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
. new house judiciary chairman jim jordan announcing he s launching an investigation into the doj s actions related to president biden s handling of classified documents, demanding the department turn over a variety of information communicating all communications relating to yesterday s special counsel, hard to believe this is happening one week ago but just about exactly this time there was a complete chaos on the house floor. a lawmaker lunging at another lawmaker and we still didn t know way back then because last year was a whole year last week a whole year didn t know if kevin mccarthy would actually become speaker. what a difference a week makes and of course we think about in washington, dc every minute seems to be a new well, crisis to avert or try to maintain i want to bring in michael should nel congressional report commentator ashley madison and leon donovan former committee aid. let me bring you in on this conversation, we re talking about what happened last wee
battlegrounds. north korea s new escalation, firing an icbm after launching 23 missiles in a single day. is a nuclear warhead test coming? u.s. officials visiting wnba star brittney griner in a russian prison. what the white house is saying about the stalled effort to free her. and the ace superstar kyrie irving and the firestorm over anti-semitism, after calls to suspend him, what the league commissioner is saying now. the faa flooded with complaints about shrinking airline seats. the mounting pressure to take action. and the jaw-dropping photo bomb. the photographer speaking out about this scary close encounter. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. breaking news as we come on the air tonight. word that paul pelosi, the victim of a brutal hammer attack at the hands of a home intruder has been released from a san francisco hospital. his release coming just days after the office of house speaker nancy pelosi revealed he faced a lo
Enough fentanyl coming in to kill everybody in the country. Isis smugglers, and all the numbers you just heard. Can the c. R. Be a way to get leverage to get ill leave that up to others. Well, and let me say this and we should wrap up. But some of yall may know brandon judd, the head of the National Border patrol union, brandon is a good friend. Ive spent a lot of time talking with Brandon Judd About what the Border Patrol sees and one of the interesting things brandon says, he says they dont particularly need more money. They dont particularly need legislation from congress. What they need is a policy change. What caused this crisis was a decision by joe biden and Kamala Harris and every Senate Democrat to embrace catch and release. What caused this crisis is when they apprehend people, they are given a court date years in the future, they are let go and the vast majority are never seen again. Joe biden could solve this today because the problem is he is brazenly defying federal law.
i think he should get an award for that and loved the lead with jake tapper starts right now james, trump debating whether they should try to push his july 11 sentencing, elite starts right hand the question of the moment for the trump campaign. should they try to move the former president s sentencing date or keep it as it is. the republican convention begins july 15 in milwaukee, sentencing july 11. ahead, what sources are telling you know, about this dilemma plus dr. anthony fauci back on capitol hill facing questions and some attacks about the coronavirus pandemic you, the american people deserve to be abused like that. mr. fauci, because you re not dr. your mr. fauci and my few minutes is this what we have become is this what congress has become? and that flagrant foul on wnba superstar caitlin clark, was it? all just part of the game or intended to be a lot more personal welcome to oled on jake tapper and we start today with our law and justice lead and brand new cn