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Not irans. a year ago trump pull us out of the deal, having said that iran wasnt complying when the international agency responsible said that iran was. so again here we are on the precipice of a potential war and why are they going to trust president trump? ever since he pulled out of that deal, theyve stacked on provocations emanating from us towards iran, so stacking up sanctions, designating the iranian revolutionary guard as a terrorist organization, rhetoric that suggests were going to hol...

Yemen and a bunch of saudis being able to ship oil. >> the last year, they have been expanding the basis under which you can take action against iran. one provocation after another. iran is going to be held to a higher and higher bar. any attacks on anybody that we see as a friend in the region is a region to do something. it feels like we are trying to do something to have the pretext in the war. >> there is a fact that there is a war happening in yemen where rebels who are indigenogenous t yem...

Object strike the ship. im joined by political contributor, ben rhoades under president barack obama. this is a frustrating situation as a journalist and a accused. i grew up in the iraq war. you worked in the white house and what is your read on all of this? >> all kinds of actors are bumping into each other. they could have done this and i worry about two things. the two most disastrous role, both began under false pretext. the other thing is that donald trump lied repeatedly about iran when h...

Bill clinton was disbarred by the united states supreme court and the state before of himself when the rabs won the presidency in 2000 and they held the congress but, lock be so there was a pretext for it, a justification ff it f and in the

Fingerprints are all over it. is that generally the case? no one debating that? >> thats certainly what pentagon officials and senior defense officials that weve spoken to are saying. weve heard the same from the administration. you heard secretary pompeo state it outright yesterday from the state department. we heard the same from u.s. military officials. >> neil: thanks, jennifer. have a good weekend. meanwhile, benny sanders says the gulf of oman attacks should not be used for pretext to go t...

Remarkable to me is how quickly critics of the administration are starting to float conspiracy theories that it wasnt iran. you can see how this could have cascading effects politically here as well. i think that iran is basically trying to send the message that if you mess with them too much, they can ruin the worlds oil supply through the straits of hormuz. thats a delicate thing to figure out how to respond to that. >> one of those people you are talking about, bernie sanders, put out a state...

Berger, former federal prosecutor for the southern and eastern districts of new york. ladies, a big thanks to both of you. ab, ill start with you here in the studio. heres part of what elijah cummings, the chair of this particular committee, this is what he said about why he is seeking those documents, those census documents. take a listen. >> what we have learned so far in this investigation is quite disturbing. . secretary ross testified that he added the citizenship question, and i quote, sol...

Because of russia. its before they decided maybe they should rollout a different pretext for it. one of the alleged obstructive acts by the president in muellers report is him directing k.t. mcfarlen to draft a false document, saying she could vouch for the fact that president trump never told mike flynn to talk to the russian government about sanctions. in fact, according to the report k.t. mcfarlen could vouch for no so such thing. nevertheless the president told her to create a record, and sh...

Justice professionals. there is not some outsider, bob mueller being brought in, you are now counsel, what the bill barr has done is that we are using the resources of the justice department and he has also made a very clear that he is getting cooperation from the intelligence agencies. by the way, including it appears foreign agencies. so i think that we should be very optimistic that at long last we will know the truth. >> sean: we saw what happen with a couple of italian intel people, gregg j...

Are using the resources of the justice department and he has also made a very clear that he is getting cooperation from the intelligence agencies. by the way, including it appears foreign agencies. so i think that we should be very optimistic that at long last we will know the truth. >> sean: we saw what happen with a couple of italian intel people, gregg jarrett, how do you interpret this letter? >> well, what struck me was it is a nongovernmental. that means people like glenn simpson, fusion g...