this hour the white house also tried to limit access to prdzesident trump's conversations with muhammad bin salman and vladimir putin. the conversation with the saudi prince was treated differently and occurred when trump was siding with the crown prince over the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. another part of the whistle-blower complaint may be true to quote the complaint again and according to white house officials i spoke with, this is the whistle-blower. this was, quote, not the first time under this administration, but a presidential transcript was placed into this code-word level system solely for the purpose of protecting politically sensitive, rather than national security sensitive information. we don't know if these additional calls were put on the super secure system, but what we do know happened to them is stunning and we have more on that in just a moment. i want to make sure you also know this. these developments are coming as the white house itself is admitting a key part of the whistle-blower complaints regarding the call between trump and the president of ukraine is true. th

president trump spoke with crown prince muhammad bin salman to offer his support for saudi arabia's self-defense the extent of the damage is unclear. satellite images from nasa show the smoke visible from space the drone strikes shut down about half of the kingdom's crude oil output 5 million barrels, roughly 5% of the world's daily production >> the market expects that gasoline prices are going to go up 15 to 25 cents a gallon >> reporter: the attacks likely to inflame tensions in the gulf houthi rebels in neighboring yemen claiming responsibility but the secretary of state is pointing the finger at iran tweeting "iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply there is no evidence e saudi arabia, a u.s. ally, has been at war with the iran-backed rebels for 4 1/2 years. in the past the houthis have targeted saudi pipelines, tankers and other infrastructure the region's tensions now weighing on the global oil supply. >> sarah, when will we be seeing gas prices go up? >> reporter: it really depends on how quickly production returns to normal the u.s. has strategic oil r

secretary of state mike pompeo has traveled to saudi arabia and is set to meet with crown prince muhammad bin salman to discuss responses to iran. our andrea mitchell has the latest developments. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence indicates the unprecedented attack on saudi oil fields originated from iran using a combination of low altitude cruise missiles and drones to evade radar, two u.s. officials tell nbc news. they say the missiles were fired from at least one location in western iran now secretary of state pompeo is traveling to saudi arabia, which u.s. officials say could retaliate against iran with u.s. support. but without the u.s. firing a shot after earlier tweeting he was locked and loaded, president trump monday said he wants to avoid military conflict. >> i don't want war with anybody. >> reporter: and the military is also cautioning against striking iran though it is revisiting a list of possible targets including oil facilities or revolutionary guard missile launch sites the intelligence is now being shared with senators >> i think the president needs that now and he needs that with par

this hour the white house also tried to limit access to prdzesident trump's conversations with muhammad bin salmanimir putin. the conversation with the saudi prince was treated differently and occur

wonder about all these other interactions that have seen somewhat dubious, whether it's with muhammad bin salman of saudi arabia or, you know, any number of leaders from kim jong un to other adversaries he's praised. and wonder what's underneath all of. this margaret: there are internal transcripts or notice for almost all of those calls or meetings if not all of them. as a former national security advisor, you, i'm assuming, have always advocated the importance of a president and other foreign leaders being able to have a modicum of privacy in their conversations, for it not to be made fully public so that can be room for actual conversations to happen there how do you balance those two interests, the precedent of the need for presidents and foreign leaders to have internal deliberations that are not entirely shared with the public, vs. what you're talking about here. are you advocating for the transcripts or the notice of president trump's calls with .b.s. work putin, with -- with the , with others to public? susan: obviously in normal time there's utility in the communications between foreign