ambassador. today israel launching a serious of air strikes in gaza, who they were targeting, and the incident civilians that may have been caught up in the cross fire. good day to you. i m peter alexander in washington. for my friend hallie jackson. and joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent allie vitale and anna palmer. with great gratitude we are all inside with some air-conditioning on this stifling d.c. day. allie, let s walk through this kyrsten sinema, the deal the democrats got. talk about feeling the heat. the at democracy were very concerned how this was going to end up. republicans wither trying to peel off sinema s vote. what twos from here? what happens next? yeah, peter, thankfully we are going to be in air-conditioning all the rest of the weekend, too, because the senate is working both saturday and sunday now that they have senator kyrsten sinema on board. the changes she made to the legislation, not entirely surprising for those of us who h
preventing another january 6th. plus, trump s pick for governor in arizona takes a page right out of his playbook. kari lake is declaring victory before all of the votes are counted and struggles to explain how her win doesn t clash with her claims of voter fraud. good morning, welcome to way too early. on this thursday august 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. the number two democrat in the senate is calling on the department of defense to open an internal investigation into missing texts from key officials on january 6th. in a letter yesterday, majority whip and judiciary committee chair dick durbin of illinois asked the d.o.d. s inspector general to launch a probe into the deleted communications of several trump appointed officials, who were were tasked with deploying the national guard during the capitol riot. the letter reads this way. the disappearance of this critical information could jeopardize efforts to learn the full truth about january 6
we said we ll see you on thursday. she said see you on tuesday. she was very upset and very stressed and she can hardly talk honestly. so it s difficult time for her. let s be clear, a guilty sentence has been almost certain since before griner even confessed to accidentally packing those cannabis cartridges in her luggage. russian courts have a conviction rate of 99%. the white house put out a statement, calling on russia to release griner immediately and says his administration is continuing to pursue every possible avenue to bring home griner and former u.s. marine paul whelan, who is also detained. u.s. officials have proposed a prisoner swap for griner s release, despite claims from the white house that the process is moving quickly, it is expected to take some time and the ball is very much in russia s court. joining me is molly hunter and jonathan, he worked on the case of trevor reed who was released from a russian prison earlier this year. molly, we weren t expec
precision strikes are intended to protect and defend u.s. personnel. no group will strike our troops in impunity. iran proxy forces launched seven rockets at a u.s. base in northeast syria near an oil field. no u.s. casualties and no damage to that base. a general visited syria in november and met with the 900 u.s. troops based there ahead of core testimony last week. today iran possesses the largest and most diverse arsenal in the middle east. many missiles capable of striking anywhere in the middle east and the largest uav force in the region. this attack by iranian backed forces poses a significant challenge to the white house which was caught flat footed earlier this month when china brokered a surprise reconciliation deal between iran
for a nuclear weapon in two weeks, and several months for an active weapon. the united states as a matter of policy iran will not have a fielded nuclear weapon and we have developed multiple options for a national leadership to consider if or when iran ever decides to develop an actual nuclear weapon. this brazen attack by iranian-backed forces poses a significant challenge to the white house which was caught flatfooted earlier when china brokered a reconciliation deal between iran and saudi arabia and a day after china and russia vowed to join forces to create a new world order while meeting in moscow. sandra. sandra: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon as we await the briefing. thank you. john: bring in karl rove, former white house deputy chief of staff and fox news contributor. united states has blamed iran for the drone attack yesterday.