that none of those pictures, those 11 images that were released yesterday, actually showed the iranians facing those placing in those mayan employer less. if they are siding with the u.s. and british no against iran. it s clear that secretary of state mike pompeo went down there to coordinate the messaging. the 1,000 u.s. troops being sent to the region, we ve been reporting this morning, are all support troops. they are not infantry or special operations force. they are not combat forces. they are support forces who will be operating defensive systems. so it s very clear that the pentagon and the white house do not want to escalate this militarily. they are already having 70,000 troops, and plenty of armaments to deter iran. the diplomacy is where this conflict is headed, and you are the iranians say that until juls the deadline for the u.s. to
deal for leverage. pentagon officials said they re sending support troops, not combat troops. this image shows the air force jets arriving in the united arab emirates. the iranian president says he s country does not wage war with any nation. but tehran will stand up to american pressure. with that, rich edson is live with more. rich, to you. secretary of state mike pompeo says the u.s. strategy is trying to deter a war, not to start one. he was asked whether the united states is trying to communicate with iran, either directly or through other countries. the secretary says he s doing so publicly. we re engaged in we have been engaged in any messages. even this moment here. communicating to iran that we re there to deter aggression. the president doesn t want war. we will continue that message and doing the things to protect
the middle east as the situation there with iran grows more tense by the day. u.s. officials now releasing new images of the ambush onto oil tankers in the gulf of oman last week. removing an unexploded mine from one of those vessels. at tomlinson live at the pentagon with developments this morning. good morning. good morning, sandra. i am told that they are support troops. u.s. military releasing 11 new images of the oil tanker attacks last thursday, which were taken from a u.s. navy helicopter over the japanese tanker. they are now that one of the images shows what u.s. central command says is an iranian patrol boat. really, a boston whaler with antiaircraft, approaching them and removing that unexploded mine. they say that iran is responsible based on this video
we can t do border at the southern border is being hyperpartisan. they re not looking at it as a nonpartisan issue that can have the same kind of bipartisan solution. the president will talk about some of these issue wheres speaker pelosi indicated she would like to work together to get something done in this congress. drug pricing and drug transparency, infrastructure definitely and modern infrastructure. we talk about broadband, but also the repair of bridges and tunnels and roads. that s everybody s business. everybody wants better roads and bridges. i want to ask you about the way the president speaks about the issue of border security. this morning he tweeted about sending u.s. troops to the border. i think it is another 3,500 troops or so to the border. he says we have sent in additional military. we will build a human wall if necessary. the troops are support troops. they cannot by the rules of the
denigrates the efforts to get osama bin laden, to go after the admiral who was responsible for taking down sa zaum hussein. why? because the president doesn t like what he said about him. and by the way, what he just told you is a lie. the admiral is not a hillary clinton supporter. how do we know? he said as much. he never even endorsed her. this is not about the truth. it s ham-fisted deflection. you hit me, i hit you. but he attacked a decorated veteran who s a hero, and he maligned one of the greatest takedowns of an opponent in modern history. the man who represented the 9/11 threat is now gone. thanks should be the order of the day always to the s.e.a.l.s, their admiral, their commander, all the intelligence people and the support troops who made their efforts possible. the years of work before those