our retaliation was to carry a clear message to the iranian regime and to the commander of the quds force customs to the money who very brazenly attacked israel and the message is that israel or the i.d.f. seek to defend itself and we do not think that's going to situation but we will not hesitate in defending ourselves against the whole firm intentions of the iranian regime and as we have said before and made clear we are not going to tolerate a host of the summer deployment of the reunion military infrastructure inside syria the last sentence for me they are one thousand six hundred kilometers away from iraq so the question that needs to be asked is what are you reunion troops doing so far from home and so close to israel so i want to ask you then because you know i hear the sense of urgency in your voice that you said that you sent a message that you're monitoring the situation but ultimately what is the israeli military prepared to do to eliminate the iranian military presence in syria so close to your country which we know that the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now making a to

today the iranian quds force conducts covert assassination operations in the heart of europe. we should remember, too, that during the jcpoa, iran continues to hold americans hostage. the two namazis, mr. wong, and bob levinson, who has been missing for over 11 years. i will note for the american people, you should know we are working diligently to bring each american missing, wrongfully detained in iran, home. the list continues. iran continues to be, during the jcpoa, the world's largest sponsor of terror. it continues to serve as sanctuary for al qaeda as it has done since 9/11 and is unwilling to bring to justice senior al qaeda members residing in tehran. today, we ask the iranian people , is this what you want your country to be known for? for being a co-conspirator with hezbollah, hamas, the taliban and al qaeda? the united states believes you deserve better. and i have an additional point for the iranian people to ponder. here in the west, president rouhani and the foreign minister are often held apart from the regime's unwise terrorists and maligned behavior. they are

iran too must end quds forces for terrorists and militant partners around the world. and iran must end its threatening behavior against its neighbor, many of whom are u.s. allies. this certainly includes its threats to destroy israelal -- israel and firing missiles into saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. it also includes threats to international shipping and destructive cyberattacks. you know the list is pretty long. but if you take a look at it, these are 12 very basic requirements. the length of the list is simply a scope of the maligned behavior of iran. we didn't have create the list. they did. from my conversation with european friends, i know that they broadly share these same views. of what the iranian regime must do. to gain acceptance in the international community. i ask that america's allies join us in calling for the iranian government to act more responsibly. in exchange for major changes in iran, the united states is prepared to take actions which will benefit the iranian people. these areas of action include a number of things. first, once this

>> the cued -- quds force, primary driver of iran meddling in the region and around the globe, the qudsdeeply emmeshed into every aspect of the iranian economy. when you talk about the money that money is not going into community projects. that money is monitored and in part divvied up by the quds force. it is used to further strengthen their proxy actions through hezbollah and others. netanyahu was in moscow. part of the reason he was in moscow to deconflict with the russians. enough is enough. we have to take action against iran. the russians have their own interests in syria. this is interesting, it is very interesting dynamic because the russians only have so much influence over iranians. they will not be able to tell the iranians what to do. melissa: mike, i could listen to you all day but we're out of time. >> thank god you don't have to. melissa: we like you. david: always smartest person on the channel. >>> meanwhile, bracing for a nutty problem why california almond growers say every one loses if trump's tariffs go into effect. we have details from almond country in california

barrage of rockets fired outposts in the go on heights which it blames on elite iranian forces the al quds forces in syria it's the second day of strikes between the two sides in some of the most serious military action of this car and in many years for the very latest let's go to jerusalem now our correspondent tony creamer standing by for us tom what prompted this escalation and what more can you tell us about the targets hit by the israeli military. well yes the s. hiren's went off and the israeli controlled part of the golan heights just shortly after midnight and according to the israeli army a barrage of rockets came in what they claim were fired from the iranian forces and the is israeli army responded with a large air raid on dozens of targets now they published a more comprehensive report and describing a target list and also videos this morning they targeted mission storehouses damascus international airport intelligence sides logistic compounds other sites that is like claims of a longing to reign it in full says now it has been described by security officials of one of the largest ope

and how they're helping and assisting hezbollah and propping up the assad regime and helping the quds forcehich is a terror organization. this agreement did not end their nuclear program. it just delayed an eventuality, their breakout time for 10 to 15 years. we've not seen any compliant behavior from iran. the statement from their foreign minister, that is just absolute blather. trish: so where does this go? you look at all those european countries doing business with iran. i can't imagine they are going to be able to continue doing business with us if they're doing business with the iranians, if we're going to hold the world to these sanctions, sir. so with that in mind, are we able, even if it is somewhat inadvertently, to inflict a certain amount of pressure on iran right now, economically? >> well, you know, mike pompeo was the top of his class at west point and one of the things they teach professional military officers are the four elements of national power. dime theory. diplomatic, informational, military and economic. we're using diplomatic and economic pressure against iran and w

. >> what evidence do they have that it was the quds force. >> they haven't said specifically what intelligence leads them to believe it was the iranian revolutionary fward force firing the missiles. but we know yesterday the israel military detected irregular iranian activity in syria. we know that israel has been expecting some sort of iranian response over the last few weeks and perhaps even months. that's because there have been a number of strikes in syria targeting iranian positions that syria and and iran blamed and israel. israel expected a opinions. it pleefs this is part of that the response. they've been high alert opened up bomb shemters throughout the golan heights. at this point the israel military has not instructed people to go in the shelt sfwleers i'm not sure about the freedom of movement. but do you have any information about casualties or damage? >> so far in this information is a few hours old we are wait be for the update but the israel says there is light damage here and no information on any casualties whether injured or killed on this side. we have heard from the syria

people dressed in black with quds force a mcdonald's after stepping into the traditional union-led march for workers rights. the french president condemning the violence, saying may one is for workers, not for ligands. making thisron comets from australia, where he is meeting with leaders. business,g up in facebook i is trying to move on frfrom months of turbulence. the social networking giant announcing a dating feature to build meaningful relationships, and not aimed at hooking up. visitings aimed at venice over the weekend had to pass the metal gates to enter the city that famously has more tourists than residents. that story coming up. first, more live from paris. we will start first in the u.s., where one of donald trump's former attorneys has said that robert mueller talked about issuing a subpoena to bring president trump him for listening. david mueller floated it in a meeting with trump's lawyers in case the president refused to participate in the investigation of russian meddling in the election. reporter: march 5, the u.s. president was hosting in the white house. his legal te

let me ask you this, if the quds force or the iranian revolutionary guard were to transport themselvesinto syria and be engaged in activities that are hostile to our forces currently there, would you see that as a situation where they are now potentially an associated force under the corker/kane draft of an aumf? >> well, we don't have to imagine the quds force in syria. there's no need to transport them. they're there as we sit. i don't know. i'd have to think about the legal ramifications. >> ok. it would be completely -- >> certainly we'd have the right -- our forces would have the right to defend themselves. i'd have to help someone help me through the legal framework. >> ok. because the point i would make here is that it's very easy to imagine that this could be -- a president could say that this does meet the definition of associated forces in the legislation we're considering, which means we would have given clear authorization for unlimited action in syria, which is a challenge. it's a challenge on where we raw these lines. >> time's up. senator murphy. and i know he's late for

israel is saying its fighter jets destroyed the iranian rocket launcher that iran's elite al qud force significant damage to the iranian military infrastructure in syria, specifically hitting a logistics headquarters, warehouse and a war monitoring group is saying that there are 23 dead, 18 of whom are foreigners, that is non-syrians. as for iran, they are not commenting on the israeli attack. syria, though, saying one of its own radar bases was hit along with a weapons depot and its air defense system. at this hour, bill, here on the golan heights, things are quiet but very, very tense. people here know the situation can change literally any minute. >> bill: what is syria's role in iran's attack against israel? >> well, what's noteworthy here is the israelis say it was the iranians that launched this attack but did so from syrian territory. preliminary reports now suggest that the regime of assad is trying to distance itself from the latest iranian military aggression. fox news learned that european sources have been told assad and senior syrian leaders had no knowledge and did not co

we imposed sanctions on the central bank funneling money to the quds force. the iranian regime should know this is just the beginning. this sting of sanctions will be painful if the regime does not change its course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen to one that rejoins the league of nations. these will indeed end up being the strongest sanctions in history when we're complete. the regime has been fighting all over the middle east for years. after our sanctions come in force, it will be battling to keep its economy alive. iran will be forced to make a choice, either fight to keep its economy off life support at home or squandering wealth on fights abroad. it won't have the resources to do both. >> we've been listening to secretary of state mike pompeo at the heritage foundation in washington laying out a strong and determined case against the iranian nuclear deal and slamming tehran's jihadi leadership pointing out the agreement is fueled around support of terrorism, bolstered its influence in the middle east and as written it would per

to expanding power through hezbollah and hamas and the quds force, and many of us said the money wouldent on. we can impose sanctions, diplomatic levers we can use, but we have to do it with eyes wide open. they're not a trusted partner. david: congressman chris stewart, thank you for coming in. appreciate it. melissa? melissa: president trump's cia pick in the hot seat. gina haspel facing tough questions on capitol hill. how the nominee for cia director is facing interrogation about her interrogation of terror suspects. and speak with senator jim risch, one of the senators questioning haspel today. >> i support the higher moral standards that this country decided to hold itself to. i would never, ever take cia back to an interrogation program. . >> i'm very proud of the fact that we captured the perpetrator of 9/11, khalid sheikh mohammed. we did extraordinary work. to me the tragedy is that the controversy surrounding the interrogation program which as i've indicated to senator warner, i fully understand that, but it has cast a shadow over a major contribution to protecting this coun

munitions storage site at damascus international airport in the district's headquarters of the iranian quds forces. the bombings lit up the night sky and rattled windows across syria's capital city. monitoring groups say the strikes killed 2fighters, including many iranians and five syrian soldiers. on capitol hill, president trump's nominee to head the cia, gina haspel, repeatedly refused wednesday to call the cia's post-9/11 treatment of prisoners torture and declined to state whether she believes torture is immoral. deputy cia director haspel's comments came in testimony to the senate intelligence committee as she made her case to become cia director. haspel is a 33-year cia veteran who was responsible for running a secret cia black site in thailand in 2002, where at least one prisoner was waterboarded and tortured in other ways during her tenure. haspel also oversaw the destruction of videotapes showing torture at the black site. this is democratic senator kamala harris of california questioning haspel. >> do you believe in hindsight that those techniques were immoral? >> senator, what i belie

retaliation for rocket attacks against israel in the golan heights carried out by iran's elead quds force the ire dome defense system, that is the spots in the air, that is what prevented iranian rockets doing a lot of damage but will it escalate? we have rebecca heinrichs senior fellow at hudson institute. this look more like war. how would you define isn't. >> that israeli iron dome system, the american taxpayers should be proud, we funded a lot of that, cooperative program with the israelis, shows you that missile defense system is worth every penny. we need to do more. it is looking more like war. iranians are aggressors. israelis are defending themselves, striking back and taking out iranian military facilities in syria and the american president, president trump, is not calling on the israelis to exercise restraint. david: no. >> he has their back. the american government has made clear we understand israelis are in the right and iranians are in the wrong. david: this is brewing as essentially iran took over lebanon. that is what is happening. all the area around israel is taken ove

iranian military targets in the country, retaliation for what israel says was an attack by the elite quds forcethe iran revolutionary guard of at least 20 rockets aimed at israeli military posts in the golan heights. the most direct confrontation to date between israel and iran came just one day after president trump pulled out of the nuclear deal with iran. while prime minister netanyahu said the iranian attack failed, he warned iran against a repeat performance. >> translator: iran has crossed a red line. whoever hits us will get hit seven times over. whoever prepares themselves to attack us will be attacked first. >> reporter: israel says it struck dozens of iranian targets in syria, releasing a map detailing iran's extensive military presence right at israel's doorstep. tehran has not taken responsibility for attacking the golan heights, but if true, it would mark the first time iranian forces have fired directly at israeli forces. >> translator: the international community needs to prevent the iranian force from basing itself in syria. >> reporter: the escalating tensions highlighting conc

the international community must prevent the entrenchment of iran's quds forces in syria. we must unite so we can stotop e evil. i repeat, whoever hits us, we will hit back sevenfold. whoeoever prepares to strike a t usus, we will act to strike at them before hand. this is what we have done and this is what we will continue to do. amy: earlier today iran's , foreign ministry said israel's claim about an iranian rocket attack is "freely invented and baseless." meanwhile, more evididence is emerging that it was israel, not iran, that began the escalation this week. "the new york times" reports an israeli missile strike on wednesday hit a village in the syrian golan heights. the syrian observatory for human rights also reports israel carried out a missile strike on tuesday near damascus killing at least 15 people, including 8 iranians. that strike occurred just hours after president trump announced the united states would pull out ofof the iran nuclear agreement. to talk more about the rising tension between israel and iran and what is happening in syria as well as israel and

the international community must prevent the entrenchment of iran's quds force in syria we must unite so that we may separate the spreading limbs of its evil there and in every place i repeat we have a hit sauce we will hit back sevenfold and whoever prepares to strike it us we will act to strike at them beforehand this is what we have done and this is what we will continue to do when iran's denied that it was behind the attacks and there's been no official response from the iranian regime but a senior politician has told al-jazeera that israel is fabricating the nature of iran's involvement in syria how a force that has more on the attacks from the occupied golan heights. cockpit video from israeli warplanes is they carried out the largest and most prolonged air strike in syria since the start of its civil war israel says it hit dozens of iranian military targets as well as five syrian anti-aircraft installations israel says it was a response after iranian forces launched twenty rockets at israeli targets in the occupied golan heights we have made it very clear that we are here to de

the revolutionary guard's quds force has been moving missiles into syria that can hit any target inside have seen recent israeli strikes. it's that aggressive militant behaviour by iran on the ground which is the real threat. so this crisis is notjust about trade, it's also about instability in the middle east. the israeli—occupied golan heights were put on alert overnight after some iranian revolutionary guards were reportedly killed over the border in syria after a suspected israeli air strike. james landale, bbc news. one of those leading efforts to salvage the deal is president macron of france. our correspondent lucy williamson is in paris. what can he do to try to keep the deal alive? that is the big question, he has made a lot of his close personal relationship with donald trump and has not hidden the fa ct donald trump and has not hidden the fact that they do differ hugely on some of these big issues. iran being the most pressing at the moment. so where does it go from here, there are officials here who say that they are officials here who say that they are starting to study the

let me ask you this, if the quds force or the iranian revolutionary guard were to transport themselves into syria and be engaged in activities that are hostile to our forces currently there, would you see that as a situation where they are now potentially an associated force under the corker/kane draft of an aumf? >> well, we don't have to imagine the quds force in syria. there's no need to transport them. they're there as we sit. i don't know. i'd have to think about the legal ramifications. >> ok. it would be completely -- >> certainly we'd have the right -- our forces would have the right to defend themselves. i'd have to help someone help me through the legal framework. >> ok. because the point i would make here is that it's very easy to imagine that this could be -- a president could say that this does meet the definition of associated forces in the legislation we're considering, which means we would have given clear authorization for unlimited action in syria, which is a challenge. it's a challenge on where we draw these lines. >> time's up. senator murphy. and i know he's late f

our retaliation was to carry a clear message to the iranian regime and to the commander of the quds force customs to the money who very brazenly attacked israel and the message is that israel or the i.d.f. seeks to defend itself and we do not seek to escalate the situation but we will not hesitate in defending ourselves against the whole firm intentions of the iranian regime and as we have said before and made clear we are not going to tolerate them the whole time the summer deployment of the iranian military infrastructure inside syria last sentence for me they are one thousand six hundred kilometers away from iraq so the question that needs to be asked is what are you reunion troops doing so far from home and so close to israel so i want to ask you then because you know i hear the sense of urgency in your voice that you said that you sent a message that you're monitoring the situation but ultimately what is the israeli military prepared to do to eliminate the iranian military presence in syria so close to your country which we know that the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now makin

dollars to the ed elite military unit known as the quds force.y opposed several sanctions on iranian companies, and in officials -- the sanctions were the first since president donald trump pulled out of the landmark iran nuclear deal and announced a return to economic crippling sanctions against tehran. these were representative of a move toward cutting off the to dollars.ss and more on the iran deal, here is stephen johnson writing a piece in the wall street journal -- excuse me, in the new york morning.s stephen steinman's was the national security director for north africa from 2011-2012. europe should stand up to trump, is what they write. do to get mr.e trump's attention? president has on rouhani of iran has indicated that his country will continue to it here to the terms of the deal for the time being and deal with other parties to it in hopes of securing its benefits. this confers on the european union, britain, and france, all someich are parties -- leverage. acknowledging around compliance and continuing business with iran would mitigat

many of them are thought to have belonged to the quds, the special forces of iran's revolutionary guardf what happened. this is how syrian state media are reporting the strikes. this night—time footage was filmed by a group called ‘central war media'. it's said to show the syrian air defence system intercepting missiles. syrian state media says at least half were shot down. the exact number of casualties is also disputed. syria's military says three soldiers were killed. 0pposition activists claim at least eight iranians were killed in one of the strikes. this image was shown on the syrian 0bservatory of human rights website. it gives us a better idea of the force of the rocket attacks. this smoke is rising from a weapons depot struck near damascus. the message from israel today is clear. israel's minister of public security and strategic affairs tweeting: "we will not hesitate to strike #iranian targets in #syria. we will hold syria accountable for attacks from its territory. we are not bluffing." but although israel insists it will "counter iran's terror anywhere," israel insists it d

news learned that european sources have been told major general soleimani, commander of the "al-quds" elite forceael and syrian regime of bashar al-assads had no knowledge or consent regarding what was taking place. israel maintained repeatedly it will not allow the iranians to have any military presence across the border in syria. at this hour there is an uneasy peace here in the golan heights. things are tense but quiet. brian? brian: david lee miller, thanks so much. we'll be back. meanwhile, steve, you have a different point of view. steve: i do. take a look at this, brian. california taking the nanny state to a whole new level, forcing every new homeowner to conserve energy by mandating that they install solar panels, adding at least $10,000 to the state's already sky-high construction costs for every house. here to react "the property man" host, bob massi who i was talking to in the commercial break and bob massi reveals he hates solar panels. >> i'm not a solar panel guy, not because of the fact i don't believe in conserving energy, now with california mandating it, it takes away the choic