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More leverage and the ability to enrich that uranium. >> harris: senator marsha blackburn from the great state of tennessee, at a couple of topics today. thank you very much. i appreciate her time. a brand-new has blocked threat has been uncovered on the east coast. while the man accused of sabotaging an american airlines jet. it had come on out our federal agencies are pushing against her in the united states. ♪ these days were (horn honking) i hear you, sister. thats why im partnering with c...

To authorize an attack on iran and then changed his mind at the last minute. that was before we started seeing the current instability in terms of who is even giving him advice. this is an incredibly precarious situation. im worried that it could actually get out of the control, both of the white house and of the iranians. what we need are measured steps that de-escalate the situation there and, by the way, since this attack on the saudi oil fields appears to have been spillover from the conflic...

Sa said, that this was not something targeted at the u.s., that it was an attack on saudi arabia. we also heard from secretary pompeo today dying back any military rhetoric and talking about building a coalition, talking about a peaceful resolution. these are not the words of drumming toward war. these are kind of, okay, lets take steps back. he also acknowledged what we heard from foreign minister zarif saying there would be an all-out war if there were a military strike. so pompeo, trying to s...

Law here, is he following the law or if he doesnt do this within seven days, has he broken the law? >> it has always been the position of the executive branch going back for both president clinton and president obama at the time they signed portions of this law that despite the seemingly mandatory language of the law, this does not prohibit the president from exercising constitutional authorities to control the dissemination of classified information or privileged information. and so the executi...

Courts have been loath to referee these inter-branch disputes. so i think schiff is right to talk about the leverage of money. about you there is a context here that quite apart from this battle of the branches, we have a president who has been contempt chew us of the intelligence community and cavalier with secrets.chew us o intelligence community and cavalier with secrets. complaints to the hotline have more than doubled since donald trump took office. so there is a level of concern that we ha...

Well see pain at the pump here in the u.s. in the coming weeks as oil prices will have been affected by this attack. this is iran trying to gain leverage at the negotiating table, escalating tensions in a way that makes it clear, hey, listen. we are able to affect energy prices have ripple effects across the global economy with relative ease. that is something that is not just a saudi issue. that become as u.s. issue, too and really an international community issue. >> secretary pompeo was so qu...

So its a remarkable twist. >> both of you are saying we dont know what the response looks like, what is diplomacy in this particular situation. the allies dont know. but is there a proportional response that wont lead to war? >> i think there potentially was, but the question is has the window on that already closed? because lets be clear about something, this is an attack on saudi arabia but wasnt really just an attack on saudi arabia. this was an attack on the global community, an attack on pr...

Disruption to oil movement in decades and decade, then when are you going to stake i take a stand? also for saudi arabia, this is desperately embarrassing. it has been revealed as you heard barbara say there how vulnerable they are there, how vulnerable the infrastructure is despite the enormous weapons and armament saudi arabia has been buying over the last decades. if are you iran, are you looking at this thinking wow, we are playing this so well right now because essentially we are being more...

Lead to war? >> i think there potentially was. but the question is has the window on that already closed. because lets be cheer about this. this is attack on saudi arabia. but its an take on the global community. attack on energy prices. and the iranen revolutionary guard will continue to escalate tensions. its the only leverage they have. to get the u.s. to sit doin at the negotiating table and potentially alleviate the sanctions that are having a blistering effect on the economy. i think there...

Behind. it may quickly lead to political chaos in the next weeks moon s . because of that, netanyahu knows he captant declare victory but also doesnt have to give a concession speech. when he spoke, he said he has united the parties under his leadership into a big right wing and religious block and they will move forward together. that gives him some leverage over what he sees as his block, but november enough tolare victory. that means the two most important people in israeli politics right now...