All right. Israel, to put it mildly, in a state of high alert right now. Youre looking at the live shot of the roof. There have been targets, better than 100 over the last roughly 24 years, that left nasrallah dead and he and a number of accomplices were taken out in this attack, that makes nine top hezbollah leaders taken out in various Air Strikes over the last couple of weeks right now, but, again, this latest strike are, were learning that its targeting the likes of Tel Aviv and elsewhere and igniting the sirens that have been going off. Apparently, theyre coming from yemen and would seem to indicate Houthi Rebels that are certainly using that as the base of operations on american and Shipping Interests from all over the world. Nate foy is in Tel Aviv with the latest on this. What can you tell us . Hey, neil. Moments ago, we heard an explosion here after sirens were blaring for a few minutes in Tel Aviv and the idf has come out saying its a missile launched from yemen. As you accur
the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trump s claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroom today. trump has been claiming that president joe biden has been forcing him to appear in court, which is not true, he did have no obligation to appear at today s hearing. trump s attorney argued that allowing the prosecution of donald trump would, quote, open a pandora s box, but the judge has pushed back on that and many of the arguments he was making. trump s lawyer also argued that the president could only be prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matter what
new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
high pressure that is across england and wales and across scandinavia as well. there will be a huge amount of rain on them. on saturday, clouding up rain on them. on saturday, clouding up to scotland and northern ireland but we should see some bright or hazy sunny spells coming through. one or two spots of rain possible, more especially later in the day. for england and wales it is warm in the sunshine and temperatures could reach 18 to 21 degrees. perhaps a bit lower than that given the onshore winds around the north sea coast. similar story on sunday, the cloud could be thick enough for a few patches of rain across the north west. there will be occasional brighter spells, west. there will be occasional brighterspells, but west. there will be occasional brighter spells, but england and wales, fine and dry david temperatures getting into the low 20s in the warmer spots. it could be received the warmest weather of the year so far this weekend, but that doesn t say that much be
of the security burden for europe. nato numbers must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations. if nato countries made their complete contributions nato would be stronger than it is today. laura: he made it clear that the days were over when the united nations and other foreign countries could just run roughshod over america s interest. we will only give foreign aid to those who respect us and who are frankly are our friends. we expect other countries to pay their fair share for the cost of their defense. the united states is committed to making the united nations more effective and accountable. laura: his common sense message infuriated our scr scribblers to end. trump s take down of the sacred cow. what he said with it was dangerous. donald trump is recklessly destroying the underpinnings of the american led international order. he chose to walk away from the institutions that formed american foreign policy. the greatest threat o