hearing at home and expert analysis, at the heritage foundation, james carrafano, but first rick leventhal with the breaking development. what is the latest changing by the minute? >> they are but first and foremost this missile attack is not a surprise to us authorities who knew the uranium to take action in response to the targeted killing of one of the generals in iraq late last week. the question is this it? is iran done with retaliation? i am guessing that they are but if the us fires back the escalation could continue. 15 ballistic missiles at two military bases by us military forces, one missile hit a base, four missiles failed in flight and the other ten struck at al-assad were coalition forces often launch drone attacks. video released out of iran shows what appears to be missiles in flight on their way to their targets, no video of any damages. more importantly, no reports of any us casualties. after the strike the iranian foreign minister send out a tweet reading iran took proportionate measures in self defense under article 51 of the un charter targeting base from which cowardl

kristin: rick leventhal live in jerusalem, thanks, rick.eland: as rick pointed out, president trump is expressing his solidarity with the iranian protesters, saying on twitter that, quote: the usa is watching. watching from the white house is kevin corke there on duty on the north lawn with a little bit more on what the trump administration's plans are. hi, kevin. >> reporter: leland, good to be with you. very interesting to watch how the white house continues to react to what's going on. obviously, the iranian people are fighting desperately for their right to protest the regime, in particular in the wake, as you pointed out, of the downing of that jetliner that killed all 176 people onboard. what's also interesting is the entire world is watching, watching how security forces there might respond especially given what transpired in the country back in november when you'll recall the regime used deadly force to quell protests. in fact, there are similar reports, you just heard rick leventhal talk about reports of violence happening already

brian: rick leventhal live with the latest. the ayatollah says iran tell the united states a slap in the face. he says and comment elections against the united states not enough. the united states must leave the region and that is one reason they did that but at the same time iran says we don't want war. we tried to kill as many of your people, we don't want war. ainsley: the president is meeting with his officials for how they are going to respond. what about casualties? does that change how we respond? brian: remarks within our show, setting the tone from here on in. my sense is both countries are not looking for major war. here is the president yesterday before we had the retribution will strike last night. >> if iran does anything they shouldn't be doing they will suffer the consequences and very strongly, we are prepared and likewise we are prepared to attack if we have to as retribution. >> when the president says we are prepared, when all those missiles rain down on those two bases the united states knew it was going to

rick leventhal in your bureau for reaction. reporter: there is tightening of security across israel with the anticipation there could be retaliation pens american allies after the killing of that iranian general by u.s. forces. but the reaction in editorials here in israeli newspapers that has been overwhelmingly supportive with one calling soleimani the greatest threat to israel over the last few years. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke before a cabinet meeting earlier today praising president trump saying soleimani was responsible for countless deaths of americans and many others for decades. >> kassem soleimani initiated plans and carried out many terrorist attacks across the middle east and beyond. president trump is deserveing all taking decisive strong and quick action. reporter: netanyahu said israel stands alongside the u.s. in the struggle for security peace, and self-defense. british defense secretary ordering two warships to return to the strait of hormuz as tensions are rising in the region. this morni

rick lee the leventhal is live e middle east with the volatile development.iden a huge lead over his fellow 2020 contenders. but is the 2020 support a product of the former president's accomplishments? not joe biden's? our debate coming up next. ♪ it just may be a lunatic you're looking for. ♪ turn out the light. ♪ rob: welcome back. a fox news alert, breaking overnight, iranian police opening fire on protesters with tear gas and also with live ammunition after the regime admits to shooting down that ukrainian jetliner. jillian: the president warning iran that the u.s. is watching. rob: rick le lee leventhal jois with reaction from israel. >> reporter: crowds in iran grew angry over admissions the government shot down the ukrainian passenger jet by mistake and the regime responded with tear gas and live fire. the protests erupted at tehran university and fram freedom sque and beyond, mourning those on-board the doomed 737. the crowd calling on the ey ayatollah to be stepped down and those responsible to step down and put on trial. security forces and iranian

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rick leventhal joins me now.this is a pretty incredible series of events. >> how often do hear about these amber alerts, how often do hear that someone actually sees the vehicle that police are looking for and then gives chase to that vehicle. that's what happened in massachusetts, this couple has their own kids in the backseat, they hear about a kidnapper was in a dark blue on it with distinctive rams. they see the car, what they thought was suspicious activity, this is a still grab some from video they shot when they were chasing the driver. calling police to update his location, they watched him blow through red lights. speeds that estimated a hundred miles per hour, trying to escape them. eventually police caught up with the suspect and arrested 24-year-old miguel rodriguez and rescued 11-year-old charlotte from the backseat where they say she was unharmed and then credited the public for helping to narrow their search. >> once i was coming in, we were in contact with our partners and once you can put it in t

cheryl: rick le lee leventhal n jerusalem, thank you.arren casting doubt on president trump's motives for ordering the attack on iranian general qasem soleimani. >> next week the president of the united states could be facing an impeachment trial in the senate. we know he's deeply upset about that. and i think people are reasonably asking, why this moment? why does he pick now to take this highly inflammatory, highly dangerous action, that moves us closer to war. cheryl: well, congress is coming back from its holiday break today. senate republicans waiting for speaker nancy pelosi to hand over the articles of impeachment so the senate can start the trial. she says she will only send them if she can be assured of a fair trial that would include witnesses. lauren: another step forward for the u.s.-china trade deal, good news here. the south china morning post is reporting that beijing's trade team will travel to washington next week to sign the first phase of the deal. china's top negotiator will sign the deal at a white house ceremony acc

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rick leventhal live in jerusalem with more. rick.ling eight mistake and hasty decision by the air defense team. that sparked massive demonstrations across the country. thousands of people protesting against the hard-line iranian government many in tehran university, chanting death to the dictator, demanding that those responsible for the deaths of 176 innocent civilians on the plane be fired and put on trial. iran was on high alert for retaliation when it shot down the 737 wednesday t was hours after iran fired 16 ballistic missiles at u.s. troops based in iraq. pay back for the u.s. top killing of the top general at baghdad airport in general. it is still blaming the u.s. in part for the mistake. >> translator: this is the cost of mistakes and actions of u.s. in region. that night we were ready for a full-scale conflict. reporter: president trump tweeted support for demonstrators, writing there cannot be another massacre of peaceful protesters nor internet shutdown. the world is watching. the british foreign secretary added iranian

and to israel with rick leventhal. he is handling all things middle east related.o far, as the sun comes up, keep your fingers crossed, no casualties. >> right. and no strikes here in israel, at least not yet, brian and ainsley and steve. good morning to you. this attack, by the way, not a surprise to u.s. authorities. they fully expected bases in iraq might be targeted and they took defensive actions and as you mentioned no american casualties. but iran supreme leader still talking tough saying he slapped america in the face and now the focus shifts to the white house. again, we know there were 15 ballistic missiles fired from iran overnight at two military bases used by u.s. forces. one missile hit a base in erbil in northern iraq four missiles failed in flight the other 10 struck al assad a huge sprawling facility visited by the president last christmas. often launch drone attacks. in iran people celebrated in the streets waving flags and chanting down with the u.s.a. and down with israel. we haven't seen video of any damages at the bases but we are seeing shrap

we stay with some of the live shots and speak with dave leventhal in washington, dc. your time. what are you making of what‘s going on? despite the presence of a supreme going on? despite the presence of a supremejustice going on? despite the presence of a supreme justice of the going on? despite the presence of a supremejustice of the supreme court this is a very political process and it is likely to go on party political lines, the result a foregone conclusion? yes and yes. and what‘s often lost in the debate over what impeachment even is is the notion and the fact that this is a political process. it‘s not the kind of process that you would ever expect in a court of law, a judicial process , expect in a court of law, a judicial process, this is something where artisans on both sides will fight it out. they have been doing it for months and they will do it here today. so don‘t expect that that is going to change anytime going forward , going to change anytime going forward, with what‘s going to be some very, very long notes here in washington, dc over the next sever

rick leventhal joins us from jerusalem is iran's revolutionary guard says will, quote, set ablaze placesthe us. >> that rhetoric has ratcheted up over the past 48 hours or so including those threats from iran to set us facilities on fire, chance from crowds yelling death to israel and motion iran's parliament to designate the us military a terrorist force after qasem soleimani was buried today, he was killed by the us and a targeted drone strike early friday outside baghdad airports, many dressed in black to mourn his death as they did yesterday when an estimated 1,000,000 plus filled the streets honoring the leader of the revolutionary guard, revered as a hero by some iranian's blamed by the us for killing and maiming hundreds of us troops and thousands of american allies over decades long career. >> we repeat once again our willpower is firm, we tell our enemies we will retaliate but if they take another action we will set ablaze the places they like and are passing about. >> the president aggressively defending the takedown, saying he was planning more attacks against us interest and

pete: rick leventhal joins us from jerusalem about a deadly stampede at qassem soleimani funeral. >> exactly. pete, ainsley and steve good morning. general killed. a massive turnout for the funeral and some sort of stampede happened and iranian state tv is reporting at least 32 people are dead. trampled in that stampede at the funeral. the numbers of dead have been fluxiating throughout the hour. we will continue to keep an eye on developments there. crowds have been huge both today and yesterday at the funeral and the procession for general soleimani with estimates of a million or more people filling the streets there the mourning accompanied by angry rhetoric, including threats to set u.s. facilities on fire, chants of death to israel. and a vote by iran's parliament to officially designate the u.s. military a terrorist force after the targeted killing of the former leader of iran's revolutionary guard blamed by the u.s. for killing and maiming hundreds of u.s. troops and thousands of others. of course, president trump has promised a swift and overwhelming response if iran tries

rob: rick leventhal joins us as iran thousand harsher revenge. >> reporter: new threats against us troopsssible action by the israeli military and fresh denials from iranian's who said they did not shoot down the ukrainian jetliner by mistake earlier this week. the new york times has obtained video showing the moment the boeing 737 was hit by a surface-to-air missile after takeoff. all 176 passengers on crew were killed in the crash. us intelligence officials say it is highly likely plane was had by russian-made missile. pieces of one reportedly found near the crash site. russia delivered 29 of the surface-to-air missile systems to iran in 2007. there are reports that iranian fire two missiles at the just, possibly mistaking it for a us military plane. the strike came hours after iran lost a dozen ballistic missiles at us positions in iraq and was on high alert for retaliation. iran the night shooting out a plane inviting ukraine and boeing to take part in the investigation. the ntsb could also assist with sanctions might prevent that. us troops remain on alert after the iranian missile a

rick le leventhal joins us live from jerusalem with reaction from the white house.> reporter: good morning, heather. dramatic developments in iran over the weekend after days of denials, as you mentioned, leaders admit to shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane by mistake. people take to the streets to protest the regime and the government responds with force. iran police and security forces in riot gear, using tear gas and live ammunition to break up demonstrations at tehran university and freedom square and elsewhere. it started as candlelight vigils for the iranian students among the citizens on-board the cooled 737. the crowd began chanting death to the dictator, calling for the ayatollah to be stepped down and for those responsible to be asked to step down and put to trial. president trump tweeted at iran's leaders, don't kill your protesters. thousands have been killed or in prison so far, and the world is watching. more importantly, the united states is watching. reconnect the internet and let reporters move freely. stop killing the great people of iran. th

. >> rick leventhal, thank you. the ongoing showdown and what it means for the united states and its allies now. we have journalist and abject fellow at the manhattan institute for policy research judith muller. judy, thanks for being here. not a lot of enthusiasm in europe for what the president has undertaken >> no, the europeans have clearly tried to do what they could to resurrect the jc poa, the iran nuclear deal, they were very unhappy that president trump chose to disregard and unilaterally walk away with it, and they been trying ever since to kind of play a mediated role to get iran to be less aggressive and assertive in the area. they have not been very successful, but clearly this latest move by president trump just reinforces all of the views they have about what an unpredictable dangerous man donald trump is as opposed to iran. jon: and french president macron announced he is going to try to meet with iranian president rouhani to try to smooth things over i guess >> yes, and to try to perhaps achieve wha

. >> rick leventhal joins us from jerusalem as president trump warned the u.s.hing and can i add the world is watching. rick? >> for sure. good morning, brian, ainsley, and steve. after days of denial we saw a pretty dramatic series of developments over the weekend after the iranian regime as you mentioned finally admitted shooting down that ukrainian passenger plane. when the people took to the streets to protest. the government responded with force. police in riot gear using tear gas and live ammunition to break up demonstrations. people wounded and pools of blood on the ground. started peacefulfully. candlelight vigil for the 176 on board the doomed 737. calls for the ayatollah to step down met with violent response from security forces. president trump tweeting at missiles paid for with funds made available by the last administration. well, john kerry was asked about that yesterday. he didn't like that question one little bit. but, when you look at the evidence back in 2016, john kerry admitted when he was in davos, i believe, in 2016, he admitted that the i

cheryl: rick leventhal is in jerusalem as iran's revolutionary guard says it will set ablaze places supporteded states. >> reporter: good morning, cheryl and lauren. the rhetoric had has ratcheted up over the past 48 hours, including threats from iran to set u.s. facilities on fire, chants from crowds yelling death to israel and a motion in iran's parliament to designate the u.s. military a terrorist force. general soleimani buried today in his hometown. he was killed by the u.s. in a targeted drone strike early friday outside baghdad airport. huge crowds turning out today to mourn his death, just as they did yesterday when an estimated 1 million plus filled the streets honoring the hero who was revered as a hero by many iranians, blamed by the u.s. of killings thousands of americans. president trump said soleimani was planning more attacks against u.s. interests and threatened an overwhelming response if iran plans to retall retaliate. the pentagon back he pedaling after a letter written by u.s. military officials was leaked to the press detailing a u.s. troop withdrawal from iraq, this afte

joining us now dave leventhal politics editor in senior integrity.once again seeing a round of antigovernment protests in my round that is nothing short of extraordinary here. >> it really is, there have been protests of this sort before. the one thing you must remember as i ron's government has shown over the past 40 plus years and has a durability to. why does it have a durability? often times when faced with protests such as these it is willing to take violence against its own people. not only jail them, injure them or even kill them. so it's a very tenuous time right now yet again and i round with protests against the government. we are waiting right now to see what kind of steps, or even blood he steps will be taken against the people brave enough to stand up against his government. jon: some of the servers stop the killing of general pseudo- money would somehow cause the uranian people to rally behind their own government. but clearly after the shootdown of this jetliner, that is not happening. >> it is an incredibly fluid situation and confusi

lauren: rick leventhal is in the middle east with the breaking overnight developments and early reaction. rick, good morning. >> reporter: cheryl, lauren, this missile attack was not a surprise to u.s. authorities who had taken defensive actions knowing that iran would respond to targeted killing of one of their top generals last week. no u.s. casualties but iran's supreme leader saying he slapped america in the face. now the ball is in the president's court after this missile attack. 15 ballistic missiles fired by iran overnight at two military bases used by u.s. forces. four missiles failed in flight. the other ten struck a facility north of baghdad where coalition forces often launch drone attacks. video out of iran shows what appears to be some of the missilemissile in flight at nign the way to their targets. we have images of iranians in the street celebrating the attacks. no reports of any u.s. casualties. after the strikes, the iranian foreign minister tweeted iran took and concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under article 51 of un target, targeting base from a coward

first rick leventhal is in jerusalem for us live, rick? reporter: eric, iran has been denying involvement in the plane crash for days, accusing u.s. pouring salt into the victims. yesterday they admitted it. started as candlelight vigils for 16 iranian students on board the doomed 737. by morning turned against the hard-line government. chants of death to the dictators, death to the liars, demanding that the ayatollah step down and those responsible be fired and put on trials. secure forces fired tear goose and beat some in the crowd with numerous injuries reported. we're seeing of vast majority of protesters avoiding stepping on american and israeli flags on the street. walking on the colors has been promoted by iranian regime since 1979. this time the crowd chapped the u.s. is not our enemy, directing anger towards the ayatollah instead. president trump tweeting support for the demonstrators writing, there cannot be another massacre of peaceful protesters nor an internet shutdown. the world is watching. iran was on high alert for incomin

tyler is our leventhal of research fellow. templeomes from university in philadelphia. we dragged him down here to new orleans, and he and i have been adjusting to the big easy together. we started on the same day. , who leadsth hudson our research services here at the institute for the study of war and democracy, as he has for many years. doctor ford, i leave it to you to lead our next session. [applause] >> thank you, ed. thee mentioned, i have privilege of being the inaugural research fellow here at the institute for the study of war and democracy at the national world war ii museum. i only a debt of gratitude to the morgenthau family. now it is my pleasure to introduce the next panel. while we have heard excellent presentations today about the action and intrigue of 1944, it is time to shift gears a little. even as pivotal battles took place around the globe in june of 1944, diplomats, leaders and planners were anticipating what would come after a final victory. this panel focuses on the allies'economic planning for the post world war world. our first speaker is dr.

rick leventhal is live from jerusalem, covering the story.ations started as candlelight vigils but things got heated over the admission from the government that it shot down the passenger plane and the regime responded with force, the police in riot gear sent demonstrators running from tear a gas canisters at and a bullet at tehran university, freedom square and beyond. some civilians were shot with pools of blood on the ground. there were 16 iranian students on board the 737, knocked out of the sky on wednesday. ththe chants of death to the dictator and calls for the eye toayatollah to step down met wih a violent response. the sanctions and row tests have put iran under great pressure and forced them to negotiate. i don't care if they are negotiating. it's up to them. but don't have nuclear weapons and don't kill your protesters. the president did not say what he might do if they do. also yesterday, remarkable images of most demonstrators in a large crowd avoiding stepping on american and israeli flags on the street. walking on the colors ha

rick leventhal is live from jerusalem as the u.s. considers its next step.ck. >> good morning, brian, steve, and ainsley. you probably remember on sunday, the iraqi parliament voted to expel u.s. troops from iraq after that targeted killing of iran's top general by the u.s. in iraq. and today the iraqi prime minister, we learned, spoke with the secretary of state mike pompeo and asked him for details on how that u.s. troop withdrawal would happen. we are still waiting for a response from the u.s. in the meantime, we have now learned that the french authorities are now joining the investigation of the crash of that ukrainian jetliner in iran earlier this week with iran denying reports that it shot down the jet by mistake. the "new york times" has obtained video apparently showing the moment the boeing 737 was hit by iranian surface-to-air missile shortly after takeoff from tehran's international airport. all 176 passengers and crew on board were killed in the crash. u.s., british, and canadian officials all say it's highly likely the plane was hit by a russia

speed to leventhal is live in our mideast newsroom with more. rick?s no question, last friday's drone attack has many on a chair in the reagan done a region. some dramatic threats out of iran with one member of the iran parliament saying that lycos would be attacked in retaliation for the targeted killing of general soleimani, who was mourned by massive crowds in tehran on sunday. tens of thousands of people filling the streets for a funeral procession. the general's daughter telling the crowd there will be payback against u.s. troops, that military families should start preparing for funerals of their own. and the revolutionary guard commander saying america must be completely removed from the region. aboard air force one on his way back to washington from florida this morning, the president promised a swift and massive response on dozens of targets if iran makes good on its threats. telling reporters off camera, "they are allowed to kill our people, they are allowed to torture and maim our people, they are allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up o

maria: we will be watching that is dangerous situation, reliablying leventhal with the very latest. >ors shugdz off conflict up 68 dow industrials, said and done gold, as you can see, complete reversal by close yesterday nasdaq up 50 points still in record territory, gold, meanwhile, is has been rising, it is certainly, looking like a safe haven precious metal jumping to nearly 1600 an ounce highest since 2013 gold up 7% in the last month, bank of america private bank and merrill chief investment officer on this great to see you thank you for joining us. what do you think markets are shrugging this off. >> sheer momentum we saw in december look at flows number of things not just performance of global equity being markets, spreads, or what have you i think a lot of liquidity out there number one central banks plus the dollars investment accounts risi investmenting he gos allocation going up not a perfect positive storm as relates to the economy but certainly has based out and next 12 months should be positive improvement factor let me get big momentum in risk assets even though a very

. >> bill: rick leventhal begins our coverage, he is live in jerusalem today. rick, hello. >> good morning, bill and sandra. it started as candlelit vigils, but the crowds grew angry at the iranian regime after the government admitted it shot down that ukrainian passenger plane. and then the iranian government responded with force. riot police sending demonstrators running from tear gas and live bullets at tehran university. freedom square and beyond. reports that some civilians were shot, with pools of blood on the ground. when mourning turned to "death to the dictator" and "death to liars," security forces shut it down. president trump tweeting at them in farsi and english, "don't kill your protesters. thousands killed and imprisoned so far in the world is watching. more importantly, the united states is watching. reconnect the internet and let reporters move freely. stop killing the great people of iran." the iranian government spokesman criticizing what he called the president's crocodile tears. >>> translator: the people of iran will not forget that this i

ainsley: rick leventhal joins us live from jerusalem as we learn new details about the strikes., rick. >> good morning, ainsley, steve and brian. we are learning more about the missiles and seeing first images of the damages. both sides seem to be standing down there. are still concerns over where we go from here. the pentagon now says at least 16 missiles were launched by the iranians. some appear to be liquid fueled short range guided ballistic missiles. capable of carrying 650-pound warheads. images show several buildings took direct hits but most missiles hit open areas or descrureckets designed to hold equipment and not troops. the prime minister said the iranians warned him before the strikes allowing iraqi troops to scramble into the bunkers. iraqis tipped off u.s. forces but they were already in a defensive posture and there were zero casualties. >> i believe, based on what i saw and what i know is that they were intended to cause structural damage, destroy vehicles and equipment and aircraft and to kill personnel. >> iran's leadership says the ultimate goal is forcing u