BRIAN:..FIRST TO THE LATEST ON
THE IRAN CRISIS.PRESIDENT
TRUMP ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT NO
ONE WAS HURT WHEN IRAN
LAUNCHED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN
MISSILES AT MILITARY BASES IN
IRAQ.IRAN SAYS THE ATTACK WAS
IN RETALIATION FOR THE U.S.
DRONE STRIKE THAT KILLED ITS
TOP MILITARY
LEADER.SUE:..IT NOW APPEARS
BOTH SIDES ARE TRYING TO DE-
ESCALATE THE CRISIS.ALICE BARR
HAS LATE-BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS
FROM CAPITOL HILL.
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SUE AND BRIAN...PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS CREDITING AN EARLY
WARNING SYSTEM -- THAT ALLOWED
AMERICAN AND IRAQI TROOPS TO
GET TO SAFETY -- WHILE SOME
ANALYSTS SPECULATE THAT IRAN
MAY HAVE INTENTIONALLY AVOIDED
DOING SERIOUS DAMAGE -- TO
KEEP FROM PLUNGING INTO A
WIDER CONFLICT.(--- INSERT PKG
---)TODAY -- A STEP BACK FROM
THE BRINK.WITH THE NEWS NO
AMERICANS WERE HURT IN IRAN'S
MISSILE STRIKES ON IRAQI BASES
HOUSING U.S. FORCES --
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PLAYING
DOWN THE ATTACKS.SOT/
PRESIDENT TRUMP (NO SUPER)
:13-21"IRAN APPEARS TO BE
STANDING DOWN, WHICH IS A GOOD
THING FOR ALL PARTIES
CONCERNED AND A VERY GOOD
THING FOR THE WORLD."THE
PRESIDENT'S PREVIOUS TOUGH
TALK OF MILITARY ACTION --
SHIFTING TO A VOW FOR
'PUNISHING' NEW ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS -- THAT WILL REMAIN
--SOT/ PRESIDENT TRUMP (NO
SUPER) :29-:32"UNTIL IRAN
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CHANGES ITS BEHAVIOR."WHILE
SAYING HE WANTS PEACE -- THE
PRESIDENT BEGAN HIS STATEMENT
WITH THESE WORDS --SOT/
PRESIDENT TRUMP (NO SUPER)
:37-:42"IRAN WILL NEVER BE
ALLOWED TO HAVE A NUCLEAR
WEAPON."AND JUST HOURS AFTER
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER CALLED
THE MISSILE STRIKES "A SLAP IN
THE FACE" FOR THE KILLING OF
ITS TOP GENERAL -- THE
PRESIDENT AGAIN DEFENDED HIS
DECISION TO TAKE OUT QASEM
SOLEIMANI.SOT/ PRESIDENT TRUMP
(NO SUPER) :53-1:00"WE TOOK
DECISIVE ACTION TO STOP A
RUTHLESS TERRORIST FROM
THREATENING AMERICAN LIVES."
TOP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
BRIEFING LAWMAKERS TODAY ON
THE INTELLIGENCE BEHIND THE
DRONE STRIKE ON SOLEIMANI.THE
TWO PARTIES COMING AWAY WITH
VASTLY DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS.
SOT/ REP. MARK MEADOWS (R)
NORTH CAROLINA 1:10-1:16"NOT
ONLY DID THE PRESIDENT MAKE
THE RIGHT CALL BUT THIS WAS A
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER."SOT/
REP. JERRY CONNOLLY (D )
VIRGINIA 1:17-1:24"UTTERLY
UNPERSUADED ABOUT ANY EVIDENCE
ABOUT THE IMMINENCE OF A
THREAT THAT WAS NEW OR
COMPELLING."DEMOCRATS
CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT FOR
LIGHTING A FUSE --SOT/ REP.
HAKEEM JEFFRIES (D) NEW YORK
1:28-1:31"THOUGH HE'S TRYING
TO PRETEND AS IF HE'S THE
FIREFIGHTER."AND EVEN WITH
HOSTILITIES SEEMINGLY ON PAUSE
TODAY -- MILITARY ANALYSTS
WARNING THE THREAT FROM IRAN
IS FAR FROM OVER.(--- REPORTER
TAG ---)MILITARY AND
DIPLOMATIC OUTPOSTS IN THE
REGION ARE STILL ON HIGH ALERT
-- AND WITH IRAN'S SUPREME
LEADER SAYING TODAY 'MILITARY
ACTION IS NOT ENOUGH' -- CYBER
ATTACKS REMAIN A REAL THREAT.
I'M ALICE BARR, NEWS 8
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SUE:..WE REACHED OUT TO OUR
LOCAL LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON
TO GET THEIR TAKE ON WHAT HAS
TRANSPIRED IN THE LAST 24
HOURS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.BRIAN:..NEWS EIGHT
POLITICAL REPORTER RICK ALBIN
IS HERE WITH WHAT THEY HAD TO
SAY, RICK?
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RICK:..IT HAS BEEN A BUSY DAY
ON CAPITOL HILL, SOME
LAWMAKERS RECEIVING BRIEFINGS
ON LAST NIGHTS MISSILE ATTACKS
WHILE THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED
THE NATIONCONGRESSMAN JOHN
MOOLENAAR, WHO REPRESENTS
MONTCALM AND MECOSTA COUNTIES
AND MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PART
OF THE STATE, SAID HE WAS
THANKFUL NO AMERICAN MILITARY
PERSONNEL WERE HURT AND AGREED
WITH THE PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS.
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((I'M GLAD THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS SPOKEN OUT AND FURTHER
SANCTIONS WILL BE IN ORDER AND
I SUPPORT TAKING OUT OF
SOLEIMANI. I THINK HE WAS A
KNOWN TERRORIST AND SOMEONE
WHO WAS LOTTING ADDITIONAL
HARM TO AMERICANS.))LAKESHORE
CONGRESSMAN BILL HUIZENGA SAYS
HE HOPES THE SITUATION IS
DIFFUSED TO AVOID MORE
POTENTIAL
ENGAGEMENT. ((I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY WANTS WAR. I DON'T
THINK ANYBODY WANTS ((I DON'T
THINK
ENGAGEMENT.POTENTIAL AVOID
MORE POTENTIAL
ENGAGEMENT. ((I DON'T THINK
ANYBODY WANTS WAR. I DON'T
THINK THIS PRESIDENT DOES, I
DON'T BELIEVE ANY OF US IN
CONGRESS DO AND I HOPE AND
PRAY THAT IS THE SAME WITH
IRANIAN LEADERSHIP AS WELL.
THAT IS A BAD SITUATION AN I'M
GLAD TO SEE THAT IT SEEMS TO
HAVE SOME COOLER HEADS
PREVAILING.))FORMER
REPUBLICAN, NOW
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INDEPENDENT CONGRESSMAN JUSTIN
AMASH EXPRESSED HIS THOUGHTS
IN "TWEET" FORM SAYING.
"DIRECT, FIRM, AND PEACEFUL
ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN IS MORE
LIKELY TO BRING ABOUT POSITIVE
CHANGE THAN ARE FURTHER
SANCTIONS AND WARFARE."
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RICK:..
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FOR NOW THERE IS HOPE ON THE
PART OF MANY WHO ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THE SITUATION THAT NO
FURTHER ESCALATION WILL TAKE
PLACE BUT THAT TENUOUS TRUCE
COULD BE SHATTERED AT ANY TIME
GIVEN THE VOLATILITY OF THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND IRAN.
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