weekly meeting of the crisis response group in the capital reykjavik. kristen your own story is in charge of the earth quite. monitoring system e. paratime colleague. coordinates the volcano emergency teams. the data from the potential disaster area is analyzed by the icelandic meterological office an innocent sounding name for the crisis response center which issues commands to all the country's authorities rescue teams and air traffic control lives depend on the exact calculation of the wind force and direction quantity and composition of volcanic ash. which is the time i. guess. you know various. just seismologists geologists and volcanologists are currently focusing their attention on iceland's highest elevation under which it has been bubbling flowing and vibrating since the end of 2017. in the volcano definitely has been and probably is the receiving bomb. they say is missing the is somehow reflecting these these changes in their part of the system. and what we do currently in our work 24 hour monitoring at all here we are keeping an eye and a mom

response to this drought down drone will be. saying cue for that update from washington let's bring in ali by the international crisis group's iran project director he's joining us via skype from washington thanks for speaking to us so you may have heard why these saying that some congressional leaders are cautioning against any steps when it comes to iran but how much those this latest incident actually play into the hands of the hawks on iran who advocates for war. look the trouble is that each cycle of escalation actually brings us closer to the brink of a military confrontation but iran and this is collision today i think was particularly dangerous because we passed a trace hold ready of iran actually shooting down a u.s. assets if you were indeed behind the recent attacks in the gulf where in the past few weeks the u.s. assets were not targeted and i think the next way station in this cycle about escalation if it is an american person is killed either u.s. special forces or even civilians i don't know you the region or beyond the region that would definitely turn into a cost especially and justification for starting a war an

responsibility for that attack. i'm joined by an iran expert attack. i'm joined by an iran expert at the international crisis groupu forjoining us. how would you characterise the situation as it stands? the cycle of aggression i don't think is going to result in a conflict between iran and the us or their respective allies in the region but the problem is each cycle of escalation brings us closer to the brink of a potential catastrophic situation that can spiral out of control and result in a regional conflagration. the united states is convinced that iran is behind these attacks yesterday and the united kingdom has backed that conclusion. how else, then, would iran point of view, if they were not responsible? the iranians are trying to shift the blame to those state actors in the region that they believe would benefit from putting the us and iran in a collision course, and by that they specifically mean the united arab emirates, saudi arabia and israel. they have been arguing for months now that they are trying to provoke, these countries a military crash between iran and the us in the hope that the us would be a

religious groups are actively subverting immigration law, many faith-based voters want illegal immigrants to play by the rules. >> democrats are solely responsible for the humanitarian crisisecause they refuse every single effort to shut off the magnets of child smuggling. hard to believe. as long as coyotes believe they can use children to evade our laws, children will continue to be endangered. >> laura: it you bet that's right. they're the ones endangering the families and the children. finally the president reminded voters that the fight isn't over and that he is staying in the struggle. >> every day of my presidency, we fight on behalf of hardworking citizens who pay their taxes, follow our laws, raise our children, protect our communities, and making this the greatest nation ever to exist on the face of the earth. today, i honestly believe it is greater than it has ever been before and america will forever remain one proud nation under god, together with the love, praise, and a version of everyone in this room, and the millions and millions of patriots all across our land. god bless you, god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. >> laura: joining me now, ral