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Hit, the u.s. says by iran back in june. do you agree with republican senator lindsey graham who said that president trump signaled weakness back in june when he called off at the last minute some kind of counter-strike against iran when that u.s. drone was shot down? listen, in this respect, i agree more with president trump than my dear friend and colleague, senator graham. there was a considered determination not to make a counter-strike that actually may have created the loss of iranian lives, which could have exacerbated the circumstances. my understanding from reports is that there was a cyber attack against iran to disable some of their critical infrastructure and give them a message, we can do this to you. and so and there have been heightened sanctions as a result of it. so at the end of the day, i think that was a calibrated response. ....
Isis. authorities revealing in court that he had an isis video on his phone and they say he also told colleagues that his brother was a member of the terrorist group in iraq. also breaking, secretary of state mike pompeo is in saudi arabia tonight, and he s now calling the strikes on the country s oil facilities an iranian attack and an act of war. president trump is promising new sanctions on iran within 48 hours while refusing to rule out what he s calling the ultimate option, a war with iran. i ll get republican reaction from house foreign affairs committee member adam kinzinger. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let s go to our aviation correspondent, rene marsh. re rene, this alleged act of airline sabotage was already chilling, 150 lives were in danger, and now we re hearing about an apparent or a possible isis connection? well, wolf, tonight, the american airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging a ....
There may be privilege issues here, which means that it would have to involve communications of the president or people around him. is there a concern that somehow this whistleblower has some information involving the president? well, i mean, basically, we re working off of what adam schiff is saying. and he is certainly implying that this could involve the president. though, it s not clear that he knows the full scope of what s actually happening here. but i can tell you, in talking to white house officials, people are being very squirrely, tight-lipitight tight-lipped. a lot of people aren t aware of what exactly is going on here. we don t have full visibility into whether the white house counsel s office is involved in all of this and consulting with doj and odni. all of this raises so many questions. and if it is true that odni kri cited privilege communications. so it really raises a lot of questions. and the mystery continues. and the more that it appears that they re trying ....