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Miscalculation that would compel the u.s. to respond. jim, poppy. >> is it your understanding theres a split in the administration over how forcibly to respond not just to this, but the tanker attacks? the president has said publicly last night, that he does not want war. but you do have a republican senator like tom cotton, tough comments from john bolton and mike pompeo. is there a split here and who is holding sway? >> yeah, there is definitely a split, jim and the question is who changes tha...

Well find out. >> are you along to go to war? >> you will find out. obviously, you know, we are not going to be talking too much about it. you are going to find out. they made a very big mistake. >> the incident comes one week after two tankers were attacked in the gulf of oman. attacks that the u.s. has blamed on iran. and three days after the pentagon announced it was sending additional troops and military resources to the middle east. and, yet, president trump who said he doesnt want a war wi...

Hormuz overnight. iran says the drone violated iranian airspace. u.s. officials contend the drone was flying in international airspace. the president just wrapped up a meeting with his national security team and congressional leaders are also being briefed. we have it all covered for you from the middle east from the white house to capitol hill. nbcs courtney kube in the united arab emirates. nbcs kristen welker at the white house. retired army kerr nall jack jacobs and democratic congresswoman ...

Are, michelle. i do have a little bit of breaking news, i guess, for you guys. the iranians are having a cabinet meeting in tehran. they said the iranians decisively deny americas accusations that they are behind the tanker attacks. he added, this is interesting, that none of this is documented, that obviously a direct answer to some of the photos that weve seen coming out of the pentagon allegedly showing the iranian boat saying its removing a mine off the side of one of those tankers. we do ha...

>> reporter: yeah, hi there, michelle. a lot of breaking news from tehran. the iranians for the first time responding to some of that video evidence that the u.s. put forward after the tanker attacks in the persian gufls. the u.s. saying they implicate revolutionary small guard boats and they were taking an unexploded mine off of one of those ships. the iranians have been denying that. they came out and said, first of all, its unclear when that video was taken. he said the iranian small boats, w...

The world does not really need a major confrontation in the gulf. >> tonight, germanys chancellor says the tanker attacks have led to a very serious situation and she says germany has seen a high level of evidence linking iran to the attack despite irans a denial. >> shannon: thank you very much. the trump administration has labeled iran a state sponsor of terror and a terror group. we have a "fox news @ night" exclusive with the ambassador of counterterrorism. thank you for being with us. lets ...

Get this cycle where they work off each other and it doesnt advantage us. theres one way out and we saw this in the north korea situation where all of a sudden the president decides hes going to be the hero, for exactly the reason you said, he doesnt want to go to war. he might say okay, just as he said, this was minor, these tanker attacks, im going to make the deal, and im going to put something on the table, like he put military exercises on the table in the north korea situation so he could ...

Confrontation in the gulf. >> germanys chancellor says the tanker attacks have led to a serious situation in germany has high-level evidence linking iran to the attacks despite irans denial. shannon: the trump administration labeled iran a state sponsor of terror and its elite national guard a terror group. a fox news exclusive, ambassador nathan hale, great to have you with us tonight. lets start with iran. there is so much news, it is such a hot spot. they are talking about violating the iran ...

Theyre very much of the same ilk. esper like pompeo is conservative, he was at the heritage foundation here in washington, d.c.. hes much more open to a new answered approach, this gives secretary pompeo an ally potentially in a pivot with iran away from a purely militaristic overthrow the government approach that john bolton holds at the white house. and useful for pompeo. >> were learning the president has been skeptical about that approach add well. going to war with iran. he was in a meeting...

Will include surveillance personnel that observe potential threats as well as forced protection units that help provide security to troops on the ground. the u.s. is saying this is in response to what it sees as a threat imnating from iran. the u.s. will send another troops to provide ski security for its forces already on the ground there. >> fred, what more is iran saying about the u.s. announcements? >> reporter: the iranians have had a lot of reactions to those announcements. they are contin...