that operate in iraq and syria that launch attacks on our service members. i understand that. but this attack led to the death of three service members. is iran responsible for the death of these three service members that you just read their names and their families have been notified of their death? again, iran certainly bears a responsibility as they fund these groups that continue to use capabilities that they get from iran. and of course, killed three of our service members. can i take a step back? sure. just looking at last week, maybe from saturday of last week up until saturday or sunday maybe, nine days, the u.s. launched strikes in syria, in iraq against houthi positions, inside yemen with the aim of re-establishing deterrence and degrade their capabilities of whether attacking u.s. forces or shipping in the red sea. nonetheless, as throughout those days what we saw is unprecedented escalation. different sites were targeted with drones, more u.s. soldiers
Allowing thousands and thousands of people to come in from china, iran, yemen, the congo, syria, and a lot of other nations. John former President Donald Trump back at the Campaign Trail today the this time in the crucial swing state of michigan where he is expected to put the border front our head of the november election in the next hour he will take to the stage to deliver remarks against what he calls Bidens Border Bloodbath will see if the white house has anything to say when Karine Jeanpierre has the Press Briefing in a moment. Hello and welcome im john roberts in washington, bloodbath now one of the former president s favorite words. Hello im sandra smith in new york i want to call your attention to the left side of your screen both of these are life shots, white house on the right, this is a live shot of migrants clearly right now happening before your eyes coming across the border at eagle pass, texas. This is provided by our fox flight team. These are images we are seeing day
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role, and everyone is leaning forward under the president and supporting the governor and the state and local officials with their quest in addressing this disaster. reporter: and the top priority right now is, of course, saving lives. this afternoon texas governor greg abbott said that assistance is pouring many from across the country to help in that effort. ten states have sent helicopters to assist in those search and rescue operations and specialized teams from other states as well as fema have been deployed to work on those efforts. fema also has relief supplies ready to go in both texas and louisiana. the problem though is that a long as long as this rain keeps up, that supply is not able to get to those who need it. so a lot of that effort in response is going to on hold. arthel garrett tenney, thank you very much for that update from the white house. eric: you know, people in harvey s path have been taking to social media to call for help and to let authorities know that
remember, anytime the president travels it is a massive undertaking. it takes a lot of planning and resources, and at this point resources are already stretched extremely thin in texas as local a agencies are focused on saving folks lives and getting them back on their feet as well. arthel: meanwhile, governor abbott of texas, he gave the president and his administration an a+ on federal response. can you give us more details about the federal response, garrett? reporter: yeah. leading up to and throughout harvey, the administration s priority has been making sure state and local officials have everything they need, and they ve really been stressing the fact that it s those local elected officials who are directing this response. this afternoon though or earlier today the acting dhs secretary, elaine duke, said that every member of the president s cabinet has been playing a role in this response effort. they re not only being briefed, they re participating from the small business