let iran get away with using a proxy force to attack american interests. iran will be held accountable. even militarily? if they are responsible for the arming and training of these militias, we will go to the source. reporter: pocmpeo doubled don on his attacks of john kerry. he always refused to treat our enemies like enemies. reporter: pompeo saysnegotia but he says that it things on
the u.s. has said that it s going to make sure all iranian troops are going to leave syria and is willing to stay the course. are we headed towards a confrontation with iran? well, iran has been confronting the world as the world s largest state sponsor of terror for quite some time. seems there is an escalation, though. they have armed militias, the hezbollah and militias in iraq, they are arming the houthis, launching missiles into the gulf states. the united states has begun to apply economic and diplomatic pessure on iran to prevent them from doing this. that s our mission. it is true, elise, we have told the islamic republic of iran that using a proxy force will not prevent us from responding against the prime actor. we will not let iran get away with using a proxy force to attack an american interest, iran will be held accountable for those incidents. even militarily? they re going to be held accountable. if they are responsible for the arming and training of into he is
we re following multiple breaking stories this hour including the new reporting on the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. right now, the secretary of state mike pompeo is issuing a new threat, a new threat to iran. our global affairs correspondent, elise, sat down with him for an interview. he had tough words for iran and for one of his own predecessors, john kerry. that s right. secretary pompeo told me he does not believe a former secretary of state should be advising america s greatest enemy on how to undermine the current administration. he had a stark warning for iran, vowing that the u.s. would respond if the regime continues support for groups attacking the u.s. we have told the islamic republic of iran that using a proxy force to attack american
interests will not prevent us from responding against the prime actor. a direct threat from the secretary of state against iran, after a pair of rocket attacks hit u.s. facilities in iraq, allegedly by iranian-backed militias. we will not let iran get away with using a proxy force to attack an american interest. iran will be held accountable for those incidents. even militarily? they re going to be held accountable. if they re responsible for the arming and training of these militias, we are going to the source. pompeo double-downed on his attacks against former secretary of state john kerry for meeting with iranian officials and counseling them on a strategy after president trump pulled out of the nuclear deal with iran. can you tell me, how is this jeopardizing your efforts right now? no american, and in particular no former secretary of state, should be actively seeking to undermine the foreign policy of the united states of
create a moderate sunni opposition on the ground? isis assad and russia have been bombing the heck out of the moderate opposition. assad s brutality has created a radicalizing dynamic. al qaeda and isis have a huge stronghold there. you need to beat them back and create a better proxy force on the ground. easier said than done. shannon: good to see you both. thank you. bill: one of the big messages in italy before he flew to moscow was our own national u.s. interests and what tillerson talked about was the danger of chemical weapons if left unguarded in syria, which has been the case after the agreement the obama administration reached 3 and a half and a half years ago. what s the possibility they fall into the hands of isis or al qaeda? we re watching that now.