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defend our people and hold responsible all those who harm americans. a time, place of our choosing. that began tonight. [background sounds] it not end tonight. concern will not end tonight. neil: stunning images we're getting the first of this morning in the aftermath of those u.s. airstrikes on at least the 85 iran proxy targets in iraq and syria. the white house says the strikes were successful and part of a multitiered campaign. iraq and iran condemning that campaignful we'll talk to top generals on what exactly was hit and the significance of those targets and what may be next. plus, top lawmakers on the house. armed services committee, republican member mike waltz and democratic member adam smith, they're both here. good morning, everyone. happy weekend to you. i'm neil cavuto, so glad that

you're joining us. we'll give you the latest on this, where it stands and where it's going, first to tel aviv where you'll find our trey yingst. trey. >> reporter: hey, neil, good morning. overnight, the united states struck 85 different targets in both iraq and syria in response to that drone attack last weekend that killed three american soldiers. we know according to u.s. central command that control centers and weapons storage facilities were hit. some of them directly affiliated with iran's revolutionary guard corps' quds forces, others with iran-backed militias. national security council spokesman john kirby saying this overnight: >> i want to repeat again what i said in my opening comments, these responses began tonight, they're not going to end tonight. so there will be additional responses. there will be additional action that we take. >> reporter: the biden administration is looking to send iran and its proxies that attacks on american forces wont

be accept ised. remember, this was a direct response to the drone attack that killed three americans and injured dozens more. ahead of the american strikes overnight that included 125 precision-guided munitions, the iranian president addressed the situation on the ground saying this: >> translator: before whenever they wanted to talk to iran, like other countries, they said military option is on the table. now you do not hear these words anymore. they even say we have no intention of any conflict with ranch -- with iran. >> reporter: we've talked about this before, but we should talk about it again. iranian proxies started their attacks against american forces following the war that the erupted between israel and hamas. they have continued not because of that war. they've continued because the iranians want to ignite the middle's for their own interestr their own interests. neil. neil: you know, trey, i know that our secretary of state is going to visit the region, i

believe the fifth time in as many months, and i'm just curious how the changes his talks later on with benjamin netanyahu about a going slow in the war and all of that. this is a bit of a game-changer, isn't it? jr. absolutely. and, look, the israelis are using the cover of american strikes to conduct their own strikes against iran-affiliated organizations in syria. just overnight they killed a top demander -- commander that was linked to the irgc, and additionally there is an understanding on the ground that even ifing secretary of state blinken's visit to the middle east is fruitful and they're able to find a path forward on a hostage deal that could lead to a temporary ceasefire inside gaza, that's only one front that they're looking at. they understand there will be continued attacks from iran-backed proxies including the houthis in yemen, also more rocket fire and drone attacks from southern lebanon into northern israel and, of course, the continued activity of the larger islamic resistance across are iraq and syria. so there's a lot of fronts to

look at. this diplomatic visit comes at a critical time. and the secretary of state looking to head back to washington with at least some positive developments as it comes to the war inside gaza and the potential of getting more hostages are released. neil? neil: trey, thank you very much. you and your crew be safe, my friend. let's go to general jack keane who's kind enough to join us. you know, general or we're trying to get a breakdown of these 85 plus strikes. we know of 4 sites targeted in syria, at least 3 in iraq. these are all intelligence centers for the most part, command and control posts, drone storage facilities, rocket storage facilities. what do you make en masse of these attacks? >> well, first of all, i mean, it's good that this is going to be a sustained air campaign as a opposed to just one night of comprehensive strikes. yes, 7 facilities, 85 targets, 125 precision-guided munitions

used. we have to the wait and get the bda. also i think before we make an assess assessment of the whole operation, let's see what fake takes place as a result of this operation. i'm highly skeptical, certainly, because i believe the administration if has gone out of its way to say that they will not take down any targets in iran. particularly what i'm concerned about is the irgc who funds, supports, trains and directs at times all of these proxies in the region. they are the center of gravity. and i think you have to hold them liable for what has happened in the region. and i think we should have been doing it many, many weeks ago. so i'm skeptical in terms of what the outcome will be if we avoid dealing with them. but i do think we should wait. listen, we've got pilots in harm's way here, and if people on open airwaves are saying this is a fruit ifless mission or waste of our time, i don't think

we should be doing that. these people are risking their lives conducting a tactical mission. let's get the bd a a, not anecdotal investigation information. let's find out what the sum of this really is, and will we achieve as a result of it some deterrence. as i say, it's unlikely, but i hope it does work. come on, we want this to work, and we want these attacks to shut down in that region not only against our own people, but what the houthis have been doing in terms of disrupting the flow of commerce through the suez canal and the red sea which is now up to around 50%, neil. neil: you know, what was interesting about the breakdown of what commitment we -- equipment we used, they included b1 bombers flown from the united states. seem unusual, to put it mildly, but what did you make of that? >> yeah. well, certainly that's a long range delivery e weapons system that we have. nobody else quite has that capability. i think we have some serious issues with munitions.

we've seen that as a result of the war in ukraine with, we've seen it as a result of war games that we play out in the pacific. that our stockpile of munitions are not what it should be in our defense industrial base. that may be a contributing factor here because the navy if did not participate in this early stage. i don't know. i'm not the decision maker. neil: right. >> but i welcome the introduction of that platform because it's a very lethal platform, and it is very precise in terms of hitting the target. so, yes, we have huge capability, neil, in terms of what a we're doing here. and i just hope that this is comprehensive and sustained and and we get some positive, real results out of this thing. and i wish they would change their policy in dealing with the irgc. listen, are there some irgc capabilities in the region? yes. but they're very limited. they have some folks that are working, you know, as advisors

with the proxy and leaders going in and out from time to time, but their real capability is in iran. and that's where we should be. neil: you were talking about the islamic revolutionary guard corps. general, you talked -- touched on something intriguing, you always do, but you referred to the president ruling out attacks inside iran, and you know war and policies far better than i ever will. but do you really want to telegraph that to your enemies? you might absolutely be making sure that nothing american gets inside attack wise to iran. i get that. but by telling your enemies that, i can just hear the sigh of relief. >> i totally disagree with the premise that a we're not going to do anything until we have process of -- loss of life. we had 80 something attacks on the biden administration from

january 21 up until october the 7th of last year. that's the reality. we had 165 since then. i mean, we should have gone after these guys a long time ago to stop the loss of life. why are we gulagging that we're only going -- flagging that we're only going to do something if our troops are killed? let's go out there, prevent the loss of life. not to react to it just after. and i think, neil, when you draw back from this, you really see that our strategy is with iran and our policy is fundamentally flawed. we've got to are reset it comprehensively. diplomatically isolate them with our allies and partners, and knock trade off with them. comprehensive sanctions. i mean, really hammer them. shut down the flow of oil that they're able to do and what the chinese are doing with them. they're flush with money because we backed off the sanctions. obviously, we've got to use

comprehensive cyber or capability against the iranians. it's been effective in the past. i understand we've done it as a result of this operation. i hope so. i hope it's very comprehensive. and, obviously, i'm told military attacks against the irgc capability in iran. but look, here's the other one, what are we doing about iran having a nuclear weapon? i mean, we know that iran is very close to having a nuclear weapon. we don't need to talk about it. we don't talk about our policy. we've got to reset our comprehensive policy dealing with iran. they -- we have got to get proactive as opposed to just reactive. neil: general, thank you very much. have a good weekend, sir. finish. >> take care, neil. neil: all right. congressman mike waltz of florida joins us right now, house armed services committee, house intelligence committee. genuine war hero and a key player in all of this. congressman, picking up on something the general was mentioning here, our ruling out

attacks inside iran and telling them that outright. what do you make of that? >> well, i agree with the general. i completely disagree with it. you should never take options off the table when you're dealing with an adversary like iran. it reminds me in the leadup to the invasion of ukraine. the administration did the same thing. in terms of telling putin what we were not going to do and, therefore, he interprets that as the space that he has, therefore, to push. but i think, you know, also to general keane's point, it is yet another step in a completely failed iran policy, and that's the big picture here. i'm praying, and literally i agree with him, we want this to be successful, that we have to completely rethink the iran policy. but, unfortunately, the people enacting biden's policy; namely,

jake sullivan and blinken, were the same ones that put obama's policy in place from. so they still seem to fundamentally believe that you can engage, appease, you know, kind of get at the table and concede your way to stability with iran. and i pray at some point before anyone else dies that they'll see the folly in that. but what we're hearing so far and, again, we need more information, is that the iraqi government was warned, which is increasingly in bed with iran, that perhaps there's reporting out there that the iranian government was warned through our intermediary, the swiss government, and that if you listen to reporters that are out on the ground and including the bbc, that the entire region knew this was coming and and that many of those facilities were evacuated. so if you have more volume, more aircraft, more bombs, more military activity chasing a flawed strategy which is to

limit your attacks to proxies and and we mow that tehran will trade the lives of what they see as expendable proxies for american and israeli lives as part of their strategy which they've been doing for 20 years, then i'm very skeptical this is going to be successful in restoring deterrence. neil: congressman, thank you very much. we have a busy show and breaking news here. mike waltz of florida, very good seeing you. thank you for your service, sir. in the meantime, we are looking at the migrant attack in new york and what's happening to those who were cited. remember, these were the guys who were waving and flashing the finger. what if i told you we can't track them? that's the problem. payments areg out of control. get a newday 100 va cash out loan at lower mortgage rates to pay off those high rate car loans. looking for a bladder leak pad that keeps you dry?

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prosecutors say he's the one in the yellow jacket who resisted arrest, causing the brawl to begin. new york governor kathy hochul made it pretty clear when she took questions from the media that she did not agree with the decision to release any of these suspects without bail. back to you. neil: c.b., thank you very much for that, c.b. cotton in time square. let's go to senator bill cassidy right now, beautiful state of louisiana what's odd is i know there's been a back and forth about a security measure the likes of which was supposed to make its way to the house so they could read that, what's in that. it's been delayed, and you hear from many of your house colleagues on the republican side yet another reason to be leery. what do you tell them? >> yeah. there's definitely reason that you need a border bill that will absolutely cut the number of people coming here illegally, that which happened in new york is the latest example, number one. and i would just add, i've been briefed on it.

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there, it's dead on arrival with him and, apparently, in the house. >> yeah. so let's just look at it this way, if we don't pass this bill, this may be as many as 1-2 million more illegals that come across the border this next year, between now and the next election. think about that. if we don't pass this bill, there may be 1-2 million more people who come illegally. if we get more than 5,000 people from the if pacific ocean to the gulf of mexico who come in one day, the whole border shuts down for who weeks. at least two weeks and potentially even longer. shuts down. no one can come across. and if they come across, they are immediately put across the border into mexico. now, this doesn't happen if biden says, oh, let me think about it, i'll do it. it happens automatically. neil: but doesn't the president have to make good with on it, smart? in other words, if he -- >> happens automatically. the way i've been briefed, it happens automatically. neil: go ahead. >> yeah. if you get over 5,000, boom, it

clicks and for two weeks at least -- neil: but at 5,000, that's still a lot of people, right? 1,000 a day was a big deal for jeh johnson when he was barack obama's homeland security secretary. this is five times that, and that's a minimum if. >> it should only be zero. but if you have 12,000 people a day coming across right now in december, 12,000 a day, on december the 1st when you had over 5,000, the whole border or would have shut down for at least two weeks. until it was totally turned control. let's assume it takes a week to get under control. so then you're going to shut it down for two weeks after that. doesn't happen with biden saying, ohing or let me think about it, it happens automatically. now, instead of having, what, 30 times 12,000 come across in december, we would have had, like, maybe 30,000 cross? if. neil: all right. so your point is it might still be a lot, but it's not nearly as

much as we're seeing. we'll see when this all gets to the house. senator, thank you finish r for -- for taming concern taking the time. meanwhile, south carolina voting today. i'm not talking about the big republican primary three weekses from today. the democrats have one. remember they all but ignored iowa, certainly ticked off a lot of new hampshire residents, but south carolina's getting its chance. how do you think that's going to pan out? ♪hi like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. voya helps you choose the right amounts without over or under investing across all your benefits and savings options. so you can feel confident in your financial choices. ♪ they really know how to put two and two together. voya, well planned, well invested, well protected.

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president's friend. might be a bit premature, but let's get the political implications from mark never kith in columbia, south carolina, where they're having a primary. it's not the republican one in three weeks, it's the democratic one. their kickoff, right, mark? >> reporter: neecialg it sure is. we've actually seen a steady stream of voters here at this polling place in columbia, and no matter what the turnout ends up being today, this is a historic primary given it's the first time south carolina has gone ahead of places like iowa and new hampshire in the democratic presidential primary. all week with long we've seen high profile surrogates of the biden-harris campaign including the vice president who was here in south carolina last night making a top -- stop in the palmetto state trying to urge voters to show up today to show the party is united behind a second biden-harris campaign. >> it was south carolina that put president joe biden and me on the path to the white house. [cheers and applause]

in 2020, in the height of an historic pandemic, in the midst of soften so much loss -- of so much loss and uncertainty, the people of south carolina showed up to vote. >> reporter: and while we're waiting to see how many people will show up today, the head of the south carolina democratic party tells us she believes going first is not only a huge honor, but a real chance to reshape the electoral map in future elections. >> i do believe if we keep this status, we will definitely see a change like i've been saying all across the state to anyone who will listen, if we want with to change this country for the better, we have to start winning in places like south carolina. >> reporter: so people who show up to vote today will have a few choices on the ballot. you've got president biden as well as minnesota congressman dean phillips and the self-help author marianne williamson. today's contest is an open primary meaning you can vote even if you are a republican, but you wouldn't necessarily get to go vote again in a few weeks

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but that's till rough wily 26% about how they feel about the economic conditions. and that's the same exact number that feel like joe biden has made the economy better at this point. so they have a lot of work to do to translate that to the average american. neil: bob, almost all the economic numbers that i see, that we get on fox business, having said that, one thing i see, bob, that comes up is that americans don't feel what the administration if and the numbers are saying it's show -- and showing. the reason why i think that is, it's not fully extended over to food or everyday purchases people make. i know you guys are big purveyors of italian sausage. [laughter] those prices have doubled, so i'm going to have to eat that that when i eat my eyal kwan sausage and p unfortunately, maybe not as much. having said that, bob, there was a great story where where an egg mcmuffin was going for over $7, albeit one connecticut franchiseis e on the turn

turnpike -- franchisee, but that sticks in people's craw. >> that's the issue. while the rate of inflation has gone down, it's still there in pockets, and, you know, people are, they're fed up. and they've been paying these high prices for a long time. and there's a certain hangover with that because, obviously, you're not going to get that money back when inflation does go down. there are some goodstein signs for the administration -- good signs for the administration, but they do have to sell it, and right now it's not resonating. neil: thank you both very much. we're following these fast moving food and other price developments, but we'd be remiss if we didn't update you with what's going on in the middle east. we're getting some pretty angry responses from iraq and syria on those attacks. we'll explore after this. pressure the soul searcher. and - ahoy! it's the explorer! each helping to protect their money with chase. woah, a lost card isn't keeping this thrill seeker down. lost her card, not the vibe.

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bombers that took place in the airstrikes are back in u.s. air space after flying -- flying more than 24 hours in these around the world strike and already there's reports that u.s. forces in syria have come under attack today, one day after those strikes. yesterday the former commander of u.s. central command weighed in on your show. >> this is essential, we've gone against terrorist organizations now for a couple of decades. we'll learn from what happens, try to exploit that and try to make sure the next round of strikes is even more effective and devastating on them. >> reporter: a pair of cold war era b1 supersonic bombers launched from texas yesterday to carry out the strikes against iran's islam ec revolutionary guard forces and their militias in iraq and syria to avenge the deaths of those three american soldiers killed in jordan last weekend in the drone strike. the bombers dropped 500-pound satellite-guided bombs destroying 85 targets.

there were about two dozen people killed on the ground according to local reports. defense secretary lloyd austin said the goal was to destroy e iran's capability in the region. it appears more dropped than any killed, neil, in a statement president biden said, quote: our response began today. it will continue at times and places of our choosing. neil, at the same time those b1 iss were hitting iraq and syria yesterday, iran's rebel army in yemen continued its attacks on the u.s. navy in the red sea. super hornets like this launched from the flight deck of the uss dwight d. eisenhower to shoot down drones. senator mark warner says the u.s. needs to strike back much harder. >> i think we need to be ratcheted up against the houthis. i think we have focused way too much on their ability to launch missiles and not enough on command and if control. >> reporter: neil, president biden is in wilmington, or he'll be flying out to the west coast

later today, neil. neil: thank you, my friend. lucas tomlinson is vegas. -- in vegas. let's go to christopher miller, army special courses colonel. great having you, thank you for taking the time. we're learning a little bit more, sir, of these attacks, of more than 125 precision munitions were fired and hit facilities including command and control and intelligence center, rocket stockpiles, missile stockpiles, drone storage site, all of that. the lo justices, what you can make of that -- lo wristics and what you think of the effectiveness. >> neil, i feel like the grim reaper, you only have me on your show when the world's in chaos. neil: it's not intentional. >> neil, last year at this time it was a year ago this weekend you had me on where we were talking about the chinese spy balloon. neil: you're right. >> i'm with -- yeah. i'm with general keane, who i was privileged to serve with when i was in the army, and congressman waltz, a fellow green beret. this is a good start.

concern is and, neil, you're a business guy and, you know, i did 37 years in government, army and then as a civil is january appointee, i'm new to business, but i'm always a little bit concerned when you go into negotiations with your final position up front which is, like, let's not expand the war. i think we telegraphed our punch. you heard from previous experts that it's clear9 that the iranians got and message and evacuated their personnel. but i've got to tell you, neil, holy cow, when you take b1 bombers and fly them halfway around the world, that's a pretty strong signal. the iranians have to get the message that they cannot kill american soldiers. three american soldiers killed. first time, neil, do you realize it's the first time since the korean war, over 700 years ago -- 70 years ago, that american soldiers have been killed overseas by an enemy air attack? this is a transformation of war that i don't think the american public completely understands

yet. neil: that's very interesting. what is also interesting are the varied responses among those who align with those who were hit. for example, he represents one of the militia attacked in iraq. he goes on to say washington must understand that every action elicits a reaction. but he then struck a more conciliatory sewn saying we do not wish -- tone saying we do not wish to escalate or widen regional tensions. separately, a spokesman for the iranian government said something similar, we do not see this as a widening of techs. i'm paraphrasing there. >> isn't it fascinating, neil? here's my problem, it's a little too late for that. they killed three american soldiers. thoughts, prayers go out to the family. can't imagine what's going on with them, the sadness. i mean, that's america's treasure. this is a little late.

and i think they're, you know, trying to negotiate and trying to get us to stand down, and i'm worried that this administration if -- which has shown a proclivity to wanting to think that the glass is half full -- will back off. right now we've got to, we've not to pile on even harder, neil. neil he'll so when they're making comment like that clearly with the understanding, all right, you know, we're not going to do anything, they're more or less telling the president don't you do anything. but there was something interesting right after that, the lawyers hit were mainly devoid of fighters and military personnel at the time of the attack. now, you're the expert on this stuff, i certainly am not, kohl fell. but that -- colonel. but that suggests that not too much damage was done. that would justify the lack of a strong response. if. >> neil, or i'm not a strategic genius. i'm not some general patton. you had general votel, host as close as we come. but when you telegraph the punch, this is like muhammad ali

telling george frazier, okay, at the start of the third round, i'm going the feint with my left and come in with a roundhouse and a right, it's clear, we already know this, congressman waltz said this as well, the iranians told their people to get away from any facilities. they're all kind of at air bn if b's around syria right now taking some type off. i don't think that's an an effective response. they are really, really concerned about the might and the power of the united states. and we've got 'em right where we want 'em. we can't back off. neil: yeah. to your point, when you send a couple of b1 bombers halfway across the world, that does tell graph something. what's next, i have no idea. christopher, very good seeing you. >> neil, great being on your show. thanks for what you're doing. neil: same here. in the meantime, some nasty weather like in the south and the southwest, and when i say nasty, nasty. rick reichmuth has the latest.

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more wormer air mass and all of that is funneling in towards southern california. need if threats from sunday, monday, anywhere you see that yellow, very likely. that includes the city of los angeles. certainly coastal areas if malibu up towards santa barbara and then even down towards san diego by the time we get towards tuesday. watch what happens here. this is today. the storm begins today. much of northern california. by tonight and towards southern california, goes through the day on monday. goes into the day on tuesday. very heavy rain continuing to fall here. we're going to see probably 4-5 feet of know across the higher elevations. that's, neil, what is the really good news for snow if pack, you want to get that, that really helps the drought conditions and fills those reservoirs when that snow slowly melts. so that's the good part. the bad part is all of this rain that's going to be falling here in the l.a. basin, in some spots maybe 5-10 inches of rain from this storm over the next few days and, unfortunately, i think

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