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Airstrikes overnight onto locations in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard, and quote, affiliated groups. Defense secretary lloyd austin saying in a statement that the stripes were a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. That began just over a week ago. And in those instances, millicent used drones and rockets to attack multiple u. S. Installations in the region. The pentagon says those attacks left 21 americans with minor injuries. One u. S. Contractor died of a cardiac event. Now there is a precedent here. The u. S. Is launched similar Aitrikes Including Last March One another u. S. Contractor was syria. By a malicious drone Defense Secretary austin described the launch aquote, selfdefense. Anin a statement called them separate and distinct from the israel hamas conflict. But of course, iran is a backer of hamas. All of, it putting u. S. Forces in a delicate position. Tryi
Order of business under the new House Speaker passing a resolution supporting israels war against hamas. It passed with a vote of 41210, a rare moment of close to total unity, at a pivotal time. Thank you so much for joining. Our coverage from israel our coverage from israel continues now with ac 360. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. In tel aviv and tonight we have a rare look inside the Hamas Tunnel System that israeli troops could face if and when they go into gaza. Also the efforts to get more hostages out. And an update on deteriorating conditions inside gaza itself. We begin with what happened back in washington, which certainly matters when it comes to American Military assistance for israels war effort here. Today, three weeks after ousting Kevin Mccarthy from the speakers chair, House Republicans finally agreed on someone to replace him. He is congressman mike johnson, with less than seven Years Experience in the chamber. Hes a 2020 Election Denier who worked
At some of the factors that are pointing to that direction, and then israels sige uh both on the gaza strip and in the opt occupied palestinan territories, well the israeli sestroyed gazas economy, it has impacted the palestinians in the opt, and also it has prevented palestinian advancements. The surprise attack by palestinian fighters against israel, which began on october the 7th, has incurred irreparable damage not only to israels security, but also its economy. According to initial estimates, the war between resistance fighters and israel has of already cost the regime 6. 8 billion dollars. There are estimates that the cost of the current war will amount to at least 1. 5 of its gdp. Which means an increase in the budget deficit. Since the beginning of the war, local stocks and bonds have fallen and many businesses and schools remain closed, while airlines have stopped most flights to tel aviv. Israels central bank has said that it will sell up to 30 billion dollars in Foreign Exch
Microsoft after the bell. First check on the markets. Dow up 300. Gains for the year pretty much flat, which is the outlier given the other indices. S p holding 4250. We have some decent guidance from old line industrials. That plus rates stabilizing adding to a pretty good picture. After five straight down days on the s p. Yields are up a little bit. Were below the 5 on 10year and guidance on Kimberly Clark and that es are companies that get hit by the strong dollar, which theyre absorbing. Lets start off with bonds. Bank of america saying the peak in rates could be around the current levels, though uncertainties remain high. Then barclays weighing in saying bonds dont look like compelling value despite the selloff. Ubs seeing better value in bonds than equities. What should we expect for rates from here . Do bonds provide better value than stocks . Joining us is td cowen president jeffrey solomon. Jeff, do you think weve seen the top in yields . I think were closer to the top than no