with counterparts. victor and christi, it s important to remember, of those three nations, u.s., israel and russia, russia is much more on iran s side. important point to make there. we appreciate it so much. thank you. let s go to sarah westwood at the white house. he said additional sanctions would bring iran to the table but they have no interest in negotiating. what s his strategy now? reporter: you see president trump moving from pushing towards a military response to iran s downing of a u.s. drone to an economic response. he wants to punish iran economically by imposing more sanctions. even president trump acknowledged yesterday, though, that it s hard to believe that more sanctions could be effective given just how many sanctions iran is already facing. the trump administration has been ratcheting those up since trump took office.
make iran great again. it s okay with me. well, let s talk about these developments with our correspondence in the region. our fred pleitgen is in tehran and/orr orren lieberman is in israel. reporter: the statements they made at the beginning of their meeting were effectively the talking points they were always going to make before these meetings. that is both prime minister netanyahu and national security adviser bolton listed off as what they see as iran s aggressive acts going on in the region going back months and years. for that, boat of them said neither israel nor the u.s. would stand for what they see as iran trying to, in netanyahu s words, devour other nations and expand its empire throughout the middle east. that s where they both started and here net yan hue went on
against iran on thursday night. that s not true, though. he said those sanctions will go into effect on monday. the president currently is at camp david, meeting with aides and advisers. he said he will be discussing iran while in camp david. sarah westwood, thank you. really appreciate it. well, the penpals are reportedly at it again. north korea state media says dictator kim jong-un has received an excellent letter from president trump. we haven t received confirmation from the white house that president trump did, indeed, send the letter. according to north korean state media, kim jong-un said he appreciated the, quote, extraordinary courage of president trump. this is not the first mysterious letter to be exchanged between the leaders. earlier this month president trump told reporters about a beautiful letter. first excellence, now beautiful one he received from kim. according to sources, the letter lacked substance and did not have any details on a way
this is our chance in 2020. this is new day weekend with victor black well and christi paul. we re starting this morning with the tense standoff with iran. this morning u.s. national security adviser john bolton warned iran should, quote, not mistake u.s. prudence and aggression for weakness and military action is not off the table. it follows the president s last-minute decision friday to call off a strike against iran after they shot down a u.s. drone. now, we have team coverage on this. sarah westwood in washington. in washington where john bolton was speaking. what do bolton s comments tell us about washington s next move in this back and forth with
we do have breaking news on the standoff with iran. an iranian commander has just been on state tv there, appearing to make a threat towards the u.s. fred fl fred pleitgen is in tehran. what can you tell us was said here and the meaning behind it. reporter: hi, christi. this is a senior iranian general and this is a quote he gave to iranian television. he said the u.s. should act responsibly to protect the lives of american forces operating in the region. obviously what he s saying here is if there was some sort of military escalation between the united states and iran, it would affect u.s. forces in the entire region. one of the things the iranians have been saying, if there was a strike if there was a strike by president trump, by administration on iran in retaliation for the downing of that drone that the iranians would have dealt the u.s., as they put it, a crushing response, they would have responded forcefully to that. one of the things the iranians