territorial caliphate 100 percent not 95 percent not $99.00 or any of the percent 100 percent of the caliphate isis is destroyed and it savage leader al baghdadi is now dead tired. and i want to thank we have some of our great senators and congressmen and women here and i want to thank you all for the tremendous thank you very much jim ted everybody the a leader the leader thank you. thank you. great people these are great people they work so hard and they love this country. the iranian regime is isolated and we can to greatly we eliminated solomon a the world's top of her a a. there as you know he was with the head of hezbollah i don't think they were up to anything good. i don't think so he ran an organization called jerusalem liberation forces and use does hatred total severe hatred of israel as a rallying cry to divert attention from the incompetence and shortcomings of his government he falsely promoted the sinister notion that a free jerusalem.

al-baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran, and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve, one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. [overlapping questions] secretary of state mike pompeo, defense secretary mark esper, and gina haspel went to capitol hill yesterday to give a classified hearing on iran.

al-baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran, and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve, one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] >> secretary of state mike pompeo and secretary of defense went to capitol hill to give congress a classified briefing. afterawmakers spoke to us they exited the closed-door meeting. >> normally, that's a same question

al baghdadi was trying to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. i.c.e. is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran. we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally to the people and leaders of iran. we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve, one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world, the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seeks it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. our campaign 2020 coverage continues thursday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2 with president trump in toledo, ohio at a "how to keep america great" rally. senator michael bennett is in new hampshire, watch it live on c-span or c-span 2 or on demand at c span.org or listen to it on the go with our app. the u.s. commission holds a hearing to discuss u.s. policy and anti-semitism. watch it live today at 1:30 on c-span 3. online at c-span.org or listen live on

al-baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran. and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve. one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >>> go shopping and see what's now available at the c-span online store including our all new campaign 2020 t-shirts, sweatshirts and hats. go to cspan.org and browse all of our products. >>> natural gas and oil experts,

percent of the caliphate isis is destroyed and it savage leader al baghdadi is now dead was. and i want to thank we have some are great senators and congressmen and women here and i want to thank you all for the tremendous thank you very much jim ted everybody the a leader the leader thank you for whom are. great people these are great people they work so hard and they love this country. the iranian regime is isolated and we can to greatly we eliminated solomon a the world or the a . there as you know he was with the head of hezbollah i don't think they were up to anything good. i don't think so he ran an organization called jerusalem liberation forces and use does hatred total severe hatred of israel as a rallying cry to divert attention from the incompetence and shortcomings of his government he falsely promoted the sinister notion that a free jerusalem we must really be at war with israel so to have it free we have to be at war.

al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran, and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve. one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> president trump addressing >> president trump addressing the nation yesterday afternoon breathe freely fast, with vicks sinex. my congestion's gone. i can breathe again! ahhhh! i can breathe again! ughh! vicks sinex. breathe on. l cter lurk just below the gum line. crest gum detoxify, voted product of the year. it works below the gum line to neutralize harmful plaque da.acteriaanhelp rersely gum >>> aftershocks continue to terr

forces, the isis territorial caliphate, 100%, not 95%, not 99 or any other percent. 100% of the caliphateis, is destroyed and it's savage leader al baghdadi is now dead. i want to thank you you for the tremendous help. jim, ted, everybody. the iranian that work so hard and they love this company. the iranian regime is isolate and weakened greatly. we eliminated soleimani, the world's top terrorist. [ applause ] >> and as you know, he was with the head of hezbollah. i don't think they were up to anything good. i don't think so. he ran an organization called jerusalem, liberation forces, and used his hatred, total severe hatred of israel as a rallying cry to divert attention from the incompetence and shortcomings of his government. he falsely promoted the sinister notion that a free jerusalem, we must be at war with israel. to have it free we must be at war with israel. he said it very, very powerfully. in fact, it's been in this false twhar isra war, israel, the enemies of peace, they used it as an excuse to divide and totally oppress the middle east. in truth, jerusalem is liberated. [ ap

of the caliphate isis is destroyed and it savage leader al baghdadi is now dead thank you. you and i want to thank we have some our great senators and congressmen and women here and i want to thank you all for the tremendous thank you very much jim ted everybody you are the leader you later thank you you're not a. great people these are great people they work so hard and they love this country the iranians regime is isolated and we can to greatly we eliminated solomon a the world. you would you like you there as you know he was with the head of hezbollah i don't think they were up to anything good i don't think so he ran an organization called jerusalem liberation forces and used his hated total severe hatred of israel as a rallying cry to divert attention from the incompetence and shortcomings of his government they falsely promoted these centers to notion that a free jerusalem we must really be at war with israel so to have a free we have to be at war with israel and he said it very very powerfully in fact it's been in this false war that. israel really the enemies of pea

muslims and all who stood in his way he was a monster al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran the destruction of isis is good for ren and we should work together on this and other shared priorities finally to the people and leaders of iran we want you to have a future and a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america thank you very much thank you. ok if you're just joining us the u.s. presence there donald trump commenting publicly for the 1st time on the iranian missile strikes on basis housing u.s. troops in iraq that was in retaliation to the u.s. airstrike that killed iranian general money and we heard the president get deliver a wide ranging statement there 1st saying that american people should be grateful and happy because no american iraqi lives were lost in those arraigning m

muslims and all who stood in his way he was a monster al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran the destruction of isis is good for ren and we should work together on this and other shared priorities finally to the people and leaders of iran we want you to have a future and a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america thank you very much thank you thank you. ok we've just been hearing a live press conference from the u.s. president donald trump addressing the issue which originated from dozens of ballistic missiles at 2 u.s. military bases in iraq iran's military called the move revenge for the death of its top general. who was killed in a u.s. drone strike last week i. want to go back to that it. was. i myself strikes happened at exactly the same time of night as the assassination of

muslims and all who stood in his way he was a monster al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration isis is a natural enemy of iran the destruction of isis is good for iran and we should work together on this and other shared priorities finally to the people and leaders of iran we want you to have a future and a great future one that you deserve one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it and want to thank you and god bless america thank you very much thank you thanks . president trump addressing the nation after. iranian missile attacks on. an airbase in iraq at which american forces were stationed he said that americans were harmed in that attack and that the damage had been minimal iran he says appears to be standing down for too long he said nations have tolerated iran's behavior those days are over he announced further immediate punishing sanctions against iran let's go straight to our white h

tax cuts and regulation cuts, the military, rebuilding it, terrorism, got rid of 100% of the isis caliphate, i could keep going forever. but nobody has done what we have done, and it's a ridiculous, horrible, partisan situation. we won 196-0 in the house. this was not supposed to happen. i have great confidence in republicans and the republican senate, and i know they are going to be fair. >> peter: the democrats will be here in iowa talking about impeachment like it is something that will stain you forever, whereas your defenders it will e up the base. which is a? >> president trump: the polls came out today, ecm leading everybody come in iowa, by a lot. every single democrat, i'm leading them by a lot. i gave them ethanol, and we did a lot of other things, including biofuels, but most importantly, the farmers. i gave them the usmca, i gave them the china deal, and i was doing better than they have ever done. now they are really going to start to do well because of the new trade deals we have that were left alone by president obama and biden. they were horrible deals. now the farmers are g

isis. a have taken away the caliphate, but isis still exists. hithout u.s. force, there it could grow again into a major toblem, and third would be the russians, because they sit in syria, and they're looking to extend their influence eastward. >> o'donnell: michael, thank you. even as the crisis unfolds in the middle east, there is major development here at home in the impeachment of president trump. john bolton, the president's former national security adviser, said today that if subpoenaed he will testify in a senate trial. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. >> reporter: it's a major change of heart from a key witness. ambassador john bolton was a no- show during the house impeachment inquiry, but now he says he's willing to reject a presidential directive not to testify if subpoby republican-led senate. bp ambassador bolton had looked oained. >> reporter: bolton's concerns about the pressure campaign on ukraine were well documented. >> this drug deal as bolton called it... >> reporter: the house voted to wepeach president trump three weeks ago for pushing

. >> three months ago, after destroying 100% of isis and its territorial caliphate -- >> he destroyed> well, the caliphate was finally destroyed after progress under the obama administration -- under trump. so yes, 100% of the caliphate, but not 100% of isis itself. talk to any u.s. military leader. they'll tell you isis continues to fight in syria, continues to be a presence in iraq, and continues to pose a threat to the u.s. homeland as well. >> there was also this claim about u.s. oil production. >> we are now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. >> is that true? >> the problem with the statement, don, is the now. yes, it is true that u.s. is number one, but this happened in 2012 under obama. and i think that's especially important because of a line trump usually uses. he didn't today, but usually does. he says i ended the previous administrations on the war on energy and now we are the number one producer. well, it was under that previous administration that the u.s. took that number one spot and continued it every year, and then passed on that rec

number one, we got rid of the caliphate, the isis caliphate.ens of thousands of prisoners and we killed most of their fighters. we've gotten rid of vices. they come back and take care of it. other people should take care of it. other countries should have taken care of it, europe should take them back.e >> laura: and nato stepped up and i know they committed to doing more in the middle east, but what extent, specifically will nato contribute to take the burden off the american taxpayers. >> president trump: as i came in, nato was virtually a dead organization. it had no money, nobody was paying except us. practically nobody was paying. if you look at a chart of money and funds received, it looked like a roller coaster down. now secretary, i think he is terrific and my first year, i raised $130 billion from them, not from us. and now he announced $530 billion all because of me. he's my biggest salesman, my greatest salesman, the secretary. but look, you are there for russia and europe, okay? by the way, it was much more for europe than us. >> la

the iraq he secured he forces have been able to help us decimate the physical caliphate of isis, but are there, and we believe that ultimately cooler heads will prevail, and they will see the importance of having an american coalition presence, becausejust as you pointed out, it's notjust the american presence that's at risk amidst the british and the other members of the coalition, their presence is at risk at well —— as well. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. thank you for having me. now it's time for a look at the weather. plenty of other to speak of today. it's turned out pretty much is forecasted. but it's been very much one of those days across northern and western britain. the wind a real future, destructively so, and that continues on into tonight. travel has been affected, particularly the fairies down in the iris he is welcome and not quite done yet they are. the range of the gusts says we expect to see them through the rest of the evening, 40—60 mph plus as we move towards the northern parts of scotland. through the evening and overnight, we will drag the

isis. and its territorial caliphate. we killed. the savage leader of isis al-baghdadi. who is responsible for so much death including the mass beheadings of christians, muslims and all monster. al-baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. 10's of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. i says is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for an. and we should work together on this and other shared. finally to the people. and leaders of iran. we want you to have a future. and a great future one that you deserve. one of prosperity at home in harmony. with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace. with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america, thank you very much. thank you. >>all right there the president delivering his address this morning taking no questions after his speech. you see sitting room we'r at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because

he will destroy the physical cal favorite isis which he -- physical caliphate of isis which he did.eets and they killed 1,500 rioters is because president trump has locked down on the iranian economy. there is no liquidity in the iranian system. that's why soleimani was flying from iran to baghdad. if there are additional sanctions, i think we have to go to economic quarantine. that's full sanctions, secondary sanctions honor bank, every company and totally close down the chinese communist party from buying oil and handing them money. macron and his guys are too slippery. you have got to get macron and the europeans on board. you have got economic quarantine. no cash into the system. this is why the streets of iran are on fire, they are not stepping on israeli and american flags. they see what trump is doing. this is a global revolution for the rule of law, freedom, democracy, and capitalism. this is part of the trump revolution. trish: more of steve bannon coming up. >> i didn't see anybody -- this was not the type of night of ambition we expected. >> nothing that would be able to

he was a monster al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed tens of thousandsf isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration isis is a natural enemy of iranian. the destruction of isis is good for iran and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve, one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it i want to thank you, and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> that was the president, not taking questions, opening his statement by saying that iran will never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon under his administration he did say no casualties, good thing for all parties involved that for too long nations have tolerated iran's behavior and those days are over. perhaps the curveball, eamon javers, that not everybody was expecting, asking nato to become more involved in the middle east process. did not ge

al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran. we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve. one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> and that is the response that the world was waiting to hear from the president of the united states. gloria borger, let me bring you in. what's your reaction? >> well, my reaction to this is, first of all, that the president made it very clear that he intends to continue and invoke more economic sanctions against iran. this was not a call for negotiation, this was a president who believes he is dealing from strength and said we are

al baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran, and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve, one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> and there you have it. president trump from the white house there flanked by a number of his military leaders of course, also we saw vice president mike pence there as well. the president, first of all, before he even said good morning, the president said "iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon." that is how the president started. and then he ended his speech with some comments for the people of iran. let's try to

under my leadership, we have destroyed the isys we have destroyed the isis territorial caliphate, anderations forces killed the terrorist leader known as al baghdadi, the world is a safer place without these monsters. good people, great souls. america will always pursue the interests of good people, great souls, while seeking peace and harmony with all the nations of the world, thank you, god bless you, god bless our great military, and god bless the united states. thank you very much. thank you. let's speak to our north america correspondent aleem maqbool — who is outside the white house. some insight there into president trump's thinking, but a lot of questions remain. yes, you heard there that he called qassem soleimani the number one terrorist anywhere in the world, and also claimed that he had been a part of terror plots as far as delhi and london, although, he didn't elaborate on those claims. certainly, the state department husband saying all day that qassem soleimani met all the criteria for someone soleimani met all the criteria for someone who needed to be eliminated, that t

prepared to take whatever action is necessary, and that in r leadership we have destroyed the isis caliphate and recently american special forces known as al bagdadi. the world is better without these monsters. the world is full of great souls, while seeking peace, harmony and friendship with all of the nations in the world. thank you, god bless you. god bless our great military and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much. >> mr. president, mr. president -- >>> president trump there speaking for the very first time since the strike carried out overnight in baghdad iraqi that took out qassim seouleimani. he was one of iran's leaders. he was viewed by the united states, viewed by israel and many world powers as a terrorist. and in fact, he was the leading state sponsor of terror is iran. this strike which happened overnight is significant. it is one against someone who is linked to the nation state of iran. the president emphasized today. this action was taken to stop a war, not to start one. president trump really trying to emphasize here that he is not escalating tensions

isis. the caliphate is gong but isis could regroup very quickly. they said mr.rump, after the strike, told associates he was under pressure to deal with soleimani from gop senators he views as important in his coming impeachment trial in the sewnt. the president was making this decision to satisfy people he needs to help him in the impeachment trial that begins any day. >> was there any question they weren't going anywhere? this is about as believable as i think there were going to be four embassies line. this is another explanation the president was throwing at the wall after the fact. this whole thing -- he is basically out there talking about we did baghdady, took out a bad guy, now we took out soleimani. he is learning the lesson from approving these sorts of attacks, targeted strikes. they work for him, they play a political divdnd. i was talking to someone last week. the risk to that just because it's calmed down, does not mean it's over. when the president looks at things in the shorlt term and how they benefit him, he's looking at this and seeing that wa

isis. wegot 100% of the caliphate, got thousands and thousands of isis fighters killed and thousands of thousands, tens of thousands are in prison right now. europe does not want them. they want to go to france, they want to go to germany, they want to go to these countries where they came from. that is their home. the u.s. is not their home. it is not fair we are holding these people and that other countries are not taking them because we are bearing the cost. i think nato should be expanded and we should include the middle east, absolutely. we paper a big percent of nato. -- we pay for a big percent of nato. if you speak to the secretary-general, who is doing a terrific job, he will tell you i raised $130 billion more. it was going down from past administrations every single year. it was down to a low number. i came in and said you have to pay, we are protecting you, we are a part of this. we do not want to be the fools like we have been. we raised $130 million. we had a meeting with the countries. i said you have to pay. i can imagine they do not like me as much as obama and other people. more

office, from one nation to the next, one conflict to the next, his goal was to eliminate the isis caliphateh was successful. his goal here, to protect american diplomats -- it's important to note that the battalion that was sent over from fort bragg, that was sent over while there was still these attackers outside the u.s. embassy. the marines sent up from kuwait, that was something that was done while you still had these people attacking the u.s. embassy. while joy reid was on msnbc saying this was trump's benghazi, president trump and his administration were ensuring that this was going to be a situation that was going to protect american lives. at the end of the day, cost soleimani his life. i would add, matt gaetz is making a ton of really important points just now coming to add to that, it's almost like -- writing the talking points for these democratic president or candidates, for the senate democrats, house democrats, they -- wanting to take president trump down. >> raymond: in a moment, i will get to the media and how they are echoing the lines. but congressman debbie wasserman schu

al-baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one you deserve. one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. think the take away from the president statement to the nation, and he spoke solo. he was flanked by military chief and his national security advisor and by vice president mike pence but spoke solo. having said the u.s. would never allow iran to have a nuclear weapon, he went on to say the u.k., france, germany, china, and russia should all now break away from the jcpoa. he also issued a challenge to nato to get more involved in the middle east. he ended the

no win position i think they would like us to keep our courses there because even though the isis caliphate has been defeated isis is beginning to regroup in the south and the in the area of much like al-qaeda in iraq when we were there so i think they would like that on the other hand if this least such an outpouring from iran in the parliament votes for us to leave we would have to just as we did in 2011 when they voted not to give us the status of forces agreement to keep our troops there and critics of the iraqi government might now start saying well what it was he actually in charge of for to you in control of shia because they've got some very awkward questions to from the regime in tehran yeah i mean how did this happen you had 2 people land on a plane and then they were killed i mean was who gave them the intelligence and know who was you know turned against them how did they do that does the u.s. have more influence there than then we then we recognize this and i think yes i've given the fact the sortie and interim government they don't have a you know a prime minister you know tha

let the isis caliphate take over. this guy wants to be commander-in-chief?on't think so. >> when he's not confusing primary states and middle eastern countries. he destablized libya which barack obama said was one of the worst mistakes of his presidency. under obama-bind they did nothing with you bashar al-assad slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians if the syrian civil war. joe biden originally voted to invade iraq under george w. bush, but didn't support the persian gulf war which was very successful. he was behind the deal to send a billion dollars in cash to the evil returnian regime and lift the sanctions of hundreds of millions of dollars. joe biden has experience making the middle east a per pet fuel quagmire -- a perpetual quagmire. jesse: warren got caught dancing while missiles were hitting u.s. bases in iraq. caught a lot of heat for that. then there is bernie sanders who came out of the nowhere and compared trump to putin. let's listen to that. >> as bad as he was an official of the iranian government. if china does that, if russ

thanks to the incredible courage our warriors, the greatest warriors in the world, the isis caliphateas been totally destroyed and its savage founder and leader al-baghdadi is dead! [cheers and applause] [crowd chants usa!] weeks ago at my direction the u.s. military launched a flawless precision strike that killed the world's number one terrorist, quassem soleimani. and soleimani was responsible for murdering and wounding thousands of americans and actively planning new attacks. but we stopped him cold. [cheers and applause] yet washington democrats like crazy bernie sanders and nervous nancy pelosi, they opposed our actions to save american lives. they opposed it. they opposed it. you know the roadside bombs that you see hurting our people and lows of other people so badly? the legs, the arms wiped out. soleimani loved that. that was his weapon of choice. we didn't like him. he's not around anymore. [cheers and applause] we are creating jobs and killing terrorists. the congressional democrats are obsessed with demented hoaxes, witch hunts and partisan crusades. it's all they know ho

baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and fail failed. een killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran. we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve. one of prosperity at home in harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >> just heard the president of the united states giving his first remarks on the attacks on american resources last night. he said this, that at his direction a ruthless terrorist, a top terrorist was eliminated. but americans, he said, this morning should wake up feeling grateful and happy because we sustained minimal damage and there were no casualties in the attack last night. we've been reporting all morning about the 12 missiles. >> the most encouraging thing here is the

isis. we did europe a big favor. we got 100% of the caliphate. thousands and thousands of isis fighters are killed. and thousands and thousands, tens of thousands are in prison right now. and europe doesn't want them. it's not right. they want to go to france. they want to go to germany. they want to go to u.k. they want to go to these countries where they came from. that's their home. the u.s. is not their home. they want to go. it's not fair that we're holding these people and that other countries aren't taking, because we're bearing the cost. so i think that nato should be expanded. and we should include the middle east. absolutely. and we pay for a big percentage of nato. and by the way, if you look at and speak to secretary general, who is doing a terrific job by the way, he will tell you that i raised $130 billion more than they were getting, it was going down from past administrations, every single year, it was down to a very low number, i came in, i said you got to pay, folks, you got to pay, we're working with you, we are protecting you,

. >> under my leadership, we have destroyed the isis territorial caliphate and recently american specialtions forces killed the terrorist leader known as al baghdadi. the world is a safer place without these monsters. lou: without question. although, some radical democrats are questioning just that. the president today touting what is yet another impressive foreign policy victory in the middle east, tying the death of soleimani to an october raid that killed former isis leader abu al baghdadi as well. the pentagon tonight sending another 3,000 of our troops, the army's 82nd airborne division to kuwait, a battalion of some 750 paratroopers deployed to the same region earlier this week. the defense department calling this deployment a precautionary action in response to heightened threats from iran against american personnel and facilities. joining us tonight to assess what is now an extraordinary moment in our history dr. walid ferris, fox business national security and foreign policy analyst and national security expert, president of the center for security policy, great to have you both

albaghdad i was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. tens of thousands of isis fighters have been killed or captured during my administration. isis is a natural enemy of iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve, one of prosperity and home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. >> president trump addressing the nation right there regarding iranian missile attacks last night in two iraqi bases. soldiers was safe, there was minimal damage and iran appears to be standing down and that is a good thing for the world.et. >> talk about what is next as you said iran appears to be standing down, the president said that sanctions will remain in place until iran changes its behavior. he also called on u.s. allies and others,

american troops had one purpose to destroy the caliphate of isis. >> one of the things i'm proud of,i don't know if you recall, in the second obama administration, america was told ices, it's a jv team. you don't have to take it seriously. then, once we had withdrawn from iraq under obama's white house and the caliphate was reestablished. it was reestablished for the first time since it had been dissolved by moustafa in 1924. then suddenly obama changed his tune and said isis, islamic state is a threat we have to come to terms with. it's a generational threat. our children, grandchildren will be dealing with ices. when we came into the white house, we had a very different vision. i credit steve bannon. he said, no, ices can be destroyed if we get out of the way of our military. these crippling rules of engagement. we had fighter pilots. we had people in the air over isis convoys with live video fees being told, you cannot take out that convoy. the lawyers got in the way. the tactical interference by the obama administration has to be dismantled. that's why steve said to the present,

he was a monster. al-baghdadi was trying again to rebuild the isis caliphate and failed. iran. the destruction of isis is good for iran, and we should work together on this and other shared priorities. finally, to the people and leaders of iran, we want you to have a future and a great future, one that you deserve, one of prosperity at home and harmony with the nations of the world. the united states is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it. i want to thank you, and god bless america. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. >>> president trump right there with his response to the iranian counter-attack against u.s. military bases last night saying that iran is standing down. iran appears to be standing down. that is the message from president trump after announcing that americans should be grateful that no americans were harmed in the attack. there were no casualties and minimal damage at the u.s. military bases according to president trump. the president also though had some strong words for iran saying iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon on his w

[chanting] >> thanks to the incredible courage the greatest warriors in the world isis caliphate hastally destroyed and the leader al bag daddy is dead. [cheers and applause] usa. [chanting] weeks ago the us military launched a flawless precision strike against qassem soleimani who was responsible for murdering and wounding thousands of americans actively planning new attacks but we stopped him cold. [cheers and applause] yet washington democrats like crazy bernie sanders and others. [booing] opposed our actions to save american lives. they opposed it. do you know the roadside bomb you see hurting our people so badly the legs and arms wiped out t14 love that that was his weapon of choice. he is not around anymore. [cheers and applause] while we are creating jobs and killing terrorists democrats are obsessed with the crazy witchhunt through the crusade that's all they know how to do the do-nothing democrats. they have spent the last three years and probably even before i came down that beautiful escalator with the beautiful future first lady. [cheers and applause] trying to overthrow

forces, the isis territorial caliphate 100%. not 95%, not 99%. 100% is destroyed, and it's a savage leader al baghdadi now dead. [applause] >> president trump: i want to think, we have some more great senators and congressmen and congresswomen here. i want to thank you very much. our leader, thank you. mark, thank you, great people, these are great people, they work so hard, and they love this country. the iranian regime is isolated and weakened greatly. we eliminated qasem soleimani, the world's top terrorists. [applause] >> president trump: as you know, he was with the head of hezbollah, i don't think they were up to anything good. i don't think so. he ran an organization called jerusalem liberation forces and used his hatred, total, severe hatred of israel as a rallying cry to deibert attention from the incompetence and shortcomings of his government he falsely promoted the sinister notion that a free jerusalem, we must really be at war with israel. so to have it free, we have to be at war with israel. he said it very, very p