Fox news night. I am Shannon Bream m washington. Kicking off our coverage of Decisive Action by the u. S. And iraq, and critics and supporters tonight, good evening. Good evening, shannon. The pentagon released a statement confirming the u. S. Has killed a radian major general. The Statement Reads at the direction of the president , the u. S. Military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u. S. Personnel abroad by killing constance phil and ami, the head of the iranian guard corps could sue orders. The terrorist organization. General was actively developing plans to attack american diplomats and Service Members in iraq and throughout to the region. The 62yearold was designated a terrorist by the u. S. Back in 2005. He orchestrated the attack on coalition basis in iraq over the last several months including the december 20th attack. Also responsible for killing more than 600 american troops over the rack war. And it was a failed iranian plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador
When its now. We have breaking news in the race for president. We are here and here feels like Bernie Sanders. The vermont senator, he just released new fund raising numbers. 34. 5 million in the fourth quarter. And youre going to remember this quarter for him started with a heart attack three months ago. That is an impressive number. We have a couple other numbers in at this point. You can see former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg raised about 24. 7 million. Businessman andrew yang, 16. 5 million. We want to also note, this is a little bit different, little apples and oranges right now. The president s Campaign Announced 46 million for the last quarter. Back to the democrats, though, that is whats important this morning. The Iowa Caucuses just one month away. We could hear from the warren and biden campaigns soon on their numbers. Also we want to bring you these dramatic, remarkable, troubling images of the extent of the damage at the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. The iranbacked militia
And hes saying to the senators, see the map . Youre with me or youre against me. And were going to see which way they decide to do. By the way, he claims it was his electoral victory was historic. And it wasnt, by the way. He was 46th in electoral victories out of 58 elections. Did you know that . Yeah. You would think he was number one and it was a landslide. By the way, he got less than obama in both of his elections. Obama got 68 of the Electoral College in 2008, 61. 7 in 2012 and trump got 59. He also lost the popular vote. Hes president of the United States. Fine. We also know hes at best stretching what is true. And most often abusing the truth and lying when he doesnt even have to. The question is will senators in his party be the same way there . Thats what was so upsetting about mcsally today. Says a woman oh, man. With an amazing record of service to this country and she really acted like a punk today. She did a disservice to herself and the seat she holds which was john mcca
Unlearned. Soleimani is a bad person, no question. No authorization and clinging to another middle east war. He has american blood on his hands, long overdue, you can do this without calling for larger middle eastern war. President trump has been digging for years undermining the trust worthiness of his own words by spreading lies and conspiracy theories not to mention repeatedly attacking the u. S. Intelligence community, the Community Congress and the world is expected to believe. He put red line and if you kill americans, the president responded. America appears to be toward middle east war, we have to say its one that official washington has wanted for decades. Howie President Trump defending his action saying he acted to stop a war. Soleimani was planning attacks on diplomats and personnel but we caught him in it will act and terminated him. Soleimani made the death of innocent people his sick passion. Howie joining us to analyze the coverage guy benson and Kirsten Soltis and rich
In hand to the negotiating table. You killed our number two guy, lets talk. Were ready to surrender. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you. Happening now, thousands in iran are flooding the streets, countries paying tribute to the top general killed in a u. S. Drone strike. President trump is sending another loaded warning to iran saying if they attack again, quote, we will hit them harder than they have ever been hit before. Also in washington, skepticism is mounting about the evidence used to justify killing soleimani. Breaking news out of kenya where al qaeda affiliate al shabaab is claiming responsibility for a strike near an airstrip. We are spread out across the globe covering all angles of these stories. Lets start this morning with cnns Kristin Holmes traveling with the president in south florida. Kristin, the president laid out a sharp warning to iran. Tell us about it. Reporter victor, this is a serious escalation. I cannot stress