iowa last night. he is, effectively, and incumbent. the incumbent president barely can get 50% of his own base voters? i don t know. i think that s a huge opportunity for america saying, let s move forward with something new. kristen holmes is in atkinson, new hampshire. we are waiting on donald trump to speak. what do we expect to hear following his big victory in iowa? reporter: we are likely to hear him attacking nikki haley. we ve talked a lot about the fact that nikki haley keeps saying this is a two person race, despite the fact she came in third in iowa, but when it comes to new hampshire, donald trump s team does see this as a two person race. it s not the entire primary, but this state, in particular. florida governor ron desantis does not have a ground game here, but trumps advisers have been watching closely as nikki haley s poll numbers have risen. this is a completely different electorate here, and they are aware of that, so expect new attacks on the former
thanks, greg. greg: you got it. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the u.s. strikes back hitting iran-backed proxies carrying out a series of airstrikes today in eastern syria. this, as houthi militants have shot down an american reaper drone off the coast of yemen. that follows dozens of recent attacks we have been telling you about against facilities housing u.s. troops. this is increasing. another pushback by the u.s. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. good evening, jennifer. jenngood evening bret. new airstrikes against iranian targets in northeastern syria. we now have a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin, quote: today at president biden s direction, u.s. military forces conducted a self-defense strike on a facility in eastern syria used by iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. the irgc, and affiliated groups. this strike was conducted by two u.s. f-15s against a weapons
ground by this machine gunner. his responsibility, as far as he can see. but this is a long border. 800 kilometers, 600 miles. summer and its scorching heat is coming. and as yet, no sign the enemy is ready to quit. cnn from the saudi/yemen border. and while russia might veto that u.n. resolution against the iranian backed houthis, it might also give some direct military help to iran. it is a move that the u.s. is concerned about. here s our jim sciutto with more. those powerful russian surface-to-air missiles may soon be in the hands of iran. moscow lifting its ban on selling the missiles to tehran. u.s. officials responded quickly with alarm. secretary of state john kerry