YOUR EXPERTISE HERE.
>> David: YOU BET, HARRIS,
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
>> Harris: JENNIFER GRIFFIN IS
AT THE PENTAGON, JENNIFER, YOU
GATHERING INFORMATION AND I'VE
BEEN ABLE TO TALK WITH OFFICIALS
ABOUT IT.
I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE
PRESIDENT AS SOON AS THE TEAM IN
THE CONTROL ROOM SAYS WE CAN
ABOUT OPENING THAT DOOR.
IT WASN'T LIKE SOMEBODY SET
THEIR COFFEE CUP DOWN AND IT WAS
THAT KIND OF AN ACCIDENT BUT
THIS SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE OF WHAT
YOU WERE SAYING, WHO'S IN CHARGE
NOW?
>> Jennifer: I THINK WHO IS IN
CHARGE, UNLESS WE SEE EVIDENCE
OTHERWISE, IT IS STILL THE
SUPREME LEADER OF IRAN WHO IS IN
CHARGE AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP AND THEN YOU
HAVE THE IRANIAN ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS, THE
TOP GENERALS THERE.
IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT WITH
SUCH A SOPHISTICATED MISSILE,
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE, THAT IT
WAS A ROGUE UNIT.
THAT BEING SAID, THE PRESIDENT
HAS INTELLIGENCE AND HE IS AWARE
OF THINGS THAT WE ARE NOT AWARE
OF RIGHT NOW AND HE ALSO HAS A
LARGER STRATEGIC PURPOSE IN
TERMS OF BRINGING THE IRANIANS
BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE.
THE MILITARY IS PROVIDING HIM
WITH OPTIONS, THEY ARE GOING TO
BE CALIBRATED OPTIONS DESIGNED
TO SEND A SIGNAL.
FROM MY READ OF HEARING THERE IS
A 3:00 P.M. MEETING IN THE
SITUATION ROOM WITH A BIPARTISAN
GROUP FROM CAPITOL HILL AND THE
URGENCY OF THE MEETING IN THE
WAY IN WHICH THE PENTAGON IS
ROLLING OUT THE EVIDENCE OF
WHERE THIS DRONE WAS, IT
SUGGESTS TO ME THAT THERE WILL
BE MILITARY ACTION.
WHAT THAT MILITARY ACTION IS AT
THIS POINT IS HARD TO SAY, MY
GUESS IS THEY WILL TAKE OUT THAT
SAM MISSILE BECAUSE THEY KNOW
THE LOCATION OF WHERE IT WAS
FIRED FROM.
THAT BEING SAID, THOSE OPTIONS
WERE PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENT.
WE'RE GOING TO POINT OUT AND
REMIND PEOPLE THAT INTERNATIONAL
AIRSPACE AND INTERNATIONAL
WATERS RUN 12 NAUTICAL MILES
FROM THE SHORELINE OF IRAN.
WHEN WE HEARD FROM THE TOP U.S.
AIR FORCE GENERAL IN CHARGE OF
COMBINED OPERATIONS JUST MOMENTS
AGO AT THE PENTAGON, HE MADE IT
CLEAR THAT THIS GLOBAL HAWK
DRONE WAS FLYING 20 MILES FROM
IRANIAN -- THE SPOT WHERE THE
SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE WAS
FIRED.
IT IS OUTSIDE OF IRANIAN
TERRITORY ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
MILITARY AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT
AND WHY THE PRESIDENT WILL FEEL
THE NEED TO RESPOND.
>> Harris: THE PRESENT OF THE
UNITED STATES MOMENTS AGO IN THE
OVAL OFFICE ON THIS TOPIC,
WATCH.
>> FORTUNATELY THE DRONE WAS
UNARMED, THERE WAS NO MAN IN IT,
IT WAS OVER INTERNATIONAL
WATERS, CLEARLY OVER
INTERNATIONAL WATERS BUT WE
DIDN'T HAVE A MAN OR WOMAN AND
IN IT.
IT WOULD'VE MADE A BIG
DIFFERENCE, LET ME TELL YOU.
I HAVE A FEELING, I MAY BE WRONG
AND I MAY BE RIGHT.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT IT WAS A
MISTAKE.
I CAN TELL YOU.
>> Harris: THERE WAS THE
PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT THE
SPECIFICITY OF HOW THIS COULD'VE
HAPPENED AND MAY BE A MISTAKE
BUT HE SAID, IF THIS HAD BEEN
UNMANNED DRONE, A VERY DIFFERENT
SITUATION.
I WINGSPAN LARGER THAN A 737,
SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING MAY
WONDER, HOW COULD IT HAVE BEEN
MANNED AT THIS POINT, WHY WOULD
WE NEED TO DO IT?
THE LARGENESS OF THIS FOR A LACK
OF A BETTER WORD, ENORMITY WHEN
MOST PEOPLE THINK OF A DRONE
SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE OF WHAT WE
CAN DO WITH THE SIZE AND HOW FAR
AWAY WE CAN BE FROM DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES.
>> Jennifer: I THINK THE
REASON THIS IS UNMANNED IS THAT
IT DIMINISHES THE RISK TO THE
U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL AND
WHAT'S UNFORTUNATE, WHENEVER A
DRONE LIKE THIS IT SHOT DOWN IS
THAT IT TELLS THE ENEMY, THE
ADVERSARIES WHAT OUR
CAPABILITIES ARE AND THE U.S.
MILITARY HAS INCREDIBLE
SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES, OUR
ALLIES KNOW THAT AND
UNFORTUNATELY OUR ENEMIES ALSO
KNOW THAT.
THAT GLOBAL HAWK IS WORTH ABOUT
$180 MILLION, IT IS AN EXPENSIVE
LOSS, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH AND
DRONES IN THE U.S. MILITARY,
THERE IS A DEMAND FOR THESE ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
IT IS A LOSS BUT I THINK THE
PRESIDENT IS DRAWING A CLEAR
LINE THAT THERE WAS NOT A LOSS
OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL LIVES
AND THAT WOULD CHANGE THE
CALCULATION IN TERMS OF A
MILITARY RESPONSE OR ANY
RESPONSE AT ALL AND I THINK IS
DRAWING A VERY CLEAR LINE THERE
THAT ANY U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL