WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.102 FAIR TO SAY HE IS THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL MAN IN IRAN AFTER 00:02.136 --> 00:05.872 MOST POWERFUL MAN IN IRAN AFTER AYATOLLAH HOMENI, THE SUPREME 00:05.906 --> 00:06.206 AYATOLLAH HOMENI, THE SUPREME LEADER. 00:06.240 --> 00:07.307 LEADER. >> JUST AS YOU’VE BEEN SAYING 00:07.308 --> 00:09.242 >> JUST AS YOU’VE BEEN SAYING THAT AND TO THAT POINT WE JUST 00:09.277 --> 00:11.011 THAT AND TO THAT POINT WE JUST GOT A STATEMENT FROM THE U.S. 00:11.045 --> 00:13.447 GOT A STATEMENT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, BECAUSE 00:13.481 --> 00:14.114 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY THE U.S. 00:14.115 --> 00:14.881 THIS IS CLEARLY THE U.S. CONFIRMATION AS WELL. 00:14.882 --> 00:15.515 CONFIRMATION AS WELL. HERE’S THE STATEMENT. 00:15.549 --> 00:16.583 HERE’S THE STATEMENT. AT THE DIRECTION OF THE 00:16.617 --> 00:18.485 AT THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT THE U.S. MILITARY HAS 00:18.486 --> 00:20.620 PRESIDENT THE U.S. MILITARY HAS TAKEN DECISIVE DEFENSIVE ACTION 00:20.655 --> 00:23.022 TAKEN DECISIVE DEFENSIVE ACTION TO PROTECT U.S. PERSONNEL ABROAD 00:23.024 --> 00:28.595 TO PROTECT U.S. PERSONNEL ABROAD BY KILLING SOLEIMANI, A U.S. 00:28.629 --> 00:30.731 BY KILLING SOLEIMANI, A U.S. DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST 00:30.764 --> 00:31.165 DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 00:31.199 --> 00:32.399 ORGANIZATION. HE WAS ACTIVELY DEVELOPING PLANS 00:32.400 --> 00:34.301 HE WAS ACTIVELY DEVELOPING PLANS TO ATTACK AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND 00:34.302 --> 00:35.902 TO ATTACK AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND SERVICE MEMBERS IN IRAQ AND 00:35.904 --> 00:38.304 SERVICE MEMBERS IN IRAQ AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION. 00:38.306 --> 00:39.306 THROUGHOUT THE REGION. HIS FORCE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 00:39.307 --> 00:40.707 HIS FORCE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF 00:40.708 --> 00:41.942 THE DEATHS OF HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS AND COALITION SERVICE 00:41.943 --> 00:43.143 AMERICANS AND COALITION SERVICE MEMBER AND THE WOUNDING OF 00:43.144 --> 00:43.844 MEMBER AND THE WOUNDING OF THOUSANDS MORE. 00:43.845 --> 00:47.047 THOUSANDS MORE. HE HAD ORCHESTRATED ATTACKS ON 00:47.082 --> 00:50.150 HE HAD ORCHESTRATED ATTACKS ON COALITION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL 00:50.151 --> 00:51.752 COALITION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS INCLUDING THE ATTACK CULL 00:51.753 --> 00:53.453 MONTHS INCLUDING THE ATTACK CULL CULLMINATING IN THE DEATH AND 00:53.455 --> 00:56.690 CULLMINATING IN THE DEATH AND WOUNDING OF ADDITIONAL IRAQI 00:56.724 --> 00:57.057 WOUNDING OF ADDITIONAL IRAQI PERSONNEL. 00:57.091 --> 00:58.559 PERSONNEL. GENERAL ALSO APPROVED ON THE 00:58.560 --> 00:59.860 GENERAL ALSO APPROVED ON THE ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD THAT TOOK 00:59.861 --> 01:04.732 ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD THAT TOOK PLACE THIS WEEK. 01:04.766 --> 01:05.365 PLACE THIS WEEK. THE STRIKE WAS AIMED AT 01:05.367 --> 01:06.132 THE STRIKE WAS AIMED AT DETERRING FUTURE IRANIAN ATTACK 01:06.134 --> 01:06.433 DETERRING FUTURE IRANIAN ATTACK PLANS. 01:06.434 --> 01:07.768 PLANS. THE UNITED STATES WILL TAKE ALL 01:07.802 --> 01:08.836 THE UNITED STATES WILL TAKE ALL NECESSARY ACTION TO PROTECT OUR 01:08.870 --> 01:10.637 NECESSARY ACTION TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE AND INTERESTS AROUND THE 01:10.638 --> 01:10.937 PEOPLE AND INTERESTS AROUND THE WORLD. 01:10.939 --> 01:13.173 WORLD. AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IN THIS 01:13.175 --> 01:15.242 AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IN THIS NEWS STATEMENT FROM THE DEFENSE 01:15.243 --> 01:16.677 NEWS STATEMENT FROM THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT IS THE MILITARY HAS 01:16.711 --> 01:22.283 DEPARTMENT IS THE MILITARY HAS TAKEN DECISIVE ACTION BY KILLING 01:22.284 --> 01:23.951 TAKEN DECISIVE ACTION BY KILLING SOLEIMANI THE HEAD OF THE 01:23.985 --> 01:27.888 SOLEIMANI THE HEAD OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD 01:27.922 --> 01:28.188 IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD FORCE. 01:28.189 --> 01:29.856 FORCE. AS WE WERE GETTING THAT 01:29.891 --> 01:30.891 AS WE WERE GETTING THAT STATEMENT YOU WERE DESCRIBING 01:30.925 --> 01:32.359 STATEMENT YOU WERE DESCRIBING HIM AS THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL 01:32.394 --> 01:34.695 HIM AS THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL MAN IN IRAN AFTER THE SUPREME 01:34.696 --> 01:34.995 MAN IN IRAN AFTER THE SUPREME LEADER. 01:35.030 --> 01:36.163 LEADER. NOW THAT WE’VE GOT AS YOU 01:36.198 --> 01:37.998 NOW THAT WE’VE GOT AS YOU DESCRIBED THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT 01:38.000 --> 01:40.167 DESCRIBED THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMING THIS, IRANIAN STATE 01:40.168 --> 01:42.369 CONFIRMING THIS, IRANIAN STATE TV CONFIRMING IT, AND THE U.S. 01:42.370 --> 01:44.271 TV CONFIRMING IT, AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CONFIRMING THIS, WHAT 01:44.272 --> 01:45.906 GOVERNMENT CONFIRMING THIS, WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE 01:45.907 --> 01:47.608 DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS KILLING? 01:47.609 --> 01:49.210 IMPLICATIONS OF THIS KILLING? >> I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF 01:49.244 --> 01:51.879 >> I WOULD BE VERY SURPRISED IF THERE ISN’T SOME SORT OF A VERY 01:51.913 --> 01:53.914 THERE ISN’T SOME SORT OF A VERY SERIOUS REPRISAL FROM IRAN OVER 01:53.915 --> 01:54.214 SERIOUS REPRISAL FROM IRAN OVER THIS. 01:54.216 --> 01:55.683 THIS. THEY’RE GOING TO WANT TO SHOW 01:55.684 --> 01:57.118 THEY’RE GOING TO WANT TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVEN’T BEEN WEAKENED 01:57.119 --> 02:02.823 THAT THEY HAVEN’T BEEN WEAKENED BY THE DEATHS OF SOLEIMANI, THEY 02:02.858 --> 02:07.795 BY THE DEATHS OF SOLEIMANI, THEY WANT TO SHOW THE IRG IS STRONG 02:07.829 --> 02:09.730 WANT TO SHOW THE IRG IS STRONG AND OPERATIONAL. 02:09.764 --> 02:11.532 AND OPERATIONAL. I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO 02:11.533 --> 02:13.300 I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION MUCH 02:13.335 --> 02:13.634 AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION MUCH FURTHER. 02:13.669 --> 02:15.302 FURTHER. AS I MENTIONED ACTUALLY HE IS A 02:15.337 --> 02:17.238 AS I MENTIONED ACTUALLY HE IS A CULT FIGURE IN IRAN AMONGST THE 02:17.239 --> 02:18.539 CULT FIGURE IN IRAN AMONGST THE RULING ESTABLISHMENT. 02:18.574 --> 02:21.842 RULING ESTABLISHMENT. THEY RELY VERY, VERY HEAVILY ON 02:21.844 --> 02:23.678 THEY RELY VERY, VERY HEAVILY ON HIM, AND HE CONTROLS ALL THE 02:23.712 --> 02:25.713 HIM, AND HE CONTROLS ALL THE MILITIAS IN THAT REGION THAT 02:25.714 --> 02:27.114 MILITIAS IN THAT REGION THAT HAVE MADE IRAN SO POWERFUL IN 02:27.116 --> 02:27.949 HAVE MADE IRAN SO POWERFUL IN THAT REGION. 02:27.984 --> 02:31.853 THAT REGION. SO THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS 02:31.854 --> 02:33.288 SO THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. 02:33.322 --> 02:35.523 VERY SERIOUSLY. I’M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF 02:35.524 --> 02:37.158 I’M NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF REPRISAL THEY ARE GOING TO 02:37.159 --> 02:40.328 REPRISAL THEY ARE GOING TO UNLEASH, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU 02:40.329 --> 02:41.663 UNLEASH, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU WELL KNOW THEY HAVE MULTIPLE, 02:41.697 --> 02:43.198 WELL KNOW THEY HAVE MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE GROUPS OF PROXIES 02:43.232 --> 02:47.569 MULTIPLE GROUPS OF PROXIES SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION 02:47.603 --> 02:49.137 SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION READY FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS. 02:49.171 --> 02:50.772 READY FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS. SO THIS HAS RATCHETED UP THE 02:50.773 --> 02:52.440 SO THIS HAS RATCHETED UP THE STAKES HUGELY, AND THIS IS 02:52.441 --> 02:54.375 STAKES HUGELY, AND THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST