i think well to be honest with you i'm referring to the revolutionary guard corps most likely and you see in the revolutionary guard corps there is a in iran there's a very complex domestic situation and sometimes what could be happening is that within the revolutionary guard corps there are it is comprised of a very hawkish form of ideology they're very much driven. you know emotion really and therefore they might even undermine the pragmatic attempts that other officials in the arabian operators such as a reef and others they undermine their efforts in trying to improve relations with the west improve relations with the gulf i mean to say that iran does not want to improve relations with the neighbors and. and the united states and europe i don't think that's very accurate however. those pragmatists do have obstacles and they are within iran. so it's looking about you know who might have coming down this is looking at motivations another issue is trying to actually prove it if you look at the video that's provided it seems pretty grainy we see some people on the boat not really clea

global hawk we also have heard from the islamic revolutionary guard corps commander the commander in chief of the islamic revolutionary guard corps said that shooting down the american spy drone had a clear decisive firm an accurate message we do not intend to engage in war with any country but we are completely ready for war now there have been previous occasions in which iran has attempted to shoot down u.s. drones this seems to be the 1st instance in which one was actually shot down and now might bomb peo and the united states have blamed iran for the incident now pompei i emphasize that he said no war is planned but they will be making sure to strengthen their capability in the region this is my palm pale. president does not want war and we will continue to communicate that message while doing the things that are necessary to protect american interests in the region but we can't do that without making sure that we have the capability to respond if iran makes a bad decision. united states recently disposed a 1000 more new troops to the middle east region now iran is saying that the

point on the coast of iran was not under government control, that it might have been the revolutionary guard corps acting on its own. you would have to come to an awful lot of conclusions. you would have to have the assessment that the government does not control the revolutionary guard corps and in some cases they don't fully. this is a proxy, very militant wing of the iranian security forces and they often go out on their own. so if this is all true that it's a mistake, it becomes even more dangerous because the u.s. has to make the calculation of what part of the iranian regime is behind any incident that it sees and how to respond to it. and that may be exactly what you mentioned a moment ago. the president creating some space to make some decisions, to get some advice here about what to do. we know the president is looking at the possibility of military options. it's exactly what you would expect him to do. his advisers are there today at the white house. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff arrived a short time ago. he weighs in when there are discussions of military options obviously.

terrence largest petro chemical group which provides billions of dollars to the islamic revolutionary guard corps austin's brand of the elite military unit a terrorist organization now this comes a week after my palm peo announced the u.s. is ready to sit down with tehran depart joins us live from there now so door so these new sanctions tell us more about what they actually mean. well richelle they mean that this firm and 39 of its subsidiaries are now under heavy u.s. sanctions and anybody who wants to do business with them faces possibility of heavy fines by the u.s. government and that all their assets have been frozen in the u.s. now this is because the u.s. government believes they provide financial support to the economic arm of the revolutionary guard that's a french company known as the tamil mbia and now this company is known in iran to be responsible for building all the main roads and highways and bridges and accord the government in 2018 proportionately awarded 10 projects to them worth over $22000000000.00 so they're very well known company and now with this designation in these san

is aiming to cut funding to the islamic revolutionary guard corps by putting sanctions on its biggest revenue provider washington is targeting iran's largest petrochemical group which provides billions of dollars in contracts to the military unit. constant pressure from u.s. sanctions is having a major effect on iran's economy export margins tight and busters are turning to small and medium businesses like coffee shops that can still turn a profit same as vs more from tehran. in iran oil isn't the only source of energy suffering under american sanctions the threat of punishment has made doing any kind of trade with iran highly risky for foreign companies that even in a cup of coffee the plight of iran's small businesses can be found. shyly muscly is a trained lab scientist whose passion for the drink inspired her to become possibly iran's 1st and only female coffee bean roaster we have some trade there is business marketing and there is a kind of buy coffee. factories and you and me buy from them but because of the sanctions they don't want to get me wrong they send copies to the baha

country his office oversees the regimes of most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corps sanctions imposed through the executive order that i'm about to sign will deny the supreme leader in the supreme leader's office and those closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources busy and support. the assets of khamenei and his office will not be spared from the sanctions these measures represent a strong and proportionate response to iran's increasingly provocative actions. around the same time the u.s. state department was releasing a joint statement with saudi arabia the u.a.e. and the u.k. blaming iran for destabilizing the region also secretary. has continued his tour of the gulf region he's now in the united arab emirates after earlier meeting. the saudi king salmon and other leaders in saudi arabia people been gathering across palestine to speak out against washington so-called deal of the century series of protests in gaza and the occupied west bank coincides with this week's summit in her reign where details of trump's middle east peace pl

added iran islamic revolutionary guard corps to its terror list in april.is threatening to resume enriching uranium to weapons grade levels if european nations and the u.s. don't lip- synch in sanctions by july 7. expect rising tension in the gulf is that july 7 deadline approaches. >>> members of congress on both sides of the aisle are now working to top trump's efforts to accelerate washington's friendship with saudi arabia. today democratic senator chris murphy and republican todd young introduced a bipartisan resolution that would slow down the process of selling arms to saudi arabia. some senators say they worry any weapons the u.s. sells to the kingdom will ultimately be used in the ongoing civil war with yemen. that civil war has resulted in thousands of civilian deaths. others say taking that kind of action would risk losing saudi arabia as an ally. >>> many of the presidents political adversaries like to cut off all relations with saudi arabia. we cannot do that. we would lose saudi arabia as an ally. we will be handing the region to iran.>> not go

country is offers overseas the regimes of most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corps sanctions imposed through the executive order that i'm about to sign will deny the supreme leader in the supreme leader's office and those closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and support. yes. khamenei and his office will not be spared from the sanctions these measures represent a strong and proportionate response to iran's increasingly provocative actions now the russian backed syrian government offensive against the opposition in syria's north west is now into its 9th week nearly 500 civilians many of them women and children have been killed and there's no sign russia and turkey are getting any closer to reviving a deal to stop the violence the details i would say. it will be a long recovery but hala it really is thankful he survived this 3 year old was injured in an airstrike last week and mine are saying they will never forget how they almost lost their younger brother. they desperately tried to pull it from the rubble before rescuers arriv

. >> brennan: and is the irgc definitely the revolutionary the revolutionary guard corps. >> china gets 80 percent of its oil transiting through the gulf of hormuz, they are incredibly dependent on these resources, we are prepared to do our part. we always defend freedom of and a half gaze and going to work to build out a ton of countries that have deep vested about military response you are talking about keeping the waterways open and a not at this point talking about a strike on iran? >> goodness, president trump said very clearly he doesn't want to go to war, at the same time we made very clear -- >> brennan: do you have the legal authorization for a strike on iran? >> we always have the authorization to defend american interests. remember they now have attacked u.s. aircraft. on june 6th, there was a missile fired from yemen that we assess had iranian assistance that took down and mq 9 aircraft these are argument attacks on international norms and on american interests and we always have the right to defend our country. >> brennan: but i ask you because there are questions about whe

country, his office oversees the regime's most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corpscutive order that i'm about to sign will deny the supreme leader and the supreme leader's office and those closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and support. the assets of ayatollah khomeini and his office will not be spared from the sanctions. these measures represent a strong and proportionate response to around's increasingly provocative actions. we will continue to increase pressure on to iran until the regime abandons its dangerous activities and aspirations, including the pursuit of nuclear weapons, increased enrichment of uranium, development of ballistic measures mistake meg missiles, support for terrorism, fuelling of foreign conflicts and belligerent act directed against the united states and its allies. our state department correspondent, barbara plett usher, is in washington for us. how powerful, how damaging are these new sanctions? well, they are powerful against the ayatollah and his office. they are targeted against him and those a

his country his office oversees the regimes most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corps sanctions imposed through the executive order that i'm about to sign will deny the supreme leader in the supreme leader's office and those closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and support. the assets of ayatollah khamenei and his office will not be spared from the sanctions this could move from t.w. correspondent on the summit in washington welcome back so explain to us what difference that the sanctions are likely to make to the regime which is already suffering under u.s. sanctions. well the united states are targeting people they believe can be held accountable they can be related to the latest attack on a drone last week though a shop down. in over the strait of hormuz fly you are a new revolutionary guards and their input to kill are trying to blow their assets here as you've mentioned there is among them the supreme leader of iran ayatollah khomeini among him 8 leaders all the iranian revolutionary guards with the ultimate goal to lock dow

i have a little breaking news for you guys because the head of iran's revolutionary guard corps cameut a couple of minutes ago. this is the unit that apparently shot this drone down. he says it's a clear warning to the united states and he also says that iran's air space and its territorial integrity are red lines that anybody who surpasses them or transgresses them will not come back. so it's a pretty bellicose rhetoric. christine, the iranians about a week ago for the first time showcased one of their new air defense systems which they say was highly technologically advanced. it's unclear whether or not that was involved in this particular incident, but the iranians certainly have been showcasing their air defense system. all of this coming as those tensions between the u.s. and iran show no signs of being dialed down. of course, after that incident took place with those two tankers last week which the u.s. continues to blame on the iranians, the iranians saying it wasn't them, both sides saying they don't want war. the iranians saying if war happens they are fully prepared. christ

we know that the iranians revolutionary guard corps in the u.s. view does not always adhere to the central government's strategies and policies. they have often been known in the past to go their own way. so it gives the iran anygovernment room to maneuver, but make no mistake iran is continuing the prove indications to try and pressure the u.s. to ease up on those sanctions, wolf. >> the way the iranians are acting, they clearly don't think it was a mistake. both countries, barbara have produced very basic maps. does the u.s. need to produce more evidence oy presume they provided a lot more classified information. >> reporter: i think it is very fair to say there's extensive classified information on this, that area of the persian gulf is full of u.s. and allied intelligence sensors around the clock. so how much they want to declassify remains to be seen. i think we will see in the coming hours and day some addition -- and they have done it with they tanker attacks, and talking in details about the troops they are sending to the region, because t

released this footage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the range in a space not u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters. senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation the hi kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some bilateral region some multilateral some alleges the high tension lines. and 3rd we must act in a way that does not that does deescalate and does not escalate the tensions and the situation here we're told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or assets you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody else and but he is the commander in chief national security figures gathered at the white house and the president sent out what appeared to be an ominous tweet iran made a very big mistake he said but then during a meetin

targeting financial institutions, banks, the oil industry, even the head of the iranian revolutionary guard corps. now the president is going right to the top with new sanctions targeting the supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei and his office, along with eight other top iranian military commanders, including the head of the iranian revolutionary guard corps navy. the president and the treasury secretary steven mnuchin saying some sanctions were already in the works, and others were added after the shootdown of the unmanned u.s. drone last week. the president called off military strike against iranian radar and missile installations the last minute because of the potential for iranian casualties. the president saying such an attack would not have been "proportional." he said the imposition of tough new sanctions is the appropriate response. listen. >> these measures represent a strong and proportionate response to iran's increasingly provocative actions. we will continue to increase pressure on tehran until the regime abandons its dangerous activities and its aspirations, including the pursuit of n

one was a cyber strike against iran's military site and batteries that the revolutionary guard corps operated to strike the drone, and one was the distinction today. the president wants to keep the pressure on iran, but not risk escalating to the point where we would have a war on her hands that neither country once. >> harris: i know that out nomadic oil experts have been cut in half because of the sanctions before, and we have sn inflation spike about 50%, what difference will more sanctions make? it seems like they are already being throttled and it was news to me that the supreme leader's assets had been spared previously, he was not previously impacted by this? >> dan: i would like to dig into that story as well, but there is no question, we are forcing iran to make some hard choices about the money that they are spending on the proxy militia, the war effort in syria, -- killing innocent civilians, we are making it harder on iran and their leads in particular, and driving up the pressure inside iran where local people cannot afford basic household items because their economy is

treasury last week sanctioned a financial conduit of the islamic revolutionary guard corps in iraq.t was important because they found a way to send money and because it generated profit. the treasury department is on top of it. this is also why china is also expressing interest in trying to mediate. it is for selfish reasons, they want to buy cheaper iranian oil. that being said, the sanctions work in the goal of undermining terrorism in the region. we know hezbollah and hamas are hurting financially, and those operating in syria are hurting financially because of iran and the decrease in financial allowance. that being said, are they achieving the goal of another deal? it remains to be seen. alix: rounded up for europe. europe's way of potentially trading with iran without using the u.s. dollar, is not going to happen? hagar: it is not going to work. it hasn't shown it is going to work. the europeans cannot really deliver on the economic relief that the iranians want. it was set up for trade for humanitarian purposes between europe and iran. you are talking about trade that is lega

they try to buy iranian oil this comes after the trumpet ministration has put the islamic revolutionary guard corps part of iran's elite military op.

they say this is in response to its financial support for the iran revolutionary guard corps.nited states of course has labeled the trgc as a foreign terrorist organization. these latest sanctions come even as the administration has signaled it is willing to sit down with iran's leadership without preconditions according to mike pompeo. anse sanctions also follow escalation by the trump administration, of course, the deployment of the carrier strike group to the persian gulf, even as iran has maintained until recently that it has complied with the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement to limit its nuclear program, saying this is backed up by international investigators. the allegations from the united states, however, is that iran continues to destabilize the broader middle east. it is a threat to u.s. interests in the area, and as a result, it will continue to protect its interests, even saying it does not want war, it only wants to see that iran does not acquire nuclear weapons. isthe u.s. has said it gravely concerned if hong kong's chief executive into news to push ahead wit

toggling the country's largest petro chemicals group of its financial support for islamic revolutionary guard corps that is the elite military units in charge of iran's ballistic and nuclear missile programs was added to washington's list of terror organizations back in april. well the u.s. congress is pushing back on donald trump's move to fast track the sale of american weapons to saudi arabia a new york times report says the u.s. could give riyadh access to technology to produce its own versions of high tech bombs the precision guided bombs which are currently being used in the war in yemen president trying to create a national security emergency last month bypassing bypassing congress to sell billions in arms to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. more on this with our white house correspondent kimberly helped it. as the details of this arms deal come out there is frustration and outrage on capitol hill by both democrats as well as members of the president's own republican party there is concern about saudis having access to this american technology when it comes to these precision guided bombs there i

. >> reporter: now the british government says they are almost certain that the iranian revolutionary guard corps attacked the tankers >> you would think it would be pretty obvious who was responsible for this we actually have video evidence that shows what the iranians have been doing. >> reporter: the u.s. military now saying an iranian surface-to-air missile targeted a u.s. drone, attempting to shoot it down, to prevent th drone from seeing the tanker attack and who was behind it tonight, u.s. officials sa iranian forces boarded the damaged tanker after the attack, giving them access to forensic evidence before international investigators arrived on the scen kate >> courtney, thank you. >>> in this country, the mayor and police chief of phoeni expressed outrage over the confrontation seen on video between police officers and a family nbc's molly hunter has the new developments and a warning, the images are disturbing. >> get out the [ bleep ] car. >> reporter: a family held at gunpoint ayesha, five months pregnant with her two young daughters >> hands up. hands up. >> i can't put my hands up [

to han's largest petro chemical group which provides billions of dollars to the islamic revolutionary guard corps washington has branded the military unit a terrorist organization and amnesty international is urging saudi arabia to rule out the death penalty for a teenage boy 18 year old motor her career is suspended detained for the past 5 years for taking part in antigovernment protests i'll be back with a full hour of news for you in a little over 25 but it's about us here let's get you back to correspondent. in baltimore maryland black people are 3 times more likely than white to be living in poverty. i want to know what that means for the people living. brick fontayne works for the city he grew up in a public housing project and has been helping disadvantaged youths in baltimore for over 10 years. housing projects is primarily black ok out of you know thousands of people maybe like 10 white people that live in the projects. it's no resources you have a city you have a saw story it. someone you know they call you know. this jane i've missed. one of mr rich toughest soldiers. some like his squ

cabinet there are actors in iran that report directly to the supreme leader like the islamic revolutionary guard corpsthat have acted on their own in foreign policy in the past and so none of these neither the iranians nor other actors in the region state actors in the region are completely united in terms of their policy actions either sudan's ruling military council has admitted it did or did the dispersal of a sit in protest outside on me at courses these are pictures of the violence and caught in the that have just been released to the internet blackout there now the operation to clear the protests has resulted in dozens of deaths hundreds wounded the military has expressed some requests over the incident that he does ship of the joint has resisted calls to hand over power to a civilian government saddam's military has again blamed the protest groups for the breakdown of the talks on a transition to civilian rule based on improper. what is delaying the negotiations is the false understanding for civilian led government that this is something that even you in the media have been wrong in identifyin

treasury last week sanctioned a financial conduit of the islamic revolutionary guard corps in iraq.t was important because they found a way to send money and because it generated profit. the treasury department is on top of it. this is also why china is also expressing interest in trying to mediate. it is for selfish reasons, they want to buy cheaper iranian oil. that being said, the sanctions work in the goal of undermining terrorism in the region. we know hezbollah and hamas are hurting financially, and those operating in syria are hurting financially because of iran and the decrease in financial allowance. that being said, are they achieving the goal of another deal? it remains to be seen. alix: rounded up for europe. europe's way of potentially trading with iran without using the u.s. dollar, is not going to happen? hagar: it is not going to work. it hasn't shown it is going to work. the europeans cannot really deliver on the economic relief that the iranians want. it was set up for trade for humanitarian purposes between europe and iran. you are talking about trade that is lega

they try to buy iranian oil this comes after the trumpet ministration has put the islamic revolutionary guard corps part of iran's elite military off apparatus on its foreign terrorist organizations list saying that the i.r.g.c. is responsible for destabilizing governments in places such as lebanon and it's been supporting the syrian government during that country's civil war and that it has been providing material and perhaps logistical support to hooty fighters in the some in the civil war in yemen this is also a situation where the u.s. has not lifted any of the economic sanctions it has imposed on iran because of its opposition to iran's nuclear program this is a situation however where there is a growing international chorus very concerned about the potential for another u.s. led war in the middle east and it may be in part as a response to those concerns that the u.s. wants to try to reassure the international community that it's not looking to start a new war but rather that it wants to see a real change in the way that terror on operates on the global stage and now let's get the view from i

added iran's islamic revolutionary guard corp.threatening to resume enriching uranium to weapon's grade levels if u.s. and european nations don't lift sanctions by july 7th, expect rising tension in the gulf as july 7th deadline approaches, eric. jillian: president trump calling iran nation of terror following tanker attacks, gar jet -- garrett tenney live. >> these attacks are proof that the trump administration maximum pressure campaign against the iran is working and that iran is now lashing out in response to heavy u.s. sanctions which are crippling its economy. on friday on "fox & friends" president trump said those sanctions will not go away until the regime changes its behavior and stops destabilizing actions in the region. >> when i came into office they were an absolute terror, they were all over the place, they were in yemen, they were in syria, we had 14 different sites of conflict, they were in charge of every single -- every single place. and they really are, they are a nation of terror and they've changed a lot since

what iran seems to be doing here is both through proxies and through the iranian revolutionary guard corps, taking these provocations and attacks right up to the line where it would potentially warrant a u.s. military response. look at the at statacks against saudi arabia, united states allies, commercial shipping like the tankers in the gulf of oman last week. i went to one of the tankers, the courageous, and saw the blast holes in the side of it up close. i can tell you that the blast in it, it barely made -- it was a large hole but it was not going to sink that vessel. it seems as if these provocations and attacks by iran are to send a message just as much as the u.s. military deployments are to send a message of deterrence. >> courtney kube, so interesting. i want to point out, also, for everyone that as the president was walking in with prime minister trudeau, there was a shouted question which we could not hear. it was a response to iran and the president mouthed the words, not audibly, you'll soon find out. with that on the table, congresswoman houlihan, you've heard all of what col

the country's biggest petrochemical group over its financial support for tehran's islamic revolutionary guard corps the elite military units in charge of iran's ballistic and nuclear missile programs it was added to washington's list of terror organizations in april. the u.s. congress is pushing back against donald trump's move to fast track the sale of american weapons to saudi arabia a new york times report says the u.s. could give riyadh access to technology to produce its own versions of high tech bombs these precision guided bombs are the ones being used in the conflict in yemen president declared a national security emergency last month bypassing congress to sell billions in arms to saudi arabia and the u.a.e. white house correspondent kimberly helped get more reaction from congress. as the details of this arms deal come out there is frustration and outrage on capitol hill by both democrats as well as members of the president's own republican party there is concern about saudis having access to this american technology when it comes to these precision guided bombs there is fear that eventuall

to han's largest petro chemical group which provides billions of dollars to the islamic revolutionary guard corps washington's brand of the military unit a terrorist organization. mexico has agreed to a deal with the us to avoid import tariffs on all its goods it will deploy additional troops of its southern border to block migrants going to the united states and washington will send asylum seekers to mexico while the applications are being processed and the states nationalism urging saudi arabia as a rule out the death penalty for a teenage boy 18 year old or taja could say this has been detained for the past 5 years for taking part in anti government protests. and there's the headlines that he's continuously on al-jazeera after correspondent next. see. i'm james gannon a news editor for al-jazeera. i grew up in this house in virginia in the southern united states my childhood here was a happy one my family weren't rich but we were comfortable. i was particularly close to my grandmother mary hamilton lee it was she the told me about my lee family history. my most famous ancestor general robert e

released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the range in a space not so and says u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation i don't think the president wants to go to war there's no at the change from going to war in our country we're told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or s.s. you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody else and but he is the commander in chief national security figures gathered at the white house and the president sent out what appeared to be an ominous tweet iran made a very big mistake he said. but then during a meeting with the canadian prime minister the president indicated that the tweet was not a warning but a literal observation i think probably iran. i made a mistake

foreign office confirmed to us accusations saying the revolutionary guard corps should be held accountable iran's leader hassan rouhani has accused the u.s. of the stabilizing peace and security in the middle east but american secretary of state mike pompei are said that no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack. islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman no proxy group operating in the area has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. over the last 2 years the us has been implementing an aggressive approach violating international law and using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region into global security. the iranian foreign minister has branded the claim that his country was behind the attacks. diplomacy but russia's foreign minister said the u.s. was creating an artificial escalation of tensions in the region with more busy he's killable. so there were 2 oil tankers that were hit. from a bomb going off from both but you. don't want company

foreign office also confirmed to us like is ations saying the revolutionary guard corps should be held accountable iran's leader hassan rouhani has accused the u.s. of destabilizing peace and security in the middle east but america's secretary of state mike compost said that no one else in the region had the capacity to carry out such an attack. islamic republic of iran is responsible for the attacks that occurred in the gulf of oman no proxy group operating in the or has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of sophistication. over the last 2 years the us has been implementing an aggressive approach violating international law and using its financial and military clout this poses a serious threat to the region into global security and the iranian foreign minister has branded the claim his country was behind the attacks sabotage diplomacy russia's foreign minister said the us was creating an artificial escalation of tensions in the region with details is kill him open. so there were 2 or oil tankers that were hit. but i want to know. from both of you. don't want

country his office oversees the regimes of most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corps sanctions imposed through the executive order that i'm about to sign will deny the supreme leader in the supreme leader's office and those closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and support. the assets of telecom any and his office will not be spared from the sages. that was the u.s. president there donald trump and we will try later in the program to go to washington to get more on these new sanctions being imposed by the u.s. on iran where here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at least one person is dead and dozens more injured after a series of explosions tore through a munitions depo in southern kazakhstan officials have evacuated the nearby towns of ours in the country's turkistan region kazakhstan's defense ministry says a fire of unclear origin triggered the blast rescuers in cambodia have pulled people alive from the ruins of a building that collapsed on saturday an official described them as bei

> reporter: and now the british government says they are almost certain that the iranian revolutionary guard corps attacked the tankers >> you think it would be pretty obvious whs responsible for this and we actually have video evidence that shows what their anians have been doing >> reporter: and the u.s. military now saying an iranian surface to air missile targeted a u.s. drone, attemptingo t shoot it down to preve the drones from seeing the tanker attack and who was behind it u.s. officials say iranianrc fo boarded the damaged tanker altair after e attack, giving them access to forensic evidence before international investigators arrived on the scene. >> thanks to courtney be for that report. >> breaking news this morning, out of philadelphia, police confirming that one adult was killed and at least eat other people were injured when gfire erupted at a graduation party. between the ages of 15 and 17. no arrests have been made. there is no word yetssn a pole motive. >> now to phoenix where a tense video showing police officers holding a family and their young ds agunpoint ikis sparng outrage. a

chemical company they say that this is in response to its financial support for the iran revolutionary guard corps i r g c the united states of course has labeled the i.r.g.c. as a foreign terrorist organization now these latest sanctions by the trumpet ministration come even as the administration has said that it is willing to sit down with iran's leadership and to have talks without preconditions according to the u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o now these sanctions also follow an escalation by the trumpet administration of course the deployment of the carrier strike group to the persian gulf even as a run has maintained until recently that it has complied with the terms of the 2015 nuclear agreement to limit its nuclear program saying that this is backed by international investigators the allegations from the united states however is that iran continues to destabilize the broader middle east it is a threat to u.s. interests in the area and as a result it will continue to protect its interests even saying that it does not want war it only wants to see that iran does not acquire nuclear weapo

cabinet there are actors in iran that report directly to the supreme leader like the islamic revolutionary guard corps that have acted on their own in foreign policy in the past and so none of these neither the iranians nor other actors in the region state actors in the region are completely united in terms of their policy actions either if nobody reacts to this if there is no major escalation say over the next week we likely to see something similar because you seemed to be encapsulated in this by saying it's not wishing to put words into your mouth by saying what we've seen in the past 24 hours is or is not directly linked to what we saw 4 weeks ago i think it is directly linked i think that we will see other things actions like this because i think that iran is being choked off economically by the united states i think it's very interesting to note that the united states sanctioned the iranian petro chemical concern just a couple of days ago and that these attacks were on ships carrying petro chemicals not crude oil on a scale of one to 10 how dangerous is this. i give it a 5 the trumpet ministrati

who has been arguing for the reason to crack down on the i r g c the islamic revolutionary guard corps as a foreign terrorist organization. something that the u.s. only reserves for groups such as or boko haram saying that this group is responsible for destabilizing other countries around the middle east you don't see the u.s. easing up on those countries that for example want to buy oil from iran or trying to ease any economic sanctions that have been reimposed on iran in the wake of the u.s. decision to leave the nuclear deal which was signed 4 years ago it's really just a change in the tone but without these policy changes by the trumpet ministration it's really hard to see that there's going to be some sort of meeting of iranian and u.s. officials any time soon this may just be in response to growing international concern about the potential for some sort of conflict between the 2 countries all right thank you very much in jordan with all the latest from washington thanks very much well there is a mess ravi is in the iranian capital tehran and he has some of the reaction that. ever

they try to buy iranian oil this comes after the trumpet ministration has put the islamic revolutionary guard corps part of iran's elite military off apparatus on its foreign terrorist organizations list saying that the i.r.g.c. is responsible to produce stabilizing governments in places such as lebanon and it's been supporting the syrian government during that country's civil war and that it has been providing material and perhaps logistical support to hooty fighters in the some in the civil war in yemen this is also a situation where the u.s. has not lifted any of the economic sanctions it has imposed on iran because of its opposition to iran's nuclear program this is a situation however where there is a growing international chorus very concerned about the potential for another u.s. led war in the middle east and it may be in part as a response to those concerns that the u.s. wants to try to reassure the international community that it's not looking to start a new war but rather that it wants to see a real change in the way that terror on operates on the global stage. let's get the view from tad

released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the iranian airspace not so and says the u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation and i don't think the president wants to go to war there's no at the change from going to war in a country which told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or assets you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody else and that he is the commander in chief national security figures gathered at the white house and the president sent out what appeared to be an ominous tweet iran made a very big mistake he said but then during a meeting with the canadian prime minister the president indicated that the tweet was not a warning but a literal observation i think probably iran. i made a

his country is offers overseas the regimes most brutal instruments including the islamic revolutionary guard corps sanctions imposed through the executive order that i'm about to say i will deny the supreme leader in the supreme leader's office and those closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and support. the assets of fire told khomeini and his office will not be spared from the sages. of course we'll have more on those american sanctions are going to stick around at the top of the hour this is day w. news coming up next on new year's asia a year ago i talked about some a cave of friendship that left them trapped underground go back to their daring rescue and how they're doing now. those stories what was said we are some of scott and i'm back at the top of the hour site of the course is always more on the website w dot com i'm going to. berkeley the guitarist. i mention when he's booming capital i love berlin the full scope of the multicultural metropolis in our euro back series to the manager of an innocent life choices me i love featuring was shown once a d

the country's largest petro chemical group over its financial support for terror islamic revolutionary guard corps the elite military unit is in charge of iran's ballistic and nuclear missile programs and was added to washington's list of terror organizations back in april. the u.s. congress is pushing back on president trump's move to fast track the sale of american weapons to saudi arabia a new york times report says the u.s. could give riyadh access to technology to produce its own high tech bombs united nations says 4000000 migrants have now fled the political and economic crises in venezuela most of them in the past 3 and a half years described to the figure as alarming and says urgent help is needed and the u.s. says it will go ahead with a 5 percent tariff on all mexican goods for monday despite progress in talks over migration and trade it was just hours after the mexican president under his manuel lopez obrador said he was optimistic a deal could be reached with the u.s. the tariffs are being imposed to pressure mexico into stemming the flow of migrants over america's southern border you'

uk concludes that it is almost certain that a branch of the iranian military, the islamic revolutionary guard corpso other state or non—state actor could plausibly have been responsible. tensions between the us and iran have escalated since donald trump abandoned the nuclear deal with tehran and tighten sanctions on iran. the uk remains in close coordination with international partners to find diplomatic solutions to de—escalate tensions. i plan to visit tehran shortly where i will seek to assist and that de—escalatory process, and at establishing common ground and a peaceful way forward that will command the respect of all parties. while fully appreciating that there are of course intelligent sensitivities, does the government recognise that releasing additional evidence into the public domain where possible or sharing this with allies on a confidential basis would help garner further support to build an international agreement and indeed hopefully dampen tensions or to be able to take any action necessary. and would he agree that an independent inspection from a trusted third party to look at the

target iran's largest petrochemical group which provides billions of dollars to the islamic revolutionary guard corps the u.s. branded the lead military unit a terrorist organization that comes a week after u.s. said tuesday my compost said it was ready to sit down with iran iran's all minister says it is keeping up oil sales through what he calls unconventional means to circumvent u.s. sanctions also joe body has more enough and iran while this move is being called economic terrorism according to the foreign ministry spokesman up us mousavi this is a continuation of the united states government's policy towards iran of putting pressure on the pressure on iran and the people of this country and that the suggestion last week by officials in the united states that they were willing to talk with the iranians is not really a true one it's not they does not what they actually mean they're not true to their words of they cannot be trusted the iranian oil minister has also been speaking on saturday saying that iran has absolutely no plans to leave opec and the gap that's been created in the oil markets by i

released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corpstehran contended the drone penetrated the ring in a space not so and so as the u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation the high kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some by lateral region some multilateral some religious tension one. 3rd we must act in a way that does not that does deescalate and does not escalate the tensions and the situation here the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may bumbled into a war we're told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or assets you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody else and but he is the commander in chief national security figures gathered at the white house an

released the sportage of the attack saying it had been obtained from the iran revolutionary guard corps tehran contended the drone penetrated the ring in a space not so and so as the u.s. military iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over iran are categorically false the aircraft was over the strait of hormuz and fell into international waters senior members of the u.s. congress have been briefed on the situation the high kanchan wires are up in the region for a lot of different reasons some bilateral region some multilateral some religious tension one. 3rd we must act in a way that does not that does deescalate and does not escalate the tensions and the situation here the president may not intend to go to war here but we're worried that he and the administration may bumbled into a war we're told the iranians before they shot the drone down that if you engage against american personnel or assets you do search your own peril the president does not want a war with iran or anybody else and but he is the commander in chief national security figures gathered at the white house an