i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. on friday the u.s. conducted major retaliatory airstrikes on iraq and syria, the start of what the u.s. military says likely will be larger attacks on iranian-backed militias. airstrikes hit more than 85 targets according to u.s. central command including command and control operation centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle storage. the move came in response to a drone strike by iran-backed militants on a u.s. military outpost in jordan on sunday. that killed three u.s. service members and wounded more than 40 others. the strikes began only about an hour after president biden attended the dignified transfer of their remains at dover air force base in delaware. officials say the timing was coincidental but symbolic of the gravity of his decision. iraqi officials say at least 16 people were killed in the strikes and condemn the attacks as, quote, a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereigty. a chief in
stretched for five years. and the source told the fbi about these conversations in june 2020. that s right as joe biden was wrapping up the democrat nomination. the burisma executive told the fbi s confidential source that burisma had to pay the biden administration for help getting rid of the ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating burisma for corruption. quote: 5 million for one biden, 5 million for the other biden, the burisma executive told the confidential human source. now, people who have seen the document tell us that the $5 million payments were a kind of retainer agreement that burisma had with the biden administration do deal with a number of issues. one of which was getting rid of this prosecutor. other issues burisma needed biden s help with was help with oil deals. now, the executives said they needed to pay joe biden because hunter was quote, unquote, dumb and couldn t get much done by himself. now, people who have seen this document say it looks like a pay
happy friday. the chief of ai tested operation of the u.s. air force involved the coming cutting-edge systems. originally claimed that a drone turned against his human operator during its trust missing. theoretically curing the operator in order to accomplish his regular objective. but now, they re offering some clarity on that story. dana: he denies that there is an actual simulation is just an imaginary thought experiment but he says despite this being a hypothetical example, this illustrates the real-world challenges posed by ai pilot capability. with more on this from spot s business and carry i imagine that this scenario is one of the reasons you have many people in silicon valley suggested paths in the development of it because of the concerns. that is right. this is also a terminator type scenario but this is one of the things that is driving those concerns, and dana you mentioned the colonel walking back the such shocking comments he made them in a conference in l
maria: so why not name a special counsel? coming up, the chairman of the house judiciary committee, part of two hearings this upcoming week on government overreach. ohio congressman jim jordan on why he s sill waiting for responses from the doj which sent is america s top law enforcer to ukraine this week instead. then, communist china hitting america from all sides, air, the ground through the southern border, the deadly drugs like fentanyl, yet joe biden is laughing it off. you talk about the children being taken away from their parents? my children were taken away from me. it should not be politicized. the interesting thing is that fentanyl they took came during the last administration. [laughter] maria: coming up, former white house adviser steven miller reacts fresh off of cpac with president trump. we re now in a marxism state of mind, a communism state of mind which is far worse. we re a nation in decline. our enemies are desperate to sop the us because they know
take them off. everything. jesse: and if you are the biden family, you don t get to spend 50 years running the game without keeping it all in the family. but, last night, we learned the bidens may have been compromised. as investigative reporter paul sperry broke to us that the biden family has been under federal surveillance for years. another chinese partner of his a guy named patrick ho, his office for secretary of statey was rated, we learned recently from some law enforcement documents was actually raided. the feds actually put the chinese partners under a fisa have a surveillance and at the same time they were monitoring the bidens communications with those chinese partners. jesse: so the bidens are all over fbi wiretaps talking to china. the fbi was investigating patrick ho. a chinese bag man who eventually got popped for bribing african leaders and helping iran evade sanctions. real nice guy. so what does ho have to do with the biden family? ho was the v.p. f