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States about the capabilities that their air systems have. >> all right, fred pleitgen in tehran, thank you for that report. president trump offered surprising details in this statement about his decision. he said he called off the strike ten minutes before launch. the release of details like that did not sit well on capitol hill. >> thats not the kind of thing that i think the president should say publicly. this is not -- this is a decision that he should keep to himself. he should not say st...

What lives are at stake? remember, this was an unmanned drone, so theres a question as to whether or not -- what would be proportional, the one that was shot down was an unmanned drone. im not saying there shouldnt be consequences, but there would not have been the need for this rush decision to launch a potential strike. it just calls into question how he makes decisions and i think underscores his basic unfitness for being commander in chief. >> carrie cordero, thank you for being with us. a...

Planes were in the air. >> they came and they said, sir, were ready to go. wed like a decision. i said i want to know something before you go. how many people will be killed? in this case iranians. i said how many people are going to be killed? sir, id like to get back to you on that. great people, these generals. they said -- came back and said, sir, approximately 150. and i thought about it for a second and i said, you know what, they shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to ca...

And loaded last night on three different sites but he called off the strike to save lives. the tweet, quote, i asked how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a general. ten minutes before the strike i stopped it. not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. i am in no hurry. the three targets were radar installations and missile sites, the types of facilities iran used to shoot down an unmanned surveillance aircraft yesterday. now were learning that the u.s. has asked for...

Considering. let me be very clear, the democrats in the meeting, house and senate democrats, were very clear that congress must act -- must have the authority of congress before we initiate a military hostilities in iran. >> the president seems to suggest that he found out about the apparently death toll if they had gone through with the strike just moments they would have conducted the strike. isnt that something you think he should have known about beforehand? >> you know, i dont know the timi...

>> absolutely, brianna. not only did he talk about loss of life, but he talked about proportionality. he said that an unmanned drone, which shows that the united states is committed to not risking u.s. lives, if not absolutely necessary, and the fact that it was an unmanned drone and it was downed, he equated it to 150 human lives and what that would mean in iran. because all those people would become martyrs and would definitely escalate the situation considerably. he made a decision as command...

Juggernaut for decades, making money hand over fist. the biggest name is forthcoming biggest thing on tv and now all of a sudden they are beset on all sides with the scandals, bad news declining viewership commit fewer kids playing youth football are the superstars, trade you a shot of the game and an ongoing scandal of concussions in cte. that is why you see this rush decision that wasnt made with input from the players that stalled the underlining problem in some way. unfortunately the thought...

Reviewed his file. they wouldnt let my staff look at it, but they would let me look at it. i can tell you the article in the "new york times" today shocked me. this note that he supposedly left that indicated that he was sympathetic to the taliban and unsympathetic to the american interest in this conflict was not included in that file. im very surprised by that. >> senator went on to say hes not buying the fact that this is a rush decision because of the health. >> right. looks like a white was...

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Jobs. you said in a recent speech up to 100,000 jobs. the presidents supporters say a rush decision could cost the environment a great deal more. what i would like to ask you, governor, is there any condition under which a president huntsman would say the need to prohe text our land trumps the need to provide more jobs? >> it is always going be a balancing act. we have got land that everybody resents and appreciates but the -- respects and appreciates. the job as american people is to fuel our f...