Richard Hos, Council on Foreign Relations President Ameritus and Centerview Partners senior counselor also joins us now. Richard has served as former director of policy planning for the Department of State from 2001 to 2003. Richard, we're we're we're wondering what your take is on Iran and whether whether you can read anything into the president's recent statements, whether it's on social media or just now about what the US does next.Short answer is no. Uh but he has a big decision to make quite honestly. ...

we're in heaven. >> President Trump reportedly weighing military action in Iran. Iran has said it will hit back against U.S. Bases overnight.That country launching dozens of drone strikes inside of Israel. And Israel's air force bombed several targets in Iran. Is an Israeli expert on Iran, a former Mossad analyst and former head of the Iran desk at Israel's National Security Council.She's now with the think tank Institute for National Security Studies. And it's good to see you, Seema. Can you just map out w ...

What is Israel's ultimate strategy here. I think we can know for sure that de-escalation, it's not a strategy that would be considered rather thin gruel as far as the Israelis are concerned, having committed themselves to a very well planned and according to them, very successful so far offensive. So their plans as at the outset, their demands are for an end, whether through their military force or perhaps combined military force for the United States.Time will tell if that will happen or through a negotiat ...

NBC's Kier Simmons joins us from Dubai with the very latest this hour. Hi Kier. Hey Kelly.I'm told by a senior Gulf diplomat that those reports that the Iranians are reaching out to try and see if it's possible to negotiate are true. Now, of course, the question here is about what kind of negotiations the Iranians are are really interested in because the Israelis are signaling still today that they have no interest in negotiating anything other than uh the complete removal of Iran's nuclear program, civil o ...

You can hear now the sirens uh here in northern Israel. This is the second night in a row uh that we're getting ballistic missile attack uh from Iran. It was very quiet day all day and now late at night a new attack is beginning.Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel overnight as Israel said it was striking tan. They continued to attack sites connected to the country's ballistic missile program. senior military personnel.And for the first time, Iran's energy infrastructure, including gas fields and f ...

Joining us from Tel Aviv is NBC News correspondent Matt Bradley. Matt, provided you and your crew in a safe location. Uh, can you please tell us what's going on.We are hearing uh right now we are hearing uh outgoing missiles and we're hearing incoming missiles. Uh, so we're actually in the safe room right now. Um, this is on the left side of your screen.Just so you know what we're seeing attacks striking Tel Aviv and outgoing. Now, we heard this from about 10 minutes ago. The Israeli military said that ther ...

General Clark, this this barrage of strikes seem to take Iran by surprise. And we're getting more details this morning. The AP's reporting that MSA, Israel's intelligence unit, was able to smuggle weapons into Iran ahead of these attacks that were then used to target its defenses from within.What does that tell you. What does the the broader attack tell you about the level of sophistication within Israel's military. Oh, it was extremely well done.And it's not over. uh the fact that they could get the drones ...

Back to our top story this hour and a stunning show of military strength by Israel striking Iran with 330 munitions over 100 sites dropped by 200 fighter jets according to Israel's military spokesman. Iran has since responded directing 100 drones toward Israel. Joining us now NBC News senior national security correspondent Courtney Cubie.Courtney, we just laid out some of those details from last night's attack. What does all this suggest about Israel's military capabilities and how sophisticated are their w ...

Moments ago, the Israeli military struck an Iranian nuclear facility. That's according to state media reports there. It comes after a series of overnight strikes against Iran that killed at least three of its senior military leaders.Those strikes, which the Israeli military said involved more than 200 fighter jets were aimed at Iran's main enrichment facility and scientists working on Iran's nuclear program. In response, Iran launched more than 100 drones toward Israeli territory early this morning. Iran's ...