minutes past the hour. we will not spoil it for you this morning either. just when tensions are iran seem to be easing, president trump reigniting them, threatening to literally exterminate the iranians, tweeting if iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of iran, never threaten the united states again. we bring in nic robertson live from abu dabi. what s the response from the region? the mood and atmosphere over the weekend prior to president trump s tweet was really a diplomatic stand down, if you will, luring of tensions on all sides. you have the iranian prime minister saying war. you have the saudi foreign minister of foreign affairs, the pain protagonist in this as well saying we don t want to go to war but we will defend ourselves. you have an iranian revolutionary guard corps
you re disappointed by the story? the first i heard of it, and i think it is, it is an affirmation of the president s decision to ask general flynn to resign. reporter: but last move congressman elijah cummings sent this letter to then vice-presidential candidate mike pence raising conflict of interest concerns and pointing out that michael flynn wrote this op-ed titled, our ally turkey is in crisis and needs our support. please welcome to the stage michael flynn. reporter: general flynn on the campaign trail. he was hosting government officials from turkey including the foreign minister of foreign affairs, and minister of energy on september 16th. flynn s tenure at the white house was a short one. he resigned after he withheld information about discussions he had with russia s ambassador to the u.s., even then president trump continued to defend him. and general flynn is a