welcome back to the weekend everyone. this morning, the world is reacting to new round of airstrikes from the united states and the middle east. last night, the united states and united kingdom targeted houthi rebels and iran-backed militant group in yemen. the government says they struck 36 targets and 13 locations across the country. all of this comes just one day after a separate series of very consequential strikes by the united states targeting iran- backed militias militants in iraq and in syria. let s get right to an msnbc news correspondent, matt riley, in tel aviv. thank you for being with us this morning. matt, these airstrikes and these retaliatory met, these airstrikes and retaliatory strikes, how do they complicate things for secretary blinken as he heads to the region? well, i think that this is a perfect timing for secretary blinken. and what he will be doing, he ll be coming here to israel. he ll also be going to places like egypt, saudi arabia. these
A member of his trusted inner circle dared to revolt and marched his army of mercenaries into russia. [speaking nonenglish] Yevgeny Prigozhin had reason to be angry. He had raised a private army called the wagner group and sent them to fight putins war in ukraine. His men were being slaughtered and prigozhin blamed russians Armchair Generals running the war of sabotage. [speaking nonenglish] there was a mutiny against Vladimir Putins armed forces. It is more like a fight between gangs, which is like a mafia state. Vladimir putin was rattled and seemed to be caught off guard. He had raised prigozhin and empowered him. Prigozhin is entirely a creature of vladimir putin. He does not exist without putin. This is a frankensteinlike scenario. Ive been following prigozhins extraordinary rise for years and seen firsthand how the onetime, petty thief built a criminal empire in syria, africa, russia, and ukraine. Making him powerful enough to challenge the boss. It is like, we know there is more
maybe melting a bit now that achievement vermont is calling on the ice cream maker to make goods from july 4. in case you missed it, independence day our country s most patriotic holy ben & jerry s tweeted this, the u.s. exists on stolen indigenous land and called the u.s. to give back the land, including mount rushmore. this morning fox & friends weekend, native american chief called out ben & jerry s hypocrisy. arguing the ice cream maker s headquarters on land loosely owned by native nations so what could ben & jerry s be thinking? here s the tribal leaders. can t read their minds so i think the best way is for ben & jerry s to reach out, contact us as the state recognized tribes in our homeland and where there at present headquarters sit and have a conversation. they re willing to work with us and help uplift our people then and there for the conversation but we haven t had any contact yet. this really annoys me. these people were preaching to us but they don t live
the progressive killjoys spoke up to remind us what a terrible place the u.s. is. like wanting the flag and ending with jane fonda s dirty girdle. dirty girdle. i don t know what that means. ben and jerry s ice cream offered happy birthday to america last week by claiming the country was stolen land and should be given back to indigenous people. start with mount rushmore, since no way a mountain could sustain a casino. turns out ben and jerry s headquarter are located on land that a native american nation says belongs to them. i m tasting new ice cream, hypocrite and honey. dawn stevens, the chief, told newsweek, we d be interested in a meeting to discuss the land being return. you don t get more native american than the husband in bewitched. dawn stevens, sounds like name bill hemmer gives when he stays at the red roof inn by the airport. i prefer traditional names like chief running bear or liz warren. in the cries cream maker s defense, everywhere in the world once belonge
the pentagon, u.s. response to the drone attack that killed three troops in jordan could come in stages. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. we learn the identities of the three army soldiers, two of them were under 25 years old. some are calling for the u.s. to send a direct message to iran immediately. brooke singman has details. brooke: pentagon releasing the names of the three soldiers killed in the attack. they were assigned to 718th. sergeant william drone and specialist moffet. the president faces growing calls to take action against iran. sounded like the administration has ruled out strikes within iran. i appreciate the question, i will not telegraph punches. we are not looking for war with iran, not looking to escalate the tension anymore. everything has been done to deescalate tension. did does the administration not hold iran responsible for the attack or the risk is acceptable? i m not going to telegrap