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Atlanta. Newsroom star newsroom starts right now. The United States president says he is not looking for a war with iran, but senior officials in Donald Trumps administration are refusing to take military action off the table. And thats raising concerns about the u. S. Strategy during a time of heightened tensions in that region with tehran. The u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo is on his way to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. He says that he wants to build a Global Coalition against iran. President trump admits some members of his team take a harder line on iran but says he list...

>> reporter: despite a lot of fears the president did not focus on partisan issues, but instead talked about americans as a whole, never really mentioning democrats or republicans and talking about as a group how americans can move forward. an important message, no doubt, on this fourth of july when his very actions in holding this rally caused a lot of division. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> joining me now to talk about it is political analyst peter matheus. always good to have you with us. hi, peter. >> hi, natalie. good to be with you again. >> let's start with president trump crafting a...

Next year, i should say. that's the thing he's looking at is the election, but he also somehow seems to take the superpatriotism to the extreme and covering up the problems we have in the nation. he should be working on immigration. look what happened on the border, natalie. kids torn from their parents and sitting in cages. that's not an ideal this country can project to the world when we're a country that believe in natural rights. she should go back to the american ideal of protecting natural rights and human rights. maybe using the military is a way to hide what's going on. >> a democrat w...

Thinks he can do that like he did before with the electoral college. he needs to expand that base. look at these pictures, the fire and the violence directed because people are so upset and it's wrong that this happened, but, you know, he really needs to bring people together. his base won't be enough, natalie, for him to win again. if he thinks he can rely on that, he may have something else coming, actually. >> political analyst peter matheus, we always appreciate your insights. thank you. >> thank you, natalie. good to be here. the trump administration has until the coming day to explain ...

>> mr. trump says that he delayed the raids for two weeks to allow democrats and republicans to work out a way to close immigration loopholes and to handle the influx of migrants seeking asylum. >> he tells nbc news the democrats have the power to solve the problem. >> if the democrats would change the asylum laws and the loopholes, which they refuse to do because they think it's good politics, everything would be solved immediately, but they refuse to do it. they refuse to do it -- >> let me ask you this -- >> you know what? if they change, i used to say 45 minutes, it's 15 minutes. if they c...