the, the, this is vito, the news live from button in the us. the democrats kick off the contest to choose the presidential nominee, prison abiding. when's a predicted landslide in south carolina? the 1st primary in his campaign, but his low approval ratings being the boat, the vote is still being seen as a test office future re election. chances will have analysis the us and britain launched 2nd nights of retaliatory attacks against rainy and linked to the meshes. washington and london say that target of sites belonging to who the rebels in yemen. this follows us as strikes in iraq and the

no, i'm totally illogical. welcome to the program. we begin in the us and as expected, president joe biden has won the democratic primary in south carolina by a landslide. still, observers all keeping a close watch on the turn out at this election. biden's approval ratings are low at the moment, but this vote will be a key test of support, especially among black voters as the face of the reelection battle with his likely challenger donald trump, chairs by them speaking earlier, the company installed in his home state, delaware. this is not just a campaign, this is more of a mission. we cannot, we cannot, we cannot lose this campaign for the good of the country. and i mean that from the bottom, my heart is not about me. goes well beyond me. it goes about the country and i

think everybody knows it. for i'm joined by jason compet, donia, los angeles bureau chief of nbc news radio. welcome to the program, jason. so a line slide for biden, and south carolina, what will this do for his campaign? it's going to give it a shot in the arm. it really is going to based a lot of in the campaign, maneuverability throughout the rest of the context here. it's kind of give him some numbers that he can tout, especially being in south carolina and much more diverse population there. uh then iowa, which is much more white, much more affluent. and then the south carolina. uh uh, demographic. so he'll be able to take those numbers and use them throughout the country as the primary start taking up and taking a long. he's actually in los angeles this weekend, going to a few fundraisers to boost, you know, those numbers as well. so it really is

a massive when for the bite in administration today, and it really is a boost for the democratic party because now that they're, they're starting to see bite in um, actually when some actual contests, this will give them much more direction in the long run and speaking of the demographics of the primary is also being touted as a litmus test with black voters. one of those groups. so how would you rate biden's performance the or so the election officials there were hoping to see a $150000.00 people show up to vote today. and if that happened, they would call that a success. black, white brown. it doesn't really matter just as long as a 150000 people show up. if a majority of those people happen to be black voters, they show up to the polls and, and, and vote abiding. well then dividing administration,

i believe will then use those numbers across the country and say, you know, then you can tell me, you can hang the sandwich for an outside bite child, and say, look how popular i am with black voters, like you in that city are essential and such, stay in south carolina, they really believe in me. you should do. it really is a marketing standpoint of take a bite in administration, because right now most people believe that it's going to be a bite in from the election when it comes down to it in november. so it really will just kind of help bite and boost his diversity plan and his, the democratic vision of an all inclusive voting experience. and as it continues that race, what are the biggest hurdles and domestic policy that presented by them? what would have to cross, as i said, the biggest domestically i would say is the green energy that the democrats continue to count as something that they're fighting for something that they're

pushing. right? so it's like all of this green energy, all of this renewable energy conversation is happening, but nothing's being done. and domestically, i think that's going to look bad on the party. because in order to get a lot of these projects completed, they have to raise the tax. people don't like that. um, also internationally, i think is for policy is really going to be put to that as, especially with military action. u. s. military action in uh, around and in the middle east, toward the middle east and how that continues to drag on. also the warranty paint, how that continues to drag on. what are the decisions that are going to be made to either uh, you know, get the united states uh, soldiers home, or are we going to go into work? we can just have ard, so in the middle of this, we're either in or out. so i think, i think there are some major hurdles there that i'm sure that there are rooms full

of people that are much smarter than you and i trying to make decisions right now. ok, great to have your perspective. jason, come to donnie of los angeles bureau chief for n b c. news radio. thank you very much. thank you. of us in prison, have launch a series of asked drives on to who the militia and yemen. washington in london put out a statement saying the chips dozens of targets, including underground weapons dumps miss alt systems and launches and radar strikes on the who these for the us strikes on all the run back to militias in iraq and syria bos backed out and damascus. condemned the attacks which killed at least $45.00 people. this is the aftermath of us retaliation. b one bomb or jets launched an aerosol and dozens of sites in iraq and syria.

images posted friday and social media shows several explosions on the rocky syrian border. syrian state medias showed footage of what they say was one of the attacks the 5 strikes hit 7 different sites. us national security council spokesman john kirby said us targeted sites linked to around revolutionary guard, or i r g c and militias. it supports, he said more attacks could be expected. so the signal is the guy r t c and to these goods. the attacks have got to stop. this wasn't just the message sending routine tonight. this was about the grading capability to taking away capabilities by the accuracy and the, and, and the militant groups. these responses began tonight. they're not going to end

tonight or spokes person for one or rainy and back. felicia said the strikes on a rock failed to meet their objectives or rocky authorities say the strikes violated their sovereignty. while the syrian regime says the attacks have increased the chances of the conflict spreading. on friday, us president joe biden joined, grieving families to honor the american soldiers killed in the jordan. drone attacks a misstatement, fight, and said, our response began today. there will continue at times and places of our choosing. charles biased on is with the middle east institute in washington, and he's also a former us ambassador to jim. and he told us more about how saturday strikes and the m and a link to the us extracts in iraq and syria is a pleasure to be with you this evening. i think that they are late in the sense

that they are responses to it with the ronnie and access of resistance that brings these various non state actors together in a s n a and integrated a policy initiative. but uh, but uh the us and had given also are looking at the, the safe passage of international shipping, of the red sea in the bible mend. and that gives the us a somewhat different reason for striking these with the targets and the looking at these attacks the, the who, the of the attacks on the, who the targets are they a significant escalation on from the strikes we've already seen as well. apparently they, um, they increased uh the targets that so that they were hitting uh, they were heading facilities that we hadn't had before. and the additional phase is

the us limited. it strikes to only those uh, those uh who the facilities that were directly involved in and firing, i'd shipping in the red, se this time it looks like they expanded that to include weapons caches and, and some other uh, some other facilities, but still limited to military targets and looking at these attacks as a whole, the strikes, you know, targeting these different militias. but also we've seen the codes for us. it runs good for uh, being hit as well. how far can the us go with these operations without actually hitting your brand itself? well this is uh, this is a very delicate balancing act that the uh, bite administration is trying to to maintain, which is that the president has said repeatedly, we don't want the contract to expand. i think that they have pretty much

taken the idea of striking at a ron itself off the table. and therefore there is a cap on how far the administration you can go. they can try to deter or degrade the capabilities of these iranian affiliates. but they can not and will not actually live at the willingness or the ability of a ron to maintain that support for these groups. do you expect some kind of response, not just from these proxies, but from the run itself? well, i think that, you know, that as the by the administration has that they don't want an expansion of the conflict. the iranians have also said that they don't want an expansion of the conflict. so again, you know, they are in as delegating physician is divided administration in going as far as they can go with that crossing us,

right vines. and actually bringing the kind of expanded us the response that they want to avoid. and so what we've seen so far are iranian, at efforts to limit the damage to their own interest and to, to maintain their capabilities, but without crossing us red lines. and that also means that they probably will not engage directly against the us. okay, gerald fast on from the middle east institute in washington, d. c. a very good speaking to you. thanks for your time. pleasure. across germany, tens of thousands of people have rallied against fall right extremism around a 150000 protested here in the capital land alone, the mass protest against racism and to know for the at have been going on for weeks after members of a fall. right party were accused of planning mass deportations as

a symbolic ring to protect the ice talk from far right extremism. tens of thousands of body notes gathered here to protest the growing influence of populism, inputted by the as the native fudge of any body. and it's growing numbers of supporters we simply have to stand up for the 6 if you want democracy and it's implementation. what does inc, we're against the f t and it's for democracy in yeah, me and we can seem poland are hungry help weekly. democracies being dismantled, unconstitutional bodies restrictive. i think that's good, happened to us too. now, but i was kind of outcast young. and default i demonstrations started up 2 weeks ago when it was reviewed that members of the if the attended a secret meeting to discuss the most, importation of foreigners and some german citizens. the optic safety is already

very open about exclusion. so i think it's good that people here are showing that they are against exclusion. that's why i gave you all those kinds of things. so i know a demonstration like that is wonderful and absolutely necessary. but it is also important that we keep these awareness a life at all times. that would certainly help in the long run. the show off to the head from german chancellor or love shows here the protest and a message on next. he called them a strong sign for our democracy and our constitution the if these popularity has taken us lighted. but it remains to many 2nd most popular political party that has this by consent among mainstream parties who fear the if he could sweep to the upcoming state elections in eastern germany. it's doing, do you have any news of the land you'll find much more on our website at d,

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