a ground component as well joining us author of barbara starr reports on substack and former cnn and Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, national security correspondent for NPR, Greg Myrie, and former California congresswoman who served as the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Jane Harmon. So, Barbara, the likelihood of the likelihood of ground troops in Iran, where does that stand today. Well, it seems day by day, you know, when you watch what's coming out of the White House and the Penta ...

BARON LOPEZ IS COVERING E WHITE HOUSE MSNOW POLITICAL ANALYST JOHN TESTER SERVED AS A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM MONTANA HERE WITH ME IN STUDIO MICHAEL WEISS EDITOR OF THE INSIDER AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK ISIS INSIDE THE ARMY OF TERROR IT'S GREAT TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE LARA TELL US WHAT ELSE WE HEARD FROM THE THE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT IN THIS CONVERSATION WITH STEPHANIE RULE DID WHAT HE'S DONE A LOT SINCE HE LAUNCHED THIS ATTACK ON IRAN WHICH IS OFFERED A RANGE OF CONTRADICTIONS ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY HE THINKS ...

a 15-minute phone call with President Trump. Stephanie joining us now by the phone. Stephanie, I know Trump already called NATO cowards this morning.What What else did he tell you. He did. You know, ironically, I wanted to get on the phone with you earlier, but I'm at the airport and it took me quite a long time to get through TSA.The president and I had about a 15-minute phone call. We started, of course, talking about Iran. He said that Iran was two weeks away from having a nuclear bomb and they would use ...

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on the world's largest natural gas field, raising fears that Iran will retaliate with more attacks on oil and gas facilities. Here at home, gas prices are up five cents since yesterday. As for the Trump administration, the country's top national security officials today found themselves caught between a rock and a hard place.On one side, reality and the facts. On the other side, Donald Trump and his shape-shifting and sometimes contradictory explanations for why we went to war with Iran, when we went to war ...

Does the administration really hav the ability to do that as well right now. Well, again, it wouldn't be a military thing. I think it would be essentially collaborative or cooperative to a large extent.It would involve economic tools, a lot of diplomacy. I don't think it would be in conflict, if you will, or excuse me, it wouldn't be impossible to do this. Whatever we choose to do in Iran, whether we continue militarily, find a way to end things, I don't see the things THINGS ESSENTIALLY FIGHTING OVER THE S ...

STRAIT OF HORMUZ. AVOID A GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY CRISIS, EVEN AS HE CLAIMS THE U.S. COULD SECURE THE STRAIT BY ITSELF AND SAYS THAT WE DON'T NEED THE OIL. IT COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO TRY TO REASSURE CONSUMERS THAT THE SPIKE IN ENERGY PRICES DUE TO THE CONFLICT WILL BE TEMPORARY.OIL FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. JOIN THE U.S. IN FORMING A COALITION TO SECURE THE STRAIT, WHICH SUPPLIES ROUGHLY 20% OF THE GLOBAL OIL MARKET. TODAY, THE PRESIDENT DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS CALLS FOR A GLOBAL COALITION.>> WE STRONGLY E ...

>> HI THERE. I'M SAVANNAH SELLERS IN NEW YORK AND WE WANT TO TAKE YOU LIVE NOW TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HOLDING WHAT HE'S BILLING AS A NEWS CONFERENCE. IT COMES AMID GROWING TENSIONS OVER THE WAR IN IRAN, WITH THE PRESIDENT RAMPING UP PRESSURE ON NATO ALLIES TO KEEP THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ SECURE IN AN EFFORT TO LOWER OIL PRICES.ALSO, JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, SUSIE WILES, HAS EARLY STAGE BREAST CANCER. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HER PROGNOSIS IS EXCELLENT, ...

>> TODAY ON "BLOOMBERG THIS WEEKEND," PRESIDENT TRUMP TELLS NBC NEWS IRAN IS READY FOR CEASE-FIRE, BUT HE IS NOT READY TO MAKE A DEAL AS WE LEARN THE NAMES OF THE SIX AMERICANS KILLED IN THE PLANE CRASH IN IRAQ. DAVID: IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS CALLING ON OTHER COUNTRIES TO REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ HOURS AFTER A DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE SENT PLUMES OF SMOKE INTO THE AIR. CHRISTINA: PLUS, OSCARS SUNDAY.HOW THE SHOW IS CHANGING IN THE ERA OF STREAMING. >> I THINK THE AUTHOR SHOULD GO TO THE MOVIE PEOPLE WILL REAL ...

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY EASY STEP. SO THERE WAS THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF REASONS TO BE CONCERNED WITH WHERE THEY WERE. >> OUR NEXT GUEST HAS BEEN ONE OF THOSE CRITICS.LET'S BRING IN RICHARD HAASS, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS PRESIDENT EMERITUS. RICHARD, I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS LIKE YOU WHO SAID THAT, THAT THE PRESIDENT HASN'T LAID OUT A CLEAR CASE FOR WHY NOW THIS HAD TO HAPPEN AND WHAT EVIDENCE THERE WAS THAT THEY WERE CLOSE. WERE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE ANSW ...