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That they didnt attach the mine, that they were removing a mine on a ship in its territorial waters or close to the territorial waters in order to protect it. so this is not irrefutable evidence at this stage. also, iran is saying that these are all false flag operations. not only the two attacks yesterday, but the attacks last month. theyre saying that these are being engineered by irans enemies in order to justify some sort of an attack on iran in order to set them back quite seriously and put...

They were trying to get some from the top tier, some from the bottom, get sort of a broad mix each night. but ultimately, it does become luck of the draw. they took the top performing candidates, they kind of put them in a half. half one night and half the other. the luck of the draw, as you say, biden number one in the polls right now. sanders is number two in the polls right now. its a bit of a shuffle behind that. harris, buttigieg, theyre right up there. warren is the only other one thats re...

The u.s. has a very powerful naval presence in the region with a wide range of intelligence assets and they will be collecting the debris from that attack in order to trace that evidence back to its source. i think its important not to jump to conclusions until all of that evidence has been put out there and we can then determine what caused the attack and exactly who was behind it. chris? >> ali arouzi in tehran for us. thank you. breaking news this hour. we now know exactly how the first dem...

I was with her in iowa over the weekend. i was asking her about debate prep. she certainly made me believe that as much as shes out on the campaign trail, shes deep into prep. what do you know about that? >> actually, chris, we just asked her about that. before the debate stages were listed publicly, giving her a little bit of chance to tell us what shes doing to prepare and what her best case scenario would be. listen to what she told me. >> can you talk a little bit about your best debate scen...

Hours for all the candidates and for those at 1 or 2% in the polls. it is a huge breakout opportunity. julian castro told david gura his number one debate strategy is simply to be himself. he also spoke about what he doesnt want to see on that stage. >> what i hope doesnt happen is personal attacks or some sort of donald trump-style attacks. the people that watch the 2016 debates, what you saw there was, i think, the dumbing down by donald trump of the democratic process. and certainly we dont n...

He got into the race with expectations but his trajectory has gone south since then. hes not going to be overshadowed by a biden or a sanders or a buttigieg or a harris. theres an opportunity for a reintroduction for a beto orourke. john delaney, bill de blasio, julian castro, jay inslee, tim ryan in particular. these are candidates, remember, as the debate season, as this campaign progresses and we get into the fall, the criteria that they use to get into subsequent debates, its going to increa...

This morning, president trump suggested iran was trying to cover its tracks. >> iran did do it and you know they did it because you saw the boat. i guess one of the mines didnt explode and its probably got essentially, iran written all over it. that was their boat. that was them. and they didnt want the evidence left behind. joining me now, nbc news tehran bureau chief, ali arouzi. as you know, iran is denying involvement. tell us about what theyre saying and how strong the evidence the u.s. h...

She didnt go into detail. i think now that we can see who the candidate are on stage with, that gives them a chance to at least prepare for what these other candidates are known for. some of the policy proposals that might come up and give a chance to, yes, differentiate. across the campaigns, their real concern is how do we make sure that we play our game, get our messaging out there for all those millions of viewers who are going to be seeing these candidate for the first time. >> only have a ...

2%ers. my question for you is. lets start with night one. a lot of people saying this is a chance for elizabeth warren as the one top tier candidate to shine. i wonder if it doesnt provide an even bigger opening without, say, a biden or bernie for some of the people lower in the polls to breakthrough. >> you can call this one the opportunity debate. the first night debate. elizabeth warren. there are five candidates right now, massive democratic field, there are five candidates right now who are...