six other employees face felony convictions for their involvement, facing all warts even putting tracking devices on the steiner s car and putting ads for sexual encounters at the couple s home. a bunch of people got fired. insane story. the lead with jake tapper starts now. is the u.s. on the brink of war? iran backed forces vowing revenge after u.s. and uk strikes against them in yemen. firepower after repeated attacks on commercial ships in the red sea. will last night s retaliatory strikes keep the groups at bay? and is president biden ready for what be next? in moments, we talked with spokeswoman from the pentagon. les, a blizzard creating a wideout in iowa three days before the republican caucus is how candidates are going with the backup plans to reach out to voters and try to get those voters to the caucuses on a very cold monday. and the brother of an israeli hostage told to leave this week and when his parents talk to the red cross to try to get the daughter
carley: one day after the house means committee for a package that includes $26 billion for israel. todd: iraq war veteran, cory mills joins us now. congressmen come into the broader picture of the united states response, we have heard you want this program call out the biden administration for allowing the middle east and allowing many of the regions in the world to reach the point of chaos that they have so going forward, what should the biden administration do, especially in light of last night strikes, but also, what will they do? first time i think we need to be discussing exactly what was last night strikes. what was the strikes that just occurred with the approximately 170 drones, 130 rockets, but also 130 missiles launched by iran. you both have on equal sides, iranian regime is having to continually show face because of the populace uprights revolt and
and targeted strikes spirit hitting the area of the central reason in iran roughly 200 miles away from the iranian capital of tehran. this is significant because located close to the capital but also near the nuclear facility. that site as we showed was not hit or affected. the strike though appeared to target the nearby iranian airbase. it shows israel has the capabilities to hit these very important sites when it wants. that is partly the message that israeli is trying to send out. they have that reported as far as iran goes as sort of damage or impact the state media s downplaying this. the only comments we heard from iran s explosions were heard and caused by iran s air defense system. but zero comments from israeli official, government official or military spokesperson in terms
major military base ironically where old f-14 s fly out of the puritan also components, nuclear processing facilities near there so israel appears to have chosen proportionate military targets. and they have sent the message to iran, don t mess with israel. todd: help us with more than a chest match. it is consequential to mention if each of these parties wanted to really inflict damage on the other, they would have done something different i ll be at israel did a great job over the weekend of shooting down a ransom of missiles and the like. let s face it if israel wanted to light up iran, it would be a lot more than last night so your thoughts on the chess match between the two sides. yes, that is right but the strikes took place overnight so when nighttime strike is designed to minimize any
strategic to send this message. obviously, that gives off a sense, there is something else going on behind the scenes and we have heard that repeated oil over the last couple of hours since the strikes began. what do you think is happening behind the scenes and israel and iran talking through this to avoid broader regional conflict? what other countries are involved in those discussions? i think the usual suspects are all involved in talking about this. everybody s eyes are on this because of the fact this could escalate into a conflict that blows up well beyond just the region. so, it has implications for global commerce and shipping. there is a lot of things playing out there, but i think between the two coming neither one of those countries once a major war right now. it is to neither s advantage. i think there is an element of this is one of those duels where you are going to draw blood and protect your honor, but you don t want to go and stick a stiletto between the ribs right