tonight. thanks so much for being with us. the phony democracy defenders, that s the focus of tonight s angle. all right. just as they scrambled to stop the rising trump campaign back in 2015, they re back in administrativing mode again. making wild and scary predictions. trump is promising to resort to authoritarian tactic should he become president again. if you don t think he is dying to silence his critics in the media think again. his top priority if he becomes president again is vengeance. donald trump uses nazi terminology to dehumanize his opponents. laura: now the headlines are so bad they are actually funny. from the new york times today why a second trump presidency may be more radical than its first. well, he has long exhibited authoritarian impulses blah blah blah. you get it. over the weekend trump responded in a speech in iowa turning the tables on biden. over the past few years critics, criminalized decent. and even attempt to leading electoral rya
sandra: a short time from now, expected to get an update from the white house and jake sullivan as the fighting between israel and hamas picks up in intensity at this hour and as the pentagon ramps up the response of the dozens of attacks from iran-backed terror groups. sandra smith in new york. afternoon by now, john. john: call it afternoon at this point. good to be back with you. i can see you are still enjoying the weekend. john roberts in washington, this is america reports . american troops from across the middle east have been under attack day after day for nearly two months and criticism has grown from both sides of the aisle, president biden may be taking the problem a bit more seriously than in the past. sandra: u.s. carrying out a drone strike in northern iraq, killing five iranian proxy fighters. that strike came just hours after iran-backed houthi rebels attacked several commercial ships and a u.s. destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missil
the u.s. launching a drone strike in northern iraq killing five iranian proxy fighters. this at least this is the fifth time the u.s. has carried out retaliatory strikes in iraq and syria over the past month. steve: meanwhile in the gaza strip, the idf advances deeper into the region, taking out at least 200 hamas targets overnight. lawrence: trey yingst is live in southern israel with the latest. trey, the cease-fire is over. what s the latest on the ground? trey: yeah, hey, guys, good morning. the cease-fire is indeed over. just a few moments ago we saw two rockets intercepted jennings to this position along the gaza border. day 59 of the war between israel and hamas. israelis are increasing their strikes against the gaza strip. they say overnight 200 different targets were hit inside gaza bringing the total number to more than 10,000 since this war began on october 7th. now, the heavy air campaign is spiking the death toll in gaza. authorities at the hamas-controll
california. his special hour on the state of defense. a report card on america s military readiness to meet the challenges of an increasingly dangerous world. from the middle east to ukraine the south china sea to the internet, america s armed forces must be ready to meet 21st century challenges to our nation security. israel s war with hamas, the latest conflict to ignite instability turbocharging attacks on our forces in the region from iranian proxies. we will get reaction from national security council communication coordinator jon kirby about the restart of the war the head and lindsey biting white house faces from democrats over conditioning future aid to israel. we want to be so good at what we do that they say not today, not tomorrow, ever forgot joint chiefs chairman are preparing our men and women and uniform for the wide range of security responsibilities across the globe. general cq brown joins me here at the reagan library. and that, before serving on congress
right now as israel intensifies its assault on southern casa, president biden and his administration are focused on easing the deadly impact of the war, applying pressure on the idf to protect civilians as it carries out its operation. the white house has enlisted congress to help in that regard, urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would include israel aid and humanitarian assistance. while also addressing ukraine, and the crisis at the border. house republicans seem focused on other matters, the new speaker, mike johnson, says he thinks he has the votes to launch an impeachment inquiry into joe biden as early as this week. and on the gop campaign trail, the presidential hopefuls once again scheming to blow up obamacare, pitching half baked plans to replace a program american families have relied upon for well over a decade. the two parties are telling us exactly what they care about at this very moment. american voters will show what matters to them in 2024. we have a