andrea mitchell is on assignment traveling with secretary blinken. right now, countdown to the caucuses. just one week today as the republican candidates for president make their final push in iowa. meanwhile, president biden is on the trail in south carolina where he ll be speaking at mother emanuel church, the scene of the horrific hate crime in 2015. his message today, the hate that fueled the killing of nine worshippers still rages. at the pentagon, demand for answers grows after lloyd austin failed to tell the white house for days that he had been admitted to the icu. and a critical piece of the alaskan airlines flight has been found as it blasted off the plane mid flight, taking passengers belongings with it. we begin this very busy hour with the race for the white house. we are now just seven days away from the very first primary contest of this high stakes election year. the republican iowa caucuses. while there is still time, so far, it s shaping up to be a 2020
situation room. happening now, breaking news, the first deaths are reported from a powerful earthquake that flattened homes and unleashed a wall of water in japan. stand by for new images and information on the massive 7.5 quake and its aftermath. also this hour, at a critical moment in israel s fight against hamas, the nation s high court striking down a key part of a controversial government plan to limit the power of the judiciary. the unprecedented decision now threatening to fan par time tensions and division. plus, 2024 is here. the first presidential votes are now just two weeks away. we ll get the lay of the political landscape as donald trump s rivals battle to be the last republican standing in his way to the nomination. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and this is the situation room special report. we begin with breaking news. the earthquake disaster in japan turning deadly. at
This is the uj 22. Also on the battlefield much smaller drones, the sort were more used to people use them at home and commercially. These can be used for reconissance. Filming footage of opposition controlled areas. They can also be adapted to drop grenades or similar small explosizes like this small mortar. Grenades or similar small explosizes what grenades or similar small explosizes else makes di from what else makes drones different from other weapons . I talked about this earlier with an expert in Electronic Warfare in air defence. In a Research Fellow in sea power at the Royal United Services institute for that generally speaking, what you tend to see is a loitering munition effectively if you can imagine a missile with rather than simply going from point a to point b is able to be launched, able to circle and fly a bite pattern and be sent towards a target. Sent towards a target. Obviously without a pilot sent towards a target. Obviously without a pilot being sent towards a tar
this is the uj 22. also on the battlefield much smaller drones, the sort we re more used to people use them at home and commercially. these can be used for reconissance. filming footage of opposition controlled areas. they can also be adapted to drop grenades or similar small explosizes like this small mortar. grenades or similar small explosizes what grenades or similar small explosizes else makes di from what else makes drones different from other weapons? i talked about this earlier with an expert in electronic warfare in air defence. in a research fellow in sea power at the royal united services institute for that generally speaking, what you tend to see is a loitering munition effectively if you can imagine a missile with rather than simply going from point a to point b is able to be launched, able to circle and fly a bite pattern and be sent towards a target. sent towards a target. obviously without a pilot sent towards a target. obviously without a pilot being
that is so long as congress acts. right now, leadership in both parties are working to parade the vast middle to get on board because the fringes are furious. if you thought the howling was loud last week, just wait for what we re hearing today. it s insanity, said republican ralph norman of south carolina. this deal is a turd sandwich is said republican chip roy. barfing emoji tweeted dan bishop. the left was a little less colorful but unhappy. parts of the deal are quote, really unfortunate, said pramila jayapal of washington. a large majority of the house democratic caucus is in flux on where they re going to be on this said ro khanna of california, and it s a terrible precedent said one liberal to our friends at punch bowl. the house needs 218 votes to pass this deal. the senate needs 60 and with what we re hearing right now from the conservatives and progressives, both votes will need to be largely bipartisan to pass. let us understand who s saying what right now, and al