Response to irans increasingly provocative actions. It really takes the statements to show restraint. I think its another story. Currently from the iranian perspective, they see this as an act of war. It remains unclear what strategy this fits into, and whether this latest round of sanctions will compel the leaders to change their course. The retaliatory strikes, kind of what donald trump did to syria in 2018 when they cast their own people. Sandra lie from the white house this morning. Good morning. Some very harsh words overnight from the iranian president. He says about the white house is afflicted by mental retardation. He also called the sanctions outrageous and idiotic. Youve proven to the world yourself that you do not stick to your signatures. How do you expect us to negotiate with you all over again. He is referring there to the iran nuclear deal, which President Trump of course pulled out of. He has said that he is open to cutting a new deal with iran, but overnight again, a
Shepard President Trump says china wants to work out a deal to add the spiraling trade deal. The president s softer tone on beijing began with some of our closest allies add to trading partners. It comes just days after president warned u. S. Companies to try to get out of china, sending the dow down to 2 . Up more than 200 points at the moment. When asked about his strategy on china, President Trump defended the way hes trying to get a deal done. President trump im sorry. Its the way i negotiate. My question, is that a strategy . When you call president xi an enemy one day and the next day. President trump its done very well for me over the years and its doing very even better the country. Shepard he joined President Trump at the beginning of the News Conference and said the trade fight has created economic instability. Whats bad for the World Economy is uncertainty. The quicker an agreement is arrived at, the quicker the uncertainty will dissipate. Shepard President Trump left this a
Loaded for a strike against three targets in iran. This in retaliation for irans downing of a u. S. Drone, but that he called it off just ten minutes before the scheduled attack after being told that 150 iranians would be killed. In an exclusive interview with nbcs chuck todd, the president discussed his decision to call off the strike. Lets watch. Were planes in the air . They were about ready to go. No, but they would have been pretty soon. And things would have happened to a point where you wouldnt turn back or couldnt turn back. So they came and said, sir, were ready to go. Wed like a decision. I said i want to know something before you go. How many people will be killed . In this case iranians. I said how many people are going to be killed. Sir, ill get back to you on that. Great people, these generals. They came back and said, sir, approximately 150. I said you know what, they shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it. And here we are sitting with 150 dead
Unit. The pentagon says he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of u. S. Forces in the region. The u. S. Strike on baghdads airport, also killed a member of the mobilization forces. The pmf is the same group that supporters tried to storm the embassy in baghdad earlier this week. Cnns arwa damon is live in baghdad. Alex marquardt is in london. Well go to tehran, shortly, too. Lets go to baghdad. Arwa damon there. Its difficult to overstate how much of an impact this action could take. Give us your thoughts. Reporter michael, were entering uncharted territory. This kind of escalation by the u. S. Is only going to be viewed by iran as an act of war. Its difficult to imagine a scenario where iran wouldnt be ready for Something Like this, given how things have been going recently between tehran and washington. Now, this strike happened just outside of Baghdad International airport, targeting this convoy that was carrying Qassim Soleimani and the leader of the group that was targeted