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from yemen and pointing fingers at around, i'll go with him on that. i see plenty of reasons for central command to be wider as we sort things out and were waiting to hear from a aramco as to when they think they can put the fire out and how extensive the damages. right now the ministration is playing it cool, pointing the finger but keeping options open. arthel: you say this is a much bigger escalation. what is the proper response from the u.s. and what options would you consider? >> they will have to have a lot of options, no question, two things will happen, this will increase the security for our military forces, throughout the gulf region, they'll be on a little bit higher alert after this. the second thing, i have no doubt what they're looking for potential strike options, that is their job, what are the possibilities, we know that
side may not be equal to the percentage point on the other. we saw that. >> it's true. having voters that aren't going to leave you no matter what, changes the scale. michael smerconish, well done. always a pleasure. >> good to see you guys. >> he did steal the line. >> he did. vice president mike pence is pushing back hard on this "new york times" report that suggests he and many others are keeping options open in 2020 just in case the president doesn't run for a second term. we'll tell you what he's saying and why it may be just a smidge doth protest too much next.
responsible. >> i think he's seeing that president trump is unable to change the direction, the overall direction of american-russia relations. so as a matter of style, of keeping options open, the timing, doing it now, not waiting until the president signed the sanctions, gives them a bit of an opening to play a card perhaps sometime in the future, alisyn. i think we're in this pretty dark state for a long time. >> it's a pretty interesting note, you think he's trying to give the president some space. the vice president is in the baltics. vice president mike pence actually made the claim -- and we'll play this for you -- it's the president's tough talk, as he's characterizing it -- that caused congress to issue these sanctions. let's listen to the vice president. >> i think the president has confirmed repeatedly that we believe russia did meddle in u.s. elections. i think he's also said it could have been other actors as well,
our region, what is it that we know about korea where we can apply leverage? >> i think it is a good sign that secretary mattis went out and tried to turn down the volume a little bit on the rhetoric. i think that's important that potential for miscalculation on kore korean peninsula is pretty high. thousands of u.s. troops and korean troops staring at north korean troops on the other side of the border on a daily basis. they are already on a hair pin trigger. it is good that mattis chose to turn down the volume on that. i will say keeping options on the table is smart tactically. i think options need to remain on the table as tool but as a last resort. >> david, as we have pictures up, police in hamburg are advancing slowly. police have told journalists
>> the other question i had when i read that statement though, is how concerned would a terror group be about safely moving the material, i'm not sure they would mind moving it if it's not that safe to do so. we'll have to wait and see. jim accost to, you were at the white house when the president was speaking. you pressed him about the possibility of mission creep, president obama saying 300 advisors, he said non-combat forces, probably green berets, navy saleeals, rangers going to baghdad. what did he say? >> anderson, another example of why president obama is a cautious commander in chief. he's really caught in a jam. he said american combat troops are not going to be fighting in iraq again but said it's in the national security interest of the u.s. to make sure iraq is not a safe haven for terrorists and he's keeping options open for air strikes but by the way, the options for air strikes could take place in iraq or syria. senior administration officials are not ruling that out and at
iraq again. but he also said it's in the national security interests of the u.s. to make sure iraq does not become a safe haven for terrorists. so that's why he is keeping options open for airstrikes. but by the way, those options for air strikes could take place in iraq or syria. senior administration officials are not ruling that out. and at the same time, while this is a cautious move to only send in military advisers, anderson, senior administration officials were explaining earlier today that they're going to be going in, these advisers and teams of 12 or so when they go out with iraqi forces to advise them and consult with them. that does potentially open them up to some danger. and that is why senior administration officials were saying today that these advisers have been granted immunity, unlike the situation that occurred between the u.s. and iraq back in 2011. and that if they need to, they can fire back in self-defense, anderson. >> arwa damon, as you know, the shia-led government of nuri al
haven and we'll continue that effort through our support of the moderate opposition in syria and iraq security forces and partnership with other countries across the region. >> he mentioned support a lot. that may include air support but we just learned that the u.s. is sending in a heavily armed aircraft carrier keeping the door open for possible air strikes and for the people in northern iraq and baghdad, a city now in the cross hairs of these radical extremists, time is running out quickly. the un now saying in just a few short days as isis fighters stormed onward and cities fell, hundreds of iraqi civilians may have been killed. joining me now to update us on all that's going on is our senior national correspondent live from inside iraq. so the president is keeping options open including the do nothing option. can iraq really stabilize the situation militarily or politically on its own?
or otherwise, it will never let go, as mohamed morsi was busy demonstrating in his year as president. opposing the brotherhood are egypt's military and a collection of citizens who refuse to live under an authoritarian theocracy. coptic christians, pro-democracy intellectuals, a middle class that desires for a functioning economy, and women who dot yearn for the burka. without the military's support, however, the group would be hopelessly outmatched. today's struggle is ultimately between the brotherhood and the army. like it or not, it is time for the u.s. to choose sides. for those who know american foreign policy on this issue, don't choose yet. you don't know how this is going to shake out, and keeping options open for the white house at the moment may be the most sensible course of action, despite the kind of carnage that we're seeing. but i actually agree that there are a lot of egyptians, a surprising number of egyptians, and people that i'm speaking to in egypt, who we would think of
we'll see. it will be up to my family and certainly utah. >> it's the big tease in politics. keeping options open. her answer yesterday when i talk to her, rising conservative star about a possible second attempt at taking the house seat she lost to jim matheson. we've learned she's reaching out already. hired former gop chair dave hansen to help explore options. she lost in november by a little less than 1 percentage point. more news from the political play grooup includingoverbial p of town at the same time. a president and vice president rarely leave country at the same time. on tuesday, president obama scheduled on a trip to the middle east, and vice president joe biden, i mentioned, arriving shortly in rome. expected to be at the vatican all day tuesday for the papal
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