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Miscalculation that would compel the u.s. to respond. jim, poppy. >> is it your understanding there's a split in the administration over how forcibly to respond not just to this, but the tanker attacks? the president has said publicly last night, that he does not want war. but you do have a republican senator like tom cotton, tough comments from john bolton and mike pompeo. is there a split here and who is holding sway? >> yeah, there is definitely a split, jim and the question is who changes that split. you've seever secretary of state mike pompeo coming out and saying they are responsible fo...

We'll find out. >> are you along to go to war? >> you will find out. obviously, you know, we are not going to be talking too much about it. you are going to find out. they made a very big mistake. >> the incident comes one week after two tankers were attacked in the gulf of oman. attacks that the u.s. has blamed on iran. and three days after the pentagon announced it was sending additional troops and military resources to the middle east. and, yet, president trump who said he doesn't want a war with iran downplayed the severity of those tanker attacks telling "time magazine" they were, quote, ...

Hormuz overnight. iran says the drone violated iranian airspace. u.s. officials contend the drone was flying in international airspace. the president just wrapped up a meeting with his national security team and congressional leaders are also being briefed. we have it all covered for you from the middle east from the white house to capitol hill. nbc's courtney kube in the united arab emirates. nbc's kristen welker at the white house. retired army kerr nall jack jacobs and democratic congresswoman chrissy houlihan who served on the armed services and foreign affairs committees. welcome all. cou...

Are, michelle. i do have a little bit of breaking news, i guess, for you guys. the iranians are having a cabinet meeting in tehran. they said the iranians decisively deny america's accusations that they are behind the tanker attacks. he added, this is interesting, that none of this is documented, that obviously a direct answer to some of the photos that we've seen coming out of the pentagon allegedly showing the iranian boat saying it's removing a mine off the side of one of those tankers. we do have the rhetoric escalating between the u.s. and iran. the head of the u.s. revolutionary guard co...

>> reporter: yeah, hi there, michelle. a lot of breaking news from tehran. the iranians for the first time responding to some of that video evidence that the u.s. put forward after the tanker attacks in the persian gufls. the u.s. saying they implicate revolutionary small guard boats and they were taking an unexploded mine off of one of those ships. the iranians have been denying that. they came out and said, first of all, it's unclear when that video was taken. he said the iranian small boats, when they go to a rescue operation like they did when the tanker was stricken, they go around the ta...