Msnbc headquarters here at new york city. And we begin this evenings broadcast with major breaking international news. The u. S. Has carried out military strikes and syria today. Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syri by iranianbacked militia grps. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the context of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin night, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called th
Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the contt of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin tonight, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called these attacks and his words separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. They said they do not represent anything in the u. S. Approach of the confli
That is our show for tonight, now it is time for the last word with my friend, good evening. Excellent show, nice to see you and have yourself an excellent weekend. Thanks, alex. Men at sometimes are masters of their fate, the fault is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings. If you are a lover of shakespeare, that passage from Julius Caesar might be on your mind right now because this week we saw mega faithful republicans make the latest trump pilgrimage, at the trial of a man accused of Making Hush Money payments to the former star, Stormy Daniels to stop her from going public with their affair during the 2016 election. And we saw these Republicans Indoctrinated by trump, do this not once, not even twice, but three times. Three times. Monday, tuesday and yesterday, three different groups of the brigade, most of the members of the legislative branch of our federal government skipped out on their day jobs to do donald trump spitting and attacked this nations criminal J
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