our allies where there's nothing an ambiguous about what we're seeing right now we've got the u.s.s. lincoln which is in the gulf we've got the new york times reporting that the pentagon presented a plan last week to send 820000 troops to the middle east if iran attacks u.s. troops or u.s. interests in the region i mean this sounds like the drumbeat of war. yeah but i think we need to be cautious here and take a stab and back and really evaluate the situation many of the u.s. forces in the region are there on a regular basis for turn purposes because of many activities the iranians are engaged in throughout the region whether it's yemen iraq syria and beyond so i think what's happening here is this administration is utilizing and capitalizing on those for its presence to send messages to iran in this more confrontational approach we've seen develop that does not mean unfortunately there could be inadvertent acts as elation because our forces are so close but that does not mean there is intention to go to war president trappist said many times he is not interested in a military escalation or

intentions and threats coming from tehran have done nothing but increase a combat group including the u.s.s. lincoln are now in the gulf just last week the pentagon reportedly presented a plan to send 120000 u.s. troops to the middle east if iranian actions make it necessary now these are preparations at least they sound like preparations for war and they increase the chances of a misstep suddenly morphing into a military conflict yet today might pump a 0 said the u.s. does not want war take a listen. but we're looking for iran to be of like a normal country and that's our ask and we have applied pressure to the leadership of the islamic over republican ran to achieve that we we fundamentally do not see a war with iran we're looking for the. regime to simply stop conducting assassination campaigns throughout europe to cease their support of hezbollah that threatens interests all across the middle east their support for the good deeds that are launching missiles. into areas where there are russians and americans traveling these missiles could easily kill a russian or an american. but we lay them out

u.s.s. abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf region in response. it will be joined by four b-52 bombers.

u.s.s. abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf and ditional b-52 bombers to counter what the trump administration calls "clear indications" of stilld unspecifreats from iran. sranian media quoted a senior commander of ira revolutionary guard today saying that the presence of u.src ft carriers in the persian gulf is not a threat but an opportunity and that "if the m americans makee we will hit them in the head."ec last nighttary of state mike pompeo said the u.s. is positioning military forces as a "deterrent." >> our aim is not war, our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership. we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want, and what they so richly deserve. >> sreenivasan: joining us nowas fromngton, d.c. for analysis of the growing tension between the u.s. and iran is

u.s.s. abraham lincoln as well as support ships the carrier was due to dock croatia on wednesday u.s. national security adviser john bolton says it is in response to troubling developments in the region the latest in a series of decisions by the trumpet ministration aimed at increasing pressure on iran gabriel elizondo in washington d.c. what do you bring us up to date with the statement from the white house. yeah a very unusual statement that came in on a sunday evening a little bit before nine pm local time here in washington a statement by national security advisor john bolton as you mentioned short statement but i want to read a few key lines from you mentioned part of it said in response to a number of troubling as torie indications and warnings which are not defined here the united states as you mention is deploying the u.s.s. abraham lincoln battle group aircraft carrier as well as bombers in the statement i'm going to read it directly here it says as they're doing this because two they're sending them to the region to quote to send a clear and unmistakable message to the irani

u.s.s. abraham lincoln strikeforce group puts a kid aircraft carrier plus some. of the ships around it plus some bombers to the middle east region and i want to read part of the statement that's key it says they're being sent to the region to quote unquote send a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime that any attack on the united states interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force statement just goes on to say in part the united states is not seeking war with their reign in regime but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack now there's two key things that need to be brought up here number one is that this particular aircraft carrier the u.s.s. abraham lincoln had already been deployed from the united states in on april april first so it had already been on a deployment and as you mentioned it was supposed to be in croatia may eighth. through eleventh dock there for some normal procedures but it appears that now it's being diverted to the middle east region now it's not unusual for aircraft carriers and battle groups

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group and bomber task force to the region but this was a key part of the statement here that i want to read it said and sending it to the region to quote send a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime that any attack on the united states' interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force in quote that was a key part of the statement from john bolton now let's be clear on a couple of things number one is it's not unusual for the united states to send an aircraft carrier like this to the middle east especially to the gulf region as a deterrent to iran that is somewhat normal what is different about this though is that this is not only an aircraft carrier but bombers as well it's a pretty significant strike force here that's being sent and it's also very unusual for the united states and the national security adviser to send out a statement like this telegraphing where they're sending an aircraft carrier and why specific. and bellicose language pointing out in some ways a provoked provocation towards iran basically saying we'

sent the "u.s.s. lincoln" aircraft carrier along with b-52s to the region u.s. officials tell nbc news they had intelligence iran gave its proxies a green light to attack u.s. forces >> we have information that you don't want to know about they were very threatening >> reporter: a charge iran's u.n. ambassador denied telling us -- >> we do not accept such a allegation and all these are fake intelligence. >> reporter: the escalating tensions after the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal last year and ramped up sanctions. last week demanding a global embargo on iranian oil iran now threatening to resume building a nuclear reactor and increase stockpiles of uranium. >> what i would like to see with iran, i would like to see them call me. >> reporter: then there is venezuela, where juan t to push maduro failed. a strategy pushed by national security advisor john bolton. i have john bolton and other people that are a little more dovish than him. and ultimately i make the decision. >> andrea is here with us now, a lot to cover andrea, mike pompeo, secretary of st

sent the "u.s.s. lincoln" aircraft carrier along with they tell nbc news they had intelligence and iran gave proxies a green light to attack u.s. forces. >> we have information that you don't want to know about they were threatening. >> reporter: a charge iran's u.n. ambassador denied telling u >> we don't accept the allegation and all these arcefake intellig >> reporter: the escalating tensions after the u.s. pulled out of the iran nuclear deal last year and ramped up sanctions.ma last week deing a global embargo on iranian oil. iran now threatening to resume buding a nuclear reactor and increase stockpiles of uranium. >> i'd like to see iran call me. >> reporter: then there is venezuela to st nickelous maduro failed h a strategy pushed by national security advisor john bolton. >> he has strong views on things but that's okay i have john bolton and other people that are a little more dovish than him and ultimately i make the decision. >> andrea is here with us now, the secretary of state issued a stark warni

the u.s.s. lincolns headed to the persian gulf region after intelligence reports suggest iran is preparing to strike u.s. forces in the region. national security adviser john bolton says unrelenting force will meet any attack. david martin has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: the sudden order to send an aircraft carrier strike group and bombers to the persian gulf came in response to intelligence reports, some of them from israel, that iran is planning attacks against american forces. general frank mckenzie, the commander of u.s. forces in the middle east, requested the buildup. it was approved by acting defense secretary patrick shanahan, who warned, "we will hold the iranian regime accountable for any attack on u.s. forces or our interests." so far, says secretary of state mike pompeo, there is no sign iran is backing off. >> we have continued to see activity that leads us to believe there is escalation that may be taking place. >> reporter: the intelligence, which u.s. officials called real and u

. >> reporter: the carrier strike group headed by the u.s.s. "lincolnhas arrived in the arabian sea south of iran just as president trump tried to calm fears the u.s. is on a path to war. an aide to acting defense secretary shanahan said the president has told him he does not want war with iran, a message he repeated in public to reporters. >> mr. president are, we going to war with iran? >> hope not. >> reporter: earlier in the day, the president had tweeted, "i'm sure that iran will talk soon." that might ease war jitters, but it does not solve the problem of u.s. intelligence warnings iran is preparing to attack americans based in iraq. those warnings began with an israeli intercept of an iranian commander ordering militias he controls in iraq to make preparations. in an interview with "face the nation" moderator, margaret brennan, iran's ambassador to the u.n. denied it all. >> fake intelligence, which has been the root cause of all these events, should be tackled. as soon as we get rid of these fake intelligence, all of us will be in a much better

declaration of iran's revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organization the positioning of the u.s.s. lincoln in the persian gulf a carrier strike force. it seems that there is some speculation in washington that this credible intelligence the united states report is responding to is what any country would do when it looks like another country is potentially going to attack its preparing to protect itself so there are a lot of questions about that there's also reminder about the fact that the united states when it comes to declaring war it cannot come from this white house it must come from congress so we're hearing increasingly democratic as well as republican members of congress expressing concern now as you point out all of this they are saying is as they watch very carefully what is happening in iran and to wrap up all of those developments we have this report from same best ravi in tehran exactly one year after the united states pulled out of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal iran says it will suspend some of its commitments under the landmark agreement. after the u.s. introduced new sanct

sent as you correctly note bomber squadron to the middle east has sent an aircraft carrier the u.s.s. lincoln and now i think the number of troops is questionable i don't know if they're going to be a precise figure there was 10000 there was 5000 in the media reports now maybe they're talking about 1500 but the larger issue is the u.s. is looking to work with our allies in the region to contain and to deter iran after learning from intelligence sources in late april that cut some silly money the head of the codes force in the iranian revolutionary guard corps was activating proxies to attack u.s. and allied interest throughout the middle east so you're comfortable that as all of this military brinksmanship is rolling out that there is some diplomacy going on in the background most of the diplomacy seems to be external it's a matter of coercive diplomacy with the united states is signaling to the iranian government that it will not tolerate any types of iranian inspired attacks against u.s. forces u.s. diplomats u.s. assets anything u.s. or allied in the region but it's looking to deter iran f

u.s.s. abraham lincoln aircraft carrier group and it's an additional assignment and in fact it has given the u.s.s. abraham lincoln new carrier group an additional assignment which is to was be on guard for any sort of provocative behavior from the military in iran and to be prepared to respond if that is the judgment of the white house the u.s. always has an aircraft carrier strike group in and around the middle east the abraham lincoln was already scheduled to be going through the region anyway as it moved from its home port here on the u.s. east coast to san diego on the u.s. west coast and it basically was going to be circum navigating the globe so all of this is basically the u.s. military vessels in the middle east getting an additional assignment and certainly one of a symbolic show of force to basically remind the leadership in tehran that the u.s. government is not pleased with its political and military engagements around the middle east and as we mentioned last the u.s. had said officials have said that they have detected troubling indications that iran could be preparing a milita

u.s.s. abraham lincoln to were provide more support. and to really send a message to tell you that the u.s. government is paying attention to town hall and actions across the middle east be it economic be it political be it military actions and that the u.s. is prepared to was stand by its allies and partners across the middle east if it believes that the are being threatened by hans activities and tens of thousands of algerians have returned to the streets for yet another day of protests they want key figures connected to alst of president that is these the flicka to cede power those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next thank you for watching. canada europe save the iran nuclear deal the e.u. says it's committed to the 2015 agreements with world powers but iran says the europeans are submitting to pressure from the united states can a way forward be feigns this is insight story. hello and welcome to the program i'm hala marr here dean european leaders are scrambling to save the iran nuclear deal from collapse

u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support ships have been dispatched u.s. national security adviser john bolton says it is in response to some troubling developments in the region the latest u.s. effort aimed at increasing pressure on iran and u.s. president donald trump is stepping up pressure on china to reach a trade deal he's announced tariff increases on chinese goods trump said tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of products will rise to twenty five percent on friday. syrian government forces and their russian allies have launch more attacks on the rebel held province of at least ten people were killed and ninety injured on sunday a volunteer with the whites helmets of rescuers also died this weekend in an airstrike on a village in italy a province which has now been under attack for six days an underground hospital was hit by an airstrike as put out of service at least forty one people have died in russia after a passenger plane caught fire when it made an emergency landing amateur footage captured the moment the plane returned to moscow's s

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. for more we're joined by alba is a journalist and researcher based in terror on let's talk 1st about this u.s. military deployment this really does increase the pressure on the iranian government doesn't it what have the response been so far. well in addition to the economic political pressure against iran the americans have been trying to use psychology called warfare against wrong in order to change the calculation into iran and make them to surrender against the united states but. it depends what type of war you're talking about yes there is a war now on economic loosely called legal but if you're talking of our military what are the likelihood of a large depletes that long sitting inside the capital city on the wrong scene smart less likely for that you ran the ins and even the couple of past days behind me is seeing the currency rate meaning dollar has decreased in that country that indicates that there is not much worry in that country about that because that in tehran is that t

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. china's top trade negotiator says he's cautiously optimistic his country can still reach a trade deal with the united states weiss premier league who are made the commons after the us announced plans to raise tariffs on all remaining chinese imports the new levies targets $300000000000.00 worth of chinese products including consumer electronics that's on top of $200000000000.00 worth of products hit by a 1st round of u.s. terror hikes on friday the increase comes after negotiations between the 2 sides ended without agreement. but there's still some time for washington and beijing to resolve their differences as d.w. is all over solid explains. it was a brief meeting in washington d.c. that ended quickly after it begun with no result but that did not come as a big surprise as the talks already stalled one week ago after the chinese negotiators walked back several parts of the agreement the major sticking points a loss restraining american companies in china and also the question how to

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. that for more we're joined by. an independent analyst on the air ron thanks so much for joining us the u.s. claims terror on might be preparing to conduct what it's calling offensive operations against u.s. forces or its interest what evidence is there for this. well that there is the claim that there is evidence for it but there is no information given to the media and i really think at this point we all have to be very cautious not to. try to emphasize is worse is a moment we're still going to keep going to ships into the region happened early april and we are hearing about a new patriot missile battery that goes into the region just a couple i think days or weeks there more of these countries were taken out of the region so there is a lot of check you going on lot of rhetoric to talk to the border to create a situation in which no one is basically concerned about a possible war whereas on the ground it's actually not need be the case ok but up obviously there is there is a military that as of this activity how m

the u.s.s. lincoln is headed to the south see. the u.s.s. arlington has been ordered to join the american fleet in the gulf. images released monday show f-35 and f-15 fighter jets flying deterrence missions with a patriot missile defense in the area as well. it's important to remember that the united states has 5,000 troops in iraq. they could also assist u.s. forces looking to bolster their presence in the region. shep? >> shepard: what do we know about this attack on oil tankers in the gulf? >> the united arab emirates said yesterday there were four tankers that were attacked off of their coast. saudi officials say this was an attempt to undermine the security of oil supplies to the west. this come after sanctions at the iranian oil industry. the u.s. maritime administration has warned ships traveling in the region of future attacks. they want to keep an eye on the situation. shep? >> shepard: trey yingst live in jerusalem. ahead, murder by machete. an fbi agent says one man took on a group of hikers in an attack on the appalachian trail.

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. for more i'm joined now by daniel gallo a middle east analyst welcome to the show the u.s. claims tehran mind be preparing to conduct what it calls offensive operations against u.s. forces or its interests what evidence is there for this there's been a lot of discussions in american media about some media claim that they say that they have sources in the intelligence community that intelligence has been inflated not mischaracterized but inflated by the by the white house look if we want to look at a possible scenario we should probably look back at the history of the middle east 983 when the most deadly attack on u.s. troops in the middle east the most deadly attack on u.s. troops since the 2nd world war that time was conducted in beirut the us marines lost 241 lives in this attack and they blame the new reigning in proxy organization for this so i think the americans are having such a scenario in mind however i think the most dangerous situation is that anyone could conduct such an a

u.s.s. abraham lincoln an amphibious warship u.s.s. arlington reaching iran's shores suddenly your vision was not mentioned at pm cues perhaps as the b.b.c. told this program and contradicting our israeli guests and one eurovision taking place in israel is not a political event joining me now is he just an activist loci thank you so much for coming back on so we heard from the former mayor of unoccupied. west bank town northwest friends of israel both appear to say the likes of you roger waters will velez who knows lourdes lana del rey elvis costello all of them are all n.z. mates or the question has to be asked in this situation if jimmy carter comes out and says israel is presently an apartheid state if archbishop desmond tutu comes out and says he supports b.d.s. and that was a really vital part of the emancipation of people in south africa if nelson mandela of all people came out and said that their freedom was incomplete without the freedom of the palestinian people is anyone seriously suggesting that jimmy carter is an anti semit

u.s.s. abraham lincoln to provide more support. and to really send a message to tell ron that the u.s. government is paying attention to town hall and actions across the middle east be it to economic be it political be it military actions and that the u.s. is prepared to was stand by its allies and partners across the middle east if it believes that the are being threatened by her han's activities. tens of thousands of algerians have returned to the streets for yet another day of protests against what they call the voting an each they want to keep things as connected to alst of president of the disease beautifully cut to cede power presidential elections are expected in july. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera i'll have the news hour for you in just on the says he minutes 20 years of me continues next tank you for watching. oh. i. know 10. there have been more attacks by shift his cattle ranges from rival tribes. they've killed one of those old a half brothers and 2 uncles. i was around with among the our and the ones that feel good and only good did they get it. didn't go on a

what do you believe the u.s.s. lincolnd armada brings to the region, sir, now? >> well, the connection between everything and we can see the iranians are behind everything. the iranians are sponsoring terrorism in the region. they spent $7 billion a year on terrorism whether it's lebanon, syria, yemen, egypt, or also hamas in gaza. when we hear the word coming from tehran threatening the u.s. and israel it shows they're panicking because the sanctions are working. but we're committed to fight terrorism, to fight the proxies in the region and we saw what happened in the last few days when israel retaliated after hamas launched more than 600 rockets into our civilian population. >> julie: i wanted to ask you about hamas vowing to extend its response if israel acts with aggression. the president tweeting that the u.s. defends israel's right to defend itself. what do you believe iran is up to? >> first we appreciate the strong support we received from president trump and from the entire u.s. administration. when i hear some of

the commander of the abraham lincoln and its kompany and vessels to basically be on standby for any sort of provocative actions by the iranian military now on friday the u.s.s. arlington has been ordered to join the abraham lincoln and the other ships is part of its convoy as well as the deployment of a patriot missile battery in order to make certain that if there were any sort of attack on the lincoln carrier strike group that the military would be able to defend itself what this is according to u.s. officials is a show of force to tear on that the u.s. is very closely watching its military and economic and diplomatic activities around the middle east and the u.s. military is there essentially to safeguard the u.s. as national security interests as well as those of the u.s. as partners and allies in the region but this is raising concern particularly here in the united states that the u.s. may be engaged in a game of chicken that it may be actually adding to tensions rather than trying to find a way to discuss with terror on its concerns about terror hons policies and trying to figure out a way to ultimately negotiate a deal that would address iran's nucl

u.s.s. abraham lincoln to provide more support as and to really send a message to teheran that the u.s. government is paying attention to teheran actions across the middle east be it economic be it political be it military actions and that the u.s. is prepared to was stand by its allies and partners across the middle east if it believes that they are being threatened by terror hons activities cuber is being forced to ration food and other basic goods to cope with the shortages it blames partly on expanded u.s. sanctions shop shelves have been increasingly empty with customers waiting in queues for hours when if a product back in stock keeper is also getting less support from venezuela which is dealing with its own economic troubles. hundreds of thousands of algerians who return to the streets for yet another day of protests they want key figures connected to ousted president at the lezzies buthe flicka to cede power presidential elections are expected in july protesters say they want to complete an immediate change. to your stay with headlines got more news coming out paranoid right aft

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue .to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of rate and. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan normally congress would be given 30 days to approve foreign arm sales but it's already put a hold on earlier sales so secretary of state mike pompey decided to bypass congress and to clear the seal necessary to bolster regional allies against iran in the statement he said delaying the shipment could cause problems for key partners during a time of increasing regional volatility he says he sees this as a one off event the state department's decision to do this implies are very intent on increasing the weapons flow to saudi arabia but they did it within what i think they would argue is politically acceptable frame i think jordan to the mix question now of course although it may have been there originally these 3 countries together it's looks like a more robust package

economic sanctions, the response is perfectly appropriate for us to roll the u.s.s. lincoln in there and tell them we mean business. it is not an act of war. we're simply deterring them from the threats that were credible intelligence that they were threatening our troops. they have threatened in the region trying to increase belligerence through hezbollah law and their surrogates continue to be active as we talk about with the palestinians. we're basically sending a warning that they cannot threaten our troops. >> bill: this is a 180 compared to the obama administration. there are 700 rockets fired into israel. do you think iran had a connection to that? what do you think? >> not only do they have a connection. it amazes me the read the reporting on the left how much truth they're ignoring. the traoulgt was friday night a jihad sniper shot at an israeli soldier wounded him. palestinians which make no mistake hamas, p.i.j. begins the fight, hamas starts sending in rockets on saturday and israel had to to respond. even the use of the term cycle of violence is absurd. a libera

u.s.s. abraham lincoln is also heading towards the persian gulf washington announced their deployment days before iran rolled back some of its commitments under the twenty fifty nuclear agreements samus ravi reports from to her on. within the last twenty four hours a fleet of american warships has gone through the sways canal into the red sea and is getting closer and closer to iranian waters to iranian sure the sea but iran's armed forces has been relatively reserved in any sort of show of force or talk of force in response to what is a clear american move against iranian security iranian borders even the supreme leader himself i'll tell the only company has been silent on all matters with regards to the united states since president hussen refining made a statement made an announcement that iran would begin to lessen its cooperation with the twenty fifty nuclear deal but the supreme leader is thoughts on the matter his feelings on the issues are likely to be made known here at the weekly friday prayer sermon the government has also called for an anti american demonstration a protest to follow t

u.s.s. abraham lincoln" aircraft carrier, its battle group are on their way to the middle east near iran's shores. administration officials say it defensive that u.s. intelligence says iran or its proxy forces are planning to attack u.s. troops in the region and the warships are an unmistakable sign of what will happen if they do. >> we have continued to see activity that leads us to believe that there is escalation that may be taking place and so we're taking all the appropriate actions. >> reporter: u.s. fi aircraft carriers are trying not to take what they see as america's bait. iran's foreign minister said the trump administration is looking for war. >> same people that created war with iraq. we have the same gang in the white house. >> reporter: tonight, national security advisor john bolton said the u.s. is not seeking war with iran, but he has repeatedly called for regime change there. president trump's close allies saudi arabia's crowned prince and israel's benjamin netanyahu have both called for a hard line on iran. >> richard joining me now. what does this aircraft carrier group symbol

u.s.s. abraham lincoln strike group. the deployment is to send a clear message to the regime is a that any attack on united states interests or allie will be met with unrelenting force adding that the u.s. is not seeking war with the regime but prepared to respond to any attack. >>> thehi w house is in for a major day of deadlines and ecowdowns. a dion is expected to be made about the tax return returns. william barr could face contempt of congress if he doesn't hand over the mueller report. the president reversed course on how he feels about mueller testifying. >> that's right. he reversed course during a a tweet overnight. so here's little bit from what president trum had to say. as recently as last h friday, said that it should be up to the attorney general williamarr as to whether or not robert mueller appears on capitol hill and testifies before lawmakers. but in a tweet overnight,t he presidenpeared to reverse course saying robert mueller should not testify, no redos for the dems. as you can imagine, a lot of democ

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group saying debt employment is to send a clear message to the iranian regime that any attack on the united states interests or allies will be met with unrelenting force. adding the u.s. is not seeking war with the iranian regime but prepared to respond to any attack. >>> the treasury secretary is expected to make a decision about the president's tax mueller report. nbc blaine alexander is following it for us. >> reporter: francis, good morning. he is one of the people we're watching closely to see if mule ler testify. he weighed in on the possibility overnight in a pair of tweets and it's only escalading the growing feud between the white house and democrats on capitol hill. a new week with new deadlines. house democrats demanding attorney general william barr respond to request for a more complete version of the mueller report by this morning. >> we want the information so we can do our work and the oversight our committee is required to do. >> reporter: barr made a redacted version available but democrats want all members to see. >> muestion is why do

u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support ships have been dispatched national security adviser john bolton says it's in response to what he calls troubling developments in the region why this is a professor at the department of american studies at the here on university he says the latest move by the u.s. could benefit the iranian government. the people hear about a military confrontation so the money that the government spends on iran's military now it's very much justified because the threat of military is dominated by the. republican guards corps which john bolton put this terrorist organizations a few weeks ago and so the support for the military increases in iran we have this analogy is really the flag and that's what's happening in tehran people understand that their own honey administration has been trying to reduce tensions with the new united states that's why we had the nuclear agreement. with the obama administration and the fact that the us got out of the agreement without any reason any serious reason and the fact that they are talking about sending. ships to the persian gulf and talk a

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue . to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of rate and. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan normally congress would be given 30 days to approve foreign arm sales but it's already put a hold on earlier sales so secretary of state might pump decided to bypass congress and to clear the seal necessary to bolster regional allies against iran in the statement he said delaying the shipment could cause problems for key partners during a time of increasing regional volatility he says he sees this as a one off event the state department's decision to do this implies are very intent on increasing the weapons flow to saudi arabia but they did it within what i think they would argue is politically acceptable frame by adding jordan to the mix plus now of course although it may have been there originally these 3 countries together it's looks like a more robust package o

u.s.s. abraham lincoln is also heading towards the gulf. friends of the murdered journalist. been warned by the cia that they are potential targets of saudi arabia the report by time magazine says three activists have been given security briefings by the u.s. intelligence agency. with a goal that's counted south africa's governing a.n.c. parties want to go on calls to win the general election but with the low share of vote since the end of the apartheid twenty five years ago those are the headlines more news a half hour with me here on al-jazeera to stay with us. goal thanks. thanks. thanks. thanks. thanks. this is joe born in one thousand nine hundred two in the north of kenya. i set out to follow his life on film when he was just a few months old. this is the story of his first twenty one years. in. the job is a token of their no magic hurting trying to meet. his mother esther is one of his father christopher as to why. the entire family have just left a tux by shift as cultural latest from rival tribes you couldn't name you and only him got on if i got that problem at the

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue . to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of reading. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan normally congress would be given 30 days to approve foreign arm sales but it's already put a hold on earlier sales so secretary of state might pompey or decided to bypass congress and to clear the seal necessary to bolster regional allies against iran in the statement he said delaying the shipment could cause problems for key partners during a time of increasing regional volatility he says he sees this as a one off event the state department's decision to do this implies that they are very intent on increasing the weapons flow to saudi arabia but they did it within what i think they would argue is politically acceptable frame by adding jordan to the mix plus now of course although it may have been there originally these 3 countries together it's looks like a more ro

u.s.s. aberdeen lincoln aircraft carrier and b. 52 strategic bombers to the persian gulf to prevent iranian miscalculation as u.s. defense secretary has put it so well possible miscalculation can there be a part of iran what is there to prevent. thank you for having me on your program as i have said before i think the chances of a military confrontation or a full. fledged war between the united states and iran are very slim at this time because of the statesman being made by the iran's supreme leader ayatollah khomeini as well as by do president of the united states donald trump recently donald trump has said very clearly very explicitly that he's not interested in getting in gage in another endless war in the middle east. that danger however is a miscalculation by either iran or do u.s. war or an event instigated by some regional players in that iran has to respond and then the u.s. has to respond to iranian response and then this can get out of control and denby might have a limited military confrontation this is why it is very important for iran and the united states to open channels of