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Ethnicity and racism. [applause] and his biggest mistake was that he said the quiet part loud. that was his biggest mistake. because we know that hes been thinking this the entire time. >> reporter: on capitol hill democrats say the presidents words are dangerous, destructive and divisive. some republicans argue this is a two-way street. >> shes just introduced legislation -- omar has -- that will destroy the state of israel by boycott, comparing them to nazi germany and to soviet union. theyve ...

Battery and more patriot jets. the uss boxer senior attended the strait of hormuz in a show of force and destroyed an iranian drone using its new marine corps inside your own scanning device strapped to the deck without firing a shot. its a new addition to the arsenal. iran denies the worship down to its drone. >> based on the latest information i received from toronto we have so far absolutely no information about losing a drone. >> it went down. the fact that the ministers did not know or lied...

When they do provocative things, they are going to be met with provocation. reporter: a reporter asked the president yesterday on the south lawn if he thinks all of this back-and-forth is good politically or if it is turning people off, president trump says he does not care about the politics of it. laura? >> ellison barber live in new jersey. thank you. eric? eric: and speak in politics the democratic presidential candidates on the campaign trail this weekend focus on the early voting states. f...

An attempt it seems has tamped down tensions there has not been talk of any imminent war, weve heard from president trump in recent days, saying he does not want a war. as the general knows better than anyone, that is not the question that is posed to the president in the situation. mr. president, do you want to go to war. i think you will hear this quietly from administration officials as well. we could stumble into something we dont intend to stumble into. this is a strategy of escalation for ...

Oh, weve got your back. so, you can really promise better sleep? not promise. prove. and now, save up to $600 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. only for a limited time. were going to be speaking with the u.k. and this only goes to show what im saying about iran. trouble. nothing but trouble. >> that was president trump sounding off after irans hijacking of two british oil tankers in the strait of hormuz. in the wake of increasing tensions in the region, the u.s. is deploying 500 troops to...

Push back on them, when it came time to vote and make your name known and go down in history as being against these words, very few of them chose to do that. theres a few reasons. one is perhaps because theyre afraid of the voters, they know the voter, the base is with donald trump. but also perhaps some of them do agree with the president. weve seen them come out and say you know what? maybe if you dont agree with trumpism you should go back. >> count on one hand. four of them. eugene scott, th...

Ground, each of those congress people, hes just as complicit as he is. >> thank you for sharing your thoughts, your perspective. i want to get to breaking news now, the escalating tensions with iran we just learned. a british tanker has been seizes. lets get to barbara starr? >> two u.s. defense officials are saying a british tanker has been taken in the persian gulf. this is the petrochemical tanker, british flag. and a short time ago, irans islamic revolutionary guard corps which is operatin...

International security program. it seems to me, seth, this is a provocation that is surprising to a lot of people considering youre going after a british tanker. the u.k. is one of your final lifelines economically. they have not put the sanctions in place and yet youre going after them? i dont get the logic here. what are your thoughts? >> well, i think the iranians wanted to respond this week. one of the reasons they have gone after a british tanker is first its still a tanker. this is not a m...

Ballistic missiles on the table. the national leadership is furious with him. within 24 hours, hes contradicting himself. so yeah, they have got control issues and they have other issues in fronts of them. theyre going to continue provocation to be sure. well have to deal with that. >> trace: doesnt appear that we look measured and theyre frantic. general jack keane, great to hear from you. >> thank you. >> trace: 50 years ago tomorrow, two american astronauts became the first humans to walk on ...

These sailors within 24 hours precisely because we had multiple channels of communications available between senior u.s. and iranian officials. in one instance, the secretary of state was able to pick up the phone and call his iranian counterpart, something that is almost completely unfathomable in the case of the trump administration. i think that underscores the precariousness of the situation were in. theres provocation for the sake of provocation and no off-ramp because you dont have those t...