confident. we are mindful of the way some actors in the region are trying to make connections. what i said was, there is no reason why our work on a hostage deal needs to be affected or impacted by what happened over the weekend for what we do about what happened and we will respond. we want to keep the work going on this hostage deal and we will have to see where it goes. i also want to repeat what i said earlier, we are not cocky, we understand there is a lot of hard work ahead. that work ahead of us might be affected by events elsewhere in the region, not just what happened in jordan and what might come as a result. there is no reason why it should be a that is why we will

stay at that task. >> does the white house acknowledge that the previous retaliatory strikes in the region have been ineffective at protecting american troops? >> the strikes that we have taken in the past have definitely had an impact on the grading and disrupting the activities of some of these groups. clearly, they have decided to keep conducting those attacks. now it has legal consequences for american troops. we will weigh an additional set of options. the president will make his decisions to respond appropriately. you have been listening to president biden's national security council spokesman, john kirby, from the podium at the white house. he says the volatile information in the northeast is

fundamentally different after a drone strike killed three american service members in jordan. he confirmed president biden met twice with his national security team as they worked through different options to retaliate, but he would not say which options are on the table, or even exactly who was behind the attack. he did blame it on iranian backed militants. he did make clear that the united states does not want war with iran. he said, he would not be telegraphing punches for president biden. any response he said will be cognizant of the fact that these tehran backed militias took american life. let's get to natosha bertrand who is alive at the white house. kirby also expressed confidence that the pentagon would be able to execute any kind of response. what are you hearing? >> the pentagon is a planning organization. they plan for any and every scenario including potential response options.

understandably and not surprisingly he did not want to telegraph with the u.s. is preparing to do. he was press multiple times on if the u.s. was prepared to strike inside iran, which is what many republican lawmakers have been calling for the last day or so, and he and pentagon officials continue to say we are not taking options of the table but we will decide when and where to respond at the time and place of our choosing. they have said many times before, on previous strikes in iraq and syria, the u.s. has degraded iranian weapons capabilities. according to kirby he stood by the u.s. assessment that the previous the strikes have been effective . the question remains, what kind of response the u.s. needs to engage in, in order to deter these groups from continuing to launch these drone attacks which of course have continued.

even over the weekend there were additional six attacks, including the one we saw on the base in northeast georgia that killed three u.s. army soldiers. what will it take to deter them for good in a way that destroys their capabilities, deters them and degrades them in a way that they cannot repeat this attack. that is the situation and what president biden is grappling with at this moment. >> natosha bertrand, live from the pentagon. one of the key questions is how did this happen? was there confusion when a u.s. drone approached the base, did they not see the other drone? what went down? >> you heard kirby saying he is not going to do the forensics. this is something that appears to play a role. let's break this down with rcn and military analyst. colonel, as you heard boris mention, apparently this attack drone came in at around the same time the u.s. drone was

returning to the base and there was confusion. talk to us about how that might have happened. >> this is quite a significant tactic that the iranians, or their proxies, may have used. there is one school of thought that said this might have been a coincidence. i find that highly unlikely. when there is a flightpath for a drone, think of it as a normal airplane and somebody follows it, the radar picture can be skewed and you can think you are seeing the same object, sometimes radar returns reflect things twice or multiple times and it is very easy to confuse radar returns from a friendly aircraft, in this case are drone with a non-friendly aircraft, in this case the iranian drone which is a drone that was impacted in this area. >> that is why, as we understand , people were asleep and they would have been in proximity to each other which is why we are

looking at a lot of people injured in addition to dead. for many americans, this might be the first of their understanding of the u.s. military presence in jordan. explain the significance of the space. >> this is a base on the jordanian side of the jordan, syria border and it is close to iraq. there are 350 army air force and personnel. you can see it is basically a hexagonal shape with security perimeter it has copters around here. there are a lot of storage facilities and good things like this. the protected area is what they wanted to protect, it is right here in the middle. that is the area that impacted with this drone. this also is set up in a way that it could support, logistically, the mission at other bases such as the one in syria which is right across the

border. that base is one that is really responsible for a large part of our anti-isis mission and served as a facility to help support the democratic forces when they were fighting in syria itself. >> we have seen in political and national security analyst, david singer from the "new york times". we have been seeing an uptick in these attacks by iran in proxies. we have seen some of the attacks in iraq. it is not a new phenomenon, as you heard john kirby going through, even if this is the first fatal one that we have seen since october 7th. >> that is right. what we have heard from the administration for the past couple of weeks, these mounting attacks were sooner or later going to result in death. they have been lucky 160 times, roughly, and very unlucky on sunday. the question is, how has this changed the picture.

what you heard from john kirby there from the white house briefing. the answer is, it forces the president's hand to react much more strongly than he has when there were just light injuries are no injuries at all. the question is, how does he do that? choices range from unsatisfying, which is to say hit the proxies again, right now there is still a little bit of doubt about which proxy launched this attack and from where. the other option is to go right after the source of their funds and arms. that is iran. that is what you're hearing from republicans, that is a highly risky move. so risky that former president trump when he was in office pulled back twice the option of striking iran. >> that is a good point that

you make. when we talk about these proxies and these regional groups, let's talk about the capabilities, let's talk about the goals and how the biden administration has been dealing with it. >> this is interesting. a lot of the focus that we have had has been on the iranian proxy groups in iraq and those in syria. among those in iraq is a group called -- hezbollah. that group is significant because it is basically the largest group that is a proxy for the iranians. it is the shiite group who killed their leader in 2020. we have they have every reason to go after us and they have been doing so for quite some time. these groups are active with the idea that they really want to take over the american presence. they want to rid the middle east of the american presence, which is iran's goal as well. there are groups in gaza and

the west bank, we talk a lot about hamas, the palestinian jihad is also active there, the houthis in yemen, all of these groups come together to include groups in bahrain which is the headquarters of the fifth fleet. there are a lot of groups in this area that the iranians are controlling through various means, some direct and some indirect. in many ways they support the iranian foreign policy goal of getting rid of the u.s. presence. >> the hezbollah leader taken out during the soleimani strike. >> right. >> when we look at -- this is what i want to pull up, u.s. military personnel in the northeast. we have talked so much about it and you can see the numbers. there are a lot. this is the presence that iran would like gone. this has been in place for a while.

this is the footprint of the shadow war with iran. talk about that. >> first of all, it is a lot fewer than it was when you think about what the presence looks like in iraq where today we have 2500 troops and of course the war closer to 100,000. some of those americans are leaving, others are there at the request of other countries including saudi arabia. catarrh, bahrain and so forth. there is a mixed review about whether or not the united states should maintain a presence. the second and critical point that cedric was getting at here is that these groups don't all have exactly the same set of interests. they all might want to see the

united states out, they might want to see the united states humiliated, but each one has their own politics. iran's politics are the most complicated. they are in a succession struggle now for best supreme leader who is aging and not in good health. there is always a struggle between the islamic republican guard, and other elements in iran. i think president biden is pretty hesitant to get in the midst of that, especially since we do not understand that dynamic and we do not understand whether the iranians ordered this attack. these groups do operate somewhat independently even if they have common commands. >> they do not have total control over these proxies, but their involvement allows the u.s. so much blame. cedric and david, thank you for taking us through this. it is very complex.

>> we want to take a step back and focus on the 30 plus troops that were injured in the attack. officials say they expect the entry count to fluctuate as more service members seek treatment for tbi, traumatic brain injury symptoms. joining us now is a doctor f perry wilson he is a professor at yale university. walk us through the range of symptoms that people with tbi experience. >> thank you for having me. my heart goes out to the injured service members and of course to the families of those who lost their lives. tbi is the most common injury that affects service women and men. it is the result of generally, concussive forces to the head that occur in the setting of a blast. it is an umbrella term. symptoms can range from a mild concussion which might be a headache and dizziness come all

the way to severe injury, paralysis, even death in some cases. the critical thing is some of the symptoms do not appear the moment the injury is sustained. that is why this injury number will keep going up as people realize, as servicemen and women realize that they are having symptoms, nausea, headache, difficulty with vision or brain fog better not clearing up. >> you are essentially saying that these injuries can get worse with time and essentially become fatal after the metal matter, is that right? >> it would be unusual for an injury severe enough to be fatal to last a very long time before it comes to medical attention most of the people who have injuries at that level will lose consciousness in the setting of the blast and one would assume they would receive medical attention. most of the cases that come to the floor in the next few days

will be more chronic conditions like headache, visual disturbances, nausea and vomiting. this can persist for weeks and four months and there are psychological effects as well. traumatic brain injury is associated with ptsd which means some of the servicemembers might be dealing with the ramifications of this attack literally for the rest of their lives. >> i do want to point out that eight of the 30 or so that were injured and transferred to germany for further medical care, i wonder what the treatment looks like for tbi. >> it depends on what the damage is. in general you will get brain scans to look for signs like bleeding or swelling in the brain and that can require surgery. individuals where the damage is that extensive are generally in bad shape immediately after the trauma has occurred. for others it might be monitoring to see how symptoms

have progressed, physical therapy, some psychological counseling as well. in some cases we can hope this will all blow over and feel better after a week or two, much like people who sustain a bad concussion playing sports have experienced. that is our hope. we do not have too much data on the individual care. >> thank you so much for sharing your perspective. >> anytime. >> still ahead, former president donald trump says to blame him if the sun is bipartisan order deal gets blocked a bill that is essentially dead on arrival once it is released. we will speak with a congressman on where things stand. >> prosecutors continuing to call witnesses in a historic trial of a suitor, a trial we are following life. >> can some patients detect alzheimers through medical treatment x we have the results

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reached and donald trump is telling republicans to block it. seconds ago he posted on social media saying a border bill is not necessary. right now thank you negotiator says lawmakers are finishing up the text of the bill and it could hit the senate floor in the coming days. this compromise would allow the president to shut down the border between ports of entry when unlawful crossings reach a certain point. president biden is urging lawmakers to pass the deal calling at the toughest set of reforms yet. the deals leave negotiators who call it by far the most conservative border security bill in four decades. let's discuss with the republican congressman from texas august pflueger. thank you for being with us. we should know he is a member of the house held let security meeting. this bill goes through a lot, it makes it difficult to go through asylum and expedites

deportations and increases border patrol agents and it allows the president to shut down the border as a circuit breaker or failsafe if there is a search, which president biden said he would do if it passes. what is your response to this bill? what are your reservations? >> i have not publicly said anything. thank you for having me. we have not seen the text, i have respect for senator james langford, a man with integrity and someone who understands the tragedy of the situation. for three years we have had a wide open order and it is causing every community, including mine, and all 50 states tragic results. 8 million people, 300 people match the terror watch list, 50 this year. 100,000 fentanyl deaths. my question for the administration and secretary marcus, why have you not done anything? since president biden took office, not a single law has changed. the only thing that is changed is the implementation it is

time for them to shut down the border and we have asked them year after year since they took office to do that and it has not happened and we are in a tragic situation right now. >> congressman, i want to point out, the 8 million number from customs and border protection that is encounters and not people who have entered the country i am curious, it sounds like you're open to this bill and what would you say to president trump who argues it is not necessary? >> if you go back to the number it is actually much more than 8 million, that is the ones we know about >> those are encounters, those are not actual people. >> that is exactly right. >> i know that number is much larger. what i will point you is may of 2023, last year, the committee

i serve on, homeland security past hr 2, which is an incredible border security package and we sent it to the senate and there it has arrested since may why has senator schumer not taken that up? why has he not prioritized? i would ask president biden, is it because we are in an election year that we get to a point where this matters? it is a good bill and we need action from the senate. >> we have issues with that bill for number of reasons. the counterpoint is that they are willing to move forward on things that would restrict immigration without asking for things that democrats historically have asked for for dreamers or so-called amnesty. that is the reason that donald trump tapped the immigration deal in 2019, are you concerned that passing of this offer from

democrats to move forward on something that republicans want could ultimately doom you down the road? >> i am worried about shutting the border down. this is not political to me. this is an issue throughout the united states regardless of which party you support pre- people believe you should have a strong border. that is separate from the immigration issues. the tragedies in our community, the 53 people who were smuggled into the united states who died in a tractor-trailer last summer, people in my constituency, a 71-year-old grandmother and her seven-year- old granddaughter killed by a human trafficker doing 100 miles per hour, those are the impacts we have to stop. immigration reform needs to happen, but we are so egregiously missing the point from the administration's perspective. this is why we will move forward with the impeachment of secretary mallorca's because he has missed

the mark on keeping our country safe. >> i do want to ask about the effort to impeach mayorcas, you are open to passing this bill depending on what you see in the text? >> we are committed to border security. we passed the best border security legislation in several decades that is hr 2. >> whatever i vote for in the house will have to reflect the nature of hr to s 2. >> i will take that point and moved to the attempt to impeach secretary mallorca's great you're accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors for failing to follow the law and you accuse him of making false statements. you just noted that the biden administration gives him guidance. the biden administration has interpreted the law a certain way and the white house has directed him to carry out

policies a certain way. why is he responsible for immigration policy and not the white house? why impeach him? >> that is a great question and i think other people and different committees are looking at that. the homeland security committee for this impeachment, the articles of impeachment have been referred, we are looking at the security of our nation this is the youngest committee formed after 9/11 to keep our country safe from terrorism there are two articles that are straightforward, secretary mayorkas has refused to follow the law. he has an egregious breach of public trust in doing so. he has charged and has taken an oath of office, i took one myself, he took an oath of office to keep us safe. were it not for oversight starting in january of last year , you would not know that there were 300 plus suspected terrorist in this country. it is so egregious.

8 million might be a number of apprehensions but boris, we know the number of people who have gotten away is much higher. when the mayor of new york city eric adams, he is a sanctury city, when he has an emergency, you know the situation is bad and it has hurt every single community. we take no pleasure in this. there is no pleasure in this. we have been left no other option. enough is enough and it's time to get the administration's attention and let the american people know we are standing up for them. >> you noted your military service and i want to get your reaction to the attack in jordan that killed three u.s. service members. some of the colleagues are calling for iran to be directly targeted, do you agree? >> i think the administration has acted weekly. iran needs to be deterred, i

served in that area where that drone unfortunately impacted servicemembers. our thoughts and prayers are with them. the administration quite frankly has acted so weakly. when you look at october 7, since that point in time, i have been very, very straightforward with president biden calling for him to deter iran, who is the largest state sponsor of terrorism. we absolutely need to react in a way that will deter further attacks. we need to protect our servicemen and women, many of whom are my friends serving in that area. we have to de-escalate it. the only way you do that is strength three-piece. >> congressman, we have to leave it there. >> if i could rephrase that, peace through strength. you for letting me rephrase that. >> we got the sentiment. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> coming up next, emotions running high in court today, historic trial for the mother of the oxford school shooter. we

have the latest developments. >> as russia goes into election season, there's a sharp rise in egg prices that has the kremlin doing damage control.

a witness in jennifer crumbley's manslaughter trial tells the jury that crumbley had very few positive things to say about her son. she is in trial for involuntary manslaughter after her son killed four classmates in 2021. prosecutors are trying to prove that the shooter's parents bear blame for the oxford school shooting, for neglecting their son, and giving him access to a gun.

we have been watching the testimony. walk us through what you have heard. >> reporter: i want to tell you what is happening right now. the counselor, shawn hopkins, who was the counselor at oxford high school, he is on the stand. it comes to that critical day, november 30th, two hours before the mass shooting happened. i think we have the map drawing, it is the drawing on his math worksheet that ethan crumbley had a stick figure, a gun, bullets and blood and my wife life is worthless. he just testified that he felt jennifer crumbley thought it was an inconvenience that she had to be brought to the school. he talked with them and wanted even sent home and they said they had to go back to work. that is when ethan went back to class and two hours later it happened. earlier today, kira panik took the stand. jennifer and james were big horse people they had two

courses and this is who owned the horse farms where the horses were kept. she testified she never saw ethan crumbley, he never came out where the horses were, his parents did. at one point jennifer talked about ethan and it was not positive. take a listen. >> she spoke negatively about him, or was it just positive? >> there was nothing truly positive when she was talking about him. there were quite a few times that she voiced that he was a whoops baby. >> reporter: that would have been fall 2021, shortly before the mass shooting. several months before there were issues at the high school with ethan. i think we have a still of evidence. it is from a teacher reaching out to the counselor and she said, could you please touch

base with ethan crumbley. in his autobiography poland he said he feels terrible and that his family is a mistake. unusual responses for sure. that counselor said he got more context and he did not talk to ethan at all. later on, the teacher a short time later said ethan is having a rough time, can you speak with him. the counselor said he met him in the hallway and said if you need someone to talk to, talk to me. the teachers were begging for someone to pay attention to ethan crumbley and the signs they were seeing and it did not culminate until november 30th. >> thank you for that update. we want to take it to the pentagon because officials are giving a briefing on the three u.s. troops killed in jordan. >> -- specialist kennedy senators and specialist breanna

moffat. they were all signed to the 718th engineering company u.s. army reserve unit based out of georgia. these three fallen heroes were deployed to jordan in support of operation inherent resolved and the international coalition working to ensure the lasting defeat of isis. these brave americans and their families are in our prayers and the entire department defense mourns the loss. we pray for the speedy recovery of those injured. eight personnel who received injuries required medical evacuations from jordan to the baghdad diplomat of support center. 3r's are just like three are scheduled for support. five have been assessed for mild tbi's and expect her to return to duty. we are assessing what happened and how drones were able to attack the facility. the u.s. continues to investigate the attack and for protection reasons we will not

discuss further specifics are measures were taken to prevent such actions. or future attacks. we do know that iran back militants are responsible. as the president and the secretary stated we will not tolerate continued attacks on american forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend u.s. military men and women who are deployed >> over the weekend the secretary received updates on the attack of u.s. forces and participated in a briefing with the president and his national security team. today secretary austin returned to work at the pentagon. this morning he asked the nato secretary-general for a bilateral meeting or they discussed the war in ukraine, the next summit and ways to strengthen trans atlantic security. he met with president biden at the white house and he will host the nato secretary-general alongside secretary blinken and the national security advisor. additionally the secretary tentatively scheduled to visit walter reed medical center this

evening for a follow-up appointment. >> secretary austin continues to recover well and is expected to make a full recovery following his treatment for prostate cancer. with that i would be happy to take your questions. >> a couple of things. since secretary austin has now returned to the building, can you tell us whether or not we will be able to see him in the briefing room? go ahead. >> i do not have an update just yet but we are working towards that and we will keep you updated. >> secondly, can you give us an update on the number of wounded and the breakdown between air force and army? also, any update on the perpetrators of the attack. there has been a lot of chatter about kh. can you tell us if that is the leading suspicion? >> sure.

on the number of injuries right now we assess there are more than 40 who have been injured. we do expect that number to continue to fluctuate as servicemembers, you know with tbi symptoms are reported later , that could grow. in terms of attribution for the attack, we know, this is a i rgc backed militia. it has the footprints of qatar hezbollah but not making a final assessment. our teams are doing an analysis but we know that iran is behind it and certainly as we have said before iran continues to equip these groups and we will hold them responsible. >> you said you know iran is behind it. you know iran, or iran leaders were actually behind this attack, as in planned,

correlated or directed it? >> we know iran plays a role with these groups or they are armed and equipped and they fund these groups. i do not have more on terms of intelligence assessment if leaders from iran were directing the attack. i can tell you we know they are supported by iran and therefore they have their fingerprints on this. i cannot tell you more in terms of who directed the attack. >> did this drone take off from a i rgc base in syria? >> i do not have more on the point of origin on where this attack originated. >> was it human error that failed to recognize this was an iranian drone? >> we are looking into that to find out what happened. as i mentioned at the top, they are doing the assessment, they are working through what they need to, to make sure our service members weather being in jordan, iraq, syria are further protected but i do not

have anything more to share. >> what kind of drone struck the base? is this the same kind being used by russia in ukraine ? >> we are assessing the drone but i do not have anything to share yet. >> you think iran was behind the attack what does that mean? you see evidence of financing or directing, anything specific , not just general but specific ? >> maybe i need to clarify further. we know iran funds these groups . we know these i rgc backed militias are responsible for attacks on our troops beyond that we are doing and intelligence assessment. i cannot give you today -- >> -- >> we know iran funds these groups and i do not have more to share. as a general matter, yes. >> you talked about how the conflict continues in gaza.

now that u.s. troops have been attacked in another country, are you willing to say the conflict is spreading? >> i would not say the conflict is spreading and that we have seen over 100 attacks on u.s. forces, unfortunately over 100 attacks in iraq and syria and now in jordan. >> we do not want to see widening of this conflict this attack was at school at torrey and that it killed three servicemembers. as the president said we do not want to seek conflict or widening of a regional war, but we will respond at a time and place of our choosing. >> -- >> they have been launching attacks since october 17 we cannot discount these attacks

are dangerous and put our service members at risk but they have not inflicted lethal harm. they have been predominantly minor injuries and minor damage to infrastructure. >> can you address the broader trajectory for american forces in iraq and syria. will these attacks affect the ongoing discussions between the united states and the government of iraq about the future of american presence, or there have been reports that the united states is reviewing plans for the future of syria. can you talk about how this will or will not impact those deliberations >> announcer: i think you are referring to the higher military commission last week. we are focused on working with our iraqi partners on how to respond to the attack that claimed three u.s. service members. we remain committed to the hmc process and we will continue to

focus on it at the appropriate time. i do not have anything to preview our troop levels or changes in iraq and syria, we are committed to the agency process and that is ongoing. >> would i be right to say that this lethal attack on american forces, and the potential for a response, which president biden has foreshadowed explicitly, would you say it will not have an impact on u.s. plans and the presence in iraq and syria? or is it too soon to say that? >> i think it's too soon to say that. you have to remember that the agency was already working on something that was a knock announce the 2023. we are still committed to the process. we are still committed to working with the iraqi government and we are going to continue to do so.

i do not have anything more to preview what that means for our force levels. >> can the pentagon confirm any reports that the reason the drone was not shot down because troops thought it was returning american drone? >> i saw those reports. central command is assessing and i do not have any more to share on that. >> a follow-up, you said it is, but it is not a spread even though it happened in a different country. is there any indication that this attack, the equipment or the way it happened, any of that, was it a different kind of attack than what we have been seeing and iraq and syria, or was it an escalation and people died because they were not able to shoot it down. >> to my knowledge there was nothing different or new about this attack that we had seen in other facilities that house service members. this attack was successful, we cannot discount the fact that other attacks, whether it be iraq or syria, were not intended to kill our service

members. it is a true tragedy that three of our service members have died. of course central command is looking into what can be done when it comes to air defenses and looking into this incident to determine how best we can further strengthen our air defense systems. >> was this the base less detected than other bases? >> not to my knowledge. >> can you talk more about what the unit was doing in jordan? you also said iran has backed these troops that launched of these attacks. is this attack that killed three servicemembers and active or by iran? >> we do not seek war with iran, we do not seek to widen the conflict. we have said, and we will continue to call out the fact that iran does find fund and equip these groups and provide them with the capabilities that they used to attack our service members, whether it is iraq,

syria, or jordan. we will not hesitate in calling that out. we do not seek war. we do not see iran wanting to seek war with united states. we are there with iraq and syria , and i think your original question was, what were the service members doing there? they are there to defeat isis mission. they are part of a named operation that this department has and is committed to in iraq and syria. >> a follow-up, how is this not a regional war between the united states and proxies in yemen, iraq, syria and now jordan? >> we are not discounting that tensions are high in the region. since october 17th, we have seen repeated attacks on u.s. forces. we are not discounting the fact that tensions are high and these iran in backed groups are targeting military members with the intention of trying to kill

them. but we do not seek war. we do not want to see this widen to a broader war. attacks on our service members in iraq and syria, to bring it back, and to look at what is happening in the red sea, we do not seek a wider war there either, but we will respond when it comes to commercial ships, our ships, our partners vessels being targeted and jeopardizing international trade and putting at risk innocent mariners. we do not seek war, but we will take action and we will respond to attacks on our forces. >> i have two questions -- launching a crews missile into the east coast yesterday. do you suggest north korea continues the negative actions related to the biden military

action. >> we have been very clear on the threat posed by the d prk and their commitment to the republic of korea and japan continues to be ironclad. >> the defense ministry spokesman criticized the united states dragging -- then he wondered that if it was south korea's fault if ukraine would do stop relations with south korea. >> yeah, i think quite to the contrary you see countries around the world supporting ukraine's cause. we are coming up on the two-year anniversary of russia invading ukraine. russia is invading -- seeking

support from north korea for its war against ukraine. you are seeing like-minded nations to get in support an alliance a democracy and a sovereign country who is invaded by its neighbor, unjustly invaded by its neighbor and we are very proud of the coalition that we have built in in support in ukraine. >> what is the total number of tax now since october and the total number of injuries? >> yeah, just one s.e.c. here. so from october 17th two -- to january 29th, 98 in syria, and of course, the one yesterday in jordan. >> oh, and i'm sorry. >> on injuries. i'm tracking approximately 80 u.s. personnel have received nonpersonal -- serious injury since the attacks began.

>> have there been any attacks today, and where? >> i believe there was an attack earlier today. i don't have the exact location. we can get you that. i don't want to speculate but we can get you that information after. yes, right over here. >> you said, just about 160 attacks. it just this month, there has been over 150. they have been around hundred and 14 and 115, and 17 since the end of last year. so you guys have responded, the department, the u.s. has responded to a few these attacks . these attacks have continued. the deterrence have not seem to work yet. is the department considering altering or viewing its policy to deter of these militias from

injuring or killing these troops? >> yeah, that's ultimately the decision that the president is going to make and as i read out earlier, he has convened his national security team. you know, frequently within these past few days. i am not going to get ahead of any decisions that president and the secretary make but certainly, as are statements said yesterday, we are committed to responding and we will do so at a time and place of our choosing. >> just a second. to go to israel and gaza, reports in recent days suggested that the biden administration, officials in the pentagon have become more and more frustrated with the civilian death toll and their considerations of reviewing what types of weapons, weapons sales to israel. i know this is a separate part

of the state department but does the pentagon share this assessment? does the pentagon sure that frustration of too many civilian casualties in gaza? >> i think we have been pretty clear that we don't want to see any innocent lives lost in this war. we have been very clear, both publicly and privately with our israeli counterparts that we, innocent lives need to be protected. humanitarian corridors need to be open, humanitarian aid needs to continue to flow through. of course, we are concerned by the death toll in gaza. we don't want to see continued palestinians get caught in the crossfire and we have continued to urge israel to protect those innocent sicilian -- civilians and will continue to do so. >> clarification on the number of injured. the 80 includes those from the most recent attack? >> it does not. i'm sorry. >> okay. and has tower 22, has that been targeted previously, either during the israel-hamas war, or

in previous years? >> i cannot speak to before october 7th, but since october 17th, when these attacks have happened, no. tower 22, to my knowledge, has not been the target, but as you know, there is, the garrison is right on that border. so attacks have come pretty close to tower 22, but nothing that has landed on the jordanian side. impact have always been on the syrian side, except for the attack that happened yesterday. natosha? >> thank you, sabrina. so previous attacks that have struck or landed near the fills the terry -- the facilities, they have not caused nearly as much casualties. is there an assessment as to why this particular drone, i mean over 40 people injured, three killed. what was different about this drone? or what was different about the facility that it didn't have the kind of protection that other bases do?

>> what was different was where it landed. it did impact in where living quarters are and i believe it was pretty early morning so people were actually in their beds when the drone impacted. but in terms of, we've seen these types of attacks before. we are certainly, i mean that is something that central command is looking into on how they can better refine not only the defenses but prevent future attacks like this from happening again. yeah. can i just -- i'm going to go over here and then come back. yeah. >> a couple of questions. the interim, their tactics techniques and are there anything being changed to prevent this from happening? >> i would not forecast that from the podium i would not want to get ahead of anything. >> how about backdoor channels? >> i don't have anything to preview here. yeah. felicia? >> you also have a number for the tax in the red sea in the gulf of aden? >> let me see here. i don't know if i do.

i don't know if i have -- let me, we can take that question and get back to it i just don't have the running total here. as you know, there were, as recently as friday. there was another attack on a commercial vessel that was transiting. happy to get you those numbers. >> one more. just secretary meeting, did they talk about contingencies or ukrainian a doesn't go through or can you talk about the strategy? >> i believe we will have a larger readout but of course, something that is top of mind for the secretary and for many folks across the administration is securing that supplemental funding from congress. we have not been able to supply ukraine with a pda since december, since late december. ukraine is quite literally in the fight for its life as it continues to hold territory and continues to fight for its soft territory and pushed the russians back in the east and the south. we are going to continue to urge congress to pass the supplemental budget and give us the funding we need to start those pda packages but of

course, it's top of mind for everyone. >> do you think you can do without it? >> no, not right now. >> you mentioned that -- and you know that they have mobilized a part of the popular mobilization group and is part of the iraq he defenses. so have, how do you get engaged with the iraq government, specifically on that attack. >> on the attack that happened on our service members, i don't have anything to read out. >> yeah, you are not looking in a war with iran. does that mean that iran is not in a table when you are thinking and assessing to responding to that attack? >> i'm sorry. i don't understand the question. >> are you thinking, iranians, they are just an option to respond when it comes to responding to these types of things? >> we are going to respond, as the president and the secretary said at a time when we feel that we need to respond. i'm not going to get ahead of the president or any decisions.

we don't seek a wider conflict with iran. we don't want a war with iran. again, these are iran proxy grids launching these attacks. but we certainly don't seek a wider conflict. but we also on the clock here and we will respond at a time and place of our choosing. sorry, go ahead. >> if the iranian proxy, do you hold them accountable, what lake response would be, retaliation against this attack? >> so as you can appreciate, i'm not going to forecast what her response look like but of course, we rolled iran responsible as they are supporting these groups. these groups that continue to inflict casualties on our forces, whether it be in jordan, iraq, or syria. we absolutely hold iran responsible because we know that they fund and train and support and equip these militias that operate in iraq and syria. >>