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Arkansas, a close ally with the administration, urged the president to attack iran outright saying he didnt need permission from congress. he went on to say unprovoked attacks on commercial shipping warned a military strike. the president has the authorization, he says, to act to defend american interests. what do you think of that? >> well, that would be inconsistent with the constitution. the constitution is clear that we dont go to war unless its voted on by congress. the declaration of war i...

>> i would never do it. >> i have too much to lose at this point. [laughter] >> oh, my goodness. ive done it. its totally safe. >> set your dvrs, never miss an episode of the show, "special report" is up next. >> bret: that this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington, im bret baier. just minutes ago we learned a request for more u.s. forces to go to the middle east has been sent to the pentagon. the move, coming as the u.s. navy releases new photographs it says proves iran was behind the tan...

Told they were forced into iranian custody by an irgc, revolutionary guard boat crew who surrounded the friendly ship that originally rescued the sailers from the burning norwegian tanker, tensions have been rising in the gulf since the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear deal a year ago, in april the u.s. added irans islamic revolutionary guard corp. to terror list, now iran threatening to resume enriching uranium to weapons grade levels if u.s. and european nations dont lift sanctions by july 7th, ...

Migrants who have been detained are reportedly getting backseats. jillian. jillian: thank you. eric: more on this ideal between u.s. and méxico and new signs well, méxico may not fully behind it, was on the trump 2020 advisory member and laura, former policy director for obama 2012, welcome both, jenna, i will start with you, revolt in mexican legislature over this, do you think the southern border is a true border security partner? >> well, i think that president trump has definitely put pres...

They arrived in dubai but didnt speak to reporters about their goal. heather:ordeal. they were forced into iranian custody by an irgc re revolutioy guard corps boat crew who surrounded the ship that originally rescued the sailors after the attack. tensions have been rising in the gulf since the u.s. pulled out of the nuclear deal a year ago. the islamic ref niewrgs hughes -- iran is threatening to resume enriching you uranium if europn nations and the u.s. dont lift sanctions by july 7th. iran s...

Will face any more pressure. jillian: what do you think needs to be done to stop election interference? >> theres bipartisan bills in the senate that senator mitch mcconnell, senate republican leader has declined to allow a vote on. im not an election, you know, security analyst but the fact that theres significant republican and democratic support for these bills indicate that is we might actually see some movement depending on how much democrats continue to force it because mcconnell may not w...

Jillian: welcome back. scary moments for passengers on a united airlines flight today when the plane skidded off the runway. the plane was flying from denver. it blew a tire upon landing. it veered off into the grass nearby. no injuries were reported. flights have resumed. travelers could face hours of delays. an investigation is underway. eric: hong kongs leader vows to intense -- bows to intense public pressure and suspend the extradition bill following days of huge protests. the proposed law ...

Administration to curve migrants in southern border. hi, jeff. >> yeah, jillian, agreement agrees several key provisions between the u.s. and méxico, calls for, quote, burden sharing in assignment of responsibility for processing refugee claims, also under the term if the united states determines after 45 days that the measures implemented by méxico havent adequately achieved results at addressing the flow of migrants, then méxico will take all necessary steps under domestic law to bring the ...

Inflamed and potentially lead to greater conflict. >> reporter: the white house argues the maximum pressure strategy will work against iran, the same way it worked to deescalate tensions with north korea, at least in the short run. in the long run, theres a lot of uncertainty. republican lawmakers are largely supporting the presidents efforts to curb irans destabilizing behavior in the region. >> i think the iranian regime is desperate, the sanctions are working and theyre reaching out. maybe th...

Ships and designed in such a way not to cause loss of life or big mess and what they are trying to do is debate the trump administration into response that does cause loss of life and environmental disaster, reshape the political dynamic such that the u.s. is under pressure to reenter negotiations with iran resulting in sanctions relief, sanctions relief, political optics is their game here and iranians did release as jennifer just reported, those norwegian sailors were flown to dubai, the irani...