♪ speak only days after the top military hero, tehran fire is at least 15 ballistic missiles. iraqi basis with coalition forces including the huge al-assad base west of baghdad. the target tonight, u.s. troops, but thankfully, no casualties have been reported. and at this hour we have been witnessing a major escalation and the tensions between two long-time and powerful foes. president trump to address the nation tomorrow morning. good evening and for those in the east, good morning i'm eric shawn in new york fox news. it is a standoff brewing for decades.

washington and tehran at odds since it islamic revolution and 79. but before we begin let's make one thing clear. the regime in iran other people but the hard-line dictatorship has driven the proud nation into a ditch. stands in direct contrast to what we as americans and a free people and allies of goodwill represent. iranian officials chant death to america and call to wipe israel off of the map with catastrophic in syria and about not wanting to pursue nuclear weapons. from the west, not to help their own people but to build up their military from the murderous proxies including developing the ballistic missiles that struck at us and our ally tonight. considered by the violation of the united states solutions that tehran ignores and denies. but they tried to build up radical islamic across the globe

and they want the united states out of the middle east. we will report, debate, analyze all of that and for starting developments that happened earlier tonight and the next two hours. iran taking this action of revolutionary guard qassem soleimani and consider architect of tehran's terrorist network who was killed last week by an american drone. tonight iranian foreign minister tweeting this "iran took concluded reported measures in self defense under article 51 of the u.n. charter targeting base from which armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched. we d do not seek escalation or war, but we defend ourselves against aggression among reaction tonight, louisiana republican senator john kennedy saying this. >> the ayatollah and iran understands the united states of america is serious as four heart attacks and a stroke. >> tonight president trump at

the white house meeting with top security officials, all is well, missiles launched from iran and two military bases in iraq with casualties and damage taking place now. so far, so good. we have the most powerful equipped military anywhere in the world by far. and we will be making a statement tomorrow morning. and in other developments tonight iranian state tv reporting ukrainian passenger airliner with at least 180 people on board and has crashed outside of tehran. that happening after iran launched ballistic missiles. officials claiming it had mechanical problems but boeing 737, 800 went down in the midst of this international crisis. for what iran data, list her into benjamin hall who joins us live tonight from the middle east and amman, jordan. high matt, benjamin end. >> this is what we have been waiting for for five days ever

since the death of qassem soleimani outside of baghdad airport in the recent drone strike. how would iran retaliate? how serious would it be? today, they have been talking for five days how they would retaliate. they have been saying they want to shed american blood. they made it clear the military leaders, a military strike against u.s. targets. but they kept everyone guessing. they said at one point they would attack the u.s. mainland and attacked saudi arabia, ships and the persian gulf, in the end a ballistic missile strike on iraqi bases which housed u.s. soldiers. the main one, the al-assad base in western iraq. it is where most u.s. troops in the country are based. but those ballistic missiles did not land near the area s so and there are some people in the administration suggesting it may have been a purposefulness. but also one thing the iranians have been saying for some time

is that they want to shed american blood. they did not do that. that had always been president trump's redline. remember, he didn't respond to the drone pink shut down a month ago. he did not respond when head to the oil facility or oil tankers in the gulf but he did respond when a u.s. was killed by rocket fire fired by irani end. that was a redline at that point. everybody has been waiting to see if more americans might be killed. they have not and that now means we have to wait to see president trump will respond or perhaps enough. it has been said and pointed out by some people that iran was waiting for a way to save face and show people they would retaliate but they did not want to invite a response from the u.s. they cannot win with all-out confrontation with the u.s. perhaps this is the way they are doing it. how this plays out, but as far

as rhenium press agency just coming out recently and 18 americans have died. so they clearly try to spin it for their own people. in the last five days or so, we have seen the u.s. preparing for an attack like this. they said the defense secretary said they are expecting retaliation. the u.s. has moved significant number of troops to the region, 5,000 flying into kuwait a few days ago 752 the day before that b-52 bombers flying over yesterday, and not to mention the uss harry truman carry a strike group in the persian gulf at the moment and at least one submarine. so the u.s. was cautioned and ready for retaliation and now that we see what the iranians will do, it's over to the u.s. to decide how to take it on from here. secretary pompeo over the last few days, the allies in the region. and transcripts to conversations

with the saudi authorities, the kuwait authorities, getting them on board in case anything happens. iran made it clear if any u.s. forces left or the staging ground, those countries would be attacked as well. iran do not want to escalate but leave it at that. if they are struck now they will retaliate and they will retaliate with more force. it remains a intense situation until the u.s. wakes up and president trump speaks to the nation in the morning, we don't know how this will play out but certainly and has been that retaliation that so many people had been waiting for. we got it last night. ballistic missiles, five from iran towards u.s. troops active at the iraqi airbase chimeric. >> many expecting cyber attacks but not this, so soon. we bring up the contract you were mentioning identified by "the washington post." 33 years old, two an 8-year-old

children from sacramento, california. and he was a naturalized american citizen that was born in iraq and an american family morning tonight from the iranian proxy attack. it is strange, benjamin reported earlier ukrainian 737 going down in the middle of all of this. uranium claim it is mechanical failure but what else do we know about that? >> eric, what a coincidence that would happen on this day. it happened a few hours after the ballistic missile strike and it was ukrainian plane heading to kernan. 170 people on board, and about 8,000 feet. it suddenly plummeted to the ground, and iran said it was a technical failure. on the scene quickly and there were no survivors there. but whether that is just a tragic accident, we don't know. but certainly that is what we are saying at the moment.

as coincidence goes, in iran in the last few hours, 1.5.49 on the richter scale. so in terms of news, it really has been quite a day, quite a night. >> finally, benjamin and the indication of international objection to investigate if this was a mechanical failure or if perhaps iranian missile or emanation took that plane down. >> well, it is too early to te tell, boeing is aware of this. and i know they would like to get the investigative team on the ground. but certainly, people will try to get in there and examined the wreckage of that plane. but for now, the only thing to go on is iranian saying this was a technical failure. there are images on social media showing the plane and flames high up crashing to the ground. but you can tell little from

this point. yes, the investigatory team as soon as possible. >> eric: and we will get back to you throughout the next few hours, thank you. we know this is not the first time iran has engaged in military action, president ronald reagan praying mantis, the iranian navy back in 1988 after tehran with the persian gulf. someone who is well aware of that history now joins "snl," the director center of the freedom heritage foundation in washington. this was retaliation from tehran but do you expect there will be an escalation? >> it is a very good question, eric. so sort of act of desperation by iranian regime certainly could have resulted in u.s. military casualties. so extremely reckless, dangerous move by tehran.

i think it does deserve robust response from the united states, from president trump and so for president trump has designated in the face of truly barbaric regime in tehran, the regime of the blood of hundreds of american personnel on its hands. >> 603 american troops. >> ieds, and is there a reason why we took them out? when you say robust response, what do you expect, what do you think would be likely? >> well i think that in a response, is going to be a proportionate response to iran's action. i don't think the united states has any results to go to war again. the u.s. will respond strongly if u.s. interests, u.s. personnel are directly attacked. and i think that if there is a u.s. military response, i would

expect there would be action taken against the basis from which the ballistic missiles were launched. that is certainly a possibility, certainly come with the administration talked about a targeted list of 52 major iranian targets which could be targeted if the iranians are foolish enough to escalate things further. let's not forget, we are dealing with regime that is incredibly reckless. that does have a track record as acting as the biggest terrorism in the world. i do expect that this is not going to be the end of iranian aggression. iran will try to make efforts to strike against the united states and its allies. we have to be prepared to respond with very significant force against but also with the same time we need to apply the

maximum pressure campaign on all fronts, including, of course the economic front. we have seen this regime being brought to its knees move financially as a result of u.s. sanctions. we will see the u.s. sanctions being ramped up further in the coming weeks and months. you will see a further u.s. military buildup in the middle east and at the same time, the united states will certainly be taking every effort to strengthen the position of the u.s. allies in the region including israel. of course, israelis threatened by iran again over the last few days, a genocidal regime that consistently israel wiping them off of the map. we have to take these kind of threats seriously. >> eric: the president was against this so you are talking about ramping up further. doesn't that escalate the situation? >> i don't think the president has any intentional endless war against iran, but i believe

president trump will use whatever force is necessary in order to deal with any kind of iranian threat. i think the ball is in iranian court the coming days and weeks. if iran is reckless enough to launch further strikes against u.s. military personnel, then i think we there will be severe consequences for the iranian regime. a response to the latest attack. >> eric: and finally the aim of iran is to get us, not just out of iraq but out of the middle east. here is the u.n. ambassador when i stopped and was going to work yesterday morning. >> could you talk to us, serve for just a moment? what do you want? >> talking to the u.n. and president trump, what is your message to president trump?

>> the u.s. regime, it belongs to the people in the region. and i think the sooner the better. >> but the u.s. as you are an evil dictatorship. sorry. thank you, sir. >> eric: he said the u.s. should leave the region and one answer i said the u.s., evil dictatorship. >> the united states is never going to leave the region. the united states will continue to stand with its allies in the region. and iran is the regional bully, a complete menace, a barbaric terrorist regime. the only way to deal with terrorists is through the projection of strength and resolve. you have to hit terrorist very hard when they attempt acts of terrorism. and i would hope iran's leaders and fully understand, 100% serious about taking whatever action is necessary to deal with

iran's terrorism. at the same time commit is vitally important u.s. allies across the world including in europe, especially great britain's stand alongside the united states in terms of any kind of military action of the u.s. and i think is necessary to take against the iranian regime. the entire free world must stand united in the face of the iranian dictatorship. and this is a moment, i think when american leadership is incredibly important. we are seeing old, robust leadership. we will continue to see that and at the end of the day, there was no way iran will win any kind of confrontation with the united states. >> eric: we will see what the president says about this tomorrow, boris johnson saying this nation would not mourn qassem soleimani's death. as always, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> eric: of the president expected to make a statement in the morning. we will see what he has to say about this attack.

the democratic accusing the president of escalating in the region but the very latest right your life and the fox news channel, the coverage continues through the night. >> my concern, martha, frankly iran may take this one action tonight and lay low for months. and then surprise us in another theater around the world were here at home talk to your doctor, and call 844-214-2424.

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>> eric: knew details coming about the late-night strike against iran two u.s. military bases. president trump expected to report later this morning. he is meeting with security national team at the white house. this is iranian foreign minister, sent out a tweet saying tehran does not seek escalation where were with united states.

this country would defend itself against any aggression. for what will come next, foreign policy analyst in the former communications director former united nations ambassado nikki haley. jonathan clement was talking to my people finding out about this. an initial response, do you think that was part of tehran's calculation? part of the playbook of trying to figure out what the next move will be. one interesting thing, eric, i was just looking at, and actually what the russians are saying. the report is out that americans on the basis, and, if you are asking what iran's game is but posturing and claiming this is some sort of victory. some sort of victory and as the

old saying go, the first casualty in war, they are certainly stretching the truth it looks like. >> eric: there is no confirmation of that at all from the offensive department. some are saying ballistic goal issues towards the al-assad base which is huge so they know they would not kill an american. obviously the strike on killing of the contractor. a young man from sacramento, california. >> the iranians are trying to show some sort of might hear. they seem to and we will learn more in the morning. i don't want to speak to things that aren't necessarily factual here, but they are obviously trying to spin this in a way that looks like a victory and looks like they have shown it to the united states. if, indeed, they send out misinformation like they are doing now, it just plays into the propaganda and what those poor people, millions of iranian

citizens have been spoon-fed for decades now by the islamic resolution and the regime in power. >> do you think this was calculated as a message? if they wanted to all-out seek revenge, you have thousands of missiles by hezbollah in lebanon, hamas and the other proxies and some say sweeper slows in the united states. they tried to attack, bomb a restaurant in washington, d.c., to kill the saudi arabia investor a few years ago. >> qassem soleimani was perfectly capable of killing americans and civilians across the region. the current leadership of the codes force and iranian revolutionary guard are perfectg scores of americans. and those missiles certainly could have hit targets that the iranians wanted to do that. the iranians are not some little boat dunk military. they really do have

capabilities. and tonight, if they really want to escalate things to a certain level, they could have done it. you are absolutely right, hezbollah and the other proxies certainly could have started attacking our allies. the iranians have been rattling out the israelis and the emirates, the saudis is way endemic the saudis as well. so this could be an intense and scary place, but with that said, what the iranians did tonight was provocative. what they are spending is provocative and a boldface lie, actually. and we will see where this goes. >> eric: what do you expect the president will say tomorrow morning? what do you think he should say? >> first of all the president doesn't want to go to war with iran. the iranians themselves don't want to take on the united states. that would be essentially suicide for them, the regime for sure. because they will be the first casualty if something escalated

to that level. so the president, of course, as you mentioned earlier in the program, he will be consulting with the national security council, and, you know, his defensemen and minister and figure out what the response should be. this is not just an issue for the united states, by the way. i mean, those missiles actually struck in iraq here base. so essentially, the iranians beat up their neighbor, you know, hitting whatever targets they hit tonight, you know when the missiles hit the ground, they actually cause damage. but in terms of what the president will do, obviously, he needs to consider the gravity of what the iranians did come with a provocation and how the united states should respond to that. and where we want to take this. eric, it is naive to think this is the end of this. the iranians have as you

mentioned earlier, proxies for carrying out terrorist attacks. they may want to claim them or they may not want to claim them just to keep the american public and/or allies on edge. this is not over. so the president really has to take a strategic and calculated decision about where he wants to take this right now. the ball is actually, i know niall earlier on the program said it is in iran's court but it's in both of our courts. the president needs to take a measured and calculated response what has happened tonight to make sure our advantage in the message is clear to the iranians, if you mess with us, you will really pay for it. and you could come essentially commit political suicide if you really push too far. >> certainly the iraq he responds in terms of the iraqi

people against iran because that country was attacked tonight. john, former spokesman and advisor to u.n. ambassador nikki haley at the united nations, john, always good to see you of course. >> pleasure seeing you. >> eric: reporting to a break in the middle east and the military is assessing the damage. the diplomats consider the next steps. we will get to that when we come back.

>> iran making good on the promise to avenge the top general qassem soleimani killed in a u.s. air attack last week. firing off a dozen missiles northing -- housing troops in iraq. thankfully no casualties reported. the president expected to address the nation later this morning about the situation. for the latest on the region,

news correspondent benjamin hall live in jordan. benjamin. >> good morning, eric. this was the retaliation people have been waiting for for five days. to some degree some people are saying quite a calculated move by the iranians. on the one hand, they need to shed american blood and need to escalate, respond ak the u.s. militarily, but on the other hand, they didn't want to invite the military response from the u.s. iran has worked for over ten years to really grow its regional influence. an old scala tech from the u.s. which would have come if u.s. servicemen are killed would suddenly have wiped out much. so what they have done is be able to take a decisive blow at the u.s. while perhaps not ending up in full-scale conflict. it is very significant this is a major attack from iran. previously everything they have done is by proxies.

it has given them a sudden degree of deniability. but this was by the iranian revolutionary guard on u.s. targets. we are hearing those ballistic missiles which landed in the al-assad base did not land in the u.s. a facility but another part of the base. so the question is what exactly was iran's intent, where they aiming for damage were calculated move to try to avoid inviting growing retaliation intern from the u.s., eric. >> eric: benjamin, thank you so much. we will get into whether they intentionally or did not name those missiles to a place that would not hit americans knowing what potentially could be president trump's reaction. the administration's reaction to that. tonight fox news fox news told vice president mike pence, his brief top lawmakers and he will make a statement to the nation tomorrow morning. correspondent mark meredith following this from the washington bureau with the

capital. mark, what is the latest? president trump planning to make a statement later regarding this attack. the president declined to issue national address last night, however the chief developed to develop writing quote all is well, missile launch and two military bases in iraq, assessment of casualties and damage taking place so far. so far, so good to come with the most equipped military in the world -- in the world -- anywhere in the world. we don't know the statement but the vice president mike pence spoke with congressional leaders by phone including house speaker nancy pelosi. the white house at the decision to brief was done after the president asked for lawmakers to be updated. speaker pelosi had a statement and she wrote "we must ensure the safety of service members including ending needless provocation from the administration and demanding iran cease violence. america and the world cannot afford war." they vote to limit the

president's military action with iran although unclear if the latest attack will do anything to change those plans. we have heard from a number of republican senators, david defending the president's strategy with iran. >> there will be a response and it will be appropriate. the president will take it on his timing and not a rush to get in front of the cameras. that is the way they handle this entire episode and how they will handle it going forward appear the house foreign mike pompeo to testify next tuesday. it is unclear at this point if he will participate but meantime later the senators to get a briefing from senior defense officials about the intelligence that led to last week's decision to kill the iranian general. we will watch and see eric if more to say following the briefing a couple of hours from now, eric. >> eric: are, we sold the republican senator react, elizabeth warren from massachusetts who was a candidate for president on some of the democratic reaction.

>> it is iranian government that has announced it has sent missiles to attack their military basis in iraq. but this is a reminder why we need to de-escalate tension tension in the middle east. the american people do not want a war with iran. [applause] >> eric: and president trump and the iranians infect the officials have said the same. joining us for more now, retired u.s. army colonel, david hunt is on the phone. colonel hunt, the speculation tonight we have been reporting, tehran intended the ballistic missiles not hit or kill americans. this coming short of that. that instead it would send a message for domestic consumption. do you buy that or the fact that you fire missiles at your neighbors or americans living is

enough? >> the same thing. first of all we don't know. the missiles, we just don't know enough to give them that credit. and i hope that's what happened. because we did this against syria three years ago. we chartered to an airbase 52 missiles. and we didn't kill any russians. in fact, we told them, syria, that we were going to shoot. so we don't know. i hope it is because in and out for the u.s. to not retaliate because i'm looking for this to be at the same time, 19 year war in a country the ten time size of iraq. and not lead us down a shooting war. which it would be retaliating to

this. and i also think that, it was the right thing to do. what we did, hopeful this is the only thing. they went what do you think the president will say tomorrow? obviously, it would think he would give a warning being heard in the walls of tehran. >> i think, what he's going to do, i think the text, beginning of what he's going to do. and what has happened. it is until then or now, > if ts

continues, there will be more. >> but as a nation, people are talking. and we don't need another war, another shooting war. we have responsibilities to soldiers within striking distance of iran. and all of these countries that surround tehran. that is a lot. and this looks to me like the iranians did this on purpose. and also, because of mechanical error, what i'm thinking, u.s. casualties, we haven't off-ramp

to another shooting war. >> eric: that does seem to be the off-ramp, some dirt, and the department of defense's reporting which of course the iranians are not. colonel hunt, we thank you for your insight and staying up late and has always, colonel, we thank you for your service to our nation. >> you're welcome, erect. >> the impact of a rainy and ballistic missile attacks at the u.s. bases or two iraq he bases how housing u.s. forces, you are looking colonel hunt said 50,000, 60,000 troops. that is the number in the middle east. you can see how it's broken down, totaling over 50,000 and roughly 5,000 troops in iraq alone and just yesterday the iraqi parliament voted to expel them from the country, but that has to be approved by the prime minister. the president as we said will address all of this, jesse joins us a retired sergeant in the marine corps, senior fellow at the lebanon center for policy

research. jesse, from the military perspective, what do you make of this attack, and what do you think will come next? >> all of the sources right now in the middle east are on high alert. that is going without question, which means very high measure in getting on and off the post and ensuring everybody is clear, that they are capable of entering the bases. when on high alert like this, you are in a strategic mode of being able to operate quickly and deploy rapidly. not only that, but i expect out of this is that the u.s. is probably not going to respond to this. as we heard repeatedly over and over, we went if deliberate attempt not to hit in the u.s. personnel. iran knows without any question we are the world's mightiest force out there throughout the world and that we would decimate them if they put damage on our american lives. so right now for them to suggest we've heard by the other analyst, that approximately 80

americans that were killed in this, this is to keep the appeasement and the folks that are supporting any type of reprisal against the u.s. and ensure the iranian people feel that their country is strong and bold against the evil satan of the united states of america but this is just their way of flexing a little, and we will have to wait to see how president trump reacts tomorrow morning. >> eric: you are in the camp and basically able to aim these potentially into a abandoned area where american troops were. >> the fact that none of their missiles struck any targets would have been one thing if one had to hit a direct hit and may be four or five had missed, but none hit. so that does lead me to believe that this was strategic on their part because they know that we will retaliate. as in other analyst said, there

have been multiple attacks by iran by the oil tankers, saudi oil fields and president trump was very refrained from taking any action against them other than sending troops to saudi arabia to assist with drone attacks, to assist with any type of air assault, but outside of that we have not put troops on the ground to go fight arm in arm against the iraq iraqi forces. iraqi forces right now are themselves nervous because they know american forces are well trained. we have the best equipment in the world, and they would not withstand a confrontational battle with their officers. >> eric: is this a wake-up call for them? the iraqi parliament to expel the troops but do you think they will actually do that and follow through on that? you know, negotiate back and realize what they are facing when they got ballistic missiles. >> the thing is with iraq, iraq

has sunni and shiite and supported by the rainy and she. when you have shieh influence as heavily as we do. it was not a surprise that they voted for the u.s. personnel to leave, however the sunni and the kurds t vote to have u.s. personnel leave. i think most of this was posturing by those iraq iraqi shiite, trying to keep happy in iran. but at the end of the day this is not the path they want to go down because signing with iran will not benefit them in prosperity. they know the path they want to go is not going to become a dominant world terroristic organization such as iran has become. they don't want to be the next world's leading sponsor of terrorism. so i don't think iraq will follow through on that. nor will president trump at this moment because right now we have u.s. forces they are to ensure that we don't have prices rise

again which will threaten those shiite in iraq. it is a quandary for the conflicts they have internally, but in the end, they want u.s. support. they want to become part of the world and be able to take care of themselves and not have iran or any other country control them. spend we certainly see what iran is capable of doing. in the history of doing throughout the world, as always, good to see you, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> eric: we will be back on this developing story and reaction around the globe as fox news channel coverage continues.. in the gym.

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>> eric: islam to block the strait of hormuz, much of the oil passes through.

recently blamed for attacks against tankers they are. now home irani and military action on the u.s. not just on the land but supply much of the world its oil. for someone who knows about that, officer john jordan joins us with the very latest. he is at the hoover board of overseas. but first of all, what possible damage could iran due to the maritime interest? we look at the tank awards in the 80s. do you expect that we could have reoccurrence of that? >> perhaps for a short time, but any attempts by iranian navy to interdict merchant traffic through the strait of hormuz would be short-lived. today's navy is more equipped technologically to deal with asymmetrical warfare. for them to do so would result in the swift destruction of iranian naval assets engaging in that inner praise. >> eric: so what type of reaction do you think we will

get from the president tomorrow morning when he speaks to the nation and the world? do you think there will be retaliation, or that he will pull back now that this seems to be tit-for-tat? no, the smart move here, eric, is to do nothing. time is against the iranian regime. they have 27% unemployment, 30% inflation, massive domestic political unrest at home as we all saw. the iranian regime needs to change dynamics internally to blame external enemy and bring international pressure on the united states to bring in force the united states to sanctions relief or engage in negotiations on tehran's terms. this is a political exercise. to ron's need to change the dynamic here before economy completely comes unspun. so what the iranians are hoping for is limited u.s. retaliationn 2.2 iranians on a rainy and

perhaps fabricate hospital head or something like that to turn the political tide. that is the iranians gain here. >> eric: saddam hussein, i'm sorry to say this, but babies out of hospitals and create them in the streets and victims of united nations over the programs and the likes. what you are saying is what we now need to do is deny iran a propaganda victory. >> exactly because the iranians are trying to bait us into some sort of limited retaliation they can knit into a p.r. disaster to change the economic dynamics. the trajectory for the regime is terrible. time is against their side and coming undone. they need to change that politically and optically. it is a false choice. no retaliation. no, we will not go to total war but they want to bait the president into something that they can spin politically. i would like to knock down a story if i could, passing

through the twitter verse. that is irani is deliberately missed these bases. that is not true. they had missed their targets, ten hits, al-assad bays, one hit, four completely messed everything. so you can't miss everything with 30 missiles and claim that type of precision while hitting the base. it does not stand up to scrutiny and everything we know about the state-of-the-art of irani and ballistic missiles. >> eric: so speculation they intend this message, you don't buy that at all they intentionally tried to spare u.s. lives. >> no, it is bunk. the u.s. forces were dispersed and hardened. this was prepared for some time ago end. it doesn't make sense. people talk about the drone attacks in saudi arabia. drones are much easier to deal with, much easier to fly over a short distance. even then they did hit the facilities in saudi arabia. but to say they have that type

of precision and intelligence on the location of u.s. forces when a third of these missiles didn't hit the target at all is incompatible what we know about rhenium missile technology and inconsistent what we hear out of santon. this is a huge disaer for iranians. here they threaten blood to come a fury revenge and all of that they have not scratched u.s. surface. but irani and population does have two the media and internet. so this will have an enormous repercussions and iran. the action will be in the coming days and weeks. >> eric: 30 seconds left. we see a lot of protest in the last year on the street and iranian militants killed 1500 of the protesters. do you think there will be a tipping point? 15 seconds. >> possibly. that is what we need to be watching, they made the iranian reaction in the next few days. the reaction inside iran's inside iran itself. >> eric: former intelligence officer in california, john,

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>> eric: the world right now waits for president trump's response. in the days after the killing of top military hero, tehran fires at least 15 ballistic missiles at two iraqi bases housing u.s. and coalition forces including those the huge al-assad airbase. the u.s. said no casualties or injuries, but iran claims that dozens of u.s. troops were killed. that is certainly not confirmed. president trump will address the nation on the attack later this morning. the administration's iran policy, he will discuss that in his