asked. i think it is the most insulting article i've ever had written. and if you read the article, you see that they found absolutely nothing. >> the word no was missing there. also this weekend, the "wall street journal" reporting that president trump's national security council asked the pentagon for military options to strike iran. the request came last year after militants aligned with tehran fired three mortars into the diplomatic quarter, home to the u.s. embassy. and last night, the president tweeting sharp words for turkey threatening to devastate its economy if it attacks kurds in sear skra. but t syria. but also he seemed to give some cover to turkey if it does attack the kurds. a lot to get to with fred pleitgen live in moscow. fred, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. certainly those two bombshell articles that came out over the weekend in the "new york times" and the "washington post" very