has sort of run and done battle with the iranian navy as well. last month a u.s. destroyer fired warning shots at four iranian fast track attack vehicles as they were really approaching the u.s. ships too quickly. but it should be noted that so far there s no reports that among the drill participants on the iranian side are the iranian paramilitary force, iran s elite forces there. but this is, obviously, being watched by the trump administration as tensions between both iran and washington, d.c. are heating up in the last few weeks, elizabeth. elizabeth: all right. conor powell reporting live, thank you so much. coming up after the break, the new dnc chairman, former labor secretary tom perez, got the nod, and he s got a lot on his plate. we re going to bring in a fair and balanced panel to weigh in on the past for democrats. well, the weather s warm, it s always nice, you know, to shed a little bit, but here this leggy statue has some people feeling a little hot under the collar.
welcome back to atlanta. more news from the dnc chairman s election in just a minute. right now, more questions than answers that remain in the investigation, the death of north korean leader kim jong kim jung un, kim jung nam. his death from a nerve agent took place earlier this month. one of the suspects, was, get this, paid $90 to execute the attack after previously claiming she thought she was pulling a prank. we have not heard the end of this story, that s for sure. all right, getting back to domestic news now. after an earful from rowdy town
meeting. yesterday the white house confirmed the conversations but said there d be no further details. reports the two have talked after their white house meeting, i think, are not particularly surprising. i m not going to read out or confirm every reported meeting or phone call or conversation. i can tell you that the president has had a conversation with the president-elect since the oval office meeting. a spokesperson for joe biden says the vice president has ruled out the possibility of leading the democratic party once he leaves office in january. in a statement, biden s communication director said, the vice president is not interested in being dnc chair but intends to be deeply involved in shaping the direction of the democratic party moving forward. keith ellison has launched a bid to be the next dnc chairman, while steadily adding endorsements, he may be facing resistance from the white house. according to the new york times, some of president
democratic campaigning saying. not support you. debby wants to secure the position at dnc chairman. the fact someone who is jewish came out in favor of this is shameful. it is disgusting. republicans need to make them own these votes. there is a list on twitter of the senators and they should hang the vote around their neck. this could be the best deal we have every seen. you know what i mean? it could be. we don t know. but the american public won t every know either because they don t trust the white house for the deals. they look at the other swaps. anyone who spent time looking at the issue understands this. this as a political decision for the democrats.
former state senator, i respect the role of both state legislatures and governors to make decisions about their resources, what they believe to be in the best interest of their folks. joining me now, former governor of vermont and dnc chairman, howard dean. thanks for joining me pchlgts tha thanks for having me on. you re former governor of a state dealing with this issue right now. can you explain to the audience what we re talking about in terms of what the governors are trying to do in terms of taking from one pot of money to help insure that they don t suffer losses in the other? sure. you re essentially faced with a heartless group of people running the congress. i m just astonished they re this open about wanting to starve poor people. it s just incredible how the way they re behaving. basically, what you can do is if you add money to the fuel subsidies and you basically don t they don t lose the benefit that they would have gotten by food stamps.