hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. the next hour starts right now. as i ve been to a very good day from msnbc headquarters of new york, welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news at this hour, we have some new details to share from the biden administration on the u.s. air strikes on iran- backed targets in iraq and syria. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strikes, quote, said the strong signal about the capability that we have and other things that we are going to do. the u.s. striking five targets in seven facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard and the militants they support of the region. this is in retaliation for three american soldiers killed in jordan. a senior administration official also telling nbc news that iraq received prior warning that, of the strikes, contrary to the claims of iraqi government aggression against iraq sovereignty. we go right now to nbc s allie raffa at the white house. ali, what are we hearing from the
were so gallantly streaming. and the rockets reed glare red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave pete: good morning. that was our nation s anthem as is the tradition here on fox & friends weekend. thanks for sending in presumably maybe some fourth of july photos with the kiddos there. and. a lot of beautiful babies. pete: speaking of beautiful babies, will cain, carley shimkus in today for rachel campos duffy. carley: love to see the kids in the red, white and blue, nothing like it. i hope that you are still feeling the fourth of july spirit into the fourth of july weekend. this is the fourth of july weekend, isn t it? will: i think a lot of people took the entire week off, made it a 10-day carley: isn t that a beautiful way to do that? will: i don t know, tell me about it. pete: it was great. [laught
going to happen. dana: that s true. jesse: what did he say? bret: good evening. i m bret baier, breaking tonight. blame game over the southern border intensifies as the migrant surges. the biden administration is pointing financingsers at republicans saying the g.o.p. is are rejecting throtion add more agents. this comes as democrats call on the white house to do more. as homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faces a republican-led impeachment effort over dereliction of duty we will speak with secretary mayorkas live in moments. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas again with the latest on the ground and we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. jacqui: good evening to you, bret. right now the white house and the house are not talking. even as a bipartisan group in the senate tries to work out a border policy reform deal they hope could also pass the lower chamber and unlock funding. and right now
punter president erdogan claiming victory, as yet not officially announced, but to all intents and purposes, that seems to be the case. we have seen the opposition candidate kemal kilicdaroglu also giving a speech and he was strongly worded but he did not explicitly admit defeat. let s speak to arda tunca. he s a columnist and economist at politikyol. we have talked a lot in recent days and weeks about the turkish economy and weeks about the turkish economy and it has been that hot button issue for the politicians and the daily issue for turks. what is the state of the economy? what is it like on a daily basis, living in turkey? it like on a daily basis, living in turke ? , ., ., ., ., ., turkey? it is hard for a lot of eole turkey? it is hard for a lot of peeple in turkey? it is hard for a lot of people in turkey turkey? it is hard for a lot of people in turkey but - turkey? it is hard for a lot of people in turkey but the - turkey? it is hard for a lot of l people in t
to desecrating the quran and insulting the prophet muhammad in 2021. rights groups report that iran has put more than 200 prisoners to death since the beginning of the year. and in a further crackdown on high profile figures iran has charged two well known actresses with violating its strict dress codes for women. the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an inquiry into the widespread protests seen here triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, last september. taraneh stone from bbc persian joined me earlier in studio. this wasn t related to a protest per se, but it s causing a lot of concern about the high number of executions that we re hearing here and there in the news lately. we have heard in the news about many executions, especially the execution of minorities. and they re raising concerns over the imminent execution of some minorities, like arab minorities. now, we know that iran is notorious for executions, for death penalties. and w