i m katie phang, live from telemundo studios in miami florida. here is the week that was. it s nothing. we don t need to be afraid of him. he can be knocked down. we don t have the tele-strip on our side. you know we have? we have kid rock, we have ten new. jim i m always gonna try to talk to a lot of people and see how they are doing. and we really gonna have, in this country, to eight year olds running for president? it is a fact that when you are there age, you have mental decline. i don t care who you are. i have not used any federal tax dollars for personal security services. impeachment of secretary mayorkas is a baseless political stunt by extreme maga republicans. have you ever been a member of the chinese communist party? senator, i am singaporean, no. have you ever been associated with the chinese communist party? no, senator. i m singaporean, again. would you like now to apologize to the members who have been harmed i thank you so much for
strikes against iran-backed targets in iraq and syria in retaliation for a drone attack that killed three american soldiers. here s the first video we re seeing from the region, an iraqi security official said a u.s. air strike targeted a weapons warehouse and three houses belonging to hezbollah in anbar province. it happens the same day that president biden attending the arrival of troops from jordan. forces conducted the air strikes against iran s islamic revolutionary guard force and afitiated militia groups. they struck more than 85 targets with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from the united states. president biden released a statement saying in part, quote, our response began today. it will continue at times in places of our choosing. the united states does not seek conflict in the middle east or anywhere else in the world. but let all those who might seek to do us harm know this. if you harm an american, we will respond. let me bring in nbc news c
what effect will south africa s genocide case have against israel at the international court of justice? the reason why this matters now is because these provisional measures have an immediate and binding effect on israel s ability to conduct its military operations in gaza. and british politics after the coming election, what will be the biggest challenge facing the winner? trying to inspire and to take a divided country with you i i think it s really, really difficult. i two years ago, the russian build up on the borders of ukraine was starting. russian officials were assuring the world there d be no invasion. when the absurdly overconfident russian attack began, it was largely beaten off. a lot of people thought ukraine was bound to win. but the russians got better at fighting, and ukraine s supplies of cash and weaponry from america were cut by the republican party. ukraine s counteroffensive failed. there are disputes at the top level of ukrainian politics, and ukrain
the militias that they sponsor. we are also getting some more details on the timing of the response to those three american soldiers killed in jordan last week and how it unfolded throughout this week. just in a moment, i will talk with deputy director for the very latest response from the administration as well as the defense department. but first, we re going to head to the region and nbc news chief international correspondent, who s joining us from iraq. welcome, here, so has the region reacting? what can we expect next? well alex, i think what we saw last night was not insignificant. that is true. but it was also limited. granted, an escalation by the biden administration. we haven t seen anything like this in recent years, frankly, in this part of the world. but still limited so that the strikes were along the east syria, iraq border in a trench there that we know has a number of militia groups and camped there. now, that s a part of that border that runs through