good afternoon, it is saturday, february the 3rd. i am ali velshi. we continue to follow the situation in the middle east where the israel and gaza war continues its steady creep outward, threatening to explode into a widespread regional conflict or worse at any moment. within the last hour, u.s. central command announced a round of strikes, targeting six houthi anti ship cruise missiles preparing to launch among ships in the red sea. this is the latest in the series of strikes that the united states has conducted against the houthi forces who have been targeting vessels, commercial and military, that are sailing among the red sea toward or from the to the crossing in egypt. it is related, but separate from the campaign against iranian-backed proxy forces which are operating in the region, and there are iranian antlers operating alongside them. that started on friday. the biden says that friday strikes against these groups on u.s. troops in the region since the october 7t
world anywhere converge on capitol hill and be there in person, not zoom. the high stakes hearing centers around our kids. how to prevent them from sexual exploitation online. we should see mark zuckerberg walk into the capitol at some point this hour. the counterparts out of x and tiktok, snapchat, discord will all follow. stay with us on that when it gets underway here. the chaos from the border fueling crime here in new york city. watch this video as it rolls. police say a mob of migrants jumped two officers in times square. they are seen on video punching and kicking the officers to the ground. they arrested five. at least four of them said to be released without bail and they are back in a shelter or somewhere as of this hour. good morning, everybody. a lot to get to on this. good morning, dana. how are you doing? dana: galling. your taxpayers dollars are not only paying for the salaries of the officers who deserve more but the hotel rooms and the shelter for guys who
force one. he is traveling to dover air base today in delaware for dignified transfer of the three american soldiers who were killed in that terror attack in the middle east. it has now been five days. still no military action from biden s pentagon. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. when the president arrives at dover air base, he, the first lady and defense secretary lloyd austin will meet with the families of the fallen, sergeants rivers, sanders and moffet all from georgia. they were part of the same company of army engineers based in fort moore, georgia. biden spoke with the families by phone earlier this week and the white house and defense officials say they blame the attack on the islamic resistance in iraq. of course affiliated with our mortal enemy iran. it s being widely reported the pentagon is planning a series of retaliatory strikes against iranian-backed targets inside act and syria and could last for weeks. many critics say get started an
this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome, i am lynda kinkade. after unleashing u.s. military on iranian backed targets and syria and iraq, president joe biden is making it clear, this is just the start of the retaliation in the deaths of three americans. this video from what appears to be one of those strikes early, saturday morning local time. the mayor of this town says the strikes hit houses used for weapons storage. the pentagon says u.s. bombers hit 85 individual targets in iraq and syria. the u.s. says the locations were used by iran s revolutionary guard and by iranian backed militia. the pentagon says each was used by iran backed groups, the video you just saw comes from iraq on the border with syria. an iraqi military spokesman says the attacks violated iraq s 70. the white house says iraq was notified before the attacks. u.s. president joe biden issued the statement, our response began today and will continue at times and places of our choosing. the united sta
missile interim storage facilities and logistics ammunition supply chain facilities as well. several aircraft including b i bombers dispatch from the us were involved firing more than 125 precision guided munitions of the course of about 30 minutes. the us is, as we mentioned, this isjust beginning. the strikes, quote, will not end tonight. although iran has denied any direct involvement in that front attack, we any direct involvement in that front attack, we know any direct involvement in that front attack, we know there any direct involvement in that front attack, we know there are any direct involvement in that front attack, we know there are a any direct involvement in that front attack, we know there are a number of pro persian militia based in the region, the palestinian territories and as far as human all opposed to iran and the us. our analysis at a door takes a closer look at what we know about iran s alliance is the so called axis of resistance. 15 a so-called axis