hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. the next hour starts right now. as i ve been to a very good day from msnbc headquarters of new york, welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news at this hour, we have some new details to share from the biden administration on the u.s. air strikes on iran- backed targets in iraq and syria. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strikes, quote, said the strong signal about the capability that we have and other things that we are going to do. the u.s. striking five targets in seven facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard and the militants they support of the region. this is in retaliation for three american soldiers killed in jordan. a senior administration official also telling nbc news that iraq received prior warning that, of the strikes, contrary to the claims of iraqi government aggression against iraq sovereignty. we go right now to nbc s allie raffa at the white house. ali, what are we hearing from the
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. on friday the u.s. conducted major retaliatory airstrikes on iraq and syria, the start of what the u.s. military says likely will be larger attacks on iranian-backed militias. airstrikes hit more than 85 targets according to u.s. central command including command and control operation centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle storage. the move came in response to a drone strike by iran-backed militants on a u.s. military outpost in jordan on sunday. that killed three u.s. service members and wounded more than 40 others. the strikes began only about an hour after president biden attended the dignified transfer of their remains at dover air force base in delaware. officials say the timing was coincidental but symbolic of the gravity of his decision. iraqi officials say at least 16 people were killed in the strikes and condemn the attacks as, quote, a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereigty. a chief in
right now in the senate. but over in the house, speaker johnson says that bill is dead on arrival. if new reports about the terms of the deal are, in fact, true, welcome to fox news live i m aishah hasnie griff good to be with you. from eagle pass to the white house we have a busy saturday. this comes as former president trump calls on states to sending their national guards to assist texas along the southern border. we have fox team coverage with matt eagle pass where the standoff between texas and the biden administration is ramping up. but let s begin with lucas tomlinson at the white house on new details we re learning about this senate border deal. hey, lucas. griff, election year politics will factor heavily into the fate of the senate border bill to put it mildly as you mention aishah mentioned and donald trump doesn t support it here s tennessee senator marsha blackburn. the president could close that border if he wanted to close the border. he will not close th
governor greg abbott is refusing to remove razor wire that is stopping migrants from entering the country at shelby park in eagle pass. good evening i am jon scott and this is the fox report. we have team coverage for you this evening for lucas tomlinson is standing by with more on congressional republicans fight for border frederick new york congresswoman claudia tenney is here with reaction to president biden s promise to secure the border. but first mount for him is live in eagle pass, texas with the ladies in the texas sized fight between governor abbott and the feds. john, texas is not cooperating with the biden administration deadlines to reopen this a park to border patrol agents texas insists this is state land that has the constitutional right to seize this property. the united states in this latest argument says it has the right of access to this property. the state attorney general kenna paxton fired back to the federal government riding in part quote i respect
shelby park and blocking access to federal agents. right now it s unclear who will blink first in this showdown at the rio grande between the state of texas and the biden administration. texas digging in its heels after the supreme court ruled the federal government had the right to take the state s fencing down, but governor greg abbott insists he is acting within his rights to protect his state for what he calls an invasion. hello, everyone, and welcome to the a brand new hour of fox news live, i m eric shane. hey, or arthel. arthel: hi, eric. hello, everyone, i m arthel neville. so the constitutional battle over border enforcement comes as we get staggering new numbers on border encounters. customs and and border protection reporting 302,000 migrants tried to illegally enter the u.s. last month. this is beating the previous record high by more than 32,000. we are covering the border crisis from all angles. florida attorney general ashley moody standing by, she is one of