The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad's guest for today's show is Colonel Cedric Leighton (Ret.), Founder and President of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership consultancy serving global companies and organizations. The Colonal's website is CedricLeighton.com and his Twitter handle is @CedricLeighton.

The two discuss and analyze the crisis between the United States and Iran.  This includes whether the killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani was justified, the 'razor thin' intelligence showing that Suleimani was planning 'imminent attacks' on Americans (which is the rationale Trump has provided for ordering the killing), what other options Trump had, what Iran's response to the attack might look like, and how all of this could affect America's current political landscape.

Brad writes a column every Sunday on the 2020 Presidential race for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.