john kirby is the pentagon press secretary. john, good to have you.s talk together that troops should be there awhile? what are you hearing, seeing? could you share with us? >> sure. the plan right now is to end this mission in the capitol region by the middle of march. that's still the plan. that's what we sort of resourced ourselves out to. we're obviously in touch with the department of homeland security, d.c. officials about the need, about the requirement and we're always evaluating it. right now we're planning on middle of march to be able to get these guys back home, guys -- the men and women of the guard back home to their family where they belong. >> neil: so i hear this talk or speculation that this could go maybe into the fall. is that just wrong? that's just not going to happen? >> no, look, there was internal discussions about hypothetical potential future operations. you know, neil, the pentagon is a planning organization. we plan for all kinds of contingencies that don't ever happen. so there was some internal discussions about what if

the read right now, john kirby, the pentagon press secretary. any administration response to this? >> well, i won't get ahead of decisions that the president may or may not make on this, neil. from the pentagon's perspective and the secretary talked about this last week after he called the crown prince. i mean, we have a military-to-military relationship with saudi arabia. there's security commitments to help defend them. clearly as a government, we're unafraid to deal with issues overrules after law, civil rights. i won't get ahead of the white house on this. they made it clear that our relationship will be different than it was in the previous administration, but that's really for the white house to speak to. >> neil: all right. the president did have a phone call, you know, with the royal family. i'm just concerned. is there any push on our part, you have to switch guys, you have to do something, this is not palatable? >> we all share the concerns over what happened to jamal khaishoggi and for his family. as we made clear, the bilateral relati

that's what john kirby said, the pentagon spokesman.hat gives you the idea the true approach and primary approach will be one of diplomacy first and military second. >> let's get to the ground. arwa damon is in baghdad for us. arwa, this is the first known military strike under president biden. what will the reaction be there? >> well, there's a couple of things to take into consideration, don. there are potentially plenty of targets that the u.s. could have chosen to strike inside iraq itself. the fact that they decided to take out a location that is in syria albeit long the board we are iraq does indicate a certain level of awareness as to how tenuous the situation within iraq itself actually is at this moment. remember, the key battlefield when it comes to this ongoing conflict between the united states and iran is here in iraq. but it also comes with grave repercussions for this country itself. we all remember what happened with the fallout that took mace after the u.s. killed top iranian general qassem soleimani just over a year ag

let john kirby at the pentagon handle the announcement of it. so, i think it's somewhat reminiscent of no drama obama. i think it's entirely appropriate. and of course i have to say this. i assume we had good intelligence on both the source of the attack as well as the targets that were hit in syria. >> it was just last week, director, that the biden administration said the u.s. was willing to talk with iran on a nuclear deal. so, how will iran react to this now? >> well, actually i think -- i don't know, obviously, but i think that the iranians will view this as a sign of strength and resolve on the part of the united states. and whether this will influence their return to compliance with the jcpoa, the nuclear deal, because they're out of compliance with it right now. that remains to be seen. >> what is this -- what about biden's overall strategy in this region? what does this reveal about it? >> about our strategy or theirs? >> about the administration's strategy in this region. >> well, i think first this clearly conveys a message that we ar

this is the statement we got announcing the air strike from pentagon press secretary john kirby. he said, quote, at president biden's direction u.s. military forces earlier this evening conducted air strikes against infrastructure utilized by iranian-backed militant groups in eastern syria. these strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against american and coalition personnel in iraq and to ongoing threats to those personnel. specifically the strikes destroyed multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of iranian-backed militant groups. this proportionate military response was conducted together with diplomatic measures including consultation with coalition partners. more on that in a moment. the operation sends an unambiguous message, the statement continues. president biden will act to protect american coalition personnel. quote, at the same time we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to de-escalate the overall situation in both eastern syria and iraq. again, that statement tonight from pentagon press secretary john kirby announ

admiral john kirby. thank you so much, john, for joining us. i guess a lot of people are wondering, because we've gone through this office of the director of national intelligence report on the crown prince's personal authorization of the murder of the journalist. so many other saudis are being sanctioned, punished, barred from coming to the united states. why isn't the crown prince being punished, despite this assessment in this intelligence report? >> the administration is taking this report very, very seriously. i think you saw them walk through some actions we were taking against saudi officials and others responsible in saudi arabia for this horrific crime, and the president has made clear that our relationship with saudi arabia is not going to be what it was before. it's going to have to be different going forward. as we stand up for rule of law and human and civil rights. but, wolf, it's not uncommon that top leadership of nations are not themselves personally under sanctions for actions like this. there are other ways, we believe there

my friend john kirby has a briefing this afternoon. i encourage to ask more about the plans. >> jake sullivan mentioned if focus on domestic terrorism yesterday. i think a lot of people want to know how does this administration define the term domestic terrorist. >> in what way? >> does that include antifa? how do you set the parameters? we see a lot of focus on january 6th and not some of the extremism and violence in the northwest. >> i've answered a version of this question a couple of times before. the reason we have review, which is not a political review but is a review done by our national security team. something tasked to take a review of domestic violence extremism. we'll cover incidents across the board. i'm sure they'll have more to say on it. go ahead. >> one quick foreign policy. talking about iran and china and the need to have allies going into those kind of stormy issues with you. there's been some reporting that the eu commissioner will have a phone call with president biden and propose the six month truce on trade ta

again, that statement tonight from pentagon press secretary john kirby announcing these u.s. air strikes in eastern syria. now in terms of what these air strikes were in response to, this month in iraq there have been three rocket attacks publicly reported in the space of a week. the most recent in baghdad. two rockets fired in that attack fell inside the green zone, the heavily fortified area around the baghdad embassy. there were no injuries from those two rockets. on saturday it was four rockets that hit an air base north of baghdad that injured one person. last monday it was a more consequential attack. it was a dozen rockets, last monday, that struck the usually peaceful northern iraqi city of irbil that killed one american civilian contractor and wounded nine other people including several americans at the irbil airport. now it has been widely assumed that it was iranian-backed militia behind these attacks. iran has denied any direct responsibility. but the attacks have been seen in many quarters as a way of sort of testing the waters with the new biden administration.

>> well, my bet is that secretary austin and my friends john kirby would disagree with your assessment there, but the president has tasked an overview and a review of domestic violence extremism in the country. that's coming direct from him happening in the white house. i know my jfriend john kirby ha a briefing in the white house, and i would encourage you to ask him about his plans. >> reporter: there was a meeting on domestic terrorism yesterday. i think people want to know how did this administration define the term domestic terrorist? >> in what way? >> reporter: does that include antifa? how do you set parameters for dm domestic terrorist? >> i've answered a version of this question a couple times before, but i know everybody is not in the briefing room every day. we have a review done by our national security team, something tasked, again, to take a review of domestic violent extremism. we will have incidents across the board. when they have completed that review, i'm sure they will have more to say on it. >> reporter: just one quick foreign policy question. you know, just talki

admiral john kirby is a retired admiral and joins me now. thank you very much. you've had a busy trip and a busy day. the pentagon's decisionmaking, the timing on this action against these iranian-backed militias. >> as you might expect, andrea, whenever you're going to conduct an operation like this, you want to make sure that it's done as the secretary said at a time and a police and in the manner of our choosing. so, you know, this was based -- this particular strike was based on intelligence that we had and that our iraqi and kurdish partners helped develop about the types of facilities that were being used by we believe the two groups that were responsible for these recent attacks. so it was a concerted team effort to develop the kind of intelligence to go after a target that was relevant to these groups and to their recent attacks but also proportionate. >> what are you hearing in terms of the casualties? we are hearing from the region 22 people on the ground. >> well, andrea, what i can tell you is that what we call our bda, battle damage assessment proce

pentagon press secretary john kirby said this proportionate, the operation sends an unambiguous message, president biden will act to protect american coalition personnel. at the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to de-escalate the overall situation in both eastern syria and iraq. the other big breaking news of the night is senate parliamentarian elizabeth mcdunn nah privately announced her ruling to senate staff that a minimum wage increase would violate the budget reconciliation rules of the senate if it is included in the biden covid relief bill in the senate. white house press secretary jen psaki immediately released this statement. president biden is disappointed in this outcome as he proposed having the $15 minimum wage as part of the american rescue plan. he respects the parliamentarian's decision and the senate's process. he will work with leaders in congress to determine the best path forward because no one in this country should work full time and live in poverty. he urges congress to move quickly to pass the american rescue plan, which includes $1,400 r

>> my is secretary austin and my friend john kirby would disagree with your assessment there but thepresident has passed an overview and a review of domestic violence extremism in the country. that's coming directly from him happening in the white house. i know that my friend john kirby as everything later this afternoon and i encourage people to pass them more about those plans. >> there was as jake sullivan mentioned the focus on direct domestic terrorismyesterday . i think a lot of people want to know how does the administration define the term domestic terrorist? >> in what way? >> does it include antifa exactly? how do you set parameters especially ifwe see focus on january 6 , we don't expect much focus on some of the extremism and violence in the northwest. >> i've answered this question a couple times before but i know everybody's not in the briefing room every day. thereason we have the briefing room is a review done by our national security team . something cast again to take a review of domestic violence extremism will cover incidents across the board. when i have conclude

calls a stand down director for a dialogue to combat extremism in the military pentagon spokesman john kirby and procedures for reporting suspected or actual extremes behaviors in accordance with the dod instruction former republican aide a navy veteran donald bremer says that these efforts can be problematic. it seems that. >>every time there's a new administration we start looking for >>social project and a lot of times that takes focus away from the mission at hand with the military the focus though as the president offered is still on the mission including a review of china policy and we need to meet the growing challenges posed by china to keep peace and defend our interests in the indo pacific and globally despite the varied agenda donald bremer says the visits like these from a new president are important. >>it's a good way to set stage and to make people feel like you know the country continues we're still be in the business and a hand. >>and coming up next on the kron 00:00am morning news, she's been breaking barriers all our life making history as the first black female c e o and t

. >> reporter: pentagon spokesman john kirby said iranian backed military also used the border post toe weapons into iraq. >> we had information this compound was being used by the groups to facilitate the movement of resources, material and weaponry into iraq to conduct the attacks. >> reporter: two weeks ago, u.s. officials say iranian-made rockets were fired at a base in iraq where american troops are located. last night's strike was a message to iran. >> that is an unambiguous, clear message to anyone in the region about what the stakes are if you're going to continue to conduct attacks on our people. >> reporter: defense officials say the strike was intended as a one and done, but that will depend on how iran and its allies react. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >> o'donnell: here in washington tonight, house democrats are on the verge of passing the president's comprehensive covid relief plan. but even if the bill becomes law, it will be missing a key priority in the biden administration, a hike in the minimum wage. cbs' kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: tonight, debate

engage with capitol police were guarding post march 12th support according to pentagon spokesman john kirby the defense secretary is directing commanding officers across the military to select a date for a one day stand down to discuss military extremism he understands that a one day stand down across the forces is going to miss you know when the solve everything but it might bring to light concerns and experiences that were otherwise .

concerns about the rule of law and about civil and human rights, even with friends and partners. john kirbypeaking in the us earlier. some breaking news on this very subject, we are hearing we have reaction from saudi arabia, and they are saying in a statement that the crime was committed by individuals that have transgressed all regulations and authorities of the agencies where they were employed. it goes on to say that the leadership has taken steps to ensure that this never happens again. so the first reaction we are getting there from riau. let's discuss this further, are a state department correspondent barbara plett usher is in washington for us. barbara, idon�*t barbara plett usher is in washington for us. barbara, i don't know if you've been keeping up—to—date with these lines, they are coming through as i'm speaking to you. what do we make of saudi arabia's reaction? well, from what you have read, it's on similar to what the kingdom has said before, that this was a rogue operation and that they have taken steps against the individuals involved and that it won't happen again. or inv

engage with capitol police were guarding post march 12th support according to pentagon spokesman john kirby the defense secretary is directing commanding officers across the military to select a date for a one day stand down to discuss military extremism he understands that a one day stand across a force isn't going to miss you know as in the solve everything but it might bring to light concerns and experiences that were otherwise not aware and he was informed by his own experience in the mid ninety's about stuff that was going on in his in his command shortly after the inauguration several states ordered for their service members to return home this came after troops decided poor food and being forced to take rest breaks in a capitol hill garage department of defense says the conditions were improved shortly.

engage with capitol police were guarding post march 12th support according to pentagon spokesman john kirby the defense secretary is directing commanding officers across the military to select a date for a one day stand down to discuss military extremism he understands that one day stand across a force isn't going to miss you know as in the solve everything but it might bring to light concerns and experiences that were otherwise not aware and he was informed by his own experience in the mid ninety's about stuff that was going on in his in his command shortly after the inauguration several states ordered for their service members to return home this came after troops decided poor food and being forced to take rest breaks in a capitol hill garage the department of defense says the conditions were improved shortly after this extra security hasn't come without a hefty price tag according to the pentagon the cost of deploying thousands of national guard troops in d.c. alone run about $483000000.00 through mid march reporting for news views hughes natasha's sweet r t. ok so i'm only going to devo

it will be interesting to hear john kirby say they will not stay until the fall.n a situation like we've seen in texas, it's indicative of something that the national guard can step in and provide support for if they are there. >> political making of a texas power outage. this has a lot of folks looking at power sources, which includes a lot of wind. >> is happening in texas is a preview of what could happen where it's too hot or cold where you live. there is a reliance on renewable energy that has to be consumed at the moment it is produced. we heard natural gas pipes and wells have frozen. i think there will be a lot of talk about reserves for emergency situations. >> sandra: of the situation not over there. a lot of folks in harm's way. >> thanks for sticking with us. >> deicing for wind turbines. lawmakers for both parties pushing back on new york governor cuomo for his state's handling of covid deaths in nursing homes. the latest on efforts to revoke at least some of his power amid the pandemic. stay with us. ♪ ♪ the holidays weren't exactly smooth sledding t

this is the statement we got announcing the air strike from pentagon press secretary john kirby. eastern syria. these strikes were authorized in response to recent attacks against american and coalition

austin said it's part of the messaging here and john kirby backed this up. there will be a response and second to deter future rocket attacks. they made it clear it was iranian backed shia militias that struck the u.s. air force and it was the same militias responsible for the rocket attacks. up until now the u.s. hadn't attributed it to anyone and now pinpointing it on iranian backed shia militias. this comes at a crucial time for the biden administration when it comes to iran when it tries to figure out what to do and how to work diplomatically about iran's nuclear program. oren lieberman, cnn, the pent gone. >>> cnn's ben wedeman is live in erbil, iraq. a small calculated strike. what do you make of the size and scope of this response? >> reporter: i think there is a message being sent by the americans that the 15th of february attack on the erbil airport and other parts of the town and that the occasional missile and mortar strikes on the green zone in baghdad where the u.s. embassy is located will not go without a response. however, as was made clear by

when he will be joined by pentagon press secretary john kirby at 4:00 p.m. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> greg: i'm greg gutfeld with juan williams, katie pavlich, john duffy, -- sean duffy. dana perino. "the five." you've heard the phrase embarrassment of riches. that's what new york as if he replaced bridges with awful, horrible, no good lawyers in power who ruin people's lives and let people die. or you can call them new york democrats. first there's the governor, who staff admits to covering up rest home deaths. in a just world, would be out. we also know me as a brother at cnn so when the rest home story worsens, what did his comedic sidekick do? tweet out republicans. sadly he kept the giant q-tip at home in his closet with the ankle weights. just an fyi. none of those republicans were responsible for thousands of dead. and so today is the governor feels the heat he took the strange. who's fault could be? >> covid did not get into the nursing homes by people coming from hospitals. covid got into the nursing homes by staff walking into the nursing h

when he will be joined by pentagon press secretary john kirby at 4:00 p.m. ♪ ♪ >> greg: i'm greg gutfeld with juan williams, katie pavlich, john duffy, -- sean duffy. dana perino. "the five." you've heard the phrase embarrassment of riches. that's what new york as if he replaced bridges with awful, horrible, no good lawyers in power who ruin people's lives and let people die. or you can call them new york democrats. first there's the governor, who staff admits to covering up rest home deaths. in a just world, would be out. we also know me as a brother at cnn so when the rest home story worsens,

the chief pentagon spokesperson john kirby says that their involvement was a wake-up call for the departmentack on the capitol for this to be noticed by the general public? did the brass and folks inside the military not notice this? why did it come to this? >> well, don, when i talk about extremism in the military, i don't talk about it growing or increasing. i talk about it being revealed, being unmasked, because we know that it's there. you know, don, you've talked about this for the last four years in terms of what's happened to this country with regard to people who have these views feeling more emboldened to reveal themselves. and so what's happening in the military is the same thing that's happening in society. you know, these people for the longest time they kept their views to themselves. they stayed in the shadows. but for reasons that we've all talked about with regard to the last administration and the former president, these people felt more emboldened to come out and to reveal themselves. i think that certainly the pentagon has some responsibility to make absolutely sure that t

john kirby tweeted this. >> martha: joining me now with his thoughts on this and other hot topics, peter homeland security committee. very involved in terrorism issues. congressman king, great to see you. thanks for being here today. this seems like it should have been a no-brainer but apparently took awhile to hit the pause button on this. >> yeah, this is indefensible. you imagine how hard it is for average americans. just here in new york, the victims of 9-11, those suffering from respiratory illnesses, cancers. most of them have not been able to get it yet. the mastermind involved in all of the killings and all of the suffering and those that survived that have the problems, the fact that they would consider giving him a vaccination is indefensible. shows a certain mindset. again, you walk around new york, you see the people that are still suffering physically and also those that lost loved ones and the psychological suffering that they have, to think that a mass murderer would be vaccinated before them is disgraceful and a mindset that has to be changed. it's a realization that a wa

pentagon press secretary john kirby -- yes, he's back -- says the number of extremists in the militarys small but not an insignificant problem that has to be addressed. so the problem gets more ridiculous. just how small is the problem? there are a combined 20.3 million veterans active duty and reserve service members. last year the fbi opened 143 criminal investigations into troops and veterans. 68 of those cases for domestic extremism. quote-unquote. that is. .0003% and hardly a rational reason to stand down the entire u.s. military. and, by the way, or we are still waiting to hear how the head of the department of defense would go about making these determinations. they simply have offered not even a hint or a suggestion that they have any idea whatsoever how to do that. the biden administration's radical and sometimes cavalier policies are also permeating our school systems. president biden's nominee to be education secretary, miguel cardona, says he is okay with the idea of biological males competing in female sports. senator rand paul challenged his thinking yesterday at cardona'

. >> harris: pentagon press secretary john kirby tweeted no guantanamo detainees have been vaccinated. we are pausing the plan to move forward and we review force protection protocols. we remain committed to our obligations to keep our troops safe. also in focus today president biden's calls for unity falling on deaf ears with lawmakers in a pitched partisan battle over their own security. joe concha is with me to break it down. twitter's ties to biden and the democratic party and we're live on the keystone pipeline. yes, we have sent a journalist up close in a community feeling the job impacts that we reported for you last week. this after president biden cut that project, the keystone pipeline. we're there. pete hegseth is standing by with his take on our top story. first i want to go to national security correspondent jennifer griffin life at the pentagon. vaccinations halted at gitmo. jennifer. >> the about face from the pentagon was swift after news leaked the defense department planned to begin vaccinating all the u.s. troops and guards at guantanamo bay as well as the 40 prison

calls a stand down director for a dialogue to combat extremism in the military pentagon spokesman john kirby and procedures for reporting suspected or actual extremes behaviors in accordance with the dod instruction former republican aide a navy veteran donald bremer says that these efforts can be problematic. it seems that. >>every time there's a new administration we start looking for >>social project and a lot of times that takes focus away from the mission at hand with military the focus though as the president offered is still on the mission including a review of china policy and we need to meet the growing challenges posed by china to keep peace and defend our interests in the indo pacific and globally despite the varied agenda donald bremer says the visits like these from a new president are important. >>it's a good way to set stage and to make people feel like you know the country continues we're still be in the business and a hand. >>and that was jeff mills reporting for us tonight back here in the bay we have learned what was released in the chevron refinery oil spill in richmond y

. >> there was some talk that the guard troops might stay until fall and then john kirby said the planmission to end in mid-march, what is your understanding? >> we keep asking that question. i attended the hearing you just showed today and we continue to ask, i've asked formally in the letter, i've talked to the acto doing secretary of the army and as of this hearing today, what is the specific threat that is so dangerous and so large that we need more national guard men and women in our nations capita than we have in afghanistan and iraq combined. what is that threat, because it is that dyer the entire nation should know about it and certainly us as members of the armed services committee , so if the threat doesn't exist, we keep getting referred to this kind of vague online chatter, but if it doesn't exist, send the troops home, these men and women not like active duty, the have been pulled out of their businesses, out of their families, out of their wives. many of them are single parents they have childcare issues, sen them home and come up with a more permanent solution, but many

and we heard the same thing from pentagon spokesman john kirby who spoke to us a few hours ago in then briefing. >> the strikes sends a message to anyone in the region that we will defend ourselves. >> but senior officials tell me, judy that the strike was calibrated to avoid military escalation with iran which is why they tried to have the same number of casualties and tried to have this goal that this round be done. so the diplomats can create momentum and the biden administration can retry the iran nuclear deal. judy: all right. nick schiff ren following two major stories today. thank you. nick: thank you. ♪ judy: this week marks a turning point at one of the nation's premier newspapers, "washington post" executive editor marty barron is stepping down on sunday after eight years at the post, and more than four decades in the news business including as executive editor at the "boston globe." his departure comes on a week when his paper won four george polk awards for its coverage. as we just heard the u.s. government issued a report on the killing of jamal khashoggi, a long-time con

>> we don't know yet we heard from pentagon spokesperson john kirby yesterday, this is not just going to be a talking to by military commanders to the lower ranks, but we don't know exactly what the deliverables are at this point we're expecting more guidance. you know, that's going to be key here is this just going to be talk at the top, and some senior leaders discussing things with each other or are they going to get down to the individual units, get down to the lower ranks where we're hearing from folks, yeah, we're seeing signs of tattoos, we're seeing stuff posted on social media that indicates folks are affiliated with these violent groups. in some cases, there's even nazi symbolism, nazi flags and paraphernalia that folks are showing, but they're not seen by commanders all the time. that's kept hidden in smaller groups it will be interesting to see if in the next 60 days they can root down to that problem. >> leo shane from "the military times," thank you. >>> a major tennis tournament up in the air and an authoritarian government takes control as we go "around the world in 80

the pentagon press secretary, john kirby, issuing a statement saying in part, this operation sends an unambiguous message. president biden will act to protect american and coalition personnel. he will take action to protect american troops, but very much not going too far, not wanting to escalate tensions with tehran. john, alisyn. >> joining me now, susan glasser, she's a staff writer at "the new yorker." and the question is, what does this first military action by the biden administration tell us about the biden foreign policy. there are a few things here. it was a strike in syria just over the border, not in iraq. the president reportedly offered more options that would have been more severe, chose a limited action. and finally, the way that the biden administration has announced is there isn't necessarily the chest thumping that we saw during the trump administration. how do you read this? >> well, i think that's an excellent point, john. this is not an administration for whom hashtag swagger is the foreign policy motto, as it was in just a few weeks ago really here in washington.

>> reporter: it depends on what are you looking for, starting with recruiting, john kirby, the old press secretary who is back, makes a point of saying, when recruits walk in, if you flagged something in their past, on their online history in their own words, often that data is collected by the fbi, someone else that did the screening. not necessarily in the military. or it might be in the army, not the navy. and they've already found all the different services had different ways that they screen. there is no rulebook. there is no ask this question and if they posted this many times and the army and the military is also grappling with free speech. if you are not in the military yet, you can say a lot more things than you can in the military. once you are in, though, there are pretty strict rules. there are things they say you can't have extremist views. those aren't defined. what if are you a fan of marriagery green? are you an extremist? well, if are you a member of the proud boys in canada, you are considered a terrorist. not here. there are a lot of questions to be ironed out. >> grea

the pentagon press secretary, john kirby, aissuing a statemen saying in part, and i quote, the operationds an unambiguous message, president biden will act to protect american and coalition personnel. act to protect them against these iraniani ianiranian-backe but a very narrow strike also aimed at not escalating tensions with the iranian regime. john, alisyn? >> barbara, thank you very much for all of that reporting. >>> so how is the middle east responding to u.s. air strikes this morning? we have a live report for you from baghdad, next. (vo) welcome to the next, next level. this phone paired with 5g ultra wideband-- wow! (vo) the new samsung galaxy s21 is here and it's on verizon 5g ultra wideband, the fastest 5g in the world. available in parts of many cities. it's not just a great network. it's ridiculously fast. (vo) stream your favorite shows in ultra hd. i'm so excited about this. streaming is crystal clear. select unlimited plans get the disney bundle included and discovery+ on us. yes! buy samsung galaxy s21+ 5g. get one on us. only on verizon. jason hewitt knows your job desc

. >> today pentagon press secretary john kirby told andrea mitchell that this was all legally authorizedunder article ii as commander in chief of the united states to protect american service members involved in operations. clearly there's a constitutional authority here. >> joining us now, michael mcfaul, u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration. he is an msnbc international affairs analyst. significant pushback about the legality of that strike. democratic senator tim kaine saying the american people deserve an explanation of the legal authority. he doesn't see legal authority for this. we go through this discussion every time and nothing seems to get resolved on the legal authority. >> you're right. nothing seems to get resolved and for decades, by the way, lawrence, this isn't just something new. the congress wants the authority but oftentimes they don't want to take the responsibility. in 2013 they were seeking authority. the iranians need to know that we will protect our troops. they were in danger and i think it was the right strike at the right time and proficien