. understood with their relationship. oren lieberman will be covering those talks that include russia. thank y...

>> you have serious hawks. >> oh, yeah, john bolton is a serious hawk. that doesnt matter because i want both sides. >> national security advisor had this message for iran. >> neither iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake u.s. prudence and discretion for weakness. no one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east. >> u.s. expected to level major new sanctions on iran. for the latest we turn to fred pleitgen standing by in tehran. it does not appear tehran is in any mood to b...

>> i have doves and hawks. john bolton is a hawk. he would take on the whole world at one time. that doesnt matter. i want both sides. some people say, why did you -- i was against going into iraq. before it ever happened, i was against going into iraq. i was against. i was a private citizen. it never made sense to me. i was against going into the middle east. we spent $7 trillion in the middle east. >> lets get to boris sanchez. the president getting credit today from senior iranian officials f...

Using it much. kaitlan collins reports on the presidents sudden policy swings. >> ill be signing an executive order imposing hard-hitting sanctions on the supreme leader of iran. >> reporter: today president trump announcing new sanctions on iran. >> we will continue to increase pressure on tehran. >> reporter: after pulling back on a planned military strike in retaliation for shooting down a u.s. drone. hes now upping the pressure on a crippled iranian economy. >> i think a lot of restraint has...

Line, isnt it, kevin, the president says bolton is hawkish but it doesnt matter because trump makes the decisions anyway. in your years of covering these kinds of actions where do the presidents current actions land on whatever scale were judging by? >> well, you know, he said button is the hawk but others that are advising him are not. the other who is not is general dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the top military adviser to the president, hes the one who wanted to exercise...

Okay? but that doesnt matter because i want both sides. >> here it is. look, you cant have nuclear weapons. and if you want to talk about it, good, otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come. >> well, that hawk they were talking about, president trumps national security adviser, is in israel. >> oren liebermann has details of john boltons talks with the israeli prime minister. and boltons warning to iran. >> reporter: the meeting between national security adviser john...

About the divide inside his inner circle when it comes to national security matters about what to do and what folks wanted to see. heres the president with chuck. >> do you feel like you were being pushed into military action by iran against your advisers? >> i have two groups of people, doves and hawks. i have some hawks. john bolton is a hawk. he can take on the whole world at one time. but that doesnt matter. i want both sides. >> explain why it is important for the presidents advisers to be ...

Expectations are. >> yeah, and we should note that the president just within the last hour tweeted about all of this, and talked about why are we protecting the shipping lanes for other countries for zero compensation. kevin, lets go back to the messaging because i do wonder what some other allies are taking away from this, and the president was asked about his decision to pull back. heres what he had to say. >> everybody was saying im a warmonger, and now they say im a dove. and i think im neit...

Self-defense force is going to put maritime capability in the persian gulf is laughable. senator jack reed made the main point. i spent hundreds of hours under two administrations working on the national security council. theres no process left where we get options, we get full discussion, we bring together all the elements of national power and ask the president to make the decision where he understands the downside. that whole thing on striking and response of the global hawk was impulsivity. ...