Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington. The White House is facing major questions right now about what happens next with the president giving mixed signals about potential military action against Iran over

its lethal crackdown on protesters while renewing his vow to annex Greenland.

Starting with the latest on Iran, sources telling NBC news that the Pentagon today is presenting

the president with options related to potential military action in Iran.

It comes as the Pentagon is evacuating hundreds of troops from the U.S.

base in Qatar ahead of any retaliation, potentially from Iran, in response if there is a U.S. action.

President Trump has warned a very strong action if the Iranian regime proceeds with the execution of protesters.

And according to the State Department earlier today, Iran was expected to carry out its

first execution of a protester, a 26-year-old who was arrested near Tehran.

But this afternoon from the Oval Office, the president claimed the killing in Iran had suddenly

stopped.

We were told that the killing in Iran is stopping. It's stopped. It's stopping. And there's no

plan for executions or an execution or executions. So I've been told that a good authority.

We'll find out about it. I'm sure if happens, we'll all be very upset. They told me that there'll be

no executions, and so I hope that's true. Does this mean military action is now off the table

against Iran? We're going to watch and see what the process is, but we were given a very good

statement by people that are aware of what's going on.

A U.S.-based human rights activist news agency estimating that more than 2,500 people have been

killed in Iran amid the unrest, the vast majority of those deaths being protesters.

That death toll also includes 12 people under the age of 18

and more than 100 people affiliated with the Iranian government or military. Now, we should note

the Iranian government has not released its own figures when it comes to the death toll,

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