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 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,

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>> if there was any action that this president has taken against a terrorist, even beyond al baghdadie others, it's this one. he's dealing with a problem that is an iranian aggressive behavior and terror activities without waging a war. people are talking about war. what war? an invasion of iraq or said invasion of iran -- these are not happening. these are counterterrorism operations and he did the right thing because soleimani and his networks were preparing for a campaign against u.s. military diplomats, civilians and others in addition to what they have been doing in terms of oppressing the iraqis killing 600 or 700 of them. it was a successful operation. no american casualties and we are warning the iranians not to try to open a war because the president wants to end these wars. lou: and of course the ayatollah, fred, saying that there would be severe consequences as a result of the action taken against soleimani. your thoughts on the possibilities of escalation here? >> well, look, i was on the house intelligence committee. i know something about covert actions. they are suppose

looting the mass beheadings of christians 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 ameri

we think al-baghdadi was alone in hell and needed a roommate.esse: we know it's about politics and not about principle. when obama and hillary were running wild in libya, nancy sang a different tune. let's listen to her back in the day. >> you are saying the president did not need authorization initially and still does not need any authorization from congress on libya? >> yes. jesse: obviously it's politics, nothing more, nothing less. >> it's one nancy pelosi who referred to something as armageddon. let's have a reminder. was she referring to armageddon as the death and destruction of soleimani or al-baghdadi? no, armageddon is how she described the trump tax cuts. now we have this unbelievable economic boom, the wage growth among blue collar workers. the dow jones hit 29,000. the usmca completed. senator grassley is worried. the farmers and ranchers and auto manufacturers are stuck because of this impeachment strategy. the unemployment rate from president obama from february 2009 to december of 2011 was 9.3. we did a little dip and flip in the

a al baghdadi and soleimani taken out.ugh to beat? >> in the short term it will. let's not forget that george h.w. bush had a 91% favorability rating after we went into iraq the first time and he lost his re-election as an incumbent president. so, yes, the short term, i believe that trump will get a little bump, but he can't get much of a bump because most people in this country don't like donald trump. period. it gives probably a small advantage and it dissipates quite quickly and it will unfortunately dissipate quite quickly if americans stop losing their lives and civilians who are more likely to be the targets of iranian revenge and let's hope that doesn't happen, and you talk about getting the bump and you look at the fund-raising that the president has gotten specifically following the impeachment in the house, and do you look at the numbers relative to the fu fund-raising on the democrats side. buttigieg at 25, and elizabeth warren at 21.2, but that's small relative to what the president has been able to raise some

>> if there was any action that this president has taken against a terrorist, even beyond al baghdadir the others, it's this one. he's dealing with a problem that is an iranian aggressive behavior and terror activities without waging a war. people are talking about war. what war? an invasion of iraq or said invasion of iran -- these are not happening. these are counterterrorism operations and he did the right thing because soleimani and his networks were preparing for a campaign against u.s. military diplomats, civilians and others in addition to what they have been doing in terms of oppressing the iraqis killing 600 or 700 of them. it was a successful operation. no american casualties and we are warning the iranians not to try to open a war because the president wants to end these wars. lou: and of course the ayatollah, fred, saying that there would be severe consequences as a result of the action taken against soleimani. your thoughts on the possibilities of escalation here? >> well, look, i was on the house intelligence committee. i know something about covert actions. they are sup

looting the mass beheadings of christians 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

looting the mass beheadings of christians 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 sanction

that's what makes this different than the actions against bin laden or al baghdadi.nd there is a division in congress over whether or not this is even legal. you have republicans saying they're behind this action 100%. but there have been democrats overnight who have noted, wait a second here. where's the authorization for this type of action? hey, wait a second. is the united states now involved with the assassination of government officials? so there is that political divide. >> yeah, and those are going to be the questions. why wasn't there congressional authorization for something like this because you're hearing from several members of congress they were not notified about this beforehand. expect the white house response to that to be that the president has pretty broad powers here. that's what we've heard from him in the past. they argue he has a lot of leeway in making a decision like this. that's where this is going to become a focal point. this intelligence that they say they had that essentially he was master minding these future potential attacks. the ques

with these people say the same thing aboutes the death of al-baghdadi?ay the same thing about the death of usama bin laden? but they have said the same about the death of a major -- any other major terroristor figure? no, because that would have happened, you know, under the watch of a previous president, or it would have been, you know, and inopportune moment because it was not at a hot time during a presidential campaign. a lot of this is about politics. a lot of it is about beating trump in the fall of 2020, and a lot of it is about, particularly the democratic presidential candidates, getting as far to the left as they approach iowa, which is notoriously on the democratic side, pacifist, and the other early contest, which may be dominatin dominating soua by left-wing democrats. >> sean: sean spicer, u of msdnc, one of their host actually saying, oh, this is trd democrat chris murphy, out of connecticut, you've got him saying, oh, trump has rendered americaas impotent in the middle east, no one fears also listens to us and we have been reduced to hudd

$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.

caliphate, and recently, american special operations forces killed the terrorist leader known as al baghdadiithout 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 they have been saying that he was planning these attacks around the region, that endangered the

this is very different from the attack, the death of osama bin laden by president obama and al baghdadiident trump recently. those two individuals were head of a very fragile terrorist network and by decapitating those networks, it essentially eviscerated them. this is a man who has an entire iranian government and 80 million people behind him. and so decapitating him is not going to make us safer. >> again, part of a sovereign government, which is a distinction. >> which has already replaced him. we'll see what intelligence the president had. clearly they were planning attacks against our interests. we have every right to respond. we have every right to defend ourselves but it's different when you take out the number two here versus osama bin laden or al baghdadi which worked in both cases. and president trump and obama certainly need to be applauded for those actions. this is much, much more complicated. >> from a u.n. perspective, in international law, would this be seen as legal? >> approximate depends on what the threat is. i believe this is a man who has blood on his hands, we had

trump's account of killing al-baghdadi. >> you had to add to that. >> add color to that.rish: who cares if there is color, no color. the head of isis is dead. the head of isis. iran's number one terrorist is dead. these are wins for us. okay, media? if it's not cnn or msnbc, it's the print media pushing out iranian propaganda including this little gem where she reefs to soleimani as a poet, all these media organizations want the iranians to blame america and donald trump. a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. the iranian people slit from their lead d split from their leaders. like the dems saying the plane that was not was not the iranian's fault, but the u.s.' adventurism. >> this is yet another example of collateral damage from the actions that have been taken in a provocative way by the president of the united states. this is one of those consequences of this escalation and state of war that we are in. >> i will go to my grave believing those innocents who died on board ukrainian airlines flight would not have died had it not been for trump's decision to kill

bin been obviously taken out in the obama administration. >> right. >> al baghdadi more recently. >> sure. >> to many viewers these might be a list of names of bad guys who are hoping to do bad things to americans and why shouldn't we be able to just kill them? >> fantastic question. here's the reason. the strike that took out anwar al alaki, the attack that took out bin laden, the attack that took out baghdadi were all taken pursuant to a congressional authorization that had been debated and voted on by congress. congress had authorized the war against non-state terrorist groups that had connection to the attacks of 9/11. now, many of us think that three administrations in a row have defined that too broadly to sweep too many people in but administrations of both parties have said congress did vote on this and once congress votes on it the commander in chief of the military get to take action to execute the authorization. the difference with soleimani is there is no authorization that covers iran. there is no current authorization that allows us to take out iraqi officials. the mili

in the case of al baghdadi, it's obviously under isil. and the theory of the obama administration, which i assume is also used by the trump administration, is that because isil had a longstanding relationship with al qaeda and osama bin laden and a variety of other factors, including the fact that they had targeted th >> authorization by congress. >> authorization by congress, absolutely. in the case of al baghdadi, it's obviously under isil. and the theory of the obama administration, which i assume is also used by the trump administration, is that because isil had a longstanding relationship with al qaeda and osama bin laden and a variety of other factors, including the fact that they had targeted the united states, that you could in fact authorize action against isil as well under the 2001 aumf despite the split in leadership between al qaeda and isil. >> thank you. ms. houlihan. i do have two very specific questions, one reflects on mr. kinzinger's conversation about the responsibility people in the military have to understand they won

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

liz: he defeated leader, arranged to have killed, of isis, al-baghdadi. the phase one trade deal coming. the signing was supposed to happen on january 15th, nafta 2.0, the space force, what is striking under the president, 1 1/2 million job openings than complete turn around under obama, when there were two more million workers seeking jobs than there were job openings. >> we would be better off with better trained workers. there are still things that need to be addressed. entitlement crisis running up big deficits. that is a real problem. on big issues that matter to everyday lives of american voters, a better economy, and more security, that's, a one-two punch and i don't see the president getting a challenge. i think big issue here will be whether the republicans can win back the house and deliver, you know, getaway from this this impeachment nonsense and start delivering infrastructure and entitlement reform. those are the big deals that i think the public will start to look at this year. liz: where is the democrat debate on jobs an economy? let's sho

it brings to mind their eulogizing of al-baghdadi as an "austere religious scholar." me now is tammy bruce, fox news contributor, president of the independent women's voice, and matt schlapp, chair of the american conservative union, thank you both are being here. this is how the broadcast media was describing this terrorist. watch. >> the u.s. have stripped iran of an inspirational military leader. >> he is the second most powerful person in iran. >> in iran, he is seen as a revered military leader. >> this guy is regarded in iran as a completely heroic figure, very brave. >> raymond: oh, the mother teresa of iran. tammy, why do some media outlets insist on lionizing these terrorists? >> my favorite is the new yorker, soleimani, a flamboyant farmer construction worker and body builder with snowy white hair, a dapper beard, and salt and pepper eyebrows -- which i will hope we have another years. they are doing this, this is a knee-jerk reaction, and if in trade, it's automatic, it's instinct. this is a thing president trump did. they cannot accept that something that

would you call al baghdadi this revered genius? absolutely not.mani was the number one terrorist in the world and the world is much safer now that he is dead. he deserved everything he had coming to him. the mainstream media is losing its mind over this strike on soleimani. the dems in particular were so certain that president trump was going to lead us into war with iran, but instead he's been smart and tactical about what he's doing and he's keeping the rogue regime in check. david: right. >> it is just totally absurd that they are revering soleimani and propping him up for more than he actually is which is just a terrorist. david: ari, you never heard the word terrorist in npr article i quoted from. they never used that word terrorist to describe him. maybe they did in some other article but not in the one i quoted. they continued to say assassination. that he was assassinated. a word i never used for osama bin laden when president obama was in power and oversaw the killing of osama bin laden. the point is is that he was a terrorist. he was in

along with al-baghdadi, along with osama bin laden. and to those americans killed and maimed and to your families, you are not forgotten. because some justice has been served. and to those who play politics with this, with this defensive action of americans and american interests, and to those who stay that this is an overreaction, it's an insult to the american lives lost, it's an insult to those that have been maimed and permanently damaged, and it trivializes the american lives that have been spared by this action to take out a terrorist that was ready and willing and prepared to act to kill more americans. . thank you very much. s. cheney: thank you, dr. wenstrup. now, i'd like to turn things over to our colleague, the gentleman from texas, mr. crenshaw. mr. crenshaw: thank you. iraq twice.o went to afghanistan once. deployed back to the middle east and bahrain. iranian threat network closely. i have seen what their export of eapons does to our soldiers in iraq. over 600 killed by i.e.d.'s, i.e.d.'s that were exported therefrom the

supposed to be the replacement for abu bakr al-baghdadi.aid, you get more information and go down the chain of command. he's not around anymore. this name we have been talking about for 48 hours, killed on january 3rd, iran's revolutionary guard responsible for hundreds of american deaths, thousands of americans wounded in wars around the world, reportedly as we hear was about to conduct more attacks against america and america's interests. he is gone in the world is a better place ford but one more name you may not have heard of but also very important, muhandis was killed, he felt that hezbollah which fired rockets on americans, killing one brave american and staged the riots outside the embassy that led to the killing of qasem soleimani was a close associate not around anymore. when you think about keeping america safe and the leaders of terrorist organizations it is more difficult to operate, cutting the head off the snake doesn't mean you have solved the problem but it is more difficult for your enemies to operate and you have to give

we saw with al-baghdadi kind of the foreshadowing of how the democrat party no longer allows foreign-- essentially, politics to stop on the shoreline. now their politics drives everything they do, not their patriotism. politics means a lot more to them, and that is a very sad day in america and actually is a harbinger of negative things to come, because ilhan omar and alexandria ocasio-cortez should be saying thank goodness soleimani and al-baghdadi are dead. trish: you're absolutely right, charlie. it's disgusting, and you would hope that these people can put politics aside for once in the interest of our country, in the interest of america and in the interest of all those soldiers that died and innocent people that died thanks to that one bad guy. charlie, it is good to see you, thank you as always. >>> coming up, everyone, celebs roasted last night. >> in this room are some of the most important tv and film executives in the world, people from every background. but they all have one thing in common, they're all terrified of ronan farrow. [laughter] he's coming for you. trish: you'

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 ar

ali, you have written about the capture and -- and deaths of osama bin laden and abu bakr al-baghdadi. leaders of non-state organizations that perpetuate terror. is it different with qasem soleimani? is he -- because donald trump said his reign of terror has ended. but qasem soleimani has the resources of the iranian government behind him. he has now been replaced within hours by his deputy who's been at his side for about 20 years. so does something end because qasem soleimani is gone? >> well, iran will miss the charisma of somebody like qasem soleimani. but we don't know how, you know, what he will do and how popular he will become and what he will -- and how he will retaliate. i think his reputation is also on the line. you know, the president mentioned that we're in a safer place, in a safer world today, because of qasem soleimani's death. i don't believe so. i -- i think we changed the rules in the middle east totally. and the iranians, through what's called the access of resistance now, has to retaliate because someone who established that, is dead. and if they don't do anythin

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

a new or any other percent 100 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.

in the case of al baghdadi, it's obviously under isil. d the theory of the obama administration, which i assume is also used by the trump administration, is that because isil had a longstanding relationship with al qaeda and osama bin laden and a variety of other factors, including the fact that they had targeted the united states, that you could in fact authorize action against isil as well under the 2001 aumf despite the split in leadership between al qaeda and isil. >> thank you. ms. houlihan. >> thank you very much for coming. and i would also like to echo my concern that secretary pompeo is not here today. i do have two very specific questions, one reflects on mr. kinzinger's conversation about the responsibility people in the military have to understand they won't necessarily be safe, that's their job, but we also have a responsibility in congress and with the administration to make sure we are deploying them effectively and that we are keeping them safe as keeping them as possible by using other resources and tools in the toolbox th

he talked abouing away with isis, the bestf-death of isis leader al-baghdadi. that is going to be a major talking point for dorump this year going into his reelection campaign and the general election his argument is good to be that rican enemies, a he is making the world and this country safer,nd he has a body unt that he is going to tout as going along with that. ros: he was very keen, as we ouscussed many years back, to get american troopof a lot of countries. how do you think he will shake that narrative? anthony: it is interestias, because healked a lot about ending what hehe calls never-ending foreign wars and withdrawing the u.s. from some of its international obligations. but a lot of the things he has done has president has threatened to pull america closer into foreign entanglements, particularly in the middle east. but you see u.s. tensions, relations with iraq straita ing about american withdrawal from iraq. this could move that a little tocloser to cominer wish and. --to fruitoun. he talked greater nato involvement in the middle east. that could co