what could the americans do? here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. well, one of the president s officials said actions speak louder than words. what are those actions going to be? well, we can only speculate at this point, but what tends to happen is that the us military gives the president a menu of options that he can choose. and the lowest level, if you like, might be to hit back at iranian proxies operating inside syria or iraq. that might not be enough for the americans, and especially not forjoe biden s critics back home. so they might do something a bit more. they might go for iranian targets in those countries or they could go for maybe iranian targets in the gulf. the most extreme option, and i think this is highly unlikely, would be to attack targets inside iran itself, inside the territory of iran. that s something that the americans have not done. so we get to a situation now where the american secretary of state antony blinken, says that the middle east
of their son. we re going to talk to evan gershkovich s freshman year college roommate in just a few minutes. we ll talk about the person he calls a, quote, exceptional friend and journalist. plus, we have breaking news to share. the man accused of shooting and killing 23 people at an el paso, texas, walmart in 2019 has just been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences on federal charges and that is just his first round of sentencing. we re going to have the very latest for you any moment when we get our nbc news reporter who s there on site for us. we begin this hour at the site where republican primary race begins, that being iowa. right now former president donald trump is hitting the campaign trail in council bluffs as he continues to campaign and fund-raise. the republican leader writing in a lengthy statement last night that the doj is going after him and claiming that special counsel jack smith, quote, purposefully omitted the presidential records act. are quote,
last month in new york. more on those in a moment. first story making headlines in australia. now to a story which is making headlines in australia and around the world after broadcaster antoinette lattouf was sacked by the abc network for reposting a human rights watch report about gaza. the company has denied it succumbed to external pressure from an israeli lobby group citing a breach of its social media policy and referencing the importance of impartiality. hundreds of staff at the abc have threatened walk outs, unless they get assurances about support to staff in the spotlight. i ve been talking to antoinette lattouf who s now launched legal action against the broadcaster i started by asking how suprised she was, when she was fired. i was floored, not only how i was fired, but how quickly things escalated. one minute i was taking talkback calls about christmas playlists don t include michael buble, the next thrown under the bus in a very public way and within a
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] pete: closing our nation s anthem out with a beautiful with shot of a rainbow. we ve got a snow-covered house with a very stealthy flying american flag. rachel: how wig is the flag thae yours are bigger. pete: the flag on our property? it s bigger. rachel: yours is like used car lot pete: that s what we re going for. [laughter] are car dealership sized flag. not quite that big. good morning, by the way. thanks for your photos will: do you take it up or down? pete: no, i keep it lit. i can t take it up and down, but i keep it lit. i think that s e what you have to do, you make sure it s lit. which we do. and i try to tribe some of those photos for you because don t forget, guys, when we re talking on tv, there are also people listening on siriusxm radio like my wife right now driving from florida to nashville through alabama. do what you can this morning to be descriptive with your words rachel: hi, jen.
herfor being late tricky times for madonna as fans sue her for being late at a show in new york. hello from the bbc sport centre. jordan henderson says it was a footballing decision, to leave the saudi arabian pro league and join dutch club ajax, adding his beliefs haven t changed and never will. henderson spoke at a press conference this afternoon in amsterdam. the england midfielder left liverpool to join al ettifaq last summer, amid much controversy given his backing for lgbtq+ rights, in a country where homosexual activity is illegal. he apologised again to anyone upset by his move to saudi arabia. these by his move to saudi arabia. things in life sometirr work these things in life sometimes don t work out, football and life in general and i made a decision soon as i knew the opportunity was there i had to make the decision the decision was this was the best move for me and my family at this time and if anybody was offended or feels as though i have upset them, that is on