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Fact were between acting defense secretaries. but you have national security advisor john bolton who seems to be for regime change, for extreme action visa vi iran. and mike pompeo is trying to put himself betweenbolt bolton and prez. >> if theres one issue he went into the trump administration already caring extremely passionate about it was iran. he was probably one of the leading critics of the iran nuclear deal. it seems to me he and bolton have often differed or tactics over the last year, ...

Terrans, what you have seen iran do is continue what they have been doing since the 70s, they are the aggressor in this situation. its like shooting down the global hawk. that was an unprovoked attack. they have been the aggressive one in these issues. our allies in the region, our european allies need to stand with us as we deal with this. irans economy is in tatters. >> ed: absolutely. >> we know that it is shrinking. we know that the washingtons post reported that has bilal said they couldnt ...

Could be targeted, u.s. troops elsewhere in the region and this thing could easily spire nau full-scale war. the president was right to consider that. my question is why didnt he consider that when the planes were the in the air. but for whatever reason he came to that conclusion. >> i want to ask you this bigger picture here, because the president seems to be using it to renegotiate a nuclear deal the president himself pulled the u.s. out of. with the president backing off himself last night, l...

Somebody who was loose and stupid that did it. >> loose and stupid. the title of my upcoming auto biography. that was president trump speaking yesterday at the white house. weve now learned that president trump approved air strikes in iran late yesterday. but he backed away at the last minute. the strikes would have been in retaliation after iran struck down a global hawk drone using a surface-to-air missile. the pentagon has released this video showing the motor vehicle trail left from the at...

Analysis of his interview, it is clear that the president wants this is message out. they wanted this to be part of the whole campaign because the president likes the image and it is becoming more clear in that tweet and the interview with chuck that hes a regulator on some elements inside of h is administration, he may think that could give him into a better decision of cutting a deal and sitting down with the iranian leadership. he does not want us to be seen as a hawk. he wants us to be seen ...

A lot of things changed overnight. >> reporter: the important thing to remember, donald trump is twice used tomahawk missiles in the middle east so it is feasible this is going to happen and all reporting suggests they were underway and very close to us forces striking iranian targets but at the last minute the president made the decision to call this off. the decision was originally made when the global hawk drone was shot down wednesday evening, donald trump accused strikes against iran and th...

About the information victory that iran is claiming by showing wreckage of the global hawk. so the synchronization of the elements of power is one thing this administration has done very well in the past and continues to do well. i think -- it took president trump you know, a lot of fortitude to make that decision because when youre leaning that far forward on a mission like this, youve got the go-ahead, the green light from the troops on the ground, the sailors on the ships, the pilots in the a...

To richs tire style however once for some of the fisherman is making millions today selling fish on facebook. this is business. as welcome as a military clash between the u.s. and iran looks only to have been narrowly averted the tensions are making the air above iran unsafe some of the worlds biggest allies voiding flying over the over a section of iranian airspace after a u.s. military drone was shot down americas federal aviation administration has banned all u.s. registered passenger jets fr...

Players in this region. the national security advisor bolton is a known hawk. trump doesnt cotton to that. the generals around him that gave so many people comfort are all gone. iran also makes the fact its been almost seven months since we had a senate confirmed secretary of defense or a u.n. ambassador. that all now looms larger. >> but i sort of like acting. gives me more flexibility. do you understand that? i like acting. >> now, he likes acting. now the question is going to be has he been a...

He had no diplomatic team that could handle it, and all shines a light on perceived inepiitude. secretary of state mike pompeo a smart guy. the national security advisor bolton is a known hawk. the generals around him that gave so many people comfort are all gone. iran also makes the fact its been almost seven months since we had a senate confirmed secretary of defense or a u.n. ambassador. that all now looms larger. >> but i sort of like acting. gives me more flexibility. do you understand that...