it's an unannounced visit to iraq mike from payors trip comes amid rising tensions with iran u.s. has deployed more warships to the area which is says in response to the threat posed by tehran thousands of american troops are so based in iraq. but the words. that. she had written say has more now from washington d.c. . michael barrios spent about four hours on the ground in iraq speaking to various officials including the prime minister on the way there he spoke to reporters he was asked so why the sudden trip to iraq canceling a trip to germany to talk to merkel perry gave three reasons first of all he did put it in the context of the increasing escalation of rhetoric from washington against iran and he said that he wanted to and reassure the iraqi leadership that the u.s. stood ready to to continue to ensure that iraq was a sovereign independent nation which led to a question from a reporter on board a plane well do you have some intelligence that iran is trying to make iraq less of a sovereign nation of the trying to overthrow the iraqi government to which compare replied narra

would be an act of negligence to keep nonessential employees working in us to poetic compounds in iraq. mike workers out. >> if american interests are attacked we will most certainly respond in appropriate fashion. >> according to a central command the us-led coalition is on a high level of alert as we continue to closely monitor credible and possibly imminent threats to us forces in iraq. get a british general questioned the us threat assessment of iranian backed forces in iraq and syria. >> we don't seem increased trend. >> it comes as iranian advisor to president rouhani accused donald trump and his national security adviser of pushing toward conflict tweeting you wanted a better deal with iran, looks like you're going to get a war instead. that is what happens when you listen to the mustache, good luck in 2020, referring to john bolton whose hawkish approach is during unrest on capitol hill. >> the american people deserve what to know what is going on. if the president and republicans in congress are planning to take the united states to a conflict, even war in the middle east the americ

we just learned that secretary of state mike pompeo was in iraq today to discuss escalating tensions the united states and iran. much more on that coming up. here in washington, house democrats are plotting their next move after a round of negotiations with the justice department over demands to see the unredacted full mueller report. let's get some more from our experts, our reporters, our specialists. and dana bash, what's the latest for this fight for access for the unredacted mueller report? >> there's still a standoff, wolf, that's the bottom line. but i think the good news here is, for the first time i can remember, there's actually a negotiation. whether or not it gets anywhere, that's an open question, but the fact that justice department officials were talking is better than what we've seen on a whole host of other issues when the white house has just said, no, we're not doing that, we're not giving it to you, end of story. whether or not it ends with democrats getting what they want or even more importantly, them coming to some conclusion or compromise, that is definitely t

the secretary of state mike pompeo surprise unannounced trip to iraq. barbara starr and kylie atwood are working on the story. barbara, what are you picking up? >> mike pompeo at this hour back in the air making his way to london after meeting with iraqi officials today. he told president trump last night that he was going to change his plans and leave germany today and make this unannounced trip to iraq because of rising tensions with iran in the region and what the u.s. says is a rising iranian threat. he talked to the iraqis about a number of matters related to iran but from the pentagon point of view, they say u.s. officials are seen intelligence about a rising threat. the latest that iran is moving short range ballistic missiles around the region by boat. that would make them dangerous mobile platforms. it could pose a threat in the persian gulf to the red sea to the west where ships come out of the canal. it could pose threat to civilian populations. this has the u.s. concerned. not to say that there isn't plenty of skepticism out there about the i

iraq u.s. secretary of state mike pompei a came to iraq on an unscheduled visit on tuesday because of what he said were specific threats to americans in iraq the statement was directed towards what the u.s. calls iran's proxy forces officially there are around sixty thousand iraqi fighters with pro iran armed groups in iraq known as a popular mobilization forces ohashi the xabi they were highly effective in the battle against eisel in iraq and syria and were formally incorporated into iraq's military and security apparatus in two thousand and sixteen on wednesday evening one hash it a shabby commander in diyala province said any attack by the u.s. on iran would be met with attacks on u.s. interests in iraq. and he walk on why should i think all the has to shabby is considered part of the military establishment and there are still on groups that are difficult to control and the government suffers because these groups have so many weapons that there are around five thousand two hundred u.s. service men and women in iraq president trump said in february u.s. forces should stay in iraq to keep an eye

iraq. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei a came to iraq on an on schedule visit on tuesday because of what he said were specific threats to americans in iraq the statement was directed towards what the u.s. calls iran's proxy forces officially there are around sixty thousand iraqi fighters with pro iran armed groups in iraq known as a popular mobilization forces ohashi the xabi they were highly effective in the battle against eisel in iraq and syria and were formally incorporated into iraq military and security apparatus in two thousand and sixteen on wednesday evening one has shit a shabby commander in diyala province said any attack by the u.s. on iran would be met with attacks on u.s. interests in iraq. and he walk on the i think all the has to shabby is considered part of the military establishment and there are still armed groups that are difficult to control and the government suffers because these groups have so many weapons that there are around five thousand two hundred u.s. service men and women in iraq president trump said in february u.s. forces should stay in iraq to keep an eye on ir

tim three mike has exploited many missteps especially the persian gulf. vacuums seven filled and iraqusiness in saying that america is not a trustworthy partner that is something that is likely to step up. but other secretaries trip to iraq was so but other secretaries trip to iraq was so important. how to feel about the policy? it doesn't work too well so the policy? it doesn't work too well so far, has it, do you expect it to work better in the future? why would it? tomorrow the administration 's maximum pressure campaign against iran enters you to. the policy has been defined by tough economic sanctions, hopefully military posturing and diplomacy could lead to something here. the ultimate goal of all the pressure is to drive three mac back to the group —— negotiating table. they are looking to strike american assets in the middle east and the deployment of the carrier strike group not only cause corrects for the eight months of having zero carriers in the persian gulf and it also offsets and advises iran to back down from some of its regional activities and terrorist activities in

secretary of state mike pompeo made an unannounced visit to baghdad today. he spoke with iraq's prime minister about what are being called credible threats of an iranian attack on american forces in the region. the pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier, the "u.s.s. abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf region in response. it will be joined by four b-52 bombers.

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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 were a few supporters of it in the first place so they don't have any interest in escalating this conflict any further but as w

we were falsely led into a military engagement in iraq which is one of the biggest mistakes we had in foreign policy. reporter: secretary of state mike iraq last week. he made an emergency trip there africans selling a trip to germany. state department says comparisons to 2003 iraq are wrong. more like the spike on attacks on americans with iraq in 2011. pentagon officials have been briefing piecemeal members of congress. the administration response does not mean the united states does not want conflict with iran. back to you. connell: thanks, rich edson. melissa: as you just heard there select members of congress received a briefing from the trump administration on the justification for the iranian posture this morning. congressman john garamendi is the chairman of the house armed services subcommittee on readiness. he was one of those members now. we're happy to have you here. what can you tell us about the briefing? >> well, i can't tell you the details of it there was no information given to us that would indicate any need for aircraft carrier, for the marines and b-52 bombers and for plans for 120,000 american soldiers. iraq's d

but washington is doing this then there was also the surprise visit of secretary of state mike compared to iraq where he talked about countering iranian influence in the region so again no wonder that the iranian administration and their president is blaming the west for this and he's saying that again they have no other choice but to respond to.

but washington is doing this then there was also the surprise visit of secretary of state mike compared to iraq where he talked about countering iranian influence in the region so again no wonder that the iranian administration and their president is blaming the west for this and he's saying that again they have no other choice but to respond to this. the united states wanted to pull out of the g c p a way in order to make iran withdraw from the deal the day after so the u.s. would be able to refer the case to the u.n. security council to ease the burden on the shoulders of the u.s. to redouble and ratcheting up the pressure on iran. all right bring this writes up the dates and on an event held a news conference thank you very much my friends us to see you soon this is our international. war in memory today marks the seventy fourth anniversary of victory over fascism in europe the end of that conflict created the modern world order and it still does. greetings and sally you. currently here in the united states of america more than forty four million citizens across all age groups and demographi

mike embley. our top stories: the us secretary of state visits iraq, as trump administration officials claim iran may try to attack american forces. venezuela's supreme court orders the criminal prosecution of six leading opposition assembly members — accusing them of treason. as south africa prepares to go to the polls, claims of corruption still dominate the campaign. adding another grandchild to the family, the queen shares her delight at news of the new royal baby. the us secretary of state has paid a brief visit to baghdad to assure the iraqi leadership of american support. mike pompeo also told the iraqi prime minister his government must ensure it is can protect americans in the country, and suggested baghdad should become less dependent on its neighbour iran. washington is deploying an aircraft carrier and b—52 bombers to the region because of what us officials claim are indications iranian forces may be preparing to attack american troops. iran's foreign minister has dismissed the claims. mr pompeo spoke to reporters on the plane out of iraq: the message we have sent to the iranians, i h

forces in syria and iraq in the sea. mikebout this just last hour. >> we have continued to see activity that leads us to believe that there's escalation that may be taking place. and so we're taking all the appropriate actions both from a security perspective as well as our ability to make sure the president has a wide range of options in the event something should take place. >> to be clear, there is no indication that any action or attacks from iran is imminent. kylie atwood is with us. we have a cnn military and diplomatic analyst as well. great to see both of you. kaylee, first to you. can you put into context for us why u.s. forces in iraq and syria would be targeted here? >> well, they are the ones that are closest to iran. and the irgc which is u.s. d designated as a terrorist group last month. they usually carry out such attacks on u.s. forces, or the allied forces of the u.s. so this specific threat which came to fruition over the weekend, our barbara star reported it's intelligence that's credible and specific. and

secretary of state mike pump aoe came to iraq on unscheduled visits because of what he said was intelligenceon specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the us has since sent 2 warships and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf. mobilization forces under the command of prime minister idol of the little mahdi in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 our allies and it didn't see any threats. of war iraq is currently stable up until this moment we have not seen any military escalation in iraq iraq has expressed this to the u.s. secretary of state iran is iraq's most important ally in the region sharing strong political economic and military and religious ties iraqi politicians and religious leaders have said they will not accept any interference in iraq's sovereignty by any country including iran. the conflicting statements about possible threats from iran has raised concerns that some parties in washington are exaggerating intelligence in order to build a case for some sort of military action against the country now the u.s. state departme

iraq. secretary of state mike pompeo has canceled a visit to moscow today, instead is heading to brussels to meet with european leaders to discuss "recent threatening actions and statements" from iran, according to the state department. the nature of the threats has not been specified. the u.s. announced it is sending additional bombers and an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf to act as a deterrent. the european union reiterated today its continued support for the iran nuclear deal in the face of mounting tensions with the u.s. meanwhile, iraran's president hassan rouhani is calling for internal unity as the nation faces sanctions that could have worse consequences than war with iraq in the 1980's and that he said amount to "a war unprecedented in the history of our islamic revolution." as tensions risise in the gulf region, saudi arabia is climbibg two of i its oil tanankers were dadamaged anand what it scriribs a sasabotage a attacoff the coct of the uninited arab emirates. the e saudi energy minister said one of the ships w was due to pi up saudidi oil to dever to the ununited statates

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 life they were a few supporters of it in the first place so they don't have any interest in escalating this conflict any further

secretary of state mike pump aoe came to iraq on unscheduled visits because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the u.s. has since sent 2 warships and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf. the popular mobilization forces under the command of prime minister idol of the little mahdi in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 allies and it didn't see any threats. wore off iraq is currently stable up until this moment we have not seen any military escalation in iraq iraq has expressed this to the u.s. secretary of state iran is iraq's most important ally in the region sharing strong political economic and military and religious ties iraqi politicians and religious leaders have said they will not accept any interference in iraq's sovereignty by any country including iran. the conflicting statements about possible threats from iran has raised concerns that some parties in washington are exaggerating intelligence in order to build a case for some sort of military action against the country now the u.s. s

secretary of state mike pump aoe came to iraq on on the schedule to be. because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the u.s. has since sent 2 warships and b. 52 bombers to the gulf. the popular mobilization forces under the command of.

secretary of state mike pump aoe came to iraq on unscheduled visits because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the us has since sent 2 warships and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf. the mobilization forces under the command of prime minister adl abdul mahdi in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 allies and it didn't see any threats. iraq is currently stable up until this moment we have not seen any military escalation in iraq iraq has expressed this to the u.s. secretary of state. iran is iraq's most important ally in the region sharing strong political economic military and religious ties iraqi politicians and religious leaders have said they will not accept any interference in iraq's sovereignty by any country including iran. the conflicting statements about possible threats from iran has raised concerns that some parties in washington are exaggerating intelligence in order to build a case for some sort of military action against the country now the u.s. state department has ordered the

secretary of state mike pump aoe came to iraq on unscheduled visit because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in. iraq the us has since sent 2 warships and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf. mobilization forces under the command of prime minister idol of the little mahdi in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 our allies and it didn't see any threats. iraq is currently stable up until this moment we have not seen any military escalation in iraq iraq has expressed this to the u.s. secretary of state iran is iraq's most important ally in the region sharing strong political economic and military and religious ties iraqi politicians and religious leaders have said they will not accept any interference in iraq's sovereignty by any country including iran. the conflicting statements about possible threats from iran has raised concerns that some parties in washington are exaggerating intelligence in order to build a case for some sort of military action against the country now the u.s. state department ha

. >> secretary mike pompeo made this unscheduled stop in iraq instead of meeting with germany's merkel that the situation could go in a bad direction? >> i don't think there is any question that it could go in a bad direction because the tensions are escalating on all sides. and the problem is that there is a danger of miscalculation as those tensions increase all you need is someone to make a terrible mistake, shoot off a missile, shoot down a plane and suddenly we are involved in a military confrontation. this whole situation is very dangerous for the world. >> so when you see what democratic senator tim cane said, he said he is worried about leading the u.s. toward a war with iran. trump's white house has taken a series of actions to increase tensions including misrepresenting the regular deployment. let me make one thing clear, the trump administration has no legal authority to start a war against iran without the consent of congress. do you share his concerns and specifically do you share his concerns about how the trump administration is handling this? >> well, look, these tensio

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 exists but what has happened is that the u.s. has put so much pressure on the other signatories on european union companies doing

secretary of state mike pompei or making an unannounced visit to iraq where thousands of american troops are still based american warships have also been deployed to the region in response to what the u.s. says is the threat posed by iran and the message sent to review. this week for things like this that. i think for the defense is very specific. attacks that are. imminent that is they were thank you very. much about the particular reaction. that disputes and all eyes now on a nuclear deal that was already in serious jeopardy more than ever the question now will it be possible to salvage it mohammed jim doom. but we have teams of correspondents covering this developing story natasha butler is standing by in paris with reaction first let's go to zain this ravi in teheran and zain what really has to look back just a few weeks to rein in the oil waivers being removed more sanctions being applied on the country to see why this is push the iranian president to act in the way that he has. absolutely the iranian government will say that what it is announced today is a reciprocal move to the un

secretary of state mike pump aoe came to iraq on unscheduled visit because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the us has since sent 2 warships and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf. the popular mobilization forces are under the command of prime minister adl of the little mahdi in his weekly press briefing he.

secretary of state mike paul peo came to iraq on schedule to be. because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the u.s. has since sent 2 warships and b. 52 bombers to the gulf and last week it was reported that under the direction of u.s. national security adviser john bolton acting defense secretary patrick shanahan has presented to top white house national security officials with a plan to send up 212-0000 u.s. soldiers to the middle east the popular mobilization forces under the command of prime minister are too little maddie in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 allies and it didn't see any threats. iraq is currently stable up until this moment we have not seen any military escalation in iraq iraq has expressed this to the u.s. secretary of state iran is iraq's most important ally in the region sharing strong political economic and military and religious ties iraqi politicians and religious leaders have said they will not accept any interfe

secretary of state mike peo has made an unannounced visit to iraq amid rising tension in the region u.s. has to put more warships to the area which it says is in response to actions by iran. and tens of thousands of people are fleeing syria's last rebel held province of image of widening government offensive backed by russian air power the u.n. is calling for an urgent deescalation in northwestern syria where air strikes have killed at least twenty civilians. and more than twenty six million say that africans will votes for a new president's on wednesday or the ruling national african national congress rather will most likely when it's expected to lose votes compared see previous elections the party has been accused of corruption and saying a prayer job delivering services to millions of people all to serious for me to miller has more now from cape town. on prime real estate along cape town's waterfront is a bulging that was once a medical residence it became vacant when the city moved its nurses out in twenty fifteen two years later people who had nowhere else to live moved in one of t

secretary of state mike pompei i made an unannounced visit to iraq he met the prime minister and voiced concerns about iran's influence in the region the us which has thousands of troops in iraq has the poured more warships to the area in response to what it says is the threat posed by to her on. voters in south africa are casting their ballots in national elections the ruling african national congress or a.n.c. is expected to win but by a smaller margin it's been hit by a series of corruption scandals in recent years and accusations it's failed to provide basic services the opposition leader from the democratic alliance party cost his votes as you can see as polls opened in the township of soweto so if we take a look at south africa's three main parties the governing african national congress is led by president cyril ramaphosa he's a former trade unionist turned businessman has promised to crack down on corruption and improve the stagnant economy and there's the opposition democratic alliance party has its first black leader. whole suggest it may be losing ground among its wealthier s

diplomatic compounds in iraq, so the secretary of state mike pompeo order those workers out. his senior democrat bob menendez says the trump administration has yet to provide any information to the committee on intelligence behind the decision. >> we do not need another iraq weapons of mass destruction moment where we work mostly led into a military engagement. >> intelligence officials have been conducting congressional briefings. a senior state official also says comparisons to 2003 iran, the administration has no desire for military conflict and its response does not mean the u.s. is rushing to war. they trump administration have expanded the u.s. military presence in the persian gulf, the secretary of defense has also presented a plan to send 120,000 troops if iran protects americans or accelerates its nuclear program. the government claims the u.s. is purposely trying to raise tension in the region. >> if there is not going to be a war and there won't be a warrior. neither are we seeking a wart nor is it to our benefit. this is a confrontation of willpower and her will po

mike pompeo fresh back from iraq where he took a surprise visit to talk about iran and its influencesimon french, who's the chief economist at panmure gordon. nice to see you. a lot happening in markets, stories affecting markets will stop talking about iran pulling out of this key nuclear deal. it was still in a relationship that was brokered in 2015, the us pulled out, many argued what relevance has it got anyway, your thoughts on that, iran, the oil, new sanctions in may? lots of factors for investors to weigh up. particularly as we are seeing signs of a global upswing adding to the demand for oil. there are concerns the supply side, uncertainty of venezuela, uncertainty of venezuela, uncertainty of venezuela, uncertainty of the iran deal, actually, the question you have to ask yourself is whether, from both the oil story and indeed the trade story, the us rhetoric is going to be matched by us action. that is the key thing you have to price in. you have to put it into context because president rohani is saying he is threatening to increase production of higher enriched uranium in

mike embley. our top stories: america's secretary of state visits iraq, following warnings iran may try to attacking them of treason. as south africa prepares to go to the polls, claims of corruption continue to dominate the campaign. free at last. the queen she has in the delight of the news of

secretary of state mike pompei i made an unannounced visit to iraq he met the prime minister and voiced concerns about iran's influence in the region the u.s. which has thousands of troops in iraq has deployed more warships to the area and response to what it says is a threat posed by. i think for. a minute. voters in south africa are casting their ballots in national elections the governing african national congress is expected to win but by a smaller margin it's been hit by a series of corruption scandals in recent years and accusations it's failed to provide basic services the opposition leader musi my money from the democratic alliance party cast his votes as you can see right there at the polls opened in the township off so let's hope malcolm webb has more from a polling station in johannesburg. well we're in the township of alexandra in johannesburg where the housing in this area is quite small or import condition other people in this area live in shacks made of iron sheets it's high unemployment it's not a wealthy area to be in people at this polling station which is in a school

mike pump a 0 came to iraq on the scheduled visit because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the us has since sent 2 warships and b. 52 bombers to the gulf. the popular mobilization forces are under the command of prime minister idol of the little mahdi in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 allies and it didn't see any threats to it wore off iraq is currently stable up until this moment we have not seen any military escalation in iraq iraq has expressed this to the u.s. secretary of state. iran is iraq's most important ally in the region sharing strong political economic military and religious ties iraqi politicians and religious leaders have said they will not accept any interference in iraq's sovereignty by any country including iran. the conflicting statements about possible threats from iran has raised concerns that some parties in washington are exaggerating intelligence in order to build a case for some sort of military action against the country now the u.s. state departm

secretary of state mike pompeo made an impromptu visit to iraq this week, accusing iran of posing a threato u.s. soldiers in the country. just days s ago, the u.s. deplod a carrier to the persian gulf. the trump administration 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. brent: so where does this leave the iranian nuclear deal? let's get the view from brussels. that is where our correspondent teri schultz is joining us tonight. good evening to you, teri. we know that the european union has spent the past year trying to rescue the iranian nuclear deal. why has it fallen so short? teri: well, it has rescued the iranian nuclear deal.. the deal is s not dead, despite the ununited states pullg outt and the united states wanting veryry forcefully for that deaeo be defefunct. it defies s some people's idedea that the deal l still exists. what has happened d is the u.s. put so m much preressure on the otheher signatories, on european union compmpanies doing bu

has been stepping up its anti iran rhetoric secretary of state mike pompei all 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 has ramped up pressure ever since this country left the nuclear deal but iran on the other side so now now perhaps surprising amount of frustration so far. because the government and the people want to keep the nuclear deal in life there were a few supporters of it in the first place so they don't have any interest in escalating this conflict any further b

iraq. though the official does say this does not mean that the united states is rushing to conflict with iran. secretary of state mike pompeo cancelled a trip last week to germany, flew to iraq. he cited concerns about neighboring iran then. he continued to high light iran during his trip this week in russia. >> we fundamentally do not want war with iran. we're looking for the regime to simply stop conducting assassination campaigns. >> reporter: the trump administration has expanded its military presence in the persian gulf, also presented plan to send 120,000 troops to the region if iran attacks americans or accelerates its nuclear program to build a weapon. the iranian government claims the u.s. is trying to raise tension in the region. >> translator: and there is not going to be a war, and there won't be a war. neither are we seeking war, nor is it in the u.s. benefit to go after a war. they know this. we never start a war and have never started any wars. this is a confrontation of will powers and our will power is stronger than theirs. >> reporter: yesterday, a british general said there has been no increased th

about john bolton drabek united states to war and iran right now just the way he did in iraq back in 2,003. heat to mike he also referenced what the irradiance foreign minister told me a couple of weeks ago in a private briefing, they are being driven by the team and iran. john bolton, the crown prince of saudi arabia is being driven to conflict, necessary conflict and i'm not sure how that plays. i hope the president if indeed he is with john bolton, a neoconservative hawk and his center circle, i just hope we don't do something or get pushed into something accidental where we get back into a scenario with massive destruction in the middle east, the irradiance under attack lashing out at us. they say they survived genghis khan and alexander the great and they will survive america. the last thing the president's campaign needs right now is a shooting war in the middle east. i know that he resists generally speaking, he said he opposed the war in iraq. >> martha: he said he doesn't want war with iran either. >> i hope that's right. >> mayor pete attacked john bolton for the iraq war, john bolton was not

robert: and you saw secretary of state mike pompeo was in iraq yesterday meeting with officials there. concerned about iranians possible threats against u.s. troops. has congress been briefed about what going on? rep. pelosi: i think we're negotiating on what that is. i said today or tomorrow we want to know right away because there some people are saying the administration is -- robert: preparing for war. rep. pelosi: and they're describing things in a way that is not consistent with the facts, but we'll see. just give us the briefing. we've had no success in getting briefings in congress and the united states on north korea. they just said no. we're not coming. and that again is how are we going to do our job if they're not giving us the information and we have to depend on what they tell us is happening there. he's in love with kim jong-un. well, we're not. so let's have that briefing. so hopefully today or tomorrow, and have to bahrain seen the office of naval intelligence and you can see i ran practically from where our present is. so if there's some threat we want to know about

there could be military repercussions as well which is why we saw mike pompeo talk in britain visit iraq to make sure everyone in the region is aware we have got to watch closely in case iran tries to lash out. shannon: we need cooperation on that front, thank you for joining us with breaking news this morning, thanks. the time is 19 minutes after the top of the our. eric swalwell sparking outrage comparing the mueller report to 9/11. backlash growing over this tweet. the breakfast with friends moment in everyone's mind. why does this guy have ten eggs? todd pyro and carly shimkus have reaction cracking up social media. ♪ you have to be a big shot ♪ bigshot ♪ shannon: 2020 democratic hopeful congressman eric swalwell facing backlash after comparing 9/11 and pearl harbor with the mueller report. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with online reaction. >> doesn't make sense to me how he was comparing the two. >> congressman swalwell posted the tweet yesterday, donald trump's relationship with vladimir putin, remember the time pearl harbor was bombed and fdr called the emperor of japan

secretary of state mike pail made quite a surprise visit to iraq voicing concerns about iran's growing influence in the area and now speaking to the press here in the russian capital the country's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that the us is the one using aggression as an instrument. unfortunately this is typical of our american colleagues whether it's in the middle east the persian gulf or in venezuela it's distressing during my meeting with u.s. secretary of state mike from people in finland on monday i called on him to employ diplomacy rather than issued threats when it comes to challenging situations. china one of the signatories of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal says that the pact shute be kept and food implemented it seems to the european signatories of the ones who have sixty days to choose between washington and i think shows and iran and it's deal between a culture of a with the reports well berlin is calling for iran to avoid taking any aggressive steps as germany stresses it wants to see the deal our europe correspondent peter all over now takes a look at the tight bi

secretary of state mike compu made an unannounced trip to neighboring iraq. iran of planning imminent attack earlier this week the u.s. announced it was deploying an egg crops cabinet to the region because of alleged new threats from there don. now the iran nuclear deal was almost ten years in the making when it was finally excrete it was hailed as a huge diplomatic success one that's now in danger of being overturned. on july fourteenth two thousand and fifteen the west ordered a joint sire for leaf the signing of the nuclear deal with iran was the beginning of a new chapter in relations with the country i think this is a sign of hope for the entire world and we all know that this is very much needed in this times is that if i'm going to reach an agreement that will make the middle east around the world a whole lot safer. and it is a step away from the specter of conflict and towards the possibility of peace. after almost a decade of negotiations iran agreed to get rid of ninety eight percent of its enriched uranium and to reduce the number of centrifuges in

the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has paid a short visit to iraq to assure it of american support prime minister, adil abdul—mahdi, mr pompeo said baghdad must also ensure the safety of americans in the country. venezuela's supreme court has ordered the criminal prosecution of six leading opposition assembly members, on allegations they took part in last week's attempted military uprising. the plot apparently failed because key maduro loyalists who'd been expected to back the opposition stuck with the president. but the us has now lifted sanctions on the head of intelligence, who did turn against president maduro. an 18—year—old student has died and at least eight people have been injured in a school shooting in colorado. police have arrested two pupils from the school, which is just about eight kilometres from columbine, the scene of one of the deadliest american school shootings 20 years ago. brazil's far—right president, jair bolsonaro, has changed the country's gun laws, making it easier for people to import guns and own multiple weapons. he's also allowed gun owners to purcha