k, against navy, against syria, against iraq, against i've gotten a son in different regions of the words. and this was terrifying projects for the united states because for the 1st time the public can see the to a multi is up. they pull additions, a waging this destructive wars and spreading may hammer around the words, and couldn't get spreading democracy and spreading human rights, et cetera. therefore, if a scientist expedited to the united states, which by the way plaza to poison him to assessing a team, he is likely to survive the american dungeons. in my opinion, this means also the joyless around the world will be seated with the following message from the united states. behave or bay or similar destiny is awaiting you, if you will, try to expose our crimes. while the us promote yourself as a bust in a free speech, washington's treatments of doing this on a past due course of dates that's image. let's take a closer look. a kangaroo shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech and of the price. he should be treated as an enemy combatant, but not to the duck. thanks. only want

and i'm afraid to say, uh, dunng and i'm afraid to say, uh, during our time in afghanistan, iraq, uh , our navycipate that russia and china and iran will come along, despite being warned by most of us. uh, and, uh, in an electoral, uh, democracy, all people think about is probably the next election . they don't the next election. they don't think about the strategic context out to the future and what will be required . what will be required. >> and chris, we've also seen the backdrop of a 22% decline in navy and royal marines recruits. so few, in fact , they're so few, in fact, they're decommissioning ships. so few, in fact, they're decommissioning ships . what's decommissioning ships. what's the answer to this? i mean, there's rumours of some more budget being found and we send billions to ukraine. why not spend it on our own navy ? well spend it on our own navy? well it's all about choices . it's all about choices. >> i'm afraid our politicians don't think there are many votes in defence. so i'm afraid every yearit in defence. so i'm afraid every year it gets cut. and the problem is they say

later it turned out that in the first months of the war, when the navy guys were able to attack the bases of al-bakr and al-alamiyeh in iraqcapture them , they actually achieved a great victory . captain fazli gives the order to withdraw from these platforms for no reason. this suspicious decision of fazli caused the nafche pikan to be caught and sunk in the ambush of the iraqi navy. transferring information on expensive and advanced american weapons that existed in the army since the pahlavi era was another service of the masses to the former soviet union. all this caused the security institutions in the winter of 1961, in the spring of 1962, the islamic republic arrested all the high-ranking members and supporters of the tudeh party with a complex operation and put an end to their decades of betrayal in the country. on may 14 , 1962, imam khomeini confirmed the great work of the security agencies with a message. paying attention to the security and intelligence efficiency of these unknown youths, pasdar, basij, committee, prosecution and other losers in the way of god in trapping the leaders. the traitors of the tudeh pa

carl: in the same vein, i was a navy seal, i spent nine years in and out of iraq. understand a society that is unarmed, uneducated and untrained can fall to basically anyone. but in the same article that congressman mills is talking about, the liberal left, they cheer when we armed ukraine. we will not even secure our own border until we arm ukraine. we want to give millions of dollars in weapons to every black hole in the world but not take care of our own citizens. yet when we want to own a gun for our protection because they just let 20 million illegals into this country, we cannot have that. alan: it is so blatantly political, their agenda of socialism and controlling lives, gun control is not about controlling guns, it is about controlling people. . that is what their agenda is. fax, figures -- facts, figures, statistics do not matter to them. all they are worried about is taking away our rights. carl: the constitution is not absolute, you cannot do this or that, to your point, the shall not be infringed is pretty clear. they always say you can have april acti

navy seal. you served in iraq. what's your reaction to the strike in baghdad? >> it's great. any time you make it more dangerous for someone to be promoted, i think it's a good day. i'm glad they're doing it. it sounds like it was a good strike. sounds like there was no additional casualties. obviously, good intel led up to that. it's a good hit. i think we need to continue seeing more of it. i think we need to know that the administration meant what they said when they said, we're going to keep doing this for a period of time. i think that's important. deterrence is important. that part of the world -- the entire world, they only understand strength. when you say peace through strength, you can't forget about the strength part. i have no complaints. >> it's good to talk to you. thank you. >> thanks. >>> what political strategist james carville has to say about the mess. >>> a preview of tomorrow's supreme court oral arguments in a case that could keep a former president off the ballot for what he did to overturn the election he lost. >>> at a fund-raiser in new york today, p

our reporters in iraq and embedded with the u.s. navy in the region >>> plus, the high-tech bomber that flew from the u.s. thousands of miles to strike its targets. >>> did voters turn out in the first real test for president biden? democrats voting in the first official primary today we're on the ground in south carolina >>> life-threatening floods forecast in california evacuation warnings as 36 million brace for the worst. >>> new details on the moments before a small plane crashed into a mobile home park. the chilling audio >> they went down hard they're in flames. >>> nbc news exclusive -- the ceo of the train company one year after the derailment in east palestine, ohio what he's promising residents and how they feel about him. >> you feel welcome in this town >>> and taylor taken off tiktok. the most powerful musician forced off one of the world's most popular apps. ♪ >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >> good evening. the u.s. launched new air strikes tonight in the middle east a day after the u.s. la

. >> before i let you go, you are obviously a navy seal, you served in iraq, what is your reaction to the u.s. striking back to? baghdad? >> it's great! anytime you make it more dangerous for someone to be promoted and kata'ib hezbollah, i think it is a good day. i am glad they are doing it. sounds like it was a good strike, sounds like there was no additional casualties, obviously some good intel that led up to that, and it is a good hit. i think we need to continue seeing more of it. i think we need to know the administration meant what they said when they said we will keep doing this for a period of time. i think that is important and deterrence is important. that part of the world, honestly, the entire world, only understand strikes. when you say peace through strength, you can't forget about the strength part. i have no complaints. >> great to talk to you. think you. >> thanks. >> coming up next, what political strategist james carville makes of the mess and whether it has traction with voters, given how it's -- important polling says the border is with them. also, a preview of t

while our guys are under attack in iraq and our navy is under attack in the red sea.he is mis. it's absolutely incredible. and i don't think i'm sorry is good enough. thanks so much, congressman. i appreciate it. >> thank you, brian. >> brian: i look forward to your direct questioning today. meanwhile talk about directly that's how the great carley shimkus will be delivering the news. >> carley: thank you so much. new overnight russia launching iranian satellite into orbit. it has three cameras that tehran claims will be used to take images for agriculture and environmental purposes and this morning russian president vladimir putin warning the west risks a nuclear attack if troops are sent to ukraine. a fox news alert. hunter biden testifying yesterday on capitol hill as part of a house impeachment inquiry against president biden. his lawyer saying, quote: now that hunter has put this partisan conspiracy to the lie that it is on the record and under oath, this political charade should finally come to an end. meanwhile the president's son acting confident after the clo

navy's fifth fleet and obtained access to confidential files. altofan or flood teams that have carried out the operation in support of gazans and resistance fighters in palestine, lebanon, yemen, and iraq, groups said it sees hundreds of secret correspondents belonging to the us navy and his fifth fleet which is based in bahrain. it released what it called a small sample of the documents. hackers said all the data will now be handed over to resistance factions to support their ongoing operations against what it called the american access of evil. like the rest of the world celebrations mark the anniversary of the victory of the islamic revolution were also held in pakistan. nasir cozmi reports from islamabad. people from diverse backgrounds came together to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the victory of iran's islamic revolution. foreign dignitaries, diplomats, political leaders and members of civil society gathered for a ceremony hosted by the iranian embassy in the pakistani capital islamabad to mark this special day. lot of sanctions have been imposed, but despite these sanctions, iran has been able to keep its sovereinity and integrity and solidarity and iran has played a very

a task with protecting gander, executing, get government offices, the state institutions in iraq and, and navy. and by that as well. so the government now has been eh, calling on these are the groups to do it to de escalate, especially since it has assaulted the folks with the us ministry of pushes to uh, reach. and we can assume to organize the us menissi presence and also a dylan sizing of ministry, the personal us and coalition forces in iraq. so the attacks as of yet has hit it a number of locations. it 6 at a slice targeted the number of locations inside iraq, namely, and district which is on the border between syria and iraq. my home has there been any official reaction from the iraq and government to the strikes so there is no official response to that is no official comments from officials in iraq as of yet. but we know that the government has been under huge oppression since these attacks are started on october. this event is a huge number of attacks over a 178 attacks targeting us and coalition forces facilities. maybe 10 minutes late for students is in iraq and syria since october t

ryan, a navy seal deployed to iraq and afghanistan, subjected to blasts from his own weapon over the course of his career. and later died by suicide. his father, mr. frank warkan is here today to discuss the harm that blast overpressure caused to the soldiers and their families. even when dod made policy changes, the changes were not evident on the ground. weapon known to deliver shock waves, well above safety thresholds were still widely used. training did not involve basic safety measures and special operation forces were not issued blast exposure gages, the gages that are needed to track the threat they faced. so, dod, and congress, both have a lot to do. here is my agenda to address this problem. first, we need to establish mitigation strategies specific to the service member roles that are most at risk for blast overpressure. second, we must require dod to create blast exposure and traumatic brain injury logs for all service members and integrate these logs into their va and dod health care records. third, the department of defense should partner with innovative evidence-based p

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navy will be raised on it. tamililova, alexey kruglov, local time. moscow counts american aircraft by territory iraqnd syria, demonstrating that the united states completely disregards the norms of international law, as stated in the commentary of the russian foreign ministry. it should be noted there: the attack is specifically designed to further inflame the conflict in the middle east. our country strongly condemns the ongoing acts of american-british aggression against sovereign states. moscow is seeking an urgent meeting of the un security council in connection with the bombings. the governments of iraq and syria called them an act of aggression and a violation of their sovereignty. the us department of defense reported the defeat of 85 targets that allegedly belong to pro-iranian groups. according to washington, a night raid is the first stage of a response to a drone strike. at an american base in jordan on january 27, then let me remind you that three us military personnel were killed. the biden administration considers tehran involved in this attack, but claims that it does not want war wit

carl: in the same vein, i was a navy seal, i spent nine years in and out of iraq.erstand a society that is unarmed, uneducated and untrained can fall to basically anyone. but in the same article that congressman mills is talking about, the liberal left, they cheer when we armed ukraine. we will not even secure our own border until we arm ukraine. we want to give millions of dollars in weapons to every black hole in the world but not take care of our own citizens. yet when we want to own a gun for our protection because they just let 20 million illegals into this country, we cannot have that. alan: it is so blatantly political, their agenda of socialism and controlling lives, gun control is not about controlling guns, it is about controlling people. . that is what their agenda is. fax, figures -- facts, figures, statistics do not matter to them. all they are worried about is taking away our rights. carl: the constitution is not absolute, you cannot do this or that, to your point, the shall not be infringed is pretty clear. they always say you can have april action r

am serving in the marine corps, i did three combat tours in iraq, i was wounded, i worked to ensure a high level of procurement for the navy

for those of you who have members in the military, my oldest son served in iraq and my second served in baghdad as a navy doctor and my third served in egypt. my fourth served in a year in afghanistan. i especially identified the horror of what you are addressing. finally, we are joined by -- the great aunt of 4-year-old abigail who was fortunately, released by hamas on sunday, november 26. they were in israel october 7 when abigail was brutally kidnapped by hamas after the mercilessly murdered both of her parents on october 7 in their home at the -- abigail was in her father's arms when he was shot and killed by hamas terrorists and taken hostage just three years of age. she turned four while in terrorist captivity. again, i along with the american people share in our attitude that your grandniece was released over the weekend after 50 days of captivity and we are grateful she is once again with her family. we will not stop and again joined by the leadership of the foreign affairs committee, until the remaining hostages, including an estimated nine americans have been released. we appreciate the opportu

iraq. was injured. i worked to ensure a high level of procurement for the navy, for reconnaissance aircraft. in ukraine, joined a reconnaissance group that was based in kharkov, worked there for some time with a group of the legion command, and also with some guys from gola. in fact, i don’t want to constantly be under artillery fire, i wanted to come and really help ukraine in this war, and the best way to do this at that time seemed to me to come and get rid of the russians. when i was there, we worked near kupyansk. tried to drive the russians out of the novoselovka area. this war is much more complicated than in iraq and afghanistan. iraq and afghanistan actually seemed incredibly easy after we found ourselves on the front line in ukraine. this is war which i never would have thought of. this is without a doubt the most difficult situation i have ever found myself in. but can i ask you? why did your colleagues from the international legion leave it? at a time when we needed leadership or and he just didn't do it, he didn't even know where we were, all the rhetoric is the same, that is, they don't wa

iraq and syria. iran's rebel army continued its attacks on the us navy. the dwight eisenhower, shooting down multiple enemy drones, two destroys in the strike group engaged a few days ago, destroy used its weapons system, last-ditch effort to shoot down a missile seconds from slamming into the side of the ship. in the last hour, general keith kellogg said the us is at war in the middle east. >> the strikes have been on american facilities and american personnel. may not be a nuclear war or full-scale war but if people don't consider this a war they never put on the uniform. >> strikes yesterday in syria to attack iran's proxy forces. anita: thank you very much. griff: israel reacting to the retaliatory airstrikes in iraq and syria are following the drone strike that killed three us service members. trey yingst live in tel aviv with the latest. >> reporter: the entire region waiting to see what comes next after the united states hit 85 targets in response to the drone attack last weekend the killed three american soldiers which according to us central comm

navy for months. that after the u.s. made the sweeping airstrikes in iraq and syria overnight.really forces are carrying out their own attacks on iranian based transport targets in lebanon including reports say killing a top iranian advisor in syria. mike tobin live in tel aviv with the very latest on the ground. >> hi eric, let me tell you at least the very latest we have about the strikes been carried out in yemen. through israeli media and their largely sourcing the media at the strikes are rather wide widespread centered around the area for the west side of yemen but spread out over several regions. antenna blinken is expected to arrive in the region tomorrow. steaks and the tension could not be higher. especially in light of the u.s. promise the strikes we saw last night were just the start and that seems to be materializing. all of that retaliation for the three u.s. soldiers who were killed in jordan by iranian proxies last sunday. the strikes we sell us at the b-1 bombers took off from texas. they hit all of the planet targets in a couple of what are described as dynami

iraq and syria in that corner. that would be going after more iranian assets, or would they do something against the iranian navy potentiallywn to the persian gulf, trying to send more of a message? would they go inside iran? unlikely. it would seem like it would kick off that war. what keeps proxies, syria, iraq, houthis, hezbollah north of israel all in check, all operating, communicating, supplying missiles? that's iran. the question is what will the administration do and would air strikes ever be enough? the answer is likely no. >> really insightful stuff for us at the map this morning. former fbi special agent clint watts. >>> we turn to politics now. president biden won the south carolina democratic victory. he faced off against democratic congressman dean phillips and self-help author marianne williamson. 30 minutes after the race was called president biden wrote in part, the people of south carolina have spoken again, and i have no doubt you have set us on the path to winning the presidency again and making donald trump a loser again, biden so key back in 2020. meanwhile nikki haley ramped up her attacks against don

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iraq or syria. it could be assisting the houthi to launch more attacks on the navy vessels. or some sort of cyber attack on the u.s. or it could be some sort of terrorist incident. so, i think the iranians have an indirect hybrid option that they can pursue to strike back at the u.s. the iranians will not backed up, they are simply not prepared to just accept an american strike to say that our efforts are over. >> i think a lot of people are taking comfort in this, you know, belief that iran doesn't want war. you subscribe to that? you think we can hang our hat on that? >> i was saying in an earlier interview on cnn. i think we need to be cautious about assuming that the iranian government is some sort of homogenous monolithic entity. there are various different factions and groups and individuals within the iranian government and within the iranian military and iranian revolutionary guard corps. in other words, the iranian security state that have their own differing agendas and objectives. so, whilst the public statement coming out of to run might be that we don't want war

navy to stop iranian proxies from sinking ships in the red sea and targeting bases in iraq and syria.llion to resupply against proxy attacks, $4 billion for the iran dome and david sling, 1.2 billion for the beam system to counter short range rocket threats, and could use for bases across the middle east, and $2 billion for taiwan and indo-pacific allies, and $3.3 billion to get the submarine industrial base on course for the agreement with australia and britain. also needed to counter china. $60 billion for ukraine includes $48.4 billion for weapons and about $11 billion in economic aid. the military aid for ukraine includes $19.9 billion for the pentagon to backfill weapons sent to ukraine from u.s. stockpiles so the $20 billion in essence buys new weapons for the u.s. military. $1.6 billion so ukraine can also buy directly from u.s. defense contractors, $14.8 billion for military training and intelligence sharing with ukraine, and $8 million for the dod inspector general to oversee all of the u.s. assistance to ukraine. secretary austin addressing the ukraine contact group in bruss

there have been attacks against bases with americans in iraq and syria, or there have been attacks against commercial shipping or targeting u.s. navy ships. the u.s. has responded in very specific ways. we have seen air strikes from manned aircraft. we have seen firing off of u.s. navy ships, surface and submarines, usually tomahawk missiles. generally, they go after targets that are proportional to what was attacked in the first place. let's say that they are attacked with a drone. they go after a warehouse where drones are stored. something like that. it's a missile like the one you talked about in the intro, they will go after a missile launcher. why this will -- is expected to look different is because of the severity of the attack on sunday, as you mentioned, three u.s. soldiers killed, 41 others injured, because of the severity, u.s. officials say we should expect this to look and feel different. that means, multiple waves or tiers of response. also, the response is expected to be larger, both in the number of munitions dropped and expanded, also in the type of attacks. not necessarily just kinetic. then also in the geographi

iraq and syria. we have also seen f-18's from the navy target sites in yemen.gain, the b-1 bomber is able to carry more bombs and able to carry a heavier payload and that speaks to the intent of the attacks here. a stronger response to the ongoing attacks from iranian militias against u.s. forces than we have seen in the past. that is the intent of the administration, and certainly with the platforms used here, the b-1 bomber certainly speaks to that. >> that is very significant, standby for us. i want to go back to retired u.s. major my clients and retired general philip breedlove. major liens, on this latest reporting, the b-1 lancer bomber and on top of that, we are learning that three potential sites that are on a supply line for these malicious. what does that tell you about what is being targeted here and how significant it might be when it comes to this question of how much they are able to degrade the capabilities of these groups. >> it sounds like it is more than just a punch in the nose. some attacks we made before were just signaling one and done. it

at the same time, those b1s were hitting targets in iraq and syria, iran's rebel army in yemen continued its attacks on the u.s. navyred sea. super hornets launching from the flight deck of the uss dwight dr. eisenhower, two destroyers also engaged. remember just a few days ago a drier had to use its close-in weapons -- destroyer had to use its close-in weaponing season to shoot down a missile just seconds away from slamming into the side of a ship. in the last hour, a spokesman from central command says iran can replace its weapons very quickly. >> for five days we've been talking about what we're not going to do, we're not going to hit iran, what we're afraid to do, we're aa grade to start another war. and so that gave these shia groups time to dig in, to harden their bunkers and to move their rockets out of the way. >> reporter: and just moments ago president biden took off on air force one from philadelphia where he'll be making a west with coast swing. first stop is los angeles, hen he'll be coming here to las vegas. arthel? arthel: lucas tomlinson live in las vegas, thank you. eric. eric: reaction from israel

navy admiral mark montgomery, good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> pretty shocking the comments coming from the iraq is about places consideringgroups that are operating. this is after spending over a decade award in iraq to liberate iraq and now this. what do you say. >> your exactly right from my perspective the iraq is have repeatedly said that the united states may be forced to leave and all the other hand they need or stabilizing forces to keep the government and power. i think this is more rhetoric and calming down parts of the population that are bad about the u.s. drugs particularly the strike three days ago that killed hezbollah, syria, one of the proxy group to operate out of syria that actually executed attacks against americans. our counterstrike put pressure on the iraq regime so you get the rhetorical statements. i don't think iraq will throw the united states military out anytime soon. cheryl: censuses rhetoric and with the houthis again this is rhetoric but they're actually striking outer targets and we lost three service members in january because of the strikes by the iran back proxies. former vice president

navy destroyer has come very close being hit the other day. so there's a possibility that the iranians could do things beyond iraq and syria. they could do things asym asymme asymmetrically. >> the biden administration said this suspect the end. this is just the beginning. what is next, do you think? >> next is additional strikes against iranian proxy militias and probably revolutionary guard coreforces. by telegraphing intent over the course of the last week, most of the high value targets and i would say probably a favorite of their capability has been withdrawn to safety inside iran. clearly, at this point in time, the u.s. is not planning on attacking iran itself. that will limit the effe effectiveness of the strikes. it's not the best in the region the at the moment. but you will see the u.s. continue these strikes and expect to see more of the same and the question really is then the sbal in iran's court as to how it retaliates and how does the u.s. respond to that iranian retaliation. >> appreciate your analysis. thank you for speaking with us. >> thank you. >>> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken will travel to t

this doesn't count the navy folks in and around the red sea, the gulf of aden, red sea. 3,000 in jordan. 800 in syria. 2500 in iraq. these are important areas for the u.s. to be in because these are the people that protect u.s. interests. >> all right, right now, i want you to stay with us as we bring in the rest of the panel. i want to go to you first. what do you know, what do we know about what the administration is doing. how they are trying to walk this very careful line of deterrence while not ratcheting things up in such a way things will spiral out of control. >> this has been the line they've been trying to walk the entire time and there's no science to it, right? you are trying to measure how different they're going to respond. so far, based on what happened last night with the attacks in syria and iraq, i would have to say the responses have been pretty mild. the iranian came out and condemned it. said as you noted earlier, the united states is making a strategic error. there was no vow of retaliation. every indication we got is that the iranian do not want to get into direct conflict with the united st

neil, at the same time those b1 iss were hitting iraq and syria yesterday, iran's rebel army in yemen continued its attacks on the u.s. navysea. super hornets like this launched from the flight deck of the uss dwight d. eisenhower to shoot down drones. senator mark warner says the u.s. needs to strike back much harder. >> i think we need to be ratcheted up against the houthis. i think we have focused way too much on their ability to launch missiles and not enough on command and if control. >> reporter: neil, president biden is in wilmington, or he'll be flying out to the west coast later today, neil. neil: thank you, my friend. lucas tomlinson is vegas. -- in vegas. let's go to christopher miller, army special courses colonel. great having you, thank you for taking the time. we're learning a little bit more, sir, of these attacks, of more than 125 precision munitions were fired and hit facilities including command and control and intelligence center, rocket stockpiles, missile stockpiles, drone storage site, all of that. the lo justices, what you can make of that -- lo wristics and what you think of the effectiveness. >> n

now >> joining us now is dan o'shea is a former navy seal commander and coordinator for the hostage working group at the us its embassy in iraq and dan yesterday, us official said talks were making progress, but you heard what netanyahu is saying here. us officials saying one of the main sticking points is the release of palestinian prisoners israel saying hamas has to to change its position. how do you see things right now >> well, this is this a terror of terrible news for these families who were obviously desperate for their hostages and loved ones are still being held in gaza it just goes to two sides, are completely on opposite ends from netanyahu's perspective objective making a deal with the devil and releasing more prisoners, potential former terrorists who are in israeli jails for a reason is that it would just bring another october 7 in the future, which is why he's taking such a hard line, but that doesn't give any solace to the current families in israel that are obviously yet at, the end of the end of the rope for that, for many of these families now, four plus months into this conflict. with each day, with each

navy had nothing with which to strike ground targets when britain decided join the us military operation against the houthis. the chief of the british general staff, general patrick sanders, who has combat experience in iraqay not be capable of conducting military operations. operations outside the country. our strategic power is threatened, and we may be reduced to small, static , conflict-oriented ground forces. i'm not sure what it is. the army that our nation needs or the one that politicians want to see. sanders shared these reflections in a letter to retired generals, however, he himself will soon become one of them. patrick sandres is soon due to resign from his post as chief of the general staff earlier than the usual three-year term. one of the reasons for his imminent resignation is said to be that sanders talked too much, when missiles are flying in the wrong direction and money is being wasted , this is not the most comfortable quality. now it will appear, well, what about a card that earns itself, a gazprombank debit card with a stable income of up to 35%. i i help with liver problems, i have essential forte nn tested and ready for action in 24 hours. we are going on vacation, and we are goin

navy and they did not come back hard. president trump authorized of course the soleimani strike and the irgc commander in iraq. the reason that was so important, not just because soleimani himself was of enormous importance and was to the regime but causedded iranians to wontedder what else they'd do next. complicated their calculations and made them fear what else the united states would do. that's the kind of take the united states should do now. >> what about hearing from the commander in chief? seems to me we're launching air strikes. wouldn't it be some value to tell the country what we're doing and also telling the world what the united states of america is doing? >> yeah, we need to hear from the commander in chief. merchant marines in great danger trying to keep cargo, commercial shipping safe in the red sea and major global shipping lane and that's important for the united states and for europe and asia. we have u.s. forces clearly at great risk in the region. we have families now who are grieving and reeling from the loss of the three warriors at hands of iran regime and proxies and the commander in

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navy, a different era by the way. it was broken by them, ironically after a war with iraq. but that president reagan did that, but no president, no matter what politicians call for, no president has ever taken that kind of action. and it is worth just also remembering, when you listen to some of the political rhetoric, that the, risk the real risk of action like that would be a full scale conflict. >> 100 percent. >> what's happening right now is, it is eloquently pointed out as mapped, it it is like the light is being switched on in the region. and i think for many americans, and i believe around the world, it would be quite striking to realize the scale of iran's reach. i have been saying that today. and that may have a political impact in and of itself. i mean in the end, the israelis have been saying again and again that they are deep deep concern is iran's reach in syria, right up to their border. that, for example, analysts say iran has military, a military industrial complex. in tandem with the syrians in syria, so that they can export weapons to hezbollah in lebanon

iraq and syria are preparing for the u.s. response. iran backed houthis in yemen are busy escalating attacks on u.s. navy and commercial ships in the red sea and gulf of aden since tuesday night. last night the u.s. sent f-18 super hornets to bomb ten unmanned drones in yemen preparing to launch. the 12th time the u.s. has conducted strikes against houthis since january 11th and the second u.s. strike in under 24 hours. in a historic first on tuesday night a houthi cruise missile came within one mile of the u.s.s. gravely guided missile destroyer seconds away from impact. this is the closest a houthi missile has come to a u.s. warship. other missiles have been shot down at least eight miles away from u.s. ships. the gravy used its weapons systems to shoot down the missile, the first time ever that the sea whiz has been used in combat. that's not all. the u.s.s. carney guided missile destroyer shot down multiple drones and anti-ship ballistic missile in the gulf of aden wednesday. a u.s. defense official tells us. the carney shot the drones down with its five inch lightweight gun and shot down the ballist

navy, jonathan cofounded the appeal for peace -- sorry, cofounded the appear for redress from the iraq war through which almost 3000 active duty national guard and reserve personnel wrote to congress calling for an end to the war and occupations in and of iraq and afghanistan but the appeal received wide media coverage including being featured on 60 minutes. it was were to be human rights award from the institute for policy studies in 2007. that same year, jonathan received the social courage award from the peace and justice studies association. jonathan is the author of antiwar soldier, right there. how do dissent within the ranks of the military. it was published in 2008 and for which david cartwright wrote the introduction. jonathan also wrote in a chapter in the important 2022 collection, paths of dissent: soldiers speak out against america's misguided wars. very distinguished panel to talk about the movement against the war in iraq we will start with david cartwright. >> thank you for that kind introduction. it has really been more difficult to talk about peace history at a time w

the american navy appeared in the zone persian gulf in 1987, when iran's iraq war entered the tankerq and its leader saddam hussein, generously supplying money, weapons, intelligence and dual-use technology. however, american... friendship is a fickle thing. saddam hussein fell out of favor with washington after the invasion of kuwait. the result was an air-ground operation called desert storm, which led to a devastating defeat for the iraqi army. the usa was moving towards its goal, regardless of any damage. according to the then us ambassador to the un, madeleine albright, 500,000 dead children is a fair price to pay for democracy. half a million children have died in iraq, more than the number of child casualties. russia, is the goal worth such a price? i think this is a very difficult choice, but we think the price is justified. a new milestone in american policy in the middle east was the coming to power of george w. bush. the united states has begun to increase its military presence in the middle east. in october 2001 it began unbreakable freedom. american troops entered. afgha

iraq. this iranian spy ship that has been targeting data to the houthis to shoot cruise missiles at the u.s. navy, why is that boat still floating? i think there is an intermarried -- intermediary step before hitting targets in iran. it's going after iranian intelligence and personnel in the region. it seems to be from these strikes yesterday that we did not do. that we had the proxies. not the iranian officials themselves. >> okay, again, clarity here, you are not advocating for any strike inside iran but question if the u.s. hit the iranian spy ship your referencing, how would that escalate things? >> i think it sends a message to the iranians, there's a price you pay for their support to the houthis. again, it is the tit-for-tat, it's just tactical in nature, going back and forth, we have to increase the pain on the iranians. this would do that. their ships in the region are not safe. i think it's something that certainly should be considered. it is the next ex military step. one other thing i also think is important, you have to take a look at the assessment going on right now. these are refl

claimed by the islamic resistance in iraq, a term used to describe a loose coalition of militias that oppose u.s. support for israel's assault on gaza. meanwhile, a u.s. navydestroyer in the gulf of aden shot down an anti-ship cruise missile on tuesday launched by the houthis in yemen, the latest attack targeting u.s. forces in the region. for more, we're joined in washington, d.c., by trita parsi, executive vice president of the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. he has authored three books on u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, with a particular focus on iran and israel. welcome back to democracy now! if you can talk about what took place at this remote base, the killing of the three u.s. soldiers, injury of about 40 others, and the drumbeat by republicans as well as democrats, as well as the media in the united states, for president biden to militarily respond. what would this mean? >> it depends on how five response. -- how biden response. if he is thinking about taking iran on iranian soil, is very likely there would be a forceful response by the iranians which will bring the unites states right into a shooting war. something the adminis

encounter's urgency and the outpost in iraq, jordan and syria that we should shift to a serious and focused policy against china it if you build up the air force and the navychina you could deter iran and gallagher can point out things that we have no coordination with taiwan's militaries that are very important bases like okinawa and japan which is a couple hundred miles and taiwan does not have a permanent force of jet fighters and other important bases like wallman which u.s. territory does not have installed missile-defense. we're going to talk about a tough game against china but somewhere in the $850 billion defense budget we have not found the resources to truly deter china's military buildup even if you out in japan and australia. cheryl: christian wyden thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> we have a lot more coming up a dangerous criminal facing extradition to new york city. arizona prosecutor will not give him up to d.a. alvin bragg the shocking reason why making a buzz, don't miss our power-play tomorrow maria is going to be joined by fox news contributor newt gingrich and the entire 8:00 a.m. hour. one day before the south carolina pr

iraq and afghanistan. over and over again we see the positive side. in particular my navyoctor son served in naples, italy. we now have three grandchildren that speak italian. i just want to again say thank you for what is being done. we still have some trails that we need to come and bring his -- representingng nearby the proverbial question is always a delay in having. what isan a department doing to ensure the maintenance request or responded to mr. secretary owens in regards to timing. >> thank you for the question. i think i will start by pointing to the work that we are eager to get out there. it gives us the ability to have asset level assessments so that we can understand the ramificationsel of delay better than we can right now. at a portfolio level, like i said earlier, we understand the macrolevel challenge and the money problem, but, to the specific example that the representative gave about a failing roof in the cdc, i agree it is not a thing that we can let sit for even a couple of hours. the asset management approach will give us the ability to rack and stac

all due to my wife, we have for macs uncensored and iraq and afghanistan for over and over again we are seeing the positive side and in particular my navy doctor son served in naples, italy, and one of the benefits is that we now have three grandchildren who speak italian. so hey, i just want to again thank you for what is being done. i'm very grateful to represent a fort jackson. we saw some trails we need, the chairman to come and bring his rucksack, and so, and representing fort jackson and also nearby shop. the proverbial question is always a delay in having repairs. what is the department doing to ensure that maintenance requests are responded to, mr. secretary haaland's, in regards to timing? >> i think i would sir, i thank you for the question. i think i start representative wilson by pointing to the work that we are eager to get after relative to sustained benefit structure and system which gives us the ability to have asset level assessments so that we can understand what the ramifications of delay are better than we can right now. at a portfolio level, like i said earlier we understand the sort of macrolevel challenge and the