Good to be with you. Im katy tur. We have Breaking News out of lebanon. Any moment from now, Vice President , you know what, thats the wrong script. We do have Breaking News out of lebanon where israel just struck the headquarters of hezbollah. U. S. Designated terror group. You can see this in video that the strike was big, hitting a building in southern beirut. An israeli official tells Nbc News that the target was the iranbacked leader, Hassan Nasrallah. It wasnt clear whether he had been killed. The strike had interesting timing, launched just an hour after prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this to the United Nations. They endanger their own people. They put a missile in every kitchen, a rocket in every garage. I said to the people of lebanon this week, get out of the Death Trap that hezbollah has put you in. Dont let Nasrallah Drag Lebanon into the abyss. Were not at war with you. Were at war with hezbollah, which has hijacked your country and threatens to destroy ours. As lo
Braided two years and three months after the withdrawal for a few months before. This arms embargo for two months from President Trump urging i want to making a deal rated saying they would get better terms of the negotiated. And they rejected that offer sink new negotiations would help President Trumps reelection. And of course not the least of which the beirut explosion and what this is about the government. So very quick answer to the fundamental questions, as the maximum strategy or pressure strategy worked. For small the me think nick burns, and also munich for having me on pretty pleasure to be here virtually. We are two and half years into the strategy of living iran. But from the yard run strategy was approved by principal fact back in may of 2017 we been executing that strategy now for the entire administration. The president ordered the reassessment, policy review. When we came into office and what we concluded is that if you want to make progress, with this regime you need t
Woke him. As it was laid out, we have a couple setting the scene for the conversation. Join the jcp o. A and a few months before the conventional arms embargo and the other two months from urging iran to make a big deal saying they would but it could get better terms and today the Supreme Leader rejected that offer saying no negotiation because it would help the reelection and many issues not the least of which the beirut explosion and what that says about the lebanese government, but it gives us a very quick answer to the fundamental question has the maximum pressure strategy worked. Let me thank you for having me on. Its a pleasure to be your. They are two and a half years into the strategy but it was approved back in may of 2017 and weve been executing against the strategy now for the entire administration. The president ordered a policy review when we came into office. You need to have a combination of economic pressures, diplomatic isolation and the critical threat of military for
Couple setting the scene for the conversation. Join the jcp o. A and a few months before the conventional arms embargo and the other two months from urging iran to make a big deal saying they would but it could get better terms and today the Supreme Leader rejected that offer saying no negotiation because it would help the reelection and many issues not the least of which the beirut explosion and what that says about the lebanese government, but it gives us a very quick answer to the fundamental question has the maximum pressure strategy worked. Let me thank you for having me on. Its a pleasure to be your. They are two and a half years into the strategy but it was approved back in may of 2017 and weve been executing against the strategy now for the entire administration. The president ordered a policy review when we came into office. You need to have a combination of economic pressures, diplomatic isolation and the critical threat of military force to suspend our interests. What weve d
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