this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you around the world, i m coming to you from davos, switzerland. as titans of industry gather here for the world economic forum, today on the program, my talk with the foreign ministers of two of the most powerful nations in the middle east. saudi arabia and iran. we ll discuss the war in gaza, threat of a broader war and the prospects for peace. then on to the other major war in ukraine. this one has been disrupting the region and the world for almost two years now. i ll talk to two of ukraine s brave soldiers about what it is like to be on the front lines pushing back against putin s invaders. i also have the great pleasure of sitting down with that gift of humanity and animals, jane goodall. she s still going strong at almost 90 and you won t want to miss my conversation with her. but first, here is my take. the conversations swirling around the chilly mountain air of davos this week keep returning to one
to brief reporters. john kirby will be at her side as well after the death of two navy seals. we will be watching for this closely. those seals going missing in the waters during a mission to seize iranian weapons headed to yemen. all this as the tehran-backed terror group shows no signs of letting up. keenly interested what happens in the briefing room a few moments from now. sandra smith in new york. john: john roberts in washington. that weekend went by quickly, didn t it? president biden mourning the loss of two navy seals releasing a statement writing in part they represented the very best of our country. sandra: and it all comes as the biden administration is reportedly preparing for a sustained military campaign targeting the houthis as they continue to attack commercial shipping in the red sea. john: and breaking a short time ago, the pentagon revealing 11 iranian proxy attacks on u.s. bases in just the past five days, upping the total number of attacks to a w
they just got off two buses as they were headed to a church. governor abbott issued a statement saying he is sending them where they want to go. noting that l.a. is a self-declared sanctuary city. the democrat mayor karen bass went after that move call it cheap political games and a despicable stunt. she claims her city is prepared for it. okay. you asked for it, it is coming. abbott s move expands the program that sent thousands of people to vice president kamala s doorstep in washington as well as new york, philadelphia, chicago included. it is deep in crisis there, as you know in chicago. i mean, the crime is off the hooks. nearly 10,000 illegals are there now. some sleeping still in the police precincts. shuttered ymcas and abandoned schools. the homeland security committee holding a hearing to look into mayokas for his dereliction of duty. former border patrol chief testified mayokas new the administration s only border policy was to let as many people in as they possibl
in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi gave me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical conditions. they say that after the first explosion took place, the second, when
killed in lebanon. why the strike is sparking new fears that the war could spill into the wider region. and breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people killed in explosions commemorating an iranian general killed by a u.s. drone strike back in 2020. children amongst the dead and nearly 150 injured. we re going to have the very latest in just a moment as well. good morning, everybody, it s 10:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. good to see you this morning. we re going to begin in iran in the city of care monowhere just within the last couple of hours two explosions killed 100 people and injured nearly 150 people at the memorial site for ha sam soleimani. he was the head of the revolutionary guard corps. i want to bring in ali arouzi in tehran to talk more about this. this morning iran saying more than 100 people were killed in these blasts. what do we know? reporter: yeah, i mean, this just broke a few hours ago, yasmin, as you said. w