u.s. moves iran says it's determined to continue selling its oil. because nobody can push iran out of the markets even the u.s. the biggest of them all can do that then nothing. new measures hit an already complicated global oil market american sanctions on venezuela and turmoil in libya threaten worldwide supplies analysts expect india for example to struggle to replace iranian crude that could mean higher fuel costs and inflation just as national elections approach and turkey's foreign minister said today that replacing the iranian supply will also be difficult for his country china is meanwhile iran's largest oil buyer its response to the end of waivers is likely to be folded into u.s. china trade talks buffeting the blow at least for now is greater crude output by the us washington says it can continue to meet global needs with the help of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates but traders are still worried. and let's bring in our financial correspondent. in frankfurt. this has been expected for a while that these waivers were going to end wha

u.s. withdrawing from the deal last year and reinstating sanctions now iran is threatening to enrich its uranium closer to weapons grade levels the move comes as the u.s. has been stepping up its anti iran rhetoric secretary of state mike pump aoe made an impromptu visit to iraq this week accusing iran of posing a threat to u.s. soldiers in the country just days ago the u.s. deployed a carrier to the persian gulf the trumpet ministration policy is to exert maximum pressure on iran and their sanctions are hitting hard iran's oil exports are down and their currency has taken a dive things are getting tight for tehran. correspondent teresa tropper is with me now in the studio tracer good morning to you you spent a lot of time reporting from tehran for us where do you see this going to do you see a chance of compromise between the u.s. and iran well that's of course very hard to tell right now because congress ramped up pressure ever since this country left the nuclear deal but iran on the other side has so now now have surprising amount of restraint so far. because the government and the people want to keep the nuclear deal in life they

iran and the joint a comprehensive plan of action. to settle the iranian nuclear problem and i hope that reason will prevail and. you know the rumors we've had 28120000 army of u.s. troops moving towards iran and things were discussed today i hope that these rumors are groundless because the region as we know it right now is already overstrained with all kinds of conflict situations and also like to say we've also discussed the . palestine israeli conflict and and i hope that when we're talking about searching for a political solution to iran's issues. that we can make it so that it does not degree to a military scenario and this is the task of the diplomats. and i i think i could see that the u.s. the u.s. also wants to do things peacefully. and the situation is very difficult and we believe it is a mistake on part of the us too. withdrawal from the g.c. below a and b. measures undertaken by the us and the sanctions and that prohibits any kinds of business with iran buying oil or trading with iran i hope that we use europeans together with our european colleagues and with china which years ago you and other members of the world will be able to stay in contact with the you ask

u.s. military personnel deployed to the region a move to counter what the u.s. seems up rates from iran tensions climbed on sunday the platform twitter. donald trump wrote if iran wants to fight that will be the official end of iran never thracian the united states again but it's mixed messages out of the white house and a prerecorded interview on fox news where he said he preferred an economic war over a military one i want to one day if i have to economically we've created a much stronger country economically than when i took it over and on thursday he said this. we have got where that hopefully would not get out. and if we did that would send a hell of a lot more troops and that what i think is just well was that story in the new york times or the new york times just a. tehran has described u.s. moves as psychological warfare and a political guy iran's foreign minister mohammad job and zarif travel to meet his chinese counterpart in beijing on friday he later dumb played the prospect of a new war in the region saying tehran opposed it the leader of iran's revolutionary guard repeated

u.s. withdrawing from the deal last year and reinstating sanctions now iran is threatening to enrich its uranium closer to weapons grade levels the move comes as the u.s. has been stepping up its anti iran rhetoric secretary of state mike pump aoe made an impromptu visit to iraq this week accusing iran of posing a threat to u.s. soldiers in the country just days ago the u.s. deployed a carrier to the persian gulf the trumpet ministration policy is to exert maximum pressure on iran and their sanctions are hitting hard iran's oil exports are down and their currency has taken a dive things are getting tight for tehran. correspondent teresa tropper is with me now in the studio tracer good morning to you you spent a lot of time reporting from tehran for us where do you see this going do you see a chance of compromise between the u.s. and iran well that's of course very hard to tell right now because donald trump is ramped up pressure ever since this country left the nuclear deal but iran on the other side is showing up now have surprising amount of frustration so far. because the government and the people want to keep the nuclear deal in l

iran plans to attack the u.s. or does it mean that iran is taking defensive moves because it sees the u.s. as provocative?rming around this are questions, has the u.s. overreacted, will this be a deterrent, will it trigger conflict? ja: that is a good point, because trump says he does not ennt conflict with iran. how ave we reached this stage of tension? barbara: he says he does notwa conflict, doesn't want war, he wants to do a deal, wants to get into the same room as the ayatollah and negotiate. but his approach has been confrontational from t start. he pulled out of the nuclear accord with irasaand reimpose tions. having said that, he does have hawkish hard-line advisers and they are trying to force a change in iran's behavior with a ry heavy hand. when they reimpose sanctions, they tried to cut off all oil income, and the national security advisor john bolton, who is a hawk's hawk on iran, history of advocating regime change from an architect of the iraq war. that is the backdropo this -- people have been worried will be repeated. jane: and the threat of miscalculation on either side. barbara plett-us

u.s. naval ships. cnn reporting iran moving short range missiles is one of the reasons the u.s.ided to move an aircraft carrier strike toward the region. >>> president trump wants to lower the temperature. the president will meet today with the president of the swiss federation. cnn reported that the white house passed along a phone number to the swiss in case iranian leaders wanted to call the president. a source tells cnn today's meeting with the swiss is an effort to move that

iran may be preparing to strike u.s. forces in the region. the latest sign intelligence showing iran moving short range missiles by boat. >>> in contempt. democrats huddle as don mcgahn joins william barr in defying the panel subpoenas. a vote on holding barr in contempt is hours away. >>> mitch mcconnell tells congress it's time to move on prompting a sharp rebuttal from democratic leaders. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi calling it a brazen violation of his oath. >>> we want to welcome our viewers from around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following multiple breaking stories tonight including a school shooting near denver that's left seven people injured. police there have just announced they have two suspects in custody. also breaking, secretary of state mike pompeo making an unannounced trip to iraq to discuss growing tensions with iran. cnn has learned that intelligence shows iran moving short range ballistic missiles by boat and sources say that's among the reasons u.s. warships are heading toward the region right now amid fear of a possible stri

u.s. withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal speaking in moscow the iranian foreign minister said the u.s. is ultimately responsible for the move. because i had on his show these actions by the u.s. government which is a law breaking government therefore over the past year iran despite what the u.s. is doing we have stayed committed to our decision today we made a decision to implement the d.c.p. not to stop its implementation not to work against it not like the americans who withdraw from it. the sudanese opposition coalition is threatening civil disobedience over what are described as the military's disappointing response to constitutional proposals talks are ongoing between the transitional military council and other political parties as well as civil society groups as attempts to form an interim government continue sudan's military council says it could hold elections and six months if an agreement can be reached with the opposition a faction of the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a bomb blast at a popular shrine in the eastern city of lahore at least eight people including five police officers have been ki

that a war between iran and the us is something that the netanyahu government has been pushing for for years now if that's the case would you say that this decision today moves the u.s. and iran once that close it's a conflict. absolutely i mean the u.s. is unfortunately going down a path of confrontation the trumpet ministration on the surface it has constantly repeated that it wants to negotiate with the one and trump saying that it wants to talk with the iranian leaders however in reality what we have been witnessing is that in the past 2 years the u.s. administration has taken a very hostile act towards iran i mean for example the recent announcement of sending troops and the sending of a u.s. aircraft carrier towards iran if you look at it from the iranian perspective are seen very as as a very hostile act for example if we reverse this situation how would americans feel if iran started to send attack ships near the coast of florida and started to position so-called protective troops in mexico i don't think they would like that and we have the same situation in iraq what do you make of them the number being sent to one and a half 1000 certainly a lot less than

iran. this comes as a backdrop of increased u.s. sanctions against iran and the u.s. movingilitary into the area. served in the united states air force and then went on to become assistant secretary of state under president obama. he is the author of the book "red line: american foreign-policy a time of fractured politics and failing states." welcome back. you are the perfect man to try to square the circle. there's been a headline that just cross now. it says the administration has taken unprecedented nonmilitary action involving iran. it says iran will face tough choices. we do not know the details of that, but give us a sense, what are the options? p.j.: part of the dilemma is that the options for both the united states and iran are narrowing. both sides are stuck with policy choices that are not working as intended. the trump administration withdrew from the iran nuclear deal believing that a better deal was available. even this week president trump tweeted he expects iran to be prepared to talk soon, but there is no indication iran will negotiate with united states or n

u.s. withdrawing from the deal last year and reinstating sanctions now iran is threatening to enrich its uranium closer to weapons grade levels. the move comes as the u.s. has been stepping up its anti iran rhetoric secretary of state mike pump aoe made an impromptu visit to iraq this week accusing iran of posing a threat to u.s. soldiers in the country just days ago the u.s. deployed a carrier to the persian gulf the trumpet ministration policy is to exert maximum pressure on iran and their sanctions are hitting hard iran's oil exports are down and their currency has taken a dive things are getting tight for tehran. so where does this leave the iranian nuclear deal was good the view from brussels that's where our correspondent terry scholz is joining us tonight good evening to you we know that the european union has spent the past year trying to rescue uranium nuclear deal why has it for when so short. well it has rescued the iranian nuclear deal the deal is not dead despite the united states pulling out in the united states wanting very forcefully for that deal to be defunct so it defies some people's odds even that the deal still ex

threat or a jacked up threat because the white house wants to expose iran zp >> and the trump administration responded by moving u.s's threat. that would seem to be a serious move to at least speed up that process. >> yeah, but hold on a second here. we're talking about assuming that there's actually a threat, for example, to u.s. allies or u.s. forces. maybe they're just delivering missiles to a place where they already have allies and they want to stockpile them. the biggest problem in these cases is assuming you know how the other guy thinks. and i'm going to tell you, once you make that assumption, you're going to be wrong. >> and you had the trump administration move u.s. ships. you have pompeo on the move because of pressing issues. >> i've got to believe that he's moving because the white house is making this threat so prominent. there are other options on the table. is there a deal on venezuela he wants to talk about with the russians, for example? i don't think so. i think given the fact that the white house and the national security adviser in the past couple of days have highlighted this, and the fact th

iran won't be intimidated by genocidal taunts. u.s. warships sailing in the arabian sea these the latest pictures showing additional u.s. military personnel deployed to the region and move to counter what the u.s. sees a thrifts from iran the tensions also eskin lasing on twitter donald trump wrote if iran wants to fight that will be the official end of iran never thracian the united states again. to iran has described the roots of psychological warfare and a political guy iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif tweeted trump hopes to achieve what alexander and other aggressors failed to do iranians have stood tall for millennia well aggressors all go on economic terrorism and genocide towards words in duran try respects it works it's been mixed messages out of the white house and a pretty recorded interview on fox news trump said he preferred an economic war over a military one i want to invade if i have to economically we've created a much stronger country economically than when i took it over and on thursday he said this. we have got that we would not get out. and if we did that would send a hell of a lot more troops and that what i think is just where was that

u.s. firepower on iran's doorstep. secretary of state mike pompeo calls the move appropriate after u.s. intelligence indicated possible attacks being planned by iran against u.s. forces in the region. the u.s. aircraft carrier and bomber wing have now been deployed. the white house says it's not looking for war but is prepared to respond. abc's martha raddatz says the method of the potential iranian attack remains unclear. >> reporter: there have been no specifics revealed about this potential attack, but this show of force certainly sends a strong warning to iran that if they do attack, they will face what the white house is calling an unrelenting response. >> tomorrow marks one year since the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal. iran's president is reportedly planning a speech to detail tehran's next steps. >>> the nation's measles outbreak which we've been telling you is the largest in 25 years is still spreading. the cdc now reports 764 cases this year with 60 more in the last week. cases have been reported in 23 states now. pennsylvania is the latest added to the list. meanwhil

u.s. understood really moves against iran. but the european union is only. has good relations with the united states and with it from the public of iran and they are the only thing who can really do this. and do this thing the america back into the deal because who will go out and broker this deal does the united states need to get on the united nations and the european union and the russians and the chinese they all said that the islamic republic of iran. they did their side of the deal they did not a big their side of the so the only side in this world who has good relationship was there but on washington is the european union and they're going to do their best because the end canonical interests for european union to do business deals with iranians it's a huge numbers we're talking about billions of dollars between the two sides and european union does not want to do that chance just because they're united states they want to pull out just to please the. israeli prime minister. well let's move to another headline stories today and it is a big story in the

iran responded declaring u.s. forces in the region are terrorists. jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. jen? >> shepard, the intelligence that prompted the u.s. to threaten iran and move military assets to the region is shared with the u.s. government by an allied intelligence service. israel's channel 13 reporter writes that the intelligence was provided by israel to john bolton two weeks ago and nonspecific in nature. here's what we know. the u.s.s. abraham lincoln was already in the mediterranean and has now been given accelerated orders to head to the suez canal. but it could take days if not weeks to get to the gulf. two guided missile destroyers from the strike group are closer to the persian gulf. an amphibious assault ship with 1,000 marines on board and dozens of helicopters and jets. the u.s. announced that they're sending b-52 to the area. shep? >> shepard: tell us more about what you know recording the timing, jennifer. >> the u.s. state department took the unprecedented decision to designate iran's revolutionary guard corps a terrorist group. the first time the u.s. government has ever designated another country's military as terrorist adding them to the

u.s. sanctions in a strongly worded statement iran's foreign ministry condemned the latest u.s. sanctions this time targeting iran's metals industry iranian foreign ministry spokesman abbas mousavi said the u.s. moved once again violated america's international committee he threatened legal action and said the united states would be held responsible for damages resulting from these latest sanctions but experts say existing sanctions have already made things so bad that more sanctions are unlikely to make things much worse. i think what america is doing now is just repeating their position banking sanctions have already made many problems for a rainy and trade missile and other sanctions might make any difference i think it's a big agreement for his next election and as there has not been any result with north korea the u.s. is trying to increase pressure on iran the latest u.s. sanctions hit iran as europe rejected what it called iran's ultimatum of non-cooperation with the nuclear deal and in a sign of growing mistrust with european partners iranian m.p.'s from the national security and foreign policy commission of iran's parliament accuse the e.u. of working with the us against iran playing good

iran may be preparing to strike u.s. forces in the region. the latest sign intelligence showing iran movingissiles by boat. >>> in contempt. democrats huddle as don mcgahn joins william barr in defying the panel subpoenas. a vote on holding barr in contempt is hours away. >>> mitch mcconnell tells congress it's time to move on prompting a sharp rebuttal from

u.s. naval ships. cnn reporting iran moving short range missiles is one of the reasons the u.s. decided to move an aircraft carrier strike toward the region. >>> president trump wants to lower the temperature. the president will meet today with the president of the swiss federation. cnn reported that the white house passed along a phone number to the swiss in case iranian leaders wanted to call the president. a source tells cnn today's meeting with the swiss is an effort to move that along. cnn's frederik pleitgen is live in teheran. what's the latest from the leadership? >> reporter: hi, christine. iranian leadership in the form of iran supreme leader said very frankly there are not going to be any sort of negotiations with the united states and especially not with the trump white house. he came out not so long ago and said, look, he believes that goe negotiations with the u.s. would be poison, and negotiations with the trump white house would be double poison because of the strategy of the trump administration of maximum pressure on iran, of course the crippling sanctions iran

iran says it will stop complying with parts of the nuclear deal as tensions with the u.s. mount. the movectly one year after president trump pulled out of that agreement unilaterally. iran is accusing the u.s. of increased pressure after the trump administration imposed new sanctions on the country. >> meanwhile, big development overnight, u.s. intelligence is learning iran is likely moving missiles through the persian gulf on boats. that is what apparently prompted the u.s. to deploy a carrier strike group and bomber task force to the region. with us now is retired rear admiral john kirby, also of course, diplomatic analyst for us and former state department folks man. this is such an escalation of tension and now you have iran saying basically to france, to the uk, germany, china, russia, by the way n two months if things don't turn around we are out of this, even though the rest of them are on board. that's big. >> yeah, right. these are all problems of trump's own making here. ostensibly we moved this bombing task force and carrier striker to the region based on -- which is something

u.s. moved those assets to the region because the u.s. thought that it saw irangulf on boats pretty covertly. the u.s. picked up that in intelligence. i think what's been unclear, and there was reporting that came out over the weekend in the wall street journal, that there's a possibility, some think, within the administration that iran could have been responding to what it saw as an imminent threat from the u.s. but the reporting was that others in the administration dispute that and it was clear that the threat first came from iran. there are so many unanswered questions here about that sequence. also, as i mentioned before, the responsibility. there were real attacks to ships, commercial ships off of the uae, supposedly four ships were hit by what are believed to be mines. some believe that iran is behind those attacks. so those are real attacks. what we're waiting for is the u.s. and others to come out and say, who was behind it? was it iran? if it was iran, how far up in the leadership chain did it go? if it was iran, what is the response going to be? also,

u.s. response moving forward because of iran so it can really can the white house allow the u.s. to go to war with iran without the commission of congress. well congress says no and the law is very clear that they're co-equal branches of government the congress must authorize for the united states go to war but there is this concern by some members on capitol hill that what this white house is doing is crafting an argument under the authorization for the use of military force that's something that was put in place to combat following the september 11th attacks in 2001 that allows the administration defend u.s. interests and personnel from attacks from al qaeda but the argument from the u.s. secretary of state in recent weeks has been that there is a link between al qaeda and iran since the argument the u.s. is making is that it transited through iran but not everyone in capitol hill is buying that in fact the house speaker nancy pelosi has been very clear she says that if this is the argument that the administration is trying to make it's not one that the congress members at leas

u.s. troops in iraq and syria have been put on high alert after what it calls credible threats from iran or its allies. is this bluster or is the u.s. movingwar with iran? joining me now is tim kaine who serves on the foreign relations armed services committee. thank you very much. i saw your questioning as well. we've been making a big deal out of lindsey graham now as well saying at 10 dl:00 this morning that nobody on the hill has been briefed about these threats. now i get a text from a u.s. official, an administration official that there is hearing on the hill today. have you been told of any briefing rather? >> first, lindsay is right. we have not been given any briefings about this intel. we have heard information that is going to enable us to ask some skeptical questions about the intel when we get briefings. i just learned hearing that there is an effort to have an all senators briefing next week. for example, the announcement of withdrawing personnel from iraq, that the lincoln deployment has to be escalated because of concerns about iran. the whole series of things, no briefing yet. maybe we'll get one next week. >> may be one t

u.s. allies are watching closely how the trump administration responds to iran. the official told me european allies are well aware that bolton wants regime change in iran and there is concern that u.s. movess week could lead to something more than just posturing. this official also didn't express the same kind of alarm on iran as the president's advisers saying iran just wants to show their teeth which she say are baby mullers and they are -- frustrated the white house is not sharing more information and that is prompting the meeting with the gang of eight today. >> baby mullers. thank you very much at the white house. >>> and as president trump is seeking the channel to speak with iran and iran said there is no possibility for negotiations and they pointed a finger at ambassador bolton. so let's go to frederick flight ken live in iran. they said no possibility for negotiations and said iran doesn't want to escalate the situation any further. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. the iranians in the form of zarif believe it is the u.s. that is escalating the situation with iran and of course the entire greater middle east. zarif said there is not negotiations at this point in time. but more impo

u.s. reinstated sanctions obviously iran has suffered the economically and the reaction that we've seen from the u.s. a few hours after iran took its move is to actually implement or at least announce even more sanctions. right and like the oil sanctions that were recently strengthened by the the trump of ministration these sanctions on the steel aluminum and copper sections of the iranian or of her audience economy target not just those within iran who deal in these metals but also those around the world who want to do business with iran their revenues are potentially going to be frozen by the u.s. if they're found to be doing business with with iranian entities that the work and in the metals but donald trump in a statement says in fact nations are on notice that allowing iranian steel and other metals into your ports will no longer be tolerated so clear threat again to international powers not to trade with iran even though as part off the internet internationally ratified un deal you have sanctions economic benefits all supposed to flow towards towards iran don't talk does give iran a way out that he continues what he's always said

u.s. compounds in iraq, thought to be the work of iran-backed groups, first reported by "the wall street journal." and this week, it was bolton, not the pentagon that announced the u.s.' latest military moverning of unrelenting force if iran attacks the u.s. or allies. exaggeration, though, and cherry picking intel to suit his views are things bolton has been accused of multiple times, including his stance on the alleged weapons of mass destruction in iraq that led to austin invasion. >> well, i think the overthrow of saddam hussein, that military action, was a resounding success. >> reporter: now causing some worries that the u.s.' latest moves could spark hostilities. >> what worries me is you've got bolton's predisposition, and then you've got three or four actions in the last two weeks designed to poke iran in the eye. i just -- i'm uncomfortable about where this is headed. >> big questions about where it is headed tonight. thanks to michelle kosinski and jeanne is next. what does help for heart failure look like? it looks like george having a busy day. ♪ the beat goes on george has entresto, a heart failure medicine that helps his heart... so he can keep on doing what he loves. in th

u.s. forces in iraq and syria that would have been subject to threats from iran. that's why the u.s. is movinghere with these assets to the region. >> so admiral, you know those assets well. what is the u.s. doing here? >> well, the strike group has an air defense crews, a full complement of aircraft on board and three destroyers accompanying the lincoln. it is not unusual for us to move aircraft carriers around. we don't like to move them around. but they can bring with them a lot of power. i think that's what this is about. as well as the bombers the air force is going to be sending into the region. it's about sending a message to iran that we have a sense of what you're planning to do, what you're thinking act doing and you'd better not. we have the capability to defeat any kind of threat you might pose. >> i remember being on that aircraft carrier in the persian gulf. we talked about this. they were all eyes and aware of things iran. admiral, the announcement here initially came from national security adviser john bolton rather than the pentagon. why is he delivering that message? >> i am

u.s. of the move is in response to a possible threat to u.s. forces in the region by iran but they didn't specify the nature of that threat iran has dismissed the claim the newly deployed vessels are the u.s.s. arlington which transforms marines and landing an aircraft as well as patriot air defense missiles they will join the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. for more we're joined by alba is a journalist and researcher based in terror on let's talk 1st about this u.s. military deployment this really does increase the pressure on the iranian government doesn't it what have the response been so far. well in addition to the economic political pressure against iran the americans have been trying to use psychology called warfare against wrong in order to change the calculation into iran and make them to surrender against the united states but. it depends what type of war you're talking about yes there is a war now on economic loosely called legal but if you're talking of our military what are the likelihood of a large depletes that long sitting inside the ca

u.s. said the move is in response to a possible threat to u.s. forces in the region by iran but they didn't specify the nature of that threat around on the other hand has dismissed the claim the newly deployed vessels are the u.s. arlington which transports marines and landing aircraft as well as patriot air defense missiles they will join the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. china's top trade negotiator says he's cautiously optimistic his country can still reach a trade deal with the united states weiss premier league who are made the commons after the us announced plans to raise tariffs on all remaining chinese imports the new levies targets $300000000000.00 worth of chinese products including consumer electronics that's on top of $200000000000.00 worth of products hit by a 1st round of u.s. terror hikes on friday the increase comes after negotiations between the 2 sides ended without agreement. but there's still some time for washington and beijing to resolve their differences as d.w. is all over solid explains. it was a brief meeting in washington d.c

u.s. and iran. the u.s. claims to have images showing iranian freighters that believes are moving missiles. now the u.s. oving a strike group carrier into the region. you've been briefed on iran. from what you've seen, how concerned are you about the threat from iran? >> i think the threat is real. when oush intelligence community looks at a serious of documents showing aerial photographs as well as listening to interceptions of communication between iranians and some of their surrogates, like hezbollah, in circumstances like that, where the intelligence community says there's a greater degree of risk, out of an abundance of caution you take people out of harm's way and you also communicate, as the president has, we're not going to sit back and just watch things unfold. we're going to make sure they understand that if they take action against our people and against our ail lllies and our friends there will be consequence. the consequence will be far more severe than the initial action taken by iran. for me, this is -- this is straightforward. particularly after the experience of benghazi. if you see a th

u.s. military top brass have signed an open letter to trump calling to avoid further confrontation with iran and turn to diplomacy do you think moves like this can really change anything and u.s. policies towards iran i do believe that these kinds of blunders these kind of pressure by distinguished american military officers who have served the country well does have an impact you might not see be impact in terms of public a statesman made by the american official but behind closed door i have no doubt that they do have a profound impact and there was a nice view written and very thoughtful. all right we're going to take a short break right now and when we're back we'll continue talking to me the executive director of the center for strategic and diplomatic status at the university of south florida discussing the tensions between the u.s. and they don and how they can be diffused stay with us. because the slogans who got them so 1000000. viewers who was before. much of those who heard it's a preview of. c.n.n. we will. we will go. with a. little show you this look beautiful i mean you look very good or. more most of these girls wit

u.s. said the move is in response to a possible threat to u.s. forces in the region by iran but they didn't specify the nature of that threat iran has dismissed the clay the new deployed vessels are the u.s.s. allington which transports marines and conventional landing craft as well as the patriot air defense system they will join the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. that for more we're joined by. an independent analyst on the air ron thanks so much for joining us the u.s. claims terror on might be preparing to conduct what it's calling offensive operations against u.s. forces or its interest what evidence is there for this. well that there is the claim that there is evidence for it but there is no information given to the media and i really think at this point we all have to be very cautious not to. try to emphasize is worse is a moment we're still going to keep going to ships into the region happened early april and we are hearing about a new patriot missile battery that goes into the region just a couple i think days or weeks there more of these countr

u.s., a country tightening the screws on iran, with new sanctions on its metal industry. donald trump announced the move wednesday on the one-year anniversary of the u.s. pullout of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. a deal trump has called horrible. that came after iran said it would immediately stop implementing some restrictions under the deal. in a move largely aimed at pressing washington and european allies to step up to preserve the agreement. the. trump: i also withdrew united states from the horrible iran nuclear deal. [cheers and applause] pres. trump: and unfortunately, just today, i felt compelled to authorize new sanctions on iran's iron, steel, and copper industries because i hope to be able at some point -- maybe it will not happen, possibly won't -- to sit down and work out a deal. a fair deal. we do not want to hurt anybody, we just don't want them to have nuclear weapons. genie: european powers have but are the ultimatum fighting to save the nuclear deal. emmanuel macron appealed for calm, saying iran must be worked with to stick with the deal. >> france has been committed to the nuclear

u.s. said the move was in response to a possible threat to u.s. forces in the region by iran but they didn't specify the nature of that threat iran on the other hand has dismissed the claim the merely deployed vessels are the u.s.s. arlington which transports marines and landing aircraft as well as patriot air defense missiles they will join the u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. for more i'm joined now by daniel gallo a middle east analyst welcome to the show the u.s. claims tehran mind be preparing to conduct what it calls offensive operations against u.s. forces or its interests what evidence is there for this there's been a lot of discussions in american media about some media claim that they say that they have sources in the intelligence community that intelligence has been inflated not mischaracterized but inflated by the by the white house look if we want to look at a possible scenario we should probably look back at the history of the middle east 983 when the most deadly attack on u.s. troops in the middle east the most deadly attack on u.s. troops s

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u.s. intelligence picked up that iran may be threatening u.s. forces and interests in the region. iran may be movingic missiles and cruise missiles abort boats and a u.s. carrier strike croup is already in the red sea. diplomatic editor nic robertson is in abu dhabi right now. nic, we're now learning that four ships in the uae were aled at all. what more can you tell us? >> well, what we do know is that when the pentagon said their concern was, that part of the threat from iran could affect commercial shipping of the united states or its partners, gulf allies like the united arab emirates here or saudi could affect their commercial shipping in this region, close to the straits of hormuz. what happened today? we now know from emirati authorities in the uae that off one of the major ports facilities in the strait of hormgz fo hormuz four vessels were attacked in what they describe as sabotage operations, subversive operations. we don't know what type of vessels yet and we don't know the precise nature of those attacks, but what we do know is earlier on today pro-iranian tv in iran and in this region w

u.s. readiness preparation. a commander in iran's revolutionary guard says today that if america makes a move against iranian forcesey would "get hit." the commander added that u.s. aircraft in the region used to be a threat to around but are now seen as an opportunity. iran has called the american military moves, psychological warfare. today, israel said they could ran could fire rockets at israel. these military moves in the middle east do come as iran is under immense economic pressure after the trump administration added yet another sanction on the country just last week, this time targeting iran's industrial metals. >>> mike pompeo traveled to russia for meetings this week with russian president vladimir putin. secretary pompeo and president putin are expected to talk about -- don't see eye to eye when it comes to iran, syria, venezuela and elsewhere. secretary pompeo will confront putin about russia's efforts to interfere in the elections in the united states and elsewhere. president trump declined to bring up election interference with rush the blessed putin when they spoke on the phone this month. >>> catho

iran now. the u.s. moving a navy strike group and bombers to the area. iran says it is pulling back on the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement. where is this going? >> well, it really shows that when president trump goes big, he goes home empty handed. he violated the jcpoa, the iran deal, because he said it wasn't broad enough. it didn't cover other areas of iranian illegal activity. that's true, it didn't. i helped work on the early days of the deal, and it was narrowly focused on iran's nuclear program. what we have now is a situation in which iran is continuing its illegal activity in supporting terrorism, cyber space, and abusing its own people, and launching ballistic missiles, while they're saying that they may, in fact, start nuclearizing again because of the pressure that the united states has put on them. the united states has not given iran an off-ramp. secretary of state pompeo laid out an onerous 12-step plan with a list of demands iran had to meet on a broad range of issues before we start negotiating. instead of keeping a deal that minimize

those reading the intelligence are saying about what caused the latest escalation that led iran and the u.s. to move. assets around the gulf. u.s. military commanders i speak to say they saw multiple threat streams including satellite images of iran loading cruise missiles into the hollowed out hulls of small ships they were concerned could threaten u.s. bases or ships at sea. they have not yes declassified or released those images. that's when u.s. central command decided to accelerate the positioning of the uss abraham lincoln putting it on station two weeks ahead of schedule and deploying b-52's to the region within 50 hours of assessing the threat now we are learning based on the "wall street journal" reporting new intelligence announces suggests the iranians were pre-positioning missiles because they believed the u.s. was preparing a military strike as the trump administration max pressure ramped up especially putting the u.s. revolutionly guard on the u.s. terrorist list. a former helicopter pilot. >> we don't have the level of communication we insure that unintend ed conflicts don't escalate

u.s. has been so concerned about among other threats coming from iran in the region was that it had imagery and intel of iran movingd on boats, including boats from the irgc, iran's elite revolutionary guard in the persian gulf. seeing that as a threat to u.s. assets as well as allies, so now in addition to having that and more u.s. assets moved to the region, you have the rhetoric still there, and the war of words. the war of words between the u.s. and iran is something we see quite often, but when you couple that with actual threats and people openly talking about the possibility of war with iran, it's quite extraordinary. so you had trump tweeting last week with all of the fake and made up news out there, iran can have no idea what is actually going on. so he is blaming the press for iran being confused and now you have iran's foreign minister calling trump's aides including national security adviser john bolton, the b-team and saying that the b-team is saying one thing and trump is saying another, claiming that it is the u.s. that doesn't know what's going on, and is the confused one here. but you are hearing p

moving u.s. participation from the iran deal does is that it puts european security at risk. for the moment it's been a pleasure speaking to you thank you for sort of clarify exactly what this is all about timing on the program again thank you. well government forces in syria are continuing to push into rebel held areas in hama province is the second time in the northwest has been seized from opposition forces there by the time. it was taken on wednesday. reports from beirut fears of a much larger offensive. another day of air strikes. and more civilian casualties. the rescue workers move to take away their guns. it's been almost two weeks of relentless bombing in north. west syria denied it nation says at least fifty opposition controlled villages have been targeted in northern hama north a lot aquia and southern adlib provinces. and. we want to see these people running away from the country who want to help these families with food with much reeses people are under the rubble until now. rebels have lost what opposition activists call the first line of defense of adlib syria