well so far we've only had a very factual statement from the joint operations command saying that there were in total $22.00 missiles that were fired by iran in direction of 2 bases where u.s. personnel are stationed 17 of those rockets hit either last airbase in western anbar province and the remaining 5 hits near an air base not actually striking it but hitting in the surrounding fields now we understand those 17 rockets that were fired and i said all fell inside the coalition headquarters but as we mentioned before the u.s. is still assessing the material damage and there are no reports of u.s. casualties and the statement also said from the joint operations command there were no iraqi forces harmed in this latest attack now of course this is a very significant event here because we haven't really previously had iran firing such missiles onto iraqi territory we did have over a dozen different rocket attacks of the past 2 months targeting such bases but these rocket attacks were mostly attributed to groups such as hezbollah brigades which form part of the iranian backed popular mobili

joint operations command said rockets came down near the u.s. embassy in baghdad. no injuries.ened on a day of unrest in iraq. those women are chanting against the iraqi government. at similar demonstrations in baghdad five protesters were killed. this comes amid fears tensions between the u.s. and iran could lead to more conflict in the country. >>> in what appears to be an unrelated incident, a caspian airlines plane skidded off a runway in iran this morning. this footage was shot by passengers shortly after the aircraft carrying 150 people came to a top on a street near an airport in southern iran. there were no major injuries. officials say the plane lost its landing gear after a hard landing. >>> china is stepping up efforts to contain the coronavirus. the virus has killed at least 80 people in the country and infected more than 2700 others. china extended the lunar new year holiday to keep the public at home and avoid spreading the illness. the u.s. consulate in wuhan where the virus was first detected said it's arranging to evacuate its staff and other americans tomorrow

well we have confirmation from the joint operations command that it was 22 missiles that hit both of the analysts that airbase in the western unbar province and near the northern city of erbil in iraq kurdistan 17 of those missiles fell inside the analysts an air base specifically targeting the coalition headquarters there trying to come out and said that there were no iraqi forces who were hurt in descent tag but they did not mention whether whether there were any iraqi civilians hurt and they also did not mention whether there were any american casualties we understand that the u.s. coalition is still assessing the material damage as a result of these drugs and we've had no reports as of now about any u.s. casualties now of course this is the 1st time that iran actually strikes an iraqi base where u.s. personnel are stationed with had many of many rocket attacks targeting these bases of a past 2 months but all of them were believed to be carried out by iran's allies here in iraq such as the hezbollah brigades for example which is one of the groups under the iranian backed popular m

the country's military joint operations command confirming this to nbc news, and so far no casualties or damage have been reported, but this would appear to be a major escalation. nbc news correspondent and tehran bureau chief, joining me from neighbors iran, of course. what are you able to tell us from your post right there? >> reporter: hi, kendis. that's right. hearing reports of at least one rocket if not more rockets landing in baghdad. at least one of them has landed in that heavily fortified green zone. not far from the u.s. embassy, and kendis, this fits the m.o. of the iranian-backed militias that operate in that area, something they have been doing for months if not years now, and kendis, this is important to remember it was a series of rocket attacks about 17 of them in the space of about 3 weeks that sparked this crisis that we are in right now. it was because of those rocket attacks that the u.s. had launched various attacks on hezbollah, khateeb hezbollah. we entered a more dangerous cycle than we had been in before. how far this will escalate remains to be seen. so far

according to a statement from the joint operational command in iraq, the iraqi prime minister based on his commitments to protect diplomatic missions ordered iraqi government forces to protect the embassy and its employees. he's called on an angry mob to stop protesting and end their sit-in and has told protesters that their message was received. apparently all members of the paramilitary group and their supporters have withdrawn from the perimeter of the embassy. they've dismantled their tents and iraqi security forces have completely secured the embassy perimeter. due to attacks, all public consular operations at the u.s. embassy have been suspended until further notice. however this pans out, in the short-term, it has illustrated the difficulty and fragile nature of the u.s. relationship with iraq. the question is whether this relationship is tenable, and if so, for how long. ali arouzi, nbc news, london. >>> a possible threat from north korea's kim jong-un. he is warning the world he is about to reveal a new strategic weapon. he now says he is no longer obligated to suspend his tes

military bases that housed them and so far we understand that there were no casualties the joint operations command which is basically overseeing all of the iraqi military groups here in iraq just tweeted that $22.00 missiles in total were fired 17 of them fell on the analysts airbase in the western unbar province and 5 of them near to city of erbil the tweet goes on to say that these rockets were targeted specifically at the coalition headquarters. and that there are no casualties among iraqi forces it does not say whether there were any casualties among iraqi civilians it also does not say whether they were in any casualties among americans and we understand that the coalition forces are still assessing the impact of those attacks both in terms of material damage but also casualties and just for clarity's sake simona of these are iraqi bases i know that the iranians and so they're targeting u.s. forces but it's not even that they're you know joint bases as such these are iraqi facilities which just house u.s. troops. exactly and that's why we've actually seen the hezbollah brigades which is one o

off in in baghdad and there is a curfew that has apparently been imposed according to the joint operations command and many people are bracing themselves for what they fear will be retaliation by the popular mobilization forces here in iraq is it a difficult situation for the iraqi government in one sense because on the one hand we've seen those pictures we're looking at them right now people demonstrating their joy at the news of tsunamis death and yet on the other hand we're also learning that he was a regular visitor to baghdad. he was indeed a regular visitor to baghdad and he was you know basically meeting at the very high circles of government and many people accused him of actually running the show you know of actually basically telling the government what to do is specially how to respond to the 3 months of anti-government protests which were met with a violent crackdown so definitely cousins for the money does not have any popular support from iraqis they see him as the embodiment of iranian meddling here in the country of course the sentiment will be quite different among the popular mob

that the message has been delivered and it has been heard by all sides we've heard from the joint operations command of security in baghdad saying that all protesters have been cleared the area has been taken back into the control of iraqi security forces and throughout the last few hours we've seen them move in and a peaceful the draw of all of these people who had come in most of them wrong going to hush the shabby or popular mobilization units shia militias who are now formed under and fall under the iraqi prime minister it is very interesting that in the last half an hour or so we've heard from his beloved a group which was targeted ads off this popular mobilization units in syria that they have withdrawn and they will be sitting across the tigris river across the u.s. embassy and they will continue to sit there until the iraqi parliament legislates on withdrawing all foreign troops aren't telling all foreign troops to withdraw from iraq now this is going to be an interesting development politically because as you know that i that have been met he is heading a caretaker government after months o

a combination of the cia director, foreign minister, secretary of state and the commander of joint special operationsmand. had all of those roles together and really was uniquely and profoundly important to the islam islamic republic. their ability to strike back undermined by his death but they maintain pretty warring capabilities smplg capabilities. >> is this administration prepared to handle it? do you think they have a plan for whatever the next steps may be? >> i worked with three administrations on iran policy and certainly three administrations have had plans. also have seen plans go out the window facing increased iranian escalation. i think this administration has a plan, maximum pressure. implementing that plan quite vigorously over the past three years. what we saw, surprising a couple days ago, the maximum pressure campaign, really an economic campaign doubling down on sanctions pressure turned into one using military force and trying to re-establish the military deterrence so significantly undermined over the past three if not more administrations as we didn't respond to iranian violenc

if you can imagine combination of our joint special operations commander with our joint chiefs of staff with our cia director and our foreign minister or secretary of state, you roll that into one man and that's qasem soleimani. paul: he had that much influence? >> huge influence. huge yopower. -- huge power. really somebody to be admired for his prowess and operational capacity as well as his tactical brilliance. he really has created enormous difficulties for u.s. interests, as secretary pompeo said, he has american blood on his hands as well as the blood of hundreds of thousands of syrians and iraqis. this is a consequential move by the president and president trump really deserves enormous credit. paul: let's talk about the impact in the middle east, first of all, the impact inside iran. the ayatollah said before this that the u.s. could do nothing at all to stop what iran did. clearly, he was wrong about that. what happens next in iran? are they going to strike back here? they're promising to do so. >> this was a severe blow to the supreme leader. soleimani was his right and left h

among those shocked was william mcraven, former commander of the joint special operations command andhe 2011 raid on a pakistani compound that killed osama bin laden, the al qaeda terrorist master mind of 9/11. he considered bren an trusted friend in that unique mission. now mcraven was enjoying his semi requiremenenvironmental, w heard the news he was revoking brennen's security clearance. the next day, august 16th, mcraven has plans to go fly fishing in a beautiful river valley, but felt an urge to speak out in his defense. mc% raven has no wireless connection, so email was not an option. he asked the house if he could use the land line at his home. first he gathered his thoughts and scribd a few phrases on a piece of paper. as a child growing up in san antonio, he was in the fifth grade class as karen, a distinguished political correspondent for "the washington post" and had recently moved to the opinion section as a columnist. mcraven figured he would give her an on the record quote. she was heading to a doctor's appointment when the admiral dialed. she didn't recognize the colora

finally, i think we give too little credit to the joint special operations command's impact on the major accelerant to sectarian violence, and that was the campaign against zarqawi and al qaeda in iraq. so these were the folks who were pouring gasoline, essentially, on these sectarian fires. so all these other effects or other causes i think have a role to play in what dave petraeus and ryan crocker were able to observe when they went back on labor day weekend in september of 2007. that's two or three months after the last surge troops arrived, so a very short period. and they were able to say to the congress and the american people, we are seeing the early signs of a decrease in sectarian violence. so i would be a little cautious here among the historians in the room and so forth that we have sort of a cause and effect relationship between the surge itself and what we saw on the ground. i think it is a multivariable equation. mr. mcgurk: thank you. i'm really honored to be here. great to see eric, hal, be here with steve and all of you. i am not in the book, despite many conversations w

for his kind of position in the united states might be had head of jsoc, the head of joint special operations command. and maybe that's the closest analogy we have but to make it fit you'd need the head of jsoc to be a household name in america, which it is. this person to have held the position more than 20 years, to operate such a sprawling economic operation that's it's believed he was able to run his military operations and intelligence operations and standing militias in multiple countries out of his own budget, without necessarily needing to tap into his country's own funds which in the case of iran meant he was essentially held harmless by the sanctions regime that targeted him personally as well as the government, the leadership and the economy of his country. if you wanted any sort of analogy in the united states, you'd have to invent something new. you'd need this military and intelligence and covert operations figure to be a figure of such renown and such power he was perceived to be the likely next leader of his country. when those pro-iranian demonstrators attacked the u.s. embassy in ba

joint special operations command that killed the general. >> in the wake of that strike we're hearinglice departments here at home, including new york and los angeles. the lapd says it is monitoring the situation and new york's mayor says the department is discussing steps to protect key locations from any retaliation by iran. >> this is a big deal, there are a number of developments that continue to happen overnight, so we will stay on top of the story throughout the morning right here on "world news now," "america this morning," and later on "good morning america." >>> we move to capitol hill. the senate reconvenes with gop majority leader mitch mcconnell expected to speak on the floor. the question is will he shed any light on the future of the trump impeachment trial? >> minority leader chuck schumer is also likely to speak and argue that key witnesses should testify under oath. schumer says newly released unredacted emails confirm that president trump directly ordered withholding military aid to ukraine. he calls them a devastating blow to mcconnell's plans for a short trial. >>

. >> it's not even a direct parallel the head of the joint special operations command in the united states, it is a group that does irregular warfare, and they're the most elite of the special operators in the united states military. but that is -- most americans couldn't tell you who the head of jsoc is right now. he has a direct link to the supreme leader of iran. he's a powerful figure head in iran and beyond that. he can -- we know he's been directing attacks against others whether it's in yemen, in iraq, in syria against americans in iraq and syria. so he has a -- he wields a tremendous amount of power. as far as how this is going to be received in iran, it's probably too early to say. i think it's fair to guess that this could have the affect of coalescing the iranian people more around the ayatollah and around the regime and against america. what's so fascinating about what's happened over the last several days is when i was in baghdad just a few weeks ago there were these anti-iranian protests. there was very little anti-american sentiment and they tried to torch the iranian consul

the joint operations command had two task forces in place under general mccrystal and mcraven.alled task force 16 which went after al qaeda. the other was called task force 17, which was dedicated to, quote, countering iranian influence. by that they meant countering qasem soleimani. by the u.s. government's own estimate, iran, again with soleimani orchestrating all of this, was responsible for 603 u.s. soldier fatalities in iraq. at one point, i believe it was june 2007, shia militias under soleimani's command or at least overseen by him, were responsible for two-thirds of the u.s. fatalities in iraq. if you look at the history of the u.s. occupation of iraq, that i think is going to give you a foretaste of what is to come. this is the kind of thing that iran and, again, soleimani especially were past masters at, waging plausibly deniable attacks against american targets, loads of american blood on their hands and then saying, well, it wasn't us, it was somebody else. that's the kind of thing i would anticipate going forward. again, this is such a sort of unprecedented event,

command have been conducting joint operations with african troops like the kenyan defense forces to tryd out al-shabaab. now, it is the first time that al-shabaab have attacked american troops on kenyan soil. >> we turn now to venezuela. opposition lawmakers there have re-elected juan guaido as leader of the national assembly. >> it was actually a rival session outside the legislative palace with the votes of 100 lawmakers. guaido still is recognized as venezuela's interim president by more than 50 countries. >> none of the pro-maduro socialist congressmen took part in sunday's opposition vote. instead, they held their own vote hours earlier installing their own assembly president luis para. the pro maduro group blocked opposition leaders from entering the building during that vote. >> well, another setback for boeing's troubled 737-max jet. the company acknowledging a potential design flaw with the plane's wiring. >> "the new york times" reporting that the placement of wiring in the tail could short circuit and lead to an accident. this is separate from the plane's previous problems. b

he was also a seasoned combat commander, experienced in joint army-navy operations, competent, quiet, dependable, cooperative, a dramatic contrast to the controversial ben butler. at 8:30 a.m. on friday, january 13, the federal fleet opened fire again on fort fisher. this time, the naval bombardment was more accurate, more devastating, more deadly. the fire did not fall into the cape fear river. instead, it inflicted serious casualties on the fort's defenders and one by one began wrecking fort fisher's heavy artillery. colonel lamb's garrison huddled into bomb proofs hoping to wait out the bombardment. when the defenders emerged to man the fort's guns and return fire from time to time, they risked quick death from this horrendous rain of iron. the federal infantry landing began that morning. launch after launch ferried northern soldiers ashore until most of general terry's 9,000 troops were deployed on the beach. general bragg allowed them to land unopposed. shot and shell from the naval bombardment continued to rain on fort fisher. and at the height of the federal naval bombardment,

joint space operations group and air traffic managers. as an aside i do chance to view this operation myself out at the faa command center in northern virginia, outside of d.c. here in my first week of the job. analysts review the information and determine how to modify aircraft hazard areas to reduce the impact of flights in the area. this is the first step in a phased approach to get to the end goal which is real-time dynamic launch and reentry information that will allow for dynamic rerouting information, automatically sent to air traffic controllers and eventually directly to the flight deck, which is an important capability especially in large continual situation with dynamic rerouting we can close and open airspace faster and more efficiently while keeping safety as our top priority. the faa's program management organization is carly working to operationalize the first stage of sdi, the piece that takes an real-time quality data from the launch providers within the next two years. the next step will be getting information integrate into the controller systems so they can see it on the scopes and finally to pilots. you can see from the

operations j three for the joint chiefs of staff. he served as the principal assistant to the chairman of joint chiefs of staff for global integration initiatives. general populous previously served as the commandingal of the 101st airborne division at fort campbell kentucky. 101st airborne played a wonderful role today and world war ii. deputy chief of staff of operations for operation resolute support in afghanistan. please welcome us, i'd like to give you a great welcome general -- the general. >> thank you. we reflect back 75 years ago and pay tribute to those who had served, fought, and sacrifice in this weather. we were able to introduce a number of important people. thank you all for coming. i want to focus on our world war ii veterans and the doctor whose father was there and captured in the battle of the bulge. a tremendoused sacrifice, the burden of the fight, and gave us our freedoms today. thank you for what you have done and you have been an inspiration. thank you. i also want to thank the team to ensure their legacy will live on today and in the future. it is an honor to stand before you. i commanded the 101st. as part of that formation of the years that have gone through, i have got

operations j three for the joint chiefs of staff. he served as the principal assistant to the chairman of joint chiefs of staff for global integration initiatives. he previously served as the commanding1st airborne division at fort campbell, kentucky. the 101st airborne played a wonderful role in world war ii. deputy chief of staff of operations for operation resolute support in afghanistan. please welcome, i would like to give a great welcome. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you for that introduction, and thank you very much for coming out on this day. chaplain, i thank you personally for providing a wonderful backdrop, reflecting back 75 years ago and paying tribute to those who served, fought and sacrificed in this exact weather. we were able to introduce a number of very important people. thank you all for coming. but i really want to focus on our world war ii veterans and dr. nolan, whose father was captured at the battle of the bulge. tremendousdered a sacrifice, the burden of the fight, and gave us our freedoms today. thank you for what you have done , and you have been an inspiration. thank you. [applause] friendsant to thank the of the national world war ii memor

take place joint operations are key to prevent from regrouping here one carried out into have remount is near kirkuk days before the assassination of qassam soliman the forces under his command have also played a key role in the fight against. sincerely manny's death the fight against eisel continues but at a slower pace kurds and those living in places like. old fear that i still could take advantage to strengthen its foothold on the area once again. in northern iraq. 3 teachers have been killed and one has been kidnapped in an attack by a fight as an east in kenya right happened it can move primary school in the county which borders somalia it tack is the latest in a string of assaults off to cross border raids and kidnappings lead to kenya sending troops into somalia in 2011 a pakistani high court has overturned the death sentence handed to the country's former president after declaring the legal process unconstitutional pervez musharraf was sentenced to death in absentia by a special court last month on treason charges indictments were over his decision to impose a state of emergency in 2007 as part of a bid to extend his tenure as president musharraf a challenge the for

place joint operations are key to prevent i said from regrouping here one carried out into have remount is near kirkuk days before the s.s. a nation of kassam soliman the forces under his command have also played a key role in the fight against isis sincerely manny's death the fight against eisel continues but at a slower pace kurds and those living in places like chalk and behold fear that i still could take advantage to strengthen its foothold on the area once again that that has me in northern iraq an american man who'd been held in an egyptian jail for 6 years has died the u.s. government says that mustafa customs death was needless in the voidable 54 year old egyptian us citizen was arrested in car in 2013 during a crackdown on protests against president off until sisi some heard along insisted he was falsely charged and had no links to any opposition groups an autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death. they drug administration has announced that 21 saudi military trainees in the united states will be sent back to the kingdom it follows an investigation by the attorney general and the f.b.i. into december a shooting by a saudi cadet at the naval base in pen

combined joint task force of operation in hand inherent resolve we haven't heard much from the iraqi government but we've heard from various commanders on the ground saying that the united states is continuing to contradict itself it shows respect towards iran by sending me juries in different asking different countries to mediate between them it shows no regard for iraq it carried out a unilateral operation inside iraq continues to violate or off sovereignty and refuses to listen to iraq's parliament. demands that u.s. forces and all foreign troops must leave immediately so many thanks indeed down to 0 sum a good job of reporting live from baghdad. to venezuelan politicians is said to face off for the 1st parliamentary session since both claim the time from the national assembly speaker for a brief brief standoff with security forces the opposition leader. excess to the national assembly on sunday he was prevented access to parliament in his absence distant deputy. was elected national assembly members backing held a vote outside the chamber reelected him as speaker let's go live now to caracas a latin american the c.n.n. human is t

command. >> freedom to operate in space is also essential to take destruction to any missile launched against the united states. >> ral raymond to have a on the jointide the top generals of the army, navy, air force, marines and coast guard. >> we do not want a conflict to begin or extended to space. the best way i know how to do that is to do so from a position of strength. >> reporter: space force will receive $2.5 billion and funding over the next five years and 60,000 members. in washington, ray bogan, foxnews. >>> and alleged sexual predator. now in police custody. after a vigilant security guard says he caught in the act and helped rescue a 13-year-old girl. >> i had to ask quick because i didn't know if he had weapons in the car or if she was in danger at that point. i had no idea. >> a security guard says he was just doing his job. i'm heather holmes and tonight for julie. >> the suspect was hired to and then attach her. we spoke to the security guard who says he interrupted the crime and andrea is in san jose with more on when the man accused of stopping the security gallegations against t man both shocking and disturbing. the 70 old man a

take place joint operations are key to prevent from regrouping here one carried out into have remount is near kirkuk days before the assassination of kusum soliman the forces under his command have also played a key role in the fight against. sincerely manny's death the fight against eisel continues but at a slower pace kurds and those living in places like chalk and behold fear that i still could take advantage to strengthen its foothold on the area once again. in northern iraq. 3 teachers have been killed and one kidnapped in an attack by al-shabaab fighters in eastern kenya the raid happened at primary school and go ressa county which borders somalia it track is the latest in a string of assault after cross border raids in kidnappings led to kenya sending troops to somalia in 2011 last week for schoolchildren were killed in a gunfight between fighters and police and caressa the group wants to impose its own version of islamic law in somalia. a pakistani i call it has overturned the death sentence handed to the country's former president declaring the legal process unconstitutional pervez musharraf was sentenced to death in absentia by a special court last month on treaso

joint operations are key to prevent from regrouping here one carried out in the have remount is near kirkuk days before the assassination of kusum soliman the forces under his command have also played a key role in the fight against. sincerely manny's death the fight against eisel continues but at a slower pace kurds and those living in places like chalk and behold fear that i still could take advantage to strengthen its foothold on the area once again. in northern iraq. of all current corruption in the philippines is forcing tens of thousands of peoples are fleeing their homes taal volcano into a tie about 70 kilometers south of the capital manila started spewing ash and lava on sunday 8000 people have already been evacuated from the island on which the volcano sets of thousands more leverage leaving neighboring coastal towns and oregon has this report from nearby us province. there is fear and anxiety here thousands of people are fleeing their homes and looking for a safe place to go everything happened in an instant. no in the northern philippines spewed ashes. on sunday a violent activity not seen for decades and raising the threat not just to those living in t

command. >> the freedom to operate in space is also essential to detecting and destroying any missile launched against the united states or go to general raymond will have a scene of the jointd coast guard. >> we do not want a conflict to begin or extend into space the best way i know how to do that is to do so from a position of strength. >> reporter: when the space force will receive $2.5 million in funding over the next five years and 60,000 members. in washington, ray bogan, foxnews. >>> >>> a group of women evicted after squatting a home for months. good evening everybody the deputies shot up to a home and west oakland. they did the best they could and forcing the judges really. others including the oakland mayor libby schaaf called the handed. we are and west oakland with more. >> the house is now all boarded up, see a fence around it. people are starting to gather for a community barbecue to thank supporters. this follows a to mother deal ending early this morning before four arrests. deputies and the doctors before 5:30 this morning. housing supporters already waiting inside of the home on

place in joint operations are key to prevent i said from regrouping here one carried out in the hand remount is near kirkuk days before the assassination of qassam soliman forces under his command have also played a key role in the fight against isis sincerely manny's death the fight against eisel continues but at a slower pace kurds and those living in places like chalk and behold fear that i still could take advantage to strengthen its foothold on the area once again that had me in northern iraq. it is time for the weather now he's rolled and his seems all to that we should be talking about rain smashing his father which is effectively mostly desert but rain we are talking about it caused flooding over the weekend all the way from counsel down towards oman and then more recently in pakistan but it's turned a little bit nasty in that to be quite honest in pakistan it wasn't just rain it was also starting block this time particularly and question is what we're looking at here now it was freezing and they do get skin snow they get snow every year but the amount that fell in this short time was enough to cause death is faulty i think so far reported it's a sudden change in the co

operations for commanders direct from influence to contact. furthermore, mdo creates strong partners in the region. the u.s. must maintain overmatch against our adversaries and the is foundation tool joint forces' success in the ofo-pacific area responsibility. general allen, mike, thank you for having me. as, you know, i'm a big fan of of your work. i look forward to our discussion. thank you. [applause] >> mr. secretary, thank you for those fantastic remarks. i want to give my own little a fullut, not introduction, but i was recently was conference who recounting a lot of the accomplishments that you and the other members of the so-called mcconville,neral now army chief and then your predecessors in these jobs, secretary esper, general millet, so-called concepts of night court where to back up all the words you just heard, these folks got into the trenches and went through by program the army's budget for modernization and and actuallyings modified or canceled i believe somewhere in the range of 180 to $10s saving five billion a year so i know there are a lot of people who are worried the defense budget is cang up too much and we debate that probably not today so much, but that's a na