Iraq. The president went to al asad in 2018 and met with our troops there. The back up said quote well take all necessary measures to protect and defense u. S. Personnel, partners and allies in the region. The president has been briefed and hes monitoring the situation closely. We are just learning he may address the nation tonight. We may be hearing from President Trump about this attack tonight. Do not forget iran had promised historic revenge for the killing of general soleimani as someone who murdered as many as 00 americano as many as 600 amers on for the attacks on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. Joining me former delta force member, retired Lieutenant General william borsma. General, i will start with you. What is your sense of what the iranians have done . They promised a historic revenge. When you hear about 1 Ballistic Missiles when you hear about 12 Ballistic Missiles launched from iran targeting u. S. Bases, whats your response to that. If they are planning historic revenge t
Impeachment. Republicans and democrats clashing over the rules even though the articles have yet to arrive at the senate. Plus attorney general bill barr meeting next week with officials in mexico to talk security amid that countrys worsening epidemic of narco violence. Im Melissa Francis in for elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Melissa we have every angle covered for you tonight. Hillary vaughn with latest from the white house on iran. Gerri willis at New York Stock Exchange with todays big rally. Kick it off with hillary at the white house. Hillary . Melissa, all Senate Democrats and two Senate Republicans left the closeddoor briefing with the trump administrations Foreign Policy team today unsatisfied. Some of them were outraged after one Administration Official asked congress not to take up any war powers resolution debating the limitation of any further action against iran over concerns it would send iran the wrong message. To come in and tell us that we cant
The goal was not to level the place, but to minimize damage to property and most important of all, to minimize casualties. That was accomplished. [gunshot] my daughter did not belong to any group. She had nothing to do with this. She was innocent. She had nothing to do with all of this. They killed her. [gunshot] if i had to do it again, i would do it again because the cost was high. Men, women, civilians, and military who gave their lives not for us. They gave their lives for democracy, for liberty, for freedom. I do not mind paying any price under the sun to be free. On december 19th, 1989, while panamanians were getting ready for the christmas holidays, the United States was secretly mobilizing 26,000 troops for a midnight attack. I saw helicopters approaching. They were close. The lights went out, the helicopters began to shoot. People were running left and right without direction, without knowing where they were going. It was not just machinegun fire. There were bombs. The noise w
Tonight, Charity Begins at court. And the cast of star wars answers just one question. Plus, stephen welcomes mark harmon and comedian Caitlin Weierhauser featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hey happy friday nice to see you beautiful you audience Stephen Stephen Stephen Stephen stephen good to see you. Happy friday hello, my friends thank you so much. Wooo wooo got that friday feeling. Got that friday feeling in this room. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. It is tristate. Trumps had another rough week on the impeachment front, but hes got something to look forward to this weekend. On saturday, hes going to the annual armynavy football game. Now, this is one sporting event where trumps got a pretty good chance of not getting booed. laughter and even if he is, the booing will be highly regimented sir, boo, sir permission to tell you that you suck,
The goal was not to level the place, but to minimize damage to property and most important of all, to minimize casualties. That was accomplished. My daughter did not belong to any group. She was innocent. She had nothing to do with all of this. They killed her. Do it again, i would do it again because the cost was high. And theen, civilian military who gave their lives not for us. They gave their lives for democracy, for freedom. I do not mind paying any price under the sun to be free. On december 19th, 1989, while panamanians were getting ready for the christmas holidays, the United States was secretly mobilizing 26,000 troops for a midnight attack. I saw helicopters approaching. They were close. The lights went out, the helicopters began to shoot. People were running left and right without direction, without knowing where they were going. It was not just machinegun fire. There were bombs. The noise was frightening. You could hear gunfire from all directions. And, a strange noise we h