city. we continue breaking news coverage this evening of u.s. air strikes against iran-backed militias in iraq and syria. the military action is a sharp escalation in the administration s effort to stop the rising threat from the iran-backed groups across the middle east. earlier this evening, u.s. central command released video of one of the c1 bombers used to carry out the air strike. and in a call the national security council spokesperson laid out the details of the attack. the u.s. military forces struck more than 85 targets and seven facilities utilized by iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps was responsible the facilities in iraq, four of them are in syria. including b1 bombers, u.s. is involved in this operation, firing more than 125 precision guided munitions over the course of about 30 minutes. targets, included command and control centers as well as headquarters buildings and intelligence centers, rocket, missiles, and drone storage facilities, and sup
arguing in the courts that he is immune from prosecution means that it s all but impossible to start a trial on march 4th, just over a month from now. but that news could clear the way for another one of trump s criminal cases. the ex-president could be in the courtroom in manhattan just eight weeks from now. the manhattan d.a. charging him with 34 felony counts for trying to cover up a sex scandal this the weeks before the 2016 election. that trial is currently scheduled for march 25th, and in less than two weeks, a hear willing be held to decide if that date holds. according to reporting from the new york times, alvin bragg and his team of prosecutors have been quietly plugging away. last month, it was reported and news breaking just yesterday in a related case that could give bragg a boost. once again, from the new york times. he once said understand weeseleberg knows where all the financial bodies are burr yesterday, and while it does not involve him flipping on
today on inside politics, we shall respond. a regional reeling from work is ready for president biden s next move as he promises to retaliate against those responsible for a drone attack that killed three u.s. soldiers. tanking the deal. the donald trump is pushing republicans to abandon a bipartisan bill that they have been working on for months and he hasn t seen the plan, but his goal is to deny president biden and election-year win. man up. that is nikki haley s message to the republican nominee and trying to taunt trump into debating her while planning more than a dozen fundraisers to bring campaign cash in for a needed fight. i m dana bash. let s go over the headlines of inside politics. a major escalation in the middle east. president biden is weighing options for how to respond to this we can steadily drone attack on a small u.s. outpost in jordan. iranian backed militant groups and regime in tehran and denies any involvement. to do so in a way that avoids any r
headlines catches lots of attention. one republican group says the florida governor is dabbling in outright homophobia. plus mike pence pleads innocent in the court of public opinion. the former vice president denies he was part of a newly revealed pressure campaign to get arizona s governor to overturn the 2020 election. and repairs required. the treasury secretary heads to china this week with tense moments between taiwan and beijing. i m dana bash. let s go inn inside politics. up first, is this the conversation the desantis campaign really wanted to have? today they re stuck trying to explain what his campaign s intent really was when his warroom tweeted out a video, a one-minute-plus collage of headlines that begins with slamming donald trump for his past support of lgbtq rights. i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens. if caitlyn jenner were to walk into trump tower and want to use the bathroom, you would be fine with her using any bathro