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Measured terms walk away from that, de-escalate. really there are three rules. rule one is force protect when you're deployed. rule two isde-escalate. rule three is if rule two doesn't apply, crush them. let's assume rule one and rule two can work. >> very telling. general marks, thank you so much for explaining all of this to us. we're also getting word right now that the white house is going to brief lawmakers very soon. we'll take you to capitol hill as the situation is escalating. did you know the first ingredient in this clif bar is brown rice syrup?

>> and when he talks about sort of diplomacy, what is diplomacy for, you know, donald trump? it's america's way, chiefly, until he needs others, and the question is, if you're a traditional ally of america who had been onboard the coalition that president obama put together and now you are hearing donald trump say, okay, we need you to come back in and help the situation, i guess, why would you, ultimately? >> that is -- that's a good question. general marks, why would you? >> well, we've got long historical ties to many of those who are part of it, and if you wanted to change the deal with ir...

That accord. since then, trump has imposed punishing sanctions, economic sanctions on iran, which the iranians call an act of economic war, and they are essentially retaliating. i do think they are responsible, in all likelihood, for these attacks on tankers in the persian gulf, and today they announced they are going to increase the amount of uranium they are producing to break out of the limits of the nuclear accord. to, donald trump is leading us into a position that a lot of people predicted we'd be in, because people said when he left the nuclear accord, this was going to increase the ris...

You, ultimately? >> that is -- that's a good question. general marks, why would you? >> well, we've got long historical ties to many of those who are part of it, and if you wanted to change the deal with iran, you have a better chance of doing that from the inside as opposed to the outside. but what we're confronted with now, again, should be of no surprise to any of us, that tehran is going to get frisky, and i don't know that there is direct causality between what this administration is doing today and the fact that the irgc is going to continue to act as it has acted in the past. the concer...

War with iran and increase the chances that iran would restart their nuclear program and those risks are the ones we face right now, right hereto, today. and who knows how donald trump plans to get out of this crisis that he has created. >> general marks, let's put the video up. the photos, i should say, new photos today, more proof that iran was behind these dayiattac. do you have any doubt that iran is responsible? max says they are. >> none at all. this is clearly the act of the irgc. they have capability to do that. they have the intent to do that, as max has indicated, these sanctions see...