Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the contt of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin tonight, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called these attacks and his words separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. They said they do not represent anything in the u. S. Approach of the confli
On capitol hill. Well have much more on that. Also ahead, the latest out of The Middle East. President biden is pushing for a ceasefire to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Well show you former president Donald Trumps outburst during his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. First, willie, lets go to the latest on the tragedy unfolding in maine. At least 15 people are dead this morning, up to 50 may be injured in the community of lewiston, located 30 miles north of portland, maine. Police s gunman entered two separate locations. First, a Bowling Alley, where he fatally shot seven people before moving on to a nearby bar. Some of the victims may have been injured in stampedes as crowds raced to escape as the shooting started. Officials fear many teenagers could be among those killed and injured as the Bowling Alley was hosting its youth night. Police have identified now a 40yearold male as a Person Of Interest in connection with these shootings. Hes still at large, considered Armed And D
Donald trump putting the Campaign Trail Today in deep blue bronx, new york. One question, why . Another question . Will he be thinking, nikki haley . Today . And theres also new video coming into it shows the aftermath of a relentless attack on ukraines secondlargest city of kharkiv. Ukraines president , putting the blame for that fact on a lack of air defenses and a president ial Campaign Rally turned into a nightmare. Nine people are dead. Why that candidate in mexico . The this facing real questions, this morning. Im kate fatherinlaw, john berman. Amara walker is in for sarah. This is Cnn News Central all right, this morning its not a big surprise that nikki haley will vote for donald trump, even though she has said hes too old to unhinged and to chaotic to be president. But there are Big Questions from trump these numbers matter a lot to trump right now after nikki haley dropped out of the race she still picked up notable votes and five state primaries. And this morning, her messag
Police say it was a barber that was killed here. He was working at the shop down the street. Here it is. Hairston bros barber. We still have crime tape up here. Police working as well as the Alameda County crime lab here. Just looking for all the evidence they can find san leandro. Police say around 01 00pm they started getting multiple calls of shots fired near the 22nd 100 block of east 14th street. Upon arrival, police found 2 victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Police believe a person that was a client of the shop suffered minor injuries. The barber was pronounced dead at the scene. One man tells me this shooting has taken the community by shock. He was a great barbara been going over over there since i was 5th grade maybe before 4th grade. And he just he was great with people. He was great with kids. You would never think this type of thing would happen at this barbershop is very family oriented. San Leandro Police say theyre still developing information regarding any suspects.
Spectrum, liz cheney on the right, joe biden, are warning on a near daily basis an increasingly dire terms that our very democracy is in trouble right now. I dont understand why one partys careen threatens to derail the entire american experiment, the entire republic. Can actually just look no further than what happened last night. Nikki haleys dorsment of donald trump is part of what has become a time honored tradition of Todays Republican Party in the trump era. Prominent republicans whose closely held private views about the expresident may not actually be that different from mine or that of any trump critic or any democrat. And taking all sorts of very public abuse and scorn from donald trump, including attacks on their spouses. Despite all that, despite everything he said about their families and everything they have said about him in return, they turn around and offer him their endorse the. Ted cruzs capitulation before the 2016 election after trump attacked his wife. Cruz said t