Them now. We have Fox Team Coverage, the decision to take at the iranian general responsible for american deaths. Benjamin hall has the latest on the new round of airstrikes. What have you got . Reporter everyone was waiting for some retaliation from iran. There was a possible second us strike. It is not yet been confirmed but if true it took place just north of baghdad, two car struck by an airstrike, one containing a finance operator of the shia militia and someone close to Qasem Soleimani. The architect of irans foreign aggression, many of their terrorist acts responsible for the deaths of hundreds of americans. That took place early this morning. Qasem soleimanis convoy hit by a drone with the head of the militia that led the attack, the storming of the us embassy earlier this week. Qasem soleimani was said to be developing plans for further attacks against americans in the region. Iran said it will retaliate and the state department has told americans in iraq to leave immediately. The strike has strained us iraqi relations. Tomorrow the Prime Minister will convene parliament because he says the attack violated the terms of the agreement under which us troops are in iraq. There is even a suggestion they might be asked to leave at 4000 more troops are deploying to the region, the dod says is appropriate and precautionary action. Despite the buildup donald trump has made clear the us does not want war with iran and the death of Qasem Soleimani was taken because the opportunity was there and it would save lives. Carley Fox Team Coverage continues with david fund who is digging into the decision to take out the iranian general tied to hundreds if not thousands of american deaths. Qasem soleimani has been killed and his buddy rampage is now forever gone. Reporter donald trump told the crowd of evangelicals in florida he ordered the death of iranian general Qasem Soleimani and the United States is better off. We do not seek regime change but as president i will never hesitate to defend the safety of the American People. Let this be a warning to terrorists. If you value your own life you will not threaten the lives of our citizens. Reporter the drone attack came days after melee erupted outside the us embassy in baghdad. Planning a major attack and we got him. Reporter lawmakers want the president to be more specific. Why the administration shows this moment, why this Administration Made the decision when other administrations of both parties decided it would escalate the risks. Reporter new mexico democrat senator tom udall question the administration as rationale for the attack. I dont believe there was an imminent attack based on what i have been briefed on to date. Reporter a pentagon spokeswoman says mark esper will provide a briefing to members of congress. Some lawmakers claim the president is using the attack as a distraction from impeachment. This action was taken more in Donald Trumps selfinterest rather than our national interest. Reporter the white house denies this charge that the president is doing this to make people forget about impeachment, the other big story in washington. Mitch mcconnell was back on the floor talking about where we are. Reporter he said many things, currently the house is Holding Articles of impeachment and will not tell senators how to do their job. About this fantasy the speaker of the house would get trial proceedings in the senate that is obviously a nonstarter. When leader mcconnell suggests we have both sides present their arguments and deal with witnesses he is proposing to conduct a whole trial and then once the trial is basically over consider the question of evidence. That makes no sense. That is alice in wonderland logic. Reporter evidence relating to impeachment came before a panel of federal judges this morning. Attorneys for the house judiciary want don began to testify and the grand jury material from the Robert Mueller investigation, developed a justice trying to block that request. We have known for several weeks this could go to the Supreme Court. We will be watching. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell asking of House Democrats are getting cold feet on impeachment as he announces there will be a briefing on the Qasem Soleimani operation next week. Lets bring in one of those senators, who sits on the Senate Judiciary and Armed Services committee. What have you been told about the operation that took out Qasem Soleimani or are you waiting for the briefing next week . We are getting some information. We will have a classified briefing next week. We have to realize that Qasem Soleimani was a terrorist. This is someone who had been mastermind terrorist attacks on six continent including attacks in the United States. He had been sanctioned by not only the us but the eu and the un. He was in violation of un regulations. He cost hundreds of american lives, thousands of lives around the globe and we knew that he was going to pose a direct threat. That threat had been articulated by our intelligence community. They had identified the location and it is important to note also that president obama chose to send aid and comfort and cash to the iranians and when we knew they were a threat. They used that money to inflict pain on us and our allies so obama sends piles of cash and what does trump do . He sends in hellfire missiles and drones and eliminates Qasem Soleimani who had posed such a threat to the American People. A couple points, you bring up the unmarked bills that went to the administration and leaders in iran, we can imagine some of those things were not so positive but there are those who say the president pulling out of that deal led us to the place where we are now in the nation, the assassination upgrades the threat of war, they write trumps decision to walk away from the deal and luncheon economic war and new devastating sanctions of the policy of maximum pressure sits stage for the dangerous escalation we are seeing right now. To question where we go from here saying us troops, american citizens are in more danger than they were before . I respond by saying they should have been asking what kind of escalation did the Iran Nuclear Deal cause . Because the sanctions were lifted on Qasem Soleimani in that nuclear deal, they were removed from him. Once the sanctions were off, what was the first place he went . He went to russia, he was asking russia for their help. I believe that russia, iran, china, and north korea is your new axis of evil. I think that the question is exactly the flipside. Actions of donald trump did not escalate tensions. What it is done is deescalate. Why do you think there are these pictures of those in the middle east dancing in the streets . Because Qasem Soleimani has been removed. I want to ask about impeachment. We are waiting to see if theres going to be a senate trial, the articles will come over, two Court Hearings where attorneys for House Democrats arguing they need this information from the mueller grand jury report, they could come up with these war articles even though they havent sent over to the they have. Nancy pelosi selena mccall made clear he will comply with Donald Trumps coverup of his abuses of power and be an accomplice, she wants to be sure there will be a, quote, fair trial where she wont use articles in the senate. Nancy pelosi needs to realize the u. S. Constitution gives her no ability to try to direct the activities of the u. S. Senate and we are not going to take up anything until they send it to us. Leader mcconnell is stating the position of republicans in the senate and where and how we would move forward and this shows nancy pelosi and the democrats are never going to give up. They cannot stand donald trump. They are so jealous of the fact the American People support him. He is one of the most admired men in the country. I have been all over west tennessee the past couple days and people are happy with their paychecks, some have said i am a trump democrat because they feel like donald trump is doing such a great job. Hes going to be reelected, the democrats are showing up. They believe they cannot beat him. What they are trying to do is tie him up with all of these impeachment articles, one after another. Good to have you back with us. The president said he ordered Qasem Soleimani killed to stop a war, not stop one and we do not seek regime change. Trace gallagher joins us from los angeles with a status check on the Signature Campaign slogan america first. A concern among Donald Trumps critics is the attack on Qasem Soleimani could drive the us into a broader middle east conflict. This strike is fairly audacious. Right decision, wrong commanderinchief. Im worried he did not incorporate intelligence and planning the check in thinking about repercussions. We now according to the pentagon that donald trump gave the attack order based primarily on intelligence that indicated Qasem Soleimani was planning an attack on us assets that could have cost hundreds of american lives in the president said today it was meant to stop a war, not start when. Military analyst jack keane believes the president has shown great restraint in dealing with iran especially in the wake of several provocations including iran shooting down an american drone and attacking oil tankers and oil fields in the region. When the president threatened that iran would pay a big price irans Supreme Leader you cant do anything, then came the deadly missiles. Now iran is making its own threat something to credible including potential candidates gops durrant hall. If you have an escalation there will be another response from us which will be of further escalation. The attack is also generated support at home and abroad. Middle eastern political analyst said this strike could help restore confidence that washington will push back. Gop new york congresswoman says the president reaffirmed the proven doctrine of peace through strength and former National Security adviser john bolton took a step further congratulating those involved information and hoping this is the first step to regime change in iran. Shannon will Iraqs Parliament us forces get out . We will hear from experts, Daniel Hoffman and deputy under secretary of defense for Intelligence Lieutenant general jerry boykin. They join us live next. Into a smaller life . Are your asthma treatments just not enough . Then see what could open up for you with fasenra. It is not a steroid or inhaler. It is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. Its an addon injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils. Nearly 7 out of 10 adults with asthma may have elevated eosinophils. Fasenra is designed to target and remove eosinophils, a key cause of asthma. It helps to prevent asthma attacks, improve breathing, and can reduce the need for oral steroids like prednisone. Fasenra may cause allergic reactions. Get help right away if you have swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue, or trouble breathing. Dont stop your asthma treatments unless your doctor tells you to. Tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection, or your asthma worsens. Headache and sore throat may occur. Could you be living a bigger life . Ask an asthma specialist about fasenra. Shannon President Trump was elected Shannon Donald trump was elected after promising to get tough with adversaries like iran after president obama tried a different approach. Donald trump saying tonight Qasem Soleimani should have been killed long ago. In november of 2016 after the election bret baer examined how the Obama Administration dealt with iranian aggression and how that influence Donald Trumps thinking at the time. On january 12th, 10 american sailors were captured by irans revolutionary guard after mistakenly entering iranian waters. This video was later released showing them held at gunpoint kneeling before their captors and apologizing. It was a mistake that was our fault. Not so long ago the world might have awaited a response from an outraged america like fast and furious. Instead the us secretary of state was soon sounding grateful to iran. I want to thank the iranian authorities for their cooperation and quick response. The entire episode seemed to point to a new world that has been emerging these past several years and the new military. At other times in the past i dont believe the iranians would have dared to have taken our troops and treat them like that. I dont think they would have dared. John kelly recently discussed such foreignpolicy challenges with donald trump. Those people who determined they should be afraid. I dont believe some of the countries are afraid of us. Back to fox news alert another airstrike in north baghdad almost exactly 24 hours after the one killed Qasem Soleimani. The reported target this time iranian backed militia leaders. We do not yet know who launched the latest airstrike. How will this impact the session with iraq as parliament holds emergency session to demand the us get out of iraq. Lets turn to a station chief who has served in iraq, Daniel Hoffman and former deputy under secretary jerry boykin. Good to have you both with us tonight. How would this work if the Iraqi Parliament we have partnered with open for democracy and freedom for the people how does it work if the parliament tells us to get out . It is to their disadvantage to do that and i hope they wont. Secondly they need to realize we can go across the border into kuwait and still run strikes against these shia terrorists organizations like hezbollah which is what we need to be worried about in that part of the world. Shannon one of the warnings we are getting talks about the fact that Qasem Soleimani will now be revered and it will be a rallying cry for the worst bad guys over there. This was not going to destroy the partners and proxies, it will give them a new martyr to avenge. The biggest function as will be the Islamic State and al qaeda. Do you think thats an accurate prediction . I dont know that i would speculate, what we do know is when you look at the Iraqi Parliament the second largest faction is closely aligned with irans military. And the other iranian proxy militant groups and they are in the parliament, they penetrated the Iraqi Government thats the challenge we face. There are many in iraq protesting iranian influence, they torched iranian consulates and so some of them will probably derive great inspiration from the strike. There is a battle going on inside iraq domestically, whether iraq is able to turn away iranian efforts to influence the future in that country and many wish to do so it is a great challenge. Iran is exercised influence in lebanon and are trying to do the same in iraq. Shannon pfister Service IntelligenceCommittee Says it is not clear the Trump Administration has a plan to prevent another catastrophic war in the middle east. Has this administration articulated a strategy or plan clearly enough for the American People . I think they have articulated a strategy and that strategy has been very restrained and very measured, they focused primarily on sanctions and now we have seen that trump is willing to go to the next level and that is why we are seeing these strikes but lets go back to your interview with bret baer, people need to remember the iran deal was closed in 2015. That incident with our sailors was in 2016 so any notion that mister trumps behavior has brought us to this point they need to recognize the iranians never modified their behavior as a result of the iran deal which mister trump had the courage to pull out of. Shannon as soon as we got the news last night there were critics primarily from the left to said this president faced severe challenges with iran, north korea and other places and wasnt measuring up. Among the critics last night was adam schiff who said the administration has yet to show that maximum pressure is doing anything but prompting more dangerous and deadly responses from iran increasing the likelihood of fullfledged war. Those are two separate things. The Iran Nuclear Deal was flawed so much so that Chuck Schumer and other democrats refused to consider it and make a binding treaty. I think the iranians nefarious influence, their support for terrorism and Ballistic Missile program they were not going to change irrespective of the nuclear deal as flawed as it was. They are two separate things we are dealing with and the enemy was inside our gates. The embassy in baghdad is sovereign american territory, the president is trying to do everything he could to prevent anything worse from happening to our brave patriots serving in iraq and elsewhere and it was iran who escalated going back to when they targeted the golf shipping and shot down our drone and targeted saudi arabia with the missile strikes. This administration has done what they had to do. Last thing i would say is the challenge, there is a strategic contradiction when we apply maximum pressure as we have because the irans economy to go to freefall it is hard to withdraw the boot from their throat and that requires military pressure which is why the president is sending in another 3000 troops and that is the tough part. Shannon thank you both for your service to the country in different ways in that region and beyond. Thank you. Chief Justice John Roberts to preside over a potential Senate Impeachment trial while morning about the dangers of fake news. What he said next. New yorkk city operating on heightened terror alert while the us capital undergo security upgrades in the wake of irans of now to forcefully respond to the attack. More from Jillian Turner but first the latest on the breaking news, reports of another airstrike. Breaking tonight and iraqi official telling the Associated Press and airstrike has carried iran backed militia fighters killing at least 5 people north of baghdad, details about the incident still very fluid at this hour as a us official says it wasnt a usled airstrike. Last nights strike that killed Qasem Soleimani definitely was and now us officials are bracing for potential you tally a story attacks here, at home. We are getting more information about upgraded security measures. At Arlington National cemetery, the final resting place of thousands of servicemembers. On capitol hill, iran maintains a presence on the hill as well as across the entire city and new york on high alert, the nypd insists Qasem Soleimani had long had the city in his crosshairs and officers are being deployed to post citywide. The top diplomat at the United Nations has concerns about reprisal attacks, a stark warning for the us and the Trump Administration. We cannot just look at what happened last night. There will be harsh revenge. The ambassador going on to say revenge will be at a time and place of irans choosing. Do we know anything about the options they are considering for retaliating . Reporter they working with the Iraqi Government in a push to expel us troops from iraq and across the region. It is the goal Qasem Soleimani long had in mind. The Prime Minister is calling for an emergency parliamentary session to put a end to the us presence in iraq, and designs on launching cyberattacks on the us power grid, us banks and classified government computer system, something mike pompeo raise red flags about early this morning. There is always risk of cyberattacks. We certainly consider that risk. National Security Forces say iran is considering options for asymmetric attacks on us interests like targeting oil supplies or terror attacks on americans abroad. Is 2,020 the man who will preside over and impeachment trial is concerned not necessarily about the historic proceeding but how social media is working on what americans know about current eventss and how our government really works. Reporter it was one line a 7page your end summary of the judiciary but chief Justice John Roberts made clear Public Confidence in the federal judiciary was at stake. In an age when social media can instantly spread rumor and false information the public needs to understand our government and the protection it provides is evermore vital. Roberts did not for fake news specifics but some on social media saw it as a subtlety get donald trump. Others wonder if roberts is chief justice of the United States appoints every fisa judge made headlines regarding what turned out to be numerous errors and omissions and warrant applications involving carter page. Roberts spent most of his report on the need for Civics Education but implicit in his message were repeated calls for a, quote, strong and independent judiciaries without fear or favor. Is the theme he has often repeated in speeches. People need to know we are not doing politics and we are doing something different, we are applying the law. Roberts and trump have clashed in the past with the chief publicly pushing back at the president s suggestion obama judges are to blame for losses his administration has suffered in court. On immigration, abortion and the environment and roberts, first among equals ready for Senate Impeachment trial where he will preside. Despite ruling against trump policies many legal analysts believe he will run a fair senate trial. Judges are very familiar with making decisions in cases and maybe being called upon to preside over a trial and i have no doubt chief Justice Roberts will be able to do that in this case. Roberts knows his reputation will be scrutinized during any Senate Impeachment trial. How he conducts himself will be closely watched through political and legal lens. Breaking news from the campaign trail joe biden cornered on iraq by peter doocy. We will show you that showdown next. Shannon President Trumps decision to eliminate irans top military general in an election year, changing the the decision to eliminate irans stop military general and electionyear changing dynamics of the president ial election pushing National Security and National Security to the forefront, allies defending the division necessary to save american lives, Many Democrats working to replace donald trump dont see it that way. Peter doocy has reaction. Democrats dont dispute Qasem Soleimani is responsible for american death. The death of us troops are on his hands. He has blood on his hands. A murder with the blood of americans on his hands. Is not clear what these democrats would do differently. As commanderinchief if you were handed a piece of intelligence that said you can stop an imminent attack on americans but you have to use an airstrike to take out a terror leader would you pull the trigger . We did with usama bin laden. Did you tell president obama not to do that . He said he did eight years ago. My suggestion is dont go. We have to do two more things to see if he is there. A bigger problem for biden is where Qasem Soleimani worked. No matter how reviled he was in the west he was a senior figure of the iranian government. Now some contenders weighing in with military experience like pete buttigieg. Taking a bad guy is not a good idea of authority for what comes next. Told together too. Trump talked a lot since he has been in office about how he wants to end forever wars but his actions tell the difference were. Bernie sanders shares her concern. This is a dangerous escalation. That is why joe biden isnt sure about the wisdom of sending thousands of troops to the region. Is that in order you would make . I dont know when you dont know, dont always coordinate with our allies, we dont know what commitments he has made, no idea, i hope he has a plan for second and third iterations of this. Biden isnt just talking about donald trump it has a primary spike with Bernie Sanders on his hands because sanders is calling by announcing he thinks the former vp has too much baggage and biden said he thinks bernie is the one with the baggage. The commander in chief looking to evangelicals for Trump Coalition miami mega church just hours ago. We know that families, churches, not washington bureaucrats know best how to create strong and loving communities. Above all else we know that in america we dont worship government, we worship god. The president talked about his efforts to protect persecutor religious communities at home and abroad, christians on it worrying about retaliation from the Qasem Soleimani strike. Joining me now democratic strategists tony perkins was with the president at the event tonight. Welcome to you both. You know theres a lot of speculation whether this is to shore up cracks in the evangelical base. Political writing while trumps religious advisors hail the president as the greatest champion since Ronald Reagan the policies they. 2, antiabortion judges, rollback of environmental regulations, support for israel are the same issues driving religious constituencies farther away from the president. This was a great event, great kickoff for the evangelical coalition and hard to imagine the president would get stronger support in 2020 than he did in 2016 but i think hes going to do even better because of those policies, religious freedom being chief among them. The life issues spoken about frequent become a Standing Ovations for the president , the judges he talked about that, Standing Ovations for that. He was preaching to the choir, the choir was singing back with a strong voice in this rally and i think that message is going to go out across the nation, this president is doing well with evangelicals and the polling shows that despite what is being said. He has not lost any support among evangelicals. It is growing. One of the things he talks about, the democratic field and what he calls their radical position on abortion and other things that are concerning to christians. Is what the president said about the 2020 contenders on the other side of the ticket. As we speak every democrat candidate running for president is trying to punish religious believers and silence our churches and pastors. What do you make of that and how it will play for folks hoping to appeal to the average american, by taking positions the president described as radical. It is redmeat for evangelicals which is one of the most consistent basis of support of this president , a third of the republican base, the president is smart to have this event in miami with tony and others because the support is being successful from 81 percent84 in terms of exit polls against secretary clinton. The interesting things we are the younger evangelicals who are turned off by his divisive language whether it is on twitter, issues with some border policies or more accepting of lgbt americans so it is anyones guess what they do. Im interested to see what millennial evangelicals do come november. What do you make of the conversation that there is a split in the evangelical community, we think of christianity today, all the backandforth over that. Is there a fracture . I dont think so. You have from the beginning the never trumpers who are very small part of the evangelical community. They cant bring themselves to say this guy has done what he said he was going to do and has done the right things when it comes to religious liberty, the life issue, the court. I want to be careful, dont want to give away the secret sauce but the more the president is attacked and the more evangelicals are marginalized the stronger the two becoming coalition so if the left wants to ensure his victory in 2020 just keep doing what they are doing. The best thing they can do if they wanted to win was to back off evangelicals, the aclu, the freedom from Religion Foundation and stop threatening people of faith every time they stick their heads out of the church door and marginalizing them with these attacks. A quick final word. I agree with tonys take on this. We cannot demonize anyone. We need to build a big tents to be successful against this president and welcome those very evangelicals who are upset with the president s rhetoric, upset with his policies especially at the border and separating families, we have to give them a safe harbor and cant demonize anyone. Happy new year. Can you sue if your food makes you or your dog fat . Stick around for our diet feed night court next. Or make me feel like im not really there. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442342424. Shannon time now for night court. On the docket time for night court, two cases related to weight loss and allegedly false advertising, new york woman blaming a popular dog food brand for making her pup fat. A california woman is upset with a popular soda brand calling foul after drinking diet dr pepper and not losing weight. Lets turn to brian and bob. Welcome back. Lets start with the diet dr pepper thing. Exhibit a talks about what happened, the plaintiff says reasonable consumers would be misled into believing thinking diet dr pepper would help them lose weight, she claims she purchased it for more than 13 years and chose the product over otherss because she believed it would help her manage her weight but it didnt. The court has ruled that it is unreasonable for consumer to believe that by drinking a diet beverage that deals with weight management, it may have reduced calories from the regular soda but that doesnt mean you can eat whatever you want, not exercise and the court to this lawsuit out saying it had no legitimacy. My only issue is crazy lawsuits, people going to sue dr pepper because they drank it and didnt become a medical doctor. Is that the next issue of false advertising. I hope she does appeal this to the Supreme Court because this will be a lot of fun to cover. The ninth circuit ruling no reasonable consumer would assume their use of the term diet promises weight loss or management reasonable. Legal linguistics, that ruling means next time i go to a Grocery Store i better take in english professor of linguistics expert with me to figure out of the word diet is an adjective or a verb. They said it was used as an adjective so it is not reasonable for the consumer to think they will lose weight but i look at the definition of diet as a verb and it means to restrict food you ingest liquids to lose weight saw this in my opinion was a factual issue that should have gone to the jury. The court should have thrown it out. The judge is not the jury. The same amount of salt in regular dr pepper is in regular dr pepper. Salt causes you to retain water and you can gain weight from that. Shannon this is a woman who said her dog got fat on special food. The blue wilderness chicken recipe dog food contains more carbs than a wild great wolf is likely to consume in a lifetime. As a result of consuming tucker has gained significant weight, requires medical attention for canine obesity. Okay. I love my dog and i would be very upset. I love my dog too. It is based on the part of the commercial where it says inspired by wolves. We dont have wolves, we have domesticated animals and if a plaintiff has seen the dog was getting fat or having medical conditions that should have been brought 2 of it to see what the problem was with the diet or exercise or it has these diseases naturally but to say the company should be sued because they put inspired by a wolf which she does not own is a ridiculous lawsuit. Let me get brian in for a quick response. The company didnt respond about the lawsuit but said everything they make is carefully formulated by vets and animal nutritionists. Quick final word. The diet of a wolf is to eat twee 7 pounds of meat a day and sometimes 20 pounds of meat a day so this is clearly not inspired by the diet available for. It is very misleading. Excellent arguments. Let us know what you think hashtag night court, legal eagles, thank you very much. That is it for tonight, most watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent friday evening with us, good night from washington. I am shannon bream. Into a smaller life . Are your asthma treatments just not enough . Then see what could open up for you with fasenra. It is not a steroid or inhaler. It is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. Its an addon injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils. Nearly 7 out of 10 adults with asthma may have elevated eosinophils. Fasenra is designed to target and remove eosinophils, a key cause of asthma. It helps to prevent asthma attacks, improve breathing, and can reduce the need for oral steroids like prednisone. Fasenra may cause allergic reactions. Get help right away if you have swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue, or trouble breathing. Dont stop your asthma treatments unless your doctor tells you to. Tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection, or your asthma worsens. Headache and sore throat may occur. Could you be living a bigger life . Ask an asthma specialist about fasenra. Tonight. We will be back monday. Sean welcome to this breaking news addition of hannity. We begin with a fox news alert. Tonight the world are safer as one of the most ruthless evil war criminals on earth has been brought to justice. Qassem soleimani was evil personified he was a terrorist and a murderer with american blood on his hands. As the leader of the reigning codes force, their elite military unit, no man was more responsible for the death of ou american treasure and civilian deaths in the middle east then him. Thanks to President Trump, thanks to the greatest fighting force on the face of this earth our amazing military, thanks