Talks about efforts to counter irans Illicit Financial Networks. The Atlantic Council hosted this our 20 minute forum. [indistinct chatter] william hello, everyone, and welcome to the Atlantic Council. Welcome to everyone here and those watching on cspan and our livestream. My name is william wechsler, and i lead Atlantic Councils work on the middle east. Im delighted to welcome you to an event cohosted for strategy and security and our Global Business and economics programs initiative. This event is on the record, and please tweet if you are so inclined, and if so, use the hashtag shapingsanctions. Today, we are here to learn more about hezbollah and its finances. Hezbollah is one of the most sophisticated terrorist organizations and stabilizing factor in the middle east. Organizations in the world, and a key destabilizing factor in the middle east. Iran reportedly provides the terrorist group with hundreds of millions of dollars annually. This money has advanced the iranian agenda, u
[indiscernible chattering] hello, everyone, and welcome to the Atlantic Council. Welcome to everyone here and those watching on cspan and our livestream. I am william wexler, and i lead Atlantic Councils work on the middle east. Im delighted to welcome you to. N event today this event is on the record, and please tweet if you are so inclined and if so, use the shapingsacntions we are here to learn more about hezbollah and its finances. Hezbollah is one of the most sophisticated terrorist organizations and stabilizing factor in the middle east. Iran reportedly provides the terrorist group with hundreds of millions of dollars annually. This money has advanced the iranian agenda, undermining balance, challenging the Lebanese Armed forces as the sole legitimate protector of the countrys security, providing ondemand proxy Ground Forces for iran;s moore in syria cup irans more in syria, maintaining top terrorist ability in the region and around the world, and directly threatening israel. But
defend our people and hold responsible all those who harm americans. a time, place of our choosing. that began tonight. [background sounds] it not end tonight. concern will not end tonight. neil: stunning images we re getting the first of this morning in the aftermath of those u.s. airstrikes on at least the 85 iran proxy targets in iraq and syria. the white house says the strikes were successful and part of a multitiered campaign. iraq and iran condemning that campaignful we ll talk to top generals on what exactly was hit and the significance of those targets and what may be next. plus, top lawmakers on the house. armed services committee, republican member mike waltz and democratic member adam smith, they re both here. good morning, everyone. happy weekend to you. i m neil cavuto, so glad that you re joining us. we ll give you the latest on this, where it stands and where it s going, first to tel aviv where you ll find our trey yingst. trey. reporter: hey, neil, good morn
85-plus attacks that we launched yesterday in response to the killing of three americans and wounding 40 others almost a week ago. what we can tell you 85, four sites in syrias and three sites in iraq, and rocket storage facilities and began at 4 p.m. eastern time and sort of covering this, including the two b-1 bombers who flew halfway around the world. for the latest, here is trey yingst. overnight the united states struck 85 different targets in iraq and syria in response to that deadly drone attack last weekend that left three american service members dead. according to u.s. central command there were control centers and weapons storage facilities hit overnight some affiliated directly with iran s revolutiony guard, with the quds forces and military. and john kirby saying this overnight. i want to repeat again what i said in my opening comments, these responses began tonight. they re not going to end tonight. so there will be additional responses, there will be additi
Bret a live look at the white house, and we are Just Moments Away from President Biden and tonights address to the nation. Good evening from washington, im bret baier. Maria im martha maccallum. Obviously, this is an important moment for any president when he chooses an Oval Office Address as the way he wants to speak to the nation. He will make his case for a number of things. He is going to lay out additional aid for this fight in israel, also for the fight in ukraine. That was the original road map for his speech tonight, but now israel is a big part of the mix, and also humanitarian assistance for the residents of gaza. Bret President Biden will speak to the nation from the to oval office. Brit hume, dana perino and harold ford jr. Will have analysis of the president s speech, we also have john roberts in jerusalem and peter doocy at the white house. Martha lets go to the white house with peter doocy on the north lawn. Good evening, peter. Reporter tonights remarks are expected to