News, Live Team Coverage. Griff jenkins has reaction from lawmakers. Jackie ibanez following the efforts to ramp up the hearing at home and expert analysis, at the heritage foundation, james carrafano, but first Rick Leventhal with the breaking development. What is the latest changing by the minute . They are but first and foremost this missile attack is not a surprise to us authorities who knew the uranium to take action in response to the targeted killing of one of the generals in iraq late last week. The question is this it . Is iran done with retaliation . I am guessing that they are but if the us fires back the escalation could continue. 15 Ballistic Missiles at two military bases by us military forces, one missile hit a base, four missiles failed in flight and the other ten struck at alassad were Coalition Forces often launch drone attacks. Video released out of iran shows what appears to be missiles in flight on their way to their targets, no video of any damages. More importantly, no reports of any us casualties. After the strike the Iranian Foreign minister send out a tweet reading iran took proportionate measures in self defense under article 51 of the un charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched. We do not seek escalation of war but will defend ourselves against any aggression. The pentagon released a statement of its own saying in recent days in response to iranian threats and actions that permit of defenses taken all appropriate measures to safeguard our personnel and others, these spaces have been on high alert due to indications the Iranian Regime planned to attack our forces and interests in the region. As we evaluate the situation and our response we will take all necessary measures to protect and defend us personnel, partners and allies in the region, the us military new the attack was coming, the missiles were on the way so presumably they took defensive action and helped prevent any us casualties, we are waiting for the Damage Assessment and word from the white house on what the next move might be . There is some chatter online that some troops had been moved from those specific bases in anticipation of the attack. I dont have information on that but troops at those bases likely would have been able to take cover before those missiles hit their target because they would have known they were on the way. We will see as the sun has now come up. We appreciate your coverage. Donald trump tweeting that he will address the nation sometime this morning as reaction continues to pour in, democrats quick to slam the president claiming the world cannot afford war. Griff jenkins live in washington as the president plans his next move and people wonder what that will be. Reporter we will hear from donald trump, he will make a statement giving insight into the latest of elements is what it means for the us and our allies but the reaction from capitol hill has been swift, critical of the president from democratic leaders, nancy pelosi tweeting shes closely monitoring the situation, we must ensure the safety of servicemembers including ending need those provocations from the administration and reminding iran cease its violence, america and the world cannot afford war, that criticism drawing reaction from republicans defending the president. Nancy pelosi putting out her statement and instead of thinking about troops hoping theres no casualties, sticking together as Americans First to gave the political partisan shot at the president was wrong. Reporter on the campaign trail democrats point blame. Joe biden taking a shot at the president s actions and accusing him of lack of strategy. Mister president , you have to explain your decision to the American People. That is your job as president , mister president. Not dear leader, not Supreme Leader, democracy runs on accountability and nowhere is it more important than the power to make war and bring peace. There was a warning from one of the candidates who has seen combat in iraq, chelsea gabbard. It would make the iraq war look like a picnic compared to the devastation and destruction that would because by going to war with iran. That Republican Leaders like Lindsey Graham say the president is doing the right thing it has all the authority he needs. It was an act of 4 by a regime for the last 40 years has been a cancer in the middle east, when they say they want to destroy israel they are not kidding, the president has all the authority he needs under article 2 to respond. Reporter it is unclear if we will see a push for the war powers resolution but briefings continue for members of congress on both sides, senate and house from Administration Officials like the cia director and the joint chiefs. Here with some expert analysis is 25 year army veteran and Vice President of foreignpolicy of the heritage foundations james carrafanoh. For 25 years you have been on fox, throughout the evening following this. What does this mean for the us and our allies. Iran just pulled off what looks like the biggest fireworks display in the middle east and sometime, this attack almost seems intentionally, trying to do significant military damage and i think the us response to that is the iranians are backing down and so what is very likely is the us will continue on the strategy it has of putting the pressure on, defending american lives, American Forces in the region and doing what it is doing. We heard Rick Leventhal talk about the two bases that were targeted. Iran has 2000 Ballistic Missiles, the largest arsenal in the entire middle east. What do we know specifically about these bases and why they targeted them and are there others they could have targeted that would have had more of an impact . They could have. The Ballistic Missile is a big term. These are conventional. They have big bombs on the end meaning they hit something it makes a huge hole in the ground but they dont hit directly what they aim at you just make a big hole in the ground. They were shot 400 miles on a target that is a mile or so wide or couple miles wide. Unless you shoot a lot of missiles you are more than likely just hitting desert. If they actually wanted to kill americans there are a lot of ways they could have been much more successful in doing that. These are really area weapons. It doesnt appeared they were used to militarily significant way. Heres what irans foreign minister tweeted out, iran took proportionate measures in selfdefense under article 51, un charter targeting base from which armed attack against our citizens and senior officials relaunched, we do not seek escalation or war but will defend ourselves against any aggression. This comment coming after the missile strikes happened earlier this evening. What does that wording mean to you . The iranians are saying we are doing a symbolic attack on us forces in the region, please dont strike back because we are not prepared to deal with that. Heather what do you think the reaction will be from the United States . Iran has just demonstrated a completely irresponsible regime, this is why they shouldnt be allowed to have Ballistic Missiles and all the middle east look at them as a more reckless and dangerous power, the United States it allows us to further consolidate isolating the regime. We should take advantage of that. Since no lives were lost it is no need for the United States to retaliate. The us should double down on the strategy, the iranians dont have an effective response. The iranian to anticipate using this as a huge Propaganda Force which they have begun to do because they are reporting us casualties, the us saying there have been no casualties. They will fool no one. The emperor has no clothes. Everyone will ever this behind their backs, but the regime having done this will say we saved face. Will go to the streets and complain . The iranians went to the streets, hundreds were killed and thousands wounded. This is just a game they are playing. Shannon you mentioned there irresponsible behavior and we can bring a timeline of some of the events that led to this point, being the latest of be the rocket attack that killed the american on december 20 seventh but even prior to that we had the targeting of oil think is in the strait of hormuz and the shooting down of the us drone. There has been lots of this. Reporter and important point you just made, critics, after the president say he is escalating conflict and looking for war and the reality was in every one of the engagements iran is the aggressor. They strike first and the us response has been responsible, proportional and effective. If anything trump is the person who is restraining power and people saying we dont want war, nobody wants more this than the president and nobody by his actions has demonstrated he is trying to avoid war and maintain stability in the region and the president of the United States. Shannon we have 5000 troops there now, troops that have been called up including a friend of mine, her young son who just turned 19, this time last year he was in high school, found himself in kuwait yesterday and now is headed to iraq. What do you say to all those troops and their family members watching tonight, scared, wondering what is going to happen . I was in the army for 25 years, send me an harms way, thats my job, dont harms way if they are doing an important and valuable mission. When it comes to threats like this we have come a long way since the gulf war in terms of protecting troops, warning troops, identifying these things in dealing with them, we are much better prepared to deal with these threats and force protection is the number one thing on the minds of the commanders in the region. Youve got great leaders doing a solid strategy and i think this is an appropriate use of american force. We all thought we would be talking about the north koreans, they have been very quiet just watching and the United States is just as prepared today to respond in northeast asia because if you are a global power with global responsibly sent interests that is where you have to be. Good message for all our troops and their families and yesterday was kim jong uns birthday. Under the radar. Thank you so much, appreciate it. We have some other breaking news this morning. A strong earlymorning earthquake shakes up parts of iran. The magnitude 4. One tremor happening near a Nuclear Power plant near the persian gulf, no word on damage to the plants or deaths related to the quake. It is believed to have been a natural event. We will follow that. On top of that to another fox news alert now survivors after a passenger plane crashes in iran. Pilot reported engine fire moments before the Ukraine International airline, just left the capital on its way to ukraine. Airline manufacturers usually help with crash investigations but sanctions on iran could hinder that so a lot of stories melding together this morning. Rising temperatures could spell disaster in southern australia. Hot, windy weather will sweep through fire zones which could worsen the flames. More than 20,000,000 acres of land have burned, 24 people have died and more than 1,000,000,000 animals may have been lost. A firefighter holding his newborn baby after a 21 hour shift, reminding people of the sacrifices made by first responders. Nancy pelosi demanding details about the trial before sending articles of impeachment to the senate. She wants Mitch Mcconnell to release a resolution outlining the parameters including whether witnesses will be called. Mcconnell says he has enough votes to start a trial without making an agreement with democrat so we will continue to follow that. 15 after the top of the hour, retaliation at home, texas targeted with thousands of cyberattacks permitted as new york sets of security following the missile attacks, live with the new flight ban. Stay with us. Country roads, take me home theres a booking for every resolution. Book yours at any price, at booking. Com book yours at any price, when a nasty cold wont let you sleep, try nyquil severe with Vicks Vapocool whoa and vaporize it. Ahhhhh shhhhh nyquil severe with Vicks Vapocool. 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Texas Governor Greg Abbott warning of iranian cyberattacks saying iran has tried hacking into the government Computer System 10,000 times every minute, more than 16,000,000 hacking attempts per day, Governor Abbott meeting with the Terrorism Task force to block all malicious activity on government computer servers. Lieutenant governor dan patrick you should this warning on fox news. We want to alert everyone to be very prepared because iran, if they are hitting us with 10,000 scams a minute, they may be attacking us through other proxies and other areas than they are serious about trying to get into government and big corporations in this country. In new york City Security is ramping up in the wake of irans missile attacks tweeting the nypd is closely monitoring the events in the middle east, there are no specific or credible threats. The nypd has increased deployment and adjusted resources across the city out of abundance of caution, concerns over potential attacks growing on the ground and in the skies, the faa a is banning all us flights, iran, iraq and the gulf of oman. The faa is working with National Security to monitor the middle east sharing all information with us airlines to protect american passengers and delaying flights from iranian airspace. The ukraine plane to get that message early enough, more to come on what caused that. Thank you so much. Donald trump set to address the nation this morning after iran launches multiple missiles and American Forces in iraq. Special Live Team Coverage continues up next and as the president ways his options to respond what message does the us need to send. A counterterror Prosecutor Says iran is in a lose lose situation live next. Julie fox news alert. In the last hour irans Supreme Leader speaking hours, calling multiple missiles launch that us forces based in iraq, the ayatollah calling the overnight attacker, quote, slap in the face for america but both iran and donald trump say they do not want war donald trump expected to address the nation later day today and we have Live Team Coverage, Griff Jenkins has reaction from washington but we begin with Ricky Leventhal with what else the iran Supreme Leader just said, breaking developments. Reporter the la times pointed out this appears to be the first time iran has directly attacked us positions and openly admitted doing it. The missile attack was not a surprise to us authorities, the expected iran to take a calculated, measured response to the targeted killing of one of their generals late last weekend there are important clues in the Iranian Foreign ministers tweet. Take another look at that tweet, he said iran took and concluded proportionate measures in self defense suggesting that they are done. We do not seek escalation or war but will defend ourselves against any aggression, we do not seek war, we reiterate they may be done with their retaliation. The iranian Supreme Leader just spoke to the nation, he is talking tough, told his people time for hit and run is over, if you could hit you get hit back, we slapped them on the face with military action but military action is not enough. He said the corrupt presence of the us in the region should come to a end challenging donald trump to get troops out of iraq suggesting of the us fires back the escalation will continue. It is important to note that no us casualties have been reported by us authorities, 15 Ballistic Missiles fired overnight four fail inflight, one of them, 11 hit two military bases used by us forces, one hit at alassad, the Iranian News Agency is reporting 80 casualties. That is not true as far as we know there are 0 casualties but the iranians are reporting 80 and that is important because they could be trying to save face. If they tell their people and this is often the case when they put out propaganda we got 80 people and in response to the us killing our general that saves face, the iranian leaders are good to go because they have done what they needed to do. The iranians call this a great success. Now the ball is in Donald Trumps court. If he decides to respond the ayatollah has said and told his people the next targets will be allies in the region. That could include israel and the gulf states. If the president doesnt respond presumably the iranians wont be firing anymore missiles but this is all wait and see. Shannon over your span of time as a journalist you have covered multiple war zones. What do you think iran was trying to accomplish in this . They were trying to send a message. You kill one of our generals we are going to be strong in our response and attack your bases where your troops are located. Thousands of us troops not hearing israel but very iraq and at those bases they were under attack, they sent a measured response. They fired the missiles and sent a message that we responded so they could appease their people that we did what we needed to do. Overnight donald trump a will address the nation this morning, we dont know what time that will happen. Democrats already reacting claiming the, quote, world cannot afford war. Griff jenkins is live in washington as the president plans is next move we just heard Rick Leventhal say the us and iran, neither side wants war. Needed does. It will be interesting to see what he says when we hear from him. We thought we would get an address last night, we did not. No doubt he will be sending a message to the ayatollah as well, the latest provocation. When he gives the statement we may get some insight into the next steps but it comes as reaction on capitol hill has been swift, surprisingly critical from democratic leaders, speaker policy is look closely monitoring the situation saying we must ensure the safety of our servicemembers, including me this provocation from the administration. America cannot afford war. That criticism already drawing reaction from republicans who are defending donald trump. Nancy pelosi putting out her statement, instead of thinking about our troops, hoping there is no casualties, sticking together as Americans First, to take the political partisan shot at the president was wrong. On the campaign trail democrats pointing a lot of blame at the president , Elizabeth Warren taking a shot at him for handling the situation wrong. This is a reminder why we need to d escalate tension in the middle east. [applause] the American People do not want a war with iran. There was a warning from Tulsi Gabbard who has seen combat in iraq. It would make the iraq war look like a picnic compared to the devastation and distraction that would because by going to war with iran. Reporter center Republican Leaders like Lindsey Graham are surrounding the president with support saying he is doing the right thing with full authority. An act of war by a regime for the last 40 years has been a cancer in the middle east. When they say they want to destroy israel they are not kidding. The president has all the authority he needs under article 2 to respond. Reporter briefings continue from Administration Officials, mike pence, the secretaries of defense and state, it is unclear whether the house will still push for a vote on the war powers resolution. It will be a busy day today. Julie to weigh in, former department of defense counterterror prosecutor, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it this morning. We were speaking with Rick Leventhal who has the latest breaking from irans Supreme Leader and continues to talk tough challenging donald trump in his statement moments ago. What is your take over all on what is happening . Iran is looking for a safe way to get out of this situation and the way they are trying to do that is by conducting an attack on americans which is not the best way to do. The foreign minister of iran asserted the selfdefense article of the un charter, article 51 but the credibility and believability of that is immediately eliminated when it says it would attack israel and the you a if the United States responds and it is incomprehensible how that would be selfdefense for iran to attack israel and the uae but here are two uncomfortable realities iran has to accept, one, there is only one way out of this, stop attacking americans. That is the objective of the United States, the iran stop attacking americans and the second is iran is vulnerable in the face of us power and we will dominate them in any war fighting domain. Heather Donald Trumps tweet on the iran strike, all is well, he issued this tonight, missiles launched at two military bases located in iraq, the casualties and damage taking place now so far so good, we have the most powerful military anywhere in the world by far. We are making a statement tomorrow morning and as Rick Leventhal was discussing we have the statement you referenced from the foreign minister, we should Pay Attention to the part where he says they took and concluded proportional measures. That being said do you think iran is planning anything else or are we done at this point and how should the president respond . I think iran wants out of this situation. It is a vulnerable place to be. What we need is an accurate assessment. We need to know irans intentions. There is a great deal of speculation as to whether iran intentionally avoided us casualties. I am not sure we could go right into giving iran that much credit not only for that kind of responsibly but also that kind of accuracy. The president has to decide respond or just let this end here and if it does end here it is evidence this approach of deterrence works and iran has backed down and they are coming up with an entirely crafty operation to show strengthened it underscores that they would launch attacks on us military personnel or near them simply to show they are strong and lie about the casualties. Heather thank goodness according to our folks which we trust there are no us casualties. Lets hope that holds true. Coming up, ryan morrow ways in, National Security analyst coming up. We made usaa insurance for members like martin. An air force veteran made of doing whats right, not whats easy. So when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. 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Thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. I went to pick up our last guest left off, that being that this is an indication that what donald trump was trying to do is in fact working. Do you agree with that . 1000 person. I would say our strategy is working far better than any of us reasonably expected. The iranian retaliation is the bare minimum we could ever dream of in this situation so it is clear the regime said we feel we have to retaliate to save face but the bare minimum we can do and as a result now american reportedly even iraqi casualties so this is a way of saving face in both sides have an opportunity to declare victory and deescalate so this is a smashing success for the president. Shannon how do both sides do that and come out feeling they are a winner in this situation . I wouldnt say the Iranian Regime feels like winners but they can pretend they feel like winners and this is what the Supreme Leader is doing even though there are no casualties and they are scared. 80 americans were killed but at this point reports we know to be true there are no casualties. The regime is lying to their own people saying we retaliated when they clearly did it. This is a bare minimum of their capabilities. Iran is deterred. Will this deter the iranian so will it escalate . Is hoping to deescalate and you will see further successes in the future because now you will see restraint on the part of iranian proxies because they know the calculus his changed. Heather deterrence through strength. What will you hear later this morning . He will brag, he is known to do that. You will hear him make some overtures to the iranians, we are not looking to get into a war. We taught the lesson by killing soleimani. And say there is a better way to move forward if you want to take that opportunity were if you choose not to that is the way you were before and you will suffer a lot of pain. My cautionary note is we have to start preparing for the collapse of the regime. We have tough sanctions on them. The regime is clearly week, the leaders are a lot older and we need to prepare for the possibility that could happen and it could be a very good thing but bad things could happen as a result. Heather as history has shown us potentially a vacuum being created and someone taking over that is far worse. We need to build up an independent kurdistan as well, we need a backup plan in iraq. Heather are we on the brink of war . Iran and donald trump say that is not what they want. The station chief is here to weigh in on that next. Live breaking News Coverage continues. Well im standing here, looking at you, what do i see . Theres a booking for every resolution. Book yours at booking. Com 12. 99 all you can eat for e ery resolution. Now with boneless wings. Only at applebees. Julie irans foreign minister claiming an attack on us troops in iraq was merely an act of self defense, insisting they dont want further escalation but are we on the brink of war . Fox news correspondent who was up all night covering all of this, jan hoffman. Thank you for your time. We know at this point the number of missile strikes that happened, out of 15, ten missile strikes hit alassad, four failed. Do you think iran could have inflicted more serious damage they intentionally did not . It is important to note what iran did which is to target iraqi basis that housed Us Service Personnel but what they didnt do him a they didnt deploy their proxy militias in country, they did not launch multiple rockets at our embassy which they have done in the past including what i served in iraq during the surge. They didnt target us in the homeland for the middle east with large. They could still do those things and i can tell you my colleagues in the Intelligence Community and cia there is no higher priority than tracking those threats from iran and iranian proxies, the question Going Forward is what will iran do . Do they have the command and control over these proxies to determine if maybe these proxies will launch attacks from iran or not . There are a lot of unknowns but it looks like the United States has restored deterrence, escalation dominance and deterred a series iran attack, theres a lot more they could have done. Shannon we talked about deterrence through strength. What information where we proceed to leading up to this as he watched it unfold last night . We were certainly tracking irans Ballistic Missile force and we knew they were on high alert and our people were very well prepared and prepared to get into their bunkers quickly for the strikes we thought that iran might take. Shannon theres a difference between a rocket attack and Ballistic Missile which is what happened here. Right. The rocket attack would be devastating. I lost colleagues when serving in iraq and others were injured but these were Ballistic Missile attacks launched from iranian territory that highlights Going Forward why we need to deal with irans Ballistic Missile program, they are statesponsored terrorism in the nuclear deal as well. What do you expect to hear from the president when he speaks tomorrow morning, what do you expect our next move will be as well . The president will do a couple things. He will reiterate the redline if iran targets our people we will respond with decisive action. The president will reiterate there is a diplomatic offramp to discuss the issues in contention. The problem, the challenge is iran still wants us out of iraq and they want our influence diminished in the middle east. We are not prepared to do that. The two greatest threats to iraqi stability and sovereignty is isis and iran and the concern for the United States is less economic and more the fact that isis is regenerating and we need to be in iraq at some form, to bring democracy to the country but to be fully deployed to illuminate those threats from isis and that is where we have some challenges with iran Going Forward. Heather some mixed messages, irans foreign minister using some wording that would leave want to believe they are done, this is what they were going to do when they are finished at this point but then there Supreme Leader speaking just moments ago mentioning what you were just talking about and alleging and challenging donald trump to move our troops out of iraq so we what happens, donald trump speaking this morning. More on the breaking news overseas when we come back. My gums are irritated. I dont have to worry about that, do i . Actually, you do. 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The missile attacks are being called a slap in the face for america as iran continues to strike a proportional defensive response to the killing of Qasem Soleimani and not escalation of 4. Donald remains confident tweeting and part we have the most powerful military anywhere in the world by far. And remember all of our troops and their families and keep them in your prayers. Live coverage continues right now, goodbye. It is wednesday january 8th, fox news alert. The world now waiting for a response from donald trump to a latenight attack on us forces. After a dozen missiles rain down on military bases in iraq. There Supreme Leader speaking an hour ago calling the attacker crushing response to the takedown of general Qasem Soleimani but the regime says this is not an escalation of 4. Jillian the next step depends on what