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by opening up prince sultan air base, they give the u.s.he ability to conduct a virtually unlimited buildup if events like today's shootdown spiral into war. >> o'donnell: david martin right there in saudi arabia. thank you. the question tonight: is america headed to war in the middle tst? margaret brennan is our senior foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of "face the nation." margaret, is this escalation something to worry about? >> it's something to watch and worry about, but iran's top diplomat is here in new york. i spoke with him this morning. he said last month the two countries were minutes away from war. until president trump called off that strike, which was then in retaliation for the downing of a different drone. what's important now is that he says iran does not want to cause any american casualties. that is the distinction president trump draws. it's the red line. he says the loss of a single ss. life would trigger a military response. >> o'donnell: you spoke to the iranian foreign minister, any chance of a diplomatic s

they'll be stationed at the prince sultan air base, this is all part of the 1,000 u.s.ed to the region. jillian: today a random drawing will determine the candidate lineup for round two of the democratic debate. 10 will take the stage on each of the two night debate. it will be held in detroit on july 30th and 31st. rob: we are not a tool of law enforcement, the denver post justifying its cease and desist order to the aurora police department in a new article. jillian: this after the department was forced to blackout a photo of a possible suspect involved in an i.c.e. protest. aishah hasnie is live in the studio with the post offense. >> the denver post made one thing clear, police must ask permission before using their pictures to solve crimes. this centers around an immigration protest last friday. protesters were pulling down an american flag from an i.c.e. detention facility. they tried to burn it. and then they replaced it with a mexican flag. aurora police tweeted this plea for help, posting pictures of the suspect they're looking for. one photo of a masked man wi

according to cnn, they'll be stationed at the prince sultan air base where it would be apparently hardto target. this comes as iran's foreign minister backtracks comments that his country's missile program is negotiable, tweeting they must manufacture missiles for defensive purposes. and today a random drawing will determine the 2020 candidate lineup for round two of the democratic debate. out o10 will take the stage on h of the two night debates that will be held in detroit on july 30th and 31st. we are not a tool of law enforcement, that is how the denver post is justifying its cease and desist order to the aurora police department. this after the publication forced the department to blackout a photo of a possible suspect involved in an i.c.e. protest. araasia>> the denver post made e thing clear, police must get their permission before using pictures to solve crimes. this was around an immigration protest last friday. protesters pulled down an american flag from an i.c.e. detension facility, they tried to burn the flag and replaced it with a mexican flag. aurora police posted pictur

of us troops to saudi arabia to defense officials say 500 troops are expected to go to the prince sultan air base so prince sultan air base located in a desert area east of the saudi capital congress has not been formally notified of that deployment, a small number of troops and support personnel are already at the base handling initial preparations for a patriot missile defense battery as well as runway and air field improvements. the us has wanted to place more troops at that base for some time now because of concerns about iran. last month the trump administration said it would be sending 1000 additional troops to the middle east. but at that point didn't specify which countries they be headed to the forces that will be heading to saudi arabia are part of that deployment. >>turning now to the weather it's hump day and we're starting to look ahead toward the weekend and beyond chief meteorologist lawrence karnow with that lloris what we have looks like really cool and at least for a couple days weekends, looking good though we are seeing some patchy fog and the evenflo the fog tonight see movin

troops began deploying to prince sultan air base in saudi arabia in june. the first time u.s. troops have been there in more than 15 years. photos show what appear to be a u.s. military construction unit expanding a runway and building temporary housing. >> there is another site at the south end of the air base where there is ground clearing going on we think it might be for patriots or other missile defenses. >> reporter: so far no comment from the pentagon on the deployment nbc news. >>> here in new york a federal judge denied bail today for wealthy financier jeffery epstein accused of sexually abusing dozens of young girls. the judge called him a flight risk and danger to his accusers and prospective victims. stephanie gosk has the latest. >> reporter: jeffery epstein is not going back to his $77 million mansion, at least for now. citing his great wealth and vast resources, a federal judge ruled epstein must stay in jail before trial. the 66-year-old pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking charges. if convicted he could be sentenced up to 45 years in prison only by taking awa

troops began deploying to prince sultan air base in saudi arabia in june. en there in more than 15 have years. photos show what appear to be a u.s. military construction unit expanding a runway and buildg temporary housing. >> there is another site at the south end of the air base where there is a lot of ground clearing going on. we think it might be for patriots or other missile defenses >> reporter: so far no comment from the ptagon on the deployment courtney kube, nbc news. >> now to the fight over funding for the 9/11 first responders, many sick and hencerned that t money for their health care is set to run out unless congress acts john stekirt is speang out again as one senator is holding up the money here's nbc's peter alexanderrt >> reporter: jon ste unleashing a stinging rebuke on fox news >> it is an abomination. >> reporter: after republican senator rand paul helped delay a bipartisan bill to extend compensation funding for 9/11 first responders and victims >> so jon stewart could read, maybe he'd say, my god, who would vote for a bill that doesn'

david martin, prince sultan air base, saudi arabia. >>> a new ground tracker poll shows joe biden still tops his challengers for president. his lead is narrowing. >>> "the cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> this is "the cbs overnight news." >> president trump aidtoday add new fuel to his fight against four democratic freshmen lawmakers. his tweet prompted fresh criticism from democrats. ben tracy is traveling with the president in new jersey. >> i disagree with the view, that if you criticize somebody and they have to have a different skin, that makes it racial criticism. >> reporter: president trump is taking on the four congresswomen nope as the squad, not because he's racist because he leabelie they want to make america socialist. >> these four congresswomen detest america as it is, as it is currently constructed. >> in a tweet this morning, president trump doubled down. saying, i don't believe the four congresswomen are capable of loving our country. >> at a rally this week, the president stood silent for 13 seconds, as the crowd chanted send her back. the president said he

additional deterrent some of fits over $500.00 military personnel have already arrived at the prince sultan air base south of riyadh the u.s. forces withdrew from saudi arabia in 2003. libya's high council of state has expressed concern over intelligence they received that suggests france the united arab emirates and egypt are backing forces the council says they 3 countries are helping the warlords in planning new attacks on tripoli. the latest from tripoli. this statement by libya's you and back to government of national accord is calling on the united nations support the mission in libya along with the international community to stop the military escalation by have to its forces on the capital tripoli this is following the intelligence information received by the high state council or the high state the high council of the state indicating that the united arab emirates egypt and france are planning a fresh offensive on the capital tripoli by supporting the warlord khalifa haftar with advanced weapons and also by intensifying air strikes on civil locations in the capital tripoli this is also comin

troops would go into prince sultan air base in the middle of saudi arabia.he other bases in the region where u.s. aircraft are currently located are along the rim of the persian gulf, making them easier targets for iran. the saudi base has a 10,000-foot runway, long enough to handle any american warplane, and plenty of room to park them. in 1990, on the eve of the first gulf war, american warplanes were lined up wing tip to wing tip at prince sultan. but in 2003 the saudis kicked the u.s. out because they didn't want any part in the invasion of iraq. in fact, you could say they are already at war with iran. we were taken today to see the wreckage of iranian-made missiles that have been fired at royal palaces and airports inside saudi arabia by iranian-backed rebels in yemen. the saudis don't want to fight iran alone, and by opening up i conduct a virtually unlimited buildup if events like today's shoot-down spiral into war. >>> president trump is toning down the rhetoric in his ongoing war of words with four first-term democratic congresswomen. weijia jiang

additional deterrent some of its over $500.00 military personnel have already arrived at the prince sultan air base south of riyadh's the u.s. with forces withdrew from saudi arabia back in 2003 commits is the former assistant secretary for political military affairs under president george w. bush and he explains the importance of a u.s. military presence in saudi arabia. well the united states has always been very clear about when they deploy troops i don't know particularly when these troops were announced but it is clear that over the last few announcements that are located in has not been revealed likely these are troops that are manning patriot units that are providing air defense protection in case of us in case of an iranian either missile or or aircraft attack or perhaps not knowing their location i can only speculate that they may be there to protect saudi arabia from some of the missiles that they see emanating from yemen but this would appear to be a routine deployment of troops think it actually demonstrates that the united states and its coalition allies are willing to protect their tr

troops to the prince sultan air base in saudi arabia as president trump continues to ratchet up tensions with the kingdom's main regional rival, iran. this comes as iranian state television said today its revolutionary guard forces have seized a foreign oil tanker in the strait of hormuz, with 12 crew members on board. iran accuses the sailors of illegally smuggling hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel to foreign customers. sudan's military rulers have agagreed to share power with civilian opposition groups, capping weeks of tense negotiations following the massacre of nonviolent protesters last month by sudanese soldiers. the agreement will establish an 11-member governing body to rule sudan for the next three years, ahead of elections scheduled for 2022. the agreement was welcomed by sudan's ruling generals, as well asas sudanese protest leader ibrahim al-amin. >> today we look forward to a new phase, one where we c can me away from the divisiveness. sudan is for all the sudanese people. those who signed here today are part of the revololution and are part of the sudanese people. t

additional deterrent some of its over $500.00 military personnel have already arrived at the prince sultan air base south of riyadh the u.s. withdrew its forces from saudi arabia back in 2003 markets is the former assistant secretary for political military affairs under president george w. bush is joining us live from.

military has taken up a presence again in the prince sultan air base, military base in saudi arabia thatdevelopment to me. to the extent they ramp up operations there, that's when this market will get more nervous, carl, and factor in i think more appreciably a security potential u.s./iran war risk. >> that was my question, john, which is it's hard to predict what kind of iran tensions actually cause a spike up in oil. you said yourself it's more sub it dude now because the u.s. is pumping. what is the fear scenario for the markets and how do we know day to day which tensions cause that anxiety that you are talking about? >> right there is also the opportunity for a diplomatic breakthrough any i am, an off-ramp, including negotiations with iran between the them and the u.s but i think iran has looked pretty weak throughout this episode over these past weeks, and i think they have to do something. it would take an actual closure, an actual sinking of a tanker, sara, rather than a seizure of one. that would be a huge escalation. that would immediately affect and impact transit of other shi

additional deterrent some if it's over $500.00 military personnel have already arrived at the prince sultan air base south of riyadh the u.s. withdrew its forces from saudi arabia back in 2003 markets is the former assistant secretary for political military affairs under president george w. bush he is joining us live from washington d.c. thanks for speaking to us again on the news hour so as we were saying u.s. forces withdrew from saudi arabia back in 2003 and that was a joint decision between the 2 countries what's changed today what's changed in both their calculations that now there is a redeployment if you can call it that to troops to riyadh's. well i think the concern back in 2003 and earlier was that the presence of american troops was a distraction that in fact the particularly the religious clergy inside the country saw that as a violation of the tenets of islam to have infidels based inside the country of the religious establishment it's not as strong as it used to be and candidly the need for us protection is greater than it has been for quite some time. could we see a repeat of that ten