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Back. it s very unusual. fred pleitgen reporting what he is hearing from iranian officials this morning. and one of the messages they re putting out in iran is that in addition to the unmanned surveillance aircraft the drone it says it shot down, there was also a manned u.s. aircraft. they re saying it was a p8 spy plane. the iranians were saying there was a u.s. aircraft in the air. they decided not to target that, and they claim that aircraft also violated the iranian airspace was in the vicinity at least of the drone. the iranians are sending the message they showed restraint in only targeting the unmanned drone. the breaking news overnight this attack, the planes were in the air on their way to hit these targets inside iran, the fact the president called it off. 7:00 it was happening, 8:00 it was off, what does that tell ....
Things iran has to do and john bolton s position is regime change and the president s position went from that was a minor accident to actually authorizing the use of force and then pulling back, all of that suggests there s just no clear path forward. i think it s imperative the administration send their intelligence officials and defense officials up to congress today to explain where this is all going. that s the least that i think they can provide the united states congress. well, as we wait to hear from the white house and the pentagon about what the plan is today, very, very quickly i just want to ask you about the experience of hope hicks yesterday because you released the transcript. i ll just quickly read it. you asked did the president tell you made those calls, you said did you ever consider mr. mcgan was resigning that weekend, her ....
Along with its allies it should have the upper hand. but its achilles heel will be regional stability and the cost to the global economy, and that s what iran is counting on. nick robinson, cnn, london. our thanks to nick for that. joining me now is retired major general james spider marks. we want to give you a sense what makes this so complicated and dangerous. wave got a map of this region, spider, and let s start with a dispute over the airspace. was it international airspace or iranian airspace and you can see just how close we re dealing with it. the shipping lane only 2 miles across. i need to tell you i don t know why we re still talking about a dispute, the united states has stated emphatically, i think the narrative is absolutely spot on. we knew where that drone was located. we knew its position at the ....
Similarly, it could be called off late in the game without any headaches. the pentagon providing no information as of now as what exactly occurred. there s actually a surprising lack of transparency with regard what exactly took place. we ll let you get back to working your sources. we do, cnn has a reporter on the ground inside iran. cnn s frederick pleitgen live in tehran. fred, any response from the iranians yet to this attack that was apparently under way before it was called off at the last minute? reporter: well, there s been a little bit of response today at friday prayer. of course friday is the time you hear very hard lined religious speeches in tehran. of course the leaders here in tehran said that president ....
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