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
your dvr. america reports now. this has done nothing but helped donald trump which is ironic given the nature of the people filing the actions in the states. they hate donald trump and yet they are helping him ee enormously. to impeach me for doing my job is wrong. the story is wrong, just dead wrong and hoping the court will put it to bed. john: the ballot battle on all sides await challenges from former president trump s legal team could come as early as today. two states booted trump from their primary ballots and several more consider taking similar action. and with that, welcome back to america reports this tuesday of the new year. i m john roberts. good to spend it with you. gillian: you too, john, gillian turner in for sandra. this is america reports . the former president is set to appeal the colorado decision up to the supreme court and also under maine. they claim he engaged in insurrection during the january 6th riot. john: it could have implicat
john, this is a very big deal. deputy commander, he was especially designated terrorist by the united states with a $5 million bounty on his head and if i were any hamas leader, whether you are in turkey, beirut or elsewhere, i would not sleep well at night. after the 1972 summer olympics hostage taking and the killing of 11 israeli athletes in munich, the israelis took literally decades to hunt the perpetrators down around the world. they have every ride to do this, just as we had every right to hunt down the leadership of al-qaeda after the 9/11 strikes. so this is the type signal and the type operation and the type boldness i think we need to see because this sends the signal to
good point. um, we are now getting a close-up look at some of the material the russians are sending into eastern ukraine. into this donbas region, this convoy. eight-mile long convoy of heavy artillery it looks like. now, there is this unity of command structure so instead of attacking on seven different fronts, this russian offensive will be much more coordinated, a hot more effective. what will ukrainian forces need to do to sustain an effective resistance? yeah, that s right. i think that s right. vladimir putin wants this general officer to fight, you know, unity of command and coordinate fires between maneuver. they also lead with artillery but now bring tanks and infantry behind them. i think the ukraine forces are going to need to get down in defensive positions. use the javelins and use what tanks and what they ve even taken from the russian military and and pick and choose the places they want to defend. bring the russian offense into different kill zones, and choke poin