all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then work with professionals to assist your business with its forms and submit the application. go to getrefunds.com to learn more. sandra: fox news alert, u.s. bases under attack and startling admission from the u.s. military. fox news is confirming u.s. air defenses at a base in syria were not working when iranian drones hit the base killing one american and wounding six others. any moment now we expect to hear from the pentagon and explanation why the troops and other americans were left unprotected. john: after the deadly attack, president biden ordered airstrikes on iranian proxies, and with our adversaries in the rearview mirror now, the president is making the case to bolster joint defense during his visit to canada. the white house says they need to counter iran s actions in the middle east but what does that look like? this is how texas republican senator ted cruz sees it. the biden administration has gone incredibl
hard-to-watch-at-times, grilling on capitol hill. president biden, the new deals between the country concerning the border. we are moments away from hearing from the pentagon after the u.s. launched air strikes against iranian linked targets in syria. that happened after a u.s. contractor was killed and others wounded during a drone strike in the country. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments as we wait for the pentagon update on those air strikes in syria. i want to bring in nbc s dan de luce. what do we know, dan, and what have we expected to learn from the briefing? what are the questions that are still out there? reporter: there are a lot of questions still about this whole episode. the first thing is perhaps why the head of central command, when he testified before congress yesterday didn t mention this lethal incident in which this drone killed an american contractor there at that base in northeastern syria. there s also a question about the
said it s illegal. it s not illegal. we have made that point a number of times. the point, in fact, that there is sandra: there you are listening to the pentagon update, and the pressing by the pentagon on the hold-up, they say, of the military nominees. i just want to say that a few moments ago the defense secretary said they are working to notify the family of the u.s. service member who crossed into north korea. defense secretary austin says that they are concerned about the welfare of the troupe who crossed the border into north korea. speaking about ukraine, they are talking about the counteroffensive they are, far failure. it ll be a long, hard, but he fight , talking about sending more equipment to ukraine. more coming up and we ll continue to monitor this and bring you news from it. john? john: swinging over to this now, extreme heat wreaking havoc
hard-to-watch-at-times, grilling on capitol hill. president biden, the new deals between the country concerning the border. we are moments away from hearing from the pentagon after the u.s. launched air strikes against iranian linked targets in syria. that happened after a u.s. contractor was killed and others wounded during a drone strike in the country. our nbc reporters are following all of the latest developments as we wait for the pentagon update on those air strikes in syria. i want to bring in nbc s dan de luce. what do we know, dan, and what have we expected to learn from the briefing? what are the questions that are still out there? reporter: there are a lot of questions still about this whole episode. the first thing is perhaps why the head of central command, when he testified before congress yesterday didn t mention this lethal incident in which this drone killed an american contractor there at
getting together with china to form this alliance, we have to be able to fight on two fronts but i don t think anybody has the confidence we can fight on two fronts. we have got to be able to protect the troops that are overseas, and if we don t express some outrage, go after them, make it so painful that nobody ever dares to come after the united states again. but it doesn t feel like that. and so the communication is just absolutely just poor. sandra: worth noting we were listening to the pentagon update off the top, we are sitting here together and when he came out to speak before he took questions, there was not an immediate addressing of what had just happened, of course the first question was on it. i don t know what your take away is for that. sound from last hour. listen. we ve got adversaries around the world who think we are weak and when they sense weakness, they are going to probe and if