israel senm alt about drones or missile, three drones, and basically told the iranianbe we know exactly where y your nuclear reactors are. we know exactl y your most important military assets are. so we can either this or not do this. i don t mean to simplify it in that way, but that waos was the message and the real thingia that concerns me is when the iranian defense minister or their defense spokesman said, this is a new equation for us now, in my lifetimein my wer not seeing the iranians and the israelis go at it in the open. it s alwaysnd israe been pro. so the question becomes, is this cap on escalation, do w serious? and do we go back and revert to the proxy ware or not? i think we will. the iranians aren t even saying that this was are nos a big dean their country and the israelis aren t even owning up to the facts was a y. that was done by them. i think the most important thing that happened, they showed up here in a moments . the congress passed the rule ru bill andfo
we talked about the message that the israeli defence sent to the world. it s been argued that we will respond to any attack on our soil. it s been argued that this is demonstrating capabilities. to me the biggest message was i don t care what you say biden. i have heard that narrative today. i think a little differently. i thought what the israelis did they had every right to do. every country has a right to defend themselves. we as a country that has been the greatest ally and they are our greatest ally in the world. we have the one of one of the most unique relationships. we are allowed to say the things that we want to say. i thought what israel did was tactically and strategically and militarily brilliant. it was as powerful as message as you can send without killing anyone. they sent over 300 missiles and we shot them all down.
down. israel sent about three drones are missiles, three drones, and basically told the iranian s, we know exactly where your nuclear reactors are, we know exactly where your most important military assets are, so we can either do this, i don t need to simplify it in that way, but that was the message. the real thing that concerns me is when the iranian defense minister, the defense spokesman said, this is a new equation for us now. in my lifetime we have not seen the iranians and israelis go at it it is always been proxies. is this escalation, do we revert to the proxy war are not? i think we will. the iranian s are not even saying this was a big deal in their country. the israelis aren t even opening up to the fact it was done by them. i think the most important thing that happened, then i will show up a moment, congress passed a rule around the foreign aid bill and speaker johnson but his political career as speaker on the line to do it. i thought today what he did was
tied in wisconsin. the majority of these votes in these states are unhappy with president biden s job performance. those are the headlines, guys, back downstairs to you. steve: thank you very much. carley. a fox news alert. no response yet from the white house this morning after israel s retaliatory strike against iran overnight. brian: we are learning the biden administration was given the heads up. rich edson joins us live from the pentagon. rich, it sounds like so israel called the pentagon and said this going to happen somebody at the pentagon told u.s. press because at this point the israelis aren t saying anything. it s been real quiet. the white house, the israeli government. this is all sources behind the scenes who are talking to media right now. a u.s. military source tells us that this was a limited strike, that it was not a manned aircraft that flew into iran and did this. and it wasn t at a nuclear site it was air base that was
that the us cannot support a major military offensive in rafah in the south of gaza unless they see a plan that they have been asking for four weeks as to how civilians would be protected during the assault. they say they haven t seen any evidence of that yet, so there are concerns over what might happen in gaza as well. ,,. . over what might happen in gaza as well, ,,., ., ., ~ over what might happen in gaza as well. ., ., ~ , ., our diplomatic correspondentjames landale is injerusalem. what happens now? so the big question is what happens from here on in, james. what so the big question is what happens from here on in, james. from here on in, james. what has been remarkable from here on in, james. what has been remarkable today from here on in, james. what has been remarkable today is - from here on in, james. what has been remarkable today isjust - from here on in, james. what has| been remarkable today isjust how been remarkable today is just how little we know. the israelis