his mom is jewish, so i am not but i had promised him a trip to the middle east and so as low as some 12 years later, we finally went and we had an incredible trip there. i saw a lot of things that were very disturbing that we saw in terms of civil rights, civil liberties discrimination my mom's parents are definitely more on the conservative side of things. they would absolutely call themselves sinus. so it was interesting being exposed to that loss of and easily having all of this exposure to the injustices that are happening in israel and palestine. the, i think after that trip for him it was really clear that he wanted to boycott any companies that were contributing to the yes, this is happening in the west bank. i am boycotting hewlett packard because they are involved in the bio metrics for the checkpoints. every palestinian has an id card that they must have and they delay palestinians for many, many hours at a time. and so that's part and parcel of the occupation the after my a trip to the west bank and seeing what i've seen. i was incensed enough that i said i couldn't sign t

that most organisations covering this story are based either in israel or in other parts of the middle east, but not in iran. and that creates a certain, i think, detachment from what's happening. but the other thing that strikes me that's very interesting is we're dealing with a sort of simultaneous transparency and opacity. and the transparency is the fact that i am able to acquire satellite photographs of nuclear sites in iran, of a sort that would have blown the socks off a cia chief in the 1950s, within hours. but actually, at the same time, i am grappling with very, very sensitive claims about intelligence that are much more challenging to vet, scrutinise, probe. and i think that this is a problem we are finding in many conflicts around the world. and how do you go about that challenge that you described in the last part of your answer, that you're getting information about what's happening in iran often from your sources, but then the work of standing that information up is particularly difficult? well, i think part of the answer is using social media and other channels to try to get

the difficulty for the united states, as we don't have a foreign policy in the middle east that isn't run by is, or we don't have a policy of our own. in many ways americans policy needs to be in the middle east, very minimal diplomatic representation. and not the kind of warriors and other kinds of military activity we do, which we always lose the model more since 1945 i think or is perfectly possible unless we get a manual to stand up and say, we're americans, we're not israelis. and we don't care what happens to you anymore. soccer girls and made a full one. because basically, a cruiser saying, a israel can do whatever they want in the united states. and we're still going to support the that's because all 500 members, 525 members and us timers, receive checks from a pack and other organizations that we're not sure if the ronnie is having the right. but i think that's a pretty good guess. that, that they can build one very quickly within a couple of days or a week or 2 weeks. i think that's undeniable. to build a cache of nuclear weapons, it would be a certain death wish for them. a

our middle east correspondent hugo bechega, is in jerusalem and told me more about the american bombers. we are hearing that us military assets are being moved closer to the region, tell us more about that. we've seen these reports in us media saying that america is now moving b-2 bombers to the pacific island of guam and this is obviously the type of aircraft that can carry the so-called bunker buster bombs that could be used to strike key nuclear facility of fordo out which is a facility buried deep underground inside a mountain. this is a type of bomb the israelis don't have but the americans do. this happens as president trump is considering his options and he has according to reports approved plans for direct american involvement in this conflict, but he hasn't taken the decision to go ahead with those plans. obviously this doesn't indicate, doesn't suggest that an attack is imminent but obviously any kind of direct american involvement would be significant escalation here because iran and its proxies in the region have vowed to respond to any kind of american involvement by striki

we're coming up on ten days of open war between israel and iran and growing instability in the middle eastd the only thing donald trump seems capable of doing is falling back on his reality tv roots right now. you heard him there on friday talking to our vaughn, bizarrely teasing a two week wait period before deciding whether to join israel in its campaign against iran. you might be wondering why wait two weeks? and it's not clear trump even knows. what is clear is that two weeks seems to be one of trump's favorite periods of time about, well, everything. >> we're going to. >> be sending letters. >> out in. >> about a week and a half, two weeks. >> i can. >> tell you that, but i'll let you know in about two weeks. within two. >> weeks. >> i could. >> answer that. >> question better. in two weeks. >> i'll do this. >> at some point over. >> the next. >> two weeks. over the next two weeks, i'll tell you about that. in a month from now or two weeks from now. >> do you. >> trust president putin? >> you know. >> in about two. >> weeks you can ask that. >> question in two weeks. and we'll see. it

ramping up presence in the middle east and shifting aircraft and warships around the region. president trump is still deciding if he's going to strike iran, but it appears u.s. forces in the region are preparing for the possibility of it. joining us now for our big close-up tonight is robert o'brien. trump intelligence advisory board member, former national security advisor and orchestrator of the historic records. thank you for joining us this saturday evening and bringing us your insights in this clearly critical time, the president laying a big decision. this is one of the enormous consequence. your thoughts on what the president is weighing and which direction he should go. >> thank you for having me and that's a great question. president trump is perhaps the most transparent resident with overhead and he's made three things very clear. first, iran is never going to get a nuclear weapon, that's a redline and if you get the packaging before you came on, the hundreds of soldiers killed in iraq and afghanistan i.e. the, number two, he said he prefers the, he wants a diplomat

charge of transferring weapons from the reigning regime to hezbollah and its other proxies in the middle east. israel also attacked a nuclear side and is behind in centrally run the manufacturers centrifuges used to enrich uranium. the u. n. has confirmed the strikes that says there's no danger of hazardous material leakage. joining me now is band. i'm ben kelley blue, his senior director of the state of ron program at the foundation for defense of democracies. he joins us from washington, dc, but i'm thank you so much for being here. now as wells folder in municipal say's several tax, i've already delayed a ron's efforts to develop a new cable by several years. what mode is well hoping to achieve a pleasure to be with you if one is trying to connect the dots between the military missile a new new targets that these really some struck. what you see is a picture of the centrifuge, manufacturing plants, research laboratories, richmond facilities, storage facilities, and verizon facilities, essentially being destroyed damage or being taken offline. the picture that you know, all of this communic

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negotiator on the hood. brock and you tag for being you kind of besides as the president of the us middle east project. daniel, thank so much for coming back on. so it's finally happened of the. yeah, been bombing emmon, building lebanon bombing, syria. we have nuclear armed israel back by the united states, britain and the european union nations opposed by the arab world, opposed by the u. a where i'm speaking with you from a, there's a war on iran while the execution camps go on in gaza. why? why indeed, option and i think he's tall lead set out the backdrop to this. yes, we can stop by looking at what he's riley's been doing over the last year, plus it's weakened, some of the deterrent that, that iran is established. so it felt like this might be the time before around can restore some of that even domestic capacity regarding it so spaced. but i think that one can look at that military equation. one certainly shouldn't take too seriously what the is ready. the government has been saying, which is iran was not seen to. ready weaponized against nuclear program. you quoted the chelsea gap, all

think in 2023 about biden's age, meaning they would not do long trips instead of a europe trip and middle east trip. they would split them in two. and he also covered a number of speaking events that president biden held, in contrast with trump and obama. there were some reports by the wall street journal titled something like "behind closed doors biden shows signs of slipping," that was published in 2024. they get attacked by democratic members of congress. so, there were attempts to get to the bottom of this. but the bottom line is, now that i have learned and alex and i have learned what we know obviously we wish that we had known it before and that there had been more investigative reporting on it. host: you mentioned you felt humility, and i think that is the quote, because of what you know now versus what has been out there. can you elaborate on that? guest: sure. look, anytime anyone learns something as a journalist that you wish you had been more aggressive on or trusted your instincts more or dug a little harder, i think it is a natural result of being an adult to realize shortcomings

the bush era doctrine. >> of regime change wars in the middle east is foolish. >> we've got a chance to end the threat to the state of israel forever by replacing this. regime with something better. >> the same credit fox. >> all weekend. >> has been sounding the war toxins. >> now we have to. >> make decisions. >> that put america first. >> this is good. >> versus evil. you're either. >> a patriotic american who's. >> going. to get. >> behind the. >> president of the united states, the commander. >> in chief, or you're not. >> joining us now, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio. susan, it's great to have you on the show. i never thought that i would be agreeing with some parts of the republican party, but i guess even a broken clock is correct twice a day. i have to say, it's a bit strange to hear a staunchly anti-war voice, if you will, that is coming out from the republican party, and it makes you wonder, who do you think will ultimately have the president's ear when you see some of these kind of strong maga voices? the steve bannon's the tucker carl

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a in the middle east. it's been a week since u. s. u k u back to nuclear armed israel sabotaged us around talks in the mind it really bombarded these. i'm a group up the give it around an even is it sent untold numbers of children to that that's and guns, a queuing for bread? the us and it is the best way to colonies. emphasize israel, the rights, while president trump tells $15000000.00 men women and children and to run to evacuate in the middle of the night. as often as scientists and children killed with indiscriminate nature weapons, israel of domestic healing of gen, list and gaza has struggle to control the zine. his propaganda bombing runs main t v station and imposing blankets, censorship in israel at the time of recording kind of tools. the gather, the us director of national intelligence is still in post. despite her boss donald trump on apple is one thing. he didn't care what she said. gavin had said us intelligence shows that ron was not seeking a nuclear bomb many and they're on and all around the global south will that w

forces in the middle east discussing it.n't drop bombs and forget about it we make assessments on the damage done and often times a re- attack. it is likely we will need to do that. this >> top democrat house armed services committee is urging trump the hold fire. because i don't think that you should get directly involved in this conflict to bases in bahrain, and iraq, uae and even some troops in syria. the air force brass says social bunker busting bombs to work as intended should the order be issued. >> lucas thank you so much. we will be watching. in the meantime around the foreign minister showed us in his meeting yesterday that he is willing to negotiate on nukes but not with everyone healed msnbc this. >> we are not seeking negotiations. it is the americans who want to talk super they have sent messages several times. very serious ones but we made explicitly clear to them that as long as this aggression and innovation continues as obsolete no room for talk or diplomacy. we are engaged in legitimate self-defense. this

the united states has more than 40,000 troops deployed in the middle east. i met the father of an apache helicopter pilot currently deployed in syria yesterday. finally, from the article, two iranian officials have acknowledged that the country would attack u.s. bases in the middle east starting with those in iraq, if the united states joins israel's war. we stand tonight as close to the potential initiatings of a third war in the middle east, the united states against iran, as we have been during my time in the senate. and so yesterday morning when the senate came into serbsing i announced and then i -- into session, i announced and then i followed up with the filing of a war powers resolution in this resolution, a privileged resolution that by my clock will mature and be subject to a vote on this floor because of its privileged status on -- a week from thursday. ten days from the filing of such a motion, even by a single senator, the senate is required to take this matter up for an up-or-down floor vote about whether or not war should happen without a vote

i think in that falling off of a rate the uh, what seems to be only interested in trump in the middle east in ukraine. but they're out in major emergencies in, in africa. and if they're not solved, it would come back to haunt us. it was that is more dis, disabled. more with more migration with more academic disease. and it's, it's bad for the country for the people, for the region, for the what me, as you alluded to earlier, the you, when and many others humanitarian agencies had been affected by washington's cuts in a money under the trumpet administration. what direct impact in very real practical terms, will these codes have on a place like mozambique moving forward as well it's, it's so abrupt that it, it basically means means that kelly next, that with tending to many patients with the, with rooms and the and, and, and her risk diseases every single day. how close down? no offer anymore. i told her about what, what, what a hostess and powers not being refilled. no sanitation at no new shows that for, for people that are homeless and have had to sleep at no more education, which also n

can they to help the escalated the situation in the middle east? the next a sunday or the just so you got the difference during the rush hour, which is the selection that the best news from across on that with the the the florida hospital in the south of love which is overwhelmed with patient being injured by these really military, as they were trying to return back to that, as well as a huge withdrawal ceasefire agreement, which was great because by the united states we really eco friendly solutions to come back to our planet. on o g 0, the is all launches will attacks across the iran, hey thing, a large new kid complex for a 2nd time of the post 9 days. the other mind calling about is there is continuing coverage of around conflict with these roles are coming up as well. and such studies of drugs village by wrong and the reports of more on the way the.

in many ways america is policy needs to be in the middle east, very minimal diplomatic representation. and not the kind of a mores and other kinds of military activity we do, which we always lose. we have one or more since 1945, i think or is perfectly possible unless we get a manual stand up and say we're american squared. that is really easy and we don't care what happens to you anymore. it's dr. carlson made a full one because basically a cruiser saying that israel can do whatever they want in the united states and we're still going to support that. that's because all 500 member is 525 members and us congress receive checks from a pack and other organizations that we're not sure if the run is haven't moved to the right. but i think that's a pretty good guess that that they can build one very quickly within a couple of days or a week or 2 weeks. i think that's undeniable. to build a cache of nuclear weapons, it would be a certain death wish for them if they have one. maybe these really is a learn to live with them. or the writing is a learn to live with the iranians, with, with, wit

iran is the most western nations in the whole middle east.have much more in commoten wh them than a lot of countries that we do havthane alliances w. > kayleigh: >> jessica: ii don't think iran is the most western country and he began band y saying why is ia foundational issue that iran should not have a nuclear .eapon maybe that philosophy is what got us here. >> jessica: definitely p anti-that philosophy. i don't think we should have a nuclear iran by any means. i think it's an important point about civil society within irann these are people who want to ber free and to be able to dance in public and drive cars and for women not to be covered and to be able to be educated andd all of that but you obviously have a tremendous problem here and wee are not safe and our strongest ally in the region israel is not safe. that is what this is fundamentall y about. i very much think that netanyahu gave ui mucp the game and that presser that he hathd where he said donald trump will do what's best for america anddo he's our great friend and i'm going t

charge of transferring weapons from the reigning regime to has a law and its other proxies in the middle east. israel also attacked a nuclear side and is behind in centrally run the manufacturers centrifuges used to enrich uranium 3, a leakage fussing. the d me is an associate fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. he gave us earlier his assessment of how much longer these mutual attacks can continue. a oh, this is the 1st truly as long grinch fires war. the water more for and 2 sides are stingy, significant to about to fly an hour from salt far, far more than 1000 kilometers did 30. this is on prison, is ready. their power is projecting over a distant country using their fueling for, for their aircraft launch bombers, truck air drive to or to get to their store. and it's wrong, has been using can be to wrench ballistic missiles. not a mr. shelters, results, category stories, only media or as long as the results that the flyers for a very hardened missile base is scattered around the country. that is real and they, they have a design more modern pops up this whole section th

our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. attempts at diplomacy continue, so does the war. the israeli military released this footage saying it shows an attack on a senior iranian military official. behnam shahriyari was a commander of the revolutionary guards overseas arm. israel says he was responsible for weapons transfer from iran to its regional proxies. another senior commander israel says it killed was saeed izadi. he was described as being one of the architects of the hamas attacks in israel on october the 7th. the israeli military called his killing "a major achievement". translation: izadi and shahriyari were at the forefront of the iranian project to transfer the war to israeli territory. in this operation we transferred the war to their territory. israel also hit a nuclear facility in isfahan, central iran, for the second time in this conflict. this picture, taken a week ago, shows damage to at least two buildings after the first attacks. this footage from today shows extensive damage to different parts of the com

troops that are all around the middle east? appears to my eye check. are we cyber ready for anything? the iranian cyber forces could attempt to do against u.s. forces, u.s. businesses in the area, and then finally, are our embassies on high state of alert? are there individual security plans activated? are they talking to all u.s. citizens in their individual countries? because, frankly, the iranians may not go after hardened military american targets. they could go after american business people, expats who are working in these countries. they get their warning, their theory of protection from our embassy. so on that defensive side, i am certain that part of this cabinet meeting will be to discuss readiness for an iranian response. if we launch a strike on their nuclear facilities. >> do you believe at this point that it is possible for the u.s. to move forward with a strike without being drawn into a regional war? >> i think it's possible, but increasingly less likely because of what we just talked about. let's say, hypothetically, over the next 2 or

departure from from president trump's former messaging around not wanting to get involved in the middle east calling the previous middle eastern wars essentially a waste of our time, our, our assets and quite frankly, our, our military might. i think that what we're seeing at this point amongst democrats is a call one to look towards this president who argued about affordability, who argued that he was going to bring down the price of eggs, but also someone who does not have the posturing, who does not have the understanding of middle of the middle east or its foreign policy, who also is utilizing this time frame to be a puppet of netanyahu, rather than a harbinger of what it means to be an american, and the american progress that we've made thus far as it relates to standing outside of these wars, it is in no uncertain terms that the american public does not want to engage in another middle eastern conflict, point blank period. they do not want to see our boots on the ground. they do not want to have us engage in something that we may not be able to get out of, and something that will cost

you have an exchange of missiles between two middle east adversaries. can you justify saying risks are diminished? chair powell: we said uncertainty about the economic outlook has diminished. many surveys say that. that is a line from the teal book. [laughter] remember to check that. [laughter] if you think about it, tariffs uncertainty -- uncertainty really peaked in april and since then has come down. that is what that is acknowledging. it is diminished but still elevated. uncertainty. i think that is an accurate statement. >> thank you. associated press. there is an argument out there in favor of cutting rates more immediately. inflation has continued to cool and is back at roughly 2% despite the tariffs. i want to ask about cracks in the job market with hirings lowering, concentrated in just a few industries. we have seen some housing data, including this morning, do you see any concerns that the economy is weakening and that is a reason to cut rates going forward? chair powell: we do of course monitor all of those things. if you look at the overall

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he's a professor of practice in the economics of the middle east at brandeis university and well, welcome to you. not a good to see you, and thanks for joining the discussion. i wonder if i can put the next question to you, the not as you've just arrived. how would you describe it runs economy before this conflict with israel began because it to like israel had been fighting on several fronts via it's proxies in syria and lebanon. a new yeah. been, but it also had, of course, being subject to many decades of sanctions. so the same for us to do the economy was already struggling with the 2 major issues. one of them was the pressure of the genomic sanctions for event over 2 decades, especially very intense tensions since 2012. the 2nd one was the mismanagement of the economy. the corruption, the perceptions of what the strides economic policy beach are actually very hard for as a result. so the economy ross is stagnant and poverty has more sending the wrong in the past few years. and even the economy is affiliated with the government and the stomach region of acknowledge that their leader c

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huge crowds rally across middle east venting anger at israel. and i would say at the united states as well. is this the answer to the question that i raised a week ago of whether the iranians would rally around their own flag? many of us, i know had hoped that this would be a moment where they would show displeasure with their supreme leader. what do we know about the pulse of the iranian people themselves? >> well, we don't know much because the internet in iran has been largely turned off by the iranian authorities because they're afraid that it was being used to track and kill many of their scientists. many of their military leaders, including some who the israelis have claimed to have killed overnight. so it's really hard to get the pulse of the conversation. and, of course, iranians who do not really care for their current leadership, particularly ayatollah khamenei, may not be willing to put their name to that on the internet anyway. but we do know from history that one thing happens when countries get attacked. it creates a nationalistic

charge of transferring weapons from the reigning regime to has the law and its other proxies in the middle east of israel also attacked a nuclear side is behind in centrally run the manufacturers centrifuges used to enrich uranium. the u. n. has confirmed district that says there's no danger of hazardous material leakage. oh yes, spoke to a firestick nadine, me, he's an associated fellow, the washington institute for near east policy. and he gave us his assessment of how much longer these mutual attacks can continue. oh, this is the 1st truly avalon grinch fires war. then while you're more for, and 2 sides are stingy, significant about to fly our front salt far, far more than 1000 kilometers to turn it. this is all prison is ready. their power is projecting over a distant country, using their fueling for for their air crash launch. bomber is discharging our drive to, to get to their store. it's wrong, has been using can be the wrench will lose the results. not a mr. shortage results. category stories, only media or as long as the results that doesn't flyers for a very hardened visual basis is c

military presence in the middle east is growing.here are approximately 40000 american service members stationed across the region. there are also more u.s. navy assets headed there. let's bring a retired u.s. air force general charles chuck w wald. he served as commander of that u.s. european command. there are number of ships in the area around iran. but there usually are. is this an abnormally high number? >> event that many there before. but recent times, no. it's obviously there and light of what is occurring to be a defensive mechanism for u.s. forces and to help protect israel from incoming missiles. it is a very potent force you have three or four in the east event into in the red sea and with three aircraft carriers in that region that is pretty high pretty unusual there's a lot of firepower there. jon: i do not see anything in the persian gulf. is that unusual? is it because the golf is so small those vessels could be relatively easily attacked or is it just because you don't need them there? >> it is a combination of both

it's what is essentially the power in the middle east, isn't it? i mean, when it comes to you for weapons here, who is the great to threat if you will return, referring to is the fact that it is rather at ease assume to cap nuclear weapons. the think of judging, we always affect is for you for on at least 4 is not for the director joe the i you do. do you have any monitoring capability on with me 170 agreed with me on that part of it so. so is ryan shows us a few other countries, not to sign b and b d. and we are not telling them that we have said it repeatedly, every country in the world, possibly. and if that is not possible, at least in the middle east, should be a part party to the n p d and shoot subject or aids facilities to the safeguards the system of the i you. there are plenty of resolutions of that is a big deal, conference of the i e a n a repeating the so, so be i, i also the question mr. grocery because it feels like so many of our view is undoubtedly like a huge case of, of, of double standards here. i mean, does the i m e a have any

georgia congressman rich mccormick on possible involvement in the middle east, fox team coverage, lucasomlinson at the white house, senior foreign affairs commitment greg palckot is liv in tel aviv. >> reporter: they are on high alert for new attacks, seems to prefer darkness for its dirty work. five irani and missiles were launched, all shot down by israel's antimissile defenses as is really just today pummeled the isfahan facility, damage to the centrifuge construction facility come the idf says in addition, hitting iran's military infrastructure in the southwest part of that country. another assassination by israel today, this time said ahzati who played a key role in the deadly october 7th hamas attack against israel. the idf says it shot down all but one of 40 irani and drones headed toward israel this morning. tehran has had less success with these relatively slow-moving projectile's. the us is joining other countries in getting its citizens out of israel. there was a military flight yesterday, 79 embassy staff and families. ambassador huckabee reaching out for other americans int

revolutionary guard, was caught with a long lens, camera and three phones watching the uk's key middle easte. he was tracked to a flat near the city of limassol and arrested. israel says the plot targeted israeli citizens and was foiled by a joint operation. the foreign office here, meanwhile, said it says it is in contact with authorities in what some are calling a spy in plain sight. and the home secretary is set to brand palestine action, a terrorist group calling their terrorist group, calling their methods criminal and extreme. it comes after activists broke into raf brize norton and sprayed red paint into the engine of a military jet. counter—terror police are now on the case. the group has been behind a wave of stunts in recent months, targeting london offices and even defacing donald trump's golf course in scotland. they say they�*re exposing what they call blood soaked ties between britain and israel's arms trade. brought back to the surface ten months on after sinking off the coast of sicily. mike lynchs superyacht has today been salvaged after the accident last august that killed

and yet he finds himself in his own middle east situation.ue to his final decision? is he not relishing having to make this choice? >> yeah, i have to go off what. >> i saw when i was the white house. press corps on wednesday, which was a president who really didn't want. >> to talk about iran. >> and he almost visibly flinched at some points. when asked about whether he was willing and looking, looking to strike iran, at. >> least. the fordow. >> nuclear facility. >> i think. >> you know. >> this is a decision that has buffeted him. in the one hand, he's. >> he's been. >> saying about how he doesn't. >> want to prolong. >> conflict and how he would only do a. surgical strike. but, you know, the advisors that we've spoken to around trump and in west wing suggest, like whether or not this could be a clean operation is still up for debate. and so clearly trump is more interested and. is preferred. decision is to have a deal. and i think all indications, the fact that he's even considering a two week pause is, is because. >> he. wants to see if

released from detention the, the hello, the weather looks pretty quiet now with cross match off the middle east, but some pieces of lift the dust inside will ease. of course, that is the side of saudi arabia as we go through the next style. so, but as you can see, pretty much uh, wall to wall sunshine, few showers up towards the cool cuz they, some of them will be heavy in nature. so we'll see some what the weather just around. i mean, yeah, it's about, you know, i'm pushing across a through georgette. you also want to to showers into the finals east of the key. but across the much of that is to sort of the magistrate in his days allows you try, you might see like sure what to into as something positive to get. but i said when ling feature as we go on into the new working week, meanwhile, across the north west of africa, generally dry here as well. what was a possibility of the all just coughing up around the atlas mountains, but from not just north africa holt, sunshine bright met. some did not pay for the next couple of days as per usual. and then we push into west africa. i think a shot was

there's a war going on in the middle east. the europeans are spending more. he would like to go back to the 19th century and pull out, but he can't. and it doesn't make sense. and in that respect, you know, i think he -- he is someone who is more open to ideas and outside pressure and negative feedback than many people in his administration who i think are quite ideological maga rank and file. >> one answer to the question could be that we just are accustomed to the shots. that first speech by j.d. vance in munich. new greenland isn't mentioned anymore, it's calmed down. is it just us giving views to the constantly existential crisis mode? >> no. i mean my sense is that the europeans are very worried. while everyone, i think, on both sides of the atlantic, we all seem to believe that next week is going to be a smooth, positive summit, and there'll be champagne toasts and we're all celebrating defense spending. which is real. but that is not the end of the story. last tremendous amount of uncertainty about the future of this relationship. the president has pro

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we're also following breaking news out of the middle east, where israel and iran are exchanging a fresh round of strikes today as the conflict enters its second week. overnight, israel says it killed two iranian commanders of an elite branch of the islamic revolutionary guard corps. the israeli military also says two iranian drones managed to penetrate israel's air defenses, which they rarely do. officials say one struck this northern town near the jordanian border, but so far no casualties reported. they say the other landed in an open area in the south. and it comes as the new york times is reporting today that iran's supreme leader, the ayatollah, has named three senior clerics to as candidates to succeed him should he be killed. president trump says he will wait a maximum of two weeks for a possible diplomatic solution before deciding on u.s. involvement in this conflict. we've got a team of correspondents covering the developments. betsy klein is with the president there in new jersey. nic robertson and haifa israel. nick, let's begin with you. walk us through the latest developmen

can they to help the escalate the situation in the middle east? the next assignment or the just so you have the right, the boy caught anyone i want to and the state has no business getting involved in that was just opening my annual contract from the state of arizona. and i was rather shocked to see this 3 part series explodes, the implications of us and people who called lowest for freedom of speech and 1st amendment. brian got chosen and blessed us because we protect israel. i'm going to continue to do on a state level all that i can't support that one on which is era. this is a fluid and chaotic store in these uncertainty. and doubtless, there is a place for me more fair. we are witnessing on battles of narrative, trillion dollar monopolies with an order since the largest tech companies aligned that this tech authoritarianism in a single images an exercise in design for international. since some of these news organizations help the manufacturer of public consent for a genocidal where the listening post d coats the media on tuesday about examini

they do not want him to engage in another conflict in the middle east. and then, there's another school of thought, the hawks, a lot of traditional republicans, very traditional allies of israel, who see this as a crucial moment, an opportunity to finish the job. and they think that the united states should get engaged. it should give israel the tools to finish the job, those bunker-busting missiles that can get those really deep iranian nuclear facilities. now that debate is taking place. and the question is, what can these europeans, and the japanese leader, who's also part of the g7, do to shape some of that thinking? and is it your impression that, privately, most of those leaders would be quite happy to see iran crushed? no, i don't think there is a consensus around that at all. i think that if you talk to, you know, european diplomats, they believe that if you are, ultimately, going to end up with an endgame where you have an iran that is not a threat to the west, either nuclear or in any other way, you only achieve that through diplomacy. the isra

president, our objective remains stability in the middle east.plomatic solutions are in the interests of all concerned. even now, it is not out of reach. now is the time for restraint, calm, and a return to diplomacy and dialogue. thank you. >> thank you to the representative of the united kingdom for their statement and i give the floor now to the representative of slovenia. >> thank you. secretary general stoltenberg, thank you very much for your introductory remarks. and thank you both for your updated appraisal of the situation on the ground. madam president, as we heard from the brief errs, the situation continues to deteriorate rapidly and risks pushing the region towards a point of no return. we are deeply concerned with the israeli strikes on iran, as well as the iranian intelligence were strikes on israel. slovenia condemns this military escalation in the unnecessary loss of civilian lives. we call on both sides to respect the u.n. charter and international law, including international humanitarian law. we echo the secretary-general's ur