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John bolton is an old friend of bill crystals and together they helped plan the iraq war. when bolton made it to the white house, neocons cheered. they took a break from attacking trump to celebrating his hiring. stephens assured the msnbc viewers he was a great choice because he would push the president to war. >> he is not the caricaturish hawk he has been made out to be. bolton will restrain the isolationist impulses at the heart of trumps policy thinking. >> tucker: got that? john bolton is ...

So its a bit of a twist right there. most people dont enjoy watching the president take these fox hosts seriously, but in this case i think people are happy that he did in the end of the day listen to tucker carlson and restrain himself from launching these military strikes. >> it still is difficult to know what really happened because the president arie i earlier today heading to camp david, he said some people call him a hawk, some a dove and he said "im a man with common sense." he laid out t...

Fred. >> thank you so much for that. a top iranian general warns of heavy cost if the u.s. launches any strikes. senior armed forces spokesperson telling irans news agency that any attack will draw crushing response from tehran. cnn international correspondent frederik pleitgen has been reporting on it. well check back with him when we can. also straight ahead, relations between the two adversaries have taken a dangerous turn this week. what does this mean for u.s. and iran diplomacy? >> thi...

Threat of military action is very credible. the president, neil, kind much set up a scenario there, yeah, bolton is a hawk, but im listening to other people, but trump says, im making the tough decisions here. and that really, given his, you know, play with president xi, with the mexicans and others in the world, that makes him sort of hard to predict, and i think thats a real key here, a real strength that the president brings to a scenario thats incredibly volatile. now, hell keep general mcke...

This afternoon. he talked about iran with reporters as he left the white house, but the president did little to clear up confusion how close he was to ordering military strike over the shoot down over the straigt of hormuz. now he is rejecting the idea it wasnt discussed earlier and that the attack was planned without him knowing how many casualties there might be. >> they brought me a great plan, but i wanted to know at the end, i wanted an accurate count. they gave me odd numbers. i wanted acc...

Dysfunctional. we have a flawed process. i think the jcs finally got to the president and said you risk escalation, an ugly shooting war in the gulf. six tankers did get attacked by the iranians in international waters. they did shoot down a 1$120 million global hawk in international airspace according to the three-star air force guy opt ground. we have a problem. trump inherited it but hes making the situation. >> ned price, i want to ask about the argument of proportionality. there are interna...

What does it tell you, the narrative and what we know of it in the situation room on thursday night. >> im not sure we understand fully who was advising the president. secretary pompeo is in the room. bolton is in the room. others apparently possibly over unsecure phones had access to the presidents thinking. for sure the presidents explanation is implausible. the notion learned only at the last mine that 150 iranians could have been killed. he could have said strike targets that involve no pote...

Of the united states. john bolton is an old friend of bill crystals and they helped plan the iraq war. when bolton made it to the white house, neocons cheered. they took a break from attacking trump to celebrating the hiring and stephens assured the msnbc viewers he was a great choice because he would push the president to war. >> he is not the caricaturish hawk he has been made out to be. he will restrain the isolatio isolationist impulse at the heart of trumps policy thinking. >> tucker: got t...

The table? >> your national security adviser came under some harsh criticism from tucker carlson and others for pushing too hard on iran. you said youre not a warmonger, but do you have confidence in the jundgment of john bolton? >> yes, i do. i have john bolton who i definitely would say is a hawk, and i have other people who are on the other side of the equation, and ultimately i make the decision so it doesnt matter. for instance, i disagreed very much with john bolton, his attitude on the mi...

Feeling? >> well see if the president announces those before he heads out to the g-20. kylie atwood for us. thank you. joining me now to discuss all of this, we have kevin rovilard, senior political report at huff post, and retired colonel senate blatan. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> tell us about thow iran is responding to the back and forth from the president in the white house. >> the military provides recommendations on what to do in cases like this. based on what we know so far...