Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the contt of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin tonight, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called these attacks and his words separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. They said they do not represent anything in the u. S. Approach of the confli
The near space and specifying europe, they will be culpable. They are now culpable for the crimes that are being committed by their quote ally, israel. Again, the issue of deterrence. This is how israel formulated its entire security policy. Is it everyone was terrified of it . Thats changed dramatically. And if things dont play out well for these railways, i dont think it, they will. Theyll never get that sense of deterrence back unless they want to commit a genocide in and gaza and that will have its own repercussions around the world. Go head down. Yeah, no, youre absolutely right. I mean, um, i think that the mask, of course has taken off when has beloved, defeated them pretty roundly several years back. And then of course, frankly, given the Great Security breach that happened on october 7th. Um, you know, it shows proven itself to be vulnerable and now of course its been threatening this land evasion for over 2 weeks now. And it hasnt done it. Why . Because the world knows it rea
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Maria good friday morning. Thank you so much for joining us this morning unite maria bartiromo. Friday april 26, adm on the east coast. I hope you have a good friday morning. The Supreme Court open to granting some level of immunity to protect over President Trump from prosecution and a civil fraud trial. And the hush money case. Trump praising the highest court yesterday. Watch. I think it was made clear and i hope it was made clear the president has to have immunity. You dont have a president or at most you can say a ceremonial president , that is not what the founders had in mind when the justices were on their game, president ial immunity is imperative for you practically want have a country anymore. Maria this on the heels of the initial arguments that we heard yesterday. The scotus warning that the Supreme Court is seen a dangerous precedent in trumps case if president can prosecute their political rivals. The president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent.