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  • >> AS USUAL THE MEDIA BRINGS

  • NOTHING TO THE TABLE EXCEPT A

  • CHIP ON THEIR TABLE AND A HUNGER

  • FOR CHAOS.

  • LAST NIGHT THEY SAW THE FOG OF

  • WAR AS THE PERFECT TIME FOR

  • SOLEMN PRONOUNCEMENTS COURTESY

  • OF IRAN TELEVISION.

  • >> I AM NOT SURE ABOUT IRAN'S

  • STATE MEDIA IS CLAIMING THAT 30

  • U.S. SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN KILLED

  • IN THIS ATTACK.

  • THIS IS NOT CONFIRMED.

  • JUST COMING FROM IRANIAN MEDIA.

  • WE JUST STEPPED OVER THE

  • PRECIPICE.

  • >> HOW DID THAT GUY GET THAT

  • INFO SO FAST?

  • YOU CAN'T GET A BOX SCORE THAT

  • QUICKLY.

  • MAYBE THAT SHOULD HAVE TIPPED

  • HIM OFF.

  • NBC INVITES VIEWERS TO WATCH

  • LIVE COVERAGE OF SOLEIMANI'S

  • BURIAL.

  • MICHAEL MOORE LOWERED HIS BELLY

  • AT HALF MAST.

  • AND JOE TIES IT ALL BACK TO

  • RUSSIA.

  • >> IT WOULD BE HARD TO BELIEVE

  • THAT DONALD TRUMP WOULD LAUNCH

  • ATTACKS INTO IRAN WITHOUT

  • SPEAKING FIRST TO VLADIMIR

  • PUTIN.

  • THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY LIE AT THE

  • HEART OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S

  • INTEREST SINCE IRAN HAS BEEN

  • SEEN AS PUTIN AS A CLIENT STATE

  • OF RUSSIA.

  • >> WHAT ABOUT BUTT HEAD.

  • HE THINKS THIS PRESIDENT IS

  • IMPULLSIVE.

  • >> HE IS IMPULLSIVE AND DOESN'T

  • THINK THROUGH THE IMPLICATIONS

  • OF HIS ACTIONS.

  • THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MASSIVE

  • CATASTROPHE.

  • >> HE IS LIKE A STOPPED CLOCK

  • WITH BRILL CREAM.

  • IMAGINE GOING TO THE MOVIES AND

  • FACING THE WRONG WAY IN YOUR

  • SEAT.

  • THAT'S THE MEDIA.

  • MISSING THE BIG PICTURE.

  • PERFERRING THE STORY THAT

  • MATCHES THE VOICES IN THEIR

  • HEAD.

  • THEY STILL CAN'T STOP.

  • >> WE ARE ONLY HERE AT THIS

  • MOMENT, THIS VERY DANGEROUS

  • MOMENT BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP'S

  • IMPULLSIVENESS.

  • >> THESE WORLD CHANGING AND

  • HISTORIC CALAMITYS.

  • >> IT'S THE EARLY STAGE OF A HOT

  • WAR.

  • >> THIS IS WHAT MANY FOREIGN

  • POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY

  • ANALYSTS FEARED IN WASHINGTON.

  • >> THIS COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT

  • EFFECT.

  • WE MAY BE ON A ROAD TO A

  • DIFFERENT MIDDLE EAST.

  • >> THIS IS A GRAVE AND SERIOUS

  • MOMENT.

  • >> YEP.

  • I AIN'T SAYING THIS IS NOT

  • SERIOUS.

  • BUT ALL OF THE SWEATY HYSTERICS

  • ARE WISHFUL THINKING.

  • DIAL IT BACK A LITTLE.

  • YOU ARE ALWAYS WRONG.

  • MAYBE WE ARE ON THE PRECIPICE OF

  • PEACE AND NOT WAR.

  • IT'S NOT OVER.

  • IT'S WEDNESDAY WHICH IS BETTER

  • THAN TUESDAY.

  • LAST NIGHT WAS ANOTHER CHANCE TO

  • SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF US.

  • THE APOCALYPSE IS EVERY DAY THAT

  • ENDS IN Y.

  • >> SHANNON, I THEN IS THE MEDIA.

  • THEY REPEAT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

  • THEY DON'T SAY WOW, WE SCREWED

  • UP.

  • I NOTICE THAT.

  • WE THOUGHT THERE WAS WORLD WAR

  • III.

  • NO WAR BUT IT COULD HAPPEN

  • TODAY.

  • >> THE AYATOLLAH SAYS IT'S NOT

  • OVER.

  • WHEN THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT

  • FROM THE PRESIDENT, THEY SAID

  • THERE SHOULD NOT BE A RESPONSE.

  • HE GIVES A SPEECH WHICH WAS VERY

  • CALM SAYING WE WANT PEACE TO

  • HELP THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.

  • THE "WASHINGTON POST," AN OP-ED

  • PIECE.

  • THEY CALLED IT A DERANGED

  • SPEECH.

  • THERE WAS NO ELOQUENCE.

  • FILLED WITH LIES AND GARBLED.

  • IT DIDN'T CONVINCE ANYONE.

  • HE WILL NEVER WIN OVER SOME OF

  • THESE PEOPLE.

  • >> I WATCHED CNN AT THE GYM

  • BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ON.

  • I SAW BARBARA STARR AND GLORIA

  • AND --

  • >> ON TELEVISION?

  • >> IT'S THE SAME OLD NAMES AND

  • FACES SAYING THE SAME OLD STUFF.

  • SHOULDN'T THERE BE QUALITY

  • CONTROL.

  • >> ALL THE WAY BACK TO WEAPONS

  • OF MASS DESTRUCTION?

  • >> YES.

  • >> THE MEDIA WENT ALONG.

  • >> WE WILL GO ALONG WITH THE

  • ADMINISTRATION SURE.

  • THERE MUST BE WEAPONS OF MASS

  • DESTRUCTION.

  • >> THEY ARE WRONG NOW.

  • >> THE PRESIDENT'S JOB IS TO BE

  • SKEPTICAL AND CHALLENGE US.

  • WHERE ARE THE FACTS THAT JUSTIFY

  • YOU GOING OUT AND SETTING OFF

  • WHAT COULD BEEN A TRAGIC

  • SITUATION?

  • WE ARE HAPPY TODAY THAT THINGS

  • HAVE GONE DOWN QUIETLY.

  • YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, ONE

  • ERRANT MISSILES COULD BE A

  • TRAGEDY.

  • I DISAGREE WITH THE BUSINESS

  • ABOUT THE REPORTER.

  • REPORTERS IN IRAN WHERE THERE IS

  • NO FIRST AMENDMENT AND NO

  • PROTECTION.

  • IF YOU SAY THIS IS WHAT THE

  • GOVERNMENT -- WE CAN'T CONFIRM

  • IT.

  • >> 30 AMERICANS ARE DEAD?

  • THAT'S TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.

  • >> NO, IT'S NOT.

  • >> TURN ON IRANIAN STATE TV.

  • >> HE ATTRIBUTED TO THE

  • IRANIAN --

  • >> AS A GUY IN THE FIELD FOR 40

  • YEARS, JUAN.

  • >> I APPRECIATE THAT.

  • >> IMAGINE IF YOU WERE IN NORTH

  • KOREA.

  • SOMETIMES EVEN A FOX REPORTER

  • HAS TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE

  • NORTH KOREA IS MONITORING IT.

  • >> THE IRANIANS ARE SAYING 30

  • ARE DEAD AND THE AMERICANS SAY

  • NONE.

  • THE AMERICAN PUBLIC CAN MAKE A

  • DECISION.

  • I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S TRUE

  • OR NOT.

  • >> WELL, NOW WE KNOW.

  • >> BUT THEN WE DIDN'T.

  • >> RIGHT.

  • >> CHRISTOPHER HAYES SAID THE

  • WAR IN IRAN IS A DISASTER IN THE

  • MAKING.

  • DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE WHO TELLS

  • US OTHERWISE.

  • DONALD TRUMP WAGGED THE DOG AND

  • NOW THE DOG IS WAGGING TRUMP?

  • REALLY BY HITTING THE MIDDLE OF

  • AN EMPTY BASE?

  • >> THE PRESS SAID IT COULD HAVE

  • BEEN AIL BENGHAZI.

  • THEN THEY FIND OUT IT'S NOT

  • THAT.

  • THEN THEY CONTINUE ON AND

  • CRITICIZE HIM WHEN HE TAKES

  • ACTION TO PROTECT AMERICANS.

  • JUAN, THEY TEACH YOU IN JOURNAL

  • SCHOOL NOT TO REPEAT GOVERNMENT

  • PROPAGANDA AND HOW THE MEDIA IN

  • THESE COUNTRIES IS RUN BY THE

  • GOVERNMENT.

  • YOU SHOULD NOT GLORIFY ANYTHING

  • THEY SAY AS FACT.

  • IT REALLY UNDERMINES THEIR

  • CREDIBILITY.

  • >> OH, THERE IS ANOTHER SHOOTER

  • OUT THERE AND THERE NEVER IS.

  • THEY CAN'T WAIT.

  • >> THE CREDIBILITY, THE PERSON'S

  • CREDIBILITY WHO IS UNDERMINED

  • HERE IS IRAN'S.

  • YOU HAVE TO REPORT.

  • IN A BREAKING NEWS SITUATION,

  • YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTROL WHAT

  • YOU CAN.

  • HE ATTRIBUTEED IT PROPERLY TO

  • THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT.

  • >> WE THANK OUR REPORTERS OUT

  • THERE.

  • >> ABSOLUTELY.

  • >> AND THIS STORY TURNS THE

  • PRESIDENT'S DIRECTION WHEN THEY

  • TALK ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.

>> ♪ ♪

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situation

US /ˌsɪtʃuˈeʃən/

UK /ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃn/

  • noun
  • Place, position or area that something is in
  • An unexpected problem or difficulty
properly

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UK /ˈprɔpəlɪ/

  • adverb
  • In an appropriate or correct manner
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  • In a way that is suitable or appropriate.
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skeptical

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UK /'skeptɪkəl/

  • adjective
  • Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
convince

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UK /kən'vɪns/

  • verb
  • To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
  • other
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crap

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  • noun
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chaos

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  • other
  • State of utter confusion or disorder
  • other
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  • noun
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claim

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  • noun
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  • other
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  • verb
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fear

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UK /fɪə(r)/

  • noun
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  • verb
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  • other
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  • other
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  • other
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imagine

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UK /ɪ'mædʒɪn/

  • verb
  • To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • Form a mental image or concept of something.
  • Suppose or assume something.
  • other
  • To form a mental image or concept of something.
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butt

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  • noun
  • (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
  • The thick end of something, especially a cigarette.
  • verb
  • To strike, push, or shove (someone or something) with the head.
  • To share a boundary by being next to