tonight the iran rcrisis. the new year kicking off with a new threat from a familiar foe. >> this hour we're going to take you through some of the complex history of the u.s. relationship with iran and the impact trump's presidency has meant for stability across the region. before we get into the last couple of weeks and possible next steps, let's walk-through some of the key inflection points in the relationship between the united states and iran. president obama announced the iranian nuclear deal in 2015. it was called a joint comprehensive plan of action. iran agreed to limit its enrichment of your ran yum. billions of dollars in sanctions relief would be lifted to seal the deal. tehran agreed to ten-year restriction. in november of 2016, a little more than a year after president obama solidified the iran nuclear deal, the u.s. elected a new president, donald trump. on the campaign trail he said this while addressing the american-israel public affairs committee back in march of 2016. >> my number one priori

in a corner where it's not a question of if iran will respond but a question of when and where iran will respond to essentially i don't think iran has any choice but to respond to this attack let's bring in any government there in london ellie i mean it's an interesting observation is it not because many u.s. administrations have blamed iran for years about its destabilizing activities right across the region so has president trump finally done the one thing that so many other u.s. presidents were too scared to do. what we're seeing is now both sides iran and the us over the past anything particularly in iraq we leave we don't we formed a guideline the rules of engagement so they've gone from 6 months ago of attacking military installations or drones friends on hold to not targeting personnel this u.s. attack comes after and number of heated exchanges in iraq over the past week whether happy. but such a high ranking of fascination on the us is going to really lead to all the right lines or at how wrong this falls and it's going to open up a whole new space i think for iran to offer

russia and china are iran's patrons and allies and will likely side with iran. so this is really a terrifying moment for anybody with any security background while we wait to see what iran's next move is. even if iran solely retaliates in a tit for tat fashion, we could be looking at an iranian attempt to assassinate a senior u.s. military commander. >> you talk about how the responses could play out, s samantha. and look lebanon, syria, the persian gulf certainly theaters that iran has influence. but here's the situation. this has been a proxy war between the united states and iran in these various places. but now with iraq seeming to be center stage, what happens now? >> well, i think this just transitioned from a proxy war into a direct conflict. the united states just confirmed that they took -- that we took direct military action against a senior member of the iranian military. we are now past the point of no return with respect to a proxy war versus a more direct confrontation. and that really means that the iranians will continue to consider, frankly, ame

so they are ready both inside iran andoutside of iran for an attack . i think the best policy for the american government and its allies but especially for the american government is to have zero tolerance for iranian military attack outside of iran. because if iranian military intervention in the region is tolerated, then it will embolden the regime inside iran as that in turn will lead to more human rights abuses. more brutality by the regime. the regime should note that it has to pay a price. if it attacks a tanker in the persian gulf, it is going to pay a price.if it kills an american soldier or attacks american allies in iraq, it is going to pay a price area. >> we will be coming to the audience for your questions and in 10 minutes or so so pleasebe thinking about what you want to ask our panel . suzanne, let me ask you to give us your judgment about the question of whether additional iranian provocations or escalations are likely in this continuing stalemate, where the regime is under pressure, looking for some way to increase pain for the othersi

iran it's the neighborhood and iran it's of many his study comes that it should do that with the iraqi even between the people of both people and politest between that in our care and under bullets then we know that in our key is the vetting critique situation now because they cannot be with what side against the other then i think is the best way to be the mediator ought to be a between them but i think it's very difficult now because a iran needs it within their own all the american forces and they don't want an admission ship with american and that many can want to go into government to be away from any other ship with iran they want to make iraq as a base of order to attack iran or to to stop any and it of lobbying for any things in iran in orbit that i think it's bad but now after that that's a quantum of what that the problem today i think it's a suitable time for that and i could time for the iraqi government to be a mediator between both sides because they if i think are on i want to have i think the next week the iraqi women iraqi government that i could british they will it p

sanctions against iran. the agreement known as the jcpoa contains strict limits on iran's nuclear program that would gradually relax over 25 years. iran's pledge to never acquire or develop nuclear weapons was permanent. as was its commitment to abide by the inspection protocols of the international atomic energy agency to ensure compliance with that fundamental pledge. the jcpoa was not perfect, but it carefully preserved the ability of the u.s. and other nations to continue sanctions against iran for its other activities, and it offered an opportunity for the first time in four decades for the u.s. and iran to communicate through a -- an established diplomatic process. as the trump administration took office, the president pledged to undo this diplomatic deal, the jcpoa. the nations that agreed to a deal pointed out that iran was complying with the deal as did the iaea, and the key officials of president trump's national security team, defense secretary mattis, secretary of state tillerson, national securi

blamed iran for attacks on oil tankers in the golf, iran shoots down u.s. drone, claiming it was an in rainy and airspace and saudi arabia's oil company is attacked but tehran is denying any involvement. last month, we saw attacks on the u.s. military base in iraq that killed a u.s. citizen. the u.s. flames and iranian backed militia and fires back killing 25 militia men in retaliation, thousands stormed the embassy in baghdad, even setting it on fire which leads us to 2020. on friday the u.s. carrying a drone strike killing qassam suleimani. that brings us to today, iran announced it will no longer honor any limits at all on uranium enrichment, essentially now ending that 2015 nuclear deal jon: thank you. let's bring in former cia to discuss the intel that led up to the airstrike that took out their top military manner. thanks for being here. there is a certain irony in the location where suleimani was targeted >> whenever you're looking at an operation like this, whether it's al qaeda terrorists or qassam suleimani, you're looking to find the target befor

and that in iran the u.s. the u.s. faces its most significant adversary since world war 2 can you speak to the capacity of iran to if indeed this this is some predicting to carry out the courthouse for avenge that the supreme leader of iran is promising. well law iran has vast options. it's no secret that iran has powerful allies all across the region from east to west in the middle east for sure or the iraqis would definitely go for a real taking revenge for abu mohammed this man the deputy commander of iraq's popular forces has to shabby for sure that that's the revenge that has already been apparently announced by the iraqi forces popular forces but when it comes to iran iran has so many other options available iran has a robust myside power i don't remember quite well that marshall xeni the former centcom commander in doha. stressed in 2013 on the eve of the geneva convention treaty with iran to nuclear deal with iran he said even those fools that would of thought that would think that the iraqis would you

in this case, iran attacked us. for people looking last night for president trump to say something, it would not be inappropriate to have all of the facts you have to speak. when you control the ball, you do have the duty to announce what you are doing and explain it to the american people. when you don't control the ball and the other party goes first as they did last night. they attacked us. if you have it take your time to get it right. i have no complaints of what the president did. >> harris: what did the president say today that you thought was a game change? >> what the president did was a game change, he restored the return. what the iranians have done over the middle east for way too long as get away with murder. and finally a president stands up to them. one of the reasons they got away with murder was because nobody was standing up to them. so what you saw happen was that killed an american at a military base. what do president trump do? he killed a bunch of the people in iranian proxy militia that was re

it was iran launching ballistic missiles, was this iran's way of saying to the united states and their own people, we can stand up for ourselves, we'll fight for ourselves if needed? >> certainly. if you see a million people on the streets of tehran mourning the death of qassem soleimani you can't respond through your proxies. i will say iran has said this is it we're finished. i believe they're not finished. i believe they're going into the second phase of their operation where they work through their proxies, keep their fingerprints off the operations but continue to punish not only the u.s. but its allies and regional allies as well for what's happening. they've been doing it for 40 years through proxies, no reason to stop now. >> from their proxies to on you are allies. this is the america first administration. there are those saying our allies may not be in support of our sanctions on iran or military actions. but trump is cool with that. what do you think? >> no question the europeans look at this differently. they don't look at iran as another sort of north korea, a completely r

iraq war and that's his big thing that iran should dominate iran and the u.s. should be kicked out so i don't need iraq yet. matthew many people would say well this is one area where trump interests may be converge with those of the iranians trump has said again and again he wants to take the u.s. out of the endless foreign wars particularly in the middle east he wants to pull back troops he unilaterally pulled troops out of northern syria to the great distress for instance of a european and kurdish allies so could we possibly see in fact the u.s. essentially handing over the middle east to iran and russia. well i think i think a lot of americans we would be happy for that to happen quite frankly i mean given all of the resources that the united states is put into these wars over the past 2020 plus years i mean i do think it's interesting that a lot of people say oh well this was you know so the mahdi's grand plan all the time and the underlying assumption there is this his grand plan you know this military genius this is been such a success but it actually has

iran says, come on, guys, against iran. iran says, come on, guys, we will look after your security. we will look after it, but thatis security. we will look after it, but that is not the weight the arab gulf states see it. thank you for your analysis on that stop let's go to beirut. our correspondent is there for us. hello to you. what is interesting and with emphasising is these missiles were fired from within inside iran. so often we speak of proxy attacks, carried out on behalf of iran by militia or other groups but this was very much attributable from iran. yes indeed. we have heard the iranian officials are saying they wa nted iranian officials are saying they wanted to take revenge by themselves, whereas in the past they have used a proxy. this is the first of what they say is there revenge. i second what frank has been saying, but for the hard... and apologies, problems clearly that with the line to beirut. we will try to get back to beirut. we will try to get back to her if we can. a ukrainian airliner carrying more than 170 passengers and crew has crashed in iran. the presi

many have been quiet at this point not to provoke iran or iran's proxies. the speculation now is did netanyahu know this strike was coming? he spoke with secretary of state this is a stormy region with very, very dramatic things happening in it. he also backed all of the u.s. actions up until now and said the u.s. has the right to defend itself. after the killing of soleimani, he also said just like israel, the u.s. has the right to defend itself. there is that speculation that netanyahu and perhaps others knew there was going to be a strike against soleimani at some point. for israel, soleimani was the public enemy number one, he was the guy behind the iran strategies, and aggression and around the region. it's quite often that netanyahu and other officials would name-check soleimani and threaten him in a way. in fact, a few months ago, they said he should be careful with his words and even more careful with his actions. >> oreniebermann on the israeli/lebanese border. thank you. a distinguished fellow with expectees in the middle east. a former u.s. speci

should dominate iran and the u.s. should be kicked out. matthew many people would say well this is one area where trumps interests may be converge with those of the iranians trump has said again and again he wants to. take the u.s. out of the endless foreign wars particularly in the middle east he wants to pull back troops he unilaterally pulled troops out of northern syria to the great distress for instance of their european and kurdish allies so could we possibly see in fact the us essentially handing over the middle east to iran and russia. well i think i think a lot of americans we would be happy for that to happen quite frankly i mean given all of the resources that the united states is put into these wars over the past 2020 plus years i mean i do think it's interesting that a lot of people say oh well this was you know so the mahdi's grand plan all the time and the underlying assumption there is this his grand plan you know this military genius this is been such a success but actually hasn't been a success has b

military action against iran. california democratic representatives barbara lee and ro khanna have introduced legislation to repeal the 2002 congressional authorization for the use of military force against iraq and to block federal funding from being used to take military action against iran without congressional authorization. live coverage next week on c-span. watch on demand at c-span.org. listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. next a discussion from the arab center on the implications of the u.s. drone strike that killed iranian general qassem soleimani. other topics addressed include the trump administration's policy toward iran and the impact of u.s./iran tensions on security in iraq. >> good afternoon. my name is tamara kharroub, i'm the assistant executive director and senior fellow at the arab center in washington, d.c. thank you for joining us for this important and timely discussion focusing on the implications, regionally and internationally, of the recent developments between and escalation

in iran they have income. and divert resources to themselves and proxies if in ways other security services don't have the power to do. it's a unique thing. having him taken out in this way, if you're the iranian government if you are the iranian security services and you'ring about thousand to respond what's the worst case scenario. what's the biggest card you can play. to expend everything in restreng of this killing. >> they have proxy forces. all the different countries in the region having fighting in active conflicts for many years in iraq and syria. lebanon. in yemen. they have been a state of war. it's not new to them there's violence in the neighborhood. in 2007 we had 150,000 troops in iraq. they were active. they have been through that. the question is it is if they want to hit back, i worry about embassy in baghdad. our troops in iraq. i worry about embassy in berut. the potential to assassinate americans in different parts of the world. they like to do things they see as tit for tat. we'll ratchet

watch. >> iran's hostilities substantially increased after the foolish iran nuclear deal was signed in 2013, and they were given $150 billion, not to mention $1.8 billion in cash. then iran went on a terror spree funded by the money from the deal and created hell in yemen, syria, lebanon, afghanistan, and iraq. the missiles fired last night at us and our allies were paid for with the funds made available by the last administration. >> by the funds made available by the last administration. your responsejarrett? >> well, it's an outrageous falsehood. first of all, i mean all of the numbers in the president's speech were wrong. all of the increase in violence that we've seen in the region coming from iran followed not the jcpoa but trump's withdrawal from the jcpoa. during the period of implementation of the jcpor there were no iranian or proxy missile strikes on u.s. used bases in iraq. there were no attacks on shipping in the gulf. there were no attacks on saudi oil facilities or u.s. drones over the gulf. all of that followed trump's withdrawal from the jcpoa. as far as the specific f

iran missile attacks rather on u.s. targets in iraq he did tweeted earlier after those missile attacks saying that all is well so far so good in that the pentagon is assessing the situation but all eyes right now on the white house to see what the president will be saying. and tyson just quickly i mean what do you think your expectations are here on what we might hear from the president well i think that you know all indications are some kind of measure the escuela tory. statement a lot of probably bear harsh criticism and rhetoric on iran a probably a recap of the kind of laundry list of escuela tory actions that have taken place in recent years maybe going back even a decade and talking about how this administration has changed policy in the region and perhaps also expectations for what they want iran to do all right let's listen in to the president. as long as i'm president of the united states iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon good morning i'm pleased to inform you the american people. should be ex

in the process is because iran does not have that kind of deterrence so if you're sitting in iran you would say it was a catastrophic mistake to have the nuclear deal with obama because by giving up that that even what we had. we actually invited american pressure and we went to the table too soon we should have pursued persisted we should have got the bomb and i think that's where eventually we're going to end up with iran and as we escalate they're going to look more and more for for protecting themselves which is they're going to march down the nuclear plant i don't see any right now way in which the administration says left for the iranians to come back to the table valley where is he meeting general soli money an evil man who deserved to be taken out well again let's not come flayed these things he's a general generals are bureaucrats they implement orders that they're given their orders that. the other is not here is the amount of blood in his hand but there are values in their mind there's never a bloody 100 i mean even even democratically are great but i didn't try all start t

iran can be a great country. peace and stability cannot prevail in the middle east as long as iran continues to foment violence, unrest, hatred, and war. the civilized world must send a clear and unified message to the iranian regime -- your campaign of terror, murder, mayhem will not be tolerated any longer. it will not be allowed to go forward. today, i am going to ask nato to become much more involved in the middle east process. over the last three years, under y leadership, our economy is stronger than ever before, and america has achieved energy independence. these historic accomplishments changes our strategic priorities. these are accomplishments that nobody thought was possible. and options in the middle east became available. e are now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. we are independent, and we do not need middle east oil. the american military has been completely rebuilt under my administration at a cost of $2.5 trillion. u.s. armed forces are stronger than ever befo

first, domestically in iran. with the iranian regime continuing to face protests and a crumbling economy, especially after the shutting down, the shooting down of the ukrainian commercial plane and further sanctions by the united states, what are iran's options, both domestically and regionally, as well as with the europe and the united states. second, regionally. what are the implications of soleimani's killing for iran's regional influence and expansion nist projects? what is the impact on iraqi sovereignty, internal political dynamics and iranian influence there? and on u.s./iraq relations. also, while iran's allies in the region have threatened to avenge soleimani's killing, will the process of economic and governance crises in lebanon and in iraq prevent such steps? third, internationally, how willing are the european countries to break away from the u.s. and chart their own iran policy and nuclear deal? what is the current and future strategy by the united states and the trump administration towards iran? e

we had an iran the, we had liability. cut off every one of iran's pathways to a nuclear weapon. international inspectors repeatedly confirmed iran's compliance as did our own intelligence agencies in that agreement. and in one of the greatest threats to the stability of the region of global security was off the table. iranian nuclear power. and when the iranian deal was enforced, we didn't have this dangerous cycle of tit-for-tat provocation and response. there was a united front of allies and partners to address iran's other destabilizing action through the region area around deal was not only a compilation of critical mission, it was designed for, it also created an environment where diplomacywas possible . but trump, he walked away. not iran, trump walked away. trump made the united states the international outlier. trump reimposed in sanctions designed to exert maximum pressure on a regime. which claims that it would in fact deter iranian aggression and return iranian negotiation table secure a much promised better deal. and on both fronts, as many anticipate at the time, tr

or a proxy iran has. will there be attacks? this is something all security forces including iraqi have been anticipating. peter: thank you very much. another correspondent joins us from tehran. what are the are igc saying? [indiscernible] they have warned countries that any united states attack on them, iran will respond. this is not new. .ran has always stated this [inaudible] iran, iranagainst will retaliate. [inaudible] crowds were calling for revenge, a crushing revenge that the united states would remember once iran retaliated. many people out on the streets have been calling for revenge. [inaudible] it is a matter of when, not if iran will respond. peter: is the revolutionary guard asset saying where the missiles were fired from, or can we speculate where they were fired from? moment, we dohe not know where they are fired from. they could have been from within has.or in a proxy iran it is difficult to tell. but we do know iran has the , outside of iran they have missiles that can reach iraq. so it i

fred, iran is saying the u.s. made a grave mistake. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, fredricka. hassan rouhani, the president of iran, said that while he was visiting soleimani's family and talking to soleimani's daughter and said he doesn't believe the u.s. knows how grave of a mistake they have actually made. in that same meeting which was one of the focal points today, at least publicly in iran, the daughter of qasem soleimani asked, how are you going to take revenge for a father and rouhani said, don't worry, everybody will take revenge for your father. so certainly that is one of the key things that the irans are saying, there is going to be some sort of response but on their own terms in and in their own time. iran's supreme leader visited the family said and said that the iranian nation was very much indebted to the family of qasem soleimani and said that he believed that qasem soleimani was killed, as he put it, by the most villainous people, the u.s. government. so clearly the iranians quite angry at

and iran. this is iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei, speaking after the assassination. >> i if the islamic republic decidedes to chahallenge andnd a country, it wiwill do so unequivocally. we are strongly committed to our country's ininterests and ouour peace.e. we are committed to the dignity of our country, to the progress and greatness of our country. if anyone threatens that, we will, without any hesitation, confront it and strike it. amy: the targeted assassination came after members of an iranian-backed militia and its supporters attacked the u.s. embassy in baghdad and set fire to a gatehouse in response to a slew of u.s. airstrikes in iraq and syria that killed two dozen members s of the iranian-backed iriraqi militia katib b hezboll. these strikes were in retaliation for the killing of an american contractor in a rocket attack in kirkuk, iraq, one week ago. the head of the katib hezbollah, abu mahdi al-muhandis, was also killed in the drone strike. "the new york times" repor

iran has vowed a response. we've heard from the ambassador to the united nations, for iran, saying that a military attack by the u.s. will bring a military attack from iran. that doesn't mean that we know what the target. is that doesn't mean we know what the timing. is certainly here in qua tar, all eyes on the air base but the hormuz, the straits of hormuz, where 25% of the world's oil travels through those straits. just 21 miles long. it is a choke point. a geographical choke point. and one that is of course vital for the world's economy, amin. >> is there a sense that after the killing of soleimani, that tehran currently has control of its proxies? >> reporter: you know, that is a very good question, i don't know that it is one that anybody can answer. certainly soleimani was the chief of that mission. he was the one that was building out these proxies. he was the one and we talked about this a lot that would be organizing a retaliatory strike, towards any kind of american target, had he not been killed. ce

president donald trump has toned down his threats against iran but he found anger in iran by tweeting support of protesters who have been in the streets for the past 2 days all this tension has iranian americans warning about relatives back in iran as well as backlash. joining us to discuss what iranian americans are going through we have how to is a community organizer based in chicago we also have. an iranian american community leader and organizer a lawyer by is based in new york and is also plaintiffs fighting against the u.s. is so-called muslim travel ban and finally we have jamal abdi policy director of the national iranian american council he joins us today from sarasota florida hello everybody sorry to drive you in on this conversation where it's not a particularly happy one hoda for instance we showed one example of an iranian american and the story that she had about trying to come back into her own country you've also heard stories like that in the last 23 weeks can you share one. definitely i think but it is an incredibly terrifying time for iranians iranian americans the

in a corner where it's not a question of if iran will respond but the question of when and where iran will respond to essentially i don't think iran has any choice but to respond to this attack let's bring in any government there in london ellie i mean it's an interesting observation is it not because many u.s. administrations have blamed iran for years about its destabilizing activities right across the region so has president trump finally done the one thing that so many other u.s. presidents were too scared to do what we're seeing is now both sides iran and the u.s. over the past anything particularly in iraq really if we do we find out that lives that are not engaged and so they've gone from 6 months ago of attacking military installations or drones friends on whole to now targeting us now this us attack comes after and number of heated exchanges in iraq over the past we whether happy if they got it but such a high ranking of fascination on the u.s. side is going to really draw the right lines are. wrong this fall and it's going to open up a whole new space i think of iran to up t

and iran. the people always knew that this was about to happen, but it was only an assumption, but now after this strike and killing two senior leaders who are backed by iran and the people who are in the militia in iran and the whole region now it is a reality. >> all right. mustafa, stay safe where you are. let's take you back to the u.s. let's take you back to hans nichols. he is traveling, and eamon mohadin. >> we knew his name, we knew his awful work, but very few people here actually know who general suleimani is, but in terms of the actual threat, osama bin laden versus suleimani to the american people, how do they compare? >> very different to be honest with you. although they would make the argument that qasem suleimani would be considered a terrorist foreign. he is a member of a sovereign state and a member of the military force and a state actor, so to speak, but he did, no doubt have influence in a lot of non-state actors in the region and that is where a lot of americans would be c

and iran. also ahead one of the largest evacuations in a strangely as history is under way with hot weather and strong winds expected to worsen already devastating wildfires. well it's 18 gnc 9 pm in baghdad on at 10 stay a cross the middle east's iran has vowed to retaliate strongly after the u.s. killed the commander who spearheaded to han's military operations across the region major general qassam saw him on a no the air strike targeting solo money occurred on a road at baghdad airport just a day after pearl iran protesters ended a siege at the u.s. embassy in iraq near the pentagon says president donald trump ordered the attack to protect u.s. personnel abroad the u.s. embassy in baghdad has no urged all americans to leave iraq immediately iran's supreme leader has called for 3 days of national mourning ayatollah ali how many warned of harsh revenge and said the attack would double sounds resolved to resist the united states. ates iraq's prime minister says the strike will spark a devastat

in a corner where it's not a question of if iran will respond but the question of when and where iran will respond to essentially i don't think iran has any choice but to respond to this attack let's bring in any government there in london ellie i mean it's an interesting observation is it not because many u.s. administrations have blamed iran for years about its destabilizing activities right across the region so has president trump finally done the one thing that so many other u.s. presidents were too scared to do what we're seeing is now both sides iran and the u.s. only pos really in iraq we leave we do we find out that lives that are living in aged men so they've gone from 6 months ago of exactly military installations or drug. as friends on. targets he writes the now this u.s. attack comes after and number of heated exchanges in iraq over the possibly whether happy if it had its use but such a high ranking of fascination on the u.s. side is going to really if we go all the right lines are at how wrong responds and it's going to open up a whole new space i think for iran to up th

iran appears to be standing down. donald trump seeks to dial down tensions with iran and wants europe to take on a bigger role in the middle east. iran's president says the real revenge this as a nation of its top general will be to push america out of the region. hello and welcome peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here and also coming up questions remain over the course the crash of an aircraft in iran 176 people were killed including dozens of canadians. want to express my deepest condolences to those who are mourning the loss of a loved one. also ahead 5 years in the making and finally opening the russia stands to benefit from a new gas pipeline through turkey. top story the u.s. president on will trump says iran appears to be standing after a series of air strikes on iraqi military bases hosting u.s. forces the strikes were in retaliation for the assassination of the top iranian commander qassam siller money he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in baghdad on friday mr trump said he'll be impo

and iran is money being laid to rest. there is a lot of fear and anxiety just worry about what's to come and why the death and the assassination of course until the money has caused fear for iranian american communities in the u.s. . coming from the gulf everyone's just past 7 am here in doha as it is in baghdad it is 7 30 am in teheran it is 11 pm in washington d.c. on come all santamaria continuing coverage of developments out of the region this weapons day the top line is that iran has launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at u.s. iraqi facilities in iraq this is at least 2 bases we're talking about one is in erbil the other is the. base in anbar province also iran's revolutionary guard has issued a warning to other u.s. allies in the region and that includes israel saying they will be attacked if their countries are used for strikes against terror rob also developments we're seeing from the u.s. f a a the federal aviation authority which has now banned u.s. airlines from flying over this region we're talking a

blames iran. and iran huge crowds have been in mourning and demanding revenge for solem of his death an immediate diplomatic solution to the crisis seems unlikely both sides have to be really true gauge and diplomacy and right now i i fear that i do not see that i do not see either side the iranian or the american will. to do the things necessary to engage in the homeless if. iran wants u.s. forces to permanently leave the gulf region and it says there will be a harsh response to any further u.s. retaliation rob matheson al-jazeera. so let's show you exactly where those are rainy and strikes took place 2 iraqi bases were hit one of them is in a bill that's in iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region the other one is in western iraq's anbar province it's called the main base iraq says $22.00 missiles were fired in total and that there were no iraqi casualties well we have a team of correspondents monitoring all the latest developments in a fault in iraq's capital. we'll have more on president trump's

actions towards iran and iran's actions in recent weeks wouldn't it be right for the u.s. to say we have to defend our interests and the interests of our friends and allies in the region against iranian aggression. well you have to give me a few minutes here 1st of all who started the war in yemen who invaded the country who imposed starvation on the country with the united states and saudi arabia that have carried out crimes against humanity and the europeans are just as complicit who invaded iraq who armed saddam hussein in the 1st place who gave saddam hussein chemical weapons use against iranians and his own people it was the europeans and the united states who then attacked iraq and destroyed the infrastructure who then imposed sanctions on the country where up to a 1000000 people died under those sanctions who then invaded iraq and destroyed the country it was the the american regime that did that who is continues to act with impunity in iraq and murders iraqi soldiers who are fighting isis it is the regime in washington who created al qaeda in afghanistan who create

iran will wait. it will ta ke response. iran will wait. it will take its target and take its time to do that. but it will have to do something big, otherwise it will lose face at home. the hardliners need that in iran. general qassem soleimani is the figure of the hardliners and they will be itching to do something as big or significant. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of two people who were stabbed at a house in derbyshire on new year's day. rhys hancock is accused of murdering his estranged wife helen hancock and her partner martin griffiths in the village of duffield. our correspondent phil mackie was in court. rhys hancock has appeared in court and it was a brief hearing. it lasted barely five minutes. he only spoke to confirm his name, age and address. he is accused of the two murders of his estranged wife, helen, a teacher who was 39 and the mother of their three children, and her partner martin griffiths, a businessman and father of two. it happened in the early hours of new year's day. they suffered multiple sta

although iran does support them iran has made its choice and has shown its retaliates reaction douglas has of the u.s. administration under trump in a way or another undermined it's funny in policy in the region because it looks really absurd you know where another do the talking about putting out from iraq the asking of the iraqi government to take side of the iraqi government finds itself in a position where he has to strike a balancing act it seems that this is an absolute uncharted waters for the united states of america in the middle east i think it is absolutely uncharted and i think even the administration's allies. they're saying you know it might have been much more prudent to restrain all the retaliatory strikes for the death of the contractor and cook cook and even for the breaching of the u.s. embassy keep all that retaliation in syria and keep iraq out of this keep the fight out of iraq unfortunately that ship has now sailed and we are where we are with regard to the russian forces i both agree and disagree with with our rainy and friend here gree that these are not purely

the pentagon sense is this may be it for now from iran, but i imagine knowing iran, it's not monolithic. it has multiple factions. the irgc kind of runs itself at times. i'm certain the pentagon is bracing for the possibility of further military action? >> i think that's reasonable. the pentagon always prepared. that's what they like to say. there's a real intelligence calculation going on here right now. we know, as you've been discussing, that the iraqis noteified the u.s. they had received word from iran of this impending missile attack from the missiles fired inside of iran's borders. we also know that u.s. intelligence had watched iran's ballistic missiles for the last several days and had seen them moving around and was watching for signs of them being ready to launch. third, we know that the u.s. has intelligence satellites that can detect the heat signature of missiles, ballistic missiles as they come off their launcher. so there would have been -- this all adds up to the u.s. had what appears to be a fairly good picture, was able to warn u.s. forces to get into safe positions i

this is all part of the ratcheting up trying to show that iran is the one mind state iran is doing things which are not really in the interest of the public and you know usa is good for the world but really i would like to say that you know what mr. trump was saying that they took every but i think what would be a really good titan is that r. and b. islamic republic middle east without the usa there then all of the problems that we have will disappear and then we could get to some truthful conversation and having a narrative which has some basis and logic and basis to end the communication. we wrap up with the latest on our breaking news this hour a senior commander of iran's elite military unit the islamic revolutionary guards corps has accepted for responsibility for shooting down ukraine's passenger plane on wednesday also extended his apologies to the nation earlier tehran admitted that its military unintentionally hit the jet due to human error and military statement carried by state media also says the plane was mistaken for a hostile target iran's investigation chief says the black

so this is the real issue here what iran and in cooperation with the. popular mobilisation forces are going to do i think the iranians are usually smart. apart from the harsh statements the strong statements coming from iran as well as from iraq they will think it over they will find the soft spots where they can the united states without going into. confrontation of wider size so it's it's really a very complex situation and mr boyd here on out is here we obviously covered widely the protests that so we're square there must be a real sense of frustration there that there was for a while a momentum of feeling like a different political future may happen and yet now we see the big music changing and the attention firmly shifting so what happened today. unfortunately this is what's happening we have been trying to avoid that in one story says another to her ear and in other cities in iraq and all of the iraqi people to avoid any kind of confrontation happening on the iraqi soil between the iranians and americans because we believe that this would affect t

it served notice to iran's leaders, particularly those in the iran's revolutionary guard. that they themselves will pay the price in planning an attack on america, they make wake up on the receiving end of an american plan to preempt them. thank god for president donald trump. that's my open. let me know what you think on my facebook and twitter # judge jeanine. congressman mark meadows still on deck tonight. next, live to the middle east to check in with reporter jordan. also ahead, the president's bold decision this week. you are watching a busy night. welcome back. we've been telling you, president trump taking to twitter tonight, threatening to hit iran very fast and very hard if any americans are attacked in the wake of the airstrike that took out iran's top general. kevin mccarthy joins me in just a moment to talk about all of us but first, fundament is with me live from tortoise georgia. >> one of a thing tonight, if iran might retaliate. it's not if they would do so in the next three days but sometime after that. it was at that funeral where you get a sense of the

against iran a question and iran. capabilities to have a bomb a nuclear bomb and this is only possible on negotiations and not. increasing pressure because russia will never accept that iran is doing something like a particular copper to copulation against towards us and they will undergo probably. the pressure politic of the president and at the end of the day probably your own will be able to have a nuclear bomb earlier than now with this. bert in the hand which is better to have than 10 birds on the tree we don't have didn't have any thing better than this agreement yet and therefore we have to continue to negotiate on its own i want you to listen to part of what the u.s. president said today about the nuclear deal take a listen the time has come for the united kingdom germany france russia and china to recognize this reality they must now break away from the remnants of the iran deal who are j c p a way and we must all work together toward making a deal with the rand that makes the world a safer and more peaceful

listen as iran's u.n. ambassador promises his country will strike back when and where it chooses. >> the really harsh event, iran will act based on its own choosing. the time, the place, and we will decide. they should expect anything as a result of this aggression. >> now, jomana karadsheh is in baghdad. and nick paton walsh is in beirut, where he is looking why the u.s. decided to kill soleimani now. jomana, tell us what is happening on the ground there. are people frightened of what's to come, angry of being caught in the middle of all of this? >> reporter: absolutely, michael. no matter how people feel about iran, about iran's interference, its influence here in iraq, one thing you will hear from everyone right now on the ground, is how worried, how terrified, of they are of what is to come, this unknown. they say the future of iraq at this point, their feeling is, yet again, they are being caught in the midst of this confrontation at this point between these two allies, between the its and iran. now,

and iran may be stepping back from the brink? >> these are threats we heard before from iran and hezbollah. in fact, if this day were clearer, we would see southern lebanon. this is what you see is the port city of haifa. it's the largest city in northern israel. it is often a target of rhetoric. now, israel sees this threats as rhetoric. as of now, it remains that way. it remains the course of the past few days. israel views this seriously. there's a security assessment here at 2:00 p.m. local time. that was scheduled two day ago ahead of the iranian response at the air bases. benjamin netanyahu is going to speak any minute now. we will watch what he says closely. for the most part, israel has been quiet here. and israel has been happy to step back. in the past, months ago, israel has threatened soleimani in particular. they have put up media posts about him, but not right now. israel is being quieter. we'll see what netanyahu has to say. he has backed actions over the course of the last few days. that's the message we expect to

iran's nuclear program. the jcpoa was never intended to stand alone, but, rather, seen as a wider regional strategy that sought to reduce iran's destabilizing influence in the region, strengthen those voices in iran who were pushing back against the iranian government's threatening policies, and engage iran diplomatically to avoid inadvertent escalation while also putting pressure on the iranian regime to change iran's unacceptable behavior at home and abroad. walking away from the jcpoa and imposing new sanctions on iran drove a wedge between the united states and our long-term allies in europe. while the pressure of those sanctions -- and while the pressure of those sanctions have been formidable, the result has been that iran conducted increasingly provocative actions in the gulf and restarted significant aspects of their suspended nuclear program. american allies and partners, rather than helping us address iranian behavior are instead concerned with what they perceive to be unpredictable and escalatory

leadership of iran. what are they thinking tonight as president trump took out the number two leader there, and promised them the potential or the promise of a new life, and you don perhaps in iran? iranians colonizing and fox news host lauralogan. (whistling) (whistling) and i recently had a heart attack. it changed my life. but i'm a survivor. after my heart attack, my doctor prescribed brilinta. it's for people who have been hospitalized for a heart attack. brilinta is taken with a low-dose aspirin. no more than 100 milligrams as it affects how well brilinta works. brilinta helps keep platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. in a clinical study, brilinta worked better than plavix. brilinta reduced the chance of having another heart attack... ...or dying from one. don't stop taking brilinta without talking to your doctor, since stopping it too soon increases your risk of clots in your stent, heart attack, stroke, and even death. brilinta may cause bruising or bleeding more easily, or seriou

, iran. beginning last october, and iranian-backed militia began a series of attacks on iraqi military bases hosting u.s. forces. hezbollah would not have acted without the authority of iranian authorities in general and qassem soleimani in particular. i believe it was intended to shift the issue from iranian influence to the issue of u.s. force presence, to ultimately get u.s. forces thrown out of iraq. butcampaign escalated -- what was the alternative? the united states could not just stand by while military and diplomatic personnel were attacked and killed. the u.s. administration clearly believed that striking soleimani was so significant politically and militarily that it would cause iran to abandon its u.s. campaign against u.s. troops and diplomats in iraq. the problem was that the strike occurred in iraq. fear of becoming a central battleground in a military confrontation between the u.s. and iran is being used justify calls for the expulsion of u.s. forces from iraq. but a u.s. withd

iran." thisomes as thu.s. conties toncrease itpresence ithe middle et. the s. is seing nearly 300 more troops from fort bragg to the region. meanwhile, the u.s. has announced it is temporarily halting its fight against isis in iraq and syria so it can redirect it focus in the region. we begin today's show with narges bajoghli, professor of middle east studies at johns hopkins university. her recent opinion piece for "the new york times" is headlined "suleimani's death changes nothing for iran." she is the author of "iran reframed: anxieties of power in the islamic republic." in baghdad ghaith abdul-ahad, , correspondent for the guardian newspaper is back with us. his latest piece is headlined "iran ends nuclear deal commitments as fallout from suleimani killing spreads." let's begin with professor narges bajoghli. reports are up to a million people are in the streets of tehran. the body of suleimani has been returned and a funeral is underway. can you talk about the significance of the assas

and iran. up until now, the military action o on both sides has mosty been covert, witithout taking responsibilityty. now the united states has gone ahead and publicly announced it has assassinated one of the top figures within the iranian political and military establishment. and therefore, this opens up a whole new space for iran to take retaliatory responses against senior american personnel in the middle east or elsewhere. iran does you this as an act- -v-view-- view this as an act of war, and those redlines that were implicitly registered for a decade at least wherere the u.s. and d iran did not opepenly caue fatalities on each other on the ground in the middle east have been ripped up. tom: just in terms of what form any kind of retaliation might take from iran, what are your thoughts? we can't really know for certain, but for sure i been has-- iran has a large toolkit at its disposal. it can choose a kinetic response. there are many u.s. boots on the ground acrososs the region,n, u. emba