mistake. what an interesting characterization from the president. it sounds like he is trying to de-escalate this, does not want to suggest this was an act of war that the united states needs to retaliate. but he is not willing to say it was in iranian air space. he is clearly saying it was in international. nbc correspondent hans nichols joins us live from the white house and we go also live to iran. hans, we ll start with you. you heard the president say you ll find out about the response to iran. but there is this doubt that the president is putting out there to say this did not maybe you shouldn t read this as an aggressive act by iran. what do you think is going on there? reporter: the president is clearly trying to lower the temperature, guys. he is saying this wasn t command and control. this wasn t at the highest levels of the iranian government and he is seeming to suggest it was a rogue commander. now, that doesn t and i stress doesn t mean there won t be any sort o