Why is the president threatening what would amount to potentially a war crime with the U.S. military?

And how do you square that with the administration repeatedly saying that the U.S. does not target civilians?

Look, the president has made it quite clear to the Iranian regime at this moment in time, as evidenced by the statement that you just read, that their best move is to make a deal.

Or else the United States armed

forces has capabilities beyond their wildest imagination, and the president is not afraid to use

them.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt dodging a question yesterday about President Trump suggesting

the United States could attack civilian

infrastructure if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

That's a war crime, by the way.

The Wall Street Journal has new reporting that the president is telling AIDS he is willing to walk away,

even if the waterway remains closed.

Meanwhile, the war with Iran dragging down the stock market as Wall Street is now on pace

for the worst quarter for stocks in four years.

Plus, we're learning more about the Air Canada flight attendant who miraculously survived

the crash at LaGuardia Airport. We'll have an

update on her recovery. Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe. It is Tuesday, March 31st.

And with us, we have the co-host of our 9-am hour staff writer at the Atlantic.

Jonathan Lemire. CEO and co-founder of Axis, Jim Van de Hai, is with us.

Columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post, David Ignatius, is here,

an opinion writer for the New York Times, David French. So we'll start with gas prices in the

United States, crossing an average of $4 a gallon this morning as the war with Iran stretches into its second

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