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Middle east, no action looks like weakness. and weakness begets more attacks. >> the failure to respond to this kind of provocation that weve seen now from the iranians in particular over the last several weeks could in fact be a very serious mistake. >> for more im joined by jonathan lemire, hagar, bret stephens, and robert mali, senior advisor to the white house for iran deal negotiations. john, let me start with you. the idea that the presidents concern in this in the end was the casualty cou...

It down and its there for a terrible provocation. in either case, there is no disagreement that the thing was shot down. it is also worth being doubly, triply clear about the fact that this was a machine. a remotely piloted machine. no u.s. personnel were physically involved or at risk in the shootdown. the pentagon said the drone was an rq4-a global hawk. im not sure thats what you should use to describe it. this is a large aircraft designed for surveillance. we think of drones as being -- if y...

Comes out of the straits of hormuz. they should be bearing the burden here. hes right about that. this is an intense situation. i got to tell you, neil, one of the most sobering meetings ive been in with the president there, the joint chiefs of staff. the secretary state. i think the president is using caution. but hes being patient but his patience will wear thin particularly in the iranians continue in this provocation. >> neil: we were talking to ambassador richardson that served under bill c...

Reports about the drone shoot down? >> unfortunately its incredibly serious. this was very predictable. when president trump pulled out of the agree, since then all he has done is stack provocation on provocation for months. more sanctions and designating a terrorist organization which hi administration department want him to do. they thought they would hit back. what ends up happening is the effect of the threats pushes the iranians to respond. what we are seeing with the fires on the tankers a...

All hes done is stack provocation on provocation for months. more sanctions and designating a terrorist organization his own administration didnt want him to do. they thought they would hit back. what ends up happening is the effect of the threats pushes the iranians to respond in kind and now what were seeing, potentially, with the fires on the tankers and with the shootdown of this drone is the iranian hardliners saying, weve taken enough and will push back. they said they will reaccumulate st...

There are differences. iran said the drone violated iranian airspace. the u.s. government said no, the aircraft was operating in international airspace. iran should not have shot it down and its there for a terrible provocation. there is no disagreement that the thing was shot down. it is also worth being doubly and triply clear that this is a machine. a remotely piloted machine that no personnel were physically involved or at risk in the shoot down. the pentagon said the drone was an r q4 a glo...

Morning weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces. >> congratulations to mom and dad. graphic artist ritchie and his wife lindsey. congratulations. >> bill: nicely done. good morning, everybody. new this hour a suspect is said to be in custody after a deadly shooting of a young police officer in sacramento, california. you can hear the pop in the background. the gunman refusing to surrender for eight hours in a stand-off for police. he opened fire on them. a 26-year-old officer was shot and killed. fellow offi...

The real question is if this was irans revolutionary guard corp, it was one of their missiles that brought the plane down, the president knows, the u.s. knows this is the most militant wing of the iranian security and military services and sometimes in the past more often than not they do go their own way. but is there proof of that is really the key question right now. and does it matter? because the u.s. position has been if its one of these iranian proxy forces that the u.s. would still hold ...

How they can maneuver around this. i think the most dangerous thing that could happen round would be for president trump to now continue to escalate in response to the downing of a drone and seek to target something more directly in iran. that would be seen as the next level, more provocation and would be off to the races at this point. its key to recognize that its a drone, not a manned aircraft which in and of itself would create deeper consequences. >> so, general, can i ask you just for peop...

Back to you. >> joe, bring us anything as soon as you get it from the white house. thank you very much. lets bring in maggie haberman. great to have you here. our military experts and analysts this morning say this is the biggest test for the trump presidency thus far. and how do you think president trump will respond to a provocation like this? >> i think hes going to respond similarly to what he said last night. im more interested in what senior officials in the administration say, im curious ...