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Our wisdom and in our restraint we decided to pull back. so now the question is really does this bring the two sides to a negotiation? ali says it doesnt, that iran still wants more. but you saw this extraordinary series of brinkman xin ovship o the last 24 hours and i dont know if were going to see more or if were going to see some diplomatic activity in the run-up to the g-20 almost a week from today. >> thats right. no doubt iran will be at the top of the list for those countries gathered. ge...

Degrades their ability to do that. and it shows very strongly what we can do. if theres a reaction, for instance, we could take out their entire surface to air network or their entire radar in the say position where it shouldnt be partisan, its just america has to be clear that we will defend ourselves and this is a case that i think warrants that. >> this idea that the president appears to be announcing foreign policy decisions via twitter, taking us inside his head to a certain extent, is that...

Could die ten minutes before a strike, is that -- is that possible? would that -- would that be how that process would unfold? >> well, doesnt sound right because normally when these plans are prepared the possible kaushlts a casualties are discussed. but it is possible he was thinking about it and said remind me again how many people could get killed or maybe he didnt hear it in the say crisis communication and it was a smart move by the president to call this off because the strike would have ...

Comments that have drawn a fair amount of scorn from his rivals. and roy moore running again after he lost his senate seat in alabama. hes going to give it another try. he just spoke exclusively to nbc news. his first interview since the allegations of sexual misconduct emerged and derailed his last campaign. well go to alabama in just a moment, but we start with that breaking news. president trump calling off a military strike on a ran in a series of tweets this morning, the president said ...

Because its one thing to bomb and blow up tankers or try to deny straits over hormuz. but then we have to make a case for freedom of navigation in our interests. but when you target a drone thats not the size of a drone all your friends fly, its the size of basically an airliner that kwo koh have easily been a manned aircraft if misidentified with 30 people on board is a massive escalation and i think warrants a proportional response and its an art in terms of what that is. there is no real form...

>> you know, its hard to tell because as your prior guest was saying theres all kinds of different views out here. so im going to be basically faithful to what i believe on it. i will tell theres some disappointment, some people dont want to do anything, some people think he shouldnt have called it off. so the question of was that proportional or not, i think its proportional, but if we want to adjust down, and i think theres a benefit to saying theres going to be a response, it cost you what it...

Craig. >> kelly odonnell there for us at the white house. pu. ali in tehran, general clark and of course richard engel, thank you as well. i want to bring in illinois republican congressman adam king zinner now. he serves on the foreign affairs committee. thank you for your time pit want to share a tweet that you sent out this morning and ill read it for our listeners or sirius satellite radio. america is facing a crisis in confidence. obamas decision to cancel the strike in syria in 2013 has ha...