Lebanon libya somalia sudan and iran. I think its highly probable the administration has already made the decision to go to war against iran there are already u. S. Troops inside iran want to repeat that there are already u. S. Troops inside iran the u. S. Has long had its eyes set on trying to impact regime change in iran and much of what youve seen the u. S. Doing with regards to iran has been on a covert level weve seen a report in new yorker by Seymour Hersh that a u. S. Source told him that u. S. Marines were operating in the blue key missouri and kurdish regions of iran have you ever heard of that report ive never heard of the report and never read the article nor do i intend to do you have any interest as to whether or not. As the u. S. Ambassador i dont have any interest as to whether or not u. S. Marines are actually operating in iran right now and i said i had not heard of the report and i didnt intend to read the article in the new yorker if i gave you this article right now
That news taking 50 points a off of the dow industrials, mornings with maria begins right now. Maria top story iran striking back overnight, iran fired over a dozen missiles at two bases in iraq housing american soldiers, so far no american casualties have been reported in attacks, the president tweeted overnight about the attack, he writes this, all is well, missiles launched from iraq, assessment of casualties and damages taking place now, so far so good, we have the most powerful, wellequipped military anywhere in the world by far, the president write, i would be making statement tomorrow morning, we will take the statement for you. Joining me right now ceo anthony, here this morning onset campusreform. Org and dagen mcdowell, kevin oleary. Lets get your reaction this morning to the showdown with iran and what you perceive as irans goal here. Hi, maria, good morning to the team there, you know, what has happened is we essentially took, if you think of thises is a chess match, we too
When he openly showed his willingness to talk with russian president Vladimir Putin and also a willingness to compromise with him and critics say he might have compromised too much or did he is a bit too willing on the other hand there is effect that he did win the elections by promising to end this conflict and we could read on social networks and also in ukraine in media that this prisoner swap is welcome the there were posts like are finally our people are heading back home some of them have been kept by the russian separatists since 2015 at the same time what it calls the criticism mostly in this particular swap that happened today is that. The russian separatists were released 5 x. Special Police Members who were charged with killing people in the square with a pen this in the center of kiev in 2014 so before the crimea was annexed by russia before a 1st gun was fired in east ukraine and critics say why are you handing over dispy people d they have nothing to do with the fighting
The United States military executed a flawless strike that terminate the terrorist ring leader, responsible for gravely wounding and murdering thousands and thousands of people. And hundreds and hundreds at least of americans. Suleimani has been killed, and bloody rampage is now forever gone. The commander in chief, obviously, taking decisive and bold action to end thuggish reign of suleimani as leader suleimani had a lot of american blood on his hands responsible for killing more than 600 of our lltroops in the iraq war. Some put the estimates muchst higher than that. Suleimani the chief exporter of irans states sponsored terrorism butir because of President Trump, and our unrivaled military, the suleimani legend is ended, he got what he deserved. The president last night directing an air strike in baghdadst to kill suleimani just days after an attack on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad by iranian back militiamen who were operating on the orders of suleimani. Court President Trump, the ir
Educe the national debt. As always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is 7 00 eastern time here in washington. The start of a holiday week. Congress returning in two weeks. President trump spending christmas with his family in florida. It is monday, december 23. We begin our first hour with Foreign Policy. The leaders of china, south korea and japan meeting today in beijing it. Comes as the pentagon and u. S. Officials are on, quote, high alert, after new threats over the weekend by north korea. In the past President Trump has said that he and president kim jong un fell in love. But since that comment back in february, talks have broken down. We want to get your reaction to these developments in north korea, what it means for the u. S. And for the region. 2027488001, thats our line for republicans. 2027488922 for democrats. 2027488002 if oure democrats. Or on twit or facebook. Good m