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The u.s. he also does so in russia because hes so focused on at least appearing loved that he wants to cultivate an image of popularity. >> lets talk a little bit about the middle east because we know putin also has been doing some traveling. he has an interesting relationship as well as far as his power plays there. what do you expect in terms of the dynamics at play? >> i think that putin is really waiting to see what president trump does on the iran deal like the rest of the world. were waiti...

Current deal but taking away this deal, the pres. set a deadline of may 12th, included by congress, he has chosen to make the key date, if he make the decision to end the current deal we have to go back to square one and that is not where anyone in the security establishment wants to go if they want further advancement on arrangements that prevent irans arrangement and hold it back. heather: we can now negotiate and get more from our position. what would those things the that would be best for u...

That has caused a lot of anger in the environmental movement. hes not been one of the most popular in the administration. there is talk from pruitt supporters that he felt endangered when he was on commercial air travel. i think thats one of the reasons. it does seem for this position that sort of security posture is very unusual. i think that gets to some of the questions why his position is followed. >> theres so much discussion about what the epa has done and the money that theyve pulled out ...

Of people who feel this is the closest they could get, you know, to the white house. its a busy spot. all right, ryan nobles, well check back with you, thank you so much. lets get straight to our cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes and jonathan locknow. the response to the actual shooting and then of course the taking all the other precautions in the perimeter just in case. >> to ryans point, that was made a moment ago, the secret service has to maintain a security posture thats 360 degree...

Control the crowd? >> exactly. so what -- again, this is -- the security posture of the white house is based off of con centric rings of protection that go outward from the white house. again, we dont know what caused this incident. we dont know if this was -- if theres, you know, an attack, a secondary attack, somebody else involved. so the secret service by protocol will go ahead and, again, for the safety of the public, push the public back. this incident leaned on the north grounds so theyll...

Higher security posture as a result. brooke? >> where is the driver now, ryan? >> we dont know that as of yet. secret service has yet to tell us. this all just happened here in the last 15 minutes or so. and as i alluded to before, there are reports as to some sort of a confrontation between secret service officials and the driver of this car. we dont have that confirmed yet. i dont want to get into those details but, yeah, were still trying to hash these details all out. it just happened here i...

We know the president travels typically with a military aide that has security plans in place in case there were some sort of emergency while the president was traveling. also the president never is far from the nuclear football and all sorts of again contingencies too be able to be able to respond to a situation like this. no comment from the white house on that. they referred our questions to the department of defense. weve also reached out to the national security council, but they have yet t...

So much. andrea mitchell of andrea mitchell reports. >> speaking of ayman mohyeldin. whats the situation on the ground? im glad to see youre not wearing a helmet. >> i think a lot of us who were in the thick of things yesterday were bracing ourselves to see something similar unfold today. we are to say quite frankly it did not pan out with the same kind of violence that we saw yesterday. obviously, a lot of that has to do with the israeli security posture here. because they certainly were aware ...

Different parts of coalitions and different nation states and actors talking to each other, that happens at multiple deeper levels than even forces on the ground can sometimes tell. disruption to relationships certainly can lead to a disgruntled actor that may be involved in sharing information they shouldnt, but its very difficult to say from an outside perspective yet how much of an effect that decision had. >> so chris, im sure you heard that the commander of u.s. forces in africa, general th...

Into a routine patrol just before this one. have they been appropriately briefed, second question was it appropriate because of soft skinned vehicles, did they have the right security posture? general kelly saying there is going to be an investigation but a lot of people in congress including senator mccain say that the white house has not been forthcoming with formation. they want more of it and if necessary will use a subpoena to get it. heather: bottom line whether it is the controversy over ...