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Joining us. once again the world is on edge over tensions between the u.s. and iran. tell us about the dangers of this situation. >> its very dangerous. because the united states has set in motion a course towards iran which is endlessly escalating confrontation. perhaps looked back on as the most fateful decision of the trump administration to have withdrawn from the iran nuclear deal. that said iran into a kind of trap. essentially forcing lt world to enforce sanctions as well. iran is presuma...

With the americans, then i want him to have real leverage by taking saudi oil off the market. >> tom freeman, thank you. >> a pleasure. thanks. still to come tonight, new effort to obtain the presidents tax returns, this one by prosecutors in new york city. the question is, will it meet the same fate of similar attempts by congress. also, the sexual harassment allegations against brett kavanaugh back in the spotlight. and a new outrage coming from president trump and democrats for different ...

Independent attack on iran, but if this does turn out to be an attack that was launched from iranian territory by iranians, on saudi arabias oil infrastructure, then its -- another shoe has to drop here. >> the question is exactly where this did launch from, right now the allegation by saudi arabia initially was that the weaponry or the technology came from iran. whether it was, in fact, rebels in yemen or not. if its just that iran supplied the technology and the weaponry, is that enough for an...

In this? >> yeah, exactly. and by the way, one can say, hes created this leverage with iran. if he can get a better nuclear deal out of iran, im all for it, you know? but it will require compromise. its not going to be a 100% our way. >> hes also, though, said in the past that he would be willing to meet without any precondition with iran. he said it twice. now hes saying he never said that. and in fact, steve mnuchin, pompeo, they all confirm that, yes, in fact, he would meet with them without ...

Escalating confrontation. perhaps looked back on as the most fateful decision of the trump administration to have withdrawn from the iran nuclear deal. that set iran in on a into a trap. and the trump administration tried to strangle iran by amping up the economic sanctions. essentially forcing lt world to enforce sanctions as well. iran is presumably responding with the leverage it has. and the most particularly by either directing allies or encouraging them in yemen or somewhere else in iraq t...

Then our supply becomes much more in demand and that gives us leverage. >> it shows the danger of the administration, which repeatedly has a problem with the truth. >> you know, ive always said -- we probably talked about this once -- the danger for trump was at some point when you tell 12,000 lies, there comes a crisis point where he has to look in the camera and say, ladies and gentlemen, this attack came from north korea, fill in the blank, or from iran. and theres a lot of people who are goi...

Saudi arabia initially was that the weaponry or the technology came from iran. >> right. >> whether it was in fact rebels in yemen or not. if its just that iran supplied the technology and the weaponry, is that enough for an attack, for a retaliatory attack? >> it may not be. i think we should step back, anderson, and see it from 30,000 feet for a second. the trump administration has chosen to take on simultaneously two of the oldest civilizations on the planet -- china and persia at the same ti...

I mean saudi arabia also is exposed to being incredibly vulnerable here. its oil infrastructure has been at its very core attacked. not really sure. i mean the iranians, these guys play for keeps, and i think whats going on inside iran -- im guessing here. i dont know -- is that youve always got the revolutionary guards, and youve got the regime, the so-called moderates versus the revolutionary guards. i have a feeling whats going on here is that the revolutionary guards saw rouhani and trump ge...

Launch of the attack, do you think its inevitable that the u.s. would strike at iran? >> dont know, you know, they could also strike at iranian forces in syria, in iraq. they may send to choose a message indirectly. but this is a serious situation. i mean, saudi arabia also is going to be incredibly vulnerable here. its infrastructure has been at its very core attacked. so, not really sure. i mean, the iranians, these guys play for keeps. and i think whats going on inside iran, im guessing here,...

Locked and loaded is a broad term that, quote, talks about the realities that were all far safer and more secure domestically from energy independence. >> he could have said locked and loaded actually means peanut butter and jelly. thats just -- you know, i think one thing we know about trump, hes risk averse in the sense of using military force. generally a good thing. but i think again, go to 30,000 feet, because the parallels to china where ive just come from and iran situation are similar. i...