job. reporter: everybody we talked to said joe biden words, what he said did not change their opinion on the manner of the candidate. another did say they didn t think it was the best analogy and he should probably steer away from using it again in the future. there were some who suggested that he apologize, and they say he do it right away in order to get this matter quickly behind him. allison in. we haven t seen that, the quick part but it s very illuminati illuminating to hear you say they wouldn t change their opinion about joe biden. here s what else to watch today. see, feel, climb. first out, last in. look around corners, look in crannies. go down dark alleys. lose yourself, catch a lift. push boundaries. go walk about. get set, go after the goose
vo: common side effects include headache and tiredness. vo: ask your doctor today, if epclusa is your kind of cure. new reporting this morning from cnn s barbara starr at the pentagon about the military operation that was set to strike iran last night. but then president trump reversed coarse. the new york times reports that u.s. military planes were in the air, ships were in position before the president abruptly called it off. so joining us now to talk about what s happening is democratic congressman ted deutsch from florida, a member of the foreign affairs committee. what do you and your colleagues on foreign affairs know about what happened last night? not enough, allison. that s the problem, and that s the problem with the administration s approach to iran. we don t know, obviously like everyone else we want to understand we want a little clarity into what happened, why
trump. obviously we are having trouble with fred s audio from tehran. we ll get back to him as soon as possible, but joining us now john kirby, former pentagon press secretary and cnn military and diplomatic analyst, and susan glasser, and abbey felp our cnn white house correspondent. while we wait to go back to fred, admiral kirby, just tell us how unusual this is, what we saw happen last night, where these orders were given, planes were in the air, according to the new york times, ships were in position and then it was abruptly called off? very unusual, allison. i can t recall a time in my military career where a strike was that far along in execution and let alone planning and then be called off. you can make those decisions relatively quickly in this particular space because the resources are already there and they re already prepared and communications are so instantaneous. that said, it did put peoples in harms way just to get that far along and then to turn them
to talk to the lawyers in the administration. and when he couldn t even answer the question about the constitution, gwen, it raises real concerns about the way our iran policy is being carried out, what we hope to achieve and whether we can expect any sort of american leadership on a reallydritical issue that impacts us, impacts our security and especially impacts the men and women serving in our armed forces. what would congress have done or what would you suggest doing? the fact iran used a surface-to-air missile to explode one of our u.s. surveillance aircraft that had a price of $130,000, and then the iranian revolutionary guard said it was design today be a message to the u.s. and to washington. what would you have done in retaliation if anything? again, allison, it s not just a question of retaliation. and i understand the regime in tehran is dangerous.
guns? absolutely. you know, they re at a very vital point of airport security. they should be properly trained and be armed at that point, so that they re not somewhat sitting ducks there. i mean, the whole notion or concept that you re screening for weapons and you could encounter one by someone of ill intent and not able to respond to him, is ludicrous. what happened today was the law enforcement people at l.a.x., the l.a.x. police, the people that are trained at the airport to intervene, did that. and they saved a lot of lives. let s bring in jeffrey beady, a former cia counterterrorism officer and helps set up security for l.a.x. jeff, you re joining us from boston. good morning to you. good morning, allison, good morning victor. i l.a.x. (unintelligible) j uft to set the record straight on that one. okay.