>> 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 speech.

the iranian government have both said they do not want war. good evening, everyone and good morning here on the east and the midwest, i'm eric shawn, fox news in new york. it's been a stanff that has been growing for decades. iran taking action to avenge the death of qassem soleimani. consider the mastermind of decades of terrorist operations, killed brazenly last week by an american drone attack in iraq. after tonight's missile launches and foreign minister qassem soleimani, iran took purported measures in self defense under article one of the u.n. charter to her cowardly armed attack against arsonist and senior officials were launched. we do not seek escalation or war, but we will defend ourselves against any aggression. president trump has said our military will always conform with the rules of war. >> they are allowed to kill our

people. they are allowed to maim our people. they are allowed to blow up everything we have. there is nothing that stops them. and we are, according to various laws, supposed to be very careful with their cultural heritage. you know what, if that is what the lawyers come i like to obey the law. >> eric: the region on edge after 9:00 in the morning, and they are assessing the damage. fox news correspondent benjamin hall life in the middle east and amman, jordan with the latest there, hi, benjamin. >> good morning, eric and ever since the death of qassem soleimani, iran has been threatening retaliation and the secretary of defense said he expected it to come here they just didn't know where, when or what it would look like. now we know. 14 ballistic missiles, five from inside iran at u.s. were rather iraq iraqi airbase hosting u.s. forces.

ten of them landed in the al-assad airbase one in herbal mack wow and four missed their targets, the iranians threatening of vard it would be military aimed at u.s. military targets, but they suggested it could be a ship in the gulf, saudi arabia or u.s. homeland. however, in the end it was this way in iraq. the u.s. has said all along president trump making it clear the redline would be the death of a u.s. citizen. we saw that in when the iranians attacked a few weeks ago but president trump had not responded to the attacks on saudi oil facilities and not to attacks on tankers. both killed in her a cook, a followed by the baghdad mse. what happens after this, no one is sure but the u.s. has been preparing and the last five days we have seen them beefing up

security presence in the region. 3,000 extra troops sent to kuwait, 757 the day before that, b-52 bombers sent to the airbase yesterday and of course the u.s. harry truman which is sitting in the persian gulf along with the surrounding ships. there is also at least one submarine under the water. so how does the president choose to retaliate? we have to wait to hear from him tomorrow. but suddenly suggesting this as a way iran can save face. they need is your respond for the sake of their people who were outraged at the death of qassem soleimani. whether or not, this will implicate them or whether or not this is enough but certainly we have seen the irani in response today and it is direct. a rainy and ballistic missiles, by that bases come holding, hosting u.s. soldiers in iraq, eric. >> eric: jonathan, think as much and we will have you standing by by the latest developments there. being told vice president

mike pence has briefed lawmakers on capitol hill. the president waiting he tends to make that statement little bit later this morning. correspondent mark meredith following all of this from t washington bureau where the capital and we all abate the president's words. high matt, mark. >> later today the white house expected to give us a better idea what the eye attack, and president trump planning to make a statement later this morning although we don't know exactly t time that statement will happen. the president, he declined to issue national address tuesday night, however the commander-in-chief did tweet about the developments late tuesday writing "all is well. missiles launched from iran two military bases in iraq, assessment of casualties taking place right now. so far, so good the most powerful military by four. i will make a statement tomorrow morning." mike pence spoke with congressional leaders by phone as the attack underway and one made to house

speaker nancy pelosi here the white house said the decision to brief was done after the president asked for lawmakers to be updated. speaker pelosi released a statement tonight "we must ensure the safety of our service members including ending needless provocations from the administration and demanding that iran ceases violence from american and world cannot afford war." and vowing to vote on a resolution to limit the president's military action with iran. it is unclear at this point if anything from the last couple of hours is going to impact that plan. this morning we heard from several senator republican and defending the president strategy with iran. >> the president sent a clear message with one missile going through, taking out the individual who killed more than 600 militants, 600 servicemen and women who serve us over in iraq. that was a clear message that told him we can find you anywhere. it also sent a message to the

other players around the world too. >> eric: house minority leader kevin mccarthy and house born committee mike pompeo to testify and it's unclear if he will participate but expected to get a briefing from senior defense officials about the intelligence that led to last wl the iranian general. we will watch to see if they have more to say following the briefing expected several hours from now. eric, we are still waiting to find out what time the president will talk later this morning. >> eric: we will get back to you with new developments on that. mark joe showed some of the public reaction out on the campaign trail. democratic senator elizabeth warren went democratic had reaction to what happened tonight. >> the iranian government has announced that it has sent missiles to attack our military bases in iraq. but this is a reminder why we

need to de-escalate tension in the middle east. the american people do not want a war with iran. [applause] >> eric: the president has said he does not want a war either and so too said the javad zarif the foreign minister of iran. the state sponsor of terrorism in the world, before the president ordered the air strike that killed qassem soleimani. pentagon officials have reportedly warned the president that the former general was a planning attacks against u.s. troops. joining us now, senior vice president of research at the foundation for the defense of democracy, good to see you, thank you for being with us this early hour of the morning. i have been so struck by the outrage in some corners of the killing of qassem soleimani. this is a terrorist mastermind responsible for american blood on his hands as well as the

carnage we have seen in theory with thousands of innocent people killed. and it is just so overwhelming. someone who is considered and called an evil man of this theocratic revolutionary bureaucracy. your view of what they did tonight. >> look, i think that number one, the killing of qassem soleimani was justified. i think that the president has been remarkably clear and consistent in terms of what is redline's word. the iranians cross those red lines last week and the president responded with overwhelming force, although i think it was fair to say also, a limited strike we are talking about one missile. you know, a handful of targets, and the message was sent. no, of course, we have face-saving on the part of the regime. i think the president is called their bluff, there was a fear if they might respond with overwhelming force but what we saw tonight, i think was an attempt just to show the people

back home that they were capable of carrying out the strikes. they were capable of carrying out attacks in retribution, but it seems very clear from all indications, from what the iranians have had as well as what they have done, that they were not really trying to do significant damage. they were probably trying not to kill americans my knowing that would prompt the president to act. >> eric: do you think this will stop meddling, the the saudi arabia oil fields, speculation and warnings they could attack our cyber system and electric grid to somehow getting into the election system like the russians did back in 2016 in a few places. do you think this is it, or do you think there will be more? >> i think there will be more and we have to look at the last 40 years to understand there will be more. they will operate through proxies. we know they will operate in the realm of cyber. i would expect they are be quite a bit more with a focus on america's allies.

in interest without necessarily attacking americans personnel. they know that is the redline so we can expect more meddling along the lines of what we have seen from the salt dome xp five successor to continue in the footsteps of the mastermind. >> y american allies, israel made tens of thousands of hamas on the other side. >> that is right, but you also have the shiite militia operating in places like iraq and syria. you have the yemen. the thing that i'm watching that i think we will see a lot more of it is a new initiative the iranians have launched a couple of years back about providing precision guided pgm's. these are rockets that are capable of hitting within five to 10 yards of their intended targets. we may have seen a rainy inspire these tonight. what they are trying to do is to hand these off to smaller proxy

groups so that they can target american allies and interest around the region without necessarily having iran's fingerprints on it but to do so in a deadly fashion. >> eric: if that starts happening do we respond to tehran's behavior? what do we do then? >> that is the real key that we don't know how to answer right now, which is what does the president do if we begin to see iranian violence escalate in ways that impact us but don't necessarily claim the lives of american troops? that is still unclear. i do think, however, there is a clear strategy that the president has embraced from the beginning. and that is putting economic and political and diplomatic pressure on the iranian regime has they continue to engage in this behavior. my senses even though we may not respond militarily after tonight's events, we will see continued sanctions and pressure ratcheted up. i can imagine that would hurt the regime further. they have been running out of cash. they can feel the squeeze.

that explains the systemic sense the way they are acting the way they are. >> eric: there was a lot of criticism of obama in 2009 with the green revolution that he did not come out strong and those protesters out on the streets. that could have been a tipping point. here is secretary mike pompeo before the strike taking, where the blame lies for the trouble in iran. >> we got it right. the department did excellent work in the president had entirely legal, appropriate and basis as well as a decision that fit perfectly within the strategy and how to counter the threat. only in the activity from iran. >> eric: do you think this will bolster the regime or eventually lead to its downfall? >> you know, i think there is a debate that has been playing out since all of this began. you know whom you have the apologist for the regime here they are coming out and saying, look as soon as you

attack iran we will rally around the flag will make the regime in iran stronger. of course, the other side of this where people are pointing out the weaknesses of this regime. that is only going to give a shot in the arm to those who oppose it. i think you will see strength on both sides, but will ultimately come i think if this resume is in a lot of trouble, financialla lot of trouble, politically a lot of trouble and it's not popular but in fact he did across the regime. this is why we are seeing protest in places like lebanon and iraq. this is a regime that has a lot of blood on its hands, but also come a lot of corruption. so it will be reviled at home and abroad, and i think we will see the fruits of that. >> eric: john, the foundation of democracy, john thank you for being with us at this early hour in new york and also washington of course. besides it is happening ukrainian airlines boeing 737 went down just outside of tehran. right after the ballistic

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>> eric: the british prime minister winston churchill in the 1930s when he warned about the. and those thoughts when it comes to the revolutionary radical islamic philosophy in tehran. the generational struggle that has they dabbled the west and return from paris and assumed power in 1979. more on this in washington, the director of margaret thatcher center for freedom at the heritage foundation. niall, you started this so long but why hasn't the world in many

european countries and others, why haven't they ostracized tehran before? i mean, they stay in power, they are empowered, they lash out, yet, many european countries do business with them. and they have not despite everything, they remain in power. >> that is a great question, eric. and it is very significant come i think if you look at the response from european countries to be perfectly legitimate action by the united states and taking out general soleimani who is the world's biggest terrori terrorist. the lackluster week need support in terms of the u.s. position. i think only the british actually came out wholeheartedly backing the u.s. action, but you have the usual sort of lily livered approach taken by a lot of european governments. and you know, the reality is the

european union come a lot of key european countries including the french and the germans are heavily invested in the iran nuclear deal, the agreement and they are still clinging onto this deal even though this deal is dead in the water. the united states has left the deal. even the iranian themselves are walking away from the iran agreement yet, the european still revere it as a great sort of sacred text. it says a lot about the european mentality at the moment on the iran front. it is very disappointing to see this continuing appeasement mindsets, very much in place and most european capitals. i think a big part of that as well is the economic interest and of course, germany, iran, i'm sorry germany, france, italy and others have actually and iran. a huge amount or have done a huge amount of trade with iran

over the last few years. they want to keep that trade and investment in place through the iran nuclear deal. they see u.s. action actually disrupting their economic interest. it is very sad to see this approach being taken by a lot of european governments today. >> eric: but now there are those saying tearing up the deal will lead to a bomb sooner. the deal without the clause, some say the clause could be 12-15 years but it is worse without the deal. what is your response to that? >> i would say to the iran nuclear agreement, basically, guarantees iran will end up nuclear power once the sun quote stomach sunset clauses in place. there is no long-term strategy to become nuclear weapons power which is of course iran's ambition. and therefore, the purpose of the iran nuclear agreement is very, very short-term, very

shortsighted and it is a fundamentally bad deal, which is actually reached and bolded the iranian regime. therefore, president trump is actually right to take the united states outside of a deal that president obama signed up to, very recklessly come a deal that was not agreed to by the united states congress. and the iran nuclear deal has been mitigated disaster. i think one of the worst agreements ever negotiated in modern times. and actually, right, that the united states has to walk away from the deal. i think the british government at this time is also considering reconsidering its position with regard to the jcpoa, and you could see the u.k. and the breakfast walking away as well from the iran nuclear deal. all intensive purposes, this deal is finished. and we have to look at a new field that should be put in place, one that will hold the iranian regime to account and

ensure iran never becomes a nuclear weapons power. we must do everything possible to prevent iran from becoming a sort of islamist version of north korea. that would be a deadly menace to the entire free world. >> eric: we certainly saw what happened at night. margaret thatcher at the heritage foundation, was terrific to talk to you. >> my pleasure, thank you very much. >> eric: thank you for being with the spirit a lot more as the fox news channel coverage continues have iranian strikes and what the president may say about it later this morning. stay with us.

>> eric: breaking point of the middle east late last night, iran fired 15 ballistic missiles into iraq hitting two bases and housing u.s. personnel. thankfully the pentagon said there was no injuries or any casualties among the u.s. troops or others. iran is claiming possibly for propaganda purposes that about 30 american troops were killed. we expect the president to speak about this several hours from now later on this morning eastern time. but you know, the strike is the latest in a long series of escalatory events dating back to iranian revolution back in 1979. benjamin hall is life in jordan with the latest where just after 9:30 in the morning. in the damage is being assessed, hi, benjamin.

>> good morning, eric. yes we have been waiting for the sun to rise in the middle east. the damage assessment to take place. it is quite certain that the u.s. has a sense of what was damaged. that hasn't been fed back to us yet. we expect to learn that when we hear from president trump. but the iranians are always very sudden response to the killing of qassem soleimani would be proportionate. they also insisted american blood must be spilled. that was a feeling that was echoed across iran. that did not happen last night. at this point, it remains to be seen whether or not there will be retaliation and return from the u.s. prident trump had always made it clear that spending in my stomach spilling american blood would be a redlined. he made that in the past but not respect -- the attack on oil facilities or at the ships in the golf but he did respond when killed and correct cook. and ever since he died, they have been sending troops over here, 3,000 just a few days ago,

750 the day before that, the strike carrier, uss harry truman, the submarine. so suddenly come although the attack has come and is over, no sense how the u.s. will respond tomorrow but this was an attack out of iran aimed at u.s. facilities. that suddenly is a big escalation of anything we have seen in the past. previously iran used proxy forces to launch attacks and gave them some level but this time a direct strike out of iran. that certainly is a major, major escalation eric. >> eric: this has been happening, that strange development with the crash of ukrainian airlines boeing 737800 took off from the tehran airport after the missile launches and they are saying mechanical problem? what is the latest on that? >> they were quick to say it was a mechanical problem. the news agency and iran

reporting a technical problem within an hour of that plane going down. it happened just after takeoff after the plane left tehran airport about 8,000 feet. very few details about that at the moment. it had 180 people on board. they have all sadly died, but it's not clear if investigators have managed to get to the site or if iran will give access to boeing investigators. but the faa has banned all planes from flying over iran and iraq if you are as before the crash happened. so suddenly, they were concerned about planes going over there and other airlines follow suit as well. but suddenly, the timing very mysterious and we will wait to see with the investigation will yield, eric. >> eric: certainly time he questions whether or not a rainy missile might have taken that down as opposed to what the iranians are claiming. we certainly hope there will be an international investigation. jordan is with us this morning, thank you benjamin. israel, the sites of theocratic

revolutionary in tehran. someone who knows that so well, former is him the best route to take him at dan kelman and the ambassador, yourion to what iran did and what you think the u.s. should do in response. >> good morning, eric, it is great to hear your voice. and i think, you know if we look at what the iranian did, we can say to a certain extent they are still shell-shocked by the departure of their terrorist qassem soleimani. and i think this was a not very well planned response. it is something that they probably felt that they had to do, and they had to do it especially for home consumption and to make their people feel like they are doing something. i hope very much, also, that is all they will do. but it is certainly not the magnitude of which we expected.

and it does show that without qassem soleimani, iran is much less dangerous, much less capable, and much less of a threat. and if we needed further proof, tonight is that proof. they did something they felt they had to do. it was, i think, far from what people expected them to do. i think it might be the last time they do it because they know that they now have a president who means what he says, who sticks by his word, who draws a redlined and sticks to it. america is back in a big way. and again, the vita with the free world, and taking orders. and if this is all they did, this could be considered very successful action by the american spirit as far as israel is concerned, we are really not

for iran. we are prepared for anything they can do. they don't need an excuse to hit israel. they have been doing it through their proxies by the north and hamas. nearly every day. they have tried to hit us even across the seas as far away as south america. iran with its twisted mind and evil, bled tentacles is trying to hit his release wherever they are just because they are. and they didn't even excuse, and i think that in fact, the fact that qassem soleimani is no longer with us is a very, very, very good thing not just for israel and the region, but for america and the world. we have removed the most dangerous, gruesome, the architect of iran's plan to destroy israel and the u.s. and i think tonight to a great extent, proves you have done the right thing. >> eric: you are in tel aviv

tonight but what concerns you have if any, iran can unleash 10,000 rockets from lebanon that hezbollah has? what concerns does this release have that this tension could escalate? >> well, were following the situation very, very carefully. we are aware of the capability of hezbollah. they have hundreds of thousands of rockets. some of them very accurate aimed at every inch of israel. but i think that both iran and lebanon, where if they do try to attack israel, israel has very, very far advanced capabilities of preventing those attacks from being lethal, and from causing much damage. at the same time, the response from israel would be so severe, and so destructive to lebanon. i mean, hezbollah, if they do

it, it will actually put lebanon in danger, including their most important facilities. i think they would think twice. and after the second lebanon war, said that if he had known what israel's response would be, he wouldn't do it. and i think now, he's thinking twice. and i think the iranians too would be careful. even as far as ira if israel des to strike back after israel by iran, iran would not look the same as it does today. and we are well prepared. we have very, very, very severe capabilities, and we will not hesitate to use them against iran if it is stupid enough to try to attack israel. >> finally, you mentioned the

leader, his reaction with israel. what do you think iranian reaction really was when they found out, you know, the general, qassem soleimani got taken out with that air strike? i mean, how stunned do you think they were in tehran that this president took that action, claiming that the u.s. troops were in danger because soleimani, this guy, he is under u.n. embargo and not supposed to travel anywhere. he is really getting in a car and driving at the baghdad airport, driving around iraq? >> well, you know, that is a very interesting and a very good question, eric. people ask whether israel shared information with the united states. and i don't think anybody needed to share information. soleimani was arrogant, careless. he became kind of a poster boy. i wouldn't be surprised if he

took sophie's with people when he landed on the ground. he thought that he was immune, and i think the biggest mistake for soleimani and the iranians made, they did not realize there is a new sheriff in town. that this is a president when he draws the red line, he actually keeps to it rather than his predecessor who let the syrians walk all over the redline. and you know, that very much is the case. you know, that if you want to shoot, shoot. the president will warn iraq. qassem soleimani new that he was a prime target. he was, indeed, the architect and the head of iran's aim to terrorize the whole world. including israel in the united states. and yet, he went around very arrogant, very free, very careless.

and i think the iranians were shocked he was taken out because i think they too knew and indeed, two or three cases where israel could have taken him out and didn't. but finally, he crossed the line and killed americans. he attacked american embassy. you don't do that where there is someone at the white house that warns you, you go one step too far. and you will end up meeting those 72, which have been waiting for you far too long. >> eric: was a blunt message to tehran from the president of the united states. dan gilman, former united nations investor of israel who served many years in new york, the ambassador gil lerman was with us earlier this morning later they are, and faster thank you. >> thank you very much, eric. of course, a lot of instability to the region. to an area of the world

teetering on chaos for decades. president trump and the iranians both say they do not want war. back with us now from sonoma, california former naval intelligence officer john jordan with the hoover institute born of overseers. thank you. do you worry that some of this could be incremental steps? just no one wants a war, but just one step, one step closer. look what happened to world war i. it started with an assassination on the street. >> you are referring to the guns of august. a great book. in this case, it seems unlikely because as you point out, eric, neither side wants a war. in that case and certainly in the case of iran, they know that would be the end of their regime. but what they do want is a propaganda victory. the iranian regime can and 1 of 2 ways. an all-out conflict with the united states and the second and more likely scenario that really

scares the most, economic collapse, political unrest and perhaps unpopular overthrow very much like what happened in 1978-1979. the iranian regime needs to reverse that and that means economics. that is really w this is about. the economics is another dimension of conflict in the 21st century. iran needs to change the dynamics, and they need to do it marginally by international pressure against the united states, to try to force the united states into some sort of condition to begin negotiations with tehran. >> eric: do you think they can do that? >> do you actually think they can do that? and achieve that by pushing back at us? i don't see the president relaxing sanctions at all even though they got the europeans doing business with them and propping up their regime. >> no, i think that is exactly right, eric. i think they grossly misunderstand, this president and the political environment of the united states. they see him as being weakened because of the impeachment

process. they didn't see that he would actually push back. the regime's condition by previous administrations of both parties that they wouldn't really push back on iran and push back on terrorism in a very dramatic way. so it takes a while for the iranian to be deconditioned and unlearned those habits learned over many years, especially eight years of obama administration. they so what i thought was a weakened president on top of eight years of obama and they thought they could get away with it. they found out they were wrong. >> eric: what do you think they do now? how did they deal with this president? >> well right now they are trying to figure out what to do. they are utterly confused. they hyped bled for revenge and all of that and that will be obvious to the world that no one was hurt. that they are attack failed. more than that, they will look weak and feckless to foe alike. outside but more importantly inside of iran this will embolden those facts in the site

of iran to see the regime removed. you may see the coming weeks coming attractions may be more protests inside of iran against the regime. people are afraid with where with the united states, and continued to be tired of the corruption and economic deprivation brought on them by the current leadership in iran. >> eric: they were having lots of protest come out in force, for soleimani so we will see if that continues. >> john jordan in sonoma, thank you for staying up late, john, so good to see you. >> my pleasure. >> eric: speaking of the demonstrations, can it lead to a regime? editor in chief at the foreign desk, lisa, great to see you. we have been talking about this for years together and covering this. john just mentioned the resistance, you've got the national council of iran, you have others. do you see in a tipping point in iran that people may say, we are

done? we've had enough, and they will go back on the streets like they did in 2009? >> absolutely pure to think we have reach that tipping point already. the last round of protest 1,500 people were killed. we so that people are, you know they will not back down. even though the crackdown on the protesters became more violent, more brutal, kept going up and people were not going back home. we know also this is getting more and more intense. the movement is getting more momentum because of the fact that the regime got involved in iraq and retaliation attacks tonight. since 1979 in this regime took over, they upgraded in two ways, one way by proxy. they never wanted to have their dirty work done on their home soil. and two, getting involved in military conflict to distract what was going on at home so we

know there's more momentum back at home then anything else. everything they are doing in iraq is to distract from the protesters and disenchantment of 80 million people in iran. regardless of what iran is doing in the region, nefarious activities, exporting tariffs, the real achilles' heel of the regime will always be the iranian people, the same movement that toppled in 1979. they know a repeat for them to lose their reign and their stronghold on the country. >> eric: so how does that potentially be achieved? we have seen those protest as you said 1,500 iranians, many of them young, cut down savagely. and not even -- and their families not allowed to mourn them. there has been outrage and does what happened tonight bolster the regime or does it take away basically drip by drip, drop by drop against them? >> you know all the videos that we are seeing, can come up for the regime to prove to the

people that they can flex their muscles, can flex their muscles against the united states, as they call the united states. but based on the slogan i'm hearing out on the streets, the iranian people have evolved. they have matured. they understand the money they got from president obama for example, that reigns terrorism. that goes back to the main street and economy. they know the killing of qassem soleimani was for the best. they show footage, the government shows footage of people morning, right? and other footage that the media in the united states, that being sent by people in iran where people are rejoicing, dancing, way to go, president trump, thank you president trump. and they want to thank president trump for taking out such a brutal terrorist come at the same terrorist who said 1,50 protesters were killed and even millions killed in order to cut dow down the protest and top this movement from taking and

going forward. >> eric: lisa, thank you from california tonight. at the foreign desk news, foreign desk news.com is lisa's website as she has all of her brilliant analysis and news insight on that, lisa good to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> eric: her coverage continues in just a moment. ♪ when you move homes, you move more than just yourself.

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>> eric: the u.s. says there were no casualties or entries in the arena missile attack against two iraqi military bases. the president will address the nation about this later this morning. jesse is a retired sergeant, senior fellow at the lebanon center for policy research. jesse, good to see you again. we have to think of our great troops in harm's way at this moment in the middle east. do you think it is a testament

to their capabilities? >> absolutely. >> eric: don't go any further. >> i think the american troops are well trained. we know we have the best fighting forces and the world. what they are doing right now is preparing to respond if needed. but i do expect iran will not try to attack or kill any troops at this moment. the reason being that u.s. forces starting to look like they were nullified for many years because of no response back to iran. but now that the president has made a profound statement by killing soleimani, they know now they can't cross that line. dropping bombs and missiles upon sand is their only reaction at this moment. but to star to kill americans will not be an iran's best interest and u.s. forces know this. >> eric: the president will speak to the u.s. nation in the morning. what would you like him to say? i don't expect he would retaliate against iran, but you will disclose the reasons soleimani was an imminent threat.

they were tracking him. he was in baghdad. he's not supposed to be in baghdad but supposed to be an iran. he will let the american people know why we took these actions and why this was so important. he was on the back door of our forces and it was important we did not allow him to go further. >> eric: he is the terrorist mastermind, the blood of 603 americans of troops on our hand killed by iranian iuds not to mention thousands of syrians, innocent syrians and others around the world? >> exactly has a heavy influence with bashar al-assad and syria. as you said. over a thousand american personnel named, meaning they have lost their limbs. if you see a u.s. forces personnel who have lost their lands, it is usually because qassem soleimani strategic attacks against our forces. i personally on active duty saw a truck full of marines that that happened to be blown up and many died. and we will never know to this day if he was behind that

attack, but it is quite possible. his technology, his truth egypt has caused those women to die. >> eric: we will see what the president says about this tomorrow. hopefully, we will get more information about that. and of course, what you just said is an astounding reminder of the bravery and the courage of our american forces. we thank them. at this moment, we are and not just thanking them but their families. >> yes. >> eric: wives, husbands, brothers, sisters, they are watching us now and we are thinking of their loved ones in the military. jesse james, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> eric: folks, thank you for joining us, coverage continues on fox news. >> man: what's my safelite story?

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shannon: iran striking back, firing multiple missiles in iraq in a massive show of retaliation for the death of general soleimani. all eyes turning to the white house to see how donald trump will respond. you are watching a special early addition of "fox and friends first". president trump going to address the nation following 15 iranian missiles as military officials confirm there