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European countries furious, tried to create an alternative payments mechanism but so far has not succeeded. irans next step has been to demonstrate there is a cost to this kind of maximum pressure. it has harassed ships in the persian gulf reminding everyone that 20% of the worlds auto supply goes through that narrow body of water. it shot down an american drone signals to the pentagon it has the capacity to disrupt americas intelligence and reconnaissance in the region. now tehran seems to be b...

Cmon dude forces from the entire syria that good is not going to happen that built to their integrated with the syrian governments forces. hey theyre not integrated to define an integrated forces integrated in nato yeah they work together to the defense intelligence agency iran continues to field islamic revolutionary guard soldiers support the lebanese hezbollah command the shia foreign fighters in that what that includes militia from iraq pakistan and iran all true but they could leave tomorro...

Point of extinction the idea that diplomacy may occur. while im sure the u.s. want to feel their allies are united behind them, weve heard from japan very close to the trump administration, their prime minister, that theres a high probability the houthis are behind the attack. they say they havent made a conclusion from evidence. thats just their hunch, so to speak. on top of that, dominick raub it appears has spoken yesterday. the content thoof call not discussed. thats not putting iran in isol...

The houthi rebels in yemen. saying there was no evidence these rebels were in fact behind it. but theres no evidence, too, that iran is connected. and irans foreign minister said this is, quote, maximum deceit from the united states after their campaign of maximum pressure. thats how the trump administration has been ratcheted up sanctions, beefing up military presence here. weve been dealing with months of both these sides here, the u.s., the saudis, the iranians, their keen adversary here wi w...

Technology points toward iran, and they are amping up the rhetoric and the threats ton night. >> you had secretary of state mike pompeo pointing the finger at iran saying they are responsible for almost 100 attacks on saudi arabia. the foreign minister of iran, mohammad yeah individual zarif, treating out the idea of maximum pressure has failed, now its turning to maximum deceit. do you see it that way, that this administration is obfuscating whos behind this? saudi arabia is engaged in a war ag...

Proxies, houthi rebels in yemen to carry it out on irans behalf, that would be bad enough. if theres evidence that the attack emanated from iran, that it was a staging ground for the attack, that ups the significance and increases the tension between the trump administration and iran. and the other important thing were reporting is that congressional democrats familiar with the evidence, some have gotten some level of briefing are not disputing iran was behind the attack. thats important because...

It has now stabilized at arent 10%, but that will be passed on to the consumer both in the u.s. and globally. one analyst telling nbc news he expected up to 25 cents a gallon on gas prices. so extraordinary explosions in the dark in the saudi dessert to have such a global impact. >> let me go to you here, because secretary of state mike pompeo and now this morning president trump seems to be pointing the finger at iran. secretary pompeo did so explicitly. talk about irans response here. you have...

Boltons fire leaves a power vacuum at the white house and legitimate concerns how the u.s. handles foreign policy. theyre wondering about the fuehrer of their organization. the taliban talks were one area of contention between the president and bolton. they also butted heads on iran, venezuela, north korea, and afghanistan. clarissa ward was embedded in afghanistan just weeks ago. g she joins us more on the fallout. good morning. >> christine, good morning. no surprise iranians are delighted tha...

Good work and this policy of maximum pressure is doing good work so hopefully whatever goes forward, they dont ease up without getting something in return. >> bret: ive got ten seconds. what are the chances that the iranian president -- >> im only going to put $5 on that because the iranians will keep demanding lifting the sanctions. >> in the near term i will put it at the similarly low level. >> i think the president wants a meeting and will end up getting a meeting. >> bret: okay. nextve up, ...

It is what it is and was what it was. and now the iranians are doubling down on a guaranteed promise to get reactivated. >> well, whats going on here, the united states and iran are playing a game of chicken. the united states clearly believes that the jcpoa was inadequate to contain not only irans nuclear ambitions over time but also to restrain its aggression, its activities in the region that threaten u.s. interests and threaten irans neighbors. they needed to do something about that. so we w...