welcome back to the weekend everyone. this morning, the world is reacting to new round of airstrikes from the united states and the middle east. last night, the united states and united kingdom targeted houthi rebels and iran-backed militant group in yemen. the government says they struck 36 targets and 13 locations across the country. all of this comes just one day after a separate series of very consequential strikes by the united states targeting iran- backed militias militants in iraq and in syria. let s get right to an msnbc news correspondent, matt riley, in tel aviv. thank you for being with us this morning. matt, these airstrikes and these retaliatory met, these airstrikes and retaliatory strikes, how do they complicate things for secretary blinken as he heads to the region? well, i think that this is a perfect timing for secretary blinken. and what he will be doing, he ll be coming here to israel. he ll also be going to places like egypt, saudi arabia. these
iran, while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say that trump s pressure campaign hoisted the hard-liners to the front and the top of the iranian regime. so, when president biden came into power, negotiated with iran was nearly impossible. it wasn t for lack of trying. for the first year of biden s presidency, his administration attempted a resurrect the 2015 nuclear deal, but tehran refused to engage directly with u.s. diplomats. talk about stop and go for several years, then, something happened in 2022, which made matters even worse. the war in ukraine. you see, the original nuclear deal depended on cooperation between the west and russia. but once russia invaded ukraine, any collaboration with moscow was off the table, and now, iran is helping russia in its war. iran s attack drones are a common feature in russia s campaign against ukraine. the 2015 iran nuclear deal built at least a little good faith between ir
right now an atmospheric river dubbed the pineapple express is bearing down on california and set to drop a foot of rain in places on the west coast. here s a live look at san francisco, the famous san francisco fog i promise in there is some where the bay ridge, but that s the kind of flock there dealing with. it s one of the many cities bracing for some what some forecasters are calling the largest storm of the season. further down the coast wind warning just moments ago. this is dumb is expected to cause for flooding and mudslides over the next few days, we ll have live reporting coming up in our next hour. the third party, should anyone be scared? i m going to speak with the next hour starts right now. a very good day to all of you from msnbc alex witt reports, right now and unstable middle east. iran-backed houthi rebels vowing to strike back against the u.s., after the united states the united kingdom struck 37 houthi targets in 13 different locations. this nb
push to oust secretary mayorkas. how they got to the brink of impeachment, and what it means for the senate s border bill. then, donald trump lashing out after a court appointed monitor found more deficiencies in his company s finances. and president biden s next move in response to the attack that killed three american soldiers. a remembrance of their surface and sacrifice, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. good to be back here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. right now, house republicans are moving forward with their push to impeach a sitting member of president biden s cabinet. their target, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, who they say has failed to secure the southern border. as republicans accuse him of refusing to enforce federal immigration laws and blocking oversight of vhs. keep in mind, this is happening even as many of those same republicans are openly opposing a bipartisan b
tonight, carroll e. jean carroll speaking out after last week s verdict. a decision in trump s civil fraud case could be days away. then, president biden vowing to respond after a drone attack killed three american troops. the battle over the bipartisan bill, how politics is threatening to block legislation. as the dog the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings, everyone. i am symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, we heard from writer e. jean carroll just days after a new york jury found that trump must pay her more than $83.3 million four defaming her. carroll and her attorneys spoke to rachael maddow tonight admitting she was nervous about physically facing trump in court. but one moment, that changed. amazingly, i looked out and he was nothing, he was nothing. he was a fandom. there was some people around him who were giving him about, but he himself was nothing. it was an astonishing discovery. for me. he is nothing. we