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Secretary of state pompeo said that they reacted to as well. he also said in one of the interviews today that the president is doing everything he can to maintain all of this in the sphere of diplomacy rather than to have it escalate into something like a shooting war. the speaker of the parliament also saying that the iranians do not consider the maximum pressure policy, those sanctions by the trump administration, to be any diplomatic tool. they call it economic warfare, fredricka. >> so, fred, in what way do the iranians have leverage here? >> reporter: yeah, exactly. if it came to some sor...

He not been briefed on these types of situations. figuring out what powers are doing. >> the president has time and again said don't believe the intelligence when it comes to russia's enter veinterference, intelligence is telling us iran was involved in the tanker attacks, and he is saying believe the intelligence this time. >> believe it this time. trump has made his own bed to an extent and now he has to lie in it. he casts doubt on intelligence communities, and he called it not even passive because it didn't fit in his personal agenda. now he's saying believe the intelligence committee, and...

Front-runner, joe biden, who topses trump by ten points. we are still a long ways away from election day though, and it's worth noting that at this point four years ago hillary clinton was leading donald trump by 17 points, and we all know how that one turned out, so stay tuned, leland. leland: indeed. about four years ago when then-candidate donald trump came down that golden escalator. garrett tenney, thanks so much for the perspective. gillian: the u.s. and iran facing off this weekend in the gulf of oman. secretary pompeo doubling down on his act vegases that iran is responsible -- accusat...

Eric: saudi arabia crown prince now speaking publicly for the first time on the tanker attacks. he too appears to be joining the u.s. in blaming the original rival saudi arabia, iran peerless go to trey yingst live in jerusalem with the latest details on this. reporter: hi, eric. after the attacks on two oil tankers last week, there is a consensus among u.s. allies including britain and saudi arabia that iran is indeed responsible. the countries have provided definitive evidence linking iranian leadership to the explosions, the question now is whether or not there will be response from the int...

Enough proof that iran was behind these tanker attacks? >> i think what we have seen is compelling. there seems to be more information that we haven't had a chance to see. it's a little distressing to think that because this administration's credibility is so low in general, i think a lot of people are thinking twice in a moment when america's words should be decisive, when the u.s. says this is something that has happened and this is the consensus of our administration, that should be something that goes without question. of course, that's just not the case in an administration that has been ...