Countries and its leaders. What happens next . Is our line for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. If you are an independent, 202 7488002. Join us on social media. We will read your tweets. Send us a text message. That phone number is 202 7488003. Tell us your first name and where you are texting from. We are also on facebook. Good sunday morning. A lot to talk about. Front page of the Washington Post a president vowing reprisal if iran hits u. S. Assets. This story from Bloomberg News the headline fear hits tehran over what comes next. Here are some of the details. Supreme leader promised revenge and thousands gathered in tehran to watch american flags burn. Many show defiance after the assassination of their most prominent military man. In the, the strike that took out Qasem Soleimani capping a year that has been dominated by turmoil and fear. Entail is unclear. U. S. Sanctions efforts the economy and any form of war with the u. S. Would likely be unsustainable for the Islamic Re
Headline, for the president of risky gamble to deter iran. He says the calculus was straightforward, washington had to show the iranian leadership that missiles firing ships in the persian gulf and at Oil Facilities in saudi arabia along with attacks inside iran the cost the life of American Contractor would not go without response. While Senior America officials have no doubt the iranians will respond, they do not know how quickly or how furiously. Guest there has been a feeling in the white house, the president s decisions not to pull the trigger in the past over the last year, had given the wrong impression, that they could get away with a lot of things about the president responding as the president has promised not to engage us in endless wars in the middle east. The argument in the white house was lets not give them the wrong message. This is a way of giving them reestablishing deterrence. Had, theer he president authorized airstrikes against iran in response to one of the provoc
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Wall street is poised for a higher open. The historic impeachment of President Trump. Secretary mnuchin will join us exclusively in the next hour. We will discuss the postimpeachment economic agenda between now and the election the house readying that vote on the usmca, an important trade agreement. Plus, chips are continuing to outperform the rally the ceo will join us in squawk ali and iac is spinning off an online match group, all of it, shares are climbing ahead of bell now you, we begin, of course, with the market, one day after the impeachment of the president. Its an interesting evening. Yeah, it was. You know, david, this is the beginning of an under performance period if we find if we analogize to clinton. The only difference is that there were democrats who joined republicans in the impeachment process because they thought it was a cut and dry violation the lying about the section act. It was one count of perjury about lying about the sex act. You said there was a little more
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