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His job. do we know why? >> the optics are interesting. next door to it the u.s. special operations command. unusual, yes. unprecedented, not really because secretaries of state of course often do meet with military commanders especially when they're traveling overseas. we are told that pompeo had this trip setup for the last two weeks before the tanker attacks. >> barbara starr at the pentagon thank you very much. let's discuss with mike rogers, former republican of chairman of the house intelligence committee. nice to have you here, sir. you think it's actually a mistake for secretary of sta...

There with the acting defense secretary. he went down with his team and the political advisor here at the pentagon. the person in charge of policy. they want to make sure that any military movements are in sync with the diplomatic movements. the state department at the pentagon has said many times, he is in the lead here. it's important to point out that he mentions that angela merkel, the german leader, has now mentioned that she thinks the evidence is significant that iran was involved. remember, the germans have been questioning that intelligence in recent days and had not been as forthrigh...

Involvement in the attacks. let's bring in fred pleitgen live from tehran with the latest. fred. >> reporter: hi, dave. yeah, certainly still a very volatile situation down there in the persian gulf, but of course in general here in this region, you're absolutely right. the iranians continue to adamantly deny that they were behind the tanker attacks. regarding the increased u.s. military presence in the region are putting out some pretty tough talk of their own. a top iranian general saying yesterday that the iranians are very much monitoring what they call their enemy forces which is the u.s....

Appointments available now. all right, tensions continue to rise within the usga a.s. an iran. 1,000 more troops now on their way to the middle east. but iran i was leader says their country is not threatened and ready to respond if needed. >> european allies, u.s. diplomats and even china are all urgi urging the u.s. to dial it back. but this morning in an interview with mag sbreen the president seemed to be striking a different tone, perhaps walking back his administration's recent rhetoric on those tanker

Troops that we might think of. think of what the threat is here that the u.s. military says they're responding to and what they might immediate do. the threat sfrt air, land, and sea. from the air it's threats from drones and from missiles, primarily houthi missiles flying in saudi arabia. at sea it's threats from commercial tankers like we saw these attacks in the two tankers last week in the gulf of oman. and the land it's the threat from iraq. these are the threatser that responding to. so the kinds of things they would need are things like additional support to patriot batteries, those are...