Priya Sridhar
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Sep 9, 2026
Nicolle WallaceHOST
What Trump has been dismissing as, quote, "small potatoes" and describing as, quote, "intimate" and saying is, quote, "not a big thing," looks increasingly like a growing and intractable war.
Nicolle WallaceHOST
Breaking in just the last few minutes from our colleague Priya Sridhar, a US official has confirmed to MS now that American forces have struck multiple Iranian tankers tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard in response to more attempted missile attacks on a US Navy warship.
Nicolle WallaceHOST
We're back with Greg and General Anderson.
Nicolle WallaceHOST
Um, General Anderson, I don't think that families, um, the 18 families who lost loved ones serving in the war, um, care about what people call it.
Katy TurHOST
An Associated Press investigation found that at least seven parents or spouses of active duty U.S. service members had been deported under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Katy TurHOST
Joining us on MSNOW, Pentagon reporter Priya Sridhar.
Katy TurHOST
Priya, I know we've been seeing a lot of this.
Katy TurHOST
This one in particular caught my eye.
Alicia MenendezHOST
That report hitting only days before former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned that he fears, quote, All our guardrails are gone.
Alicia MenendezHOST
MSNOW's Pentagon reporter Priya Sridhar joins us with her new reporting.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Lieutenant General Mark Hertling is still here.
Alicia MenendezHOST
General, it is hard to believe that this all happened in only a week, and yet it barely scratches the surface of the chaos.
5 MINS LATER
Mark HertlingGUEST
And to me, having spent, like Priya, 20 years, having spent 38 years in the Army, I just can't understand why this is happening, because we had a really good force that they continue to say is great, and yet they're disrupting it.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Unbelievable.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Priya Sridhar, Lieutenant General Mark Hartling, thank you both so much for your time and your expertise.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Next, Republicans in one state are feeling grim.
David RohdeGUEST
The Omanis are actually frustrated with the Iranians.
David RohdeGUEST
Ayman Moyaldin, our colleague, had a tip that they were close to a deal, I would say, about 10 days ago or two weeks ago, and nothing came of that.
David RohdeGUEST
So I think there's a lot of posturing on both sides.
David RohdeGUEST
The bottom line to me is that the Iranians are going to try to block the Strait of Hormuz, I think, through the midterm elections in the U.S. You'll see these continued flare-ups between the two sides, but I don't think the Iranians are going to make any major concessions.
David RohdeGUEST
They see President Trump is under intense political pressure as long as gas prices remain high through the midterm elections.
David RohdeGUEST
General Herling, I wanted to get your sense, and I know you're not a naval officer, but The strain on the U.S. Navy at this point, there's at least 19 or 20 ships there.
David RohdeGUEST
The Lincoln story, our colleague Priya Sridhar has written about this.
David RohdeGUEST
What do you see happening to the U.S. Navy? Can it maintain this blockade? And how dangerous is it that we don't have a carrier in the Pacific at this point near Taiwan?
Anthony ColeyHOST
They also said they're worried that longer deployments and fewer port calls would become routine in the Navy and that fewer sailors would re-enlist.
Anthony ColeyHOST
Joining us now from Pattaya City, Thailand, is MSNOW Pentagon reporter Priya Sridhar, who has been all over the story.
Anthony ColeyHOST
Priya, tell us what we need to know this morning.
Priya SridharCORRESPONDENT
Hey, Jackie.
5 MINS LATER
Priya SridharCORRESPONDENT
So I think there's a lot of worrying about whether this administration is going to make things better for the next group, which is the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Priya SridharCORRESPONDENT
It's going to be shipping off from San Diego, heading towards the Middle East in October, guys.
Jonathan CapehartHOST
MSNOW's Priya Sridhar, thank you very much for your excellent reporting from Thailand.
Jonathan CapehartHOST
Coming up, where things stand in Trump's obsession to remake Washington, D.C., and why he says struggling Americans should be more grateful for these vanity projects.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
In the time of war, however, Hegseth's shortcomings may prove deadly.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
I want to bring in Priya Sridhar.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
She is MSNOW's Pentagon reporter, and she is live in Thailand for us where the USS Lincoln has docked.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
Priya, thank you so much for being here yet again.
Priya SridharCORRESPONDENT
The sailors who are on the USS Abraham Lincoln are saying that they're not sure if they would want to do another reenlistment after what they just experienced for the past nine and a half months at sea.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
I don't think any of us, particularly the people that have been watching this saga unfold through your extraordinary reporting, would blame them.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
Priya Sridhar, thank you so much for your continued efforts on the ground in Thailand and all the way back here in the United States as well.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
We'll talk to you soon.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
screen with you, too, my friend.
Alex WittHOST
Let's go from there now to MSNOW Pentagon reporter Priya Sridhar, who's joining us from Pattaya City in Thailand.
Alex WittHOST
That is where the USS Lincoln is preparing to resume its voyage heading home.
Alex WittHOST
Priya, welcome to you.
JD VanceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When you go out and talk to troops today, they talk about how much better it is, how much prouder they are, how much more they feel supported from Washington as opposed to, frankly, oppressed by Washington.
Jen PsakiHOST
MSNBC sent one of our reporters, Priya Sridhar, who has done incredible reporting across the globe to talk to the troops.
Jen PsakiHOST
And the ones she spoke to are definitely not saying that.
Jen PsakiHOST
After a record-breaking deployment, the 5,000 U.S. service members on the USS Lincoln are now finally getting a port call.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Michael Schnell is covering Capitol Hill.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Our Pentagon reporter Priya Sridhar is overseas covering the Iran war.
Alicia MenendezHOST
And senior national security reporter David Road is here with us in studio.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Vaughn, what is at stake if the White House refuses to acknowledge their war of choice with Iran?
Vaughn HilliardCORRESPONDENT
Right, Alicia.
11 MINS LATER
Alicia MenendezHOST
Michael Schnell, Priya Sridhar, David Rhoad, thank you all so much for getting us started.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Ahead this hour, some Republicans saying no thanks to Trump's plans to campaign with them.
Alicia MenendezHOST
Then the reporter who broke the story on Maria Bartiromo's ugly exit from Fox News joins us behind the scenes scoop.
J.D. VanceSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When you go out and talk to troops today, they talk about how much better it is, how much prouder they are, how much more they feel supported from Washington as opposed to, frankly, oppressed by Washington.
Jen PsakiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
MSNBC sent one of our reporters, Priya Sridhar, who has done incredible reporting across the globe, to talk to the troops.
Jen PsakiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the ones she spoke to are definitely not saying that.
Jen PsakiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
After a record-breaking deployment, the 5,000 U.S. service members on the USS Lincoln are now finally getting a port call.
Jen PsakiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And after six months of working 12- to 14-hour days in active combat with no days off, the troops on the USS Lincoln are getting some much-deserved R&R in Thailand, where they are docked on their journey back to the U.S. And MSNAS Priya Sridhar is in Thailand and has been speaking with some of those troops, but they're not saying what JD Vance says they are saying.
Jen PsakiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Two sailors who have been in the Navy for more than 10 years told her that they had been on multiple deployments, but that this one had been far worse than most, by far the worst of their Navy careers.
Jen PsakiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They said that they are worried that longer deployments and fewer port calls would become routine for the Navy and that fewer sailors would reenlist.
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