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Welcome back. president trump insists he does not want war with iran, but he did turn heads yesterday when he tweeted this, quote, if iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran. never threaten the united states again. today iran's foreign minister responded tweeting this, quote, economic terrorism and genocidal taunts won't end iran. try respect. it works. the rhetoric is clearly escalating here, but is this just saber rattling, or is it possible this could lead to military conflict? more on that when we come back with "the lid." th "the lid. ♪ i was just finishing a ride. i ...

President and his allies in the gop, they're on the attack tonight against one of their own, against republican congressman justin amash, who dared to suggest that mr. trump has engaged in impeachable conduct. >> mr. mcgahn, was it a mistake -- >> in a dramatic attempt to block democrats from conducting their own russia investigation, the trump administration is rejecting the house judiciary committee's subpoena for the testimony of former white house counsel don mcgahn on tuesday. in a letter to the committee's chairman, democrat jerry nadler, the current white house counsel argues that mcgah...

He votes more with nancy pelosi than he ever votes with me. >> reporter: the president is continuing another war of words with iran, tweeting, if iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran. never threaten the united states again. mr. trump turned to fox to justify the brinkmanship. >> i just don't want them to have nuclear weapons. and they can't be threatening us. and with all of everything that's going on, and i'm not one thab that believes -- you know, i'm not someone that wants to go into wars, because war hurts economies, war kills people, by far, most importantly. >> repo...

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...

"total annihilation," president trump warning iran on twitter, quote, if iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran. never threaten the united states again. the president's warning prompting this response from iran's foreign minister #neverthreatenaniranian, try respect, it works. joining me now, phil mudd. always a lot of respect for you, my friend. >> if you don't respect me, total annihilation. >> as we look at all of this, the president went ton to say, tweeting, iran will call us if and when they're ever ready. in the meantime, their economy continues to collapse, very sad...