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good morning. i'm garrett haake. you are watching our coverage of the fallout from the u.s. airstrike that killed iranian commander quassam solemani. we have all the latest developments from the middle east to washington. we start with this. take a look at these large protests on the streets of iran, crowd for soleimani's funeral procession. memorial services are expected to last all the way into tues y

tuesday. and emotions are high in iran's parliament, government officials there chanting death to america during a session to discuss the u.s. airstrike that killed soleimani calming it a military act of terrorism. meanwhile, about 3,000 troops from the army's 82nd airborne division will son be on the ground in kuwait, members of a response force. protesters took to new york and d.c. to sound the alarm about a potential war with iran. white house officials notified of the strike under the war powers act and then defended the operation. >> there is no dispute here that soleimani had been very recently was involved at the time and plotting against american troops. moreover there was the amuf you mentioned in 2002 and soleimani was an enemy combatant in the field operating against the united states. this was an absolute illegal

operation. it was signed off by administrative lawyers and doj and otherwise. so we feel very good about the legal basis for this military operation. >> we have an array of experienced reporters in the region covering the latest for us. we're watching this morning as the funeral procession continues for iranian general soleimani. reporting live from iran, ali, describe the scene on the ground. i've never seen pictures like this of iranians out in the streets. >> reporter: hi, guys. yeah, emotions are runnings extremely high here in iran in the cities where quassam solemani's funeral procession is going on. hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people have poured out into the streets to support us and soleimani, to support the government. they are all trying to get a glimpse of his coffin carried through various places on a

truck. he was taken to the city. he was involved in. his body was then taken again hundreds of thousands poured out to pay their respects. an atmosphere here is being filled by shock, anger, fear and a sense of retribution. a very strong sense of retribution, garrett. i was just listening to the speaker, who is leading the organization for the funeral procession on a loud speaker. he was asking all iranian, this is a country of 80 million 350e people, to donate $1 each so they can gather 80 million to put a bounty on president trump's head. not saying that's going to

happen, but it reflects just how emotional and angry people here a are. but there is a flurry of activity going on here, there are sex, emergency sessions of parliament being called. we saw video earlier of members of parliament shouting "death to america." i've only seen that once before. that was when president trump pulled out of the nuclear deal and burned the u.s. flag in parliament. and there issals a session tonight amongst senior members of iran's ruling establishment about what the fifth step is that they are going to take to reduce their commitment to the nuclear deal. so there is a lot of activity here. and also, you are also seeing, garrett, people closing ranks in this region. all sorts of people are showing up at quassam solemani use who pay their respects for him. the deputy head of hezbollah,

his deputy was there paying his respects to his family and also al sadr, the powerful ayatollah in iraq who has been calling for less involvement by iran in iraq was at his house to paying his respects. >> an extraordinary scene there in iran. stay safe out there. thank you very much. turning now to israel, where that security has been heightened after threats that iran will retaliate for the death of soleimani, we go to metula, along the border, that's where nbc news' matt bradley is there. what is the threat there as he's bollas live under threat pretty much all the time? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. it's like my colleague cal perry was saying this in the last hour in doha, when you see the

israeli military preparing for a spike back. you don't see that on the ground, of course. they're hiding that. the feeling here is normal. you are not seeing troop movement. all of that is behind walls, behind fences, we can assume they're on a higher alert level waiting for some kind of retaliation from right across the border behind me. if the weather were to cooperate, you'd see across this hostile border into lebanon. some of the armed position of hezbollah are not all that far away from where i am standing. within about a mile. close to where i am earlier this year, they discovered several hezbollah tunnels that ran deep under ground that would have aloud he's bhola to come in here in the case of an incursion into israeli territory. we will hear more about that as the day goes on. the head of hezbollah will be probably addressing the nation of lebanon in the next couple of hours. he is probably going to say

something along the lines of what he might be planning on doing. he will definitely have some idea how he will be reacting to that death of quassam solemani. we heard from his daughter on tv, a lebanese television channel. she said she is sure the head of hezbollah will avenge her father's death. she referred to has san as her uncle, a term of affection. so it's unclear what exactly hezbollah will do. they've fought with israel in the past. they know if they were to strike israel, they will get an unmitigated response from israel that could do a lot of damage both to the lebanese public, civilians and head of hezbollah, themselves. they know benjamin netanyahu is looking for any pre text to strike hezbollah and wipe them off the map. this will be a fight they will try to step back from and fought tangle with. garrett. >> to that point, matt, broadly

speaking, are israelis supportive of the egg stroo, obviously, they haof this strik? obviously, they have them in the region. >> reporter: it's a good question, do israelis see a man who antagonized israel for decades be killed? yes, of course. are they worried about the blowback? absolutely. that's the calculation. it's a similar calculation here as it is in the united states the difference, of course, is es ral is situated right in the thick of things. right in the mix so any retaliation by iran or its proxies throughout the region would have the effect of probably harming quite a few israeli civilians. it's a much more immediate threat. as far as israeli is concerned, quassam solemani is a primary target in the region. they are glad to see him go. they don't want to necessarily feel the full wrath, effects of

a retaliation of a regime. >> thank you very much. to florida now where the president is threatening fresh targets on iran if it retaliates. hans, the president issued a series of tweets. is there a sense the administration is acting on this or is this meant to be bluster and rhetoric from the president? >> reporter: you know the standard response from the pentagon to that, garrett, they are always prepared to act and they are always preparing so there was a hint of this two nights ago, the president said they have specific targets. last night he amped that up saying there are 52 targets to match the 52 hostages that were taken in '79. you do have an escalation of rhetoric, though, i think one of the key questions out there is what precipitated it? sit stuff out there in the public? is he reacting to crowd size or something in the intell feeds that lets the president know he should perhaps give a warning d. "new york times" suggests there was some indication the iranians

were moving around ballistic missiles potentially for an attack. that's what precipitated these comments from the president. we do have a response from the president. the foreign minister there is indicating, basically suggesting to the president war criminal. he is supposed to fly home later today to washington. there was an attack on a u.s. military installation on a coast in kenya. by al-shabaab, al qaeda-affiliated group. the pittsburgh said they had repelled that attack. it's an indication of how many u.s. troops, how many military installations there are across the globe, potential targets. now, al-shabaab is not necessarily aligned with hezbollah. they seem to be on different terrorism channels. but it's a reminder there are a lot of u.s. forces all across the globe. now they're at heightened

posture, heightened security, out there, the threats are real. >> to that point, put on your pentagon hat, the 82nd airborne and brigade, 3500 troops or so going into kuwait. what are they there to do? it seems interesting we are putting more americans into the region without what appears at least from where you and i sit is a clear direction of what the response is going to be, their orders will be, talk a little about that deployment. >> reporter: well, okay. so there is a tacticle aspect to that. forest protection is having more boots on the ground, 82nd airborne, rapid response. they can get quite fast. they can get dropped in by parachute on enemy lines. it's a brigade. they have a lot of fire power. that's the tactical side. you want to make sure have you all your pieces in line. there is a strategic component to this as well. >> that is the messaging. when you send the 82nd airborne into the region, you are letting iran know you have serious options and you are prepared to

escalate. now you twin that with what the president is doing on a twitter feed and this situation has gotten very dangerous, very tense. so over the next 24, 48 hours, i would look to see whether or not the pentagon or the president aside from the rhetoric makes any announcements of additional forces to the region. they have an aircraft carrier steaming around the north arabian sea. they can always steer that up towards the persian gulf. they can make announcements of what sort of ships, landing craft, destroyers they have in the region and lurking beneath the seas, there are always united states submarines they never give you a sense of where they are. i would say the pentagon is always planning and as we've seen from this, they're always presenting options to their commander-in-chief. this time the president took i think the most -- i don't know if extreme is the right word but the most provocative action. garrett. >> sure. thank you for sharing that expertise with us. joining me now nancy soderberg,

a white house deputy national security adviser to president bill clinton. nancy, secretary of state mike pompeo is going to be on some of the other sunday shows this morning to defend this strike against general soleimani to describe these stems, based on what you heard so far from the administration, do you have confidence this white house has a coherent strategy for dealing with iran now in the fallout stage of this attack? >> well, garrett, that itself the big question. thanks for having me on. what secretary pompeo's job this morning is going to convince the american public, our allies around the world, the threat was not only imminent, which i think people can take at face value. this is soleimani was involved for decades in plotting to kill americans through a variety of proxies around the middle east. the question that he's going to have to struggle with this morning is are americans safer for this action given the rage

that it's triggered throughout the middle east, pla recall in iraq and iran? what does it mean for our interests and our allies, saudi arabia and israel? will the iraqis now tell us to leave iraq and threaten our interests there? will isis return? and can we protect the multitude of u.s. personnel and our allies' personnel in the face of this rage? i i think the jury is out on how this is all going to evolve. but certainly tensions have escalated dramatically. it's not clear to anyone that the administration and its inner circle contemplated that outcome. >> on friday, secretary pompeo class teased the united kingdom and other european countries for what he says is not being help. in the strike against iran, i'm wondering how you see the risks of us pursuing a policy in iran without some of our traditional european allies, whether that changes the contours in the

region, if it's us and saudi arabia and israel or you know what the alliances look like in the middle east, if we are doing this without significant support from our traditional european allies? >> well, when the administration agreed in 2018 to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal, which had been negotiated with our ally, some of our closest allies, they did so without heeding their advice of the consequence of pulling that out, rather than increase pressure on iran to make a better deal, it would isolate the united states, enrage iran and perhaps put iran back on a path to nuclear weapon. that's exactly what's happened. they are, know that they're at risk themselves, nathey're angr the administration offered no consultation with them in this dramatic escalation of tensions with iran and, frankly, they're nervous. we know the iranians are going to respond. they've talked about dozens of

targets, president bush responded with 52 targets. i think after this period of mourning in iran, they will act. at a time and place of their choosing. and so the united states is now sending thousands of more troops to the region and i think the american public are right to be nervous about when and where and how the iranians will retaliate. >> ambassador, can you give us a little bit of historical context here? the u.s. and iran have essentially been at each other's throats going back to the revolution in '79. in your estimation, has the relationship ever been this volatile? have we been this close to a more severe escalation before, since that time? >> well, the biggest tensions since the resolution of the hostage crisis when they held 52 u.s. personnel for 444 days was the 1983 bombing of the u.s. marine barracks in lebanon.

that was done directly by a proxy of hezbollah, which so many has forged extreme partnership. i spent a lot of time in lebanon, southern lebanon is controlled by hezbollah. hezbollah targeted not just americans but israelis and has been serving as direct proxy of soleimani who was assassinated and soleimani has done the same in syria and in iraq. that's how it works, is through proxies that attack u.s. interests. whether the attack will come directly from iran or through one of these proxies is a big debate we expect is going on today in tehran. but i would say since the 1983 attack on our own embassy, this is the most tense that the relationship has been and the most dangerous, no question about it. >> all right. ambassador nancy soderberg, thank you for sharing your expertise this morning. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. still no indication of when or even if nancy pelosi will

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these are live pictures of the newspaper ral procession in iran bringing thousands of iranis in the streets for the late quasem soleimani. our richard engel is reporting live from iraq. obviously a much more complicated relationship to iran and soleimani. how are people reacting to his death and this funeral? >> reporter: well, first let's start with the reaction in iran. because iran had been divided in recent weeks. there have been massive protests in multiple cities in that country with people pro testing against the iranian regime, against the revolutionary guard, against the old leadership in that country, which has been ruling since the islamic

revolution of 1979. a protest that prompted a har push reprisal from the government killing hundreds of people. now, even many young people in iran are uniting behind their government and uniting in solidarity, saying that there should be revenge, should be reprisals for the death of quasem soleimani, who was a popular figure there, who was someone that brought pride to the country. he was seen as smart, strong, defending iran and building if you will iranian-persian empire. in iraq, this country is very divided. there are those, particularly those who support shia militias and who support the shiite political parties who are a strong bloc in this country. shias are often a majority say the united states overstepped its bound, should not have done this, treat iraq like it's some sort of playground where it can carry out military actions at l. and there are others who don't want to see the united states

thrown out of this country and they just want to see a deescalation and they are hoping that this moment passes. so, it is uniting iran and it is exacerbating division here in iraq and creating concerns that this country could once again go into a cycle of violence or even a civil war. >> richard, there has been a lot of reporting. some speculation, frankly, about the ways in which iran might try to respond to this. i'm struck by the fact iranians call this military terrorism. does that tell you how they might look at the response, how it might require a military response, it might require the regular response iran is more known for? how do you view the way iran responded to the attack telling us about the way they might respond violently, militarily? >> reporter: so iran tends to try to seek reciprocity. it tries to stick to the old principle which comes from this

region, an eye for an eye so when there were attacks by drones, they tried to shoot down american drones. when iran felt threatened that it was under economic warfare, it launched, although two a hidden hand and denied it, attacks against saudi oil facilities. so now iran is saying it was an unprovoked attack against one of its top military leaders and, therefore, it needs to respond. so the most likely response would be that it would try and attack some sort of government enstallation or a military installation and where iran has the strongest ability and the best ability to do that would certainly be in the region. not necessarily launched from iran. iran has a network of allies, an outer shield of militia groups that quasem soleimani, frankly, helped build and maintain and those militia groups remain loyal to iran and some of them

are extraordinarily effective and powerful. you have hezbollah in lebanon, which is a powerful group that has fought israel and toe-to-toe with israel. have you the shiite militias here in this country that are very well integrated into the iraqi armed services and fought against isis so iran does have tools. the question is, if, when and how it might use them at against which american interests. >> all right. we'll wait and see. richard engel, thank you very much, joining us from iraq. coming back now in washington. house speaker nancy pelosi is reiterating calls for the white house to provide lawmakers with a full briefing. the white house delivered a full notification saturday as required by the wars powers act. >> that document was entirely classified and now is drawing criticism from lawmakers, including the speaker who says in the statement, the document raises more questions than it answers. joining me now julia manchester

reporter for the hill and daniel straus at the "guardian." tell us about this notification and why lawmakers who received it say it's not good enough. >> i mean, essentially what happens during a major military event or something like we are seeing now is that there is a note or informative event to the gang of eight, the most senior members of congress on both the republican and the democratic side and then it goes to sort of the larger pool of lawmakers. what happened here is a little different. and it's a little unusual in that it ka us into question how hastily soleimani's killing was authorized by the trump administration. >> i want to read a little of the speaker os statement, she writes in ready pa, this document prompts serious and urgent questions about the timing, manner and jufrgs of the administration's decision to engage in hostilities against

iran. it suggests the american peel are left in the dark on matters of our national jurt. the fact that it's classified, does that mean congress won't have as much information they like or the rest of us won't have information? >> we will have to see in congress gets that information. it seems the american people will be kept or have been kept in the dark on this matter, this could potentially be a national security event going forward. i want to point out the timing of all this. this comes ahead of a potential impeachment trial in the senate. nancy pelosi still hadn't handed over those articles of impeachment. you are seeing this growing escalation between president trump and nancy pelosi on this matter of national security as impeachment goes forward. so really quite a bit of tension during this moment of national security, which i think will be concerning for a number of americans. >> do you see those are related, there is no good issue. >> this is reflective of the

partisan nature of washington, a relationship between the two side on pennsylvania avenue. >> the president tweeted overnight 52 targets in iran the u.s. would go after if there was a response from the iranians. it's one thing to have a single drone strike not authorize by congress. it's another to engage in that kind of response. what do you see in the congressional action, the play if the president is continuing to threaten us? >> look, we are already seeing that now. there is strong skepticism from democrats. there is still a sense of the need for more information for a concerted response, at the same time, it's opposition to criticism no the trump dministration. on the republican side, there is general i think support or unity behind the move by the trump administration in a sense that overall this was kind of the right move and it was in response to an imminent threat by iran and the iranian regime. >> up until this point? >> up until this point. >> julia, last question to you.

you have a new poll released exclusive of the hill. 58% of folks polled here say they want speaker pelosi to release these articles now. 52% say they don't. does that suggest the democratic position here is eroding a bit? how do you see that playing by the pressure campaign by democrats to ensure a fair trial up front? >> right, so obviously on pelosi's part this was to ensure a fair trial and put a lot of attention on mcconnell. put him under that pressure. however, i think americans are starting from that poll getting a littleancy and waiting for these articles to go to the senate and really see the outcome of this trial. i think it's a bit of a suspenseful moment for americans as they watch this going forward so there is definitely a bit of impatience here. they'd like to see this end. because this process has been very drawn out. >> on friday mitch mcconnell said we will not change things. we will follow the clinton modem s. that game over or will they,

should they keep pushing? >> i don't think it is, i think this impeachment trial is going to go forward. it's hard not to see the glee in mcconnell's face at pointing out where his counterpart chuck schumer was throughout the clinton impeachment proceedings and moving forward on this and sort of taking an opposite stance on this. both sides know that this is going to happen. it's going to move forward it's only a question about whether it's going to, whether an impeachment will go forward without an agreement on witness and documents right here. >> it will be interesting to see how the iran story affects those decision as welt. thank you for joining us. coming up, how iran can attack the u.s. through cyber warfare and what the consequences of that could be. r warfare and what the consequences of that could be.

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. as iran warns the killing of that country's top military leader with large street processions, u.s. interest and allies have been put on the defensive as the world waits to see how and when iran might retaliate. nbc's cal perry joins us from doha, cal, what are we learning that this defensive posture

around and everywhere else around the gulf? >> reporter: yeah, it's interesting. i moon you have in a small area here in the gulf a very large number of u.s. assets north of where i am in bahrain and the persian fleet and the airbase which houses 10,000 u.s. personnel. normally these are offensive sites. what we know about these sights is they have gone into ialert, defensive positions, bracing themselves for possible iranian retaliation to that assassination. in addition to that, the u.s. is deploying 3,000 troops from the 82nd airborne out of ft. bragg in north korea. they are headed to kuwait. from there they will likely go into iraq, most likely baghdad to secure that embassy. it was those protests around the u.s. embassy if baghdad that sort of set off this domino effect of events that has put a region on edge. here in qatar, the obvious concern is that this very small

nation less than 3 million people could be caught up in an escalating war. that's why the foreign minister here traveled to eastern to try to lower the tension, to try to ratchet down some of the rhetoric. unfortunately, that visit was rebuffed by the iranians who put out a statement saying they have already made the decision that they will retaliate, calling their retaliation quote decisive so that's what people here are talking about, that's what people are worried about, turning now to the troops being deployed in the middle east. 3500 soldiers from the 82nd airborne division in ft. bragg, north carolina are preparing to join 600 troops in the region. jack jacobs, a u.s. medal recipient and msnbc military analyst. these sentence will be stationed in kuwait. what kind of situations are they dealing with there? this is more than enough to secure an embassy or u.s. interest in iraq.

right? >> no, it's not, actually. we've got a lot of interests there. don't forget it's not just the embassy. we have a couple consulates in iraq and there is also an air field that has to be secured. i think one of the things the military establishment is thinking about is this. what happens if the worst possible situation? that is they've got to evacuate the embassy, that's going to require securing the embassy and also securing the air field from which they will be extracted and there were lots of people in the embassy as well, plus, there are other areas inside iraq where we have people, they might have to be evacuated, too. that's all going to require patrolling, supervision, organization, and most of all security. and that's why we have so many people from the 82nd going there. it is in my memory, probably the largest single deployment of the 82nd in a long, long time and

certain will i the fastest. a few thousands move really quickly. >> my understanding is this brigade was designed to be a quick reaction for us. are you surprised that the white house pulled the trigger and decided to send them this quickly on the front end? you think that's a smart, strategic decision to get these people in place as quickly as possible? >> yeah, i think the administration immediately decided that it was and i'm not talking about the white house, i'm talking about the pentagon, immediately decided that the adverse reaction from iran might require a very quick evacuation and that's why you have so many people there so quick. >> colonel, what's going through the mind of these men and women. on wednesday they didn't know there was going to happen, now they're headed 85,000 miles away. >> i was in the 82nd a long time ago. you have an entire company of about 160th people already suited up, their equipment is

loaded, rigged for air drop and so on and almost always the unit would be called down to the air field, you'd get on the airplane and suit up and it wouldn't be until you got on the aurkt that you were told whether or not -- architect that you were told whether or not that this was a training exercise or for real. the adrenaline is high, particularly in the beginning. this is what they're trained for. this is what they're supposed to be doing. they train for this all the time. and they're ready to do it all the time. that's why they are there first. >> i got nervous. thank you for coming in this morning. >> thank you. as world leaders brace for this quote harsh retaliation iran is vowing, new reporting from nbc says cyber security experts are on high alert. joining me now is the director for iraq at the national security councils in the obama and bush administrations. doug, how capable is the iranian

cyber program? how big of a concern is this? >> it's a concern. they're a very real program. the iranian versus a lot of technical capability itself. perversely what we understand, is that it got a big boost by the virus that we attacked them with. when you attack someone with a computer virus. they then it have. they can study it. reverse engineer it and they can then throw it back at you. so they have some capability. whether that's the first thing that they choose to use or not the unclear. but that's on one of their, 21 of the items on their laundry list of options. >> what kind of targets would they look at if they decide to go with a cyber-based response? are they target government operation, utilities? are they targeting private american businesses? >> well, they're professional targeting whatever they find most vulnerable. so you know they may prefer to go after governments and banks

if they're pretty well secure in their defense you go to something else, go to you know a low public utility that doesn't have the money to really put in a strong cyber security defense. go to hit all d.c. think tanks, go some place where you can make a real statement against relatively unsecured targets. >> it's interesting. we talk about this in the russia context, too, countries without the giant sort of global spanning commission, maybe not want to project force in a tra dbl way around the world. this is a way for countries like iran to project global influence should they choose cyber capabilities anywhere in the world? >> should thigh choose to do so. absolutely. >> in future retaliation? >> exactly. wheel see what their best option is in the coming days. >> it's getting worse. why crews are having trouble getting massive wildfires under

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on saturday, the temperatures hit over 100 degrees and you combine that with strong winds and there were new fires that were started in addition to the ones that firefighters have already been battling. there are about 200 fires still burning tonight. some of them are under control. there are thousands of firefighters who are working around the clock. they're exhausted. they do have some help coming in. there are more americans who are arriving by the middle of the week. there are also more assets. things like water bombers. helicopters, that sort of thing that are enabling crews to do their work. australia has called up thousands of military reserves. they will be helping with evacuations. getting supplies to a lot of communities cut off by flames. what happens is that on a lot of the major roads here, there is forests on either side and there is tinder, dry conditions.

so it cuts off the ability of anybody to leave the community that's under threat in order to evacuate -- so the military reserves will be helping with that. >> all right. it looks like we are losing the signal from australia. janice, thank you very much. also developing, the trump administration giving congress a formal notification on the u.s. strike that killed top general quasem soleimani, house speaker nancy pelosi issuing a response writing in part this classified war powers act notification delivered to congress raises more questions than it answers. this document prompts serious and urgent questions about the timing, manner and justification of the administration's decision to engage in hostilities against iran. joining me bill keating, a democratic member of congress for foreign affairs and foreign services committee. do you agree with the speaker?

what are the questions that this notification has raised for sow far? >> well, thanks for having me on, garrett. that's classified. the speaker is privy to that. we will be asking questions this week at briefings. the questions that she raised in her announcement was really revolved around legal issues, why was there, the protocol was broken where a lot of this was discussed with the gang of eight, the leadership in the house and senate, both republican and democrat, beforehand. and there is a reason for that. that's just not a courtesy. there is real substantive reasons to go ahead. we'll need congressional response if this war escalates and we're going to need the resources are there from committees they serve on like foreign affairs or the armed services committee so there is real reasons for this. and that protocol was not followed through. >> beyond just protocol, relations have broken down so much on capitol hill. i don't have to tell you

particularly between the democratically controlled house and this white house, how concerned ability you are getting a straight story from administration and trusting both the intelligence and the state department apparatus. all the information is going to come to members of congress as you hopefully shape the debate about what america does next? >> well, i'm concerned not only for members of congress, i'm concerned for our allies and i'm concerned for iraqi officials as well. there is -- we want the facts. we will have briefings this week both in the house and the senate. that's important. i think those briefings are going to really result in high scaled questioning. i wouldn't call it skepticism. we want the facts. those facts aren't there from members of congress or the american public. >> in a highly unclassified communications. the president issuing a new warning to iran, as that country vows for revenge, the president tweeting if iran strikes any p american assets, we have targeted 52 iranian sites.

they will be hit very fast and very hard. the trump administration has been saying they want to deescalate the crisis. do you feel this is deterrence or further escalation by the president here? >> garrett, i'm very concerned about that tweet. you know the president tweets, americans roll their eyes, this is different. this is important. this is political. he referenced 52 sites referring to the 52 american auburn hills in the '70s and this will not deter because he also referenced cultural religious sites, a potential violation of international law, but something that will unify even the disparate groups that were there in iran and in iraq and bring them together against the u.s., this was dangerous. the president should stop these tweets because they're endangering american troops. they're endangering american lives and innocent civilians. >> we talk about this for a few days it seems like every time there is global action with the

u.s. military overseas, do you think congress should take up a debate about new authorization for the use of military force? should congress reassert its role in deciding when and where america goes to war overseas? >> absolutely. >> that debate has been ongoing. it's real. and now if we're approaching an escalation, which we are, in the conflict in iraq and the region and specifically with attacks against iran, definitely, we should be engaging in that and another reason to have fact dhul forthright communications to congress. >> congressman, i want to get you on the record on impeachment before we run ought of time here. the senate was back in on friday, mitch mcconnell saying on the floor, he's not budgeing on changing the rules potentially ahead of a trial, as the speaker has asked for, trying to get witnesses, before she transmits those articles at the senate. how long should democrats sit on articles of impeachment?

is it time to start a trial even without those concessions from the senate? >> well, i was da before i was a member of congress. our responsibility has been fulfilled. there was ample information for us to act send at least to act impeach the president. now, we didn't anticipate that the comments of mitch mcconnell who said that he's fully going to coordinate with the president and he may not have witnesses and may not allow documents in. that's not a trial. that's making a mockery of the system. now, in terms of how we will act, the speaker was clear before we broke for this latest recess that she will continue to act in concert with our caucus and with the six chairs of the committees that have been dealing with this issue. so, i expect this week coming in, she will have meetings with those chairs and sit down. i don't think any decisions have been made. she will not act now as she hasn't in the past unilaterally. she has brought members in and

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the uncertain situation with iran is forcing candidates on the campaign trail to change their focus to foreign policy. julia joins me live from manchester with more. julia, what are you hearing from the candidates as they tried to address this issue? >> yeah, so, foreign policy really has followed these competen candidates out on the trail. you have senator sanders saying war should be the last recourse, not the first. joe biden arguing that experience and the ability to command respect from day one is important in the next president and here in new hampshire, you have veterans and pete buttigieg

a make their case to voters as to why they are the best person to be commander in chief. we have tulsi gabered telling first in the nation primary voters just why their vote is so critical. take a listen to what she had to say. >> if this turns into a new endless war with iran, the cost and the devastation and the consequence of this war will make the wars we've seen and experienced in iraq and syria and afghanistan look like a picnic. this is a perfect example of how the decisions that are made by the president have massive implications for our national security. >> and, so, they're really using

this situation to stress why good judgment is critical. pete buttigieg changing up his stump speech, tulsi gabbard ditched her speech on friday to address the situation in iran. >> i know you talked to a ton of voters out on the trail, as well is this story with iran sinking in with them, as well s? >> voters are very concerned what is going on. they are troubled by what seems to be a lack of strategy by president trump. not just democratic voters at these events. i talked at some at pete buttigieg and tulsi gabbard's and they called it a disaster. foreign policy does not come up that often the trail but that changed this weekend. most of the questions at gabbard town hall friday night were

related to iran, cyber security and mayor pete buttigieg answered a voter's question on how do we de-escalate and this is a timely question. here's his answer. >> u.s. citizens are in harm's way tonight. any place where iran and iranian aligned shiite militias operate, u.s. citizens are in danger. another thing we know is that u.s. credibility is not exactly at its highest. so, even though it's not at all difficult for me to believe that qasem soleimani was in the process of planning something nefarious, on any given day he was. we will have trouble rallying the world around our perspective. >> all these democratic voters typically have been focusing on domestic issues, foreign policy is really taking a front seat as everyone is looking to see what happens next overseas in iran. >> a member of our elite

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