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Right now, secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting with u.s. commanders overseeing forces in the middle east at sent com in tampa hours after the pentagon announced its sending 1,000 more troops to the region. today, irans president rouhani said his country will not wage war, but it is threatening to break out of the nuclear deal by ramping up nuclear fuel production. iran has been obeying its limits. joining me now is courteney cubey and jake sullivan, the former national security advisor to ...

Heard the attacks are ones theyre concerned about, both air, land and sea. think about the threats weve seen. the tanker attacks at sea, in the air there are the drones and missiles that have been fired by the houthi rebels into saudi arabia and there have been missiles fired at u.s. drones. at land, one of the threats we havent heard much about is from the shia militia groups in iraq. so these additional 1,000 troops -- keep in mind, this is a small percentage of the total force thats in sent c...

Everyone who is engaged in this kind of service. america is deeply appreciative. were providing them with the resources they need to be successful to continue to engage in the activities in a way that will deliver good outcomes and to thank them for their willingness to take this ultimate risk, that every service member faces. i remind my diplomats around the world, they too, face threats to themselves and to their families. when i get a chance to talk to those officers at the state department, ...

Of it, but the american people should rest assured we have high confidence with respect to who conducted these attacks. >> welcome back. secretary of state mike pompeo says u.s. intelligence has lots of data and intelligence that iran was behind the attacks on oil tankers in the persian gulf last week. democrats like house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff agree with that assessment. but the question now is what happens next. pompeo is urging diplomacy. but the state department says he...

New surveillance video. they say it shows iran was involved. you can take a look. well explain this video with richard engel in istanbul, talking about what the video shows and what the administration is trying to do. >> reporter: it seems that the administration is now trying to prove its case in a way that didnt happen a month ago. you remember, a month ago, there was a previous attack on four tankers. and secretary of state john bolton said that iran was responsible, but he didnt lay out any ...

And youre abandoning this ally who you spend time building a relationship with, and imagine if you are the head of sent com right now so i wouldnt be surprised. i havent heard about anything but that is the next big thing im looking for. are we going to see military resignations over this. >> yes. nbc news national security reporter courtney cuby, thank you. thank you for being here on camera and being such a help to me and my producer every damn day that we cover stuff and need to call you for ...

Sent com in tampa is a planning organization. they are thinking a couple steps ahead of the policymakers. if the policymakers, in this case, the national security office asks for options, they will send them quickly. how much risk do you want to take? what are the military objectives. when this got to the policy stage, they had options for the leaders. >> jeff, you have been covering this at the white house. its no secret that russia figures into many stories these days. mike pence went further ...

Used it to kill reportedly 36 isis affiliated fighters. about $500,000 per guy. heres strange break in the story tonight. last night on that story, the hill newspaper published a story about that bomb, the use of that bomb, the decision to use that bomb. and in their story the hill published a number of quotes from somebody who they described as a sent.com spokesman. and the quotes were attributed to an unnamed, but apparently official centcom, part of the u.s. military for which their area of r...

Why not? for context here, the united states does not have an ambassador in afghanistan. the president has not spoken on afghanistan or said what he wants to do in that country. but militarily hes just something thats never been done before there or anywhere. for some reason he just used the most unimaginably giant bomb the united states military has got short of a nuclear weapon and he used it to kill reportedly 36 isis affiliated fighters. about $500,000 per guy. heres strange break in the sto...

Last night on that story, the hill newspaper published a story about that bomb, the use of that bomb, the decision to use that bomb. and in their story the hill published a number of quotes from somebody who they described as a sent.com spokesman. and the yoets were attributed to an unnamed, but apparently official centcom, part of the u.s. military for which their area of responsibility is the middle east. so theyre quoting this centcom military spokesman. but the quotes are a little weird for ...