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Right now, secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting with u.s. commanders overseeing forces in the middle east at sent com in tampa hours after the pentagon announced it's sending 1,000 more troops to the region. today, iran's president rouhani said his country will not wage war, but it is threatening to break out of the nuclear deal by ramping up nuclear fuel production. iran has been obeying its limits. joining me now is courteney cubey and jake sullivan, the former national security advisor to vice president joe biden and a top state department official under president obama. welcome back.

Heard the attacks are ones they're concerned about, both air, land and sea. think about the threats we've seen. the tanker attacks at sea, in the air there are the drones and missiles that have been fired by the houthi rebels into saudi arabia and there have been missiles fired at u.s. drones. at land, one of the threats we haven't heard much about is from the shia militia groups in iraq. so these additional 1,000 troops -- keep in mind, this is a small percentage of the total force that's in sent com. these troops will be there for defensive and force protection, andrea. >> thanks so much. ja...

Everyone who is engaged in this kind of service. america is deeply appreciative. we're providing them with the resources they need to be successful to continue to engage in the activities in a way that will deliver good outcomes and to thank them for their willingness to take this ultimate risk, that every service member faces. i remind my diplomats around the world, they too, face threats to themselves and to their families. when i get a chance to talk to those officers at the state department, those diplomats, i tell them the same thing i like to share with the families that are here at sent...

Of it, but the american people should rest assured we have high confidence with respect to who conducted these attacks. >> welcome back. secretary of state mike pompeo says u.s. intelligence has lots of data and intelligence that iran was behind the attacks on oil tankers in the persian gulf last week. democrats like house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff agree with that assessment. but the question now is what happens next. pompeo is urging diplomacy. but the state department says he is scheduled to meet with military commanders overseeing american forces in the middle east at sent...

New surveillance video. they say it shows iran was involved. you can take a look. we'll explain this video with richard engel in istanbul, talking about what the video shows and what the administration is trying to do. >> reporter: it seems that the administration is now trying to prove its case in a way that didn't happen a month ago. you remember, a month ago, there was a previous attack on four tankers. and secretary of state john bolton said that iran was responsible, but he didn't lay out any evidence. this time, iran apparently escalated, if you believe the u.s. military, that iran was b...