border bill. johnson said it is dead on arrival as he reveals a bill for israel alone without a cent for the war against putin in ukraine or the border. top senate negotiator, chris murphy joining us coming up. plus, the pentagon fires off a weekend barrage of preemptive strikes against houthis in yemen after friday night s strikes for the deaths of three u.s. service members. we intend to take additional strikes and additional action to continue to send a clear message that the united states will respond when our forces are attacked or our people are killed. secretary of state blinken has arrived in saudi arabia today starting his fifth shutting mission to the region since october 7th to promote a halt in the fighting in gaza in exchange for a release of hostages. and donald trump widens his lead over president biden in our new poll. steve kornacki is here to break it all down. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. senate negotiators from both parties prod
all those stories to come on the context tonight. we begin tonight as us officials say plans have been approved for a series of strikes against iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria but not in iran itself. they told cbs news that the action would be carried out over a number of days and that weather will be a factor in when the strikes begin. washington has been preparing to hit back at iran backed militias after three us troops were killed in a drone strike injordan. the american secretary of defence, lloyd austin, said the us had the right to retaliate after the recent attacks. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict in the region. but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interests and our people. and we will respond when we choose, where we choose and how we choose. the latest there from lloyd austin. with me is our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. macklin,
hello and welcome. i m lynda kinkade. ahead on cnn newsroom. the u.s. led coalition said the latest strikes in yemen are about protection and not escalation. but the houthi rebels say they won t be deterred. u.s. president joe biden is projected to win his first official primary victory of the 2024 campaign. and i am honored to stand here as foreign minister. we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress. after two years of political gridlock northern ireland s government returns to a power sharing agreement with a new first minister. live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with lynda kinkade. we start with breaking news. just minutes ago the u.s. announced it had shot down an anti-ship cruise missile in yemen. it comes after the u.s. along with british and coalition forces struck at least 30 targets in yemen at ten different locations. fa-18 jets and a pair of u.s. destroyers hit what the u.s. said were facilities involved in attacks on international shi
harris: listen carefully. every time you hear biden administration officials explain how iran s paid for and trained terrorists killed three american soldiers and at least 40 others were wounded. biden s pentagon says confusion happened over the enemy drone striking at the same time as the u.s. drone was returning to the base. they ll figure that out. here is what s really happening for the american people. for 105 days a mortal enemy, iran, through its groups that it pays for and backs, fires at will, hits their targets, kills our people, and still no address to the nation by president biden. i m not talking about a few words here and there. let s see if they can explain why he can t explain to us why iran feels like it can do this even though he said he knew they wouldn t do anything. we need answers now. and some backbone would be good. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the pentagon has released information on the patriots we just lost. sergeant wi
arguing in the courts that he is immune from prosecution means that it s all but impossible to start a trial on march 4th, just over a month from now. but that news could clear the way for another one of trump s criminal cases. the ex-president could be in the courtroom in manhattan just eight weeks from now. the manhattan d.a. charging him with 34 felony counts for trying to cover up a sex scandal this the weeks before the 2016 election. that trial is currently scheduled for march 25th, and in less than two weeks, a hear willing be held to decide if that date holds. according to reporting from the new york times, alvin bragg and his team of prosecutors have been quietly plugging away. last month, it was reported and news breaking just yesterday in a related case that could give bragg a boost. once again, from the new york times. he once said understand weeseleberg knows where all the financial bodies are burr yesterday, and while it does not involve him flipping on