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Anticipated loss of life would make that a disproportionate response to irans downing of a u.s. drone. keep in mind, this is the presidents team unanimously lined up behind the idea of striking. he had secretary of state mike pompeo. national security adviser john bolton all advocating for some type of military response to irans provocation, but instead, a top official saying that iran is moving to punish more so than militarily. theyre looking to impose even more sanctions. president trump said...

Himself up for any red line that is havent been crossed. i think what were see suggest some of the presidents advisers, led by john bolton, who had been pressing the president more and more met direction of creating red lines -- >> laura: you trump is his own man, trump is not going to be pushed around. and i like bolton. he neat going to be pushed around by bolt own or even the generals. he was elected president of the united states on a platform of principled realism, and foreign policy. we ca...

Iran in response to their mining of the ships in the persian gulf and shooting down our drone we have to be prepared for them to take counteraction against this. those are the questions the president has been asking the intelligence community. >> i appreciate donald trumps desire to be measured and soft but when it comes to iranian provocation, what will the worlds response be if iran follows through on their threat to restart nuclear enrichment. i hope the united states will make this a red lin...

Some time. dont expect to see any of that go away. and therefore, if iran were to conduct another provocation, they would be ready to respond at the presidents orders. i think thats where we really are going into the weekend, jim. the u.s. very much on hold now waiting to see what iran does next if anything. jim. >> thats quite a turnaround in 24 hours. barbara starr at the pentagon. thanks very much. the presidents turnaround has drawn criticism including from members of his own party some of w...

Near deeds beg for congressional involvement. what happens if theres another provocation? lets bring in senator doug jones, alabama, democrat on the armed services committee. good to see you, senator. >> good to see you, chris, thanks for having me. >> its good to be here with you. so the idea of what happens the next time, i dont see the justification for the president going alone. i dont see which of the criteria for unilateral presidential action this would meet. what is your take? >> i dont ...

Has just said that par meantarians will be called to the assembly until stin tehran they described the provocation by this drone. what is important here, george, is the role of united arab emirates providing the air base by which that drone is believed to have table off. that would cause a little here in the emirates. its not the first time that there have been suggestions from tehran, that they are backing the wrong side, that they are too closely enveloped in the whole american region in this ...

That seems to be off the table at least for now. what does that herky jerk if you want to call it or that whiplash on policy, what does that do to american credibility in the region? >> i think that remains to be seen. i think the sanctions are working. i think they are devastating iran which is why iran is lashing out like they are. i still, again, i will like to see at least the destruction of the site that took out this drone at the very minimum, but that said its not happening. what does it ...

Decision. i said, how many people electric killed? in it case, iranians. i said, how many people are going to be killed? came back and said sir, approximately 150. and i thought about it for a second. i said, you know what, they shot down an unmand drone. i didnt like it. i didnt think it was proportionate. >> prudent. realism. that was the hall mark of foreign policy and he lived top t. this doesnt mean trump shouldnt retaliate in the face of further provocation if its proportional. butt decisi...

Himself up for any red line that is havent been crossed. i think what were see suggest some of the presidents advisers, led by john bolton, who had been pressing the president more and more met direction of creating red lines -- >> laura: you trump is his own man, trump is not going to be pushed around. and i like bolton. he neat going to be pushed around by bolt own or even the generals. he was elected president of the united states on a platform of principled realism, and foreign policy. we ca...

Preparations to at least keep those military options open and how quickly could that happen? >> sure. i mean, you know, u.s. warplanes, u.s. warships will remain on station in the middle east with a very high state of readiness as they have been for some time. dont expect to see any of that go away. and therefore, if iran were to conduct another provocation, they would be ready to respond at the presidents orders. i think thats where we really are going into the weekend, jim. the u.s. very much ...