a war event and it could have been a proportional response but a response to notify several people within the administration that is going to take place. >> we will hear from secretary of state mike pompeo in a moment. let me read you from a couple of sentences right from the "the wall street journal." it's unclear with the proposals were provided to the white house or whether president trump knew of the request. or whether they took shape at that point in time. important to note here. let's listen to the secretary of state. >> we will not let iran get away with using a proxy force to attack an american interest. iran will be held accountable for those incidents. >> reporter: even militarily? >> they will be held accountable. if they are responsible for the arming and training of these militias, we are going to go to the source. >> do you expect that there will be, that there could still be on the table a military response? >> there certainly could be, victor.