all sides that make it very clear, thatlp an off ramp is gog to be harder and harder to find. you see the uk, the u.s.,x in certain ways, in circles trying to figure out how to get out of this moment. britain holding a crisis meeting after iran sees its oil tanker in the strait of hormuz. here s the thing for folks who don t follow this stuff as closely as you do, gayle, and t would be gained bye1 claiming tt tk pwhat s the play there?dy? tk pwhat s the play there?dy? aq!ou know, this is really, in the narrative. iran wants to show thatñi the sanctions, whichw3 has really li it with a wjuk difficult economy, you see the u.s. wants to send iran to almost no exports of oil when the irania, economy dependsi on oil exports. there is an iranian ship filled with corn sitti(e off the coast ofxd brazil that can t go anywhe
good to havet(xd you, gayle. what else is tehran saying about all of this? hi,xd craig, at this briefin this morning they were quick to point out that since donald trump came to power and since gina haspel was appointed cia chief the u.s. hast( considerab ratcheted upfá its clandestine activities in iran by recruiting a fairly large number ofxd irann assets to spy for them and to conduct acts ofthháp!otage in in f.á them. theyfá wanted to make it very clear that no surreptitious actions infá iran go undetectedy the intelligence ministry. they re saying that they have eyes everywhere and they will catch people that are trying to pull moves like this. now, even though secretary pompeo said thatxd much of this was oklies, the iranians did release an awful lotfát( of information today and on the surface it seems legitimate. we do need to do a lot more
the seals as a seal, you were a man. yes. but you knew internally that inside you were a woman. did you think about this, that women that you wouldn t have been allowed to serve as a woman? that s a thought all the time. even right now, as a transgender person precluded from many things, there s over 50 states in our country right now that i could walk into my job and be fired on the spot, today. so i m still fighting for equality for many people. this is one great step for all of us. gayle, let s talk about this. you wrote the book, obviously. you also wrote in the l.a. times this week that for years women served on the front lines sdpooit t despite the pentagon s ban on women in combat roles. talk to me about where we go from here, because obviously not everyone agrees with this. i was reading about a current seal who said, look,ed this put us in danger. where do we go from here?
professional football players, i mean, come on, that s what special forces is. and i think everybody would agree with that. before i let you go, i want your take, both, on what you would like to hear from the president tonight. gayle, you ve extensively studied the battle against terrorism. and kristen, you were on the front lines. gayle, you are just returned from turkey. what do you want to hear from the president tonight? yes, i was there with the ngo mercy corps, trying to help the refugees. look, the administration has for years really battled internally about what exactly to do built threat of first the civil war in syria and now the rise of isis. and there are not very many good opti options. what you can really do now, short of boots on the ground, which the president has already said he doesn t favor, is more of the same, more special operations forces, more looking for partners on the ground and telling them you will support them in the fight against isis. the question is
this little thing right here is the seal time trident. joining me now is kristen beck, retired u.s. navy seal, now a democratic candidate for congress from maryland s 5th district. also with me now, senior fellow for the council on foreign relations, gayle lamone. she wrote the book ashley s war. thank you both for being here. kristen, first of all, thank you from all of us for your service to this country. take me back to the moment when you were listening to ash carter. what was it like? it was great news. it s what america is all about, equality for everyone regardless of gender, sexual orientation, color, even your religion. none of that really matters as an american. it s who you are and what you re capable of doing. that s what america is about. it s about freedom and opportunity. you have unique perspective because when you were serving in