Evening around 7 00 p. M. That was the rq 4 Global Hawk Drone that came down. President trump, after that, then approved military strikes against iran and its reported was underway in early stages. Planes in the air and ships were in position. No missiles had been fired when word came to stand down all day yesterday President Trump giving nothing away. Iran made a big mistake. They made a very bad mistak mistake. [inaudible] you will find out. Are you willing to go to war with iran. You will find out. You will find out. At early as 7 p. M. Expecting a strike after intense discussion and debate at the white house among the president s Top National Security officials and congressional leaders. Its not clear if this strategy or logistics or whether the strikes might go ahead,. Look i said i want to get out of these endless wars i campaigned on this. This is a new wrinkle, new fly in the ointment what happened shooting down the drone. This country will not stand for it. On thursday, Presid
Is not correct. The incident has brought the two rivals closer to a shooting war that russian president Vladimir Putin says would be catastrophic at a minimum. We begin our coverage tonight with correspondent rich edson at the white house. Congressional leaders have left the righ white house to upe them on the growing tension with iran. Mitch mcconnell associate administration is engaged in measured responses. We will see if the United States should respond to shooting down the drone. President trump met with his National Security team hours after they shut down the drone over the neural volatile straight of her news. Irans military says this video shows its forces destroying the american drone. An iranian surfacetoair missiles struck the High Altitude drone in International Airspace. Despite his initial warning, the president then seemed to be intent. It was someone who was loose and stupid. It was a very foolish move. That i can tell you. The pentagon called the attack unprovoked. He