CAMEROTA: Five Democratic presidential candidates will be briefed today by the White House on Iran. One of them, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, held a rally in Brooklyn yesterday. She was joined by former candidate Julian Castro. And, CNN's MJ Lee is here with more. Hi, MJ. Tell us what we need to know about their -- this dynamic duo now.</s>MJ LEE, CNN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Alisyn, the Iowa caucuses are just around the corner and foreign policy is suddenly front and center in the 2020 Democratic primary. Several senators in the race will be in Washington today where they will be briefed on Iran. One of those senators, as you said, Elizabeth Warren, was here in New York City last night. She was campaigning with Julian Castro, the former Housing secretary who endorsed Warren just this week after ending his own White House campaign. Just moments before that event began last night in Brooklyn, the news of the missile strikes in Iraq was breaking. Both Castro and Warren addressed the situation. At the top of their remarks, Sen. Warren calling this a sober moment and offering prayers for U.S. military personnel. Here is what she said.</s>SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: But this is a reminder why we need to deescalate tension in the Middle East. The American people do not want a war with Iran.</s>LEE: So there's no question that the situation in the Middle East has injected some uncertainty into the 2020 race just as some voters are preparing to make some last-minute decisions on who to support for president.</s>BERMAN: All right, MJ. Thanks very much for that.</s>LEE: OK.</s>BERMAN: We've got some new CNN reporting in moments ago. There is now a growing sense within the Pentagon that Iran intentionally missed areas with U.S. troops when they fired ballistic missiles at those bases inside Iraq. So what will we hear from the president when he addresses this shortly? Stay with us.
2020 Democratic Senators To Be Briefed On Iran