From the princess of wales. Welcome to the World Today an hOur of international news from the bbc. With me maryam moshiri. Asa minimum as a minimum punishment and a public speech as he that Friday Prayers in tehran for the first time in five years. He told a huge crowd of supporters that iran and its allies must prepare for action as he led commemorations for the hezbollah leader, Hassan nasrallah, who was killed by israel last week. Iran fired nearly 200 by the statement lies missiles into israel on Tuesday Night in retaliation for his assassination. Israel Has promised to hit back. There have been a number of explosions throughout the day meanwhile in beirut and elsewhere in the been on, the Health Ministry saying that more than 37 people had been killed in is really Ground And Air attacks in the past 2a hOurs. Us officials say that overnights, israel targeted the potential successor to Hassan nasrallah. They have been reports of 20 rockets being fired from lebanon into israel. Meanw
on the financial side. as you know, the rnc is out of money. they re looking for loans themselves. they don t want to support donald trump or be anywhere near him. there is a cataclysm coming in the second half of 2024. you think you might have to liquidate sayings. can i just ask, does a bank loan for things like that? can you get loans pay that? certainly he could get loans if he has the collateral. if he has equity in these properties, these golf courses, these buildings that he owns he could certainly pose those as collateral and get loans. he probably has more cash than people think though. it s been exaggerated how poor he is. my guess is he does have the money to pay the 83 million very quickly. of course he will appeal it but again, if you go 83 plus three 70, that s another 150, that s a problem for most people, alex, no matter how rich you are, that s a big problem. i was going to say. that s not coach trump change. anthony scaramucci, good to see you my frien
hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. the next hour starts right now. as i ve been to a very good day from msnbc headquarters of new york, welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news at this hour, we have some new details to share from the biden administration on the u.s. air strikes on iran- backed targets in iraq and syria. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strikes, quote, said the strong signal about the capability that we have and other things that we are going to do. the u.s. striking five targets in seven facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard and the militants they support of the region. this is in retaliation for three american soldiers killed in jordan. a senior administration official also telling nbc news that iraq received prior warning that, of the strikes, contrary to the claims of iraqi government aggression against iraq sovereignty. we go right now to nbc s allie raffa at the white house. ali, what are we hearing from the
this is the source. we start with breaking news. as the u.s. retaliation for the deaths of three american soldiers is underway tonight. the u.s. hitting more than 85 targets in iraq and syria against iranian-backed militias. b1 bombers flying nonstop from an air force base in texas ultimately striking 7 facilities in a mission the white house says was successful but also not over yet. it is without a doubt a sharp escalation of the war in the middle east. those bombers in the air today as president biden was attending the dignified transfer for those three soldiers at dover air force base. we start with team coverage tonight. oren leiberman at the pentagon, retired air force colonel cedric leighton in washington, and nic robinson in tel aviv. the pentagon confirming these strikes and laying out their rationale. what s the latest you re learning tonight? the u.s. carrying out strikes in iraq and syria. going after not specifically iran. the u.s. didn t strike directly in i
the militias that they sponsor. we are also getting some more details on the timing of the response to those three american soldiers killed in jordan last week and how it unfolded throughout this week. just in a moment, i will talk with deputy director for the very latest response from the administration as well as the defense department. but first, we re going to head to the region and nbc news chief international correspondent, who s joining us from iraq. welcome, here, so has the region reacting? what can we expect next? well alex, i think what we saw last night was not insignificant. that is true. but it was also limited. granted, an escalation by the biden administration. we haven t seen anything like this in recent years, frankly, in this part of the world. but still limited so that the strikes were along the east syria, iraq border in a trench there that we know has a number of militia groups and camped there. now, that s a part of that border that runs through