confirmed a dozen u.s. fighter jets were deployed to qatar last week. the president said that iran is playing with fire, prompting a direct response from the speaker of the parliament. >> mr. trump needs to understand that when you use the language of a bully against a civilized nation, they ballistic missile more united. if he were to understand this notion a lot of the problems that they face in the region would be resolved. >> european countries look to ease the pressure. japan and iraq have offered to mediate a peaceful resolution. so far no solutions have been found. trace? >> trey yingst live. let's bring in john atman, the director for the middle east program at the center for strategic and international studies, a bipartisan policy research organization. john, thanks for joining us. why would iran make this big announcement that it was deliberately violating the 2015