hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. the next hour starts right now. as i ve been to a very good day from msnbc headquarters of new york, welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news at this hour, we have some new details to share from the biden administration on the u.s. air strikes on iran- backed targets in iraq and syria. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strikes, quote, said the strong signal about the capability that we have and other things that we are going to do. the u.s. striking five targets in seven facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard and the militants they support of the region. this is in retaliation for three american soldiers killed in jordan. a senior administration official also telling nbc news that iraq received prior warning that, of the strikes, contrary to the claims of iraqi government aggression against iraq sovereignty. we go right now to nbc s allie raffa at the white house. ali, what are we hearing from the
out front next we are following several breaking news stories this hour. first, the united states striking back. new video just in to cnn right now showing the aftermath of 85 targets hit in iraq and syria. president biden warning that this is just the beginning of the strierks. and more breaking news. mass confusion surrounding ukraine s military. president zelenskyy calling the fired head of his entire military, the commander in chief. what s going on. and postponed, the department of justice election interference case against donald trump is delayed indefinitely. why? we ve got the details. let s go out front. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and good evening. i m erin burnett. we do begin tonight with the breaking news. america strikes. the biden administration carrying out a mass series of airstrikes in both iraq and syria and i want to show you some new video that we have just gotten in of what s happening on the ground. this is the aftermath of one of the
to fit it all into one. so on friday night, there was a much anticipated round of retail tory airstrikes against iranian back militias. the u.s. also says there are more on the way. at a time like this, there is literally no one better to talk to the national security advisor jake sullivan, and he s going to join me in just a few minutes. there was also a big development this week in jack smith s election interference case, as it slid off the march calendar. in a large part, because we still don t have a decision on trump s claim of presidential immunity. should we be freaking, out should we not be freaking out? everyone s favorite law firm of weissmann and cocktail is going to tell us how we should be feeling. and later this, our wriggling to dig into the absolutely shocking level of hypocrisy for republicans in the house this week. congressman dan goldman has certainly not held back in calling it out. i m looking forward to breaking it all down with him. and later, presiden
york. you get up to 8 inches in some of these communities. that s a summer s worth of rain that they got in a single day, no surprise we are talking about major flooding when you look at some of those issues. now, all of that rain has now settled up in the vermont area where folks as we speak so far today have seen anywhere from 4 inches to 6 inches of rain. those are the areas where the rain is continuing to fall. hardest hit areas yesterday now clearing off and that rain has lifted further to the north. upstate new york seeing very heavy rain. northern vermont, new hampshire. areas where this rain is still falling as we speak. flooding likely still going to be an issue as we watch this entire system drift off further to the north. we are still under an extreme flood threat across the entire state of vermont. all the way through today. taking you into tomorrow morning. and that s how long it s going to take for this big rain system to eventually move its way out of this regi
i m bret baier. president biden promised a responded to the deadly drone strike that killed three american soldiers in jordan. he promised that would happen at the time and place of his choosing the time was today just after he attended the dignified return of those bodies at dover air force base. the place syria and and iraq, tied to iranian proxy. iran was not a direct target tonight, likely won t be. but senior defense officials tell fox this is just the beginning of a series of strikes. we have fox team coverage. rich edson is at the white house looking at the presidents day and new reaction just out from the white house. mike tobin in tel aviv with what s going on in israel and reaction from the region. and retired general jack keane here in washington has his strategic analysis of these strikes. but we begin with chief national correspondent jennifer griffin. security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. will. we are told the u.s. aircraft involved in the