get a clear picture of what happened and talk about any possible response. one important voice that has been missing in all of this have been the national security adviser with john bolton gone, but there is news on that front as well, president trump announcing this morning he has chosen his chief hostage negotiator robert o brien, to fill that post. clearly, there is a lot to get to this morning so let s get straight to it. joining me is kelly atwood, cnn white house correspondent boris sanchez, kylie, first you. what are you hearing about this new round of sanctions that the president is ordering and also are any plans for any possible military action? reporter: right. so, kate, we are just learning via tweet that president trump has ordered two substantially increase u.s. sanctions on iran. we don t know the details of what those sanctions are going to lock like yet. and we have just reported over the night that department of defense officials have been