>> 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.