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I'm going to now turn to those who know more than me because i have heard colonel jack all day talking about this. you see him in the meeting with trudeau talking with seems to be more strength and trying to create space for deescalation. and referring in a way that the president normally would do. seemed briefed, like he knew some things about the intel in a very un-trumpy way. i don't know where it's headed but it seems like it's headed in a direction even more unpredictable because trump is not being trump now. >> let me add to the conversation, because annie's covering this president today...

>> press, let's go. thank you. press, thank you. the president, as you can see, a remarkable exchange there. kristen welker, jonathan lemire, colonel jack. let's talk, first of all, colonel jack about the modulated voice you heard from the president about this, trying to say -- was saying it could have been a general who was not obeying orders, it was maybe a mistake, not the regime. we're expecting momentarily pentagon, perhaps grainy black and white video -- do we have that video? there it is. this is the video which is supposed to be showing the aftermath of the drone attack. kerchl jack,...

Shouted question which we could not hear. it was a response to iran and the president mouthed the words, not audibly, you'll soon find out. with that on the table, congresswoman houlihan, you've heard all of what colonel jack said and courtney kube and kristen welker. you're on armed services, you're a u.s. veteran. what's your response to what seems to be a very calibrated escalation from iran and counteractions from the u.s. and what some would say and certainly zarif's argument would be the sanctions are aggressive, but also the decision last month for the u.s. to designate the revolutionar...

Iran the benefit of the doubt. we know there were iranian proxies as well as the military part of iran, the revolutionary guard, that has been specifically isolated and sanctioned by the united states. >> or andrea, he could be saying see how uncontrollable things are in iran, see how loose they are. they cannot control their own actors and so, yeah, i think that cuts both ways again for the president, where he can give iran a cover and come back and say some rogue person hit the wrong button, or this is an illustration by the president of eye iran needs to be checked because things are so dis...

Security team has, andrea. >> kristen, courtney kube our colleague also in the persian gulf and the uae, as we've been reporting, this was a very different donald trump from previous crises and from previous crises involving iran. his language, saying it was a mistake, it's very clear that they have pretty good intelligence on who ordered this or he would not be giving them so much leeway after a global hawk was shot down. courtney? >> reporter: i'm so sorry. can you say that again? >> colonel jack is still with us. we'll make sure courtney's audio is checked out. but colonel jack, the signals...