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The official end of iran. today iranian foreign minister fired back tweeting never threaten any iranian. try respect. it works. joining me now a former senior state department official and msnbc senior foreign affairs analyst. it's good to see you. the president didn't elaborate after his tweet. what is the message he is sending to iran? >> well, a year ago he said the same thing on twitter but used all caps. i don't know if that is a signal he is trying to de-escalate things. i think the public tit for tats isn't helpful. there is increased threat stream from the iranians and the administrati...

Region should iran attack u.s. forces and now both republicans and democrats and congress would like answers including trump's very good friend lindsey graham. >> removing personnel from embassies and consulates is clearly a serious move by the state department they feel the threat. and i would urge the state department and d.o.d. to come down here and plain to us what is going on because i have no idea what the threat stream is beyond what i read in the paper. >> graham got his wish. the trump administration will brief congressional leaders and "the washington post" reporting president trump ...

And there has already been loose talk of a potential force of 120,000 u.s. troops to the region should iran attack u.s. forces and now both republicans and democrats and congress would like answers including trump's very good friend lindsey graham. >> removing personnel from embassies and consulates is clearly a serious move by the state department they feel the threat. and i would urge the state department and d.o.d. to come down here and plain to us what is going on because i have no idea what the threat stream is beyond what i read in the paper. >> graham got his wish. the trump administrat...

The second one is on that barge under that blue tarp. the ntsb is on the scene and they're hoping to have some answers in the coming weeks. david? >> will carr reporting in from alaska. will, thank you. next tonight, amid escalating tensions with iran, the u.s. state department is ordering all nonemergency workers out of the u.s. embassy in iraq because of what the trump administration considers an imminent threat from iran or its proxies. but tonight, senators on both sides of the aisle are now demanding to know, what is this new threat? in fact, a british general has said he does not belie...

Has not provided any information to this committee on the intelligence behind their decisions or what they plan to do in iraq or iran. mr. chairman, i hope you'll join me in asking the administration to immediately provide this committee with a briefing on the decision to order the departure of the embassy staff, the intelligence on what iran may be planning to do and any plans to go to war with iran. >> the president shot down the idea we're going to deploy 120,000 people, but removing personnel from embassies and consulates is clearly a serious move by the state department. they feel the thr...