hello and welcome to verified live. the houthis in yemen have said american and british strikes against them will not go without punishment or retaliation. the group says five of its fighters were killed and six were injured overnight. earlier, the houthis issued a statement saying british and american interests were legitimate targets after the strikes. us central command says more than 60 houthi military targets were struck, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. they included what the us called command and control centres, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defence radar systems. among the areas targeted the capital sanaa and the port of hudaydah. this was the moment us warplanes took off from an aircraft carrier. russia called the strikes illegitimate and requested an urgent meeting of the un security council. iran which supports the houthis condemned the strikes in yemen as a clear violation of the country s territorial
supreme court is keeping former president trump s name on the colorado ballot for now this after the state supreme court ruled him ineligible. now the u.s. supreme court will review that decision removing his eligibility in a politically charged constitutional fight that s got major implications for the 2024 presidential election. fox news chief legal correspondent and anchor of fox news sunday shannon bream joins me now. good evening, shannon. shannon: all right, so gillian. good to see you don t. the u.s. supreme court we consider this moving at lightning speed. arguments held on this case february 8th. based on what just happened the justices formally getting involved. colorado will include president trump s name on the primary ballot because the secretary of state had made clear that today is the deadline for her to certify the names for the ballot. and she would do so unless the supreme court upheld the colorado s supreme court ruling other declined to take the case.
good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead, tragedy in iowa. three people shot at a high school on the first day back from winter break. law enforcement sources telling nbc that the suspect is dead. we are live at the scene. plus, the battle down in texas, the department of justice taking on the state for its brand new law allowing police to arrest migrants. also, a florida man arrested after threats against congressman eric swalwell, the chilling voice mails he left for the california democrat saying he would kill him and his family. that s next. plus, a miracle in the rubble, dramatic new video of a man being rescued three days after that devastating earthquake in japan. the 44-hour long heroic endeavor to get him out alive. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we begin with nbc s ali vitali who is on the ground for us in perry, iowa, where later this afternoon we do expect an update from poli
in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi gave me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical conditions. they say that after the first explosion took place, the second, when
we begin this hour with the urgent and dangerous situations that are unfolding today as we begin this new year here on the southern border and in the middle east. a memorial for kassam soleimani is the scene where hundreds are dead and over a hundred injuries that as hezbollah warns that they have their finger on the trigger following the killing of a senior hamas leader in beirut. pete hegseth and trey yingst are standing by with more. first, there are dozens of house republicans, you have seen them in the moments, getting off the buses. they re at the southern border right now. fox has confirmed that next week the much-discussed impeachment hearing for alejandro mayorkas who is in charge of our border with the homeland security under his watch, that hearing for his impeachment will get underway. moments ago, karine jean-pierre blamed republicans for the record surge every day, every month is a new record in the numbers of people that cross our border. we re about to hear fr