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War. >> congress is saying he has to come to congress to fuse military force against iran, first of all, does he have to and if he went to congress would he get it? >> depends, i think we would need more provocation than what we have seen. i do think he should go to congress unless its immediate security thing, congress has the authority to authorize war and we have seen that eroded like so many congressional prerogatives that its anybodys guess. >> john, based on your question you can tell ther...

Odds are stacked against her and shes speaking up for change despite some resistance. former lawdy bowman lives in the canton of argo it looks ideal but she says looks can be deceiving. on many farms here wives are completely dependent on their husbands they work hard you have no money of their own or social security if youve probably heard about their eye problems if couples divorce. first women lose their home usually the farm was taken over from the husbands parents and the woman married into...

There are many officials including secretary pompeo, former dni dan coats, on record saying they were complying with the deal. i think what the congressmans doing, and senator kaine made this argument as well, saying that we pulled out of the steel and there is no replacement. president trump promised us a replacement. our allies are standing there saying, "what are we going to do about this?" and it is a provocation to pull out of the deal with no runway to get something else done. >> melissa: ...

As a provocation. you. think theyre not truly showing grief. of course that leaves you open to attack ive received a lot of negative feedback but if i was good at home and you have support then its much easier to do this. but its also about something fundamental go a woman should have the same rights as a man period. who. you think that would be self-evident switzerland yet in june hundreds of thousands of women demonstrated for better wages and affordable day care. and to protest that many top ...

And i took an oath and i promised to be willing to put my life on the line to serve and protect our country, to protect the people of our country, so that is my sole focus. it has been and will continue to be. >> martha: we admire that and we thank you for your service. to live. i guess the next question is, what would you do? without enormous provocation from iran. they have put explosives on tankers. they shot down a drone that was $130 million by some reports, american drone, theyve taken sai...

The united states is locked and loaded, who has been tamping down the rhetoric, if you will, in the days since he tweeted that. and as we know, this is a president who has an america first foreign policy, who has walked up to the brink of military action in the past and then walked back from it, including a recent provocation by iran when it struck down an unmanned u.s. drone in june. youll recall that president trump was getting pressure from some of his top advisers, then national security adv...

Dastardly things. >> i mean, in ways sounded like lindsey graham was daring the president to take action. to your point we hear a lot of words but not a lot of action. do you think that could change in this particular instance? >> well, it certainly could change but, of course, president trump ran for office in part by saying that hes going to get the united states out of military conflicts in the middle east. of course, he was articulating what i think is an important point and response to sena...

Administration is promoting is a disaster. >> what mistruths? >> theyre saying the attack was unprovoked. the u.s. is provoking iran. we were in a diplomatic deal with them that allowed them to sell their oil. we pulled out of the deal, the u.s. pulled out. and weve punished their oil economy. and so iran -- and again, iran is not a good actor. you dont have to like this, but we are provoking iran every day with the sanctions and with military action and their responding. we need to stop the pro...

In the world. so i think there is a real pursuit for fresh talks with iran. iran understands that very well. and their plan is twhois-pronged approach of provocation and at the same time, demanding new talks. >> so jason, you make a really important point which is that saudi arabia and arab kingdoms in the persian gulf in general see the real threat that iran poses. but you also say at the same time that the chances of a war breaking out between saudi and iran is just incredibly slim. help us un...

Saying were not going to meet until you lift the maximum pressure campaign. you have the administration essentially saying were not going to do that and certainly this latest provocation, if it is by iran, lowers the chances of them meeting next week at the u.n. general assembly at this point im told according to a senior administration official that top officials here, while secretary of state mike pompeo travels to saudi arabia, will be in touch with their counterparts, their allies and partne...