these key discussions. Joining us now is Mark Esper, former Secretary of Defense. Secretary, it's great to have you back on the show and and to get your insights here.Welcome. Yeah, good afternoon, Morgan. So, that's where I want to start with you.Yes, we saw this strike, a very weak response as President Trump uh just indicated there and a response that apparently the US as well as the Qataris expected or got some sort of heads up on. Does this in fact provide an offramp uh for retaliation by Iran. I think ...

I have a message directly from the president and I quote, "Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks." That's a quote directly from the president for all of you today. Decision in the next two weeks. Is he saying that if Iran does not come back to the negotiating table within the next two weeks that the president will strike. The president is saying th ...

For more on the conflict, let's bring in Trita Parsey, executive vice president at the Quincy Institute and Tom Danenbomb. He's a professor of international law at the Fletcher School at TUS. Welcome to both of you.Uh Treata, I'll start with you. And um it does appear, I mean, signs are pointing in that direction that um the Iranians are asking uh for a pause of some kind, some kind of truce here. I don't know the word to use.Um what more do you expect in order to come to some kind of international agreemen ...

Joining us now, we have former Israeli ambassador to the US, Michael Ern. Ambassador, we just got a security alert uh coming out of the US embassy in Jordan, saying the US embassy has indications there may be missiles, drones, or rockets flying over Jordanian airspace. It's urging American citizens to exercise caution uh due to high tensions in the region.But I want to ask you about those high tensions in the region. We saw the US State Department quietly move a lot of people out of those uh the consulate i ...

I want to bring into this conversation and Ben I hope you can stay where you are. Courtney is sitting here. She can't go too far because we're at the same table.Um Richard Angel who's of course the chief um foreign affairs correspondent. Um Richard we we Courtney is Courtney's frantically typing on her phone right now. I know you were in touch with a lot of people.What we didn't know at the top of the show or a few minutes ago is what they exactly had hit. Courtney gave us some updated reporting on that. Ho ...