injured. dana: the u.s. responding with a series of precision air strikes in syria. the blast targeting an arms depot and port. eight iranian fighters were killed. bill: iran s this as u.s. foreign policy is put to the test on multiple fronts. the department remains vigilant against other persistent threats including iran, north korea and global activity groups. iran is improving its capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon. they continue to build its missile forces. iran could produce missile material for a nuclear weapon in less than two weeks and several more months to produce an actual nuclear weapon. john: we have reaction from nikki haley. first all ex ex andrea hoff has more information. as soon as it was found to be from iran retaliation was authorized. the initial attack occurred yesterday afternoon at the coalition base in northeastern syria. u.s. contractor was killed after the suspected iranian drone struck into a maintenance facility there. you had
two things. one, we live in a very dangerous world and you have a partnership with china, russia, and iran that is determined to continue to do more threats around the world. secondly, it shows what happens when there is american weakness. whether it s in afghanistan, whether you see it in ukraine, whether you see it on the southern border, you will continue to see more of these things happen. i m glad we shot back. what did biden do last week? nothing. when you do nothing and show weakness in any area they will continue to do more. what we should have done with the drone last week is put a fighter jet up there to know we re not playing. put the naval fleet in the black sea. we shouldn t have pulled it out. we have to start showing american strength. i m glad to see they struck back to show we were awake. but now we have to make sure we re standing strong and that s why it is so important to have
that weakened the knees mentality is exact will i what got us in the situation we re in with china. people saying they are fine, they can t do anything. we need to leave them alone and stay out of it. now look at what china is doing to us. buying up our farmland. we re seeing a chinese sky balloon and sending fentanyl across the border. they gave us covid. we continue to see one threat after the other. you can t have that kind of weak in the knees mentality when it comes to russia. russia is doing the dirty work for china and why they shot our u.s. drone down last week. after naming themselves unlimited partners this week, that s exactly the picture they wanted the world to see. the new axis of evil is china and russia. junior partner is iran and they ll continue going forward. you can t say we won t be strong for ukraine. if ukraine wins it sends a message to china, russia and iran. if ukraine loses you can bet
it s been fun. [cheers and applause] you made a wall. yes, i made a wall. thank you for have a good weekend. dana: americans under attack. iranian drone strike killing a u.s. contractor in syria. good morning, asme owe dana perino. bill is off today. hi, john. thank you for being with me this week. john: it has been a pleasure. we made it to friday, too, also a good thing. this is america s newsroom. that initial attack targeted a coalition base in northeastern syria. a self-destructing iranian drone like the kind being used in ukraine by russia crashed into the facility. the explosion killed one u.s. contractor and wounded another. five american troops were also
the back of ukraine because a win for russia is a win for china. they are very much having a plan to change the world order, to eliminate the west and take over. that s something we can never have happen. dana: can you talk a little bit about the tensions that are increasing between iran and israel, our ally, and the fact that what the administration reported this week out of the pentagon is that iran could be within two weeks of having a nuclear weapon. well, they are getting assistance from china and helping russia and ukraine. iran can do this. but the thing that stops iran is deterrence. there hasn t been any for a long time. there should have been deterrents. it is how we got out of afghanistan. when you look at ukraine, look how long it took biden to do something. when he finally did he has been weak and slow to the take. we need to show strength and get with our allies to show strength. it was an unbelievable thing to