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We have a mission to accomplish. i think that idea of you know it is not a partisan issue. it is an issue of doing the thing thats right. i understand from my point. i came to congress to do all this right, people in my democratic sent me into washington and make hard choices? >> they did that in part because i have been making hard choices in my career in the navy. >> i did six diplomats and weapon systems. there are a lot o f hard choices that had to be named during my career and that backgrou...

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Target the petroleum facility. however, because these systems are -- the weapon systems are sophisticated, they can maneuver around radar, radar systems. this is a new type of device, if you will. it is a cruise missile capable of flying at very low levels to avoid radar detection. so at the moment, the direction that were being -- the direction were being guided if you will by this source is it does appear that both the united states and the saudis are on track to point the finger at iran as a ...

Will, fell short of their target. they came in from the north. they havent fully exploded. theres evidence on the ground that investigators can get their hands on and analyze. u.s. weapons experts are on the ground and recovered. what they are also assessing is there is a high probability, and this is the assessment of saudi arabia and the united states, that the weapons were fired from bases inside iran. close to the border with iraq. and then, down over kuwait and down into saudi arabia, and h...

Details. breaking details on an attack on a saudi facility. as or the says they were carried out from low-all tuesday cruise mitt missiles from north of the target. the assessment from the u.s. and saudis, they were likely launched from the base near the border with iraq. nic robertson is standing by live for us in riyadh. what are we learning? >> were getting a feeling why the weapon systems were made in iran and why the united states has been so clear that the root of the attack lies in ir...

Specifically where they were fired from, only that its not yemen. they say they will get to the bottom of it. my understanding is there is more information to come on this at this time, but if you take what the saudis are saying in concert what secretary of state mike pompeo is saying, that the weapons systems werent fired from iraq to the north of saudi arabia, and they didnt come from the south as the saudis say from yemen, that really leaves one place, iran. just to add a little context here,...

Trip is going to happen. >> kaitlan collins in new mexico for us. thank you very much. lets get more on that attack on the saudi oil facility. our cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in saudi capital of riyadh. how is the saudi kingdom responding to this attack? >> reporter: theyre investigating. and right now their coalition i mean, if you havent thought abfrankly, youre missing out. and top military spokesperson here said they have determined uh... the mobile app makes it ea...

Invite journalists and said today to take a look. but weve just had in the last few minutes, jake, a statement from the saudi foreign ministry here and they say that they are going to invite u.n. and international experts to join the investigation to help examine the evidence that theyre coming up with so there could be -- it appears better international coordination and perhaps support for what the saudis are saying. so they are indicating theyre going to take -- try and bring the international...

Attack than what happened in saudi arabia. and so he did sort of put out this thinly veiled threat that the u.s. could respond. though he did say he does not want to go to war with iran. the president tweeted that the u.s. is locked and loaded which seemed to indicate that the u.s. was ready, that he was ready to pull the trigger on a military strike. administration official -- the vice president chief of staff walked that back saying it is merely a broad term. and he also said that he does not ...