understanding of the events we heard from the head of the revolutionary guard. who was at an event and he was very adamant that what happened was absolutely not an accident that the iranians felt work certain that this was a violation of their airspace by a u.s. drone and that's when they decided to strike it down and the head of the revolutionary guard said this is a warning this is in no way meant to be an accident that it's a warning to the american that we order the iranian borders whether it be land air or sea. are a red line we will protect our borders and we are not afraid to take action and this is what happened early this morning the revolutionary guard released a statement saying that they shot down a u.s. drone near their mobarak region which sits in the country and that's in the strait of hormuz where the incident in the vessels last week were attacked as well so it's this area that's seen a lot of activity and hostilities recently and the revolutionary guards this morning were adamant that this was a measure that they had to take because they felt t

commanders of the revolutionary guard. the one thing they kept telling me again and again gaenand agaie americans need to understand if it comes to a shooting war between iran and the united states, it would also involve iranian proxy forces around the middle east. there's one statement from one former commander that keeps ringing, and he said the americans need to understand that next to almost every american military base in the greater middle eastern region, there is a pro-iranian proxy force that could very well then destabilize the situation or endanger u.s. forces in that region. that's certainly something that needs to be calculated. at the same time, the iranians also today went to great pains to try and prove their point, to try and say they believe this drone was indeed in their airspace. we just saw that map the pentagon put up. the iranians put out a similar map that had one single dot on it as well showing where they said that this drone had landed and where it was shot down. now they say they want to take all

to designate the revolutionary guard as a terror group. that was unprecedented. many believe that unleashed them and gave them the power to take actions that perhaps zarif and others in the region do not want. >> yes, thank you for having me. it has been an interesting conversation to listen to unfold. as we can agree, iran is not a great actor in the world and we should be very cautious about them. but even within the conversation we just listened to, there's been disagreement on what the administration would do, what the administration is thinking. if we're concerned and confused -- i serve not only on armed services but also on foreign affairs, here in congress and hear in washington, then i can only imagine what can be the confusion overseas as well. that's very, very worrisome. i would encourage the president not only debrief the g 9, but also bring this to the congress as is his responsibility, to make sure we have all the information we need to understand what exactly has transpired in the last few days and months so we can make good decisions on behalf of

it fits the style of the revolutionary guard. you don't take credit for these kinds of things but you send a message and drive insurance rates up. you don't have to sink the ships to make your point. seeking the ships creates its own set of problems. -- sinking the ships creates its own set of problems. they acted in a way that shows they have all sorts of options and activities they could undertake. in a strange way, doing it with the prime minister there signals we will do what we want when we want it. host: first caller -- both callers suspicious of false flag operations. does that surprise you? guest: there is a lot of distrust. the british are the only american ally outside the region to come out and say the iranians did this. it suggests there is a lot of suspicion out there. part of this is there is just meant a lot of trust in the trump administration. what you are seeing on the outside is reflected from the two callers to mystically. host: michael is in texas, republican. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my cal

the iranians have a system that hatted.of dual for government and the revolutionary guard. during the iran-iraq war, the revolutionary guard took actions not authorized by the leadership. i am not saying that is the case this time around. the fact is, if you want to send a signal that you can create problems, you want to do it in a deniable way, a way that says you are not going to be constrained. au even happen to hit japanese tanker when the japanese prime minister is there. all of this is kind of an easy way to do it. it fits the style of the revolutionary guard. they don't take credit for these kinds of things. but you send a message, you drive insurance rates up because of the risk to shipping. you don't have to sink the ships to make your point. sinking the ships creates its own set of problems. a big slick can affect the traffic through the strait. they acted in a way to show they have options, a range of activities they can undertake. in a strange way, during it when the japanese prime minister was there signals, we will do what we want when we wanted. callers, firs

according to iran's revolutionary guards they say that this drone took off from a u.s.ir base in the south of the persian gulf where it made its way towards iran now they say that this device of legibly turned off all detection devices while it was making its way towards iranian airspace and shortly after 4 am local time at 4 or 5 exactly the iranians shot this drone down now this comes as the head of iran's revolutionary guard has been speaking at a scheduled events in western iran let's hear what he had to say i know you're joining. we don't want to engage in any war but we're fully prepared for war today's incident was a clear sign that we will protect old borders iran's borders are already in the careful we have experienced we have such a clear and message the drone had violated our borders. reaction has been coming in swift the spokesperson for iran's foreign ministry has said that this is an act of aggression and it will be noted and responded to accordingly we've also been hearing from a certain if you m.p.'s who said that they think this should go to the united

according to iran's revolutionary guards they say that this drone took off from a u.s. air base in the south of the persian gulf where it made its way towards iran now they say that this device allegedly turned off all detection devices while it was making its way towards iranian airspace and shortly after 4 am local time at 45 exactly the iranians shot this drone down now this comes as the head of iran's revolutionary guard has been speaking at a scheduled events in western iran let's hear what he had to say i know you're joining. we don't want to engage in any war but we are fully prepared for war today's incident was a clear sign that we will protect old notice iran's borders are red line be careful we have experienced we have such a clear and message the drone had violated our borders. reaction has been coming in swift the spokesperson for iran's foreign ministry has said that this is an act of aggression and it will be noted and responded to accordingly we've also been hearing from a certain if you m.p.'s who said that they think this should go to the united nation

s. work thrown by the revolutionary guard when you're in the wrong. could it be seen as a step towards an open conflict but mr trump statement seemingly is downplaying this incident. saying that it was -- a mistake- hey you know what is it mean moving forward -- we're not sure but this is the second time in the last week where he's downplayed seemingly that in an incident -- here in the region your call a few days ago it was the oil tankers there were attacks. the us said it was p. ron mr trump say he was a minor. incident so we'll see where this goes but significant development estrone being shot down it wasn't a weapon i strolled it wasn't attacked drone. it was a surveillance rolled again and he was saying he was international waters you are saying is that it was defending itself because it it it crouched into its territory. and reserve what about iran's part in all of this then what is tehran hoping to gain from. its part in ramping up the tensions at namely shooting down this drone and also the threats to increase uranium enrichment which it says

in over the strait of hormuz fly you are a new revolutionary guards and their input to kill are trying to blow their assets here as you've mentioned there is among them the supreme leader of iran ayatollah khomeini among him 8 leaders all the iranian revolutionary guards with the ultimate goal to lock down their finances lock down the iranian economy as a whole iran has already vowed to not give into this policy of maximum pressure they believe that they have abided by the nuclear deal and that all they have gotten out of this is ever tougher sanctions by the americans so they argue that they might as well just go ahead and rich you're a new as they have done before because like that they would have these to have a bargaining chip in their hand so what strategy is the white house pursuing what is the ultimate objective. we've been getting a lot of mixed messages from the white house lately there have been 3 policy turnarounds in the last week that raises certainly a lot of questions and the last turnaround shield was on the planned attacks in a. drone when just 10 minutes before the un

military aircraft with $35.00 people on board that is what the iranian revolutionary guard is saying now they say they gave 2 different sorry for warnings an hour or so apart from each other the 1st warning came at about 5 am and the 2nd one was at 3 55 am and we know that the drone was shot down at 405 the iranians now revealing for the 1st time that there was another aircraft alongside this drone that came in to rein in the airspace the iranians warned of them and then the aircraft that had the people on board heeded the warnings and left the waning airspace but the drone continued and that is when the iranians shot that down and this the head of the revolutionary guard had this to say about that incident. as in the past our armed forces have showed that our national security is our red line and we won't let our land be a place for foreign forces for trespassing twice we gave warning to this drone this drone has a system that transfers the messages to its base and unfortunately they didn't respond and for the last time we gave a warning and when it continued into our territory it w

government to put economic pressure on the different entities within the revolutionary guards so what is their reaction been from the capital this morning. well according to the foreign ministry spokesperson apple's mousavi this is economic terrorism and it's just the continuation of the pressure that the u.s. government is putting on iran and its people he said that this is not new it's a continuation of their policy and any discussion they had with united states said that they wanted to have discussions with iran the previous week is obviously not the case based on this decision alone and it's just their of policy to further try to isolate iran and its economy and that's something that the average person will feel it's not a policy that they think is appropriate they call it bullying and they're urging international community to actually speak up against this and they claim that this is a violation of their international rights there's also an interview that's been published with the ukrainian oil minister who has said that any attempt by the countries such as saudi arabia and the u

according to iran's revolutionary guards they say that this drone took off from a u.s. air base in the south of the persian gulf where it made its way towards iran now they say that this device of legibly turned off all detection devices while it was making its way towards iranian airspace and shortly after 4 am local time at 4 or 5 exactly the iranians shot this drone down now this comes as the head of iran's revolutionary guard has been speaking at a scheduled events in western iran let's hear what he had to say i know you're joining. we don't want to engage in any war but we're fully prepared for war today's incident was a clear sign that we will protect old borders iran's borders are already in the careful we have experienced we have such a clear and message the drone had violated our borders. reaction has been coming in swift the spokesperson for iran's foreign ministry has said that this is an act of aggression and it will be noted and responded to accordingly we've also been hearing from a certain if you m.p.'s who said that they think this should go to the unite

didn't like it i didn't think it was i didn't think it was proportionate and terror and the revolutionary guard put on a display of what it said was wreckage from the u.s. drone recovered in a really intended trick the head of its space division claims a manned u.s. spy plane near detroit was not targeted that i will learn at the same moment when the aircraft was being tracked another spy aircraft called p 8 was flying close to this drone that aircraft is man and has around 35 crew members where we could have targeted that plane it was our right to do so and yes it was american but we didn't do it we hit the unmanned aircraft. well secretary of state is heading to the region to talk to. the united arab emirates the u.s. special representative in iran has been bryan who promised the u.s. would continue to exert maximum economic and diplomatic pressure on iran our diplomacy does not give iran the right to respond with military force in iran needs to meet diplomacy with diplomacy and not military force iran's foreign ministry responded saying diplomacy with diplomacy respect with respect and war w

yes we've heard from the head of iran's revolutionary guard major general hossein solomonson speaking at a scheduled event in western iran where he said that this is evidence that iran is prepared to actually. respond in kind to any kind of threat along its border whether that mean the waters or in the airspace the general was speaking at an event earlier let's hear what else he had to say that oh you just. don't want to engage in any will but we're fully prepared for war today's incident was a clear sign that we will protect old know what is iran's borders are red line be careful we have experienced we have such a clear and message the drone had violated our borders. but since we want implications of what seems have got all in the last sort of 24 hours or so because obviously all links to the rising tensions in the region especially between the u.s. and iran. yes certainly so have we've just also heard from the spokesperson of her own foreign ministry up us moussavi he's been commenting on the latest developments he said that. we strongly protested this aggressive and vocative action

says was filmed by the islamic republic's revolutionary guards the foreign minister mohammed job and zarif has been busy on twitter he said we retrieve sections of the u.s. military drone in our territorial waters where it was shot down he posted this hand draw a map which he says shows the exact flight path as well as marking a rainy.

release video showing the revolutionary guard shooting down a drone. but the two sides dispute where it happened. ♪ a campaign to, celebrate a court ruling that britain broke the law by selling arms to saudi arabia. the u.s. senate moves to block arms sales to riyadh. and protesters tried to storm -- georgess parliament, angry at a visit from a russian delegation. in a meeting at the white house, president donald trump has called it a very big mistake. accusing the u.s. of a provocative act. they say the drone was flying at a high altitude. they intercepted the iraniann it violated airspace. tensions have been steadily rising and the region. rebels have stepped up missile attacks on airports and other infrastructure in saudi arabia. reporter: footage released by the u.s. department of defense shows the moment when the drone was shot down. iranian press tv released as footage of the attack, saying it had been attained by the revolutionary guard. the drone was in iranian airspace. the u.s. military said not so. >> reports that this aircraft was shot down

tehran's largest petro chemical group which provides it billions of dollars to the islamic revolutionary guard corps washington's friend the elite military unit a terrorist organization comes a week after my palm pal announced the u.s. was ready to sit down with tehran for safari joins us live now from tehran said or so what are these sanctions mean. well they mean that this large company and 39 of its subsidiaries are now under severe sanctions by the united states government anyone trying to do any business with them will be punished this company is known to provide economic support to her family that is the construction firm that of the revolutionary guard it's one of the biggest companies in the country they've been awarded major projects by the government just in 2013 there are figures reportedly about $22000000000.00 of government programs that have been awarded to them that to rebuild they're in charge of mainly rebuilding different parts of the country many of the bridges and tunnels in teheran have been built by this company so it's a very big company but it's not something that the i

does it look like the iranian revolutionary guard to you? tainly would be consistent with the iranian guards. they have lots of small boats in that area. they could have been taking a mine off the ship, but of course that is not the same as placing a mine. there needs to be lots of forensics before the global community can be sure that in fact it is iran that is doing that. and there is a pretty high bar here. there are two things in the background that are on people's mines. one of course is the run—up to the iraq war, where the intelligence turned out to be incorrect. the other is the beginning of the vietnam war where there was an incident in the top —— gulf of tonkin, and the way that was portrayed by washington turned out to be not quite accurate. so with that in mind i think there is a high barfor proof in that in mind i think there is a high bar for proof in this instance. where are we headed now? there is lots of animosity coming from the us towards iran, and vice—versa. it is a heated situation. what do you see happening next? i thin

president donald trump is warning that iran made a very big mistake after its revolutionary guard to shut down an american drone u.s. military says iran sought to disrupt america's ability to monitor the persian gulf region this drone was in international waters clearly we have it all documented it's documented scientifically not just words and it made a very bad mistake. ok. we'll find out and. you'll find out you'll find. obviously obviously you know we're not going to be talking too much about it we're going to find out they made a very big mistake well just to remind you the u.s. train was shut down early on thursday a bit center on disputing exactly what happened the u.s. military says a surface to air missile was fired at the unmanned aircraft in international airspace over the strait of hormuz in the arabian gulf it's believed the drone was being used for high altitude surveillance but iran's revolutionary guard says the drone violated iranian airspace of a home has gone province so they were well within their rights to attack it. what else has what can we hope that joins us n

an airspace in the south of the country according to a statement posted by the revolutionary guard the drone was flying over hormuz can profits now there's some disagreement of the type of drone that was being shot down iran's revolutionary guard has identified it as an r.q. for global hawk which you can see in this picture but the u.s. says it was actually a u.s. navy m q 4 c. triton. the rebels say that they've attacked a power station in the saudi problems of with a cruise missile there's been no confirmation from riyadh u.s. president donald trump has been briefed on the details of the strike in the white house says it's closely monitoring the situation the u.n. secretary general does not believe he has the power to set up a criminal investigation into the murder of the saudi journalist. a report from the special rapporteur agnus calmar has found the state of saudi arabia responsible and says there are legal grounds for untenured terrorists to launch an international inquiry a report also gives a minute by minute account of the journalist final moments before he was killed inside t

government believes they provide financial support to the economic arm of the revolutionary guard that's a french company known as the tamil mbia and now this company is known in iran to be responsible for building all the main roads and highways and bridges and accord the government in 2018 proportionately awarded 10 projects to them worth over $22000000000.00 so they're very well known company and now with this designation in these sanctions they're under further pressure from the united states government so tell us more about the reaction from tehran the today about this well the foreign ministry spokesperson has said that this is economic terrorism and said this is another example of how this u.s. administration is trying to pressure iran and isolate its economy and really attack the country the nation and their livelihood by putting these economic sanctions on iran we've also heard from the oil minister who said that any talk of anybody else any other countries such as saudi arabia and the u.a.e. making up all the loss of supplies in the oil market is absolutely not true it's false

the revolutionary guard has revealed that it refrain from shooting down a u.s. plane with 35 people on board that was in the vicinity of the downed drone iran's foreign minister says that iranian maps pinpoint where the drone was intercepted after violating iranian airspace i hope. as in the past our armed forces have showed that our national security is our red line and we won't let our land be a place for foreign forces for trespassing twice we gave warning to this drone this drone has a system that transfers the messages to its base and unfortunately they didn't respond and for the last time we gave a warning and when it continued into our territory it was shut down. the united states envoy on iran has said that it's important to do everything possible to deescalate tensions with iran brian hook is in saudi arabia's capital riyadh to meet with the kingdom's deputy defense minister during a news conference folks said that iran should meet u.s. diplomacy with diplomacy and not military force. thousands of demonstrators in hong kong are back on the streets deman

according to iran's revolutionary guards they say that this drone took off from a u.s. air base in the south of the persian gulf where it made its way towards iran now they say that this device of legibly turned off all detection devices while it was making its way towards iranian airspace and shortly after 4 am local time at 4 or 5 exactly the iranians shot this drone down now this comes as the head of iran's revolutionary guard has been speaking at a scheduled events in western iran let's hear what he had to say i know you're joining. we don't want to engage in any will but we are fully prepared for war today's incident was a clear sign that we will protect old notice iran's borders are already low in be careful we have experienced we have such a clear and message the drone had violated our borders. reaction has been coming in swift the spokesperson for iran's foreign ministry has said that this is an act of aggression and it will be noted and responded to accordingly we've also been hearing from a certain if you m.p.'s who said that they think this should go to the u

according to iran's revolutionary guards they say that this drone took off from a u.s. air base in the south of the persian gulf where it made its way towards iran now they say that this device allegedly turned off all detection devices while it was making its way towards iranian airspace and shortly after 4 am local time at 45 exactly the iranians shot this drone down now this comes as the head of iran's revolutionary guard has been speaking at a scheduled events in western iran let's hear what he had to say i know you're joining. we don't want to engage in any war but we're fully prepared for war today's incident was a clear sign that we will protect old borders iran's borders are already in the careful we have experienced we have sent a clear and message the drone had violated our borders. reaction has been coming in swift the spokesperson for iran's foreign ministry has said that this is an act of aggression and it will be noted and responded to accordingly we've also been hearing from a certain if you m.p.'s who said that they think this should go to the united nat

has released a video it is claiming shows iranian revolutionary guards removing what it calls an unexploded mine from the hall of one of the of the japanese own one of the ships says his crew witnessed flying objects moments before. iran calls accusations by the u.s. alarming it also says it is in charge of security in the strait of hormuz and the ships were among the 1st to rescue crew from the damaged because. the rebels in yemen say they've attacked an airport over the border in saudi arabia for the 2nd time this week saudi commandos defense systems into said 5 drones targeting. it's near the town of. about 100 kilometers from the yemeni border. the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting in geneva to decide whether to declare the latest outbreak of the a bone a virus a global health emergency nearly 1400 people have now died in the democratic republic of congo since august and 2 in neighboring uganda had only transfer is live for us from the ugandan capital kampala so. how do you how worried are you gagnon's about the spread of ebola. were people there trying to take f

unit or a revolutionary guard commander acting on his own. there's precedent for that, the revolutionary guard doesn't report to the civil state government. they report right to the supreme leader and they have been known in the past to do things on their own without coordinating it with the rest of the military, much less the government in tehran, it seemed to me that's what he was trying to say, when he referred to a mistake, that said, brooke, when you look at the way the iranians have tried to communicate what happened, the video they're releasing, the aggressiveness of foreign ministers on twitter. it makes me wonder if that was the case, if it was a rogue thing. it seems like tehran is backing it at 100% here. >> i was watching you after that pentagon briefing earlier, you were less than impressed with the dots on the map. >> there you go. >> yeah, the dots on the map that the pentagon was presenting saying the u.s. drone was in international airspace. how can the u.s. prove that the drone was there? >> i think what they really need to

military drone has been shot down by iran's revolutionary guard in what it says is a clear message to washington but the 2 countries are disputing exactly where it happened the u.s. says a surface to air missile was fired at the drone in international airspace over the strait of hormuz as believe the drone was being used for high altitude surveillance but tehran says the incident took place within its territory the revolutionary guard says it intercepted the drone when it violated iranian airspace in hormones gone province dosage of barry's standing by in tehran for more reaction but 1st let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly hockett kimberly what is the u.s. military saying happened in this incident. well as you point out the u.s. is disputing the claim by iran that it was operating a surveillance drone in iranian airspace in fact the statement coming from u.s. central command contradicts the statements coming from iran saying in fact that it did not have any aircraft in iranian airspace that they were operating in what they say was international airspace over the strait

says was filmed by the islamic republic's revolutionary guards the foreign minister mohammed job and zarif has been busy on twitter he said we retrieve sections of the u.s. military drone in our territorial waters where it was shot down he posted this hand drawn map which he says shows the exact flight path as well as marking iranian territorial waters he says it proves iran acted in self-defense it's a point that iran's ambassador to the u.n. magid tucker of and she makes in a letter to secretary general antonio good terrorists and to the current president of the un security council in the letter he says the drone was in full stealth mode as it turned off its identification equipment and engaged in a clear spying operation despite repeated radio warnings it entered into the iranian air space where the air defense system of the islamic republic of iran acting under article 51 of the united nations charter targeted the intruding aircraft at 4 o 5 hours in the letter iran says the drone was in the air for almost 4 hours it says it doesn't want a war but it reserves the right take any n

didn't like it i didn't think it was i didn't think it was proportionate and terror and the revolutionary guard put on a display of what it said was wreckage from the u.s. drone recovered in a really intended trick the head of its space division claims a manned u.s. spy plane near detroit was not targeted that i wonder is it at the same moment when the aircraft was being tracked another spy aircraft called p. 8 was flying close to this drone that aircraft is man and has around 35 crew members where we could have targeted that plane it was our right to do so and yes it was american but we didn't do it we hit the unmanned aircraft. well secretary of state my point is heading to the region to talk to allies saudi arabia and the united arab emirates the u.s. special representative in iran has been brian who promised the u.s. would continue to exert maximum economic and diplomatic pressure on iran our diplomacy does not give iran the right to respond with military force in iran needs to meet diplomacy with diplomacy and not military force iran's foreign ministry responded saying it needs diplomacy w

gathering imagery of large areas of land you know whether as the commander of iran's elite revolutionary guard said they had destroyed the train because they wanted to send a strong message to the u.s. . i don't know those who defend the border of the islamic nation of iran will react in a total and decisive way to any intrusion by foreign elements on our land or don't own a. mine of our borders how are our red line enemy that violates our borders and will not return and will be destroyed. the commander went on to say that iran was ready for war but added that they did not seek conflict with any nation. however the incident comes at a time of increasing tension between tehran and washington at its heart the international nuclear deal which the u.s. withdrew from last year. this week iran said it was also no longer willing to abide by the terms of the agreement and could soon restart its nuclear activity. also raising concerns are attacks on 2 oil tankers in the gulf of amman. on wednesday the u.s. military presented more evidence it said linked tehran to the incidents. iran for its part denies

military claims it shows iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers it's also published a photo purporting to show damage and a mine attached to one of the ships president donald trump called into fox news to declare iran guilty they are a nation of terror and they've changed a lot since i've been president i can tell you they were unstoppable and now they're in deep deep trouble back at me but he also said he was open to talks with tehran. and we want to get them back to the table if they want to go back i'm ready when they are the incident was sparked early on thursday when a fire broke out on a norwegian oil tanker following explosions the crew radioed for assistance. to prompt open you have. to report that by want that upfront open air was probably not a quest at that point the back where. that got to do you. hours later a 2nd tanker japanese owned also called for help the crew said they saw a flying object hit the ship before hearing a blast the ships had passed through the strait of hormuz a strategically important waterway which car

i think well to be honest with you i'm referring to the revolutionary guard corps most likely and you see in the revolutionary guard corps there is a in iran there's a very complex domestic situation and sometimes what could be happening is that within the revolutionary guard corps there are it is comprised of a very hawkish form of ideology they're very much driven. you know emotion really and therefore they might even undermine the pragmatic attempts that other officials in the arabian operators such as a reef and others they undermine their efforts in trying to improve relations with the west improve relations with the gulf i mean to say that iran does not want to improve relations with the neighbors and. and the united states and europe i don't think that's very accurate however. those pragmatists do have obstacles and they are within iran. so it's looking about you know who might have coming down this is looking at motivations another issue is trying to actually prove it if you look at the video that's provided it seems pretty grainy we see some people on the boat not really clea

reporters were invited to an undisclosed revolutionary guard military base in the capital where they displayed the wreckage of this drone that was shot down now the head of the revolutionary guards aerospace division conducted live interviews on state t.v. and he said that the details that he gave about the incidents where very specific and he basically censured laid out what happened according to the rainy and officials in the military in that in the south of the country on that thursday morning let's hear some of what he had to say hope that was as in the past our armed forces have showed that our national security is our red line and we won't let our land be a place for foreign forces for trespassing twice we gave warning to this drone this drone has a system that transfers the messages to its base and unfortunately they didn't respond and for the last time we gave a warning and when it continued into our territory it was shot down and door so what's being made there of these reports from the reuters news agency is saying that the u.s. sent a message to iran's leaders via amman ov

pictures showing what they say are iranian revolutionary guards removing an unexploded mine from thee of one of the two stricken oil tankers. the us also released a photograph which it says, shows where one mine had exploded close to where the other had not. all part of the us attempts to blame iran for the attacks that left both tankers ablaze early yesterday. an assessment shared by the united kingdom. we have no reason not to believe the american assessment and our instinct is to believe it because they're our closest ally and we are very worried about the situation in iran. the attacks took place near the strait of hormuz, which separates the gulf from the gulf of oman, one of the most important strategic waterways in the well because it's a choke point for global oil supplies. at its narrowest point, the strait is just 21 miles wide and this would make it relatively easy for iranian fast attack boats, used by the revolutionary guard, to strike shipping. the attack on the two oil tankers happened close to jask, which is also the location of a secret iranian naval base. but iran h

is this the entire iranian government, or is this the revolutionary guard?> well, unlike president trump, i can't really interpret videos, but certainly there's reason to believe that this is some kind of quds force that is revolutionary guard action. that would lend some support to the theory that the iranians are in a couple of places as to how to handle this. but i think one of the big problems is we have a national security adviser and, to some extent, the secretary of state himself who, you know, they make assertions that they have trouble backing up. then they create more doubts, especially in europe. many people who feel this is a u.s. effort to kind of make sure the europeans follow up on re-imposing sanctions. so as your setup piece suggests, they're kind of all over the map. i would think as a start, it would be good to take that video and discuss it with the europeans, take it to nato, talk to various europeans and get some support there because there is a credibility issue with this administration when they say things, you can't necessarily take

global hawk we also have heard from the islamic revolutionary guard corps commander the commander in chief of the islamic revolutionary guard corps said that shooting down the american spy drone had a clear decisive firm an accurate message we do not intend to engage in war with any country but we are completely ready for war now there have been previous occasions in which iran has attempted to shoot down u.s. drones this seems to be the 1st instance in which one was actually shot down and now might bomb peo and the united states have blamed iran for the incident now pompei i emphasize that he said no war is planned but they will be making sure to strengthen their capability in the region this is my palm pale. president does not want war and we will continue to communicate that message while doing the things that are necessary to protect american interests in the region but we can't do that without making sure that we have the capability to respond if iran makes a bad decision. united states recently disposed a 1000 more new troops to the middle east region now iran is saying that th

according to iran's revolutionary guards they say that this drone took off from a u.s. air base in the south of the persian gulf where it made its way towards iran now they say that this device of legibly turned off all detection devices while it was making its way towards iranian airspace and shortly after 4 am local time at 45 exactly the iranians shot this drone down now this comes as the head of iran's revolutionary guard has been speaking at a scheduled events in western iran let's hear what he had to say i know you're joining. we don't want to engage in any war but we're fully prepared for war today's incident was a clear sign that we will protect old notice iran's borders are a red line be careful we have experienced we have such a clear and message the drone had violated our borders. reaction has been coming in swift the spokesperson for iran's foreign ministry has said that this is an act of aggression and it will be noted and responded to accordingly we've also been hearing from a certain if you m.p.'s who said that they think this should go to the united nati

there are differences, of course, between the army there and the revolutionary guards. but whether it's one system, the regular army, or the revolutionary guards, they still follow a very rigid command structure. this was a deliberate act on their part. having said that, the president's comments give the iranians a way out if they choose to take it, but it seems they aren't taking it. >> mike, why do you think they aren't taking it? >> they're trying to put pressure on the entire international system ahead of the g20 meeting at the end of next week. they want, they want all of the members of the jcpoa, china, russia, the eu, all of them to swarm donald trump and say, you know, you need to actually negotiate with the iranians, you need to relieve some of the sanctions pressure on them and so on. so they're just trying to turn up the heat in general. >> cedric, isn't there tremendous potential that any kind of u.s. military action, as with any military action, one doesn't necessarily know the ripple effects, things can spiral out of control, you can't necessarily predict

drone by iran's revolutionary guard. president trump spoke briefly about the situation earlier today while meeting with canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, in the oval office. >> well, thank you very much. we had some good news. the market hit an all time high today, the s&p just broke its record, so we're very happy about that. the stock market continues to do well. jobs have been literally through the roof, and speaking of jobs we have the usmca with canada, with mexico, and we've come a long way. it's a great agreement. as you know, mexico yesterday approved it. >> yep. >> with a very positive vote. you're doing very well, i understand also? >> we are. >> it's an honor to have the prime minister of canada, justin trudeau. he's been a friend of mine. we've worked hard together and work in particular on the usmca. and we hope to have bipartisan report, you're making the rounds of congress later on? >> i'm meeting a few people. >> terrific. we will be talking about that and generally we're talking trade and other th

military drone has been shot down by iran's revolutionary guard and what it says is a clear message towashington but the 2 countries are disputing exactly where it happened the u.s. says a surface to air missile was fired at the drone in international as space over the strait of hormuz has been. leave the drone was being used for high altitude surveillance but tehran says the incident took place within iranian territory the revolutionary guard says that an intercepted the drone when it violated even as space in horror on prophets live to there is dorset jabari in tehran forest's door so what more iranian authorities saying about this incident well fully the revolution guard has just released some more detailed information about the timing of the incident they're saying that just after midnight this drone took off from a u.s. military base in the south of the persian gulf and headed towards the southwestern part of iran and said then if as it was getting around that area there was the said that this drone turned off all the devices that would be able to detect it from the iranian side a

government also accuses arraigning revolutionary guards of attacking merchant ships in the strait of hormuz according to the u.s. more than 80 percent of the iranian economy is already affected by sanctions the trumpet ministration wants to force the leadership in tehran to agree to a new nuclear agreement with tougher conditions also reiterated an offer for negotiations he claims iran could become a peaceful and prosperous country if it were to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons. or what exactly in the iranian leadership has been targeted by these sanctions i asked washington correspondent. well the administration is particular targeting a series of individuals and among them and that's a very symbolic act is iran's supreme leader ayatollah. how many they. 5 gather with 8 other senior officials of the so-called revolutionary guards a group that the united states declared a terrorist group recently. those individuals can be held accountable in one way or another with the drone last week however the administration stresses that these sanctions that were imposed today do not come a

says was filmed by the islamic republic's revolutionary guards the foreign minister mohammed job and zarif has been busy on twitter he said we retrieve sections of the u.s. military drone in our territorial waters where it was shot down he posted this hand drawn map which he says shows the exact flight path as well as marking iranian territorial waters he says it proves iran acted in self-defense it's a point that iran's ambassador to the u.n. magid tucker of and she makes in a letter to secretary general antonio good terrorists and to the current president of the un security council in the letter he says the drone was in full stealth mode as it turned off its identification equipment and engaged in a clear spying operation despite repeated radio warnings it entered into the iranian air space where the air defense system of the islamic republic of iran acting under article 51 of the united nations charter targeted the intruding aircraft at 4 o 5 hours in the letter iran says the drone was in the air for almost 4 hours it says it doesn't want to war but it reserves the right take any

a disagreement over the type of drone that was shot iran's revolutionary guard has identified it as a q 4 global hawk which you can see pictured here but the u.s. says it was actually a u.s. navy and sea full sea trying to. cross over to do such a bari and to sort of clear this all up what more do we know about this incident also. well so i'll according to the revolutionary guard they issued a statement overnight they said they shot down this u.s. surveillance military drone over the coup hamel barak port city is an enormous gone province now this port city is very strategically important it is about 65 kilometers northwest of joss hort that is of course where those sailors were taken just a week ago when there are vessels were attacked in the gulf of oman the cool mubarak area is just east of it is where the entrance is to the strait of hormuz so all the ships that go through the strait of hormuz pass through quha mubarak supports cities so it's very very strategically important the revolutionary guards have said that they shot this drone down because it was flowing flying over that

government we've seen a few of them recently just last friday the head of the revolutionary guards aerospace division was the man who showed us the pieces of the down u.s. drone that they put on display he is one of the 8 men who has now been sanctioned by the u.s. government but this will likely be seen as more of a symbolic gesture and the iranians will see it as an attempt to foster further increase the tensions between these 2 sides of course the supreme leader had a letter from u.s. president donald trump that was delivered by the japanese prime minister shinzo off just over a week ago and he even refused to respond to it so this is another level in this escalating tension between the 2 sides that we're see thank you. meanwhile russia saying it will take steps to come to the new u.s. sanctions it says they're illegal here's the view from moscow but step. russia's deputy foreign minister gov has said that any new u.s. sanctions are counterproductive and will only increase tensions and he also said that russia wants to take countermeasures together with its partners it's not clear and he

the revolutionary guard reports directly to the ayatollah, not the president. kevin: precisely. as this announcement has developed, coming out of the oval office, we should note that the secretary of state mike pompeo is traveling abroad. yes plans to visit in saudi arabia as well as to buy -- as well as dubai. it comes at a time you have the secretary of state traveling trying to meet with various sanctions -- various factions to build that support. i want to note candidly when i talk to sources on capitol hill, not just republicans but also democrats, nobody is debating whether or not iran should have a nuclear weapon. i am hard-pressed to find any lawmaker who reads iran should have a nuclear weapon. they are just debating which course of action to take. david: we will go right now to playback of what president trump just sit in the oval office. : today's action follows a series of aggressive behaviors by the iranian regime in recent weeks, including the shooting down of u.s. drones. he shot down a drum. everyone -- he shot down a drone. everyone saw that one. he has done man

military drone has been shot down by iran's revolutionary guard president trump has called it a very big mistake the pentagon released this video showing the moment it was downed the 2 countries are disputing exactly where it happened with the u.s. saying it was in international airspace and iran saying it was over its territory. when iranian t.v. channel press t.v. is broadcast a video from the revolutionary guard showing the missile which shot it down to her and says the drone took off from the u.a.e. in stealth mode and was targeted with. it when it violated its airspace well u.s. democratic senator chuck schumer chuck schumer says there must be debate before any military operation is launched i told the president that these conflicts have a way of escalating. the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may bumbled into a war we told the room that the democratic position is that congressional approval must be required before funding any conflict in iran one of the best ways to avoid bumbling into war a war that nobody wants is to