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Now the u.s. in these comments where we saw a doubling down from mike pompeo is talking in essence about regime change. so thats what has really escalated this. the question now is, and we will hear from president rouhani today, of course, what is the reaction of iran to the doubling down? do they double down on their part? >> yes, obviously some are saying it is the same tactic the president deployed against north korea. iran is more geo politically significant. it has a lot of relationships wi...

Welcome back, everyone. im ayman mohyeldin alongside louis bergdorf. lets start with the mornings top stories for you. we begin on the heels of the presidents bombastic tweet. the trump administration is doubling down on rhetoric aimed at iran without providing much in the way of specific policies. >> mr. president, provoke iran. >> none at all. none at all. >> the presidents responding to iran and hes not going to allow them to continue to make threats against america. if anybody is inciting an...

Them, albeit more civilize tds ones, for 40 years. weve been around for millennia and seen more. be cautious. lets bring in cal perry. good to have you with us. another country in the twitter crosshairs of president trump. it seems thats his growing mo, is to have some kind of confrontation. what are the next steps you think we will see from both sides as this kind of escalates. >> reporter: listen, until the tweets from president trump this had been framed certainly by the iranians as economi...

Today president trump in new york for those u.n. meetings was asked if he decided what to do about the iran nuclear deal which he calls an embarrassment. >> mr. president, have you already decided what youll do about the iran deal? have you is already made up your mind? mr. president, have you decided? >> i have decided. >> can you tell us what your decision is, sir? >> ill let you know. ill let you know. >> that was a meeting with the palestinian leader. with us is analyst michael leitner. he j...

Develop a nuclear weapon unimpeded and leave us with no ability to reconstitute the sanctions regime that put so much pressure on them to get to this deal. >> president rouhani was speaking at the united nations general assembly this morning. i wanted to play a little bit of that. >> translator: it will be a great pity if this agreement were to be destroyed by rogue newcomers to the world of politics. the world will have lost a great opportunity. >> but iran is still -- is also saying he wont ag...

Diametrically opposed to others around the world. hes got the substantive criticism right but hes pulling the iran deal into the deal. what its likely done is made sure this iran deal is also associated with nuclear weapons. substantively right, but mixing those issues up into the iran nuclear deal isnt right, and his own state department is saying iran is, in fact, complying with the terms of the nuclear deal. things like missile testing are simply outside of its bounds. >> president rouhani ha...