diplomatic solution to its ongoing tensions with iran meantime the pentagon and more specifically centcom was taking action to guard against any more iranian incursions in the gulf region 1st the centcom officials confirmed that they are conducting aerial surveillance to help protect commercial vessels that are sailing from the gulf through the strait of hormuz or in the other direction centcom also confirmed that it is now trying to set up something called operation sentinel a multinational force that would basically provide physical security to commercial vessels moving in and out of the gulf they say this is necessary because of what it says has been iranian encouragement and recent hostile actions coming from the iranian government then there was this announcement 1st from the saudi defense ministry and then confirmed by the pentagon that the u.s. military will once again deploy a sizable number of troops in saudi arabia again in response to recent events the statement from the pentagon doesn't say how many u.s. forces and what kind of equipment will be deployed on saudi soil but it's

diplomatic solution to its ongoing tensions with iran meantime the pentagon and more specifically centcom was taking action to guard against any more iranian incursions in the gulf region 1st the centcom officials confirmed that they are conducting aerial surveillance to help protect commercial vessels that are sailing from the gulf through the strait of hormuz or in the other direction centcom also confirmed that it is now trying to set up something called operation sentinel a multinational force that would basically provide physical security to commercial vessels moving in and out of the gulf they say this is necessary because of what it says has been a rani and encouragement and recent hostile actions coming from the iranian government then there was this announcement 1st from the saudi defense ministry and then confirmed by the pentagon that the u.s. military will once again deploy a sizable number of troops in saudi arabia again in response to recent events the statement from the pentagon doesn't say how many u.s. forces and what kind of equipment will be deployed on saudi soil but i

inherent rights of self-defense at a time when we have specific detailed and credible threats in the centcomo are and immediately stop purely defensive intel sharing air defense and border security and dealing with partners in the region with information related capabilities directly countering the iranian threat networks from ct and classified quarterly briefings we need to be careful about what we do. [inaudible conversations] >> can i pose a question if it was changed to a simple one sentence that was suggested that nothing in the 2001 aumf authorizes war against iran would you support something like that? >> i would certainly consider it. the reason i hesitate is because we have not updated the 2001 aumf sawicki has been expanded through the course with isis and a variety of terrorist actors. iran could be involved talk about the terrace not the state of iran. so you have to see the complication. i do not believe for what it's worth, 2001 au mf authorizes military force against the state of iran. >> i would be in support to say something as simple and elegant as that i don't know how to

diplomatic solution to its ongoing tensions with iran meantime the pentagon and more specifically centcomwas taking action to guard against any more iranian incursions in the gulf region 1st the centcom officials confirmed that they are conducting aerial surveillance to help protect commercial vessels that are sailing from the gulf through the strait of hormuz or in the other direction centcom also confirmed that it is now trying to set up something called operation sentinel a multinational force that would basically provide physical security to commercial vessels moving in and out of the gulf they say this is necessary because of what it says has been iranian encouragement and recent hostile actions coming from the iranian government then there was this announcement 1st from the saudi defense ministry and then confirmed by the pentagon that the u.s. military will once again deploy a sizable number of troops in saudi arabia again in response to recent events the statement from the pentagon doesn't say how many u.s. forces and what kind of equipment will be deployed on saudi soil but it's

the budget that's completely independent of whether the 2 percent is a change don't know if i put centcom and order a new there are things that were promised to nato stunned by units done by at craft and ships and that will cost more money than he's already planned in advantage i gave cost momentum holds out on your plot just but money alone does not buy happiness something her predecessor wasn't a fund and i also understood many of the blunders various problems involved procurement difficulties unsuitable materials and slow moving systems perseverance is needed some doubt whether comm commandant will have the staying power. he told her it is because they're going to be sensitive troops if being a bit skeptical because they're afraid that this is just a springboard for the future chancellor to get kunstler in but the defense ministry is too complex and too important and the expectations especially of germany's allies towards the country are too high for this to be seen as just an intermediate step but she'll have to provide a lot more define the scene. on a cloud come may have wanted to b

centcom says this movement provides an additional deterrent insuring the ability to take our forces and interests in the region from emergent threats. iran seized two british operated ships today, senior trump administration officials calling an act of piracy a major escalation. one of those ships has been released but the other with 23 people on board. according to that iranian military's control, donald trump says essentially i told you so. >> only goes to show what i am saying about iran. trouble, nothing but trouble. the ridiculous agreement made by president obama expires in a very short period of time, a short-term agreement. when dealing in countries you have to deal and 50 years, 100 years. >> reporter: he says despite his recent showdown with the british ambassador in washington who has now resigned the us is coordinating closely with allies. this video showing aerial surveillance of a warship and claims the drone shooting this footage is the same when the us military and donald trump's national security team says it destroyed yesterday but the secretary of state says fat chanc

. >> we just received a statement from a centcom spokesperson. , earle brown, who says u.s.ials do believe that they brought down to iranian drones by that u.s. worship transferring the state of hormuz last thursday. cruise on the uss boxer saw one drone go down and the others disappeared from radar and was thought destroyed. cbs first quoted the head of central command frank makinzy said there may have been more. both drones were taken out by this new marine corps anti-drone jamming device strapped to the deck of the uss boxer without firing a shot, frying the drones electronics. new satellite images show that british flag to oil tanker as it was circled by on a rainy and fast boat and it now port. iran's foreign minister says his country sees the tanker after it hit a fishing boat and the vessels parent company pushed back saying "we can confirm that we are not aware of nor is there any evidence of a collision. "the 23 crew members aboard the british out oil tanker continue to be detained by iranian forces for a fifth day in britain says that is joining american out allies

military through the navy is going to be moving assets and has assets in the region according to head of centcomious vessels and there you have the possibility, at least, of something, you know, ticking off and creating a military incidents. this is high tension. and this is, you know, for all the back and forth we hear about in washington and who said what? this is the news that really matters day to day that potentially could lead to a big incident. >> julie: this is also frustrating for the united states the president has he said time and time again he needs european allies to jump in and actually assist in trying to secure this shipping channel where this is all taking place. we just, in fact, got some sound from the united states secretary of state mike pompeo on all of this. let's play that and then we will react. >> in the end, president trump will make the decision about how to proceed. he has made clear we're prepared to conduct negotiations with no preconditions, the iranians continue to say well they will talk if and only if the united states does something. we need them to come to th

. —— mike centcom.es on free movement and the main response for this, a plug for what the americans have been trying to do, putting together a multinational operation to provide protection for commercial vessels in the gulf. they have been trying to recruit other countries to send vessels to control and escort and so on. we don't know the details of what they have come so the details of what they have come so far but there has been a certain relu cta nce so far but there has been a certain reluctance from countries in asia and europe to participate in such an operation because they don't want to appear hostile to iran or they feel the americans have started this chain of events by pulling out of the nuclear deal to begin with, but perhaps at this british ship has been targeted that might change some minds. we have just been targeted that might change some minds. we havejust had a been targeted that might change some minds. we have just had a tweet from president trump in which he says it seems the brits

we were reporting just a moment ago that there has been a statement that was put out by centcom calling for an international coalition to patrol the area around the strait of hormuz. well daryn this is really a repetition of something which the secretary of state jim. excuse me called for during his june trip to the middle east he was proposing to regional leaders and really to leaders in asia and in europe as well the creation of a military patrol group that would be called sentinel that would provide safe passage for raw international petroleum ships traveling through the strait of hormuz making certain and underscoring the u.s. his belief that despite territorial claims by iran and other countries along the gulf that there is there is an international water passageway that should be respected that all vessels should be able to travel those waters without interference from iran or from any other country for that matter so far only the only the saudis and the emirates he has have suggested that they would be willing to what take part in this effort which would include not just the depl

every year in late february or early march, the commander of centcom who's responsible for all u.s. military activities throughout the middle east and asia submits a report to congress on the strategic issues and arrangements and alliances throughout the region. and if you read that report, he does a general statement and a country by country assessment. and it becomes clear that saudi arabia is not the most important country for the security interests and policies that the united states is pursuing in that region. that is to say, saudis are much more dependant on us. their military capabilities remain questionable and we don't have big military commitments or presence in saudi arabia. the united states has troops everywhere, but really not in saudi arabia. the naval headquarters in bahrain, we have a big air base in qatar, we have troops in kuwait, we have troops in ja bu di. if we combine the fact that we could conduct our strategic policies in the region, other than terrorism, seems to me, without saudi arabia. and, in fact, that the energy picture has changed completely over the

they believe -- in the centcom region. they believe we would stop purely defensive military sharing and defense and border security we are doing with partners in the region. they believe it would halt orders with options to strike back proportionally against iran in order to limit escalation. and it would stop active information related capabilities directly countering iranian threat networks. furthermore, they believe that there is enough concern about this language that it would at least throw doubt in our ability to come to the defense of israel if it were under attack from iran, iranian proxies, or the iranian threat network. they believe it would cast doubt on our ability to come to the defense of a ship or vessel in the straits of hormu stmbings is if an ally come under attack. i would point out that within the last two days, an ally tanker was at least threatened by iranian boats coming through the straits. the senior general officers at the joint staff and centcom believe it would threaten continued seventh fleet i

was deploying a carrier strike group and a bomber task force to centcom. in response to a number of troubling and escalatory indications involving iran. the threats were apparently significant enough to not only to surge additional military capabilities in the region but for secretary pompeo to cancel a meeting with german prime minister merkel in order to fly to iraq. it took the department of defense five days to share any information to congress. i find that unacceptable. secretary esper, you indicate in your advance policy questions if confirmed you will reassess the department's policy. i appreciate your assurance and i hope that you will make a concerted effort to keep this committee fully and currently informed on critical national security developments, particularly if it involves surging additional military capabilities to a specific region. based on our working relationship during your tenure as secretary of the army, i am confident we can work together to ensure congress has the information it needs to do the job. secretary esper, as was discuss

i have been traveling with the centcom commander throughout the middle east. in jetta, we were in afghanistan. then we were in syria. that picture is showing kind of the mad max look at our forces out in the desert on a very southern border of syria. that's me aboard the "uss boxer" and now it's the most famous ship in the navy because it disabled the iranian drones flying over the ships. that's a view out of the osprey as we were going from one place to the other. one of my colleagues getting a little shut eye there. there's a view of kabul at sunset. when you're on a trip like this, you see the very best that our country has. young men and women who are serving in these very dangerous war environments, doing so bravely and creatively. every time i make one of the trips i come back with some confidence about the power and momentum of the country that we love represented by these young soldiers, sailors, marines. you know, they are out there every day and they sure are doing a great job. >> you give us hope. david, thank you. >>> coming up, president trump is