good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. today that u.s. military began a long expected military campaign zaria and iraq against iranian proxy forces and the islamic revolutionary guard corps, sometimes known as the force. the retaliation for that drone attack over the weekend went three american army reservist 48 and a dozen more injured in the airbase in jordan. the strikes that killed americans for himself as part of a series of extended between various militant groups backed by iran and u.s. forces that followed the october 7th hamas attack in israel and israel s subsequent counter offensive in gaza. right now you are seeing footage of one of today s strikes on your screen where and iraqi security official, you seek it hit, they re a weapons warehouse in western iraq belong to a group known as kata ib hezbollah. according to u.s. central command, military forces struck more than 85 targets which numerous aircrafts which numerous aircraft include long- range bomber
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that even great leaders have flaws there is none who is righteous, not one is a good book teaches, then we went through a phase we wanted someone we could relate to and likable in someone we wouldn t mind sharing a drink or a meal with, being father likable is not the same as being competent. we don t pick a neurosurgeon based on how fun he or she is at a cocktail party. we don t pick an accountant they sent his or her sense of humor, we picked the person with the most talent with experience, character and ability and the person with the most competent at doing the job. in our politics leans toward someone who captures our frustration disappointment anger and fear and someone who can list the grievances, someone who provides an a reflection of where we are but not necessarily where we should be heading, do we really need someone to tell us where we are, when will we be better served with somebody telling us how to get where we want to go as we reflect on the challenges facing
which not only supplies drones used to kill schoolchildren in ukraine, but this week, it was an american contractor killed in syria. president biden retaliated and then iran retaliated back. joining us now to discuss these growing threats is national security jennifer griffin. thank you, jennifer. what do you make of this alliance between russia and china? i said it is nascent, but you would know better. is it a nascent relationship? i think it is important to point out, trey, that they have met xi and putin about 40 times in the last few years what makes this meeting significant is it comes just days after president putin was accused of war crimes, indicted for war crimes by the international criminal court, so president xi was meeting in alleged an indicted war criminal. the message they were trying to send was to basically countries in asia, latin america, and in