Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles ORIGIN. >> Bret: JENNIFER GRIFFIN LIVE IN THE PENTAGON. TREY YINGST IS STANDING BY LIVE, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU HEAR ON THE GROUND? >> GOOD EVENING, WE ARE STILL GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ATTACK IN WESTERN IRAQ TOWARD THE MILITARY BASE THAT HOUSES U.S. TROOPS. THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS ACCORDING TO IRANIAN STATE TELEVISION, THESE ARE BALLISTIC MISSILES, SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILES THAT HAVE BEEN FIRED. THIS IS A MAJOR ESCALATION, IF CONFIRMED DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST AS MORTARS AND ROCKETS BEING FIRED TOWARDS AMERICAN AND IRAQI BASES, MOSTLY RUN BY THE IRAQIS BUT HOUSING AMERICANS. IF THIS IS CONFIRMED TONIGHT, THE NUMBER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET FROM OFFICIALS AND JENNIFER GRIFFIN REPORTING AT THE PENTAGON, A MAJOR ESCALATION. SOMETHING PEOPLE IN BAGHDAD HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT. THEY ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME. THERE WAS A CALM BEFORE THE STORM FEELING IN BAGHDAD TODAY BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE, KNOWING HOW QUICKLY CONFLICT CAN ERUPT IN THE REGION. IT IS A MAJOR CONCERN, IF IRAN DOES LAUNCH A MAJOR COUNTERATTACK AFTER THE AMERICANS TOOK OUT THEIR MILITARY LEADER QASEM SOLEIMANI LAST WEEK. IT COULD EVOLVE INTO A MUCH LARGER CONFLICT, WE ARE LOOKING AT A PROXY WAR IN THE REGION, MOSTLY SMALL ATTACKS ON IRAQI BASES THAT HOUSE AMERICAN TROOPS, MORE THAN A DOZEN OF THEM OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS. BALLISTIC MISSILES ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THING IN THE REGION AND COMING FROM IRANIAN TERRITORY, THIS LEAVES ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE GETTING A STATEMENT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, FROM STEPHANIE GRISHAM THE PRESS SECRETARY INDICATING THE PRESIDENT IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND HAS BEEN BRIEFED AND IS CONSULTING WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM. LOOK FOR MORE RESPONSE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION NOW. THE PRESIDENT HAS PROMISED HE WILL RESPOND STRONGLY. HE MADE MANY OF THOSE COMMENTS
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