After him, has there been a change in u. S. Response where we are no longer going to go after the enemy of the field, we are not going to go after irans commandandcontrol . Sec. Pompeo there is a strategy that has been several years in the making now that we have been working on. It has been a diplomatic strategy,an i cannot economic strategy. President trump talked about 52 targets last night. That is not new. We have made clear to the theocrats and cut the grass running i ran today, running it into the ground against the will of their on people. We will respond not against just the proxy forces. We made clear the cost will be brought home to them, to the leadership regime in iran. We would not just attack their asymmetric efforts. We would respond in a way that we are headed close to the precipice of war. You just heard the president this morning talk about targeting iranian sites, including cultural sites, which is a war crime the president were to carry that out. The point we are making is the president is not entitled under the constitution to continue this escalation and take us to war without congressional action. That is what the constitution requires. I heard secretary pompeo talk about this. You asked him about the maximum pressure strategy. They have not accomplished any of their goals. They had very unrealistic goals. All they have done under maximum pressure is escalate the chance of war with iran, something President Trump said he wanted to avoid but a lot of people around him, like us secretary pompeo, heaven urging confrontation with iran for a very long time. Secretary of state claimed not acting, not taking solomont he out, that the consequences than note been worse acting. So far from what you have learned, what do you believe was the right call here . Sen. Warren we are not safer. We are much closer to the edge of war. Why now . Why not a month ago or a month from now . The administration cannot keep a story straight. It points in all Different Directions. The last time we saw this was this past summer over ukraine. When people started asking questions about what had happened on the phone call between President Trump and the president of ukraine and why 18 ukraine had been stopped, the administration did the same thing. They point in Different Directions and give all different answers. Of course what it turned out to be his donald trump was doing what donald trump does, and that is he was advancing his own personal political interests. You think that is happening here . Sen. Warren i think the question people reasonably ask facest week donald trump the start potentially of an impeachment trial. And why now . Overnight President Trump issued a threat on twitter to bomb 52 sites in iran. What is the administrations strategy . Has it been explained to congress . Sen. Rubio yes, at least i understand it. Its called selfdefense. The United States has over 5000 military personnel in iraq and additional personnel in syria under direct threat, not just from iran but their proxy groups, and iran needs to understand whether we are attacked directly by them or by proxy groups, we will respond. This president has shown, and hes not getting credit for it, but tremendous restraint, after 11 rocket attacks, everything in the shipping lanes, after the mines on those ships, the attacks against saudi arabia, he has shown tremendous restraint in not responding to those. But now we have reached a new level and it was time to enforce the crossing of these red lines. You actually think iran will stop doing this now that Qassem Soleimani is dead . Sen. Rubio well, i think that iran now will have to sit there and say, how far are we now willing to go, when we know our adversary is a far more powerful than we are, that in the end theres a war which i do not want. I am not advocating an invasion of iran, i am not advocating we bomb tehran offensively, taking action or invade them or anything of that nature. Im saying it has to be clear to the iranians that if they take action against the United States directly or through these proxies, we will hold them responsible and we will act. Announcer do not on cspan, q a with daniel weiss. He talks about his book on musician michael odonnell, who went missing in action during vietnam. Later, cspan is in iowa where Elizabeth Warren held a town hall. Afterwards, Senate Leaders discuss the articles of impeachment against President Trump and the pending senate trial. Daniel weiss, your new book in that time opens with a poem that was composed in 1970. Id like you to frame our conversation by reading it. Id be happy to. Its letters from plaku. If you are able save for them a place inside of you. And save up with backward