[gunfire] we are not at a point right now where we would support a general ceasefire. why did you strike iran s revolutionary guard? because they struck us. sandra: we are waiting an update from the pentagon any moment now after america strikes back against iranian proxies a second time in two weeks. all this this time, targeting a weapons warehouse being used by militants in syria. backed by the number one state sponsor of terror. it is all developing at this hour. welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: going to be another busy one. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports . the pentagon says retaliatory strikes are in response to iranian backed houthi forces downing a drone, worth $32 million flying in international air space. sandra: lloyd austin says the u.s. is not backing down and will continue to defend itself, its personnel its interest in the middle. launched 46, new number, 46 attacks against u.s. troops in ju
troops have, quote, advanced to the gates of gaza city. it follows days of heavy fighting between israeli forces ,hamas fighters. the battles inside gaza are blamed for. the deaths of at least 17 idf soldiers since friday. at least nine of them died in one incident after being struck by an anti-tank guided missile. israeli airstrikes also jabalya ,a densely populated and populated area in northern gaza. israel claims the buildings they were housing hamas operatives and that people living there had been urged to evacuate. hamas claims many civilians were killed, but it s not possible to confirm how many have died over the past two days of heavy bombardment. and for the first time since the war began, some foreign passport holders and critically injured palestinians were allowed to leave through the rafah border crossing. a handful of americans have been able to leave, but at least 400 other u.s. citizens stuck in gaza. i won t get into details than to say that we feel confid
side it is also a nightmare, and huge headache for kevi mccarthy to have these kinds o arguments and this kind of attention as to who is going t sway support for his speakership. it is it is the last thing he needs, and as far as these two wome going after one another, surel they both have better things t do with their time then do this i mean, it just, it is jus pointless. well, apparently not fo march or taylor greene, tara because she actually spent som time writing an op-ed this week, writing every publicans want t get things done, there is only one choice for house speaker a she keeps taking this really big public stand in favor of kevin mccarthy so the question is, is she hedging her bets on kevi mccarthy to grow her own power in the next congress, and if s what kind of dangerous wit that create? it is all of that all of a sudden, marjori taylor greene has decided to have to be a serious person,
it and says there s no difference there. russia made it clear that they consider their neighborhood part of the sphere of influence. that has resonance in places like india which is still in conflict with pakistan over kashmir and china in conflict over taiwan. also, there is russian money that over the years russian energy over the year that has given it sway in parts of the world. india today is taking an awful lot of russian energy, and it depends on it a great deal. china is a big energy producer and consumer. a big effect on the chinese economy. russia s influence, financial and otherwise for latin america should also be remembered. they ve been playing this game for a long time. peter baker, great to see you. lieutenant general steph twitty, thank you for being with us this morning. in a few minutes, we expect president biden to talk about
was almost like are leaf. they were cheering. it went on for sometime, it s unnerving. your not quite sure if this is bigger. but it didn t get scary enough inside the stadium. yes, you felt it sway. we were in the very high seats there. and you can feel it sway. all of the neighbors sitting next to us could feel it. we started talking. and the first thing in the city is go to try to figure out how strong it was. it means something very significant to the folks here. knowing there were going to be after shocks and probably feel one or two this far out. but when everyone heard it was a 7.1 and downgraded to 6.9 everyone recognized that could be a problem for the epicenter. the game went on. since you mentioned that word epicenter. i want to go now.